System and method for assessing usability of captured images
US9870609B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 3, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 12, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30168
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system estimates quality of a digital image by accessing a corpus of digital images of one or more subjects, such as a facet of a property. The system will receive, for at least a subset of the corpus, an indicator that one or more patches of each image in the subset is out of focus. The system will train a classifier by obtaining a feature representation of each pixel in each image, along with a focus value that represents an extent to which each pixel in the image is in focus or out of focus. The system will use the classifier to analyze pixels of a new digital image and assess whether each analyzed pixel in the new digital image is in focus or out of focus. The system may use the image to assess whether an incident occurred, such as storm-related damage to the property.
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