Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
701320200 | Data recording following vehicle collision | 24 |
20120109447 | VEHICLE BLACK BOX - A vehicle black box includes a memory device for receiving and storing real-time data associated with the vehicle during a recording time window. Upon determining that an accident has occurred, circuitry freezes the recording time window and stores the real-time data within the frozen recording time window within a one-time programmable (OTP) memory. | 05-03-2012 |
20120123632 | Crash Verification And Notification Of Call Center Or Emergency Responders - A method is provided for an aftermarket device to provide telematics service for a vehicle. The method includes accessing sensor data internal to the device and on-board diagnostic data from the vehicle, determining if one or more combinations of the sensor data and the on-board diagnostic data indicate a crash of the vehicle, and wirelessly contacting a call center or an emergency responder when at least one combination of the sensor data and the on-board diagnostic data indicates a crash of the vehicle. | 05-17-2012 |
20120130586 | IMPACT SENSOR CALIBRATION TOOL - An impact sensor calibration tool, wherein an impact sensor is installed on a vehicle and in wireless communication with a processor, which analyzes data reported by the impact sensor. Specifically, the impact sensor of the present invention continuously measures two dimensional acceleration of a vehicle. Changes in vehicle acceleration create impulse data and the impact sensor reports this data to a processor. The processor performs statistical calculations on the data to identify the vehicle's normal use operation and from this, develops an impact threshold wherein impulses exceeding this threshold are identified as impacts. The impacts may be further characterized as real impacts and stored in memory for subsequent analysis. | 05-24-2012 |
20120136529 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AN ACTIVITY OF A USER BASED ON A CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF DETECTED MOVEMENTS OF A COMPUTING DEVICE - Disclosed herein are methods and systems for identifying an activity of a user based on a chronological order of detected movements of a computing device. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the method may include detecting movements of a computing device. The method also includes determining a chronological order of the detected movements. Further, the method includes identifying an activity of a user of the computing device based on the detected movements and chronological order. The method also includes determining a geographic location associated with at least one of the movements. Further, the method includes presenting identification of the activity and the geographic location. | 05-31-2012 |
20120166037 | AIRCRAFT BLACK BOX - Commercial aircraft ( | 06-28-2012 |
20120166038 | APPARATUS FOR RECORDING VEHICULAR DATA, CONTROLLER FOR RECORDING VEHICULAR DATA, AND VEHICULAR DATA RECORDING SYSTEM - An apparatus includes a first memory device, a second memory device and a controller. The first memory device stores vehicular data in accident. The second memory device has control data area for storing control data in nonvolatile manner. The controller records the vehicular data stored in the first memory device into the control data area of the second memory device by overwriting the control data in response to vehicular accident. It is possible to increase a recordable amount of vehicular data in vehicular accident without increasing recording capacity exclusively preserved to vehicular data. | 06-28-2012 |
20120197482 | EMBEDDED DAMAGE DETECTION SYSTEM FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS OF AN AIRCRAFT - A damage-detection apparatus for an aircraft may include a composite structure comprising embedded conductive traces. The embedded conductive traces may be for transmitting a damage-detection signal to indicate if the composite structure has been damaged. | 08-02-2012 |
20120310472 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VERIFICATION OF DRIVER PEDAL ACTIONS - A device and a corresponding method including a vehicle data recording section having a plurality of vehicle operating characteristic sensors, a main system controller, and an event data recorder subservient to the main system controller. Also included in the device is a driver action recording section including at least one driver action sensor, a driver action system controller not subservient to the main system controller, and a driver action recorder. The at least one driver action sensor obtains information regarding actions of a driver of the vehicle concurrently with at least one of the plurality of vehicle operating characteristic sensors such that sensor data corresponding to an event is obtained independently by each of the vehicle data recording section and the driver action recording section. | 12-06-2012 |
20130030642 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCIDENT RECONSTRUCTION - According to various embodiments, systems and methods are provided for capturing vehicle activity data and filtering such data to reconstruct accident conditions according to a predetermined level of accuracy. | 01-31-2013 |
