US Patent Issued to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE on May 13 for "Photo deformation techniques for vehicle repair analysis" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,811, issued on May 13, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).

"Photo deformation techniques for vehicle repair analysis" was invented by William J. Leise (Normal, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system may use photo deformation techniques for vehicle repair analysis to determine a repair time for repairing a damaged vehicle part. A user's client device may generate a three-dimensional (3D) image or model of a damaged vehicle part by capturing several two-dimensional images of the damaged vehicle part. One or several characteristics of the damaged vehicle part may be extrac...