Method and system for assessing damage to infrastructure

摘要

A method and system may assess the damage to infrastructure using aerial images captured from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a manned aerial vehicle (MAV) or from a satellite device. Specifically, an item of infrastructure may be identified for assessing damage. The UAV, MAV, or satellite device may then capture aerial images within an area which surrounds the identified infrastructure item. Subsequently, the aerial images may be analyzed to determine a condition and the extent and/or severity of the damage to the infrastructure item. Furthermore, the aerial images along with indications of the extent of the damage may be displayed on a computing device.

主权项

1. A method for assessing damage to infrastructure using aerial images, the method executed by one or more processors programmed to perform the method, the method comprising:
identifying, by the one or more processors, an item of infrastructure for assessing damage; receiving, at the one or more processors, one or more aerial images from an aerial image capturing device, wherein the one or more aerial images display the item of infrastructure; for each of a plurality of portions of the item of infrastructure:
determining, by the one or more processors, a type of the portion of the item of infrastructure;determining, by the one or more processors, a damage severity level of the portion of the item of infrastructure based on the one or more aerial images at least in part by determining, according to a set of rules, whether the portion of the item of infrastructure needs to be replaced based on the type of the portion of the item of infrastructure, wherein when the portion of the item of infrastructure is a first type, the set of rules indicate that the portion needs to be replaced based on a condition of the portion and when the portion of the item of infrastructure is a second type, the set of rules indicate that the portion can be repaired based on the condition;assigning, by the one or more processors, a damage severity level indicator to the portion of the item of infrastructure based on the damage severity level; and displaying, by the one or more processors, the item of infrastructure and the plurality of damage severity level indicators corresponding to each of the plurality of portions of the item of infrastructure on a user interface; wherein in response to identifying the item of infrastructure, the one or more processors cause the aerial image capturing device to capture the plurality of aerial images which display the item of infrastructure.