Automatic crash detection

US10650617B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Arity International Limited · IE

Inventors

• Kyle Patrick Schmitt · Chicago, US
• Pratheek M. Harish · Schreiber, CA
• Venu Madhav Tammali · Chicago, US
• Larry Layne · Chicago, US
• Dana Ferguson · Chicago, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 21, 2018
• Grant date: May 12, 2020
• Expiry date: Aug 21, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07C5/085
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for determining whether or not a crash involving a vehicle has occurred. A computing device may receive acceleration measurement(s) measured by one or more accelerometers during a time window. The computing device may determine, for one or more acceleration measurements, a corresponding acceleration magnitude. Based on the corresponding acceleration magnitude(s), the computing device may identify, from the acceleration measurement(s), an acceleration measurement and/or may determine whether the acceleration magnitude exceeds a threshold acceleration magnitude. The computing device may corroborate whether a vehicle associated with the mobile computing device was involved in a crash. Data associated with the acceleration magnitude and/or an event, such as a crash event, may be transmitted to a server.