System and method for using object recognition to facilitate the collection of insurance information

A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• receive an image of an object from a user via a user-interactive control of an electronic form rendered within a web browser of a client device of the user and via an Internet link;
• process, according to an object recognition technique, the image of the object to identify physical features of the image of the object;
• use the identified physical features to determine a type of the object, at least by comparing the physical features to physical features known to correspond to the type of the object;
• determine a confidence level associated with the determination of the type of the object;
• determine that the confidence level is above a threshold;
• and
• provide to the user, via the Internet link, a text indication of the determined type of the object to facilitate entry of accurate information in a field of the electronic form, at least by automatically populating the field of the electronic form within the web browser in accordance with the determined type in response to determining that the confidence level is above the threshold.

A computer system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more memories storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer system to
• receive an image of an object from a user via a user-interactive control of an electronic form rendered within a web browser of a client device of the user and via an Internet link,
• process, according to an object recognition technique, the image of the object to identify physical features of the image of the object, wherein the physical features include a ratio between different dimensions of an element of the object,
• use the identified physical features to determine the type of the object, at least by comparing the physical features to physical features known to correspond to the type of the object,
• determine a confidence level associated with the determination of the type of the object,
• determine that the confidence level is above a threshold, and
• provide to the user, via the Internet link, a text indication of the determined type of the object to facilitate entry of accurate information in a field of the electronic form, at least by automatically populating the field of the electronic form within the web browser in accordance with the determined type in response to determining that the confidence level is above the threshold.