Vehicle damage detection and indication
AssigneeAutoConnect Holdings LLC
InventorChristopher P. Ricci
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Abstract
Methods and systems for vehicle damage detection, identification and communication are disclosed. Specifically, a method to detect damage to a vehicle, identify the extent and location of the damage, and communicate the damage event is provided. In the event of damage to a vehicle, the system may take a number of actions. In one embodiment, the actions comprise notifying authorized users of the vehicle, a maintenance provider, an insurance provider and/or an emergency agency, disabling the vehicle, and emitting a visual or audio alarm.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving sensor data from one or more vehicle sensors;
- determining, from the sensor data, whether vehicle damage has occurred to a particular area of the vehicle;
- selecting, when vehicle damage has occurred to the particular area of the vehicle, non-vehicle sensors and at least one of the one or more vehicle sensors in an area surrounding the particular area;
- recording, by the selected non-vehicle sensors and the at least one of the one or more vehicle sensors, vehicle damage data corresponding to the vehicle damage that has occurred;
- and
- storing the vehicle damage data in a user profile memory associated with a user of the vehicle.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising:
- receiving sensor data from one or more vehicle sensors;
- determining, from the sensor data, whether vehicle damage has occurred to a particular area of the vehicle;
- selecting, when vehicle damage has occurred to the particular area of the vehicle, non-vehicle sensors and at least one of the one or more vehicle sensors in an area surrounding the particular area;
- recording, by the selected non-vehicle sensors and the at least one of the one or more vehicle sensors, vehicle damage data corresponding to the vehicle damage that has occurred;
- and
- storing the vehicle damage data in a user profile memory associated with a user of the vehicle.
A vehicle damage incident detection system comprising a vehicle control system that:
- receives sensor data from one or more vehicle sensors;
- determines, from the sensor data, whether vehicle damage has occurred to a particular area of the vehicle;
- selects, when vehicle damage has occurred to the particular area of the vehicle, non-vehicle sensors and at least one of the one or more vehicle sensors in an area surrounding the particular area;
- records, by the selected non-vehicle sensors and the at least one of the one or more vehicle sensors, vehicle damage data corresponding to the vehicle damage that has occurred;
- and
- stores the vehicle damage data in a user profile memory associated with a user of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.