Remote inspection and appraisal of buildings
US11551370B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 17, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jan 10, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/698
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A building appraisal system conducted by a remote inspector located away from a building. A remote user connected to a user on site can share images, measurements and other data to conduct an examination of the building such as an appraisal. A processor coupled to an image sensor can be configured to receive a gross floor area of the building. Images of an interior room of the building are stored in memory. The processor determines a planar surface in the images corresponding to a floor surface of the interior room and a plurality of corners in the images forming vertices of a bounded floor area on the floor surface. The processor can compute an adjusted floor area of the building that includes the bounded floor area subtracted from the gross floor area.
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