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US 12,400,273 · App. 18/122,085 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Methods and systems for submitting and/or processing insurance claims for damaged motor vehicle glass

Inventors: Jim Larson (Chandler, AZ); Edward Zabasajja (Chandler, AZ); Craig J. Mullen (Phoenix, AZ); Douglas J. Nelson (Chandler, AZ); Deron Simmons (Chandler, AZ)
Assignee: Neural Claim System, Inc.
G06Q40/08G06V10/764G06V10/945G06V20/50
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Patent No.
US 12,400,273
App. No.
18/122,085
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and system for submitting an insurance claim for damaged motor vehicle glass are provided that can include: receiving a plurality of images associated with motor vehicle glass at processing circuitry; performing image processing operations on each of the plurality of images to determine one or more of glass damage, glass type, and/or claim fraud; and submitting an insurance claim for motor vehicle glass repair or replace based on the glass type or damage, or flagging the claim as fraud. There is also provided a non-transitory computer readable storing instruction that when executed by a processor, causes a computer system to perform the following method. The method can include: prompting a user for initial claim submission information; prompting the user for a plurality of images of portions of motor vehicle glass, performing image processing operations on each of the plurality of images to train or improve the computer system, determine one or more of glass damage, glass type, and/or claim fraud; and one of submit or reject an insurance claim for glass repair.

Claims (19)

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instruction that, when executed by a processor, causes a computer system to perform the following method:

prompt a user for initial claim submission information;

prompt a user for a plurality of images of portions of motor vehicle glass;

perform image processing operations on each of the plurality of images to determine one or more of glass damage, glass type, and/or claim fraud, wherein the image processing operations include:

prompting the use for the VIN number of the vehicle;

prompting for photos of the vehicle, vehicle glass, and damaged portions;

accessing data of the photos of the vehicle, vehicle glass, and damaged portions from the user;

using the processor, processing the data of the photos of the vehicle, vehicle glass, and damaged portions to determine repair or replace, wherein the processing includes:

classifying the damaged portions;

augmenting the data of the photos;

fitting the data of the photos to a model; and

comparing the data of the photos to a truth table;

if replace, the VIN number is processed through third party data to determine the required part numbers; and

if repair, a work order is generated; and

submit insurance claim for motor vehicle glass repair or replace.

2. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises comparing information from the plurality of images to initial claim submission information.

3. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises comparing information from the plurality of images to third party information.

4. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises comparing information from the plurality of images to trained system information.

5. The computer readable storage medium of claim 1 wherein the machine learning and/or training comprises augmenting the images received.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2023
From: LARSON, JIM; ZABASAJJA, EDWARD; MULLEN, CRAIG J.; NELSON, DOUGLAS J.; SIMMONS, DERON
To: NEURAL CLAIM SYSTEM, INC.
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Continuity (4)
Continuation In Part 17198114 · Mar 10, 2021
Continuation In Part 17016097 · Sep 9, 2020
Provisional Application 62897746 · Sep 9, 2019
Related Publication 20230214936A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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