Computerized method and system for estimating an effect on liability of the speed of vehicles in an accident and time and distance traveled by the vehicles

US7792690B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Stephan Wahlbin · Austin, US
• Kathleen E. Rourke · Farmington, US
• Kimberly Wiesman · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 27, 2002
• Grant date: Sep 7, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 26, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/08
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Computer-implemented methods and systems for estimating liability for a vehicle accident are provided. In one embodiment, theoretical paths of a reference vehicle and a reacting vehicle may be estimated. In an embodiment, a reacting vehicle reacts to a danger of an accident with the reference vehicle. The opportunity of the reacting vehicle to avoid the accident may be assessed. In certain embodiments, whether the reacting vehicle had an opportunity to avoid the accident at a specified speed may be assessed. A contribution to liability to the reacting vehicle may be estimated based on the opportunity of the reacting vehicle to avoid the accident.