Method of Estimating Damage to a Roof

摘要

A damage assessment module operating on a computer system automatically evaluates a roof, estimating damage to the roof by analyzing a point cloud of a roof. The damage assessment module identifies individual shingles from the point cloud and detects potentially damaged areas on each of the shingles. The damage assessment module then maps the potentially damaged areas of each shingle back to the point cloud to determine which areas of the roof are damaged. Based on the estimation, the damage assessment module generates a report on the roof damage.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method of estimating damage to a roof, the method comprising:
generating, by one or more processors, from a first point cloud representing a roof, a second point cloud representing a shingle; comparing, by the one or more processors, the second point cloud to a model point cloud, the model point cloud representing a model shingle; identifying, by the one or more processors, based on the comparison, a first set of points; correlating, by the one or more processors, each point within the first set of points to a representation of a point of damage; identifying, by the one or more processors, a second set of points, the second set of points including at least one point from the first set; correlating, by the one or more processors, the second set of points to a representation of a damaged region of the roof; and generating, by the one or more processors, and storing to a memory a report based on the second set of points for subsequent retrieval and use in estimating damage to at least part of the roof.