US 12,289,519 B1
Sensor package for automated remote data capture in property appraisals
Michael J. Maciolek, Kerrville, TX (US); Donnette L. Moncrief Brown, San Antonio, TX (US); Manfred Amann, San Antonio, TX (US); Timothy Frank Davison, San Antonio, TX (US); Snehal Desai, Richardson, TX (US); Nicole Ferretti, Plano, TX (US); Rachel Michelle Ballew, San Antonio, TX (US); Chung Shing Sheldon Lee, South Jordan, UT (US); Martin Lopez, Frisco, TX (US); Kelsey Anne O'Brien, Austin, TX (US); Melissa Jane Porter, Lutz, FL (US); Sayeef Rahim, Allen, TX (US); Eric David Schroeder, San Antonio, TX (US); Steven J. Schroeder, Dak Point, TX (US); and Joseph Michael Vesco, Sparks, NV (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/192,900.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/362,141, filed on Mar. 30, 2022.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/661 (2023.01); G06Q 50/163 (2024.01); H04W 4/021 (2018.01)
CPC H04N 23/661 (2023.01) [G06Q 50/163 (2013.01); H04W 4/021 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of remote data capture for property appraisals, the method comprising:
determining at a first time, at an onboard computing system for an appraisal sensor package, the appraisal sensor package is in a first range of a first target property;
initiating, in response to determining the appraisal sensor package is in a first range of a first target property, an image capture session in which a first camera installed in the appraisal sensor package is automatically activated;
collecting first image data about an external environment associated with the first target property via the first camera;
transmitting the first image data from the onboard computing device to a remote server via a network;
determining, at a subsequent second time, that a timeout period has elapsed since the delivery of the appraisal sensor package at the first target property; and
automatically deactivating the first camera in response to determining the timeout period has elapsed.