Technology for assessing accident events
AssigneeBlueowl, LLC
InventorsEric Dahl, Steven J. Harris, Kenneth J. Sanchez
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Abstract
Systems and methods for assessing accident events are disclosed According to certain aspects, an electronic device may access sensor data associated with operation of a vehicle, and analyze the sensor data to determine that an accident event has occurred. In response, the electronic device may dynamically and automatically retrieve additional sensor data from at least one additional electronic device via a short range communication. The electronic device may compile or aggregate the additional sensor data with the original sensor data to provide a thorough representation of the accident event.
Claims18
A computer-implemented method in an electronic device of assessing accident events, the method comprising:
- accessing a set of sensor data from a set of sensors associated with a vehicle;
- determining, from the set of sensor data, that an accident event occurred;
- in response to determining that the accident event occurred:
- sending, to at least one additional electronic device associated with at least one additional vehicle via a wireless network connection, a request for a set of additional sensor data, the request indicating at least one of a time or a location corresponding to the accident event, and
- receiving, from the at least one additional electronic device via the wireless network connection, the set of additional sensor data according to the request;
- analyzing the set of additional sensor data to determine that the set of additional sensor data indicates the accident event;
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- aggregating the set of sensor data with the set of additional sensor data.
An electronic device configured to assess accident events, comprising:
- a transceiver configured to communicate via a wireless network connection;
- a memory configured to store non-transitory computer executable instructions;
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- a processor configured to interface with the transceiver and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute the non-transitory computer executable instructions to cause the processor to:
- access a set of sensor data from a set of sensors associated with a vehicle,
- determine, from the set of sensor data, that an accident event occurred,
- in response to determining that the accident event occurred:
- send, to at least one additional electronic device associated with at least one additional vehicle via the transceiver, a request for a set of additional sensor data, the request indicating at least one of a time or a location corresponding to the accident event, and
- receive, from the at least one additional electronic device via the transceiver, the set of additional sensor data according to the request,
- analyze the set of additional sensor data to determine that the set of additional sensor data indicates the accident event, and
- aggregate the set of sensor data with the set of additional sensor data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.