KR102327507B1 - Method for providing information for car accident and an apparatus for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A method of providing accident information of a vehicle according to embodiments comprises steps of: receiving an image related to a specific event from a camera included in a black box of a first vehicle; receiving, from the black box of the first vehicle, information indicating a time of occurrence of a specific event and information indicating a place of occurrence of the specific event; generating information about a second vehicle from the received image; and/or transmitting information indicating a time of occurrence of the specific event, information indicating a place of occurrence of the specific event, and information on the second vehicle to a user terminal device of the first vehicle, thereby capable of providing accurate information about the accident to users of the vehicle in which the accident occurred and help them to smoothly deal with legal disputes in the future.

Description

Method and device for providing vehicle accident information

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing vehicle accident information. In detail, it relates to generating evidence in preparation for a legal dispute in the future by analyzing a black box image of a parked or stopped vehicle, collecting an accident image, and collecting information related to an accident. Furthermore, in more detail, a method for providing black box or vehicle accident information so that a black box image of a parked or stopped vehicle can be checked in real time on a user's terminal device, and/or related to the invention of providing an image related to an accident in the device will be.

Short-distance communication is possible using Bluetooth. As technology evolves, many black boxes equipped with Bluetooth functions are already in circulation.

Currently, in the case of portable devices, especially smartphones, the number of users is rapidly increasing. Smartphone applications are distributed through application download sites operated by global IT companies, and the number of new registrations and downloads is also increasing very rapidly.

In particular, with the development of LTE and 5G communication technologies, the era of transmitting and receiving large amounts of information and processing large amounts of data has arrived.

Furthermore, as battery technology advances, there is a need to ensure continuous operation of devices (such as black boxes) that must be operated in a non-driving vehicle.

No. 10-2019-0042853 (2019.04.25) No. 10-2019-0048026 (2019.05.09)

An object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to provide a method for providing vehicle accident information and an apparatus therefor.

The technical problems to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the following description. will be able

In order to solve the above problem, a method for providing accident information of a vehicle according to embodiments includes receiving an image related to a specific event from a camera included in a black box of a first vehicle, wherein the specific event is the parked or stopped This is an event representing a collision between a first vehicle and another second vehicle, the image related to the specific event includes the second vehicle, and the black box is charged based on power supplied from the first vehicle and the black box a battery for supplying power to the box, wherein the image related to the specific event is an image for a specific section including a time including the occurrence of the specific event; receiving, from the black box of the first vehicle, information indicating a time of occurrence of the specific event and information indicating a place of occurrence of the specific event; generating information about the second vehicle from the received image; and transmitting information indicating the time of occurrence of the specific event, information indicating the location of the occurrence of the specific event, and information on the second vehicle to a user terminal device of the first vehicle. may include.

Also, the specific section according to embodiments may be a section of an image indicating a range of a first time before the occurrence of the event and a second time after the occurrence of the event.

Here, the method of providing accident information of the vehicle according to the embodiments includes: identifying a trigger point within a specific time range from the occurrence time of the event; and recursively checking another trigger point within a specific time range from the trigger point when the trigger point is confirmed. Based on , the first time and the second time may be derived.

Also, the trigger point may be an event detected by a motion detection sensor included in the black box.

Furthermore, the event indicating the collision with the second vehicle according to the embodiments may be an event detected by the impact sensor included in the first vehicle or the black box.

Furthermore, an image related to a specific event according to embodiments may be received based on communication between LTE and a router.

Further, the method of providing accident information of the vehicle according to embodiments may further include: receiving additional information related to the specific event from a terminal device of a user regarding the first vehicle; and updating information on the second vehicle from the received additional information. may further include.

Further, the first time according to embodiments is a time spaced apart from the time of the trigger point for the earliest time among the trigger points identified based on the step of recursively checking the trigger point or the step of recursively checking the other trigger point (time difference) may be determined as a subtracted value, and the second time is the latest among the trigger points identified based on the step of checking the trigger point or the step of recursively checking the other trigger point. It may be determined as a value added by the time spaced apart from the time of the trigger point.

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention, at least one processor (processor); and a memory storing instructions for instructing the at least one processor to perform at least one step, wherein the at least one step includes: from a camera included in a black box of a first vehicle Receiving an image related to a specific event, the specific event is an event representing a collision between the parked or stopped first vehicle and another second vehicle, and the image related to the specific event includes the second vehicle, The black box includes a battery that is charged based on power supplied from the first vehicle and supplies power to the black box, and the image related to the specific event includes a time including the occurrence of the specific event. It is an image of a section; receiving, from the black box of the first vehicle, information indicating a time of occurrence of the specific event and information indicating a place of occurrence of the specific event; generating information about the second vehicle from the received image; and transmitting information indicating the time of occurrence of the specific event, information indicating the location of the occurrence of the specific event, and information on the second vehicle to a user terminal device of the first vehicle. We propose a server, including

In addition, an embodiment of the present invention provides an image related to a specific event from a camera included in the black box of the first vehicle, information indicating the time of occurrence of the specific event from the black box of the first vehicle, and the location of the specific event A receiving unit for receiving information indicating, the specific event is an event representing a collision between the parked or stopped first vehicle and another second vehicle, and the image related to the specific event includes the second vehicle, and the black The box includes a battery that is charged based on the power supplied from the first vehicle and supplies power to the black box, and the image related to the specific event is in a specific section including a time including the occurrence of the specific event. video about; an information generator for generating information on the second vehicle from the received image; and a transmitter configured to transmit information indicating the time of occurrence of the specific event, information indicating the location of the occurrence of the specific event, and information on the second vehicle to a user's terminal device for the first vehicle. It proposes an apparatus for providing accident information of a vehicle, including.