20130079973 | System for Communicating A Vehicle Position and Speed During Accident - A system includes a microcontroller, modem, nock sensor, and speed selection box is used to send messages when a certain speed has been exceeded and when an accident has occurred and the resulting speed of the vehicle is less than a predetermined threshold. The message sent can be a text message sent over a GSM modem. | 03-28-2013 |
20130124035 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A TYPE OF AN IMPACT OF AN OBJECT ON A VEHICLE - A method for determining a type of an impact of an object on a vehicle includes: reading in an acceleration value; determining a transverse acceleration value that represents a difference between the lateral acceleration value and an acceleration value based on the rotational acceleration value, for an acceleration transverse to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and/or determining a longitudinal acceleration value that represents a difference between the longitudinal acceleration value and an acceleration value based on the rotational acceleration value, in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle; and recognition of the type of the impact if the transverse acceleration value and/or the longitudinal acceleration value stands in a predetermined relation to a respective threshold value. | 05-16-2013 |
20130253760 | Vehicle Text-Cell Sensor - A multi-port, multi access system that allows for any automotive impact to register exact time and quadrant of impact in a way that will allow it to be cross referenced to the driver's (of one or more vehicles) mobile cellular telephone usage at the time impact occurred, as an aid in determining and assigning accident responsibility. | 09-26-2013 |
20130282228 | Even driven data acquisition switch - A method and apparatus in a vehicular telemetry system and a remote data analysis system for detecting an event and switching a data acquisition mode. Checking a state of a data acquisition mode. If the state is in a filtered data state and if an indicator value is at or above a threshold value, then switch the data acquisition mode to an unfiltered data state and acquire unfiltered data. If the data acquisition mode is in an unfiltered data state and if the indicator value is below the threshold value, switch the data acquisition mode to a filtered data state and acquire filtered data. | 10-24-2013 |
20140180530 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING RUN OVER ACCIDENT - A system for detecting a run-over accident has sensors and a controller. The sensors provide collision detectors which is arranged on at least one of front and rear of a vehicle. The controller provides a collision determining module which determines an existence of a collision based on a detection result of the collision detector. The sensors provide a run-up detector which detects that a tire of the vehicle runs up something. The controller provides a run-up determining module which determines an existence of a run-up based on a detection result of the run-up detector. The controller provides a run-over determining module which determines an existence of a run-over accident when the run-up determining module determines an existence of a run-up within a predetermined first time period from the collision determining module determines an existence of a collision. | 06-26-2014 |
20140371978 | Apparatus for Tracking and Recording Vital Signs and Task-Related Information of a Vehicle to Identify Operating Patterns - An apparatus is provided for diagnosing the state of health of a vehicle and for providing the operator of the vehicle with a substantially real-time indication of the efficiency of the vehicle in performing an assigned task with respect to the predetermined goal. A processor on-board the vehicle monitors sensors that provide information regarding state of health of the vehicle and the amount of work the vehicle has done. In response to anomalies in the data from the sensors, the processor records information that describes events leading up to the occurrence of the anomaly for later analysis that can be used to diagnose the cause of the anomaly. The sensors are also used to prompt the operator of the vehicle to operate the vehicle at optimum efficiency. | 12-18-2014 |
20150019069 | REVERSE EVENT SIGNATURE FOR IDENTIFYING HIT AND RUN VEHICLES - Identifying a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run accident may comprise generating a damage signature associated with a first vehicle that is left behind with collision damage in a hit-and-run accident. A reverse event signature may be generated that indicates a position of impact and severity of damage associated with a second vehicle involved in the hit-and-run accident that fled a scene of the hit-and-run accident. The generating of the reverse event signature may be based on reverse engineering the damage signature associated with the first vehicle. | 01-15-2015 |
20150051789 | VEHICLE ACCIDENT HISTORY RECORDER - A vehicle accident history recorder is provided. The vehicle accident history recorder comprises: 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. | 02-19-2015 |
