Wearable data management during an incident

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9505365-B1
Application number	US-201514713008-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 15, 2015
Priority date	May 15, 2015
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

A computer is programmed to receive data from one or more vehicle sensors. The computer identifies an incident based on the data. The computer sends a first instruction to a wearable portable device requesting data representing movement of the portable device for a first predetermined time period. The computer receives data from the portable device representing movement of the first portable device for the first predetermined time period.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer, comprising a memory device and a processor storing instructions executable by the processor such that the computer is programmed to:
receive data from one or more vehicle sensors;
identify, based at least in part on the data, an incident;
send a first instruction to a wearable portable device requesting a first set of data representing movement of the portable device for a first predetermined time period; and
receive the first set of data.

2. The computer of claim 1 , further programmed to:
determine, prior to identifying the incident, a first location of a user in the vehicle.

3. The computer of claim 2 , wherein the portable device is associated with the user.

4. The computer of claim 2 , further programmed to:
associate the first set of movement data with the user.

5. The computer of claim 4 , wherein the vehicle includes a user profile associated with the user, and the computer is further programmed to:
associate the first set of movement data with the user is based at least in part on the user profile.

6. The computer of claim 5 , further programmed to:
generate a first tag associated with the first set of movement data, the tag including the identification of the user; and
store the tag with the movement data.

7. The computer of claim 6 , further programmed to:
receive vehicle data from one or more vehicle sensors during the predetermined time period; and
store at least a portion of the vehicle data with the first set of movement data.

8. The computer of claim 7 , further programmed to:
transmit at least a portion of at least one of the vehicle data, the first set of movement data and the associated first tag to a remote server.

9. The computer of claim 7 , further programmed to:
transmit at least a portion of at least one of the vehicle data, the first set of movement data and the associated first tag to the portable device.

10. The computer of claim 2 , further programmed to:
send a second instruction to the wearable portable device requesting a second set of data representing movement for a second predetermined time period, the second predetermined time period being after the incident;
receive the second set of data representing movement of the portable device for the second predetermined time period from the portable device.

11. The computer of claim 10 , further programmed to:
measure a signal strength of the portable device following the incident; and
determine, based on the strength of the portable device, a second location of the user.

12. The computer of claim 11 , further programmed to:
compare the first location to the second location; and
determine, based on the comparison, whether the user remained in the vehicle following the incident.

13. The computer of claim 1 , further programmed to:
identify an incident reference time, the incident reference time indicating one of a time the incident occurred or a time at which the incident is predicted to occur; and
send the incident reference time to the portable device.

14. The computer of claim 13 , wherein the first predetermined time period begins prior to the incident reference time and ends following the incident reference time.

15. A method, comprising:
determining a first location of a user in a vehicle;
receiving data from one or more vehicle sensors;
identifying, based at least in part on the data, an incident;
sending a first instruction to a wearable portable device associated with the user requesting a first set of data representing movement of the portable device for a first predetermined time period; and
receiving the first set of data.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
identifying an incident reference time, the incident reference time indicating a time the incident occurred or may occur; and
sending the incident reference time to the portable device.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
associating the first set of movement data with the user.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
generating a first tag associated with the first set of movement data, the tag including the identification of the user;
receiving vehicle data from one or more vehicle sensors during the first predetermined time period; and
storing the vehicle data, the first set of movement data and the first tag.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:
transmitting at least a portion of at least one of the vehicle data, the first set of movement data and associated first tag to a remote server, and
transmitting at least a portion of at least one of the vehicle data, the first set of movement data and associated first tag to the portable device.

20. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:
sending a second instruction to the wearable portable device requesting a second set of data representing movement for a second predetermined time period, the second predetermined time period being after the first predetermined time period;
receiving the second set of data representing movement of the portable device for the second predetermined time period from the portable device;
measuring a signal strength of the portable device following the incident; and
determining, based on the strength of the portable device, a second location of the user.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Van Wiemeersch John Robert

Classifications

• B60R21/015

  including means for detecting the presence or position of passengers, passenger seats or child seats {, and the related safety parameters therefor, e.g. speed or timing of airbag inflation in relation to occupant position or seat belt use} · CPC title

• G06F17/40

  Data acquisition and logging (for input to computer G06F3/00) · CPC title

• B60R21/013

  including means for detecting collisions, impending collisions or roll-over · CPC title

• B60R21/01512

  Passenger detection systems · CPC title

• G07C5/008

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title