In addition, the information on the second vehicle according to the embodiments may include vehicle number information of the second vehicle, driver information of the second vehicle, and information indicating a vehicle model of the second vehicle.

Furthermore, the method of providing accident information of the vehicle according to embodiments may include: based on the information on the second vehicle, inquiring a user for the second vehicle; and/or transmits information indicating the time of occurrence of the specific event, information indicating the place of occurrence of the specific event, and information on the second vehicle to the user's terminal device for the second vehicle based on the inquired result to do; may further include.

Due to this configuration, the system for providing vehicle accident information according to the embodiments provides accurate information about the accident to users of the vehicle in which the accident has occurred, and may help to smoothly cope with legal disputes later.

The apparatus for providing accident information of a vehicle according to the embodiments can store and organize information about the accident site and the accident in real time due to this operation, thereby helping to clear disputes in case of dispute.

The device for providing accident information of a vehicle according to embodiments provides an effect of securing clear evidence to both parties at an early stage when an accident occurs due to this operation.

Furthermore, in a parked or stopped vehicle, the owner (the owner, etc.) of the vehicle can determine the cause and the occurrence of the accident in real time, and can quickly prepare for a legal dispute.

The vehicle accident information providing method and the apparatus according to the embodiments can clearly present the preceding event related to the accident and the causal relationship to the preceding event to the user by processing the image related to the accident, thereby actively can cope

The effects obtainable in the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned effects, and other effects not mentioned may be clearly understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs from the following description. will be.

Other aspects, features and benefits as described above of certain preferred embodiments of the present invention will become more apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
1A and 1B illustrate a system for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments.
2 is an example of a method of providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments.
3A and 3B illustrate a process in which a black box generates/extracts an image related to an accident for transmitting vehicle accident information to an apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments.
4 illustrates a process in which the vehicle accident information providing apparatus according to the embodiments generates and/or updates vehicle accident information according to the embodiments.
5 shows another example of a method of providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments.
6 illustrates an example of an apparatus for providing accident information of a vehicle according to embodiments.
7 is an example of a hardware configuration diagram of a server that provides accident information of a vehicle according to embodiments.
8 is a diagram illustrating a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Since the present invention can have various changes and can have various embodiments, specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and it should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention. In describing each figure, like reference numerals have been used for like elements.

Terms such as first, second, A, and B may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, a first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, a second component may also be referred to as a first component. and/or includes a combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

When a component is referred to as being “connected” or “connected” to another component, it is understood that the other component may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but other components may exist in between. it should be On the other hand, when it is mentioned that a certain element is "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that the other element does not exist in the middle.

The terms used in the present application are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. The singular expression includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as “comprise” or “have” are intended to designate that a feature, number, step, operation, component, part, or combination thereof described in the specification exists, but one or more other features It should be understood that this does not preclude the existence or addition of numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the related art, and should not be interpreted in an ideal or excessively formal meaning unless explicitly defined in the present application. does not

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1A and 1B illustrate a system for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a system for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may be performed by an apparatus for providing vehicle accident information (or a server thereof) 100 according to embodiments according to embodiments. The vehicle accident information providing apparatus (or its server) 100 according to embodiments may be called, for example, an accident information providing apparatus 100 . In addition, a system for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may include a vehicle accident information providing device (or its server) 100 , a user's terminal 102 , and a camera 101 .

The accident information providing apparatus 100 may operate an online platform (and/or application) according to an embodiment of the present invention, and the online platform (and/or application) may be executed in the terminal 102 . Also, information provided by the online platform (and/or application) and/or information uploaded to the online platform (and/or application) may be recorded in the external server 104 .

The accident information providing apparatus 100 may receive an image related to the operation of the vehicle from the camera 101 included in the black box device of the vehicle. The accident information providing apparatus 100 may analyze the received image related to the operation of the vehicle, etc., and may analyze the scene of the vehicle accident. For example, the accident information providing apparatus 100 may analyze a vehicle accident scene, and extract the type of vehicle accident, the number of the accident vehicle, and information on the accident vehicle. The accident information providing device 100 may further collect additional information about the accident from the user's terminal 102 .

The accident information providing apparatus 100 may update the type of vehicle accident, the number of the accident vehicle, and information on the accident vehicle based on the additional information about the accident received from the user's terminal 102 .

The accident information providing apparatus 100 may transmit the type of vehicle accident, the number of the accident vehicle, and information (or updated information) on the accident vehicle to the user's terminal 102 . Here, the user's terminal device may be a terminal device of a user of a vehicle that is the subject of an accident, or may include a terminal device of a user of a vehicle of the other party of the vehicle of the accident.

In other words, when the black box 101 included in the parked or stopped vehicle (the first vehicle) according to the embodiments collides with the above-mentioned first vehicle (hereinafter, the accident occurs), another vehicle (the second vehicle) collides with the first vehicle. or may be called an event), and may detect or capture such an incident or event. When the first vehicle is parked or stopped, the black box 101 according to the embodiments receives power (power) from the auxiliary battery 103 according to the embodiments to capture an image in real time, and partially or completely Save the video.

When detecting an accident, the black box 101 according to the embodiments transmits an image related to the accident to the accident information providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiments. The accident information providing apparatus 100 according to embodiments analyzes an image related to an accident received from the black box 101 . The accident information providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiments transmits notification information to the terminal device of the owner of the first vehicle in order to inform the owner (the owner, etc.) of the first vehicle of the image related to the accident and whether the accident has occurred. can

The accident information providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiments extracts information about the other vehicle (the second vehicle that collided with the first vehicle), information about the owner of the other vehicle, etc. by using an image related to the accident, or another server (eg, an insurance company's server, etc.) or collects information from the owner of the first vehicle.

