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Estimating a condition of a physical structure

US11694404B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company · US

Inventors

James M. Freeman · Normal, US
Roger D. Schmidgall · Normal, US
Patrick H. Boyer · Bloomington, US
Nicholas U. Christopulos · Bloomington, US
Jonathan D. Maurer · Bloomington, US
Nathan L. Tofte · Downs, US
Jackie O. Jordan, II · Bloomington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2022
Grant date	Jul 4, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 7, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T2207/10032
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

In a computer-implemented method and system for capturing the condition of a structure, the structure is scanned with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Data collected by the UAV corresponding to points on a surface of a structure is received and a 3D point cloud is generated for the structure, where the 3D point cloud is generated based at least in part on the received UAV data. A 3D model of the surface of the structure is reconstructed using the 3D point cloud.

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