US 11,869,090 B1
Enhanced unmanned aerial vehicles for damage inspection
Clint J. Marlow, Barrington Hills, IL (US); and Bryan Keith Corder, Gurnee, IL (US)
Assigned to Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed by Allstate Insurance Company, Northbrook, IL (US)
Filed on May 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/321,758.
Application 17/321,758 is a continuation of application No. 16/121,851, filed on Sep. 5, 2018, granted, now 11,010,837.
Application 16/121,851 is a continuation of application No. 14/700,440, filed on Apr. 30, 2015, granted, now 10,102,586, issued on Oct. 16, 2018.
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 40/08 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); B64U 2201/10 (2023.01); B64U 2201/104 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A provider computing system communicatively coupled to an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the provider computing system comprising:
at least one processor; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
determine that a damaged property needs to be inspected;
cause the UAV to autonomously travel to a location of the damaged property;
cause the UAV to collect information about a condition of the damaged property using one or more sensors of the UAV;
receive, from the UAV, inspection data collected by the one or more sensors;
determine, based on the damage inspection data, a series of tests to perform;
cause the UAV to perform the series of tests;
receive, from the UAV and responsive to performing the series of tests, detailed inspection data;
analyze the detailed inspection data to determine if any insurance limits apply;
if any insurance limits apply, analyze the detailed inspection data to determine if it satisfies a special case exception to the insurance limits; and
determine, based on the detailed inspection data, a monetary amount to approve for an insurance claim related to the damaged property.