SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

• US 20100030540A1
• Filed: 07/30/2009
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: CHOI, Jong Woo, KIM, Hyun Suk, KWON, Oh Cheon, KWAK, Dong Yong
• Application Number:
  US12/512,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20100030540A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/8
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

Provided is a system and method for automatically reconstructing a traffic accident. The accident reconstructing system includes a data collecting unit, a geographical data providing unit, and an accident analyzing unit. The data collecting unit collects/transmits accident-related data according to the occurrence of a traffic accident. The geographical data providing unit transmits the geographical data of the neighborhood of the accident site. The accident analyzing unit reconstructs the traffic accident virtually on the basis of the data outputted from the data collecting unit and the geographical data providing unit.

Claims

1. A system for reconstructing a traffic accident, comprising:

a data collecting unit collecting/transmitting accident-related data according to an occurrence of a traffic accident;

a geographical data providing unit transmitting geographical data of a neighborhood of an accident site; and

an accident analyzing unit reconstructing the traffic accident on the basis of the data outputted from the data collecting unit and the geographical data providing unit.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the data collecting unit comprises a vehicle blackbox installed in each of one or more accident-involved vehicles to detect the traffic accident and collect/transmit vehicle status data and vehicle driving data.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the data collecting unit further comprises at least one of:

a roadside sensor collecting/transmitting external condition data around the accident-involved vehicle at the time of an accident;

a vehicle data collector collecting driver data related to the traffic accident;

a weather data collector collecting weather data of the accident site; and

a position data collector collecting accident site data of the accident-involved vehicles through a Global Positioning System (GPS).

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the accident analyzing unit comprises:

an accident data analyzer analyzing the accident-related data received from the data collecting unit for reconstruction of the traffic accident;

an accident environment constructer constructing an accident environment of the neighborhood of the accident site on the basis of an analysis result of the accident data analyzer;

a mechanical data extractor extracting mechanical data related to the traffic accident on the basis of the analysis result of the accident data analyzer; and

an accident reconstructer reconstructing the traffic accident by applying mechanical data to the constructed accident environment.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the accident data analyzer comprises at least one of:

a blackbox data analyzer analyzing driving data and status data of each of one or more accident-involved vehicles;

a sensor data analyzer analyzing external condition data including data on peripheral obstacles, traffic light status, and road conditions around the accident site;

a driver data analyzer analyzing a driving pattern and physical status of a vehicle driver;

a weather data analyzer analyzing weather factors affecting the traffic accident; and

a position data analyzer analyzing movement trajectories of the accident-involved vehicles on the basis of the accident site data and the geographical data.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the accident environment constructer constructs a basic accident environment on the basis of the position data of the accident-involved vehicles and the geographical data around the accident site, and constructs a virtual accident environment by arranging accident-involved objects in the basic accident environment.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the accident data analyzer comprises:

a blackbox data analyzer analyzing driving data and status data of each of one or more accident-involved vehicles;

a sensor data analyzer analyzing external condition data including data on peripheral obstacles, traffic light status, and road conditions around the accident site;

a driver data analyzer analyzing a driving pattern and physical status of a vehicle driver;

a weather data analyzer analyzing weather factors affecting the traffic accident; and

a position data analyzer analyzing movement trajectories of the accident-involved vehicles on the basis of the accident site data and the geographical data.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the accident data analyzer comprises at least one of:

a blackbox data analyzer analyzing driving data and status data of each of one or more accident-involved vehicles;

a sensor data analyzer analyzing external condition data including data on peripheral obstacles, traffic light status, and road conditions around the accident site;

a driver data analyzer analyzing a driving pattern and physical status of a vehicle driver;

a weather data analyzer analyzing weather factors affecting the traffic accident; and

a position data analyzer analyzing movement trajectories of the accident-involved vehicles on the basis of the accident site data and the geographical data.

7. A method for automatically reconstructing a traffic accident, comprising:

collecting accident-related data according to an occurrence of a traffic accident;

analyzing necessary data extracted from the accident-related data; and

reconstructing the traffic accident virtually on the basis of the analyzed data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the collecting of accident-related data comprises:

collecting status data and driving data of one or more accident-involved vehicles upon detecting a traffic accident and;

collecting geographical data of a neighborhood of an accident site.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the reconstructing of the traffic accident comprises:

constructing a basic accident environment on the basis of position data and geographical data of an accident site among the analyzed data; and

constructing a virtual accident environment by arranging accident-involved objects in the basic accident environment on the basis of the position data of the accident-involved objects among the analyzed data.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the reconstructing of the traffic accident further comprises:

extracting mechanical parameters of the accident-involved objects and mechanical factors affecting the traffic accident; and

reconstructing the accident circumstances by applying the mechanical parameters and the mechanical factors to the virtual accident environment.