US 10650285

Here's a concise summary of US Patent 10650285B1:

US Patent 10650285B1 Summary

• Title: Platform, systems, and methods for identifying property characteristics and property feature conditions through aerial imagery analysis
• Assignee: Aon Benfield Inc. (Note: Google Patents indicates a reassignment to AON RE, INC. on 2024-08-02, with AON BENFIELD INC. as the assignor).
• Inventor: Takeshi Okazaki
• Filing Date: 2020-01-03
• Issue Date: 2020-05-12
• Abstract: The patent describes methods and systems for automatically categorizing the condition of a property characteristic. This involves obtaining aerial imagery of a property, identifying features corresponding to a characteristic (e.g., a roof), analyzing these features to classify the characteristic (e.g., roof shape), and analyzing a region of the image to determine its condition classification (e.g., good or bad). The ultimate goal is to determine a risk estimate of damage to the property from disasters based on these classifications.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

The patent includes three independent claims: one method claim, one system claim, and one non-transitory computer-readable medium claim.

• Independent Claim 1 (Method): This claim describes a computer-implemented method for assessing a property. It involves receiving an aerial image of a property and at least one specific property feature to examine. For each identified feature, the method analyzes its characteristics (like shape or material) and its condition (like wear or damage). Finally, it uses both the characteristic and condition information to calculate a risk estimate of how likely the property is to be damaged by one or more disasters.
• Independent Claim 9 (System): This claim describes a system designed to categorize the repair condition of a property feature. The system includes processing circuitry and computer instructions. When these instructions are run, the system obtains an aerial image, identifies features related to a property characteristic, classifies that characteristic, determines the condition of that characteristic, and then calculates the estimated cost to replace that characteristic based on its classification and condition.
• Independent Claim 16 (Non-Transitory Computer Readable Medium): This claim covers a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions. When executed by processing circuitry, these instructions cause the system to receive details about a property and at least one characteristic. It then obtains an aerial image of the property, identifies the specific features in the image that correspond to the characteristic(s), classifies each characteristic, and determines the condition of each. This information is then used to calculate at least one risk estimate for damage due to disaster.

CAFC 2026 Dockets:

A review of the provided Google Patents information and general CAFC docket search results for 2026 does not explicitly show patent 10650285 listed in the CAFC's scheduled cases for April, May, or June 2026. However, the "Legal status" section of the Google Patents page for US10650285B1 indicates that the patent family has ongoing litigation, including a PTAB case (IPR2025-01357, filed but not instituted procedurally) and a US case filed in the Delaware District Court (1:25-cv-00201). These are not direct CAFC 2026 docket entries for US10650285B1.