The accident information providing apparatus 100 according to embodiments updates and organizes accident-related information by using information collected from another server or the owner of the first vehicle. The accident information providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiments transmits the organized accident-related information to the user's terminal device for the first vehicle and/or the user's terminal device for the second vehicle, respectively.

An accident according to embodiments may mean that another vehicle (second vehicle) collides with a parked and/or stopped vehicle (first vehicle). That is, an accident as used herein may mean an accident in which a running vehicle collides with a parked or stopped vehicle.

The user's terminal 102 and/or the intermediary's terminal 102 according to the embodiments may be, for example, a communicable desktop computer, a laptop computer, a notebook, or a smart phone (smart phone). phone), tablet PC, mobile phone, smart watch, smart glass, e-book reader, PMP (portable multimedia player), portable game console, navigation Device, digital camera, digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) player, digital audio recorder, digital audio player, digital video recorder, digital video player player), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), and the like.

The accident information providing apparatus 100 organizes and / Alternatively, it may be analyzed and transmitted to the user's terminal 102 .

The accident information providing apparatus 100 may further include an artificial intelligence (AI) unit for extracting information about an accident from an image received from a camera included in the black box 101 . The artificial intelligence unit may include, for example, an artificial neural network model that has learned the images so as to receive the received image and output the number of the accident vehicle, the vehicle model of the accident vehicle, and the like.

Referring to FIG. 1B , a system for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments is a vehicle accident information providing device (or its server) 100 , a camera 101 , a terminal 102 , a battery 103 , and an external device. It may further include a server 104 .

The black box according to the embodiments may receive power (and/or power) from a battery (eg, an auxiliary battery) 103 included in the accident vehicle (ie, the first vehicle). The battery 103 may be a battery configured to receive power (power) from an accident vehicle according to embodiments to charge power (power). That is, the battery 103 may be charged by receiving power (power) from the accident vehicle, and may supply power (power) to the black box 101 according to embodiments based on the charged power (power).

Due to this configuration, the system for providing vehicle accident information according to the embodiments provides accurate information about the accident to users of the vehicle in which the accident has occurred, and may help to smoothly cope with legal disputes later.

Furthermore, in a parked or stopped vehicle, the owner (the owner, etc.) of the vehicle can determine the cause and the occurrence of the accident in real time, and can quickly prepare for a legal dispute.

On the other hand, the accident information providing apparatus 100 is an image captured by a black box (eg, 2 to 4 channel camera) 101 installed in the vehicle when the event occurrence 301 described later with reference to FIG. 3A is implemented. It is transmitted to an external server (eg, a client server or a cloud server) 104 through this router, and the image is transmitted from the external server 104 to the online platform (and/or application) according to an embodiment of the present invention. ) may be played (and/or displayed, output) in the running terminal 102 .

In addition, the accident information providing device 100 receives a message requesting to check the runner status from the terminal 102 , the black box (eg, 2 to 4 channel cameras) 101 through the terminal 102 . A real-time video may be checked through the terminal 102 through a router.

At this time, the router (router or router with routing function) is a device that extracts the location of a packet, designates an optimal route to the location, and redirects data packets to the next device along this route. The router may also include a transceiver that enables communication between the servers 100 , 104 and/or the terminal 102 according to the LTE standard and/or the 5G standard.

2 is an example of a method of providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments.

The method of providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may be performed, for example, by the accident information providing apparatus 100 of FIG. 1 .

A method of providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments includes receiving an image related to a specific event from a camera included in a black box of a first vehicle ( S200 ), an occurrence time of a specific event from the black box of the first vehicle Receiving information indicating and information indicating a place of occurrence of a specific event (S201), generating information about the second vehicle from the received image (S202), information indicating the time of occurrence of a specific event, information indicating a specific event The method may include transmitting information indicating the place of occurrence and information on the second vehicle to the user's terminal device for the first vehicle ( S203 ).

In step S200, an image related to a specific event is received from a camera included in the black box of the first vehicle.

The specific event may mean, for example, an accident event of a parked vehicle and a moving vehicle. For example, the specific event may mean an accident that occurs when the first vehicle is stopped or parked as described with reference to FIG. 1 , and the second vehicle collides with the first vehicle. The specific event may be, for example, a collision between a stopped or parked vehicle equipped with a black box and a person or object.

The black box according to the embodiments may receive power from a battery charged based on the power supplied from the first vehicle to the black box. Also, the image related to the specific event may be an image for a specific section including the time including the occurrence of the specific event.

Here, the specific section may be a section of an image indicating a range of a first time before the occurrence of the event and a second time after the occurrence of the event. According to embodiments, the method of providing accident information of the vehicle includes: identifying a trigger point within a specific time range from the occurrence time of the event; and/or recursively identifying another trigger point within a specific time range from the trigger point when the trigger point is confirmed; Based on , the first time and the second time may be derived. Here, the trigger point is an event detected by a motion sensor included in the black box.

Whether it is a specific event may be detected, for example, by an impact sensor included in the vehicle.

The black box may refer to a device including a camera installed in a vehicle. For example, referring to FIG. 2 , the first vehicle may have a black box therein, and the black box may include one or more cameras.

An image related to a specific event may mean, for example, an image captured from a black box indicating an accident site. The image may be, for example, an image or may be configured in the form of a moving picture.

In step S201, information indicating the occurrence time of the specific event and information indicating the location of the specific event are received from the black box of the first vehicle.

The black box or vehicle according to the embodiments may transmit the time and/or the place where the accident occurred to the accident information providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiments. Information indicating the place where the accident occurred may be generated by a GPS sensor included in the vehicle or included in the black box.

In step S202, information about the second vehicle is generated from the received image.

The second vehicle may mean, for example, another vehicle photographed by the aforementioned black box. That is, the second vehicle is a vehicle different from the first vehicle, and may mean one of the first vehicle and other vehicles in which an accident occurred. For example, when the second vehicle attempts to cut in ahead of the first vehicle and collides with the front bumper of the first vehicle, the image captured in the black box may include an image of the second vehicle cutting in. have.

