SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATION OF VEHICLE ACCIDENT DAMAGE AND REPAIR
First Claim
1. A system for vehicle accident damage and repair estimation, comprising:
- a in-vehicle data collection module, including one or more sensors configured to collect information during a timeframe encompassing an accident;
a in-vehicle transceiver configured to transmit at least one of the collected information and derivatives of the collected information;
a historical accident database which contains cross referenced entries for one or more of;
vehicle type and equipment configuration,vehicle age,vehicle condition,accident type,accident severity,location of accident,vehicle impact zone, force and direction,time of accident,vehicle parts replaced and repaired,materials needed for repair,labor costs and material costs to effect repairs, andsensor data and derivative products of sensor data recorded for each accident;
an accident review module configured to;
receive the information from the data collection module via the communication module;
classify the accident type and severity based on similar entries in the historical accident database; and
generate an damage and repair estimate based on the comparison to similar entries.
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Abstract
Described herein is a system and method for predicting the extent and cost of repair resulting from a vehicle accident. The estimates can be based on one or more of in-vehicle sensor measurements during the accident, external observations such as weather and traffic and road conditions and manually or digitally input accident reports. The gathered information is compared to information in a database from historical accidents and the resulting damage and costs for those. The information is classified according to impact force, direction and location along with the specific type of vehicle. Maintaining and refreshing the information and predictive models in the system is also part of the invention.
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18 Claims
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1. A system for vehicle accident damage and repair estimation, comprising:
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a in-vehicle data collection module, including one or more sensors configured to collect information during a timeframe encompassing an accident; a in-vehicle transceiver configured to transmit at least one of the collected information and derivatives of the collected information; a historical accident database which contains cross referenced entries for one or more of; vehicle type and equipment configuration, vehicle age, vehicle condition, accident type, accident severity, location of accident, vehicle impact zone, force and direction, time of accident, vehicle parts replaced and repaired, materials needed for repair, labor costs and material costs to effect repairs, and sensor data and derivative products of sensor data recorded for each accident; an accident review module configured to; receive the information from the data collection module via the communication module; classify the accident type and severity based on similar entries in the historical accident database; and generate an damage and repair estimate based on the comparison to similar entries.
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2. A system for vehicle accident damage and repair estimation, comprising:
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a data collection module configured to collect information about an accident; a historical accident database which contains cross referenced entries for one or more of; vehicle unique identification number, vehicle type and equipment configuration, vehicle age, vehicle condition, accident type, accident severity, location of accident, vehicle impact zone, force and direction, time of accident, vehicle parts replaced and repaired, materials needed for repair, labor and material costs to effect repairs, and sensor data and derivative products of sensor data recorded for each accident; and an accident review module configured to; receive the information from the data collection module via the communication module, classify the accident type and severity based on similar entries in the historical accident database, and generate an damage and repair estimate based on the comparison to similar - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A non-transitory computer readable medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computer processors cause the one or more computers processors to perform the steps of:
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implement a data collection module configured to collect information about an accident; implement a historical accident database which contains cross referenced entries for one or more of; vehicle type and equipment configuration, vehicle age, vehicle condition, accident type, accident severity, location of accident, vehicle impact zone, force and direction, time of accident, vehicle parts replaced and repaired, materials needed for repair, labor costs and material cost to effect repairs, and sensor data and derivative products of sensor data recorded for each accident in the historical accident database; and implement an accident review module configured to; receive the information from the data collection module; classify the accident type and severity based on similar entries in the historical accident database; and generate an damage and repair estimate based on the comparison to the similar entries.
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