Vehicle accident history recorder

• US 8,935,013 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2014
• Issued: 01/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Wanami, Shingo
• Primary Examiner(s): Dager, Jonathan M
• Application Number:
  US14/154,476
• Publication Number:
  US 20140200738A1
• Time in Patent Office: 364 Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01 Electrical circuits for triggering passive safety arrangements, e.g. airbags, safety belt tighteners, in case of vehicle accidents or impending vehicle accidents electrical circuits for transmission of signals between steering wheel and the vehicle itself B60R16/027; for electrically actuating belt retractor locking means B60R22/343
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0858 wherein the data carrier is removable

Abstract

A vehicle accident history recorder is provided. The vehicle accident history recorder comprises: a collision detection sensor for detecting a collision of a vehicle; a collision determination section for determining an occurrence of the collision based on a detection result of the collision detection sensor; a yaw rate sensor for detecting a yaw rate of the vehicle; a damaged portion determination section for determining a damaged portion of the vehicle in the collision based on the detection result of the collision detection sensor and a detection result of the yaw rate sensor when the collision determination section determines the occurrence of the collision; and a storage device for storing a determination result of the damaged portion determination section in a readable form.

Claims

1. A vehicle accident history recorder comprising:

a collision detection sensor for detecting a collision of a vehicle;

a collision determination section for determining an occurrence of the collision based on a detection result of the collision detection sensor;

a yaw rate sensor for detecting a yaw rate of the vehicle;

a damaged portion determination section for determining a damaged portion of the vehicle in the collision based on the detection result of the collision detection sensor and a detection result of the yaw rate sensor when the collision determination section determines the occurrence of the collision; and

a storage device for storing a determination result of the damaged portion determination section in a readable form, wherein;

the determination result of the damaged portion determination section includes;

a first damage information which identifies whether or not a damaged face of the vehicle is a front face of the vehicle; and

a second damage information which identifies one of a plurality of portions of the damaged face as the damaged portion by dividing the damaged face into the plurality of portions in a vehicle left-right direction when the first damage information identifies the front face of the vehicle as the damaged face.

2. A vehicle accident history recorder comprising:

a collision detection sensor for detecting a collision of a vehicle;

a collision determination section for determining an occurrence of the collision based on a detection result of the collision detection sensor;

a yaw rate sensor for detecting a yaw rate of the vehicle;

a damaged portion determination section for determining a damaged portion of the vehicle in the collision based on the detection result of the collision detection sensor and a detection result of the yaw rate sensor when the collision determination section determines the occurrence of the collision; and

a storage device for storing a determination result of the damaged portion determination section in a readable form, wherein;

the determination result of the damaged portion determination section includes;

a first damage information which identifies whether or not a back face of the vehicle is a damaged face of the vehicle; and

a second damage information which identifies one of a plurality of portions of the damaged face as the damaged portion by dividing the damaged face into the plurality of portions in a vehicle left-right direction when the first damage information identifies the back face of the vehicle as the damaged face.

3. A vehicle accident history recorder comprising:

a collision detection sensor for detecting a collision of a vehicle;

a collision determination section for determining an occurrence of the collision based on a detection result of the collision detection sensor;

a yaw rate sensor for detecting a yaw rate of the vehicle;

a damaged portion determination section for determining a damaged portion of the vehicle in the collision based on the detection result of the collision detection sensor and a detection result of the yaw rate sensor when the collision determination section determines the occurrence of the collision; and

a storage device for storing a determination result of the damaged portion determination section in a readable form, wherein;

the collision detection sensor includes an acceleration sensor for detecting acceleration of the vehicle in a vehicle front-back direction and a vehicle left-right direction; and

the determination result of the damaged portion determination section includes;

a first damage information which identifies one of a front face, a back face, a left face and a right face of the vehicle as a damaged face of the vehicle; and

a second damage information

(i) which identifies one of a plurality of portions of the damaged face of the vehicle as the damaged portion by dividing the damaged face into the plurality of portions in the vehicle left-right direction when the first damage information identifies the front face or the back face of the vehicle as the damaged face, and

(ii) which identifies one of a plurality of portions of the damaged face as the damaged portion by dividing the damaged face into the plurality of portions in the front-back direction when the first damage information identifies the left face or the right face of the vehicle as the damaged face.