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Audio-based 3D scanner

  • US 9,519,058 B1
  • Filed: 01/15/2016
  • Issued: 12/13/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A property inspection system comprising:

  • one or more three-dimensional (3D) scanners including a microphone that is a dynamic microphone or a laser microphone, the one or more 3D scanners configured to scan a structure wherein;

    (i) the one or more 3D scanners receive at the microphone one or more audio waves propagating from at least part of the structure, and (ii) the one or more 3D scanners generate a 3D point cloud of the structure based on the received one or more audio waves;

    one or more processors;

    one or more memories communicatively connected to the one or more processors, the one or more memories storing;

    (i) the generated 3D point cloud, and(ii) computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

    (A) analyze the generated 3D point cloud to identify one or more features of the surface or subsurface of the structure;

    (B) generate an estimate of a condition of a surface or a subsurface of the structure based on the identified one or more features; and

    (C) store the generated estimate at one or more memories.

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