US 12,217,312 B2
System and method for indicating whether a vehicle crash has occurred
Eric Bellas, Bloomington, IL (US); Shawn M. Call, Bloomington, IL (US); Gregory Dwayne Carter, Bloomington, IL (US); Ronald R. Duehr, Normal, IL (US); Jeffrey David Hevrin, Bloomington, IL (US); and Sara Elizabeth Collins, Pontiac, IL (US)
Assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed by STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Bloomington, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/970,146.
Application 17/970,146 is a continuation of application No. 15/199,043, filed on Jun. 30, 2016, granted, now 11,861,715.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/326,315, filed on Apr. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0109452 A1, Apr. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. G06Q 40/08 (2012.01); B60R 21/0136 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G08B 5/22 (2006.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01); B60R 21/013 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 40/08 (2013.01) [G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G08B 5/227 (2013.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01); H04W 4/02 (2013.01); B60R 21/013 (2013.01); B60R 21/0136 (2013.01); G07C 5/085 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/43 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/50 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/823 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for detecting vehicle crashes, the method comprising:
detecting, by one or more processors of a first mobile computing device within a vehicle, a first sensor data output from a sensor of the first computing device that indicates a vehicle sudden change in movement;
transmitting, by the one or more processors and to a second mobile computing device within the vehicle, a first signal indicating the sudden change in movement of the vehicle to cause the second mobile computing device to operate in a beacon transmit mode:
causing, by the one or more processors, the first mobile computing device in the vehicle to operate in a beacon receive mode in response to transmitting the first signal, wherein the first mobile computing device in the vehicle listens for or receives signals from the second mobile computing device in the vehicle when the first mobile computing device is operating in the beacon receive mode;
receiving, by the one or more processors, a second signal from the second mobile computing device in the vehicle operating in a beacon transmit mode, the second signal indicating that the second mobile computing device in the vehicle detected a second sensor data output indicating the sudden change in movement of the vehicle; and
confirming, by the one or more processors, based on the detection of the first sensor data output and the second signal, that the sudden change in movement of the vehicle is a crash.