Method for providing vehicle accident information and apparatus therefor

• US 8,160,764 B2
• Filed: 05/23/2008
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Choi, Hyun-Kyun, Oh, Hyun-Seo, Choi, Wan Sik, Choi, Hae ock
• Primary Examiner(s): TO, TOAN C
• Application Number:
  US12/125,992
• Publication Number:
  US 20090105902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,425 Days
• Field of Search: 701/35, 701/24, 701/25, 701/36
• US Class Current: 701/24
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/162 event-triggered
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

An apparatus for providing vehicle accident information periodically collects vehicle travel information, and stores vehicle travel information that is collected during an accident of a vehicle, in a vehicle black box. The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information collects information about other vehicles through communication with the other vehicles during the accident of the vehicle, and stores the collected information in the vehicle black box. Since the information about the other vehicles is collected through communication with the other vehicles as described above, it is possible to provide more accurate and efficient information required for dealing with the accident. In addition, vehicle accident information, which includes time when an accident occurs, location where an accident occurs, and the type of accident, is transmitted to a related agency such as a police station and a traffic center, so that it is possible to quickly deal with the accident.

Claims

1. An apparatus for providing vehicle accident information, the apparatus comprising:

a storage device in which information required to analyze an accident is stored;

a travel information collecting device that collects vehicle travel information of a vehicle and stores the vehicle travel information in the storage device during an accident of the vehicle;

a vehicle information collecting device that collects information about other vehicles through communication with the other vehicles during the accident of the vehicle, and stores the collected information about the other vehicles in the storage device; and

an accident information generating device that generates accident occurrence information during the accident of the vehicle, and transmits the accident occurrence information to a related agency,

wherein the accident occurrence information is transmitted through communication between the vehicle and road infrastructure or mobile communication.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the travel information collecting device collects the vehicle travel information from an electronic control unit (ECU) that controls parts having charge of the travel of the vehicle.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the storage device is a vehicle black box.

4. A method of providing vehicle accident information, the method comprising:

collecting vehicle travel information of a vehicle; and

collecting information about other vehicles through communication with the other vehicles during an accident of the vehicle, wherein accident information is analyzed from the collected vehicle travel information of the vehicle and the collected information about other vehicles; and

generating accident occurrence information during the accident of the vehicle and transmitting the accident occurrence information to a related agency.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the collecting of the vehicle travel information comprises

being connected-to an electronic control unit (ECU) that controls parts having charge of the travel of the vehicle, and

collecting vehicle travel information from the connected electronic control unit.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the accident occurrence information is transmitted through communication between a vehicle and road infrastructure or mobile communication.