The information on the second vehicle may further include, for example, driver information of the second vehicle, owner information of the second vehicle, information regarding the year of the second vehicle, and information regarding the degree of damage to the second vehicle.

The information on the second vehicle may be extracted or generated from the received image according to embodiments, but may also be received or updated from the Internet or another server (eg, a server of a vehicle insurance company).

Step S202, for example, may be performed by the artificial intelligence unit included in the accident information providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiments. The artificial intelligence unit may include, for example, an artificial neural network model that has learned the images so as to receive the received image and output the number of the accident vehicle, the vehicle model of the accident vehicle, and the like.

In step S203, information indicating the occurrence time of the specific event, information indicating the location of the occurrence of the specific event, and information on the second vehicle may be transmitted to the user's terminal device for the first vehicle.

In step S203, for example, information indicating the time of occurrence of a specific event, information indicating a place of occurrence of the specific event, and information on the second vehicle, according to a predefined format, can be viewed at a glance by the user. can be provided to users.

Due to this configuration, the system for providing vehicle accident information according to the embodiments provides accurate information about the accident to users of the vehicle in which the accident has occurred, and may help to smoothly cope with legal disputes later.

Furthermore, in a parked or stopped vehicle, the owner (the owner, etc.) of the vehicle can determine the cause and the occurrence of the accident in real time, and can quickly prepare for a legal dispute.

3A and 3B illustrate a process in which a black box generates/extracts an image related to an accident for transmitting vehicle accident information to an apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 3A , the black box according to the embodiments is included in the accident vehicle (the first vehicle according to the embodiments) to capture the image 300 around the first vehicle (eg, the front surface). create The black box according to the embodiments may capture an image 300 around the vehicle even when the first vehicle is parked or stopped.

Referring to FIG. 3A , the surrounding image 300 may mean, for example, an image captured when the first vehicle is parked or stopped.

The black box according to the embodiments may detect the event occurrence 301 . The event may mean the accident described with reference to FIGS. 1A to 2 . The event may be, for example, an event in which a parked or stopped first vehicle collides with a running second vehicle. The black box according to the embodiments generates information indicating the time of the event occurrence 301, and transmits information indicating the occurrence time of the event and/or an image related to the event to the device for providing vehicle accident information according to the embodiments. send. The device for providing vehicle accident information means, for example, a device for providing vehicle accident information shown in FIGS. 1A to 2 .

A black box according to embodiments may extract an image related to a corresponding event. In order to extract an image related to a corresponding event, the black box according to embodiments searches for a trigger point 302 that occurs within a specific range of time from the occurrence time of the corresponding event. The trigger point 302 will be described.

A black box according to embodiments may detect a trigger point 302 . The trigger point 302 refers to an event that is not a collision with a vehicle, but may be related to a collision with a vehicle. For example, when a movement of a specific object is captured, the trigger point 302 may indicate the captured movement as an event.

For example, if the first vehicle parked in the parking lot is collided with another vehicle's parking mistake, the 'event occurrence' may be an event indicating a collision with another vehicle, and the 'trigger point 302' may be It may be an event indicating a point in time at which the movement of the vehicle is captured. Here, if the collision with another vehicle is caused by a collision of a third vehicle rather than the fault of the owner of the vehicle, that is, a triple collision, if the movement of the third vehicle is captured, the movement is the trigger point 302 . can be

The trigger point 302 may not be limited to movement. For example, the trigger point 302 may be an event detected by a change in temperature, such as a fire in the vehicle in front. For example, if the second vehicle is blown up due to a fire and the blasted debris hits the first vehicle (accident vehicle), an image of the time of the fire is required to determine the cause of the fire. Therefore, the black box according to the embodiments needs a trigger point 302 because it needs to capture an image that is not limited to motion or collision.

The trigger point 302 may be detected by, for example, a motion detection sensor included in the black box, a sensor detecting a change in brightness, a sensor detecting a change in temperature, or the like.

Accordingly, the black box 300 according to the embodiments may detect the trigger point 302 as well as the detection of the occurrence 301 of the event.

The black box according to the embodiments may recursively search for trigger points 302 adjacent to the event occurrence 301 in order to extract an image related to the event when the event occurs 301 .

For example, the black box according to the embodiments searches for trigger points in a preset time interval (eg, 5 seconds before to 5 seconds after the occurrence of the event) from the occurrence 301 time of the event. . When the trigger points are searched for, the black box according to the embodiments checks whether trigger points exist within a preset time interval based on the searched trigger points again. By repeating this process, the black box according to the embodiments finds trigger points related to the occurrence 301 of the event.

Due to the above recursive operation of the black box according to the embodiments, when the trigger points are no longer searched, the search is stopped. The black box according to embodiments determines a trigger point for the earliest time and a trigger point for the latest time among the searched trigger points.

After determining the trigger point for the earliest time and the trigger point for the latest time, the black box according to the embodiments includes the start time (first time) of the image 303 related to the occurrence of the event (the first time) and the image related to the occurrence of the event. determine the end time (second time) of

The start time (first time) is a time away from the trigger point for the earliest time by a time difference 312a. The end time (second time) is a time away from the trigger point for the earliest time by a time difference 312a.

The black box according to the embodiments extracts the image 303 included in the first and second visual ranges described above as an image related to the accident (an image related to the event), and the vehicle accident according to the embodiments. transmitted to the information providing device.

The vehicle accident information providing apparatus (or black box) according to embodiments may directly transmit an image related to an event (accident) to a user's terminal device. That is, the vehicle accident information providing device (or black box) according to the embodiments may provide an image (such as CCTV) or a streaming format so that an image related to an event (accident) is displayed in real time on a user's terminal device. have.

