ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,440, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NEARMAP US INC. (Lehi, Utah).
"Image analysis systems and methods for determining building footprint" was invented by Julius Simonelli (San Diego), Ilsoo Seong (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Jason Janofsky (San Marcos, Calif.), Nicholas Molyneux (San Diego), David Tobias (Burlingame, Calif.), David Lyman (Houston), Peter Tran (San Diego) and Hiroshi Kobayashi (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, non-transitory computer readable media, and building analysis systems are disclosed that analyze an overhead image to generate a building outline for a building associated with a propert...