US 11,862,022 B2
Methods for characterizing a vehicle collision
Willem Petersen, Elmira (CA); Harjot Singh Parmar, Waterloo (CA); Amish Vijay Patel, Brampton (CA); Meghan Frances Fotak, Mississauga (CA); Paul Stobbe, Munich (DE); and Robert Spencer Hockin, Milton (CA)
Assigned to Geotab Inc., Oakville (CA)
Filed by Geotab Inc., Oakville (CA)
Filed on Aug. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/404,816.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/145,057, filed on Feb. 3, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0246036 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G06K 9/62 (2022.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); G06V 20/59 (2022.01); G06F 18/2431 (2023.01)
CPC G08G 1/166 (2013.01) [G06F 18/2431 (2023.01); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01); G06V 20/58 (2022.01); G06V 20/588 (2022.01); G06V 20/597 (2022.01); G08G 1/167 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
in response to obtaining information regarding a potential collision between a vehicle and an object, wherein the obtaining comprises receiving information from a telematics monitor of the vehicle:
obtaining, for a time period extending before and after a time of the potential collision, data describing the vehicle during the time period;
determining, based at least in part on the data describing the vehicle during the time period, a likelihood that the potential collision is a non-collision event, by:
determining, based at least in part on sensor data from the telematics monitor, whether the telematics monitor is operating improperly; and
in response to determining that the telematics monitor of the vehicle is operating improperly, determining that the potential collision is not a collision; and
in response to determining that the likelihood indicates that the potential collision is not a non-collision event:
triggering one or more actions responding to the potential collision.