Data processing: measuring – calibrating – or testing – Measurement system in a specific environment – Mechanical measurement system
Patent
1996-10-07
1998-11-24
Trammell, James P.
Data processing: measuring, calibrating, or testing
Measurement system in a specific environment
Mechanical measurement system
702 42, G01L 126
Patent
active
058421483
ABSTRACT:
Residential wood home structures are evaluated and classified according to a defined risk level relative to damage likely to be caused by earthquake shaking or wind forces. Susceptibility to damage is evaluated and predicted by a probabilistic software engine based on existing databases of geologic and/or wind data coupled with specific structural characteristics information obtained by an onsite inspection of the structure. The software engine combines these data sets, and produces a report with a reliable, quantified risk rating that can be used by insurance companies to make decisions regarding offering of insurance and rates of insurance. The report is also used by homeowners as an evaluation factor in deciding to strengthen the structure against earthquake and/or wind storm damage. Because of its high volume capability and affordability, this inventive process makes assessment of a home's risk relative to damage induced by earthquake shaking and/or wind forces available to a larger segment of the general market, including home owning and home buying persons.
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Dibble Walter E.
Prendergast James C.
Ransbottom Leslie N.
Gross J. Nicholas
JCP Geologists, Inc.
Smithers Matthew
Trammell James P.
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