Patent ID: 11928742
Assignee: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B | IPC B  G

Claim 7:
8. A computer-implemented method for collecting vehicle crash data at a vehicle crash site of a vehicle crash, the method implemented by a vehicle crash data collection system including an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the UAV including at least one processor, a memory, and at least one sensor, the computer-implemented method comprising:
analyzing, by the at least one processor in real-time while the UAV is disengaged from an emergency response vehicle, the vehicle crash data and drone data at the vehicle crash site;
determining, by the at least one processor based upon the analysis of the vehicle crash data and the drone data, an extent of damage of the vehicle crash; and
transmitting, by the at least one processor, the vehicle crash data and the determined extent of the damage to a remote computing device for transmission to at least one computing device associated with a party requesting information related to the vehicle crash.