An event-related image may be received based on LTE and router communication. Furthermore, the method of providing accident information of the vehicle may further include: receiving additional information related to the specific event from a terminal device of a user for the first vehicle; and updating information on the second vehicle from the received additional information. may further include.

The image related to the corresponding event according to the embodiments may be an image related to an accident described with reference to FIGS. 1A to 6 . In addition, data transmitted based on LTE and router communication may further include information related to an accident described in FIGS. 3A to 5 as well as an image related to an accident (event).

The vehicle accident information providing method and the apparatus according to the embodiments can clearly present the preceding event related to the accident and the causal relationship to the preceding event to the user by processing the image related to the accident, thereby actively can cope

3B illustrates a process of generating vehicle accident information according to embodiments.

Specifically, FIG. 3B shows a process of extracting information about an accident from an image captured from a black box, and processing the extracted information into a format that provides the user with a view at a glance.

Some or all of the operations shown in FIG. 3B may be performed by an apparatus (or a server thereof) for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments (eg, 100 in FIGS. 1A and 1B ).

The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may receive an image 311 about an accident event from a black box in a vehicle. The image 311 about the accident event is an image including the progress of the accident. In the image 311 about the accident event, the other vehicle may appear together.

Accordingly, the apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may collect information on the accident vehicle from the image 311 on the accident event. For example, the apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may first identify the location of the vehicle number of the accident vehicle, and extract the vehicle number information 312b from the identified location. For example, the apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to the embodiments may first identify a portion on which the vehicle model of the accident vehicle is written, and extract vehicle model information 312a for the vehicle from the identified location.

The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may transmit the extracted vehicle model information and vehicle number confirmation information to a terminal device of a user of a vehicle including a black box.

The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may include an artificial intelligence unit. The artificial intelligence unit may include, for example, an artificial neural network that receives an image 311 about an accident and extracts information about the accident vehicle (eg, vehicle model information, vehicle number information). The artificial neural network may be, for example, an artificial neural network including neural layers based on a convolutional neural network.

The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may generate an accident information form 313 including the extracted vehicle model information 312a and/or vehicle number information 312b. The accident information form 313 may be a page generated so that the user can check information about the accident at a glance on the user's terminal device. The accident information form 313 may be, for example, a page generated in HTML format or a format written in XML.

The accident information form 313 may include, for example, an original image 313a of an image related to an accident according to embodiments. The accident information form 313 may further indicate information about the accident vehicle (eg, vehicle model information and vehicle number information) extracted by the apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments.

Information on the accident vehicle according to the embodiments (eg, vehicle model information, vehicle number information) is information additionally received from a user's terminal device and/or the Internet or other server (eg, vehicle It may be additionally updated according to the information received by additional request from the insurance company's server).

4 illustrates a process in which the vehicle accident information providing apparatus according to the embodiments generates and/or updates vehicle accident information according to the embodiments.

For example, FIG. 4 shows a specific operation of step S202 of FIG. 2 .

As shown in FIG. 4 , the apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may update the generated vehicle accident information 400 to generate vehicle accident information 402 including additional information. . Some or all of the operations according to the embodiments shown in FIG. 4 may be performed by an apparatus (or a server thereof) for providing vehicle accident information according to the embodiments (eg, 100 in FIG. 1 ).

The operation shown in FIG. 4 may be performed by the apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments. Referring to FIG. 4 , an apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments receives an image related to an event (accident) from the black box described with reference to FIG. 3 .

The vehicle accident information providing apparatus (or black box) according to embodiments may directly transmit an image related to an event (accident) to a user's terminal device. That is, the vehicle accident information providing device (or black box) according to the embodiments may provide an image (such as CCTV) or a streaming format so that an image related to an event (accident) is displayed in real time on a user's terminal device. have.

The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may receive an image related to an accident event from a black box in a vehicle. A video about an accident event is a video that includes the course of the accident. In the image related to the accident event, the other vehicle may appear together.

Accordingly, the apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to the embodiments may collect information about the accident vehicle from the image related to the accident event. For example, the apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may first identify the location of the vehicle number of the accident vehicle, and extract vehicle number information from the identified location. For example, the apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to the embodiments may first identify a portion on which the vehicle model of the accident vehicle is written, and extract vehicle model information about the vehicle from the identified location.

The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may transmit the extracted vehicle model information and vehicle number confirmation information to a terminal device of a user of a vehicle including a black box.

The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may include an artificial intelligence unit. The artificial intelligence unit may include, for example, an artificial neural network that receives an image of an accident and extracts information about the accident vehicle (eg, vehicle model information, vehicle number information). The artificial neural network may be, for example, an artificial neural network including neural layers based on a convolutional neural network.

The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may generate an accident information form including the extracted vehicle model information and/or vehicle number information. The accident information form may be a page generated so that the user can check information about the accident at a glance on the user's terminal device. The accident information form may be, for example, a page generated in HTML format or a format written in XML.

The accident information form may include, for example, an original image 313a of an image related to an accident according to embodiments. The accident information form may further indicate information about the accident vehicle (eg, vehicle model information and vehicle number information) extracted by the apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments.

Information on the accident vehicle according to the embodiments (eg, vehicle model information, vehicle number information) is information additionally received from a user's terminal device and/or the Internet or other server (eg, vehicle It may be additionally updated according to the information received by additional request from the insurance company's server).

As described above, the apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments includes information indicating the model of the accident vehicle (vehicle model information) and/or information indicating vehicle number information of the accident vehicle (vehicle number information). Vehicle information 400 may be generated.

