Accident notifications
First Claim
1. A method for accident detection and analysis in an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving sensor information collected by at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle;
determining, using an autonomous vehicle processor, an occurrence of an accident including the autonomous vehicle based on the sensor information;
determining, using the autonomous vehicle processor, an accident severity of the accident including the autonomous vehicle and based on the sensor information;
comparing, using the autonomous vehicle processor, the accident severity to an informative notification criterion;
sending a first notification from the autonomous vehicle to a first entity registered with the autonomous vehicle in response to the accident severity exceeding the informative notification criterion;
determining, using the autonomous vehicle processor, an occupancy of the autonomous vehicle based on additional sensor information; and
sending a second notification from the autonomous vehicle to a second entity in response to the determined occupancy of the autonomous vehicle indicating that the autonomous vehicle fails to be occupied.
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Abstract
A method comprising receiving sensor information from at least one sensor, determining that a vehicle was involved in an accident based, at least in part, on the sensor information, determining that an informative notification criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident, sending an informative notification in response to the determination that the informative notification criteria is satisfied, determining whether a remedial request criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident and the sensor information, in circumstances where the remedial request criteria is satisfied, sending a remedial request based, at least in part, on the satisfaction of the remedial request criteria, and in circumstances where the remedial request criteria fails to be satisfied, precluding sending of the remedial request based, at least in part, on the failure of satisfaction of the remedial request criteria is disclosed.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for accident detection and analysis in an autonomous vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving sensor information collected by at least one sensor of the autonomous vehicle; determining, using an autonomous vehicle processor, an occurrence of an accident including the autonomous vehicle based on the sensor information; determining, using the autonomous vehicle processor, an accident severity of the accident including the autonomous vehicle and based on the sensor information; comparing, using the autonomous vehicle processor, the accident severity to an informative notification criterion; sending a first notification from the autonomous vehicle to a first entity registered with the autonomous vehicle in response to the accident severity exceeding the informative notification criterion; determining, using the autonomous vehicle processor, an occupancy of the autonomous vehicle based on additional sensor information; and sending a second notification from the autonomous vehicle to a second entity in response to the determined occupancy of the autonomous vehicle indicating that the autonomous vehicle fails to be occupied. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to; receive sensor data collected by at least one sensor; determine that an autonomous vehicle was involved in an accident based, at least in part, on the sensor data; determine, at the autonomous vehicle, an accident severity of the accident involving the autonomous vehicle based on the sensor data; compare, at the autonomous vehicle, the accident severity to a first accident severity threshold and a second accident severity threshold; determine an occupancy of the autonomous vehicle indicative of whether a human operator was present based on sensor data from an occupancy sensor; send a first notification from the autonomous vehicle to a first entity registered with the autonomous vehicle in response to the accident severity determined at the autonomous vehicle exceeding the first accident severity threshold; and send a second notification from the autonomous vehicle to a second entity in response to the accident severity in response to the accident severity determined at the autonomous vehicle exceeding the second accident severity threshold and in response to the determined occupancy indicating that the autonomous vehicle fails to be occupied. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to; receive sensor data collected by at least one sensor; determine that an autonomous vehicle was involved in an accident based, at least in part, on the sensor data; determine, at the autonomous vehicle, an accident severity of the accident involving the autonomous vehicle based on the sensor data; compare, at the autonomous vehicle, the accident severity to a first accident severity threshold and a second accident severity threshold; send a first notification from the autonomous vehicle to a first entity registered with the autonomous vehicle in response to the accident severity determined at the autonomous vehicle exceeding the first accident severity threshold; and send a second notification from the autonomous vehicle to a second entity in response to the accident severity in response to the accident severity determined at the autonomous vehicle exceeding the second accident severity threshold, determine that an emergency response vehicle associated with the second entity has arrived; and send vehicle information to the emergency response vehicle based at least in part, on arrival of the emergency response vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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