1. A system for displaying a processing status of an insurance claim, comprising:
a database configured to store insurance claim data for a plurality of insurance claims, wherein the claim data includes a claim workflow associated with each of the plurality of claims, the claim workflow defining steps associated with processing of each of the claims; and
a server comprising a processor in communication with the database, configured to
receive a first user request to check the status of the claim,
in response to receiving the user request, determine claim status data based on claim data stored in the database for the claim,
store the determined status data in the database, and
output the status data to an interactive graphical user interface for depicting a graphical representation of the status data, the graphical representation comprising: a timeline; identifications of each one of a set of steps of the claim workflow to be completed for processing of the claim, each of the identifications associated with a location on the timeline; and a progress bar identifying which of the steps of the set have been completed.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to receive data for the claim workflow.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to receive a second user request including an indication of one of the processing steps in the claim workflow, requesting additional claim status data associated with the indicated processing step.
4. The system of claim 3, wherein the server is configured to retrieve additional claim data associated with the second user request and to determine the additional claim status data, wherein the additional claim status data corresponds to the status of a plurality of substeps associated with the indicated processing step.
5. The system of claim 3, wherein the server is further configured to receive and execute a second user request to one of upload and download a document associated with one of the processing steps.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to output data sufficient to display, via the interactive graphical user interface, graphical representations of additional timelines indicating substeps associated with at least one of the processing steps and for each of the additional timelines an additional progress bar indicating which of the substeps has been completed.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to alter the timeline based on at least one of the type of coverage implicated by the claim and the nature of a loss associated with the claim.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to dynamically change an order of the steps responsive to completion of one or more of the steps.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the graphical representation further comprises a textual description of each one of the set of steps.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to receive the first user request from an insurance company customer having coverage and having filed the claim, and to output the status data to the interactive graphical user interface for display to the customer.
11. A computerized method for displaying a processing status of an insurance claim, comprising:
storing in a database insurance claim data for a plurality of insurance claims, wherein the claim data includes a claim workflow associated with each of the plurality of claims, the claim workflow defining steps associated with processing each of the claims;
receiving by a computer a first user request to check the status of the claim;
in response to receiving the user request, determining by the computer claim status data based on claim data stored in the database for the claim;
storing by the computer the determined status data in the database; and
outputting by the computer the status data to an interactive graphical user interface for depicting a graphical representation of the status data, the graphical representation comprising: a timeline; descriptions of each one of a set of steps of the claim workflow to be completed for processing of the claim, each of the descriptions associated with a location on the timeline; and a progress bar identifying which of the steps of the set have been completed.
12. The computerized method of claim 11, further comprising receiving by the computer data for the claim workflow.
13. The computerized method of claim 11, further comprising receiving by the computer a second user request including an indication of one of the processing steps in the claim workflow, requesting additional claim status data associated with the indicated processing step.
14. The computerized method of claim 13, further comprising retrieving by the computer additional claim data associated with the second user request and determining by the computer the additional claim status data, wherein the additional claim status data corresponds to the status of a plurality of substeps associated with the indicated processing step.
15. The computerized method of claim 13, further comprising receiving and executing by the computer a second user request to one of upload and download a document associated with one of the processing steps.
16. The computerized method of claim 11, further comprising outputting by the computer data sufficient to display, via the interactive graphical user interface, graphical representations of additional timelines indicating substeps associated with at least one of the processing steps and for each of the additional timelines an additional progress bar indicating which of the substeps has been completed.
17. The computerized method of claim 11, further comprising altering by the computer the timeline based on at least one of the type of coverage implicated by the claim and the nature of a loss associated with the claim.
18. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to carry out a method, comprising:
storing claim data for a plurality of insurance claims, wherein the insurance claim data includes a claim workflow associated with each of the plurality of claims, the claim workflow defining steps associated with processing of each of the claims;
receiving a first user request to check the status of the claim;
in response to receiving the user request, determining claim status data based on claim data stored in the database for the claim;
storing the determined status data in the database; and
outputting the status data to an interactive graphical user interface for depicting a graphical representation of the status data, the graphical representation comprising: a timeline; identifications of each one of a set of steps of the claim workflow to be completed for processing of the claim, each of the identifications associated with a location on the timeline; and a progress bar identifying which of the steps of the set have been completed.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the method further comprising receiving data for the claim workflow.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the method further comprising receiving a second user request including an indication of one of the processing steps in the claim workflow, requesting additional claim status data associated with the indicated processing step.
21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein the method further comprising retrieving additional claim data associated with the second user request and determining the additional claim status data, wherein the additional claim status data corresponds to the status of a plurality of substeps associated with the indicated processing step.
22. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein the method further comprising receiving and executing a second user request to one of upload and download a document associated with one of the processing steps.
23. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the method further comprising outputting data sufficient to display, via the interactive graphical user interface, graphical representations of additional timelines indicating substeps associated with at least one of the processing steps and for each of the additional timelines an additional progress bar indicating which of the substeps has been completed.
24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 18, wherein the method further comprising altering the timeline based on at least one of the type of coverage implicated by the claim and the nature of a loss associated with the claim.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An image processing device comprising:
a feature point extraction unit that extracts feature points from a marker image included in an input image;
a feature amount calculation unit that calculates feature amounts of the feature points;
an image processing unit that processes the marker image to transform the feature amounts of non-distinguishing feature points into feature amounts of distinguishing feature points when the feature points extracted from the marker image are not distinguishing, so that a value of the feature amount of a feature point of interest which is a feature point in which interest is taken does not approximate values of the feature amounts of the feature points near the feature point of interest; and
a marker image generation unit that generates a new marker image based on the processing result.
2. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a feature point generation unit that generates feature points to be added to the processed marker image and adds the generated feature points to the processed marker image.
3. The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein the feature point generation unit adds the feature points so that a bias is eliminated in a distribution of the feature points when there is the bias in the distribution of the feature points on the marker image.
4. The image processing device according to claim 2, wherein the feature point generation unit adds the feature points so that a number of the feature points increases when the number of the feature points on the marker image is less than a predetermined threshold value.
5. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit processes the marker image so that an evaluation function that has a term for evaluating preservation of the input image and a term for evaluating loose condition of the feature amounts of the feature points is minimized.
6. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the feature amount calculation unit calculates the feature amounts in consideration of robustness of information regarding the marker image or without consideration of the robustness of the information regarding the marker image.
7. The image processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a recognition unit that recognizes a new marker image used for image combining and included in the input image; and
an image combining unit that combines a predetermined superimposition image on the recognized marker image.
8. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the image processing unit corrects a luminance value of a pixel corresponding to the non-distinguishing feature point.
9. An image processing method in an image processing device, comprising: by the image processing device,
extracting feature points from a marker image included in an input image;
calculating feature amounts of the feature points;
processing the marker image to transform the feature amounts of non-distinguishing feature points into feature amounts of distinguishing feature points when the feature points extracted from the marker image included in the input image are not distinguishing, so that a value of the feature amount of a feature point of interest which is a feature point in which interest is taken does not approximate values of the feature amounts of the feature points near the feature point of interest; and
generating a new marker image based on the processing result.
10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is recorded a program for causing a computer to function as:
a feature point extraction unit that extracts feature points from a marker image included in an input image;
a feature amount calculation unit that calculates feature amounts of the feature points;
an image processing unit that processes the marker image to transform the feature amounts of non-distinguishing feature points into feature amounts of distinguishing feature points when the feature points extracted from the marker image included in the input image are not distinguishing, so that a value of the feature amount of a feature point of interest which is a feature point in which interest is taken does not approximate values of the feature amounts of the feature points near the feature point of interest; and
a marker image generation unit that generates a new marker image based on the processing result.