# US 12,002,103 B2 · Vehicle-to-vehicle incident information collection > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,002,103 B2 - Document ID: US12002103B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/698,228 - Filed: 2022-03-18 - Published: 2022-09-08 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-10-26 - Assignees: Allstate Insurance Company - Applicants: Allstate Insurance Company - Inventors: Jennifer A. Brandmaier; Martin Higgins; William Loo; Christopher G Plachta; Philip Peter Ramirez - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12002103B2 ## CPC - G06Q 40/08: Insurance - G07C 5/02: Registering or indicating driving, working, idle, or waiting time only (apparatus forming part of taximeters G07B13/00) - G08G 1/0112: {from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]} - G08G 1/0129: {for creating historical data or processing based on historical data} - G08G 1/162: {event-triggered} - G08G 1/205: {Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental} - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - G07C 5/085: {using electronic data carriers} - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) ## Abstract One or more driving analysis computing devices in a driving analysis system may be configured to collect vehicle driving data and infrastructure data in response to a collision. Vehicle driving data may be received from a first vehicle involved in the collision and a second vehicle involved in the collision. Vehicle driving data may be received for vehicles within a defined radius of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle. Infrastructure data from infrastructure elements within a defined vicinity of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle may be received. The received data may be used to initiate an insurance claim, assess fault for the collision, and detect fraudulent claims. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A driving analysis computing device installed in a first vehicle, the driving analysis computing device comprising: one or more processors; and a memory unit storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the driving analysis computing device installed in the first vehicle to: receive, from one or more sensors of the first vehicle, first vehicle driving data associated with a first subset of time of a first time period; determine, based on the first vehicle driving data, missing vehicle driving data associated with a second subset of time of the first time period; receive, from a second vehicle, second vehicle driving data collected by second vehicle operations sensors within the second vehicle, the second vehicle driving data includes at least a portion of the missing vehicle driving data within the second subset of time; receive, from a third vehicle, third vehicle driving data associated with the second subset of time collected by vehicle operations sensors within a fourth vehicle that is within a first radius of the third vehicle; and transmit the first vehicle driving data, the second vehicle driving data, and the third vehicle driving data to a server. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The driving analysis computing device of claim 1, wherein the first vehicle driving data is received in response to a first request for the first vehicle driving data for the first time period. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The driving analysis computing device of claim 2, wherein the first request is transmitted in response to a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The driving analysis computing device of claim 1, the memory unit storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the driving analysis computing device to: transmit, to one or more infrastructure elements within a second radius of the first vehicle, and via a first vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication between the first vehicle and the one or more infrastructure elements, a request for image files; receive, from the one or more infrastructure elements, the image files; tag the image files with a collision identification number associated with a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle; and transmit the tagged image files to the server. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The driving analysis computing device of claim 1, the memory unit storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the driving analysis computing device to: transmit, to the third vehicle and via a second V2V communication between the first vehicle and the third vehicle, a request for image files from infrastructure elements that are within a second radius of the third vehicle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The driving analysis computing device of claim 5, the memory unit storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the driving analysis computing device to: receive, from the third vehicle and via a third V2V communication between the first vehicle and the third vehicle, the image files. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The driving analysis computing device of claim 6, the memory unit storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the driving analysis computing device to: transmit the image files received from the third vehicle to the server. ### Claim 8 A method comprising: receiving, from one or more sensors of a first vehicle, first vehicle driving data associated with a first subset of time of a first time period; determining, based on the first vehicle driving data, missing vehicle driving data associated with a second subset of time of the first time period; receiving, by a driving analysis computing device, from a second vehicle, second vehicle driving data associated with the second subset of time collected by vehicle operations sensors within the second vehicle that is within a first radius of the first vehicle, the second vehicle driving data includes at least a portion of the missing vehicle driving data within the second subset of time; receiving, by the driving analysis computing device, from a third vehicle, third vehicle driving data associated with the second subset of time collected by vehicle operations sensors within a fourth vehicle that is within a first radius of the third vehicle; and transmitting, by the driving analysis computing device and to a server, the first vehicle driving data, the second vehicle driving data, and the third vehicle driving data. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the first vehicle driving data is received in response to a first request for the first vehicle driving data for the first time period. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the first request is transmitted in response to a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: transmitting, to one or more infrastructure elements within a second radius of the first vehicle, and via a first vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication between the first vehicle and the one or more infrastructure elements, a request for image files; receiving, from the one or more infrastructure elements, the image files; tagging the image files with a collision identification number associated with a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle; and transmitting the tagged image files to the server. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: transmitting, to the third vehicle and via a second V2V communication between the first vehicle and the third vehicle, a request for image files from infrastructure elements that are within a second radius of the third vehicle. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, further comprising: receiving, from the third vehicle and via a third V2V communication between the first vehicle and the third vehicle, the image files; and transmitting the image files received from the third vehicle to the server. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the driving analysis computing device is installed in the first vehicle, the driving analysis computing device is installed in at least one of one or more infrastructure elements, or the driving analysis computing device is installed in a mobile device. ### Claim 15 A system comprising: a driving analysis computing device installed in a first vehicle, the driving analysis computing device comprising; one or more processors; and a memory unit storing computer-executable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the driving analysis computing device installed in the first vehicle to: receive, from one or more sensors of the first vehicle, first vehicle driving data associated with a first subset of time of a first time period; determine, based on the first vehicle driving data, missing vehicle driving data associated with a second subset of time of the first time period; receive, from a second vehicle, second vehicle driving data collected by second vehicle operations sensors within the second vehicle, the second vehicle driving data includes at least a portion of the missing vehicle driving data within the second subset of time; receive, from a third vehicle, third vehicle driving data associated with the second subset of time collected by vehicle operations sensors within a fourth vehicle that is within a first radius of the third vehicle; and transmit the first vehicle driving data, the second vehicle driving data, and the third vehicle driving data to a server; and the server configured to receive data from the driving analysis computing device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the first vehicle driving data is received in response to a first request for the first vehicle driving data for the first time period. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, wherein the first request is transmitted in response to a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the driving analysis computing device is configured to: transmit, to one or more infrastructure elements within a second radius of the first vehicle, and via a first vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication between the first vehicle and the one or more infrastructure elements, a request for image files; receive, from the one or more infrastructure elements, the image files; tag the image files with a collision identification number associated with a collision between the first vehicle and the second vehicle; and transmit the tagged image files to the server. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the driving analysis computing device is configured to: transmit, to the third vehicle and via a second V2V communication between the first vehicle and the third vehicle, a request for image files from infrastructure elements that are within a second radius of the third vehicle. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein the driving analysis computing device is configured to: receive, from the third vehicle and via a third V2V communication between the first vehicle and the third vehicle, the image files; and transmit the image files received from the third vehicle to the server.