Method and system to predict the extent of structural damage
US10740684B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 25, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 11, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N20/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer programs are presented for predicting the scale and scope of damage after an earthquake. One method includes an operation for identifying a plurality of features, each feature being correlated to an indication of structural damage caused to a structure by an earthquake. The method further includes performing machine learning, using one or more hardware processors, to analyze destruction caused by one or more earthquakes to obtain a damage-estimation algorithm. The machine learning is based on the identified plurality of features. Further, the method includes operations for accessing shaking data for a new earthquake, and for estimating, using the one or more hardware processors, earthquake damage at a block level for a geographical region utilizing the damage-estimation algorithm and the shaking data. Further, the earthquake damage at the block level is presented, on a display screen, in a map of at least part of the geographical region.
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