Vehicle Collision Data Correlation for Real-Time Injury Estimation

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems lack the capability to provide detailed, event-specific estimates of passenger injuries and property damage in vehicle collisions to emergency response personnel and insurance companies in real-time, leading to inadequate preparation and delayed assessment of potential liabilities.

Innovation Solution

A system and method that collects crash data from vehicle monitoring devices, correlates it with occupant and vehicle parameters, and stores it in a database to provide real-time notifications and estimates of injury and damage severity to emergency responders and insurers, enabling proper preparation and timely claims assessment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If real-time crash data collection and analysis system is implemented, then injury and damage estimation accuracy is improved, but system complexity and cost increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinjury and damage estimation accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and analyzing crash data in real-time before emergency responders arrive at the scene. The server processes crash parameters, correlates them with historical data, and generates injury/damage estimates ahead of time, allowing responders to be pre-prepared with specific information about expected injuries and damages.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

A central server acts as an intermediary between vehicle monitoring devices and emergency response personnel. The server receives raw crash data from vehicles, processes it through correlation algorithms with historical databases, and delivers refined injury/damage estimates to responders, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining high accuracy.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of operation

If detailed crash data is provided to emergency responders, then response preparation is improved, but information processing time and complexity increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveresponse preparationVSAvoidinformation processing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically collecting crash data from vehicle sensors, correlating it with historical databases, generating injury/damage estimates, and delivering results to emergency responders without requiring manual information gathering or processing. This automation eliminates time-consuming manual processes while providing comprehensive details.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Manual information gathering and processing by emergency responders is replaced with an automated electronic system. The server automatically processes crash parameters, correlates them with historical data, generates estimates, and transmits results electronically, replacing the mechanical process of manual assessment with an efficient automated information system.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Productivity

If crash data is collected and correlated in real-time, then insurance claim assessment is accelerated, but data processing requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveclaims assessment speedVSAvoiddata processing requirements

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts only the essential crash parameters and correlates them with relevant historical data to generate injury/damage estimates. Rather than processing all possible data, it selectively extracts and processes the most critical information needed for claims assessment, reducing overall data processing requirements while maintaining assessment speed.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary data processing and correlation before the insurance claim is formally filed. By pre-processing crash data and generating estimates in real-time at the scene, the system eliminates the need for extensive later analysis, accelerating the claims assessment process while distributing data processing workload over time.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS8825277B2System and method for the collection, correlation and use of vehicle collision data

Publication Date: 2014.09.02 INTHINC LLC

AI summary

System and method for collecting and using vehicle data. Crash data is received from a plurality of vehicle monitoring devices and added to a crash data database. The database is updated with additional information gathered from specific crashes. The crash data is correlated based upon a vehicle type parameter. Crash data parameters associated with one or more injury severity thresholds are identified. Alternatively, crash data parameters associated with one or more vehicle damage severity thresholds are identified. Injury and property damage estimates for subsequent crashes are made based upon the information collected in the crash database.