US 10,471,828 B2 · Vehicle exception event management systems

Abstract

Exception event recorders and analysis systems include: vehicle mounted sensors arranged as a vehicle event recorder to capture both discrete and non-discrete data; a discretization facility; a database; and an analysis server all coupled together as a computer network. Motor vehicles with video cameras and onboard diagnostic systems capture data when the vehicle is involved in a crash or other anomaly (an ‘event’). In station where interpretation of non-discrete data is rendered, i.e. a discretization facility, captured data is used as a basis for production of supplemental discrete data to further characterize the event. Such interpreted data is joined to captured data and inserted into a database in a structure which is searchable and which supports logical or mathematical analysis by automated machines. A coupled analysis server is arranged to test stored data for prescribed conditions and upon finding such, to initiate further actions appropriate for the detected condition.

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A discretization system configured to receive vehicle event information and form vehicle event records related to previously detected vehicle events, the discretization system comprising:

one or more physical computer processors configured to:
receive first non-discrete sensory data that has been captured by a video camera, wherein the video camera has a field-of-view that includes an environment about a vehicle;
and
receive first discrete quantitative data related to operation of the vehicle;
and
a user interface, wherein the user interface receives one or more of entry and/or selection of manual interpretation information pertaining to the first non-discrete sensory data from a human interpreter, wherein the manual interpretation information includes discrete numeric values;
wherein the one or more physical computer processors are further configured to:
determine second discrete quantitative data based on the discrete numeric values included in the manual interpretation information;
form a vehicle event record that includes the first non-discrete sensory data, the first discrete quantitative data, and the second discrete quantitative data;
and
transfer the vehicle event record to a remote computing device that is external to the vehicle.

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A method for receiving vehicle event information and forming vehicle event records related to previously detected vehicle events, the method comprising:

receiving first non-discrete sensory data that has been captured by a video camera, wherein the video camera has a field-of-view that includes an environment about a vehicle;
receiving first discrete quantitative data related to operation of the vehicle;
and
receiving one or more of entry and/or selection of manual interpretation information pertaining to the first non-discrete sensory data from a human interpreter via a user interface, wherein the manual interpretation information includes discrete numeric values;
determining second discrete quantitative data based on the discrete numeric values included in the manual interpretation information;
forming a vehicle event record that includes the first non-discrete data, the first discrete quantitative data, and the second discrete quantitative data;
transferring the vehicle event record to a remote computing device that is external to the vehicle.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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