Crash Verification And Notification Of Call Center Or Emergency Responders

• US 20120123632A1
• Filed: 11/17/2010
• Published: 05/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sunman Engineering Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sunman Engineering Inc.
• Inventors: Nejah, Allen
• Application Number:
  US12/948,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20120123632A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/32.2
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

A method is provided for an aftermarket device to provide telematics service for a vehicle. The method includes accessing sensor data internal to the device and on-board diagnostic data from the vehicle, determining if one or more combinations of the sensor data and the on-board diagnostic data indicate a crash of the vehicle, and wirelessly contacting a call center or an emergency responder when at least one combination of the sensor data and the on-board diagnostic data indicates a crash of the vehicle.

Claims

1. :

A method for an aftermarket device to provide telematics service for a vehicle, comprising;

monitoring sensor data from sensors internal to the device;

monitoring on-board diagnostic data from the vehicle;

determining if one or more combinations of the sensor data and the on-board diagnostic data indicate a crash of the vehicle; and

when at least one combination of the sensor data and the on-board diagnostic data indicates a crash of the vehicle, wirelessly contacting a call center or an emergency responder.

2. :

The method of claim 1, wherein;

the sensor data includes at least one of acceleration data, orientation data, and altitude data; and

at least one of a rapid deceleration, a rapid change in orientation, and a rapid change in altitude is part of a combination that indicates a crash of the vehicle.

3. :

The method of claim 1, wherein;

the on-board diagnostic data includes at least one of vehicle speed and engine revolution per minute; and

a rapid decrease in at least one of the vehicle speed and the engine revolution per minute is part of a combination that indicates a crash of the vehicle.

4. :

The method of claim 1, wherein wirelessly contacting a call center or an emergency responder comprises;

sending a route of the vehicle and an orientation of the vehicle along the route.

5. :

The method of claim 1, wherein wirelessly contacting a call center or an emergency responder comprises;

sending a severity of the crash.

6. :

The method of claim 1, wherein said monitoring the on-board diagnostic data comprises wirelessly accessing the on-board diagnostic data from the vehicle.

7. :

The method of claim 6, wherein said wirelessly accessing the on-board diagnostic data comprises using encrypted communications.

8. :

A aftermarket device for a vehicle, comprising;

one or more sensors;

an on-board diagnostic interface;

a transceiver;

a processor;

a non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing executable instructions for the processor, the executable instructions comprising;

monitoring sensor data from sensors internal to the device;

monitoring on-board diagnostic data from the vehicle;

determining if one or more combinations of the sensor data and the on-board diagnostic data indicate a crash of the vehicle; and

when at least one combination of the sensor data and the on-board diagnostic data indicates a crash of the vehicle, wirelessly contacting a call center or an emergency responder.

9. :

The device of claim 8, wherein;

the one or more sensors comprises one or more of an accelerometer, a gyroscope, and an altimeter; and

at least one of a rapid deceleration, a rapid change in orientation, and a rapid change in altitude is part of a combination that indicates a crash of the vehicle.

10. :

The device of claim 8, wherein;

the on-board diagnostic data includes at least one of vehicle speed and engine revolution per minute; and

a rapid decrease in at least one of the vehicle speed and the engine revolution per minute is part of a combination that indicates a crash of the vehicle.

11. :

The device of claim 8, further comprising a global positioning satellite receiver, wherein wirelessly contacting a call center or an emergency responder comprises sending a route of the vehicle and an orientation of the vehicle along the route.

12. :

The device of claim 10, wherein wirelessly contacting a call center or an emergency responder comprises sending a severity of the crash.

13. :

The device of claim 10, wherein on-board diagnostic interface comprises a first radio transceiver wirelessly communicating a second radio transceiver coupled to an on-board diagnostic port of the vehicle.

14. :

The device of claim 13, further comprising an encryption device coupled to the first radio transceiver.

15. :

The device of claim 14, wherein the second radio transceiver is coupled to another encryption device for encrypted communication between the first and the second radio transceivers.