Patents by Inventor Kaigang Li

Kaigang Li has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Automatic assessment of damage and repair costs in vehicles
    Patent number: 11443288
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically estimating a repair cost for a vehicle. A method includes: receiving, at a server computing device over an electronic network, one or more images of a damaged vehicle from a client computing device; performing image processing operations on each of the one or more images to detect external damage to a first set of parts of the vehicle; inferring internal damage to a second set of parts of the vehicle based on the detected external damage; and, calculating an estimated repair cost for the vehicle based on the detected external damage and inferred internal damage based on accessing a parts database that includes repair and labor costs for each part in the first and second sets of parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Vikas Taliwal, Siddhartha Dalal, Kaigang Li, Gaurav Sharma
  • Automatic assessment of damage and repair costs in vehicles
    Patent number: 11144889
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically estimating a repair cost for a vehicle. A method includes: receiving, at a server computing device over an electronic network, one or more images of a damaged vehicle from a client computing device; performing image processing operations on each of the one or more images to detect external damage to a first set of parts of the vehicle; inferring internal damage to a second set of parts of the vehicle based on the detected external damage; and, calculating an estimated repair cost for the vehicle based on the detected external damage and inferred internal damage based on accessing a parts database that includes repair and labor costs for each part in the first and second sets of parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: Kaigang Li, Ashwath Aithal, Siddhartha Dalal, Liangkai Zhang
  • AUTOMATIC ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE AND REPAIR COSTS IN VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20200273001
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically estimating a repair cost for a vehicle. A method includes: receiving, at a server computing device over an electronic network, one or more images of a damaged vehicle from a client computing device; performing image processing operations on each of the one or more images to detect external damage to a first set of parts of the vehicle; inferring internal damage to a second set of parts of the vehicle based on the detected external damage; and, calculating an estimated repair cost for the vehicle based on the detected external damage and inferred internal damage based on accessing a parts database that includes repair and labor costs for each part in the first and second sets of parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Vikas Taliwal, Siddhartha Dalal, Kaigang Li, Gaurav Sharma
  • Automatic assessment of damage and repair costs in vehicles
    Patent number: 10692050
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically estimating a repair cost for a vehicle. A method includes: receiving, at a server computing device over an electronic network, one or more images of a damaged vehicle from a client computing device; performing image processing operations on each of the one or more images to detect external damage to a first set of parts of the vehicle; inferring internal damage to a second set of parts of the vehicle based on the detected external damage; and, calculating an estimated repair cost for the vehicle based on the detected external damage and inferred internal damage based on accessing a parts database that includes repair and labor costs for each part in the first and second sets of parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: American International Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Vikas Taliwal, Siddhartha Dalal, Kaigang Li, Gaurav Sharma
  • AUTOMATIC ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE AND REPAIR COSTS IN VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20180260793
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically estimating a repair cost for a vehicle. A method includes: receiving, at a server computing device over an electronic network, one or more images of a damaged vehicle from a client computing device; performing image processing operations on each of the one or more images to detect external damage to a first set of parts of the vehicle; inferring internal damage to a second set of parts of the vehicle based on the detected external damage; and, calculating an estimated repair cost for the vehicle based on the detected external damage and inferred internal damage based on accessing a parts database that includes repair and labor costs for each part in the first and second sets of parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: American International Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kaigang Li, Ashwath Aithal, Siddhartha Dalal, Liangkai Zhang
  • AUTOMATIC ASSESSMENT OF DAMAGE AND REPAIR COSTS IN VEHICLES
    Publication number: 20170293894
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for automatically estimating a repair cost for a vehicle. A method includes: receiving, at a server computing device over an electronic network, one or more images of a damaged vehicle from a client computing device; performing image processing operations on each of the one or more images to detect external damage to a first set of parts of the vehicle; inferring internal damage to a second set of parts of the vehicle based on the detected external damage; and, calculating an estimated repair cost for the vehicle based on the detected external damage and inferred internal damage based on accessing a parts database that includes repair and labor costs for each part in the first and second sets of parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Vikas Taliwal, Siddhartha Dalal, Kaigang Li, Gaurav Sharma