The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may further collect additional information about the accident vehicle by using vehicle model information and/or vehicle number information. Additional information collected by the apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may include, for example, information indicating a driver for the accident vehicle, information indicating the owner of the accident vehicle, and information indicating the degree of damage to the vehicle for the accident vehicle. and/or information indicating the degree of injury of the driver to the accident vehicle.

The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may make a request to another server 401a in order to receive additional information according to embodiments by using the vehicle accident information 400 . The other server 401a may be, for example, a server of at least one insurance company for a vehicle, or may mean a server that provides personal information. The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may further collect additional information based on such a request. The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may generate updated accident information 402 by further collecting additional information.

The apparatus for providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments may further collect additional information from the user's terminal device 401b. For example, the additional information collected from the user's terminal device 401b may include information indicating the exact vehicle number of the accident vehicle, information indicating the exact vehicle model of the accident vehicle, and may include information indicating the exact vehicle number of the accident vehicle. It may further include information, images of the accident scene, and the like.

That is, the user's terminal device 401b according to the embodiments may further receive information on the accident site from the user, and transmit the received information on the accident site to the device providing vehicle accident information according to the embodiments. have.

An event-related image may be received based on LTE and router communication. Furthermore, the method of providing accident information of the vehicle may further include: receiving additional information related to the specific event from a terminal device of a user for the first vehicle; and updating information on the second vehicle from the received additional information. may further include.

The image related to the corresponding event according to the embodiments may be the image related to the accident described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 6 . In addition, data transmitted based on LTE and router communication may further include information related to the accident described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 as well as an image related to an accident (event).

5 shows another example of a method of providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments.

The method of providing vehicle accident information according to the embodiments is performed by the device 100 for providing vehicle accident information according to the embodiments of FIG. 1 , and the device for providing vehicle accident information according to the embodiments of FIGS. 2 to 4 . can be performed.

A method of providing vehicle accident information according to embodiments includes receiving an image related to a specific event from a camera included in a black box of a first vehicle (S500), an occurrence time of a specific event from the black box of the first vehicle Receiving information indicating and information indicating a place of occurrence of a specific event (S501), generating information about a second vehicle from the received image (S502), based on the information on the generated second vehicle, Inquiring the user of the second vehicle (S503), information indicating the occurrence time of the specific event to the user's terminal device for the second vehicle based on the inquiry result, information indicating the location of the specific event, and the second vehicle 2 Updating information on the vehicle (S504), receiving additional information related to a specific event from the user's terminal device for the first vehicle (S505), information on the second vehicle from the received additional information In the updating step (S506), the updated information indicating the time of occurrence of the specific event, information indicating the location of the occurrence of the specific event, and information on the second vehicle, the user's terminal device for the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle and transmitting to the user's terminal device (S507).

Steps S500 to S502 according to embodiments may refer to steps S200 to S202 shown in FIG. 2 .

Step S503 may refer to a step in which the apparatus for providing accident information of a vehicle according to embodiments further collects additional information on the second vehicle by using information on the accident vehicle (second vehicle). For example, the additional information may mean information about the user of the second vehicle.

According to step S504, the apparatus for providing accident information of a vehicle according to embodiments adds information about a user (driver, etc.) to the second vehicle and/or the second vehicle by using information about the user about the second vehicle. More information can be collected. The additional information may be updated 401a from a response to a request to another server, for example, as in the method shown in FIG. 4 .

According to step S505, the apparatus for providing accident information of a vehicle according to embodiments may receive additional information about the accident from the user's terminal device for the first vehicle (401b) as in the method shown in FIG. 4 .

According to step S506, the apparatus for providing accident information of the vehicle according to the embodiments receives (401b) additional information about the accident from the user's terminal device for the first vehicle, and uses the received additional information about the accident Information can be updated.

In step S507, the finally updated and/or collected information (eg, the time of occurrence of the accident, the place of occurrence of the accident, information about the second vehicle, etc.) is transmitted to the user of the first vehicle and/or the second vehicle. can be sent to each user.

The apparatus for providing accident information of a vehicle according to the embodiments can store and organize information about the accident site and the accident in real time due to this operation, thereby helping to clear disputes in case of dispute.

The device for providing accident information of a vehicle according to embodiments provides an effect of securing clear evidence to both parties at an early stage when an accident occurs due to this operation.

6 illustrates an example of an apparatus 600 for providing accident information of a vehicle according to embodiments.

The apparatus 600 for providing accident information of a vehicle according to the embodiments may include a receiving unit 601 , a transmitting unit 602 , an information generating unit 603 , and/or an artificial intelligence unit 604 . have.

The receiving unit 601 includes an image related to a specific event from a camera included in the black box of the first vehicle, information indicating the time of occurrence of the specific event from the black box of the first vehicle, and/or indicating the location of the specific event receive information The specific event according to the embodiments may be an event representing a collision between the first vehicle and another second vehicle, and the image related to the specific event may include the second vehicle.

The receiver 601 may further receive additional information related to the specific event from the user's terminal device for the first vehicle. The receiver 601 may further collect additional information related to the specific event from another server.

The transmission unit 602 transmits information indicating the time of occurrence of a specific event, information indicating a place of occurrence of the specific event, and information on the second vehicle to the user's terminal device and/or the second vehicle for the first vehicle. It can be transmitted to the user's terminal device for the vehicle.

The transmitter 602 may transmit a request to another server to further collect and/or update additional information on a specific event.

The information generating unit 603 generates information about the second vehicle and/or additional information (such as information on an accident site) from the image received by the receiving unit 601 according to embodiments.

The artificial intelligence unit 604 may include an artificial neural network model that has learned the images so as to receive the received image and output the number of the accident vehicle, the vehicle model of the accident vehicle, and the like. The artificial intelligence unit may include, for example, an artificial neural network that receives an image of an accident and extracts information about the accident vehicle (eg, vehicle model information, vehicle number information). The artificial neural network may be, for example, an artificial neural network including neural layers based on a convolutional neural network.

