Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and system for assessing damage to infrastructure
- Patent Title (中): 评估基础设施损坏的方法和系统
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Application No.: US14510784Application Date: 2014-10-09
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Publication No.: US09129355B1Publication Date: 2015-09-08
- Inventor: Brian N. Harvey , Nathan L. Tofte , Roger D. Schmidgall , Michael Jeffrey Aviles , Kyle Pott , Rosemarie Geier Grant , Eric Haefli , Michael Shawn Jacob
- Applicant: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
- Applicant Address: US IL Bloomington
- Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
- Current Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Bloomington
- Agency: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP
- Agent Randall G. Rueth
- Main IPC: G06K9/00
- IPC: G06K9/00 ; G06T7/00

Abstract:
A method and system may assess the damage to infrastructure using aerial images captured from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a manned aerial vehicle (MAV) or from a satellite device. Specifically, an item of infrastructure may be identified for assessing damage. The UAV, MAV, or satellite device may then capture aerial images within an area which surrounds the identified infrastructure item. Subsequently, the aerial images may be analyzed to determine a condition and the extent and/or severity of the damage to the infrastructure item. Furthermore, the aerial images along with indications of the extent of the damage may be displayed on a computing device.
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