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US 11,694,487 B1Granted
Vehicle-to-vehicle accident detection
AssigneeAllstate Insurance Company
InventorsJennifer A. Brandmaier, Martin Higgins, William Loo, Christopher G. Plachta, Philip Peter Ramirez
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Abstract
One or more driving analysis computing devices in a driving analysis system may be configured to analyze driving data, determine driving behaviors, and determine whether a collision is imminent or has occurred using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications. Determination of whether a collision has occurred may be based on X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis positional data from two vehicles. Driving data from multiple vehicles may be collected by vehicle sensors or other vehicle-based systems, transmitted using V2V communications, and then analyzed and compared to determine various driving behaviors by the drivers of the vehicles.
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A driving analysis computing device comprising:
- a processing unit comprising a processor;
- and
- a memory unit storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the processing unit, cause the driving analysis computing device to:
- determine a first projected location for a first vehicle during a first time interval based on first vehicle driving data collected by vehicle operation sensors within a first vehicle;
- determine a second projected location for a second vehicle within a first predetermined radius of the first projected location during the first time interval based on the second vehicle driving data collected by vehicle operation sensors within a second vehicle;
- determine a probability of a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle during the first time interval based on the first projected location and the second projected location and the second projected location being within the first predetermined radius;
- transmit a first set of warnings to the first vehicle based on the probability;
- generate a collision identification number associated with the probability of the collision;
- receive third vehicle driving data collected by vehicle operation sensors within the first vehicle;
- receive fourth vehicle driving data collected by the vehicle operation sensors within the second vehicle;
- determine that a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle has occurred based on the third vehicle driving data and the fourth vehicle driving data and associate the collision with the collision identification number;
- send, to a mobile computing device associated with the first vehicle, a request for additional driving data of a third vehicle that is within a predetermined distance of the first vehicle upon determination that the collision has occurred;
- and
- receive, from the mobile computing device associated with the first vehicle and in response to sending the request, additional driving data of the third vehicle tagged with the collision identification number;
- and
- conduct an accident analysis based on the additional driving data of the third vehicle.
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A method, comprising:
- determining a first projected location for a first vehicle during a first time interval based on first vehicle driving data collected by vehicle operation sensors within a first vehicle;
- determining a second projected location for a second vehicle within a first predetermined radius of the first projected location during the first time interval based on the second vehicle driving data collected by vehicle operation sensors within a second vehicle;
- determining a probability of a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle during the first time interval based on the first projected location and the second projected location and the second projected location being within the first predetermined radius;
- transmitting a first set of warnings to the first vehicle based on the probability;
- generating a collision identification number associated with the probability of the collision;
- receiving third vehicle driving data collected by vehicle operation sensors within the first vehicle;
- receiving fourth vehicle driving data collected by the vehicle operation sensors within the second vehicle;
- determining that a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle has occurred based on the third vehicle driving data and the fourth vehicle driving data and associating the collision with the collision identification number;
- sending, to a mobile computing device associated with the first vehicle, a request for additional driving data of a third vehicle that is within a predetermined distance of the first vehicle upon determination that the collision has occurred;
- receiving, from the mobile computing device associated with the first vehicle and in response to sending the request, additional driving data of the third vehicle tagged with the collision identification number;
- and
- conducting an accident analysis based on the additional driving data of the third vehicle.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
- determine a first projected location for a first vehicle during a first time interval based on first vehicle driving data collected by vehicle operation sensors within a first vehicle;
- determine a second projected location for a second vehicle within a first predetermined radius of the first projected location during the first time interval based on the second vehicle driving data collected by vehicle operation sensors within a second vehicle;
- determine a probability of a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle during the first time interval based on the first projected location and the second projected location and the second projected location being within the first predetermined radius;
- transmit a first set of warnings to the first vehicle based on the probability;
- generate a collision identification number associated with the probability of the collision;
- receive third vehicle driving data collected by vehicle operation sensors within the first vehicle;
- receive fourth vehicle driving data collected by the vehicle operation sensors within the second vehicle;
- determine that a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle has occurred based on the third vehicle driving data and the fourth vehicle driving data and associate the collision with the collision identification number;
- and
- send, to a mobile computing device associated with the first vehicle, a request for additional driving data of a third vehicle that is within a predetermined distance of the first vehicle upon determination that the collision has occurred;
- and
- receive, from the mobile computing device associated with the first vehicle and in response to sending the request, additional driving data of the third vehicle tagged with the collision identification number;
- and
- conduct an accident analysis based on the additional driving data of the third vehicle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.