ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,218, issued on June 17, was assigned to Insurance Services Office Inc. (Jersey City, N.J.).

"Computer vision systems and methods for modeling roofs of structures using two-dimensional and partial three-dimensional data" was invented by Bryce Zachary Porter (Lehi, Utah) and Ryan Mark Justus (Lehi, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for modeling a roof of a structure comprising a first database, a second database and a processor in communication with the first database and the second database. The processor selects one or more images and the respective metadata thereof from the first database based on a received a geospatial ...