7 is an example of a hardware configuration diagram of a server that provides accident information of a vehicle according to embodiments.

Referring to FIG. 7 , an apparatus (or a server thereof) 100 for providing accident information of a vehicle includes at least one processor 110 ; The at least one processor 110 may include a memory 120 for storing instructions instructing to perform at least one step.

Here, the at least one processor 110 may mean a central processing unit (CPU), a graphics processing unit (GPU), or a dedicated processor on which methods according to embodiments of the present invention are performed. can Each of the memory 120 and the storage device 160 may be configured as at least one of a volatile storage medium and a non-volatile storage medium. For example, the memory 120 may be configured as at least one of a read only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM).

In addition, the device (or its server) 100 for providing accident information of the vehicle may include a transceiver 130 for performing communication through a wireless network. In addition, the content management device (or a server for providing the same) 100 may further include an input interface device 140 , an output interface device 150 , a storage device 160 , and the like. Each of the components included in the content management apparatus (or a server for providing the same) 100 may be connected by a bus 170 to communicate with each other.

A method of providing accident information of a vehicle according to embodiments performed by a server includes: receiving an image related to a specific event from a camera included in a black box of a first vehicle; Receiving information indicating an occurrence time of a specific event and information indicating an occurrence location of the specific event; generating information about the second vehicle from the received image; and/or transmitting information indicating a time of occurrence of the specific event, information indicating a place of occurrence of the specific event, and information on the second vehicle to a user's terminal device for the first vehicle; may include.

Here, the specific event is an event representing a collision between the parked or stopped first vehicle and another second vehicle, and the image related to the specific event may include the second vehicle, and the black box may include the second vehicle. 1 Power (power) can be supplied to the black box from a battery charged based on power supplied from the vehicle, and the image related to the specific event is for a specific section including a time including the occurrence of the specific event. It could be a video.

Furthermore, the specific section according to embodiments may be a section of an image indicating a range of a first time before the occurrence of the event and a second time after the occurrence of the event.

Further, the method of providing accident information of the vehicle according to embodiments may include: identifying a trigger point within a specific time range from the occurrence time of the event; recursively checking another trigger point within a specific time range from the trigger point when the trigger point is confirmed; Based on , the first time and the second time may be derived.

Furthermore, a trigger point according to embodiments may be an event detected by a motion detection sensor included in the black box.

Furthermore, the event indicating the collision with the second vehicle according to the embodiments may be an event detected by the impact sensor included in the first vehicle or the black box. Here, an image related to a specific event may be received based on communication between LTE and a router. Furthermore, the method of providing accident information of the vehicle may further include: receiving additional information related to the specific event from a terminal device of a user for the first vehicle; and updating information on the second vehicle from the received additional information. may further include.

The image related to the corresponding event according to the embodiments may be the image related to the accident described with reference to FIGS. 1A to 6 . In addition, data transmitted based on LTE and router communication may further include information related to the accident described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 as well as an image related to an accident (event).

The first time according to embodiments is a time away from the time of the trigger point for the earliest time among the trigger points identified based on the step of recursively checking the trigger point or the step of recursively checking the other trigger point ( time difference), and the second time is a trigger for the latest time among the trigger points identified based on the step of checking the trigger point or the step of recursively checking the other trigger point It may be determined as a value added by the time spaced apart from the time of the point.

8 is a diagram illustrating a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 8 , a system for providing vehicle accident information according to an embodiment of the present invention may include the server 100 and/or the terminal 102 of the present invention. In this case, the server 100 may be referred to as a 'management server', a 'central server', a 'main server', a 'first server', and the like. Also, the external server 104 may be referred to as an 'Internet server', a 'client server', a 'cloud server', a 'second server', and the like.

In addition, the servers 100 and 104 of the present invention include a first control module 1110 , a first communication module 1120 , a first input module 1130 , a first output module 1140 , and/or a storage module 1150 ). The terminal 102 of the present invention may include a second control module 1210 , a second communication module 1220 , a second input module 1230 , a second output module 1240 , and/or an internal battery. (1250) may be included.

The control modules 1110 and 1210 may directly/indirectly control the servers 100 and 104 and/or the terminal 102 of the present invention to implement the operations/steps/processes according to an embodiment of the present invention. . In addition, the control modules 1110 and 1210 may include at least one processor, for example, the processor includes at least one central processing unit (CPU) and/or at least one graphics processing device (GPU). can do.

The communication modules 1120 and 1220 may transmit/receive various data, signals, and information to and from the servers 100 and 104 and/or the terminal 102 of the present invention. In addition, the communication modules 1120 and 1220 may include a wireless communication module (eg, a cellular communication module, a short-range wireless communication module, or a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) communication module) or a wired communication module (eg, a local area network (LAN) communication module). module, or a power line communication module). In addition, the communication modules 1120 and 1220 may be configured for a first network (eg, a short-range communication network such as Bluetooth, WiFi direct, or infrared data association (IrDA)) or a second network (eg, a cellular network, the Internet, or a computer network (eg: It can communicate with an external electronic device through a telecommunication network such as LAN or WAN). These various types of communication modules may be integrated into one component (eg, a single chip) or may be implemented as a plurality of components (eg, multiple chips) separate from each other.

The input modules 1130 and 1230 transmit commands or data to be used in the servers 100 and 104 of the present invention and/or components of the terminal 102 (eg, the control modules 1110, 1210, etc.) to the server ( 100 , 104 ) and/or from outside the terminal 102 (eg, the first user of the terminal 120 , the second user of the terminal 130 , the administrator of the servers 100 and 104 , etc.).

