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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2021
Applicant:

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (US);

Inventor:

Prakash Ranganathan, Grand Forks, ND (US);

Assignee:

University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/00 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); G06V 20/10 (2022.01); G06T 7/60 (2017.01); G06V 10/762 (2022.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); B64U 101/30 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 5/0066 (2013.01); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); G06T 7/11 (2017.01); G06T 7/136 (2017.01); G06T 7/60 (2013.01); G06V 10/763 (2022.01); G06V 20/17 (2022.01); G06V 20/176 (2022.01); B64U 2101/30 (2023.01); G01J 2005/0077 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10032 (2013.01); G06T 2207/10048 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present subject matter provides various technical solutions to technical problems facing automated solutions in building energy audit applications. These solutions leverage heat loss quantification to improve a building's thermal performance and improve or optimize its energy usage. The technical solutions described herein provide various advantages. These solutions include application of deep-learning methods to segment large thermal imagery data sets from a drone. The technical solutions described herein provide improved building thermal efficiency determination using multiple stages of computations to quantify the heat loss for a building envelope.


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