IP Library Granted Patent US 11,556,902
Granted Patent B2
US 11,556,902 · App. 17/039,231 · Granted Jan 17, 2023

Automated vehicle repair estimation by aggregate ensembling of multiple artificial intelligence functions

Inventors: Abhijeet Gulati (San Diego, CA); Olivier Baudoux (San Diego, CA); Sathish Venkatesan (San Diego, CA); Geengyee Chong (San Diego, CA); Dune Pagaduan (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Mitchell International, Inc.
G06Q10/20G06K9/6257G06N5/04G06N20/00G06N20/20G06Q10/10G06Q40/08G06T7/0002G06T7/0004G06V20/00G06T2207/20081G06T2207/30248
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Patent No.
US 11,556,902
App. No.
17/039,231
Granted
Jan 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Automated vehicle repair estimation by aggregate ensembling of multiple artificial intelligence functions is provided. A method comprises receiving a plurality of vehicle repair recommendation sets for a damaged vehicle, wherein each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets identifies at least one recommended vehicle repair operation of a plurality of the vehicle repair operations for the damaged vehicle; aggregating a plurality of the recommended vehicle repair operations; generating a composite vehicle repair recommendation set that identifies the aggregated recommended vehicle repair operations; and providing the composite vehicle repair recommendation set to one or more vehicle repair insurance claims management systems.

Claims (47)

1. A system, comprising:

a hardware processor; and

a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by the hardware processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving a plurality of vehicle repair recommendation sets for a damaged vehicle, wherein each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets identifies at least one recommended vehicle repair operation of a plurality of the vehicle repair operations for the damaged vehicle, wherein each vehicle repair recommendation set identifies a score for each of the recommended vehicle repair operations in the plurality of vehicle repair recommendation sets, wherein each score indicates a projected accuracy of the corresponding recommended vehicle repair operation, wherein each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets includes one or more images of the damaged vehicle, and wherein each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets is generated by a respective first artificial intelligence function, and wherein each of the respective first artificial intelligence functions is trained;

selecting a plurality of the recommended vehicle repair operations, including at least one recommended vehicle repair operation from each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets, by providing the plurality of vehicle repair recommendation sets to a second artificial intelligence function, wherein the second artificial intelligence function is trained using a plurality of vehicle repair training sets,

wherein each vehicle repair training set comprises:

one or more images of a further damaged vehicle, and

a composite vehicle repair recommendation set for the further damaged vehicle;

aggregating the selected plurality of the recommended vehicle repair operations;

generating a composite vehicle repair recommendation set that identifies the aggregated recommended vehicle repair operations, comprising identifying the scores for the recommended vehicle repair operations in the generated composite vehicle repair recommendation set;

providing the composite vehicle repair recommendation set to one or more vehicle repair insurance claims management systems; and

re-training one or more of the first artificial intelligence functions when a predetermined event occurs;

wherein:

each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets identifies a plurality of images of the damaged vehicle; and

the method further comprises:

selecting one or more of the images of the damaged vehicle, and identifying the selected one or more of the images in the generated composite vehicle repair recommendation set.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein aggregating a plurality of the recommended vehicle repair operations comprises:

aggregating the plurality of the recommended vehicle repair operations based on statistical aggregation methodologies comprising at least one of mean, max, min, variance, and standard deviation.

3. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions executable by a hardware processor of a computing component, the machine- readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause the hardware processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving a plurality of vehicle repair recommendation sets for a damaged vehicle, wherein each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets identifies at least one recommended vehicle repair operation of a plurality of the vehicle repair operations for the damaged vehicle, wherein each vehicle repair recommendation set identifies a score for each of the recommended vehicle repair operations in the plurality of vehicle repair recommendation sets, wherein each score indicates a projected accuracy of the corresponding recommended vehicle repair operation, wherein each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets includes one or more images of the damaged vehicle, and wherein each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets is generated by a respective first artificial intelligence function, and wherein each of the respective first artificial intelligence functions is trained;

selecting a plurality of the recommended vehicle repair operations, including at least one recommended vehicle repair operation from each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets, by providing the plurality of vehicle repair recommendation sets to a second artificial intelligence function, wherein the second artificial intelligence function is trained using a plurality of vehicle repair training sets,

wherein each vehicle repair training set comprises:

one or more images of a further damaged vehicle, and

a composite vehicle repair recommendation set for the further damaged vehicle;

aggregating the selected plurality of the recommended vehicle repair operations;

generating a composite vehicle repair recommendation set that identifies the aggregated recommended vehicle repair operations, comprising identifying the scores for the recommended vehicle repair operations in the generated composite vehicle repair recommendation set;

providing the composite vehicle repair recommendation set to one or more vehicle repair insurance claims management systems; and

re-training one or more of the first artificial intelligence functions when a predetermined event occurs;

wherein:

each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets identifies a plurality of images of the damaged vehicle; and

the method further comprises:

selecting one or more of the images of the damaged vehicle, and identifying the selected one or more of the images in the generated composite vehicle repair recommendation set.

4. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 3 , wherein aggregating a plurality of the recommended vehicle repair operations comprises:

aggregating the plurality of the recommended vehicle repair operations based on statistical aggregation methodologies comprising at least one of mean, max, min, variance, and standard deviation.

5. A method comprising:

receiving a plurality of vehicle repair recommendation sets for a damaged vehicle, wherein each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets identifies at least one recommended vehicle repair operation of a plurality of the vehicle repair operations for the damaged vehicle, wherein each vehicle repair recommendation set identifies a score for each of the recommended vehicle repair operations in the plurality of vehicle repair recommendation sets, wherein each score indicates a projected accuracy of the corresponding recommended vehicle repair operation, wherein each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets includes one or more images of the damaged vehicle, and wherein each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets is generated by a respective first artificial intelligence function, and wherein each of the respective first artificial intelligence functions is trained;

selecting a plurality of the recommended vehicle repair operations, including at least one recommended vehicle repair operation from each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets, by providing the plurality of vehicle repair recommendation sets to a second artificial intelligence function, wherein the second artificial intelligence function is trained using a plurality of vehicle repair training sets, wherein each vehicle repair training set comprises:

one or more images of a further damaged vehicle, and

a composite vehicle repair recommendation set for the further damaged vehicle;

aggregating the selected plurality of the recommended vehicle repair operations; generating a composite vehicle repair recommendation set that identifies the aggregated recommended vehicle repair operations, comprising identifying the scores for the recommended vehicle repair operations in the generated composite vehicle repair recommendation set;

providing the composite vehicle repair recommendation set to one or more vehicle repair insurance claims management systems; and

re-training one or more of the first artificial intelligence functions when a predetermined event occurs;

wherein:

each of the vehicle repair recommendation sets identifies a plurality of images of the damaged vehicle; and

the method further comprises:

selecting one or more of the images of the damaged vehicle, and

identifying the selected one or more of the images in the generated composite vehicle repair recommendation set.

Assignments (3)
SECOND LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 18, 2021
From: MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
Reel/Frame 057842/0170 →
FIRST LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Oct 18, 2021
From: MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
To: GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
Reel/Frame 058014/0629 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2020
From: GULATI, ABHIJEET; BAUDOUX, OLIVIER; VENKATESAN, SATHISH; CHONG, GEENGYEE; PAGADUAN, DUNE
To: MITCHELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Reel/Frame 053986/0266 →