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Vehicle collision event announcing system and method

  • US 8,775,015 B2
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Issued: 07/08/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle collision event announcing system, comprising:

  • a processor;

    an image capturing unit, coupled to the processor, configured to capture images from at least a part of a vehicle;

    a collision sensing unit, configured to detect a probable collision event involving the vehicle; and

    a feature image comparison unit, coupled to the processor, configured to compare an image captured before the probable collision event and an image captured after the probable collision event in response to detection of the probable collision event by the collision sensing unit, and to determine accordingly whether the probable collision event is a real collision event in which damage comprising deformation is caused to the vehicle.

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