SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DRIVING RISK WITH HINDSIGHT

• US 20180130012A1
• Filed: 11/01/2017
• Published: 05/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
• Inventors: Gunderson, Charlie, Lafleur, Tom, Lurie, Doron, Moeller, Bruce
• Granted Patent: US 10,235,655 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0858 wherein the data carrier is removable
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera

Abstract

A system and method for computer assisted event based reconstruction and forensic analysis of vehicle accidents is provided. The system comprises an event capture device that records audio, video, and other information that collectively comprise one or more events related to a vehicle accident. The event data, including the audio, video, and other related information, is provided to an evaluation server where it is stored in a database for forensic analysis of the events comprising the vehicle accident. Event data for a specific automobile accident event is analyzed and compared to similar types of automobile accident event data in order to forensically analyze the specific event and correlate causal relationships with key elements of the event data to determine the likely cause of the accident or the factors contributing to the accident. Correlation information is also stored at the evaluation server to provide historical data points about causal relationships and key elements.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A method for forensic analysis of a vehicle accident, comprising:

capturing a driving event at an event capture device coupled with a vehicle, the driving event associated with a vehicle accident and comprising video data from before and during the vehicle accident;

providing the driving event to an evaluation server;

analyzing the driving event to determine one or more key elements related to the vehicle accident;

determining one or more factors that contributed to a cause of the vehicle accident;

providing the one or more factors to the evaluation server; and

generating a report identifying one or more factors that contributed to the cause of the vehicle accident; and

providing a coaching session to a driver or a group of drivers to avoid the one or more factors that contributed to the cause of the vehicle accident.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining of the one or more factors further comprises:

correlating the one or more key elements with causation data stored at the evaluation server; and

identifying key elements with the highest correlation for causing the vehicle accident.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the determining of the one or more factors further comprises:

correlating the one or more factors with causation data stored at the evaluation server; and

identifying factors with the highest correlation for causing the vehicle accident.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the providing of the one or more factors further comprises updating causation data in a data storage area to reflect the one or more key elements.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the providing of the one or more factors further comprises updating causation data in a data storage area to reflect the one or more factors.

7. A system for forensic analysis of a vehicle accident, comprising:

an event detector coupled with a vehicle, the event detector configured to capture a driving event associated with a vehicle accident, the driving event captured in response to a trigger and comprising audio, video, and metadata information;

a communication link configured to convey the driving event from the event detector to an evaluation server;

an evaluation server comprising an element module, a correlation module, and a factor module, said modules configured to analyze the audio, video, and metadata information to identity a cause of the vehicle accident; and

a coaching module to provide a coaching session to a driver or a group of drivers to avoid one or more factors that contributed to the cause of the vehicle accident.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the communication link is a wired network.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the wired network comprises a private network.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the wired network comprises a public network.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the communication link is a wireless network.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the wireless network comprises a ZigBee link.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the wireless network comprises a Bluetooth link.