Vehicle accident reporting system
First Claim
1. A vehicle accident reporting system, comprising:
- an accident management hub;
at least one accelerometer, at least one video camera and a global positioning satellite (GPS) transceiver within a vehicle;
at least one sudden event detection processor operatively coupled to non-transient storage and the at least one accelerometer, at least one video camera and GPS transceiver to receive acceleration, video and GPS data from the at least one accelerometer, at least one video camera and GPS transceiver and store the received data in the non-transient storage;
the at least one sudden event detection processor being programmed to;
identify a sudden event when a measured acceleration of the vehicle sensed by the at least one accelerometer exceeds either a predefined maximum acceleration or a predefined maximum deceleration,store in non-transient storage only current video data of a predefined duration, while deleting video data that is older than the difference between a current time and the predefined duration, andtransmit a notification over a network to the accident management hub that a sudden event has occurred, the notification including at least a vehicle identification, the current video data stored in non-transient storage, and GPS coordinates received from the GPS transceiver when the sudden event was identified;
the accident management hub including at least one processing unit, the at least one processing unit being programmed to;
identify, based on the vehicle identification transmitted by the at least one sudden event detection processor, an insurance provider associated with the vehicle by retrieving from non-transient storage insurance provider information associated with the vehicle,transmit a prompt to a mobile device associated with an owner or operator of the vehicle, the prompt requesting that the owner or operator photograph a license plate of any other vehicle involved in the accident and record video of the accident scene,receive from the mobile device the requested image of the license plate and video of the accident scene, andtransmit an accident notification to a computer system associated with the identified insurance provider, the accident notification including at least the vehicle identification, current video data and GPS coordinates received from the at least one sudden event detection processor when the sudden event was identified.
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Abstract
A vehicle accident reporting system and method identifies a sudden event when a measured acceleration of the vehicle exceeds a predefined maximum acceleration or deceleration indicative of an accident. A notification that a sudden event has occurred is transmitted to an accident management hub, the notification including a vehicle identification, current video data, and GPS coordinates. An insurance provider is identified by retrieving insurance provider information associated with the vehicle. A prompt is transmitted to a mobile device requesting a photograph of the license plate of other vehicles involved in the accident and video of the accident scene. The requested license plate image and video of the accident scene are received from the mobile device, and an accident notification is transmitted to the insurance provider'"'"'s computer system, the accident notification including the vehicle identification, current video data and GPS coordinates.
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20 Claims
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1. A vehicle accident reporting system, comprising:
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an accident management hub; at least one accelerometer, at least one video camera and a global positioning satellite (GPS) transceiver within a vehicle; at least one sudden event detection processor operatively coupled to non-transient storage and the at least one accelerometer, at least one video camera and GPS transceiver to receive acceleration, video and GPS data from the at least one accelerometer, at least one video camera and GPS transceiver and store the received data in the non-transient storage; the at least one sudden event detection processor being programmed to; identify a sudden event when a measured acceleration of the vehicle sensed by the at least one accelerometer exceeds either a predefined maximum acceleration or a predefined maximum deceleration, store in non-transient storage only current video data of a predefined duration, while deleting video data that is older than the difference between a current time and the predefined duration, and transmit a notification over a network to the accident management hub that a sudden event has occurred, the notification including at least a vehicle identification, the current video data stored in non-transient storage, and GPS coordinates received from the GPS transceiver when the sudden event was identified; the accident management hub including at least one processing unit, the at least one processing unit being programmed to; identify, based on the vehicle identification transmitted by the at least one sudden event detection processor, an insurance provider associated with the vehicle by retrieving from non-transient storage insurance provider information associated with the vehicle, transmit a prompt to a mobile device associated with an owner or operator of the vehicle, the prompt requesting that the owner or operator photograph a license plate of any other vehicle involved in the accident and record video of the accident scene, receive from the mobile device the requested image of the license plate and video of the accident scene, and transmit an accident notification to a computer system associated with the identified insurance provider, the accident notification including at least the vehicle identification, current video data and GPS coordinates received from the at least one sudden event detection processor when the sudden event was identified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer implemented vehicle accident reporting method, comprising:
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identifying, using at least one sudden event detection processor operatively coupled to non-transient storage and an accelerometer in the vehicle, a sudden event when a measured acceleration of the vehicle sensed by the accelerometer exceeds either a predefined maximum acceleration or a predefined maximum deceleration indicative of an accident; receiving, using the at least one sudden event detection processor operatively coupled to at least one camera on the vehicle, video data from the at least one camera and storing, in non-transient storage, only current video data of a predefined duration, while deleting video data that is older than the difference between a current time and the predefined duration, transmitting, using the at least one sudden event detection processor, a notification over a network to an accident management hub that a sudden event has occurred, the notification including at least a vehicle identification, the current video data stored in non-transient storage, and GPS coordinates received from a GPS transceiver in the vehicle when the sudden event was identified; identifying, based on the vehicle identification transmitted by the at least one sudden event detection processor, an insurance provider associated with the vehicle by retrieving from non-transient storage insurance provider information associated with the vehicle; transmitting a prompt over the network to a mobile device associated with an owner or operator of the vehicle, the prompt requesting that the owner or operator photograph a license plate of any other vehicle involved in the accident and record video of the accident scene; receiving, from the mobile device, the requested image of the license plate and video of the accident scene; and transmitting an accident notification to a computer system associated with the identified insurance provider, the accident notification including at least the vehicle identification, current video data and GPS coordinates received from the at least one sudden event detection processor when the sudden event was identified. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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