Methods, apparatus, and systems for acquiring and analyzing vehicle data and generating an electronic representation of vehicle operations
First Claim
1. An apparatus for documenting an incident involving a first vehicle at an incident site, the apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface;
a memory to store processor-executable instructions; and
a processing unit communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions by the processing unit, the processing unit;
controls the communication interface to electronically receive at least one input image of a geographic area including the incident area;
acquires vehicle-based information relating to the first vehicle at a time during or proximate the incident;
renders, based at least in part on the vehicle-based information, a marked-up image including a first representation of at least a portion of the incident overlaid on the at least one input image; and
further controls the communication interface and/or the memory to electronically transmit and/or electronically store information relating to the marked-up digital image so as to document the incident with respect to the geographic area.
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Abstract
Geo-referenced and/or time-referenced electronic drawings may be generated based on electronic vehicle information to facilitate documentation of a vehicle-related event. A symbols library, a collection of geo-referenced images, and any data acquired from one or more vehicles may be stored in memory for use in connection with generation of such drawings, and a drawing tool graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided for electronically processing vehicle data and geo-referenced images. Processed geo-referenced images may be saved as event-specific images, which may be integrated into, for example, an electronic vehicle accident report for accurately depicting a vehicle accident.
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1. An apparatus for documenting an incident involving a first vehicle at an incident site, the apparatus comprising:
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a communication interface; a memory to store processor-executable instructions; and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions by the processing unit, the processing unit; controls the communication interface to electronically receive at least one input image of a geographic area including the incident area; acquires vehicle-based information relating to the first vehicle at a time during or proximate the incident; renders, based at least in part on the vehicle-based information, a marked-up image including a first representation of at least a portion of the incident overlaid on the at least one input image; and further controls the communication interface and/or the memory to electronically transmit and/or electronically store information relating to the marked-up digital image so as to document the incident with respect to the geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method for documenting an incident involving a first vehicle at an incident site, the method comprising:
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A) electronically receiving at least one input image of a geographic area including the incident site; B) electronically receiving vehicle-based information relating to the first vehicle at a time during or proximate the incident; C) based at least in part on the vehicle-based information received in B), digitally representing, on the at least one input image, a first representation of at least a portion of the incident to thereby generate a marked-up digital image including the first representation; and D) electronically transmitting and/or electronically storing information relating to the marked-up digital image so as to document the incident with respect to the geographic area.
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42. At least one computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by at least one processing unit, perform a method for documenting an incident involving a first vehicle at an incident site, the method comprising:
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A) electronically receiving at least one input image of a geographic area including the incident site; B) electronically receiving vehicle-based information relating to the first vehicle at a time during or proximate the incident; C) based at least in part on the vehicle-based information received in B), digitally representing, on the at least one input image, a first representation of at least a portion of the incident to thereby generate a marked-up digital image including the first representation; and D) electronically transmitting and/or electronically storing information relating to the marked-up digital image so as to document the incident with respect to the geographic area.
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43. An apparatus for documenting an incident involving a first vehicle at an incident site, the apparatus comprising:
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a communication interface; a memory to store processor-executable instructions; and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions by the processing unit, the processing unit; controls the communication interface to electronically receive source data representing at least two input images of a geographic area comprising the incident area; acquires vehicle-based information relating to the first vehicle at a time during or proximate the incident; renders, based at least in part on the vehicle-based information, a slideshow or a movie presentation, wherein the slideshow or movie presentation comprises at least two marked-up digital images, comprising; (i) a first marked-up digital image comprising a first representation of at least a first portion of the incident overlaid on at least one of the at least two input images; and (ii) a second marked-up digital image comprising a second representation of at least a second portion of the incident that is different from the first portion of the incident and is overlaid on another of the at least two input images; and further controls the communication interface and/or the memory to electronically transmit and/or electronically store the slideshow or movie presentation so as to document the incident with respect to the geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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88. A method for documenting an incident involving a first vehicle at an incident site, the method comprising:
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A) electronically receiving source data representing at least two input images of a geographic area comprising the incident site; B) electronically receiving, from a vehicle control system associated with the first vehicle, vehicle-based information relating to the first vehicle at a time during or proximate the incident; C) based at least in part on the vehicle-based information received in B), digitally representing, on the at least one of the at least two input images, a first representation of at least a first portion of the incident, to thereby generate a first marked-up digital image comprising the first representation; D) based at least in part on the vehicle-based information received in B), digitally representing, on another of the at least two input images, a second representation of at least a second portion of the incident that is different from the first portion of the incident, to thereby generate a second marked-up digital image comprising the second representation; E) rendering a slideshow or a movie presentation comprising the first marked-up digital image and the second marked-up digital image; and F) electronically transmitting and/or electronically storing information relating to the slideshow or movie presentation so as to document the incident with respect to the geographic area.
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89. At least one computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by at least one processing unit, perform a method for documenting an incident involving a first vehicle at an incident site, the method comprising:
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A) electronically receiving source data representing at least two input images of a geographic area comprising the incident site; B) electronically receiving, from a vehicle control system associated with the first vehicle, vehicle-based information relating to the first vehicle at a time during or proximate the incident; C) based at least in part on the vehicle-based information received in B), digitally representing, on the at least one of the at least two input images, a first representation of at least a first portion of the incident, to thereby generate a first marked-up digital image comprising the first representation; D) based at least in part on the vehicle-based information received in B), digitally representing, on another of the at least two input images, a second representation of at least a second portion of the incident that is different from the first portion of the incident, to thereby generate a second marked-up digital image comprising the second representation; E) rendering a slideshow or a movie presentation comprising the first marked-up digital image and the second marked-up digital image; and F) electronically transmitting and/or electronically storing information relating to the slideshow or movie presentation so as to document the incident with respect to the geographic area.
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