In addition, the input modules 1130 and 1230 are a touch recognition capable display, a touch pad, a button type recognition module, a voice recognition sensor, a microphone, a mouse, or a keyboard installed in the server 100 , 104 and/or the terminal 102 of the present invention. and the like. Here, the touch recognition capable display, touch pad, and button type recognition module may recognize a touch through the user's body (eg, finger) through a pressure-sensitive and/or capacitive method.

The output modules 1140 and 1240 are generated by the control modules 1110 and 1210 of the servers 100 and 104 and/or the terminal 102 of the present invention or signals obtained through the communication modules 1120 and 1220 (eg ; audio signal), information, data, images, and/or various objects are displayed. For example, the output modules 1140 and 1240 may include a display, a screen, a displaying unit, a speaker, and/or a light emitting device (eg, an LED lamp).

The storage module 1150 stores, for example, data such as a basic program, an application program, and setting information for the operation of the servers 100 and 104 and/or the terminal 102 of the present invention. In addition, the storage module 1150 is a flash memory type (Flash Memory Type), a hard disk type (Hard Disk Type), a multimedia card micro type (Multimedia Card Micro Type), a card type memory (eg, SD or XD memory) etc.), magnetic memory, magnetic disk, optical disk, RAM (Random Access Memory, RAM), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read-Only Memory, ROM), PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically) Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) may include at least one storage medium.

In addition, the storage module 1150 may include personal information of the first user, the second user, and/or the administrator who uses the servers 100 and 104 and/or the terminal 102 of the present invention. Here, the personal information may include a name, an identifier (ID), a password, a resident registration number, a street address, a phone number, a mobile phone number, and/or an email address. In addition, the control modules 1110 and 1210 may perform various operations using various programs, contents, data, etc. stored in the storage module 1150 .

The methods according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of program instructions that can be executed by various computer means and recorded in a computer-readable medium. The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the computer-readable medium may be specially designed and configured for the present invention, or may be known and available to those skilled in the art of computer software.

Examples of computer-readable media may include hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions may include not only machine language codes such as those generated by a compiler, but also high-level language codes that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware device described above may be configured to operate as at least one software module to perform the operations of the present invention, and vice versa.

In addition, the above-described method or apparatus may be implemented by combining all or part of its configuration or function, or may be implemented separately.

Although the above has been described with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can variously modify and change the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. You will understand that it can be done.

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a black box of the first vehicle; and servers; including,
The server is:
Receive an image related to a specific event from a first camera included in the black box of the first vehicle through a router,
Information indicating the occurrence time of the specific event and information indicating the occurrence location of the specific event are received from the black box of the first vehicle, wherein the specific event is an event indicating a collision between the first vehicle and another second vehicle ego,
Analyze the information on the vehicle accident scene through the received image,
Using an artificial neural network model based on a convolutional neural network, extracting information about the model of the vehicle accident and the number of the accident vehicle from the information on the vehicle accident site,
Transmitting information indicating the time of occurrence of the specific event, information indicating the place of occurrence of the specific event, and information on the second vehicle to the user's terminal for the first vehicle,
The black box of the first vehicle further includes a battery charged based on power supplied from the first vehicle to supply power to the black box of the first vehicle,
The image related to the specific event is an image for a specific section including the time including the occurrence of the specific event,
The specific section is a section of the image indicating the range between the first time and the second time,
The server is:
Check a trigger point within a specific time range from the time of occurrence of the event, wherein the trigger point is an event detected by a motion detection sensor included in the black box of the first vehicle,
When the trigger point is confirmed, the first time and the second time are derived based on a process of recursively checking another trigger point within a specific time range from the trigger point, but if there are a plurality of trigger points, a plurality of Identify the first trigger point for the earliest time and the second trigger point for the latest time among the trigger points of
Set a time away from the first trigger point by a predetermined time difference (time difference) as the first time, and set a time away from the second trigger point by the predetermined separation time as the second time,
The event indicating a collision between the first vehicle and another second vehicle is an event detected by an impact sensor included in the first vehicle or the black box. A method of providing accident information in an accident information providing system including a black box of a first vehicle and a server, the method comprising:
The server is:
receiving an image related to a specific event from a first camera included in the black box of the first vehicle through a router;
Information indicating the occurrence time of the specific event and information indicating the occurrence location of the specific event are received from the black box of the first vehicle, wherein the specific event is an event indicating a collision between the first vehicle and another second vehicle phosphorus step;
analyzing information about a vehicle accident scene through the received image;
using an artificial neural network model based on a convolutional neural network to extract information about a model of a vehicle accident and a number of an accident vehicle from information about the vehicle accident site; and
transmitting information indicating the time of occurrence of the specific event, information indicating a place of occurrence of the specific event, and information on the second vehicle to a user terminal of the first vehicle; including,
The black box of the first vehicle further includes a battery charged based on power supplied from the first vehicle to supply power to the black box of the first vehicle,
The image related to the specific event is an image for a specific section including the time including the occurrence of the specific event,
The specific section is a section of the image indicating the range between the first time and the second time,
The accident information providing method, the server:
checking a trigger point within a specific time range from the occurrence time of the event, wherein the trigger point is an event detected by a motion sensor included in the black box of the first vehicle;
When the trigger point is identified, the first time and the second time are derived based on a process of recursively checking another trigger point within a specific time range from the trigger point, but if there are a plurality of the trigger points, a plurality identifying a first trigger point for the earliest time and a second trigger point for the latest time among the trigger points of ; and
setting a time separated by a predetermined interval from the first trigger point as the first time, and setting a time away from the second trigger point by the predetermined separation time as the second time; further comprising,
The event representing a collision between the first vehicle and another second vehicle is an event detected by an impact sensor included in the first vehicle or the black box. A computer-readable recording medium in which a program for executing the accident information providing method according to claim 2 is recorded. A program recorded in a computer-readable recording medium to execute the accident information providing method according to claim 2 . delete

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