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US 12,586,177 · App. 18/183,809 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Damage information processing device, damage information processing method, and program

Inventor: Kazuma Matsumoto (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
G06T7/001G06V10/751
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Patent No.
US 12,586,177
App. No.
18/183,809
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a damage information processing device, a damage information processing method, and a program that offer ease with which a user can recognize a point that has a chronologically unnatural difference. A damage information processing device ( 10 ) includes a processor ( 20 ) and is configured to process information about damage to a structure. The processor ( 20 ) is configured to acquire information about damage to a structure. The information includes first damage information about a state at one point in time and second damage information about a state at a later point in time than the first damage information. The processor ( 20 ) is configured to extract difference information concerning the difference between the first damage information and the second damage information. The processor ( 20 ) is configured to detect, by searching through the difference information, a first category point where only the first damage information is involved or where the first damage information is greater than the second damage information. The processor ( 20 ) is configured to output, to a display device, an alert indication in connection with at least one of the first damage information or the second damage information to give an indication of the first category point.

Claims (32)

1 . A damage information processing device comprising a processor and configured to process information about damage to a structure, the processor being configured to:

acquire information about damage to a structure, the information including first damage information about a state at one point in time and second damage information about a state at a later point in time than the first damage information;

extract difference information concerning difference between the first damage information and the second damage information, the difference information being a quantitative value;

detect, by searching through the difference information, a first category point where only the first damage information is involved or where the first damage information is greater than the second damage information; and

output, to a display device, an alert indication in connection with at least one of the first damage information or the second damage information to give an indication of a location of the first category point,

wherein the first category point indicates a chronologically unnatural change that conflicts with a chronologically irreversible transformation.

2 . The damage information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor detects, by searching through the difference information, a second category point where only the second damage information is involved or where the second damage information is greater than the first damage information, and

the processor outputs, to the display device, an alert indication in connection with at least one of the first damage information or the second damage information to give an indication of the second category point.

3 . The damage information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein

with reference to the difference information, the first damage information, and the second damage information, the processor detects a third category point where the first damage information and the second damage information overlap each other or where the first damage information and the second damage information are identical to each other, and

the processor outputs, to the display device, an alert indication in connection with at least one of the first damage information or the second damage information to give an indication of the third category point.

4 . The damage information processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the processor causes the display device to switch between displaying and hiding an indication associated with damage information corresponding to the first category point, an indication associated with damage information corresponding to the second category point, or an indication associated with damage information corresponding to the third category point.

5 . The damage information processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor indicates the second category point in various forms in accordance with magnitude of difference included in the difference information.

6 . The damage information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor performs display processing in which the processor causes the display device to display an indication associated with information obtained by superposing the first damage information and the second damage information.

7 . The damage information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor acquires first visual imagery from which the first damage information is obtained and second visual imagery from which the second damage information is obtained, and

the processor performs display processing in which the processor causes the display device to display the first visual imagery and the second visual imagery side by side.

8 . The damage information processing device according to claim 7 , wherein when the first visual imagery or the second visual imagery does not meet a predetermined requirement, the processor performs display processing in which the processor causes the display device to display an indication prompting a user to reacquire visual imagery.

9 . The damage information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor outputs, to the display device, one or more procedures for making corrections to the first damage information corresponding to the first category point or for making corrections to the second damage information corresponding to the first category point.

10 . The damage information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the processor accepts correction information concerning corrections made to the first damage information or the second damage information displayed by the display device, and

the processor extracts the difference information again with reference to the first damage information or the second damage information to which the corrections are made.

11 . The damage information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor automatically makes corrections to the first damage information corresponding to the first category point or to the second damage information corresponding to the first category point.

12 . The damage information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the difference information is vectorial information, a length, and/or a width.

13 . A damage information processing method by which a damage information processing device comprising a processor processes information about damage to a structure, the method comprising the steps of:

causing the processor to acquire information about damage to a structure, the information including first damage information about a state at one point in time and second damage information about a state at a later point in time than the first damage information;

causing the processor to extract difference information concerning difference between the first damage information and the second damage information, the difference information being a quantitative value;

causing the processor to detect, by searching through the difference information, a first category point where only the first damage information is involved or where the first damage information is greater than the second damage information; and

causing the processor to output, to a display device, an alert indication in connection with at least one of the first damage information or the second damage information to give an indication of a location of the first category point,

wherein the first category point indicates a chronologically unnatural change that conflicts with a chronologically irreversible transformation.

14 . A non-transitory, computer-readable tangible recording medium on which a program for causing, when read by a computer, the computer to execute the damage information processing method according to claim 13 is recorded.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2023
From: MATSUMOTO, KAZUMA
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062981/0313 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-163228 · Sep 29, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021034967 · Sep 24, 2021
Related Publication 20230214992A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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