Component damage and salvage assessment
Methods and systems for assessing, detecting, and responding to malfunctions involving components of autonomous vehicle and/or smart homes are described herein. Autonomous operation features and related components can be assessed using direct or indirect data regarding operation. Such assessment may be performed to determine the condition of components for salvage following a collision or other loss-event. To this end, the information regarding a plurality of components may be received. A component of the plurality of components may be identified for assessment. Assessment may including causing test signals to be sent to the identified component. In response to the test signal, one or more responses may be received. The received response may be compared to an expected response to determine whether the identified component is salvageable.
1. A computer-implemented method of assessing salvage potential for a smart home following damage to the smart home, comprising:
receiving, at one or more processors, information regarding a plurality of components associated with autonomous operation features of the smart home, wherein the information includes measurements taken by physical sensors of the plurality of components;
determining, by one or more processors, that the information regarding the plurality of components indicates a loss-event involving the smart home;
receiving, at one or more processors, operating data associated with operation of the smart home at a time associated with the loss event, wherein the operating data includes measurements taken by the physical sensors;
identifying, by one or more processors, a plurality of components likely to be associated with the loss-event and to assess, based on the operating data and stored information;
causing, by one or more processors, one or more test signals to be sent to each of the plurality of components identified to assess;
receiving, at one or more processors, one or more received responses from each of the plurality of components identified to assess in response to the one or more test signals;
determining, by one or more processors, one or more expected responses from each of the plurality of components identified to assess based upon the received information regarding the plurality of components;
making a determination, by one or more processors, of a salvage potential for a first component of the plurality of components including an estimated damage to the first component, wherein the salvage potential is based upon a received response of the one or more received responses and an expected response of the one or more expected responses for the first component, and upon a received response of the one or more received responses and an expected response of the one or more expected responses for a second component of the plurality of components; and
making a determination, by one or more processors, of a salvage value associated with the first component based upon the determined salvage potential for the first component; and
outputting, by one or more processors to an interface, the estimated salvage value.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the salvage potential for a component of the one or more components includes:
determining, by one or more processors, the salvage potential for the component based upon the received response being within a range of acceptable responses based upon the one or more expected responses and indicating proper functioning of the component.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the salvage potential for a component of the one or more components includes determining whether the component is damaged.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein:
at least one of the one or more received responses from the one or more components is an implied response based upon an absence of a signal from at least one of the one or more components;
the at least one of the one or more components is determined to be damaged based upon the implied response; and
the at least one of the one or more components is determined not to have salvage potential based upon the determination that the at least one of the one or more components is damaged.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are disposed within a computing device communicatively connected to a smart home controller of the smart home.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the computing device is a special-purpose computing device and is communicatively connected to the smart home controller via a communication port.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 , wherein the computing device is a mobile computing device and is communicatively connected to the smart home controller via a wireless connection.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are disposed within a smart home controller configured to operate the smart home.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 , wherein the smart home controller is controlled to assess the salvage potential by a special-purpose computing device communicatively connected to the smart home controller via a data port of the smart home controller.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by one or more processors, a preliminary assessment of the salvage potential for the smart home based upon the operating data, wherein the one or more components of the plurality of components are identified based upon the determined preliminary assessment.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by one or more processors, an estimated level of damage associated with one or more additional components based upon the one or more received responses and the one or more expected responses from the one or more components, wherein the one or more additional components are components of the smart home that are not sensors or not autonomous operation features; and
determining, by one or more processors, the salvage potential for each of the one or more additional components based upon the estimated level of damage associated with the one or more additional components.
12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining, by one or more processors, that the smart home is a total loss based upon an estimated level of damage for each of the one or more components exceeding a value for the smart home.
13. A computer system configured to assess salvage potential for smart home following damage to the smart home, comprising:
one or more processors;
a communication module adapted to communicate with a plurality of components associated with autonomous operation features of the smart home; and
a non-transitory program memory coupled to the one or more processors and storing executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to:
receive information, from the plurality of components, regarding the plurality of components associated with autonomous operation features of the smart home, wherein the information includes measurements taken by physical sensors of the plurality of components;
determine that the information regarding the plurality of components indicates a loss-event involving the smart home;
receive operating data associated with operation of the smart home at a time associated with the loss event, wherein the operating data includes measurements taken by the physical sensors;
identify a plurality of components likely to be associated with the loss-event and to assess, based on the operating data and stored information;
cause one or more test signals to be sent to each of the identified components to assess;
receive one or more received responses from each of the identified components to assess in response to the one or more test signals;
determine one or more expected responses from each of the identified components to assess based upon the information regarding the plurality of components;
make a determination of a salvage potential for a first component of the plurality of components including an estimated damage to the first component, wherein the salvage potential is based upon a received response of the one or more received responses and an expected response of the one or more expected responses for the first component, and upon a received response of the one or more received responses and an expected response of the one or more expected responses for a second component of the plurality of components;
make a determination of a salvage value associated with the first component based upon the determined salvage potential for the first component; and
output to a server the estimated salvage value.
14. The computer system of claim 13 , wherein to determine the salvage potential for a component of the one or more components, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the computer system to:
determine the salvage potential for the component based upon the received response being within a range of acceptable responses based upon the one or more expected responses and indicating proper functioning of the component.
15. The computer system of claim 13 , wherein:
at least one of the received responses from the one or more components is an implied response based upon an absence of a signal from at least one of the one or more components;
the at least one of the one or more components is determined to be damaged based upon the implied response; and
the at least one of the one or more components is determined not have salvage potential based upon the determination that the at least one of the one or more components is damaged.
16. The computer system of claim 13 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the computer system to:
determine an estimated level of damage associated with one or more additional components based upon the one or more received responses and the one or more expected responses from the one or more components, wherein the one or more additional components are components of the autonomous vehicle that are not sensors or not autonomous operation features; and
determine the salvage potential for each of the one or more additional components based upon the estimated level of damage associated with the one or more additional components.
17. The computer system of claim 13 , the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the computer system to:
determine that the smart home is a total loss based upon an estimated level of damage for each of the one or more components exceeding a value for the smart home.
18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions, that when executed cause one or more processors to:
receive information regarding a plurality of components associated with autonomous operation features of a smart home, wherein the information includes measurements taken by physical sensors of the plurality of components;
determine that the information regarding the plurality of components indicates a loss-event involving the smart home;
receive operating data associated with operation of the smart home at a time associated with the loss event, wherein the operating data includes measurements taken by the physical sensors;
identify a plurality of components likely to be associated with the loss-event and to assess, based on the operating data and stored information;
cause one or more test signals to be sent to each of the plurality of components identified to assess;
receive one or more received responses from each of the plurality of components identified to assess in response to the one or more test signals;
determine one or more expected responses from each of the plurality of components identified to assess based upon the received information regarding the plurality of components;
make a determination of a salvage potential for a first component of the plurality of components including an estimated damage to the first component, wherein the salvage potential is based upon a received response of the one or more received responses and an expected response of the one or more expected responses for the first component, and upon a received response of the one or more received responses and an expected response of the one or more expected responses for a second component of the plurality of components;
make a determination of a salvage value associated with the first component based upon the determined salvage potential for the first component; and
output to a server the estimated salvage value.