US 12,243,267 B2
Methods and systems for obtaining image data of a vehicle for automatic damage assessment
Shane Tomlinson, Bloomington, IL (US); Jennifer Malia Andrus, Seattle, WA (US); Marigona Bokshi-Drotar, Mckinney, TX (US); Holly Lambert, Roswell, GA (US); Daniel J. Green, Bloomington, IL (US); Michael Bernico, Bloomington, IL (US); Bradley A. Sliz, Deerfield, IL (US); and He Yang, The Colony, TX (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 Aug. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/402,312.
Application 17/402,312 is a continuation of application No. 16/009,899, filed on Jun. 15, 2018, granted, now 11,120,574.
Prior Publication US 2021/0374997 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06Q 10/10 (2023.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2023.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01)
CPC G06T 7/75 (2017.01) [G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0283 (2013.01); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10004 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10016 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); H04N 23/64 (2023.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for obtaining image data of a vehicle for damage assessment, the method comprising:
providing, with a display of a mobile device, a user interface comprising instructions for a requested position of the mobile device relative to the vehicle for image capture, wherein the instructions are presented on a single screen of the user interface and wherein the instructions comprise:
image guidance comprising an image of a view of the vehicle, wherein the view is capturable by the mobile device when the mobile device is in the requested position; and
textual guidance comprising text describing relative distance between the mobile device and the vehicle when the mobile device is in the requested position;
capturing image data of the vehicle with the mobile device while the mobile device is in the requested position, the mobile device having an orientation model for facilitating orienting the image data;
analyzing, by the mobile device, the captured image data using the orientation model;
determining, by the mobile device, an orientation of the captured image data using the orientation model;
generating, by the mobile device, metadata based on the determined orientation, the metadata indicating the view of the vehicle in the captured image data;
attaching, by the mobile device, the generated metadata indicating the view of the vehicle to the captured image data;
determining, by the mobile device and using the orientation model, whether the captured image data can be used for the damage assessment based at least in part on the generated metadata; and
transmitting, in response to a determination that the captured image data can be used for the damage assessment and using the mobile device, the captured image data to a damage estimator computing device.