METHODS, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMS FOR ACQUIRING AND ANALYZING VEHICLE DATA AND GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC REPRESENTATION OF VEHICLE OPERATIONS
First Claim
1. An apparatus for documenting an incident involving a first vehicle at an incident site, the apparatus comprising:
- a communication interface;
a memory to store processor-executable instructions; and
a processing unit communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions by the processing unit, the processing unit;
controls the communication interface to electronically receive source data representing at least one input image of a geographic area including the incident area;
acquires, from a vehicle control system associated with the first vehicle, vehicle-based information relating to the first vehicle at a time during or proximate the incident;
renders, based at least in part on the vehicle-based information, a marked-up image including a first representation of at least a portion of the incident overlaid on the at least one input image; and
further controls the communication interface and/or the memory to electronically transmit and/or electronically store information relating to the marked-up digital image so as to document the incident with respect to the geographic area.
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Abstract
Geo-referenced and/or time-referenced electronic drawings may be generated based on electronic vehicle information to facilitate documentation of a vehicle-related event. A symbols library, a collection of geo-referenced images, and any data acquired from one or more vehicles may be stored in memory for use in connection with generation of such drawings, and a drawing tool graphical user interface (GUI) may be provided for electronically processing vehicle data and geo-referenced images. Processed geo-referenced images may be saved as event-specific images, which may be integrated into, for example, an electronic vehicle accident report for accurately depicting a vehicle accident.
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40 Claims
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1. An apparatus for documenting an incident involving a first vehicle at an incident site, the apparatus comprising:
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a communication interface; a memory to store processor-executable instructions; and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the communication interface and the memory, wherein upon execution of the processor-executable instructions by the processing unit, the processing unit; controls the communication interface to electronically receive source data representing at least one input image of a geographic area including the incident area; acquires, from a vehicle control system associated with the first vehicle, vehicle-based information relating to the first vehicle at a time during or proximate the incident; renders, based at least in part on the vehicle-based information, a marked-up image including a first representation of at least a portion of the incident overlaid on the at least one input image; and further controls the communication interface and/or the memory to electronically transmit and/or electronically store information relating to the marked-up digital image so as to document the incident with respect to the geographic area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method for documenting an incident involving a first vehicle at an incident site, the method comprising:
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A) electronically receiving source data representing at least one input image of a geographic area including the incident site; B) electronically receiving, from a vehicle control system associated with the first vehicle, vehicle-based information relating to the first vehicle at a time during or proximate the incident; C) based at least in part on the vehicle-based information received in B), digitally representing, on the at least one input image, a first representation of at least a portion of the incident to thereby generate a marked-up digital image including the first representation; and D) electronically transmitting and/or electronically storing information relating to the marked-up digital image so as to document the incident with respect to the geographic area.
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40. At least one processing unit, perform a method for documenting an incident involving a first vehicle at an incident site, the method comprising:
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A) electronically receiving source data representing at least one input image of a geographic area including the incident site; B) electronically receiving, from a vehicle control system associated with the first vehicle, vehicle-based information relating to the first vehicle at a time during or proximate the incident; C) based at least in part on the vehicle-based information received in B), digitally representing, on the at least one input image, a first representation of at least a portion of the incident to thereby generate a marked-up digital image including the first representation; and D) electronically transmitting and/or electronically storing information relating to the marked-up digital image so as to document the incident with respect to the geographic area.
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