Systems and methods for hit and run detection based on intelligent micro devices
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1. A System for providing information relating to damage incurred by a vehicle, comprising:
- a database comprising marker identification data indexed to a plurality of individual vehicles; and
a marker analysis module operable to correlate said marker identification data corresponding to an individual vehicle with said marker identification data in said database to provide identity information corresponding to said individual vehicle;
wherein said marker identification data corresponding to said individual vehicle comprises vehicle identity data stored in a plurality of markers embedded in a coating applied directly to said individual vehicle in accordance with a predetermined distribution of said plurality of markers embedded in said coating; and
wherein said coating is a clear or color coat finish applied to said individual vehicle and said embedded marker does not substantially protrude from said clear or color coat finish.
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer-usable medium are disclosed for providing information relating to damage incurred by a vehicle in an accident. A first plurality of markers with a first set of identifiers is embedded in a coating applied to a component of a first vehicle and a second plurality of markers with a second set of identifiers is embedded in a coating applied to a component of a second vehicle. Markers from the first vehicle are transferred to the second vehicle upon impact during an accident. The transferred markers are read by a marker reader and then processed to determine the identity of the first vehicle.
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1. A System for providing information relating to damage incurred by a vehicle, comprising:
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a database comprising marker identification data indexed to a plurality of individual vehicles; and a marker analysis module operable to correlate said marker identification data corresponding to an individual vehicle with said marker identification data in said database to provide identity information corresponding to said individual vehicle; wherein said marker identification data corresponding to said individual vehicle comprises vehicle identity data stored in a plurality of markers embedded in a coating applied directly to said individual vehicle in accordance with a predetermined distribution of said plurality of markers embedded in said coating; and wherein said coating is a clear or color coat finish applied to said individual vehicle and said embedded marker does not substantially protrude from said clear or color coat finish. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A non-transitory computer-implementable method for providing information relating to damage incurred by a vehicle, comprising:
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obtaining marker identification data corresponding to the identity of an individual vehicle, wherein said marker identification data corresponding to said individual vehicle comprises vehicle identity data stored in a plurality of markers embedded in a coating applied to said individual vehicle in accordance with a predetermined distribution of said plurality of markers embedded in said coating; using a marker analysis module to correlate said marker identification data corresponding to said individual vehicle with marker identification data in a database comprising marker identification data indexed to a plurality of individual vehicles to provide identity information corresponding to said individual vehicle; wherein said coating is a clear or color coat finish applied to said individual vehicle and said embedded marker does not substantially protrude from said clear or color coat finish. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
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obtaining marker identification data corresponding to the identity of an individual vehicle, wherein said marker identification data corresponding to said individual vehicle comprises vehicle identity data stored in a plurality of markers embedded in a coating applied directly to said individual vehicle in accordance with a predetermined distribution of said plurality of markers embedded in said coating; using a marker analysis module to correlate said marker identification data corresponding to said individual vehicle with marker identification data in a database comprising marker identification data indexed to a plurality of individual vehicles to provide identity information corresponding to said individual vehicle; and wherein said coating is a clear coating or color coat finish applied to said individual vehicle and said embedded marker does not substantially protrude from said clear or color coat finish. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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