System and method for determining post-collision vehicular velocity changes
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for estimating impact severity from a repair estimate for a vehicle involved in a collision, the method comprising:
- acquiring information regarding at least one damaged component of the vehicle, said information comprising repair/replace estimate information;
obtaining benchmark data related to the vehicle based at least in part on the repair/replace estimate information; and
estimating the impact severity using the benchmark data and outputting the estimate of impact severity to an end user of the computer.
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Abstract
A system and method that utilizes information relating to vehicle damage information including damaged vehicle area information, crush depth of the damaged areas information, and vehicle component-by-component damage information to estimate the relative velocities of vehicles involved in a collision. The change in velocity is estimated using a plurality of methods, and a determination is made as to which method provided a result that is likely to be more accurate, based on the damage information, and the types of vehicles involved. The results from each method may also be weighted and combined to provide a multi-method estimate of the closing velocity. The methods include using crash test data from one or more sources, estimating closing velocity based on the principals of conservation of momentum, and estimating closing velocity based on deformation energy resulting from the collision.
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27 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for estimating impact severity from a repair estimate for a vehicle involved in a collision, the method comprising:
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acquiring information regarding at least one damaged component of the vehicle, said information comprising repair/replace estimate information; obtaining benchmark data related to the vehicle based at least in part on the repair/replace estimate information; and estimating the impact severity using the benchmark data and outputting the estimate of impact severity to an end user of the computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer program product encoded in computer readable media, the computer program product comprising:
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first instructions, executable by a processor, for receiving repair/replace estimate information regarding one or more damaged vehicle components for at least one vehicle involved in an accident; second instructions, executable by the processor, for estimating impact severity of the at least one vehicle based at least in part on the repair/replace estimate information; and third instructions, executable by the processor, for outputting the impact severity estimate from a computer executing the computer program product.
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11. A computer-implemented method for evaluating impact severity of a vehicle involved in a collision, the method comprising:
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acquiring information regarding at least one damaged component of the vehicle; assigning a damage rating to the vehicle based at least in part on the acquired information; determining a first measure of impact severity based at least partially on the damage rating; determining another measure of impact severity independently of the damage rating; and determining a final impact severity for the vehicle based on an analysis of the first measure and the another measure, and outputting the final impact severity to a user of the computer. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving damage information for a subject vehicle involved in an accident; comparing the damage information to benchmark information to determine compliance with a predetermined rule; and estimating an impact severity of the subject vehicle using the benchmark information if the comparing indicates compliance with the predetermined rule, and outputting the impact severity estimate to a user of the computer. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving a damage rating for a subject vehicle involved in an accident; comparing the damage rating to a plurality of reference sets to determine compliance with at least one predetermined rule, the reference sets being associated with one or more reference vehicles comparable with the subject vehicle; and estimating an impact severity of the subject vehicle using data from at least one of the reference vehicles if the comparing indicates compliance with the at least one predetermined rule, and outputting the impact severity estimate to a user of the computer. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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