Michael D Mcclure

US Patent:

20210241377, Aug 5, 2021

Filed:

Feb 3, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/167039

Inventors:

- New Caanan CT, US
Tyler Crain - Oakland CA, US
Aleksander V. Tropp - Old Greenwich CT, US
Michael T. McClure - Shelton CT, US
Emily S. Yale - Branford CT, US
Domenico Marco Di Donna - Torre Del Greco, IT

International Classification:

G06Q 40/08
G06T 7/00
G06K 9/78
B25J 19/02
B25J 9/16
B64C 39/02

Abstract:

A system for capturing VIN numbers and vehicles images to track vehicle damage through vehicle supply chains which includes a mobile software application and/or robot(s) which moves autonomously around parking lots. The mobile application can direct the user to capture VIN images and/or vehicle images from certain views and collect GPS positions of the same and the robot includes various cameras and sensors to identify vehicles and take pictures of them. All of the captured images of vehicles are sent to a central server/storage where the vehicle images can be checked for damage as compared to locations so that it can be determined who was in possession of the vehicle when damage occurred.

US Patent:

20210241438, Aug 5, 2021

Filed:

Feb 3, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/167054

Inventors:

- New Canaan CT, US
Tyler Crain - Oakland CA, US
Aleksander V. Tropp - Old Greenwich CT, US
Michael T. McClure - Shelton CT, US
Emily S. Yale - Branford CT, US
Domenico Marco Di Donna - Torre Del Greco, Napoli, IT

International Classification:

G06T 7/00
B25J 19/02
B25J 9/16
B64C 39/02

Abstract:

A system for capturing VIN numbers and vehicles images to track vehicle damage through vehicle supply chains which includes a mobile software application and/or robot(s) which moves autonomously around parking lots. The mobile application can direct the user to capture VIN images and/or vehicle images from certain views and collect GPS positions of the same and the robot includes various cameras and sensors to identify vehicles and take pictures of them. All of the captured images of vehicles are sent to a central server/storage where the vehicle images can be checked for damage as compared to locations so that it can be determined who was in possession of the vehicle when damage occurred.