System and Method for Reducing Driving Risk With Hindsignt
First Claim
1. A method for forensic analysis of a vehicle accident, comprising:
- capturing a driving event at an event capture device coupled with a vehicle, the driving event associated with a vehicle accident and comprising video data from before and during the vehicle accident;
providing the driving event to an evaluation server;
analyzing the driving event to determine one or more key elements related to the vehicle accident;
determining one or more factors that contributed to the cause of the vehicle accident;
providing the one or more factors to the evaluation server; and
generating a report identifying the one or more factors that contributed to the cause of the vehicle accident.
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Abstract
A system and method for computer assisted event based reconstruction and forensic analysis of vehicle accidents is provided. The system comprises an event capture device that records audio, video, and other information that collectively comprise one or more events related to a vehicle accident. The event data, including the audio, video, and other related information, is provided to an evaluation server where it is stored in a database for forensic analysis of the events comprising the vehicle accident. Event data for a specific automobile accident event is analyzed and compared to similar types of automobile accident event data in order to forensically analyze the specific event and correlate causal relationships with key elements of the event data to determine the likely cause of the accident or the factors contributing to the accident. Correlation information is also stored at the evaluation server to provide historical data points about causal relationships and key elements.
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1. A method for forensic analysis of a vehicle accident, comprising:
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capturing a driving event at an event capture device coupled with a vehicle, the driving event associated with a vehicle accident and comprising video data from before and during the vehicle accident;
providing the driving event to an evaluation server;
analyzing the driving event to determine one or more key elements related to the vehicle accident;
determining one or more factors that contributed to the cause of the vehicle accident;
providing the one or more factors to the evaluation server; and
generating a report identifying the one or more factors that contributed to the cause of the vehicle accident. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for forensic analysis of a vehicle accident, comprising:
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an event detector coupled with a vehicle, the event detector configured to capture a driving event associated with a vehicle accident, the driving event captured in response to a trigger and comprising audio, video, and metadata information;
a communication link configured to convey the driving event from the event detector to an evaluation server; and
an evaluation server comprising an element module, a correlation module, and a factor module, said modules configured to analyze the audio, video, and metadata information to identify a cause of the vehicle accident. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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