METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OF MEDICAL DATA

• US 20170365106A1
• Filed: 06/16/2016
• Published: 12/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: LEI, Oliver, MURRAY, Allen R., BE, Tuan Anh
• Application Number:
  US15/184,312
• Publication Number:
  US 20170365106A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/22 Motor vehicles operators, e.g. drivers, pilots, captains
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0013 Medical image data A61B1/00011, A61B6/56, A61B8/56 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0022 Monitoring a patient using a global network, e.g. telephone networks, internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0077 Devices for viewing the surface of the body, e.g. camera, magnifying lens
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/18 for vehicle drivers or machine operators
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6802 Sensor mounted on worn items
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6893 Cars
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6898 Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/746 Alarms related to a physiological condition, e.g. details of setting alarm thresholds or avoiding false alarms alarms per se G08B
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/747 in case of emergency, i.e. alerting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/02 Registering or indicating driving, working, idle, or waiting time only apparatus forming part of taximeters G07B13/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/08 Registering or indicating performance data other than driving, working, idle, or waiting time, with or without registering driving, working, idle or waiting time
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2203/2038 Call context notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A system includes a processor configured to wirelessly receive crash indicia from a vehicle. The processor is also configured to access an occupant profile including medical data relating to an occupant of the vehicle, identify a public safety access point (PSAP), and send the medical data to the identified PSAP, in response to the crash indicia.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor configured to;

wirelessly send an instruction to a remote server to transfer vehicle occupant medical data to a public safety assistance point (PSAP), in response to detecting a vehicle accident.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

determine an identity and location within a vehicle of a vehicle occupant;

obtain medical data relating to an identified vehicle occupant; and

send occupant identification and the obtained related medical data to the remote server.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to obtain medical data by accessing previously stored medical data relating to the identified vehicle occupant.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is configured to obtain medical data by requesting medical data from an identified device associated with the vehicle occupant.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to:

obtain vehicle-related crash data in response to detecting the vehicle accident; and

include the vehicle-related crash data with the instruction, wherein the instruction further comprises an instruction to transfer the vehicle-related crash data to the PSAP.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the vehicle-related crash data includes a camera image of a vehicle interior.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the vehicle-related crash data includes vehicle sensor data.

8. A system comprising:

a processor configured to;

wirelessly receive crash indicia from a vehicle;

access an occupant profile including medical data relating to an occupant of the vehicle;

identify a public safety access point (PSAP); and

send the medical data to the identified PSAP in response to the crash indicia.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to receive the medical data from the vehicle and store the medical data with respect to the occupant profile.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to receive the medical data included with the crash indicia.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to receive vehicle-related crash data included with the crash indicia.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to send the vehicle-related crash data to the identified PSAP.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the vehicle-related crash data includes vehicle camera images.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the vehicle-related crash data includes vehicle sensor readings.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to identify the PSAP based on a vehicle location included with the crash indicia.

16. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to identify the PSAP based on a PSAP identification included with the crash indicia.

17. A computer-implemented method comprising:

in response to receiving wireless notification from a vehicle reporting an accident, sending vehicle occupant medical information to a public safety access point (PSAP), the occupant medical information retrieved from an occupant profile including previously saved medical information for an occupant currently present in the vehicle reporting the accident.

18. The method of claim 17, further including sending vehicle system information to the PSAP, the system information having been received as part of the wireless notification.

19. The method of claim 17, further including sending an accident notification to an emergency contact retrieved from the occupant profile in response to receiving the wireless notification.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the PSAP is identified based on vehicle location information included in the notification.