20150112542 | TRANSPORTATION EVENT RECORDER FOR VEHICLE - A device includes a non-transitory computer readable data storage media, a connector configured to receive vehicle data from a vehicle, a sensor module configured to receive dynamic motion data from a motion sensor mounted within the vehicle, and a processor. The processor is configured to record, on the transitory computer readable data storage media during operation of the vehicle, vehicle data received via the connector and motion sensor data received from the motion sensor in combination with chronological information that facilitates a combined chronological reproduction of the vehicle data and the motion sensor data. | 04-23-2015 |
20150112543 | SYNCHRONIZATION OF VEHICLE SENSOR INFORMATION - A method includes receiving and storing sensor data including a first plurality of data points indicative of a plurality of respective states of the environment external to a vehicle at a plurality of respective times, operational data including a second plurality of data points indicative of a plurality of respective states of an operational parameter of the vehicle at a plurality of respective times, and synchronization data. The method also includes generating an animated re-creation of an event involving the vehicle using the stored data, and causing the animated re-creation of the event to be displayed. | 04-23-2015 |
20150365810 | VEHICULAR EMERGENCY REPORT APPARATUS AND EMERGENCY REPORT SYSTEM - A vehicular emergency report apparatus is provided. The vehicular emergency report apparatus includes a report portion reporting to a rescue center when a collision occurs to a vehicle, a collision status detection portion, an occupant condition detection portion, and a report control portion. The report control portion includes a memory portion, a collision pattern determination portion, an occupant condition determination portion, and a rescue information generation portion. An emergency report system includes a rescue center, a report portion reporting to the rescue center when a collision occurs to a vehicle, a collision status detection portion detecting a collision status, an occupant condition detection portion detecting a condition of an occupant after the collision, and a report control portion. | 12-17-2015 |
20160063775 | DISTRIBUTED VEHICLE EVENT RECORDER SYSTEMS HAVING A PORTABLE MEMORY DATA TRANSFER SYSTEM - Data transfer systems for vehicle event recorders are provided as: a vehicle event recorder, a vehicle event recorder resident memory, and upload module in conjunction with, a communication port suitable for coupling with, a portable memory device, a server computer datastore, a server download module in conjunction with, a similar cooperating communications port. The portable memory device is arranged to operably couple with the communications ports of both the vehicle event recorder and the server computer and to be repeatedly moved between the two. The upload/download modules are arranged to transfer data to/from the portable memory in an orderly fashion in which no files are removed from the vehicle event recorder resident memory without first having been successfully transferred to the server computer datastore. | 03-03-2016 |
20160096499 | PASSENGER STATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND IN-VEHICLE APPARATUS - A passenger state estimation system includes an in-vehicle apparatus including a crash determination unit to determine whether a crash has occurred to a vehicle, a recording execution unit configured to have an in-vehicle recording medium record data of the crash, and a transmitter unit to transmit the data; and a center including a receiver unit to receive the data transmitted from the transmitter unit of the vehicle, and a passenger estimation unit to estimate a state of the vehicle passenger(s), based on the received data. If the crash is a crash requiring airbag deployment, and another crash not requiring airbag deployment has occurred prior to the crash, the transmitter unit transmits the data of both crashes to the center. The passenger estimation unit estimates the state of the vehicle passenger(s), based on the data of both crashes. | 04-07-2016 |
20160117872 | MEMORY MANAGEMENT IN EVENT RECORDING SYSTEMS - A vehicle event recorder is provided that includes a camera for capturing a video as discrete image frames, and that further includes a managed loop memory and a management system for generating a virtual ‘timeline dilation’ effect. To overcome size limits in the buffer memory of the video event recorder, the maximum time extension of a video series is increased by enabling a reduction in temporal resolution in exchange for an increase in the temporal extension. Memory cells are overwritten in an ‘interleaved’ fashion to produce a reduced frame rate for the recording of certain time periods connected to an event moment. In time periods furthest from the event moment, the resulting frame rate is minimized while in time periods closest to the event moment, the resulting frame rate is maximized. | 04-28-2016 |
20160203656 | IDENTIFYING THE ORIGINS OF A VEHICULAR IMPACT AND THE SELECTIVE EXCHANGE OF DATA PERTAINING TO THE IMPACT | 07-14-2016 |