VEHICLE ACCIDENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME

• US 20170316685A1
• Filed: 04/27/2017
• Published: 11/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Suk J.U. Yun
• Original Assignee: Suk J.U. Yun
• Inventors: YUN, SUK JU
• Application Number:
  US15/499,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20170316685A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/095 Traffic lights
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0965 responding to signals from another vehicle, e.g. emergency vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096741 where the source of the transmitted information selects which information to transmit to each vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096783 where the origin of the information is a roadside individual element
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/162 event-triggered
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/164 Centralised systems, e.g. external to vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/50 Photovoltaic [PV] energy
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 70/30 Systems combining energy storage with energy generation of non-fossil origin

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a vehicle accident management system and a method for operating the same. The method for operating a vehicle accident management system including vehicles configured such that respective vehicle terminal devices are attached thereto and an accident management device installed on a roadside includes: transmitting, by a first vehicle terminal device, accident and location information to the accident management device when a vehicle abnormality detection signal or a risk signal attributable to user operation is generated; receiving, by the accident management device, the information; searching, by the accident management device, for a second vehicle terminal device having a moving direction identical to that of the first vehicle terminal device and located within a preset distance behind the first vehicle terminal device; and transmitting, by the accident management device, the information to the second vehicle terminal device based on the result of the search.

Claims

1. A method for operating a vehicle accident management system including vehicles configured such that respective vehicle terminal devices are attached thereto and an accident management device installed on a roadside, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a first vehicle terminal device, accident information and location information to the accident management device when a vehicle abnormality detection signal or a risk signal attributable to user operation is generated;

receiving, by the accident management device, the accident information and the location information from the first vehicle terminal device;

searching, by the accident management device, for a second vehicle terminal device having a moving direction identical to that of the first vehicle terminal device and located within a preset distance behind the first vehicle terminal device, and also searching, by the accident management device, for a delineator module disposed in the moving direction of the first vehicle terminal device and located within the preset distance behind the first vehicle terminal device;

based on a result of the search, transmitting, by the accident management device, the accident information and the location information to the second vehicle terminal device, and transmitting, by the accident management device, a lighting signal to the delineator module; and

constantly or intermittently emitting, by the delineator module, light when receiving the lighting signal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the accident information comprises outside temperature and humidity information provided by the corresponding vehicle; and

the accident management device transmits signals to the second vehicle terminal device having the moving direction identical to that of the first vehicle terminal device and located within the preset distance behind the first vehicle terminal device and the delineator module disposed in the moving direction of the first vehicle terminal device and located within the preset distance behind the first vehicle terminal device until an accident processing completion signal is received from the first vehicle terminal device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting, by the accident management device, weather information of a region corresponding to the location information from a central control server;

receiving, by the accident management device, the weather information from the central control server; and

transmitting, by the accident management device, the weather information to the second vehicle terminal device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the second vehicle terminal device, the accident information and the location information from the accident management device; and

providing, by the second vehicle terminal device, an alarm regarding occurrence of an accident to a terminal means connected to the second vehicle terminal device via wired or wireless communication.

5. A vehicle accident management system, comprising:

a first vehicle terminal device configured to transmit accident information and location information to the accident management device when a vehicle abnormality detection signal or a risk signal attributable to user operation is generated;

a delineator module configured to constantly or intermittently emit light when a lighting signal is received from the accident management device; and

an accident management device attached to a vehicle, and configured to receive the accident information and the location information from the first vehicle terminal device, to search for a second vehicle terminal device, attached to another vehicle, having a moving direction identical to that of the first vehicle terminal device, and located within a preset distance behind the first vehicle terminal device and also search for the delineator module disposed in the moving direction of the first vehicle terminal device and located within the preset distance behind the first vehicle terminal device, to transmit the accident information and the location information to the second vehicle terminal device based on a result of the search, and to transmit the lighting signal to the delineator module based on the result of the search.

6. The vehicle accident management system of claim 5, wherein:

the first vehicle terminal device comprises;

a terminal communication unit configured to communicate with the accident management device;

a sensing unit configured to detect an impact generated when an accident occurs and to generate a vehicle abnormality detection signal;

an emergency button configured to generate a risk signal based on user operation; and

a control unit configured to receive outside temperature and humidity information from the corresponding vehicle;

the accident management device comprises;

a communication unit configured to communicate with the vehicle terminal device, the delineator module, and a central control server; and

a control unit configured to search for the second vehicle terminal device and the delineator module; and

the accident management device transmits signals to the second vehicle terminal device having the moving direction identical to that of the first vehicle terminal device and located within the preset distance behind the first vehicle terminal device and the delineator module disposed in the moving direction of the first vehicle terminal device and located within the preset distance behind the first vehicle terminal device until an accident processing completion signal is received from the first vehicle terminal device.

7. The vehicle accident management system of claim 5, wherein the accident management device comprises a communication unit configured to request weather information of a region corresponding to the location information from a central control server, to receive the weather information from the central control server, and to transmit the weather information to the second vehicle terminal device.

8. The vehicle accident management system of claim 5, wherein the second vehicle terminal device receives the accident information and the location information from the accident management device, and provides an alarm regarding occurrence of an accident to a terminal means connected via wired or wireless communication.