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Automatic motor vehicle accident reporting

a technology for accident reporting and motor vehicles, applied in vehicular safety arrangements, pedestrian/occupant safety arrangements, instruments, etc., can solve the problems of inability to capture and send photographs of accidents/incidents, and the driver is usually unable to communicate these details, so as to achieve the effect of reducing the reliance on the actions of users

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-02-07
PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYST OF AMERICA
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Facilitates efficient and accurate reporting of accidents with minimal user intervention, allowing for the capture and transmission of critical information such as location, time, and photographs, enhancing the ability to respond to emergencies promptly and effectively.

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The driver is usually unable to communicate these details due to lack of information as well as panic on the part of the driver.
Such a system is not capable of capturing and sending photographs of these accidents / incidents.

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[0013]FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment of an automatic motor vehicle accident reporting arrangement 10 of the present invention, including an emergency response entity 12 and a motor vehicle 14. Vehicle 14 includes an electronic processor 16 in communication with each of an antenna 18, a global positioning system (GPS) 20, a memory device 21, a user-actuatable switch in the form of an accident reporting pushbutton 22, a microphone 24, and a 360-degree or fisheye camera 26, which may be mounted on a roof 28 of vehicle 14. The 360-degree camera 26 may be replaced by one or more cameras with a narrower field of view. However, use of a 360-degree camera may enable images to be captured of any vehicular accident that occurs within view of vehicle 14, regardless of the direction of the accident with respect to vehicle 14.

[0014]During use, camera 26 may continually capture images in every radial direction from its position atop roof 28. Processor 16 may receive the captured images and sto...

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An accident reporting arrangement for a motor vehicle includes at least one camera capturing images of an environment surrounding the motor vehicle. A microphone is positioned to produce a microphone signal based on sounds in a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. A global positioning system determines a global position of the motor vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to each of the at least one camera, the microphone, the global positioning system, and a user-actuatable switch. The electronic processor causes an accident reporting signal to be wirelessly transmitted in response to a user actuating the user-actuatable switch. The accident reporting signal is dependent upon the images captured by the at least one camera, the global position of the motor vehicle, and the microphone signal.

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CROSS-REFERENCED TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15 / 679,387, filed on Aug. 17, 2017, which is currently under allowance, which claims benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 376,248 filed on Aug. 17, 2016, which the disclosure of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety for all purposes.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The disclosure relates to an accident reporting system for a motor vehicle.BACKGROUND OF INVENTION[0003]Drivers of motor vehicles sometimes see accidents involving other motor vehicles on the road on which they are travelling. Traditionally, the driver needs to make a phone call to 911 to report the accident. Emergency responders ask about the location and other details of the accident. The driver is usually unable to communicate these details due to lack of information as well as panic on the part of the driver.[0004]Currently, it is known for a vehicle to include a system which...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G08G1/00G06K9/00G07C5/00B60R21/00G07C5/08
CPCB60W2550/402B60R2021/0027G07C5/008G08G1/205G07C5/0866G06K9/00791B60W2556/50G06V20/56
Inventor RAJENDRAN, SHANTHA KUMARIKANAGARAJ, PADHU
Owner PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYST OF AMERICA