Device for automatic crash notification
First Claim
1. A system for detecting events occurring during operation of a vehicle, the system comprising:
- an installed device fixedly attached to the vehicle and monitoring a plurality of variables during operation of the vehicle;
an event detection module analyzing the plurality of variables and detecting an event occurring during operation of the vehicle; and
a communication initiation module configured to initiate;
a first communication session between a mobile device and an entity outside of the vehicle via an external communication link between the mobile device and the entity, anda second communication session between the mobile device and the installed device via an internal communication link, wherein the mobile device forwards content communicated via the first communication session to the installed device via the second communication session such that the installed device presents the content to a vehicle operator.
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Abstract
A method for detecting an event occurring during operation of a vehicle includes receiving indications of a plurality of variables from an installed device communicatively coupled to the mobile device via an internal communication link. The method further includes analyzing the received indications of the plurality of variables to detect the event occurring during the operation of the vehicle. Still further, the method includes, upon detecting the event, initiating: (i) a first communication session between the mobile device and an entity outside of the vehicle, and (ii) a second communication session between the mobile device and the installed device, wherein the mobile device forwards content communicated via the first communication session to the installed device via the second communication session such that the installed device presents the content to the vehicle operator. In one aspect, air pressure wave sensor and accelerometer data may trigger automatic crash notifications to emergency responders.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for detecting events occurring during operation of a vehicle, the system comprising:
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an installed device fixedly attached to the vehicle and monitoring a plurality of variables during operation of the vehicle; an event detection module analyzing the plurality of variables and detecting an event occurring during operation of the vehicle; and a communication initiation module configured to initiate; a first communication session between a mobile device and an entity outside of the vehicle via an external communication link between the mobile device and the entity, and a second communication session between the mobile device and the installed device via an internal communication link, wherein the mobile device forwards content communicated via the first communication session to the installed device via the second communication session such that the installed device presents the content to a vehicle operator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for monitoring an operation of a vehicle and communicating information indicative of the operation, the system comprising:
an installed device fixedly installed within the vehicle and including; a geopositioning sensor for monitoring a location of the vehicle; a microphone for monitoring sounds within the vehicle; a data aggregation module generating a burst of data including indications of the monitored location of the vehicle, and the monitored sounds within the vehicle; and a data communication module transferring the burst of data to a mobile device via a wireless communicative coupling, wherein the mobile device is one of a smartphone, a tablet computer, or a wearable computing device temporarily disposed within the vehicle.
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20. A system for detecting events occurring during operation of a vehicle, the system comprising:
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an installed device fixedly installed within the vehicle and monitoring a plurality of variables; a mobile device communicatively coupled to the installed device via an internal communication link; and a tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the mobile device and including instructions stored thereon, wherein the instructions, when executed by one or more processors of the mobile device, cause the mobile device to; receive at the mobile device, via the internal communication link, indications of the plurality of variables from the installed device, and analyze the received indications of the plurality of variables to detect an event occurring during operation of the vehicle, and whereupon detection of the event, initiate a first communication session between the mobile device and an entity outside the vehicle via the external communication link, and/or initiate a second communication session between the mobile device and the installed device via the internal communication link, wherein the mobile device forwards content communicated via the first communication session to the installed device via the second communication session such that the installed device presents the content to a vehicle operator.
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