# US 12,190,733 B2 · Message construction based on potential for collision

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- Number: US 12,190,733 B2
- Document ID: US12190733B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/400,232
- Filed: 2021-08-12
- Published: 2023-02-16
- Granted: 2025-01-07
- Earliest claimed: 2021-08-12
- Assignees: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.; Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
- Applicants: Toyota Connected North America, Inc.; Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
- Inventors: Simon P. Roberts; Yang Ding; Daniel Warren Reaser; Christopher J. Macpherson; Keaton Khonsari; Derek A. Thompson; Sergei Gage
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12190733B2

## CPC

- G08G 1/166: {for active traffic, e.g. moving vehicles, pedestrians, bikes}
- G08G 1/205: {Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental}
- B60W 30/0956: {the prediction being responsive to traffic or environmental parameters}
- B60W 40/08: related to drivers or passengers
- H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
- H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
- B60W 2540/221: Physiology, e.g. weight, heartbeat, health or special needs
- B60W 2554/404: Characteristics
- B60W 2556/45: External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
- H04W 4/02: Services making use of location information
- 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})
- B60W: CONJOINT CONTROL OF VEHICLE SUB-UNITS OF DIFFERENT TYPE OR DIFFERENT FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEMS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR HYBRID VEHICLES; ROAD VEHICLE DRIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR PURPOSES NOT RELATED TO THE CONTROL OF A PARTICULAR SUB-UNIT
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of determining a level of risk of a collision of a transport, wherein the level of risk is related to an occupant of the transport and an environment of the transport, accumulating an amount of data based on the level of risk, preparing the accumulated data for sending to one or more recipients when the level of risk exceeds a risk threshold, and sending the prepared data to the one or more recipients when the collision occurs.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method, comprising:
receiving sensor data captured of an environment of a transport by one or more sensors installed on the transport;
detecting a possible collision of the transport with an object in the environment of the transport based on the received sensor data;
receiving additional sensor data captured of an occupant of the transport and determining characteristics of the occupant based on the additional sensor data;
determining, via a software application, a level of risk based on the characteristics of the occupant;
directing a sensor from among the one or more sensors installed on the transport to zoom in and capture image data of the object within the environment prior to the possible collision with the object;
accumulating the zoomed in image data from the sensor, wherein the accumulating comprises accumulating the zoomed in image data based on the level of risk; and
sending the accumulated image data to one or more recipients when the collision occurs.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the object comprises another transport.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the accumulated image data to recipients other than the one or more recipients when the collision occurs.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the accumulated image data to a device associated with an emergency contact.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the determining further comprises determining the level of risk based on an age of at least one occupant in the transport and a number of previous collisions at a location of the transport.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises receiving image data of the occupant of the transport when the collision occurs from a different sensor from among the one or more sensors installed on the transport.

### Claim 7

A system, comprising:
a processor and memory communicably coupled to the processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform:
receive sensor data captured of an environment of a transport by one or more sensors installed on the transport;
detect a possible collision of the transport with an object in the environment of the transport based on the received sensor data;
receive additional sensor data captured of an occupant of the transport and determine characteristics of the occupant based on the additional sensor data;
determine, via a software application, a level of risk based on the characteristics of the occupant;
direct a sensor from among the one or more sensors installed on the transport to zoom in and capture image data of the object within the environment prior to the possible collision with the object;
accumulate the zoomed in image data from the sensor, wherein the accumulating comprises accumulating the zoomed in image data based on the level of risk; and
send the accumulated image data to one or more recipients when the collision occurs.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the object comprises another transport.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to send the accumulated image data to recipients other than the one or more recipients when the collision occurs.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to send the accumulated image data to a device associated with an emergency contact.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the level of risk based on an age of at least one occupant in the transport and a number of previous collisions at a location of the transport.

### Claim 12 (depends on 7)

The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to receive image data of an occupant of the transport when the collision occurs from a different sensor from among the one or more sensors installed on the transport.

### Claim 13

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
receiving sensor data captured of an environment of a transport by one or more sensors installed on the transport;
detecting a possible collision of the transport with an object in the environment of the transport;
receiving additional sensor data captured of an occupant of the transport and determining characteristics of the occupant based on the additional sensor data;
determining, via a software application, a level of risk based on the characteristics of the occupant;
directing a sensor from among the one or more sensors installed on the transport to zoom in and capture image data of the object within the environment prior to the possible collision with the object;
accumulating the zoomed in image data from the sensor, wherein the accumulating comprises accumulating the zoomed in image data based on the level of risk; and
sending the accumulated image data to one or more recipients when the collision occurs.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the object comprises another transport.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising sending the accumulated image data to recipients other than the one or more recipients when the collision occurs.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, further comprising sending the accumulated image data to a device associated with an emergency contact.

### Claim 17 (depends on 13)

The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to receive image data of an occupant of the transport when the collision occurs from a different sensor from among the one or more sensors installed on the transport.