Impact analysis method, feature amount extraction method, impact analysis apparatus, and program

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12227137-B2
Application number	US-202018022066-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 20, 2020
Priority date	Aug 20, 2020
Publication date	Feb 18, 2025
Grant date	Feb 18, 2025

Abstract

Information regarding an impact occurring in a vehicle is analyzed from an observed signal by a sensor installed in the vehicle. An acquisition unit ( 11 ) acquires an observed signal by a sensor (S) installed at a predetermined position of the vehicle. The analysis unit ( 12 ) analyzes the type of impact at each time from the observed signal with respect to the impact occurring on the vehicle at a position different from the position at which the sensor (S) is installed in the vehicle. The type of impact includes at least one type of impact among impact from collision of an obstacle with the vehicle, impact from the vehicle driving over a curb, impact from collision of a flying object with the vehicle, impact from the vehicle rubbing against an object other than the vehicle, and impact from an object other than the vehicle rubbing against the vehicle. An output unit ( 13 ) outputs a result obtained by analyzing a time at which the impact occurs and the type of impact.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An impact analysis method comprising:
acquiring an observed signal with a sensor installed at a predetermined position of a vehicle; and
outputting a result obtained by analyzing a time at which an impact occurs and a type of the impact from the observed signal with respect to the impact occurring on the vehicle at a position different from a position at which the sensor is installed in the vehicle,
wherein the type of impact includes at least one type of:
impact among impact from collision of an obstacle with the vehicle,
impact from the vehicle driving over a curb,
impact from collision of a flying object with the vehicle,
impact from the vehicle rubbing against an object other than the vehicle, or
impact from an object other than the vehicle rubbing against the vehicle,

the analyzing a combination of the time of the impact and the type of the impact is based on a first feature amount and a second feature amount,
the first feature amount corresponds to an attenuation degree according to univariate time-series data of the observed signal, and
the second feature amount corresponds to an oscillation degree obtained by performing dynamic mode decomposition of data according to the univariate time-series data of the observed signal.

2. The impact analysis method according to claim 1 , wherein the type of impact corresponds to each cluster in which feature amounts extracted from the observed signal of the sensor acquired when the impact occurs cluster.

3. The impact analysis method according to claim 1 ,
wherein the sensor includes a plurality of sensors installed at different positions of the vehicle, and
wherein, in the analyzing step, a result obtained by analyzing a position at which the impact occurs based on an amplitude of an observed signal of each sensor is further output.

4. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing computer-executable program instructions, that when executed by a processor causes a computer to perform each step of the impact analysis method of claim 1 .

5. The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium of claim 4 wherein the type of impact corresponds to each cluster in which feature amounts extracted from the observed signal of the sensor acquired when the impact occurs cluster.

6. The computer-readable non-transitory recording medium of claim 4 , wherein the sensor includes a plurality of sensors installed at different positions of the vehicle, and
wherein, in the analyzing step, a result obtained by analyzing a position at which the impact occurs based on an amplitude of an observed signal of each sensor is further output.

7. The impact analysis method according to claim 1 , wherein
the sensor is an oscillation sensor.

8. The impact analysis method according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a sound sensor.

9. The impact analysis method according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor is an oscillation sensor.

10. The impact analysis method according to claim 2 , wherein the sensor is a sound sensor.

11. The impact analysis method according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of sensors are oscillation sensors.

12. The impact analysis method according to claim 3 , wherein the plurality of sensors are sound sensors.

13. A feature amount extraction method comprising:
an acquisition step of acquiring univariate time-series data;
a generation step of generating a data matrix by acquiring a predetermined number of pieces of partial time-series data with a predetermined length while shifting from the univariate time-series data by a predetermined shift width; and
an extraction step of extracting at least a feature amount corresponding to an attenuation degree and a feature amount corresponding to an oscillation degree by performing dynamic mode decomposition of the data matrix.

14. A computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing computer-executable program instructions, that when executed by a processor causes a computer to perform each step of the feature amount extraction method of claim 13 .

15. An impact analysis device comprising a processor configured to execute operations comprising:
acquiring an observed signal with a sensor installed at a predetermined position of a vehicle; and
outputting a result obtained by analyzing a combination of a time at which an impact occurs and a type of the impact from the observed signal with respect to the impact occurring on the vehicle at a position different from a position at which the sensor is installed in the vehicle,
wherein the type of impact includes at least one type of:
impact among impact from collision of an obstacle with the vehicle,
impact from the vehicle driving over a curb,
impact from collision of a flying object with the vehicle,
impact from the vehicle rubbing against an object other than the vehicle,

or impact from an object other than the vehicle rubbing against the vehicle,
the analyzing the combination of the time of the impact and the type of the impact is based on a first feature amount and a second feature amount,
the first feature amount corresponds to an attenuation degree according to univariate time-series data of the observed signal, and
the second feature amount corresponds to an oscillation degree obtained by performing dynamic mode decomposition of data according to the univariate time-series data of the observed signal.

16. The impact analysis device of claim 15 , wherein the sensor is an oscillation sensor.

17. The impact analysis device of claim 15 , wherein the sensor is a sound sensor.

Assignees

• Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

Inventors

• Ito Hiroaki
• Murata Shin

Classifications

• B60W2422/00

  Indexing codes relating to the special location or mounting of sensors · CPC title

• B60W2420/54

  Audio sensitive means, e.g. ultrasound · CPC title

• B60W40/12

  related to parameters of the vehicle itself {, e.g. tyre models} · CPC title

• B60W2420/403

  Image sensing, e.g. optical camera · CPC title

• G01P15/00

  Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration · CPC title