Imagery quantification of damage
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a smart phone on which a mobile application executes; and
a photograph-guiding computer, the hardware structure of which is capable of electronically communicating with the mobile application executing on the smart phone to electronically present a grid diagram so as to electronically guide a user to take moving images of a damaged vehicle, the photograph-guiding computer electronically guiding the user of the mobile application being executed on the smart phone to take moving images of the damaged vehicle at a first position and at a second position.
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Abstract
A system quantifies the extent of a damaged vehicle in the absence of a specialist (appraiser) present onsite. The system enables an objective estimate of the damage, supplanting or merely supplementing psychologically biased claimant reporting. The system has hardware structures to perform imagery quantification of damage on a damaged vehicle. The damaged vehicle may be located anywhere, including at the scene of an accident, at an insured'"'"'s home, at an insurer'"'"'s claims offices, or at a body shop. Anyone, including the insured, with a mobile device such as a smart phone, may download onto it a mobile application that guides the user to take photographs or moving images of the damaged vehicle for the system to perform imagery quantification of damage.
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21 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a smart phone on which a mobile application executes; and a photograph-guiding computer, the hardware structure of which is capable of electronically communicating with the mobile application executing on the smart phone to electronically present a grid diagram so as to electronically guide a user to take moving images of a damaged vehicle, the photograph-guiding computer electronically guiding the user of the mobile application being executed on the smart phone to take moving images of the damaged vehicle at a first position and at a second position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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electronically executing a mobile application on a smart phone; electronically turning on a camera on the smart phone; electronically displaying a grid diagram on the smart phone; electronically guiding a user to produce moving images of a damaged vehicle using the grid diagram at a first distance, a first angle, a second distance and a second angle; electronically quantifying the moving images taken by the user of the damaged vehicle using the first distance and the second distance to calculate a depth of damage to the damaged vehicle; and electronically repeating the act of guiding the user if not enough moving images to analyze the damage. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for implementing a method, comprising:
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electronically executing a mobile application on a smart phone; electronically turning on a camera on the smart phone; electronically displaying a grid diagram on the smart phone; electronically guiding a user to produce moving images of a damaged vehicle using the grid diagram at a first angle and a second angle; electronically quantifying the moving images taken by the user of the damaged vehicle to calculate a depth of damage to the damaged vehicle; and electronically repeating the act of guiding the user if not enough moving images to analyze the damage.
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