US 11,861,137 B2
Vehicular incident reenactment using three-dimensional (3D) representations
Rebecca A. Little, Mesa, AZ (US); and Christopher Robert Galante, Mesa, AZ (US)
Assigned to State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/469,946.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/706,757, filed on Sep. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0075504 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04815 (2022.01); G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06F 3/04815 (2013.01) [G06T 19/003 (2013.01); G06T 19/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
by one or more processors,
presenting, on a display associated with an electronic device, a first image including three-dimensional (3D) representations of at least one vehicle associated with an insurance policy;
providing a first message via the electronic device, the first message requesting a selection of a 3D representation of a first vehicle represented in the first image and involved in a vehicular incident;
receiving a first input from the electronic device comprising a first indication of the first vehicle;
presenting, on the display associated with the electronic device, a second image including the 3D representation of the first vehicle and a 3D representation of at least one non-vehicular object proximate to the vehicular incident;
determining a portion of the 3D representation of the first vehicle that differs from a historical representation of the first vehicle;
presenting, on the display associated with the electronic device, a shaded projection on the second image corresponding to the portion of the 3D representation of the first vehicle;
providing a second message via the electronic device, the second message requesting a selection of a damage status for the portion of the 3D representation of the first vehicle;
receiving a second input from the electronic device comprising a second indication of the damage status;
providing a third message via the electronic device, the third message requesting manipulation of the 3D representation of the at least one non-vehicular object and the 3D representation of the first vehicle, via the display, as a reenactment of the vehicular incident;
receiving a third input from the electronic device and based at least in part on the third message, the third input being received via the electronic device; and
generating a 3D reenactment of the vehicular incident that includes the 3D representation of the first vehicle and the 3D representation of the at least one non-vehicular object and based at least in part on the second input and the third input.