2022 MAR 10 (NewsRx) — By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News — Allstate Insurance Company (Northbrook, Illinois, United States) has been issued patent quantity 11257132, in accordance with information reporting originating out of Alexandria, Virginia, by NewsRx editors.
The patent’s inventors are Brickman, Daniel (Chicago, IL, US), Cornelison, Michael T. (LaGrange Highlands, IL, US), Daniels, Andrew (Columbus, OH, US), Genc, Steven (Hainesville, IL, US), Gilkison, David L. (Libertyville, IL, US), Patel, Pinal (Libertyville, IL, US), Sharma, Anurag (Buffalo Grove, IL, US), Zahn, David M. (Lake Villa, IL, US).
This patent was filed on May 4, 2018 and was printed on-line on February 22, 2022.
From the background info equipped by the inventors, information correspondents obtained the next quote: “Mobile units comprise cameras, or different picture capturing units, which may be used to gather photographs related to numerous objects. For occasion, cameras or different picture capturing units could also be used to seize photographs or objects, units, properties, automobiles, or parts thereof, which have been broken. Once the pictures are collected, it could be troublesome to find out the precise measurement of the broken merchandise, portion, or different objects within the photographs with out putting a reference object (e.g., an object having a identified measurement, form, dimension, or the like) into the digicam body. Accordingly, it will be advantageous to instruct a cell system to seize photographs together with a standardized reference object, and to investigate the standardized reference object to generate floor dimension outputs. This could enhance picture processing related to evaluating harm.”
Supplementing the background info on this patent, NewsRx reporters additionally obtained the inventors’ abstract info for this patent: “In mild of the foregoing background, the next presents a simplified abstract of the current disclosure with a view to present a fundamental understanding of some elements of the disclosure. This abstract isn’t an in depth overview of the disclosure. It isn’t supposed to establish key or vital components of the disclosure or to delineate the scope of the disclosure. The following abstract merely presents some ideas of the disclosure in a simplified type as a prelude to the extra detailed description offered beneath.
“Methods, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable media are described herein. In some embodiments a picture evaluation and system management system together with a processor could transmit, to a cell system, an instruction to seize a minimum of one picture. Further, the picture evaluation and system management system could obtain the a minimum of one picture. In addition, the picture evaluation and system management system could use the a number of machine studying algorithms to find out a standardized reference object output comprising a sign that the a minimum of one picture includes a standardized reference object. In some preparations, the picture evaluation and system management system could decide, based mostly on an precise standardized reference object dimension output and/or a standardized reference object pixel dimension output, a ratio output comprising a correlation between the precise standardized reference object dimension output and the standardized reference object pixel dimension output. Further, the picture evaluation and system management system could decide, utilizing edge detection, a floor boundary output comprising a sign of boundaries of a floor comprising the standardized reference object. In some examples, the picture evaluation and system management system could decide a floor pixel dimension output comprising pixel dimensions for the floor. Additionally or alternatively, the picture evaluation and system management system could decide, based mostly on the ratio output and the floor pixel dimension output, an precise floor dimension output comprising precise dimensions for the floor. Subsequently, the picture evaluation and system management system could transmit, to the cell system, the precise floor dimension output.
“In some examples, the picture evaluation and system management system could obtain, from the cell system, a harm indication output, and will transmit the instruction to seize the a minimum of one picture in response to receiving the harm indication output.
“In some cases, the instruction to seize the a minimum of one picture could comprise a hyperlink to obtain a harm processing software.
“In some cases, the precise standardized reference object dimension output could comprise a sign of precise dimensions for the standardized reference object and the standardized reference object pixel dimension output could comprise pixel dimensions for the standardized reference object.”
The claims equipped by the inventors are:
“1. A technique comprising: transmitting, by a picture evaluation and system management system together with a processor and to a cell system, an instruction to seize a minimum of one picture; receiving, by the picture evaluation and system management system, the a minimum of one picture; figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system and utilizing a number of machine studying algorithms, a standardized reference object output comprising a sign that the a minimum of one picture includes a standardized reference object, whereby the figuring out the standardized reference object output includes: figuring out, utilizing the a number of machine studying algorithms, a plurality of bounding bins comprising the a minimum of one picture, whereby figuring out the plurality of bounding bins consists of adjusting dimensions of the plurality of bounding bins to match predetermined dimensions for a neural community, and inputting, into the neural community, the plurality of bounding bins for evaluation by the a number of machine studying algorithms to find out whether or not the a minimum of one picture includes the standardized reference object; figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system and based mostly on an precise standardized reference object dimension output and a standardized reference object pixel dimension output, a ratio output comprising a correlation between the precise standardized reference object dimension output and the standardized reference object pixel dimension output; figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system and utilizing edge detection, a floor boundary output comprising a sign of boundaries of a floor comprising the standardized reference object; figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system, a floor pixel dimension output comprising pixel dimensions for the floor; figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system and based mostly on the ratio output and the floor pixel dimension output, an precise floor dimension output comprising precise dimensions for the floor; and transmitting, by the picture evaluation and system management system and to the cell system, the precise floor dimension output.
“2. The methodology of declare 1, additional comprising receiving, by the picture evaluation and system management system and from the cell system, a harm indication output, and whereby the transmitting the instruction to seize the a minimum of one picture is aware of the receiving the harm indication output.
“3. The methodology of declare 1, whereby the instruction to seize the a minimum of one picture includes a hyperlink to obtain a harm processing software.
