US 12,245,124 B2
Method and apparatus for communicating collision related information
Abha Khosla, San Diego, CA (US); Soumya Das, San Diego, CA (US); Srujith Reddy Katamreddy, Ingolstadt (DE); and Phani Kumar Dasam, Reading (GB)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/702,006.
Prior Publication US 2023/0308849 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 45 Claims
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1. A method performed by an On-Board Unit (OBU) for a vehicle for communicating collision related information, the method comprising:
temporarily storing previous N seconds of basic safety messages (BSMs) on a continuing basis;
detecting a collision of the vehicle;
broadcasting a message to other entities after detection of the collision requesting that the other entities upload collision related information, wherein the message includes a timestamp for the collision, a list of previous temporary IDs used by the OBU in the previous N seconds, and a list of previous certificates used by the OBU in the previous N seconds; and
sending a report after detection of the collision with the previous N seconds of the BSMs, the timestamp for the collision, the list of previous temporary IDs used by the OBU in the previous N seconds, and the list of previous certificates used by the OBU to a server.