US 11,308,600 B1 · System and method for analyzing an integrity of a roof covering

Abstract

Methods and systems for analyzing an integrity of a roof covering are presented. One or more roof sections of a structure may be identified with one or more processors. An airflow may then be directed over one or more shingles or other discontinuous roof covering materials of the roof section by an airflow unit. A respective lift for each of the shingles may then be observed by an imaging unit. An adhesion score may then be determined for each of the one or more shingles using the one or more processors. This adhesion score may be based on the respective lift. An overall roof integrity rating may then be generated by the one or more processors, based on the one or more adhesion scores. The overall roof integrity rating may then be provided by the one or more processors to a user of a computing device.

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Dependent claims

A computer implemented method for analyzing an integrity of a roof covering, the method comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors, one or more roof sections of a structure;
directing, by an airflow device, an airflow over one or more discontinuous roof covering materials of the one or more roof sections;
observing, by an imaging unit, a respective lift for each of the one or more discontinuous roof covering materials;
generating, by the one or more processors, an overall roof integrity rating based on the respective lift of one or more of the one or more discontinuous roof covering materials;
and
providing, by the one or more processors, the overall roof integrity rating to a user of a computing device.

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A computer device for analyzing an integrity of a roof covering, the computer device comprising:

an imaging unit configured to observe a respective lift for each of one or more discontinuous roof covering materials of one or more roof sections of a structure while an airflow is directed over the one or more discontinuous roof covering materials;
one or more processors;
and
one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memories including non-transitory computer executable instructions stored therein that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computer device to:
identify the one or more roof sections;
obtain the respective lift for each of the one or more discontinuous roof covering materials from the imaging unit;
generate an overall roof integrity rating based on the respective lift of one or more of the one or more discontinuous roof covering materials;
and
provide the overall roof integrity rating to a user of a computing device.

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A device for analyzing an integrity of a roof covering, the device comprising:

an airflow unit configured to generate an airflow over one or more discontinuous roof covering materials of one or more roof sections of a structure;
an imaging unit configured to observe the respective lift for each of the one or more discontinuous roof covering materials while the airflow is directed over the one or more discontinuous roof covering materials;
one or more processors;
and
one or more memories coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more memories including non-transitory computer executable instructions stored therein that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the device to:
control the airflow from the airflow unit,
obtain the respective lift for each of the one or more discontinuous roof covering materials from the imaging unit, and
generate an overall roof integrity rating based on the respective lift of one or more of the one or more discontinuous roof covering materials.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System and method for analyzing an integrity of a roof covering

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