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    What are these "dots" - Accident Re-creation/investigation?

    05-31-2012 02:11 PM #1
    Are these part of the accident investigation? Never seen them before.





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    05-31-2012 02:52 PM #4
    They're normally used to show panel deformation from an impact.
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    05-31-2012 02:55 PM #5
    The dots are on body lines and can be used in photo recognition software for insurance/body shop purposes... The adjuster/shop employee simply puts the dots along the lines and takes a couple pictures, uploads them and the guess work is pretty much done. Its very similar to how 3D-motion cameras work. It allows the insurance/body shop to create a 3D model of the damaged areas, it helps see what can be fixed or needs to be replaced. I've never seen it done but have heard of the process it uses.

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    05-31-2012 03:07 PM #6
    Quote Originally Posted by seroki View Post
    I can guarentee you that the cobalt posted is total loss.
    You can tell by the number of dots...
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    05-31-2012 03:43 PM #7
    Quote Originally Posted by corrago View Post
    You can tell by the number of dots...
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    05-31-2012 04:57 PM #9
    Quote Originally Posted by seroki View Post
    The dots are on body lines and can be used in photo recognition software for insurance/body shop purposes... The adjuster/shop employee simply puts the dots along the lines and takes a couple pictures, uploads them and the guess work is pretty much done. Its very similar to how 3D-motion cameras work. It allows the insurance/body shop to create a 3D model of the damaged areas, it helps see what can be fixed or needs to be replaced. I've never seen it done but have heard of the process it uses.

    I can guarentee you that the cobalt posted is total loss.

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