System and method for recognizing damaged portions of vehichle after accident

• US 20040148188A1
• Filed: 10/30/2003
• Published: 07/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: EAC Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: EAC Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Uegaki, Tateo
• Application Number:
  US10/476,357
• Publication Number:
  US 20040148188A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/20 Administration of product repair or maintenance

Abstract

The present invention relates to a technique for recognizing a damaged portion of an accident vehicle which has caused an accident. It is an object of the invention to provide a technique that accurately recognizes a damaged portion of the accident vehicle. The invention provides a storage apparatus for storing vehicle attribute data for each vehicle type, parts data for each vehicle type, and impact transfer data for each part of each vehicle type, an input apparatus for inputting a plurality of impact conditions including an impact input point, impact degree, and an impact input direction for the vehicle to be recognized, and a control apparatus for identifying parts which have been damaged according to the impact condition data from the input apparatus and the impact transfer data from the storage apparatus.

Claims

1. An accident vehicle damaged portion recognition system comprising:

a storing means for storing vehicle attribute data for each vehicle type, parts data for each vehicle type, and impact transfer data for each part of each vehicle type;

an impact condition inputting means for inputting multiple impact conditions, the impact conditions being set for a vehicle to be recognized based on an impact input point, an impact degree, and an impact input direction; and

a damaged part judging means for judging parts which have been damaged based on the plurality of impact condition data from the impact condition inputting means, and based on the impact transfer data of the storing means.

2. An accident vehicle damaged portion recognition system according to claim 1, wherein the damaged part judging means makes judgment results after excluding redundant parts for cases where redundant parts have been judged when judging the parts which have been damaged for each of the impact conditions.

3. An accident vehicle damaged portion recognition system according to claim 1 or claim 2, further comprising a displaying means for displaying an image data of a vehicle, wherein:

the impact condition inputting means inputs an impact condition for a vehicle on a vehicle image that is displayed in the displaying means; and

the damaged part judging means displays the parts which have been judged to have been damaged in the displaying means.

4. An accident vehicle damaged portion recognition system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a repair cost calculating means for calculating a repair cost for the damaged parts according to the parts data of the storing means;

wherein the damaged part judging means further judges a damage level for the damaged parts.

5. An accident vehicle damaged portion recognition system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a repair method presenting means for presenting a repair method for the damaged parts according to the parts data of the storing means;

wherein the damaged part judging means further judges a damage level for the damaged parts.

6. An accident vehicle damaged portion recognition system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a displaying means for displaying vehicle image data corresponding to a damage condition of the vehicle; and

an estimate data creating means for calculating vehicle repair costs based on the damaged parts judged by the damaged part judging means, and creates repair cost estimate data that includes the vehicle image data displayed in the displaying means.

7. An accident vehicle damaged portion recognition system according to claim 6, wherein the displaying means has an exposure mode for extracting the vehicle image data displayed in the displaying means from a predetermined direction as image data.

8. A method of recognizing a damaged portion of an accident vehicle, using a computer comprising:

a storing means for storing vehicle attribute data for each vehicle type, parts data for each vehicle type, and impact transfer data for each part of each vehicle type; and

an impact condition inputting means for inputting an impact input condition for a vehicle to be recognized, wherein the computer implements the steps of;

inputting a plurality of input data as the impact input condition based on an impact input point, an impact degree, and an impact input direction by using the impact condition inputting means; and

judging parts which have been damaged based on the plurality of input data and on the impact transfer data of the storing means.

9. A method of recognizing a damaged portion of an accident vehicle according to claim 8, wherein the computer implements an additional step of excluding redundant parts for cases where redundant parts are extracted in the step of judging the parts which have been damaged.

10. A program for making a computer that comprises:

a storing means for storing vehicle attribute data for each vehicle type, parts data for each vehicle type, and impact transfer data for each part of each vehicle type; and

an impact condition inputting means for inputting an impact input condition for a vehicle to be recognized, implement the steps of;

inputting a plurality of input data as the impact input condition based on an impact input point, an impact degree, and an impact input direction by using the impact condition inputting means; and

judging parts which have been damaged based on the plurality of input data and on the impact transfer data of the storing means.

11. A program according to claim 10, wherein the computer implements an additional step of excluding redundant parts for cases where the redundant parts are extracted in the step of judging the parts which have been damaged.