An accident reporting apparatus and method for a vehicle, the apparatus being configured to detect and report vehicle accidents, the apparatus comprising; an accident detection unit 3 configured to detect an accident, an injury prediction unit 7a or a vehicle structural status prediction unit 7b, both configured to receive information from the accident detection unit indicating that an accident has been detected and predict the injuries and vehicle damage which may have occurred, and a communication unit 17 configured to receive the prediction of injuries and damage which may have occurred from the injury prediction and structural state prediction units and to transmit information indicating that an accident has been detected and the injury and damage predictions to a receiver R, such as an emergency service dispatch centre. An occupant evaluation unit 9 may be provided to supply data to the prediction unit 7a including the number of passengers, characteristics of the occupants such as weight or adult or child. Both internal and external cameras 11 may be used by the prediction units and also an other-party identification unit configured to collect information regarding third-parties involved in the accident.
Accident severity estimator for a vehicle
2016-01-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | G07C TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS , Zeit- oder Anwesenheitskontrollgeräte / B60R Fahrzeuge, Fahrzeugausstattung oder Fahrzeugteile, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen , VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR / G08B SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS , Signalisier- oder Rufsysteme |
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