US 11,704,738 B2
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) data collection and claim pre-generation for insured approval
Nathan L. Tofte, Downs, IL (US); Timothy W. Ryan, Hudson, IL (US); Nathan W. Baumann, Bloomington, IL (US); Michael Shawn Jacob, Le Roy, IL (US); Joshua David Lillie, Bloomington, IL (US); Brian N Harvey, Bloomington, IL (US); Roxane Lyons, Chenoa, IL (US); and Rosemarie Geier Grant, Ellsworth, 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 Nov. 9, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/93,420.
Application 17/093,420 is a continuation of application No. 16/178,793, filed on Nov. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,963,968.
Application 16/178,793 is a continuation of application No. 14/858,073, filed on Sep. 18, 2015, granted, now 10,163,164, issued on Dec. 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/209,963, filed on Aug. 26, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/209,755, filed on Aug. 25, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/209,627, filed on Aug. 25, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/208,201, filed on Aug. 21, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/207,421, filed on Aug. 20, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/207,127, filed on Aug. 19, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/053,519, filed on Sep. 22, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2021/0287299 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06Q 40/00 (2023.01); G01C 11/02 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 47/08 (2006.01); B64U 10/00 (2023.01); B64U 101/00 (2023.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06T 7/20 (2017.01); H04N 5/44 (2011.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06T 11/60 (2006.01); G06T 17/05 (2011.01)
CPC G06Q 40/08 (2013.01) [B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 47/08 (2013.01); G01C 11/02 (2013.01); G06F 18/22 (2023.01); G06Q 40/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/20 (2013.01); G06T 7/246 (2017.01); G06T 7/75 (2017.01); G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06T 17/05 (2013.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06V 20/41 (2022.01); H04N 5/44 (2013.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); B64U 10/00 (2023.01); B64U 2101/00 (2023.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30232 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30236 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30252 (2013.01); G06T 2215/16 (2013.01); G06V 20/44 (2022.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method of using drone data to pre-generate insurance claims, the method comprising:
receiving, by one or more processors, a report of an event including a location of an insured asset;
directing, by the one or more processors, a plurality of drones to the location of the insured asset to collect drone data in response to receiving the report, including directing a mothership drone to the location of the insured asset which directs one or more other drones to the location;
receiving, by the one or more processors, the drone data collected by the plurality of drones; and
analyzing, by the one or more processors, the drone data to estimate an extent of damage incurred on the insured asset.