ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,890, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Allstate Insurance Co. (Northbrook, Ill.).

"Damage detection and analysis using three-dimensional surface scans" was invented by George Hayman (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable media for damage assessment using multi-dimensional surface scans. In an example embodiment, an electronic damage assessment request related to the property is received. The electronic damage assessment request comprises first location information. Based on second information provided by a mobile device comprising a LIDAR sensor associated with the comput...