Vehicle accident notification device, system including the same, and method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11518330-B2
Application number	US-202016746318-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2020
Priority date	Aug 29, 2019
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A vehicle accident notification device includes a processor that determines whether a vehicle accident occurs and a degree of the vehicle accident based on a sensing result of a sensor and vehicle information received from a device of the host vehicle and automatically provides a notification of the vehicle accident, a communicator that communicates with other devices, and a storage storing a collision reference value that is used to determine the degree of the vehicle accident in advance.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle accident notification device, comprising:
a processor configured to determine whether a vehicle accident occurs and a degree of the vehicle accident based on a sensing result of a sensor of a host vehicle and vehicle information received from a device of the host vehicle;
a communicator configured to communicate with other devices; and
a storage configured to store a collision reference value that is used to determine the degree of the vehicle accident in advance,
wherein the processor is further configured to:
differently set, according to a type of the vehicle accident, a collision reference for a notification of the vehicle accident;
determine a type of an accident when a collision with the host vehicle occurs;
determine the degree of the vehicle accident depending on the type of the accident;
automatically provide a notification of the vehicle accident depending on the collision reference and the degree of the vehicle accident, although an airbag is not deployed in the vehicle accident; and
set the collision reference value using a passenger riding position, a collision direction, and a collision target of the host vehicle.

2. The vehicle accident notification device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine whether the collision is between the host vehicle and a surrounding vehicle, between the host vehicle and a pedestrian, or between the host vehicle and a two-wheeled vehicle when the collision occurs.

3. The vehicle accident notification device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine whether to automatically provide the notification of the vehicle accident depending on a magnitude of the collision when the collision is between the host vehicle and the surrounding vehicle.

4. The vehicle accident notification device of claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
identify whether the pedestrian or a person who rides in the two-wheeled vehicle is an adult or an infant when the collision is between the host vehicle and the pedestrian or between the host vehicle and the two-wheeled vehicle.

5. The vehicle accident notification device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to:
automatically provide the notification of the vehicle accident when the pedestrian or the person who rides in the two-wheeled vehicle is the infant.

6. The vehicle accident notification device of claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to:
determine whether to automatically provide the notification of the vehicle accident depending on a magnitude of the collision when the pedestrian or the person who rides in the two-wheeled vehicle is the adult.

7. The vehicle accident notification device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
make an emergency call to automatically provide the notification of the vehicle accident.

8. The vehicle accident notification device of claim 1 , wherein the device further comprises:
a display configured to:
display a screen for automatically providing the notification of the vehicle accident; and
receive, from a user, an input for stopping automatically providing the notification of the vehicle accident.

9. The vehicle accident notification device of claim 1 , wherein, when the collision target is a person, the processor is configured to:
set the collision reference value lower than a collision reference value of when the collision target is a vehicle.

10. The vehicle accident notification device of claim 1 , wherein, when the passenger riding position of the host vehicle is identical to the collision direction, the processor is configured to:
set the collision reference value lower than a collision reference value of when the passenger riding position of the host vehicle is not identical to the collision direction.

11. The vehicle accident notification device of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to:
automatically provide the notification of the vehicle accident when the host vehicle drives on an area other than a road, departs from a lane, or crosses a centerline.

12. A vehicle system, comprising:
a sensor configured to sense an object around a host vehicle and a degree of collision; and
a vehicle accident notification device configured to:
determine whether a vehicle accident occurs and a degree of the vehicle accident based on a sensing result of the sensor and vehicle information received from a device of the host vehicle; and
automatically provide a notification of the vehicle accident,

wherein the vehicle accident notification device is further configured to:
differently set, according to a type of the vehicle accident, a collision reference for a notification of the vehicle accident;
determine a type of an accident when the collision with the host vehicle occurs;
determine the degree of the vehicle accident depending on the type of the accident;
automatically provide a notification of the vehicle accident depending on the collision reference and the degree of the vehicle accident, although an airbag is not deployed in the vehicle accident; and
set a collision reference value using a passenger riding position, a collision direction, and a collision target of the host vehicle.

13. The vehicle system of claim 12 , wherein the sensor further comprises:
a camera configured to capture an image of the object around the host vehicle;
a G sensor configured to sense the degree of the collision when the collision occurs; and
a radar and a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) configured to sense a location, a relative distance, and an approaching speed of the object around the host vehicle.

14. The vehicle system of claim 12 , wherein the system further comprises:
a global positioning system (GPS) receiver configured to receive location information of the host vehicle.

15. A vehicle accident notification method, comprising:
differently setting according to a type of a vehicle accident, a collision reference for a notification of the vehicle accident;
determining whether the vehicle accident occurs based on a sensing result of a sensor of a host vehicle and vehicle information received from a device of the host vehicle;
determining a type of an accident when the vehicle accident occurs;
determining a degree of the vehicle accident depending on the type of the accident;
automatically providing a notification of the vehicle accident depending on the collision reference and the degree of the vehicle accident, although an airbag is not deployed in the vehicle accident; and
setting a collision reference value using a passenger riding position, a collision direction, and a collision target of the host vehicle.

16. The vehicle accident notification method of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
when the notification of the vehicle accident is automatically provided, displaying a screen for automatically providing the notification of the vehicle accident; and
receiving, from a user, an input for stopping automatically providing the notification of the vehicle accident.

17. The vehicle accident notification method of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises:
when the host vehicle drives on an area other than a road, departs from a lane, or crosses a centerline, automatically providing the notification of the vehicle accident.

18. The vehicle accident notification method of claim 15 , wherein determining the type of the accident further comprises:
when the collision occurs, determining whether the collision is between the host vehicle and a surrounding

Assignees

• Hyundai Motor Co Ltd
• Kia Motors Corp

Inventors

• Park Se Young
• Lee Jeong Kee

Classifications

• G08B25/016 Primary

  Personal emergency signalling and security systems (emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12) · CPC title

• G06V10/803

  of input or preprocessed data · CPC title

• B60R21/0136 Primary

  responsive to actual contact with an obstacle {, e.g. to vehicle deformation, bumper displacement or bumper velocity relative to the vehicle (monitoring crash strength in combination with passenger seat detection B60R21/01558)} · CPC title

• G06F18/251

  of input or preprocessed data · CPC title

• B60W40/02

  related to ambient conditions · CPC title