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Estimating a cost using a controllable inspection vehicle

  • US 9,489,696 B1
  • Filed: 12/11/2015
  • Issued: 11/08/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a controllable inspection vehicle including an image sensor, the controllable inspection vehicle controlled via a transportation module configured to cause the controllable inspection vehicle to travel around a geographic area; and

    one or more computing devices communicatively coupled to the controllable inspection vehicle, the one or more computing devices configured to;

    (a) receive from the controllable inspection vehicle one or more captured images of a building, the one or more captured images captured, via the image sensor, from one or more locations traversed by the controllable inspection vehicle;

    (b) automatically perform an analysis of the one or more captured images, the analysis of the one or more captured images including;

    (i) an image comparison between the one or more captured images and one or more reference images;

    (ii) a calculation of damage to the building that corresponds to damage to parts of the building to be repaired or replaced, said calculation based on results of the image comparison; and

    (iii) an estimate of a remedial financial cost to remedy the damage calculated from the image comparison; and

    (c) store to a memory the estimated remedial financial cost.

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