US 11,676,258 B1
Method and system for assessing damage to infrastructure
Brian N. Harvey, Bloomington, IL (US); Nathan L. Tofte, Downs, IL (US); Roger D. Schmidgall, Normal, IL (US); Michael Jeffrey Aviles, Bloomington, IL (US); Kyle Pott, Bloomington, IL (US); Rosemarie Geier Grant, Ellsworth, IL (US); Eric Haefli, Bloomington, IL (US); and Michael Shawn Jacob, Le Roy, IL (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 Mar. 26, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/831,401.
Application 16/831,401 is a continuation of application No. 15/966,086, filed on Apr. 30, 2018.
Application 15/966,086 is a continuation of application No. 15/718,323, filed on Sep. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,007,992.
Application 15/718,323 is a continuation of application No. 15/165,457, filed on May 26, 2016, granted, now 9,805,456.
Application 15/165,457 is a continuation of application No. 14/808,502, filed on Jul. 24, 2015, granted, now 9,390,489.
Application 14/808,502 is a continuation of application No. 14/510,784, filed on Oct. 9, 2014, granted, now 9,129,355.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06T 15/00 (2011.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06V 10/42 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06F 18/24 (2023.01)
CPC G06T 7/0004 (2013.01) [G06F 18/24 (2023.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06T 7/62 (2017.01); G06T 15/005 (2013.01); G06V 10/42 (2022.01); G06V 10/44 (2022.01); G06T 2200/04 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30108 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for surveying a property using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the method comprising:
identifying, by one or more processors on a computing device, a commercial property for the UAV to perform surveillance;
directing, by the one or more processors, the UAV to hover over the commercial property and capture, via an imaging device, aerial images at predetermined time intervals;
receiving, by the one or more processors, the aerial images of the commercial property captured at the predetermined time intervals;
determining, by the one or more processors, a damage severity level for the commercial property based on the aerial images;
generating, by the one or more processors, a surveillance alert;
transmitting, by the one or more processors, the surveillance alert to an electronic device associated with an authorized user associated with the commercial property; and
upon receiving and authenticating user login information to confirm that a user of the electronic device is the authorized user associated with the commercial property, transmitting, by the one or more processors, a property display web page to the electronic device, the property display web page including a damage severity level indicator displayed overlaying the aerial images of the commercial property.