Optimized Predictive Emergency Notification for Vehicles While in No Cellular Coverage Area
First Claim
1. A method for predictive emergency notification of a vehicle passing through a dark coverage area (DCA), comprising:
- continuously monitoring at least speed and position of the vehicle;
monitoring available cellular tower signal strength indicators to predict entrance into a DCA;
comparing said position of the vehicle with information about boundaries of DCAs to determine whether the vehicle is about to enter the DCA;
calculating a lapsed time for the vehicle to emerge from the DCA, wherein the lapsed time calculated using at least one of an entry point to the DCA, an exit point from the DCA, and an average speed of the vehicle;
tracking the vehicle and the lapsed time to ensure that the vehicle is out of the DCA within the lapsed time; and
notifying of a possible emergency if the vehicle has not emerged from the DCA within the lapsed time.
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Abstract
A method and system for predictive emergency notification of a vehicle passing through a dark coverage area (DCA). The method comprises continuously monitoring at least speed and position of the vehicle; monitoring available cellular tower signal strength indicators to predict entrance into a DCA; comparing said position of the vehicle with information about boundaries of DCAs to determine whether the vehicle is about to enter the DCA; calculating a lapsed time for the vehicle to emerge from the DCA, wherein the lapsed time calculated using at least one of an entry point to the DCA, an exit point from the DCA, and an average speed of the vehicle; tracking the vehicle and the lapsed time to ensure that the vehicle is out of the DCA within the lapsed time; and notifying of a possible emergency if the vehicle has not emerged from the DCA within the lapsed time.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for predictive emergency notification of a vehicle passing through a dark coverage area (DCA), comprising:
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continuously monitoring at least speed and position of the vehicle; monitoring available cellular tower signal strength indicators to predict entrance into a DCA; comparing said position of the vehicle with information about boundaries of DCAs to determine whether the vehicle is about to enter the DCA; calculating a lapsed time for the vehicle to emerge from the DCA, wherein the lapsed time calculated using at least one of an entry point to the DCA, an exit point from the DCA, and an average speed of the vehicle; tracking the vehicle and the lapsed time to ensure that the vehicle is out of the DCA within the lapsed time; and notifying of a possible emergency if the vehicle has not emerged from the DCA within the lapsed time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for generating predictive emergency notification regarding a vehicle passing through a dark coverage area (DCA) comprising:
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enabling a supervisor to activate a predictive emergency notification capability for tracking the vehicle; continuously monitoring at least speed and position of the vehicle using at least a global positioning system (GPS) locator in a monitoring device installed in the vehicle; comparing a location of the vehicle with locations of cellular towers and signal strength indicators for predicting an entry into DCA, wherein the DCA is an area without wireless coverage; comparing the position of the vehicle with information containing the boundaries of DCAs to determine whether the vehicle is about to enter the DCA; calculating a lapsed time for the vehicle to emerge from the DCA, wherein the lapsed time calculated using at least one of an entry point to the DCA, an exit point from the DCA, and an average speed of the vehicle; tracking the vehicle and the lapsed time to ensure that the vehicle is out of the DCA within said lapsed time; notifying at least one of the supervisor and a emergency analyst, of a possible emergency if the lapsed time for exit of the vehicle from the DCA is exceeded. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for proving notification of a possible emergency of a vehicle in a dark connection area (DCA) comprising:
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a monitoring device for collecting at least position and speed information of the vehicle; a monitoring server for receiving the collected information from the monitoring device and for performing; predicting entry into a DCA using at least locations of cellular towers and signal strength indicators; determining a possible entry location of the vehicle into the DCA and a possible exit location from the DCA; calculating a lapsed time for the vehicle to emerge from the DCA, wherein the lapsed time calculated using at least one of an entry point to the DCA, an exit point from the DCA, and an average speed of the vehicle; tracking the lapsed time and the status of the vehicle to ensure that the vehicle has exited into the WCA at the end of the lapsed time; and emergency server for generating and sending emergency notifications in an event of the vehicle not exiting the DCA within the lapsed time. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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