# US 2014/0156104 A1 · Systems and methods for collecting vehicle evidence > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0156104 A1 - Document ID: US20140156104A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/690,708 - Filed: 2012-11-30 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Inventors: JENNIFER A. HEALEY; ALEXANDRA C. ZAFIROGLU; CARLOS R. MONTESINOS - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156104A1 ## CPC - G07C 5/00: Registering or indicating the working of vehicles - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - G08G 1/017: identifying vehicles (G08G1/015, G08G1/054 take precedence) - G08G 1/205: {Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental} - G07C 5/085: {using electronic data carriers} - 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 Systems and methods to request and collect evidence elements from one or more evidence systems responsive to a triggering event are disclosed. An evidence request beacon may be generated based at least in part on information associated with the triggering event. The evidence request beacon may be received by one or more evidence systems and may be evaluated to determine if potentially relevant evidence is available from the evidence system. If potentially relevant evidence elements are available from the one or more evidence systems, then the potentially relevant evidence elements may be provided to the requesting system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method, comprising: identifying, by one or more processors associated with a vehicle, a triggering event; determining, by the one or more processors, at least one information element associated with the triggering event; generating, by the one or more processors, an evidence request beacon based at least in part on the at least one information element; and transmitting the evidence request beacon. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving, by the one or more processors, one or more first evidence elements responsive to identifying the triggering event. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more first evidence elements are received from one or more sensors disposed on the vehicle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the triggering event comprises at least one of: (i) an accident involving the vehicle; (ii) a break-in of the vehicle; (iii) a theft of the vehicle; (iv) a rapid deceleration of the vehicle; (v) structural damage of the vehicle; or (vi) deployment of an air bag associated with the vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one information element associated with the triggering event comprises at least one of: (i) identification of the vehicle; (ii) identification of an owner of the vehicle; (iii) identification of a driver of the vehicle; (iv) identification of a user of the vehicle; (v) indication of a type of triggering event; (vi) a location associated with the triggering event; (vii) a viewing angle associated with the triggering event; (viii) time associated with the triggering event; or (ix) one or more monetary values. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving one or more second evidence elements responsive to transmitting the evidence request beacon. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising instantiating a monetary payment responsive to receiving the one or more second evidence elements. ### Claim 8 A system, comprising: one or more sensors; one or more antennas; and one or more processors configured to: identify a triggering event; receive one or more first data elements from the one or more sensors responsive to identifying the triggering event; determine at least one information element associated with the triggering event; generate an evidence request beacon based at least in part on the at least one information element; and transmit the evidence request beacon via the one or more antennas. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the triggering event comprises at least one of: (i) an accident involving the vehicle; (ii) a break-in of the vehicle; (iii) a theft of the vehicle; (iv) a rapid deceleration of the vehicle; (v) structural damage of the vehicle; or (vi) deployment of an air bag associated with the vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the at least one information element associated with the triggering event comprises at least one of: (i) identification of the vehicle; (ii) identification of an owner of the vehicle; (iii) identification of a driver of the vehicle; (iv) identification of a user of the vehicle; (v) indication of a type of triggering event; (vi) a location associated with the triggering event; (vii) a viewing angle associated with the triggering event; (viii) time associated with the triggering event; or (ix) one or more monetary values. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive one or more second evidence elements responsive to transmitting the evidence request beacon. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to instantiate a monetary payment responsive to receiving the one or more second evidence elements. ### Claim 13 One or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to: identify a triggering event; receive one or more first data elements from the one or more sensors responsive to identifying the triggering event; determine at least one information element associated with the triggering event; generate an evidence request beacon based at least in part on the at least one information element; and transmit the evidence request beacon via the one or more antennas. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the one or more processors are configured further to receive one or more second evidence elements responsive to transmitting the evidence request beacon. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The computer-readable media of claim 14, wherein the one or more processors are configured further to instantiate a monetary payment responsive to receiving the one or more second evidence elements. ### Claim 16 A method, comprising: receiving, by one or more processors, an evidence request beacon; determining, by the one or more processors and based at least in part on the evidence request beacon, at least one information element associated with a triggering event; identifying, by the one or more processors, one or more evidence elements associated with the triggering element based at least in part on the at least one information element; and transmitting the one or more evidence elements. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the triggering event comprises at least one of: (i) an accident involving a vehicle; (ii) a break-in of a vehicle; (iii) a theft of a vehicle; (iv) a rapid deceleration of a vehicle; (v) structural damage of a vehicle; or (vi) deployment of an air bag associated with a vehicle. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the at least one information element associated with the triggering event comprises at least one of: (i) identification of a vehicle; (ii) identification of an owner of a vehicle; (iii) identification of a driver of a vehicle; (iv) identification of a user of a vehicle; (v) indication of a type of triggering event; (vi) a location associated with the triggering event; (vii) a viewing angle associated with the triggering event; (viii) time associated with the triggering event; or (ix) one or more monetary values. ### Claim 19 A system, comprising: one or more sensors; one or more communicative links; and one or more processors configured to: receive one or more evidence elements from the one or more sensors; receive an evidence request beacon via the one or more communicative links; determine, based at least in part on the evidence request beacon, at least one information element associated with a triggering event; identify at least one of the one or more evidence elements that is associated with the triggering event based at least in part on the at least one information element; and transmit the at least one of the one or more evidence elements associated with the triggering event via the one or more communicative links. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein the triggering event comprises at least one of: (i) an accident involving a vehicle; (ii) a break-in of a vehicle; (iii) a theft of a vehicle; (iv) a rapid deceleration of a vehicle; (v) structural damage of a vehicle; or (vi) deployment of an air bag associated with a vehicle. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The system of claim 19, wherein the at least one information element associated with the triggering event comprises at least one of: (i) identification of a vehicle; (ii) identification of an owner of a vehicle; (iii) identification of a driver of a vehicle; (iv) identification of a user of a vehicle; (v) indication of a type of triggering event; (vi) a location associated with the triggering event; (vii) a viewing angle associated with the triggering event; (viii) time associated with the triggering event; or (ix) one or more monetary values. ### Claim 22 One or more computer-readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to: receive one or more evidence elements from one or more sensors; receive an evidence request beacon via one or more communicative links; determine, based at least in part on the evidence request beacon, at least one information element associated with a triggering event; identify at least one of the one or more evidence elements that is associated with the triggering event based at least in part on the at least one information element; and transmit the at least one of the one or more evidence elements associated with the triggering event via the one or more communicative links. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The computer-readable media of claim 22, wherein the triggering event comprises at least one of: (i) an accident involving a vehicle; (ii) a break-in of a vehicle; (iii) a theft of a vehicle; (iv) a rapid deceleration of a vehicle; (v) structural damage of a vehicle; or (vi) deployment of an air bag associated with a vehicle.