Wearable data management during an incident

• US 9,505,365 B1
• Filed: 05/15/2015
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Van Wiemeersch, John Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): HOFSASS, JEFFERY A
• Application Number:
  US14/713,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20160332589A1
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 340/425.5, 340/435, 340/436, 340/539.11, 340/539.13, 340/539.16, 340/573.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/01512 Passenger detection systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2209/63 Comprising locating means for detecting the position of the data carrier, i.e. within the vehicle or within a certain distance from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction

Abstract

A computer is programmed to receive data from one or more vehicle sensors. The computer identifies an incident based on the data. The computer sends a first instruction to a wearable portable device requesting data representing movement of the portable device for a first predetermined time period. The computer receives data from the portable device representing movement of the first portable device for the first predetermined time period.

Claims

1. A computer, comprising a memory device and a processor storing instructions executable by the processor such that the computer is programmed to:

receive data from one or more vehicle sensors;

identify, based at least in part on the data, an incident;

send a first instruction to a wearable portable device requesting a first set of data representing movement of the portable device for a first predetermined time period; and

receive the first set of data.

2. The computer of claim 1, further programmed to:

determine, prior to identifying the incident, a first location of a user in the vehicle.

3. The computer of claim 2, wherein the portable device is associated with the user.

4. The computer of claim 2, further programmed to:

associate the first set of movement data with the user.

5. The computer of claim 4, wherein the vehicle includes a user profile associated with the user, and the computer is further programmed to:

associate the first set of movement data with the user is based at least in part on the user profile.

6. The computer of claim 5, further programmed to:

generate a first tag associated with the first set of movement data, the tag including the identification of the user; and

store the tag with the movement data.

7. The computer of claim 6, further programmed to:

receive vehicle data from one or more vehicle sensors during the predetermined time period; and

store at least a portion of the vehicle data with the first set of movement data.

8. The computer of claim 7, further programmed to:

transmit at least a portion of at least one of the vehicle data, the first set of movement data and the associated first tag to a remote server.

9. The computer of claim 7, further programmed to:

transmit at least a portion of at least one of the vehicle data, the first set of movement data and the associated first tag to the portable device.

10. The computer of claim 2, further programmed to:

send a second instruction to the wearable portable device requesting a second set of data representing movement for a second predetermined time period, the second predetermined time period being after the incident;

receive the second set of data representing movement of the portable device for the second predetermined time period from the portable device.

11. The computer of claim 10, further programmed to:

measure a signal strength of the portable device following the incident; and

determine, based on the strength of the portable device, a second location of the user.

12. The computer of claim 11, further programmed to:

compare the first location to the second location; and

determine, based on the comparison, whether the user remained in the vehicle following the incident.

13. The computer of claim 1, further programmed to:

identify an incident reference time, the incident reference time indicating one of a time the incident occurred or a time at which the incident is predicted to occur; and

send the incident reference time to the portable device.

14. The computer of claim 13, wherein the first predetermined time period begins prior to the incident reference time and ends following the incident reference time.

15. A method, comprising:

determining a first location of a user in a vehicle;

receiving data from one or more vehicle sensors;

identifying, based at least in part on the data, an incident;

sending a first instruction to a wearable portable device associated with the user requesting a first set of data representing movement of the portable device for a first predetermined time period; and

receiving the first set of data.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

identifying an incident reference time, the incident reference time indicating a time the incident occurred or may occur; and

sending the incident reference time to the portable device.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

associating the first set of movement data with the user.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

generating a first tag associated with the first set of movement data, the tag including the identification of the user;

receiving vehicle data from one or more vehicle sensors during the first predetermined time period; and

storing the vehicle data, the first set of movement data and the first tag.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

transmitting at least a portion of at least one of the vehicle data, the first set of movement data and associated first tag to a remote server, and

transmitting at least a portion of at least one of the vehicle data, the first set of movement data and associated first tag to the portable device.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

sending a second instruction to the wearable portable device requesting a second set of data representing movement for a second predetermined time period, the second predetermined time period being after the first predetermined time period;

receiving the second set of data representing movement of the portable device for the second predetermined time period from the portable device;

measuring a signal strength of the portable device following the incident; and

determining, based on the strength of the portable device, a second location of the user.