AUTOMOBILE ALERT INFORMATION SYSTEM, METHODS, AND APPARATUS

摘要

A system, methods, and apparatus for providing automobile alert information are disclosed. An example embodiment includes, sensing accelerometer values to detect a collision, determining a location, capturing video with multiple cameras, storing first video data for a period of time, transmitting automobile identification data, determining whether an accelerometer value exceeds a threshold, in response to the value exceeding the threshold, storing automobile identification data of a second automobile, continuing to capture and store second video data, transmitting the accelerometer value, the location, and the automobile identification data of the second automobile, and transmitting the first and second video data, which were recorded prior to, during, and after the collision occurred, and an alert message is received at a user device in response to the accelerometer value exceeding the threshold, and the user device is configured to access the first and second video data.

主权项

1. An automobile alert apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; at least one memory device operably coupled to the at least one processor; at least one accelerometer; a global positioning system (GPS) unit; an inter-automobile communication unit; an external communication unit; and a plurality of video cameras, wherein the at least one processor, the at least one memory device, the at least one accelerometer, the inter-automobile communication unit, the external communication unit, the GPS unit, and the plurality of video cameras are configured within a first automobile, and the at least one processor is configured to execute instructions to operate with the at least one memory device, the at least one accelerometer, the inter-automobile communication unit, the external communication unit, the GPS unit, and the plurality of video cameras, to: sense accelerometer values over a first period of time to detect a collision; store the sensed accelerometer values; determine a location using the GPS unit; store the location; capture a first video image with each of the plurality of cameras; store first video data for each of the first video images captured by each of the plurality of cameras for a second period of time; transmit, from the inter-automobile communication unit, automobile identification data for the first automobile; determine whether at least one accelerometer value exceeds a predetermined threshold which is indicative of a collision with a second automobile; and in response to the at least one accelerometer value exceeding the predetermined threshold:
store automobile identification data of the second automobile received at the inter-automobile communication unit;continue capturing a second video image with each of the plurality of cameras;store second video data for each of the second video images captured by each of the plurality of cameras;transmit, from the external communication unit, the at least one accelerometer value that exceeded the predetermined threshold, the location, and the automobile identification data of the second automobile; andtransmit, from the external communication unit, the first video data and the second video data, which were recorded during the second period of time prior to the collision, during a third period of time while the collision occurred, and during a fourth period of time after the collision occurred,wherein an alert message is received at a user device in response to the at least one accelerometer value exceeding the predetermined threshold, and the user device is configured to access the first video data and the second video data.