System for Communicating A Vehicle Position and Speed During Accident

• US 20130079973A1
• Filed: 09/15/2012
• Published: 03/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Taif University
• Original Assignee: Taif University
• Inventors: Alenazi, Mohammed Moawad, Mohamed, Nazar Elfadil, Aljahdali, Sultan Hamadi
• Application Number:
  US13/621,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20130079973A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/32.2
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/052 with provision for determining speed or overspeed speed measuring in general G01P
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

A system includes a microcontroller, modem, nock sensor, and speed selection box is used to send messages when a certain speed has been exceeded and when an accident has occurred and the resulting speed of the vehicle is less than a predetermined threshold. The message sent can be a text message sent over a GSM modem.

Claims

1. A vehicle accident notification and prevention device, comprising:

a microcontroller;

a nock sensor electrically connected to the microcontroller;

a speed selection box electrically connected to the microcontroller;

a modem electrically connected to the microcontroller; and

a system reset button electrically connected to the microcontroller.

2. The vehicle accident notification and prevention device described in claim 1, further comprising an alarm connected to the microcontroller.

3. The vehicle accident notification and prevention device described in claim 2, wherein the alarm is a light emitting diode.

4. The vehicle accident notification and prevention device described in claim 1, further comprising a global positioning device connected to the microcontroller.

5. The vehicle accident notification and prevention device described in claim 4, wherein the global positioning device functions as the speed selection box and may function as a positioning device.

6. The vehicle accident notification and prevention device described in claim 1, wherein the modem is a GSM modem.

7. The vehicle accident notification and prevention device described in claim 1, wherein the microcontroller is a PIC microcontroller.

8. The vehicle accident notification and prevention device described in claim 1, wherein the speed selection box allows a user to select at least three speeds, for which a system monitoring such speeds would respond differently to each of the speeds.

9. The vehicle accident notification and prevention device described in claim 1, wherein the speed selection box determines speed based on Ohm'"'"'s Law.

10. The vehicle accident notification and prevention device described in claim 1, wherein the speed selection box determines speeds by calculating the number of pulses generated from a gear box.

11. A method of preventing and determining a vehicle accident, comprising the steps of:

initializing a modem;

measuring a first speed of a vehicle;

determining if an accident has occurred;

sending a message if an accident has occurred; and

waiting for system reset.

12. The method of preventing and determining a vehicle accident described in claim 11, wherein the message is sent via a GSM modem.

13. The method of preventing and determining a vehicle accident described in claim 11, further comprising the step of sending a message if the first measured speed of the vehicle is above a first predetermined speed.

14. The method of preventing and determining a vehicle accident described in claim 11, further comprising the step of measuring a second speed at approximately the same time as the accident determination step.

15. The method of preventing and determining a vehicle accident described in claim 14, wherein the sending message step occurs if the second measured speed is below a second predetermined speed.

16. The method of preventing and determining a vehicle accident described in claim 15, further comprising the step of activating an alarm at approximately the same time the message is sent.

17. The method of preventing and determining a vehicle accident described in claim 14, further comprising the step of activating an alarm if step of measuring a second speed determines the speed is at or above a second predetermined speed.

18. The method of preventing and determining a vehicle accident described in claim 11, further comprising the step of activating an alarm.

19. The method of preventing and determining a vehicle accident described in claim 11, further comprising the step of initializing a global positioning device.

20. A method of preventing and determining a vehicle accident, comprising the steps of:

initializing a GSM modem;

measuring a first speed of a vehicle to determine if the speed is above a third predefined speed and sending a message if the speed has exceed such a third predefined speed;

determining if an accident has occurred;

determining if the speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to a first predetermined speed if an accident has occurred;

sending a message if an accident has occurred;

activating an alarm if an accident has occurred; and

waiting for system reset.