METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ROOF ANALYSIS

• US 20120179431A1
• Filed: 12/23/2011
• Published: 07/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Accurence, Inc. (CoreLogic Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Accurence, Inc. (CoreLogic Incorporated)
• Inventors: Labrie, Zachary, Zamora, Benjamin, Bruffey, Tim
• Granted Patent: US 8,983,806 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/00 Computer-aided design [CAD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/13 Architectural design, e.g. computer-aided architectural design [CAAD] related to design of buildings, bridges, landscapes, production plants or roads

Abstract

A system and method for intelligently combining CAD, inspection, and building guideline data for intelligently setting roof facet directionality, analyzing repair and replacement decisions and estimating material and repair or replacement costs for building facets is described. One embodiment includes receiving digital building facet data for a first building facet of a set of one or more building facets; receiving digital inspection data for the first building facet; determining the amount of building material required to repair damage to an area of the first building facet; determining a repair indicator for the first building facet; wherein the determining a repair indicator is based at least in part upon the digital facet data for the first building facet and the inspection data for the first building facet; and displaying an electronic image of the set of one or more building facets.

Claims

1. A method for property repair analysis comprising:

receiving digital building facet data for a first building facet of a set of one or more building facets;

receiving digital inspection data for the first building facet;

determining the amount of building material required to repair damage to an area of the first building facet;

determining a repair indicator for the first building facet;

wherein the determining a repair indicator is based at least in part upon the digital facet data for the first building facet and the inspection data for the first building facet; and

displaying an electronic image of the set of one or more building facets.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the building facet data for the first building facet comprises aerial computer-aided design data for constructing a computer-aided design image of the first building facet.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the building facet data for the first building facet comprises data from the group consisting of building facet points, building facet edge lines, building facet line type, building facet type, building facet degrees, building facet pitch, and building facet area.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the inspection data for the first building facet comprises data from the group consisting of damage type, hail hit frequency, wind damage data, building material, building material type, and building facet material age.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the determining a repair indicator for the first building facet is further based at least upon a guideline type selected from the group consisting of building code guidelines and insurance carrier guidelines.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving physical weather data related to an event that caused the damage;

wherein the determining a repair indicator for the first building facet is further based at least upon the physical weather data.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

assigning a first directionality to the first building facet;

wherein the determining a repair indicator for the first building facet is further based at least upon the first directionality.

8. The method claim of 7, further comprising:

receiving digital building facet data for a second building facet of the set of one or more building facets;

wherein the second building facet is linked to the first building facet;

receiving digital inspection data for the second building facet;

determining the amount of building material required to repair damage to an area of the second building facet;

assigning a second directionality to the second building facet; and

determining a repair indicator for the second building facet;

wherein the determining a repair indicator for the second building facet is based at least in part upon the digital facet data for the second building facet, the inspection data for the second building facet, and the second directionality.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the assigning the second directionality comprises setting the second directionality to equal the first directionality when a predetermined geometric value of the second building facet is below a predetermined sliver threshold.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the displaying an electronic image of the set of one or more building facets includes displaying a representation of the repair indicator for the first building facet.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

changing the repair indicator for the first building facet based at least in part upon a user input.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing a plurality of program instructions executable by a processor for property repair analysis, the plurality of program instructions comprising;

a first instruction set configured to receive digital building facet data for a first building facet of a set of one or more building facets;

a second instruction set configured to receive digital inspection data for the first building facet;

a third instruction set configured to determine the amount of building material required to repair a damaged area of the first building facet;

a fourth instruction set configured to determine, based at least in part upon the digital facet data for the first building facet and the inspection data for the first building facet, a repair indicator for the first building facet; and

a fifth instruction set configured to display an electronic image of the set of one or more building facets.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the building facet data comprises aerial computer-aided design data for constructing a computer-aided design image of the first building facet.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the building facet data for the first building facet comprises data from the group consisting of building facet points, building facet edge lines, building facet line type, building facet type, building facet degrees, building facet pitch, and building facet area.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the inspection data for the first building facet comprises data from the group consisting of damage type, hail hit frequency, wind damage data, building material, building material type, and building facet material age.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the fourth instruction set is further configured to determine the repair indicator for the first building facet based at least upon on a guideline type selected from the group consisting of building code guidelines and insurance carrier guidelines.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12, further comprising:

a sixth instruction set configured to receive physical weather data related to an event that caused the damage;

wherein the determination of a repair indicator for the first building facet is further based at least upon the physical weather data.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 further comprising:

a seventh instruction set configured to assign a first directionality to the first building facet;

wherein the determination of a repair indicator for the first building facet is further based at least upon the first directionality.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium claim of 18, further comprising:

an eighth instruction set configured to assign a second directionality to a second building facet of the set of one or more building facets, wherein the second building facet is linked to the first building facet;

a ninth instruction set configured to receive digital building facet data for a second building facet of the set of one or more building facets;

wherein the second building facet is linked to the first building facet;

a tenth instruction set configured to receive digital inspection data for the second building facet;

an eleventh instruction set configured to determine the amount of building material required to repair damage to an area of the second building facet;

a twelfth instruction set configured to assign a second directionality to the second building facet; and

a thirteenth instruction set configured to determine a repair indicator for the second building facet;

wherein the determination of a repair indicator for the second building facet is based at least in part upon the digital facet data for the second building facet, the inspection data for the second building facet, and the second directionality.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 wherein the eighth instruction set is further configured to set the second directionality equal the first directionality when a predetermined geometric value of the second building facet is below a predetermined sliver threshold.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 wherein the fifth instruction set includes displaying a representation of the repair indicator for the first building facet.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 further comprising:

a fourteenth instruction set configured to change the repair indicator for the first building facet based at least in part upon a user input.

23. A system for property repair analysis, comprising:

at least one computer processor;

a communications network interface with which to receive digital data; and

a memory containing a plurality of program instructions configured to cause the at least one processor to;

receive digital building facet data for a first building facet of a set of one or more building facets;

receive digital inspection data for the first building facet;

determine the amount of building material required to repair damage to an area of the first building facet;

assign a directionality to the first building facet.

determine a repair indicator for the first building facet;

wherein the determination of a repair indicator is based at least in part upon the digital facet data and the inspection data; and

display an electronic image of the set of one or more building facets and a representation of a the repair indicator.