“4. The methodology of declare 1, whereby the precise standardized reference object dimension output comprising a sign of precise dimensions for the standardized reference object and whereby the standardized reference object pixel dimension output comprising pixel dimensions for the standardized reference object.
“5. The methodology of declare 1, whereby the standardized reference object includes a minimum of considered one of: a light-weight swap, an outlet, an outlet plate, a light-weight bulb, a can mild, a cellphone outlet, an information jack, a base board, a nest, a smoke detector, a kitchen sink, a faucet, a range, a dishwasher, a ground tile, cold and warm taps, a warmth vent, a key gap, a door deal with, a door body, a deadbolt, a door, a stair, a railing, a desk, a chair, a bar stool, a bathroom, and a cupboard.
“6. The methodology of declare 1, additional comprising: transmitting, by the picture evaluation and system management system and to the cell system, an instruction to immediate for a room indication enter comprising a sign of a kind of room wherein the a minimum of one picture was captured; receiving, by the picture evaluation and system management system and from the cell system, the room indication enter; figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system and based mostly on the room indication enter, a room indication output; and figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system and based mostly on the room indication output, a plurality of standardized reference objects.
“7. The methodology of declare 6, whereby the figuring out the standardized reference object output includes figuring out that the a minimum of one picture includes a minimum of one of many plurality of standardized reference objects.
“8. The methodology of declare 1, additional comprising transmitting, by the picture evaluation and system management system and to the cell system, an acceptability output comprising a sign that the a minimum of one picture includes the standardized reference object and that the a minimum of one picture is appropriate.
“9. The methodology of declare 1, additional comprising: transmitting, by the picture evaluation and system management system and to the cell system, an instruction to immediate a person for affirmation that the a minimum of one picture comprises the standardized reference object; and receiving, by the picture evaluation and system management system and from the cell system, a affirmation output comprising a sign of the affirmation.
“10. The methodology of declare 9, whereby the figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system and utilizing the a number of machine studying algorithms, that the a minimum of one picture includes the standardized reference object includes figuring out, based mostly on the indication of the affirmation, that the a minimum of one picture includes the standardized reference object.
“11. The methodology of declare 1, additional comprising: receiving, by the picture evaluation and system management system, a second picture; figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system and utilizing the a number of machine studying algorithms, that the second picture doesn’t comprise the standardized reference object; transmitting, by the picture evaluation and system management system, to the cell system, and in response to figuring out that the second picture doesn’t comprise the standardized reference object, an instruction to immediate a person to put a reference object in entrance of the floor and to seize, utilizing the cell system, a brand new picture of the floor; receiving, by the picture evaluation and system management system and from the cell system, the brand new picture; and analyzing, by the picture evaluation and system management system and utilizing the reference object, the brand new picture.
“12. The methodology of declare 1, additional comprising changing, by the picture evaluation and system management system and previous to analyzing the a minimum of one picture, the a minimum of one picture to greyscale.
“13. The methodology of declare 1 whereby: the figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system and utilizing the a number of machine studying algorithms, the standardized reference object output includes: lowering, by the picture evaluation and system management system, picture high quality of the plurality of bounding bins; adjusting, by the picture evaluation and system management system, the scale of the plurality of bounding bins to match the predetermined dimensions for the neural community includes transposing the plurality of bounding bins on prime of a black picture that includes the predetermined dimensions.
“14. The methodology of declare 1, whereby the a minimum of one picture includes a picture of harm in a house and whereby the floor includes considered one of: a wall, a ceiling, and a ground.
“15. The methodology of declare 14, additional comprising: figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system, a harm measurement output comprising a sign of a measurement of the harm; figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system, utilizing the a number of machine studying algorithms, based mostly on the harm measurement output, and based mostly on a kind of the harm, an estimated price to restore the harm; figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system and based mostly on the estimated price to restore the harm, a settlement output comprising an automatic settlement quantity; and transmitting, by the picture evaluation and system management system and to the cell system, an instruction to trigger show of the settlement output.
“16. The methodology of declare 15, whereby the figuring out the estimated price includes evaluating, by the picture evaluation and system management system and utilizing the a number of machine studying algorithms, the harm to different beforehand decided cases of harm and restore prices related to every of the opposite beforehand decided cases of harm.
“17. The methodology of declare 15, additional comprising: figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system and based mostly on the kind of the harm, restore service suggestions and availability; transmitting, by the picture evaluation and system management system and to the cell system, a restore output comprising a sign of the restore service suggestions and availability; and transmitting, by the picture evaluation and system management system, to the cell system, and together with the restore output, an instruction to trigger show of the restore service suggestions and availability.
“18. The methodology of declare 15, whereby the figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system, the harm measurement output additional includes: transmitting, by the picture evaluation and system management system and to the cell system, an instruction to show the a minimum of one picture and to show a immediate for a person to hint a top level view of the harm; receiving, by the picture evaluation and system management system, from the cell system, and aware of transmitting the instruction to show the a minimum of one picture and to show the immediate, a marked model of the a minimum of one picture, whereby the marked model includes the a minimum of one picture with the define drawn across the harm; figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system, an quantity of pixels comprising dimensions of the harm; and figuring out, by the picture evaluation and system management system and based mostly on the quantity of pixels and the ratio output, the harm measurement output.”
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For the URL and extra info on this patent, see: Brickman, Daniel. Processing methods and strategies having a machine studying engine for offering a floor dimension output. U.S. Patent Number 11257132, filed May 4, 2018, and printed on-line on February 22, 2022. Patent URL: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=11257132.PN.&OS=PN/11257132RS=PN/11257132
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