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Vehicle accident history recorder

  • US 8,996,199 B2
  • Filed: 11/05/2014
  • Issued: 03/31/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/17/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A vehicle accident history recorder comprising:

  • a collision detection sensor for detecting a collision of a vehicle;

    a collision determination section for determining an occurrence of the collision based on a detection result of the collision detection sensor;

    a yaw rate sensor for detecting a yaw rate of the vehicle;

    a damaged portion determination section for determining a damaged portion of the vehicle in the collision based on the detection result of the collision detection sensor and a detection result of the yaw rate sensor when the collision determination section determines the occurrence of the collision; and

    a storage device for storing a determination result of the damaged portion determination section in a readable form, wherein;

    the determination result of the damaged portion determination section includesa first damage information that identifies whether or not a right face of the vehicle is a damaged face of the vehicle and that further identifies whether or not a left face of the vehicle is the damaged face of the vehicle, anda second damage information that, when the first damage information identifies the right face or the left face of the vehicle as the damaged face, identifies which of a plurality of portions of the damaged face is the damaged portion by dividing the damaged face into the plurality of portions in a vehicle front-back direction, andwhen the right face or the left face of the vehicle is identified as the damaged face, the damaged portion determination section determines which of the plurality of portions of the damaged face is the damaged portion in the collision, by using the detection result of the yaw rate sensor representing at least one of (i) a rotation direction of the vehicle and (ii) an absence of a rotation of the vehicle.

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