US 12,335,663 B2
Method and system for collecting and reporting evidence following a vehicle incident
Klas Roland Persson Signell, Gothenburg (SE); Egoi Sanchez Basualdo, Gothenburg (SE); and Konstantinos Chatziioannou, Gothenburg (SE)
Assigned to Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed by Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenburg (SE)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,584.
Prior Publication US 2024/0146882 A1, May 2, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 7/188 (2013.01) [G08G 1/0108 (2013.01); G08G 1/0133 (2013.01); G08G 1/0137 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for collecting and reporting evidence following a vehicle incident involving a vehicle, the method comprising:
in response to one or more signals communicated from at least one directional impact sensor device coupled to the vehicle and indicating a vehicle impact, identifying and opening a communication link with all other vehicles, mobile devices, and/or infrastructure devices having a camera and disposed in proximity to the vehicle;
in response to the one or more signals communicated from the at least one directional impact sensor device coupled to the vehicle and indicating the vehicle impact and a direction associated with the vehicle impact relative to the vehicle including at least one of a side or a portion of the vehicle impacted during the vehicle incident:
(1) identifying at least one of the all other vehicles, mobile devices, and/or infrastructure devices having a camera and disposed in proximity to the vehicle capable of capturing the most relevant data indicating at least one of the side or the portion of the vehicle impacted during the vehicle incident; and
(2) automatically and contemporaneously requesting and receiving a most-relevant image/video of at least one of the side or the portion of the vehicle impacted during the vehicle incident from the identified at least one of the other vehicles, the mobile devices, and/or the infrastructure devices having the camera disposed in proximity to the vehicle capable of capturing the most relevant data indicating at least one of the side or the portion of the vehicle impacted during the vehicle incident, the requested and received most-relevant image/video captured in a direction associated with the vehicle impact relative to the camera of the identified at least one of the other vehicles, the mobile devices, and/or the infrastructure devices based on the direction associated with the vehicle impact relative to the vehicle as indicated by the one or more signals.