System and method for facilitating transportation of a vehicle involved in a crash
AssigneeState Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
InventorsChristina P. Mullen, William J. Leise, Douglas Albert Graff
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Abstract
A system, method, and computer-readable medium to facilitate treatment of a damaged vehicle by gathering crash information, estimating an extent of vehicle damage, and requesting transport of the damaged vehicle from the crash site to a treatment facility.
Claims24
A method implemented on a computer system for treating a vehicle damaged in a crash, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the computer system, crash information about a damaged vehicle;
- determining, via one or more a processors, a crash velocity of the damaged vehicle based on the received crash information;
- determining, via the one or more processors, a crash direction of the damaged vehicle based on the received crash information;
- determining, via the one or more processors, a treatment complexity level based on the crash velocity and the crash direction;
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- transmitting, via the one or more processors, information associated with the treatment complexity level.
A computer system for treating a vehicle damaged in a crash, the computer system comprising:
- a first computing device including one or more processors;
- one or more sensors coupled to the one or more processors, the one or more sensors monitor operating information of the vehicle and facilitate providing crash information of the damaged vehicle to the first computing device;
- a first communication module coupled to the first computing device and wirelessly transmitting the crash information to a second computing device.
- the second computing device including one or more processors;
- one or more memory devices coupled to the one or more processors of the second computing device, the one or more memory devices of the second computing device storing executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors of the second computing device cause the computer system to evaluate the crash information and determine a treatment complexity level associated with the damaged vehicle;
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- a second communication module couple to the second computing device and transmitting information associated with the treatment complexity level.
A computer system for treating a vehicle damaged in a crash, the computer system comprising:
- a computing device including one or more processors;
- a memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory storing executable instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the computer system to determine a treatment complexity level associated with the damaged vehicle;
- one or more sensors coupled to the one or more processors for monitoring operating information of the damaged vehicle, the one or more sensors capable of gathering crash information of the damaged vehicle;
- an analyzer operatively coupled to the one or more processors and evaluating the crash information of the damaged vehicle with a compilation of collision data of a vehicle type that includes the damaged vehicle;
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- a communication module coupled to the one or more processors and transmitting information associated with the treatment complexity level.
A tangible, computer-readable medium storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors of a computer system cause the computer system to:
- gather crash information about the damaged vehicle;
- utilize the crash information and determine a crash velocity of the damaged vehicle;
- utilize the crash information and determine a crash direction of the damaged vehicle,
- determine a treatment complexity level based on an analysis of the crash information with a compilation of collision data of a vehicle type that includes the damaged vehicle;
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- transmit information associated with the treatment complexity level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.