Low Cost Automotive Accident Alert System
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1. An alert apparatus comprising:
- a digital processor;
an accelerometer coupled to the digital processor;
wireless pairing circuitry for pairing wirelessly with a smartphone, coupled to the digital processor;
software executable on the digital processor from a non-transitory medium;
an onboard diagnostics (OBD) connector coupled to the digital processor, enabling monitoring of an OBD system of an automobile; and
stored criteria for determining if an accident has occurred;
wherein the apparatus monitors the OBD system of the automobile for specific information, monitors the accelerometer for deceleration exceeding a preset value, updates position of the automobile periodically, compares real-time data with the stored criteria, and, in the event of a determination that an accident has occurred, transmits an alert signal to the cellular telephone via the wireless pairing circuitry.
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Abstract
An alert apparatus has a digital processor coupled to an accelerometer and wireless pairing circuitry for pairing wirelessly with a smartphone, software that executes operations or firmware, an OBD connector that monitors the onboard diagnostics system of a vehicle for specific information, monitors the accelerometer for deceleration exceeding a preset value, updates position of the automobile periodically, and, in the event of a determination that an accident has occurred, and transmits an alert signal to the smartphone via wireless pairing circuitry, which then sends alert communications to emergency services and contacts.
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1. An alert apparatus comprising:
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a digital processor; an accelerometer coupled to the digital processor; wireless pairing circuitry for pairing wirelessly with a smartphone, coupled to the digital processor; software executable on the digital processor from a non-transitory medium; an onboard diagnostics (OBD) connector coupled to the digital processor, enabling monitoring of an OBD system of an automobile; and stored criteria for determining if an accident has occurred; wherein the apparatus monitors the OBD system of the automobile for specific information, monitors the accelerometer for deceleration exceeding a preset value, updates position of the automobile periodically, compares real-time data with the stored criteria, and, in the event of a determination that an accident has occurred, transmits an alert signal to the cellular telephone via the wireless pairing circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A smartphone comprising:
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a digital processor; wireless pairing circuitry; and an application executing on the digital processor from a non-transitory medium; wherein the application provides a process comprising; receiving an alert from a paired device that an accident has occurred; triggered by the alert pre-programmed communications to pre-programmed destinations regarding the fact of the accident having occurred. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system comprising:
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an alert apparatus having a digital processor, an accelerometer, wireless pairing circuitry, and an onboard diagnostics (OBD) connecter, the alert apparatus enabled to retrieve data from an automobile OBD system, and to determine from local and retrieved data that an accident has occurred; a smartphone executing an application enabled to receive an alert from the alert apparatus, and to send as a result pre-programmed communications to pre-configured destinations that an accident has occurred; and an Internet-connected server enabled to receive an alert as a pre-programmed communication from the smartphone and to send as a result pre-programmed communications to pre-configured destinations that an accident has occurred. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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monitoring onboard diagnostics information of an automobile by an alert apparatus having an accelerometer and wireless pairing circuitry; determining by the alert device that an accident has occurred; sending an accident alert to a smartphone via the wireless pairing circuitry; transmitting by the smartphone one or more preprogrammed communications to one or more pre-configured destinations as a result of receiving the alert. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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