V2V Incident Data Collection via Wi-Fi Relay
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle systems lack the capability to collect, analyze, and communicate driving data effectively across all vehicles, especially in situations involving collisions or dangerous driving behaviors, leading to inefficiencies in incident detection and insurance claim processing.
Innovation Solution
A driving analysis computing device that receives and transmits vehicle driving data via vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications, enabling the detection of collisions, analysis of driving behaviors, and initiation of insurance claims by collecting and transmitting data to a server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If vehicle-based systems (OBD, telematics) are used to collect driving data, then driving data collection capability is improved, but not all vehicles are equipped with such systems leading to incomplete incident data coverage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs multiple data collection approaches (vehicle-based systems with OBD/telematics, mobile devices with sensors, and V2V communication) to ensure that driving data can be collected from any vehicle regardless of whether it has sophisticated onboard systems. This multi-functional approach makes the incident detection system universally applicable across all vehicle types.
2Speed
If V2V communication is used to transmit incident data between vehicles, then incident detection speed is improved, but data transmission reliability may be affected by communication range limitations
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses Wi-Fi access points (infrastructure elements) as intermediaries to relay V2V communications when direct vehicle-to-vehicle communication is not feasible due to range limitations. This intermediary approach maintains both the speed advantage of wireless communication and the reliability needed for complete data transmission across larger distances.
3Measurement precision
If comprehensive driving data from multiple vehicles is collected via V2V communication, then insurance claim accuracy is improved, but data collection complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the data collection process into distinct functional modules: vehicle-based data collection, mobile device data collection, V2V communication, and centralized processing. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently while working together to achieve comprehensive incident data collection, managing complexity through modular architecture.
4Adaptability or versatility
If mobile devices with sensors are used for driving data collection, then vehicle system compatibility is improved, but device portability and user dependency increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges vehicle-based data collection systems with mobile device sensor systems into a unified incident detection framework. By combining these two data sources, the system achieves both universal compatibility (through mobile devices that work in any vehicle) and reduced user dependency (through automated vehicle-based sensing), with the strengths of each approach complementing the other.
Data Source
AI summary
One or more driving analysis computing devices in a driving analysis system may be configured to collect vehicle driving data and infrastructure data in response to a collision. Vehicle driving data may be received from a first vehicle involved in the collision and a second vehicle involved in the collision. Vehicle driving data may be received for vehicles within a defined radius of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle. Infrastructure data from infrastructure elements within a defined vicinity of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle may be received. The received data may be used to initiate an insurance claim, assess fault for the collision, and detect fraudulent claims.