Remote Property Damage Assessment via Visual Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional home and property repair services require on-site visits by service professionals to assess damage and estimate repair needs, leading to inefficiencies and customer security concerns.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing visual recognition technology, machine learning, and video calling enables remote assessment and diagnosis of property damage through image analysis and expert consultation via virtual reality or mobile devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If service professionals visit homes on-site to assess damage and estimate repairs, then accurate damage assessment is achieved, but travel costs and time are incurred
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses visual recognition technology to create digital copies of property damage through images and videos. The system analyzes these visual copies to assess damage and generate repair estimates, eliminating the need for physical on-site visits while maintaining assessment accuracy through advanced image processing algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical on-site visit system with a digital visual recognition system. Instead of service professionals physically traveling to assess damage, the system uses automated image analysis, machine learning models, and visual processing to evaluate property damage remotely, substituting mechanical travel with digital assessment.
2Ease of operation
If customers connect with field experts remotely, then accessibility and convenience are improved, but trust and security concerns arise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces visual recognition technology as an intermediary between customers and service professionals. This intermediary system handles the initial damage assessment and communication, allowing customers to share property images with experts remotely while maintaining security through controlled, verified interactions facilitated by the technology platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and analyzes visual copies of property damage through images and videos, allowing customers to connect with experts through these digital representations rather than requiring in-person visits. This copying approach maintains customer security by eliminating the need for strangers to enter their properties while still enabling accurate assessment.
3Measurement precision
If service professionals visit on-site to scope projects, then accurate material estimation is achieved, but distribution of knowledge globally is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical on-site scoping process with automated visual recognition and image analysis. The system analyzes property images to estimate material requirements and generates repair scopes, making this capability accessible globally through digital platforms rather than being limited to local professional visits.
Solution Approach 2:
The visual recognition system serves multiple functions: damage assessment, material estimation, repair scoping, and knowledge distribution. This multi-functional platform can operate globally, allowing service professionals to access accurate material estimates and repair information from anywhere in the world without being constrained by physical location.
Data Source
AI summary
At least one computer-readable medium on which are stored instructions that, when executed by one or more processing devices, enable the one or more processing devices to perform a method. The method includes the steps of receiving from a user one or more virtual-reality images of a structure, performing on the image a first image recognition routine, the first image recognition routine identifying in the image a first object of which the structure is comprised, performing on the image a second image recognition routine, the second image recognition routine identifying in the image one or more defects in the first object, and generating an estimate of a type and quantity of material necessary to remedy the identified one or more defects.