Method for smartphone-based accident detection
US9994218B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 2, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 2, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W88/00
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and system for detecting an accident of a vehicle, the method including: receiving a movement dataset collected at least at one of a location sensor and a motion sensor arranged within the vehicle, during a time period of movement of the vehicle, extracting a set of movement features associated with at least one of a position, a velocity, and an acceleration characterizing the movement of the vehicle during the time period, detecting a vehicular accident event from processing the set of movement features with an accident detection model, and in response to detecting the vehicular accident event, automatically initiating an accident response action.
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