Accident notifications

• US 9,734,721 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2015
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (HERE Holding Corporation)
• Original Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (HERE Holding Corporation)
• Inventors: Stenneth, Leon Oliver
• Primary Examiner(s): Hilgendorf, Dale W
• Application Number:
  US14/827,008
• Publication Number:
  US 20170046216A1
• Time in Patent Office: 732 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2030/082 Vehicle operation after collision
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/65 Data transmitted between vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2756/10 Involving external transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/00 Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/001 Alarm cancelling procedures or alarm forwarding decisions, e.g. based on absence of alarm confirmation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/006 Alarm destination chosen according to type of event, e.g. in case of fire phone the fire service, in case of medical emergency phone the ambulance
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/007 Details of data content structure of message packets; data protocols
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/207 with respect to certain areas, e.g. forbidden or allowed areas with possible alerting when inside or outside boundaries

Abstract

A method comprising receiving sensor information from at least one sensor, determining that a vehicle was involved in an accident based, at least in part, on the sensor information, determining that an informative notification criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident, sending an informative notification in response to the determination that the informative notification criteria is satisfied, determining whether a remedial request criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident and the sensor information, in circumstances where the remedial request criteria is satisfied, sending a remedial request based, at least in part, on the satisfaction of the remedial request criteria, and in circumstances where the remedial request criteria fails to be satisfied, precluding sending of the remedial request based, at least in part, on the failure of satisfaction of the remedial request criteria is disclosed.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to;

receive sensor information from at least one sensor;

determine that a vehicle was involved in an accident based, at least in part, on the sensor information;

determine that an informative notification criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident;

send an informative notification in response to the determination that the informative notification criteria is satisfied;

determine whether a remedial request criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident and the sensor information;

in circumstances where the remedial request criteria is satisfied, send a remedial request based, at least in part, on the satisfaction of the remedial request criteria;

in circumstances where the remedial request criteria fails to be satisfied, preclude sending of the remedial request based, at least in part, on the failure of satisfaction of the remedial request criteria;

determine a location of the vehicle;

determine that the vehicle is located at a dangerous location based, at least in part, on the location of the vehicle;

determine a navigational path to another location that fails to be a dangerous location; and

cause the vehicle to move along the navigational path to the other location.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to determine that the vehicle fails to be occupied, wherein the determination of whether the remedial request criteria is satisfied is based, at least in part, on the determination that the vehicle fails to be occupied.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the remedial request criteria is an emergency assistance request criteria, and the remedial request is an emergency assistance request.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the remedial request criteria is a site remedy assistance criteria, and the remedial request is a site remedy assistance request.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the informative notification is an owner informative notification.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

identify another vehicle that was involved in the accident; and

send vehicle information to the other vehicle based, at least in part, on the identification of the other vehicle.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the memory includes computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to:

determine that an emergency response vehicle has arrived; and

send vehicle information to the emergency response vehicle based, at least in part, on the arrival of the emergency response vehicle.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the apparatus comprises the sensor.

9. A method comprising:

receiving sensor information from at least one sensor;

determining that a vehicle was involved in an accident based, at least in part, on the sensor information;

determining that an informative notification criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident;

sending an informative notification in response to the determination that the informative notification criteria is satisfied;

determining whether a remedial request criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident and the sensor information;

in circumstances where the remedial request criteria is satisfied, sending a remedial request based, at least in part, on the satisfaction of the remedial request criteria;

in circumstances where the remedial request criteria fails to be satisfied, precluding sending of the remedial request based, at least in part, on the failure of satisfaction of the remedial request criteria;

determining a location of the vehicle;

determining that the vehicle is located at a dangerous location based, at least in part, on the location of the vehicle; and

determining a navigational path to another location that fails to be a dangerous location.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the remedial request criteria is an emergency assistance request criteria, and the remedial request is an emergency assistance request.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the remedial request criteria is a site remedy assistance criteria, and the remedial request is a site remedy assistance request.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the informative notification is an owner informative notification.

13. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

causing the vehicle to move along the navigational path to the other location.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

identifying another vehicle that was involved in the accident; and

sending vehicle information to the other vehicle based, at least in part, on the identification of the other vehicle.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining that an emergency response vehicle has arrived; and

sending vehicle information to the emergency response vehicle based, at least in part, on the arrival of the emergency response vehicle.

16. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor:

receive sensor information from at least one sensor;

determine that a vehicle was involved in an accident based, at least in part, on the sensor information;

determine that an informative notification criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident;

send an informative notification in response to the determination that the informative notification criteria is satisfied;

determine whether a remedial request criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident and the sensor information;

in circumstances where the remedial request criteria is satisfied, send a remedial request based, at least in part, on the satisfaction of the remedial request criteria;

in circumstances where the remedial request criteria fails to be satisfied, preclude sending of the remedial request based, at least in part, on the failure of satisfaction of the remedial request criteria;

determine a location of the vehicle;

determine that the vehicle is located at a type of location based, at least in part, on the location of the vehicle;

determine a navigational path to another location; and

cause the vehicle to move along the navigational path to the other location.

17. The medium of claim 16, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor:

identify another vehicle that was involved in the accident; and

send vehicle information to the other vehicle based, at least in part, on the identification of the other vehicle.

18. The medium of claim 16, further encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor:

determine that an emergency response vehicle has arrived; and

send vehicle information to the emergency response vehicle based, at least in part, on the arrival of the emergency response vehicle.

19. The medium of claim 16, wherein the type of location is a dangerous location, and wherein the other location fails to be a dangerous location.

20. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to;

receive sensor information from at least one sensor;

determine that a vehicle was involved in an accident based, at least in part, on the sensor information;

determine that an informative notification criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident;

send an informative notification in response to the determination that the informative notification criteria is satisfied;

determine whether a remedial request criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident and the sensor information;

in circumstances where the remedial request criteria is satisfied, send a remedial request based, at least in part, on the satisfaction of the remedial request criteria;

in circumstances where the remedial request criteria fails to be satisfied, preclude sending of the remedial request based, at least in part, on the failure of satisfaction of the remedial request criteria;

determine a location of the vehicle;

determine that the vehicle is located at a dangerous location based, at least in part, on the location of the vehicle; and

determine a navigational path to another location that fails to be a dangerous location.

21. A method comprising:

receiving sensor information from at least one sensor;

determining that a vehicle was involved in an accident based, at least in part, on the sensor information;

determining that an informative notification criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident;

sending an informative notification in response to the determination that the informative notification criteria is satisfied;

determining whether a remedial request criteria is satisfied based, at least in part, on the accident and the sensor information;

in circumstances where the remedial request criteria is satisfied, sending a remedial request based, at least in part, on the satisfaction of the remedial request criteria;

in circumstances where the remedial request criteria fails to be satisfied, precluding sending of the remedial request based, at least in part, on the failure of satisfaction of the remedial request criteria;

determining a location of the vehicle;

determining that the vehicle is located at a type of location based, at least in part, on the location of the vehicle;

determining a navigational path to another location; and

causing the vehicle to move along the navigational path to the other location.