WO2016116646A1 - Dispositif et procédé pour la détection automatique d'accidents de véhicules - Google Patents

Dispositif et procédé pour la détection automatique d'accidents de véhicules Download PDF

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WO2016116646A1
WO2016116646A1 PCT/ES2016/070018 ES2016070018W WO2016116646A1 WO 2016116646 A1 WO2016116646 A1 WO 2016116646A1 ES 2016070018 W ES2016070018 W ES 2016070018W WO 2016116646 A1 WO2016116646 A1 WO 2016116646A1
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Bartolomé Olivares Baena
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    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
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  • the present invention refers to a system and a method for the automatic detection of vehicle accidents such as, for example, a car or a motorcycle, among others.
  • an accelerometer is a sensor that comes incorporated as standard in the vast majority of mobile electronic devices of intelligent type or commonly known in English as “smartphones”.
  • Said accelerometer in a smartphone is capable of measuring acceleration, as well as other variables such as, for example, the angle of inclination, rotation, vibration, shock and gravity of the smartphone.
  • impact detection procedures that are based on measuring the acceleration force generated by the smartphone after, for example, an impact such as an accident and the smartphone automatically makes an automatic call to the emergency center.
  • a system for the automatic detection of vehicle accidents comprising at least a first electronic device associated with a user, such as for example a mobile smart phone.
  • Said first electronic device further comprises: at least one voice and data communication module for at least one type of wireless network; at least one location module for geographic position and at least one accelerometer.
  • Said system is characterized in that it additionally comprises at least a second electronic device associated with at least one vehicle of said user adapted to link with at least said first electronic device.
  • the link between said first and second electronic device is made via a personal area wireless connection, such as, for example, Bluetooth.
  • the link between said first and second electronic device can be made by a physical connection, such as, for example, a cable connection.
  • the system is characterized in that it comprises at least one data server adapted to receive and process at least geographic location and acceleration data of said first electronic device when it is linked to said second electronic device.
  • the system is activated in the first instance due to an alleged accident, discarding a high percentage of false alarms due to spontaneous fall of the mobile to the ground without the user driving any vehicle.
  • said first electronic device further comprises a gyroscope whose data is sent and analyzed by said data server.
  • said second electronic device further comprises an accelerometer whose data is sent and analyzed in conjunction with the accelerometer data of said first electronic device by said data server.
  • said first electronic device is a mobile smart phone comprising an application that communicates with said second electronic device and is capable of sending data of different types measured by said first electronic device to the data server.
  • said vehicle can be a car, a motorcycle or a bicycle, among others.
  • said system can implement an accident detection method characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
  • said first electronic device sends at least the data of said acceleration force and the geographic location data of said first electronic device at the time of said change in the acceleration force to said data server;
  • said change in the acceleration force of the first electronic device has to be greater than or equal to 3.5g ("g" being the acceleration of gravity on the surface of the earth) for the accident detection system to be activated .
  • said time interval has to be less than or equal to 20 seconds.
  • the first electronic device makes an automatic call to at least one control center of the system by VolP.
  • the system control center can try to talk with the user of said first electronic device without the latter having to manipulate said device. electronic.
  • Figure 1 shows the system -1- automatic accident detection according to the present invention comprising a first electronic device -1 1-, which can be for example a mobile phone of smart type (smartphone).
  • said first electronic device 11 may also consist, for example, of a personal electronic device, such as, for example, a smart watch (or smart bracelet), or also called “Smartwatch”, or it may be also consist, for example, of smart glasses or known in English as “Smartglasses” or "Digital Eye Glass”.
  • said first electronic device -1 1- comprises at least one voice and data communication module for at least one type of wireless network such as, for example, 3G, 4G or LTE network among others, as well as other types of wireless network called Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) added in the IEEE 802 standard, such as, for example, Bluetooth (in version 4.0, for example) or in its version for small devices called “Bluetooth low energy” or English “Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE or BLE”), also called in English “Bluetooth ULP" (Ultra Low Power) and / or “Bluetooth Smart”.
  • WPAN Wireless Personal Area Network
  • said first electronic device -11- comprises at least one geographical location location module such as, for example, a System of Global Positioning or English Global Positioning System (GPS) or any of its versions such as, for example, A-GPS (assisted GPS), among many others. Additionally, said first electronic device -1 1- can also comprise at least one indoor positioning system or also known in English as "Indoor Positioning System” (IPS).
  • GPS Global Positioning System
  • IPS Intelligent GPS
  • said first electronic device -11- comprises at least one device capable of measuring accelerations, commonly known as an accelerometer (two dimensions or three dimensions).
  • an accelerometer two dimensions or three dimensions.
  • the latter is a sensor that comes standard in the vast majority of smartphones and is capable of measuring acceleration, as well as other variables such as, for example, the angle of inclination, rotation, vibration, shock and smartphone severity.
  • the electronic device -1 1- can comprise other sensors, such as a gyroscope, which is responsible for measuring the rotation of a device in a diagonal direction thanks to angular acceleration, something that is not capable of itself Only the accelerometer. Together with the accelerometer, the gyroscope can detect changes in the position of the device in 6 axes.
  • the first electronic device -1 1- can comprise other modules or antennas for accessing other wireless networks such as, for example, WiFi (in any of its 802.1 versions 1a / b / g / n / ac, among many others).
  • the electronic device -1 1- can also comprise other modules or antennas of the type that allow communication by radio frequency identification, such as, for example, RFID or any subset of the RFID technology, such as for example the NFC technology of the English "Near Field Communications".
  • radio frequency identification such as, for example, RFID or any subset of the RFID technology, such as for example the NFC technology of the English "Near Field Communications”.
  • Said first electronic device -1 1- has an application that allows obtaining and processing the different data of the different internal components (GPS, Bluetooth, accelerometer, gyroscope, etc.) that allows measuring the first electronic device itself -1 1-.
  • said first electronic device -1 1- is able to communicate with a remote data server -14- and send it through said application all the aforementioned data.
  • the user of the first electronic device -1 1- can configure through said application their personal data, as well as your medical data and other types of data such as the characteristics of the vehicle and license plate that you usually use.
  • the system -1- also comprises a second electronic device -12- that is associated with at least one vehicle -13- capable of being used by the same user who owns the first electronic device -1 1 -.
  • Said second electronic device -12- can comprise a Bluetooth type module of the same type as the one mentioned above for the first electronic device -11-.
  • said second electronic device -12- can also be a connector of the vehicle itself -13-, such as, for example, an auxiliary cable to an entertainment system for vehicles of the "CarPlay" type of Apple® or "Android Auto" of Google®, among others.
  • the second electronic device -12- may comprise at least the same modules or components mentioned above for the first electronic device -1 1-.
  • the system -1- comprises at least one remote data server -14- adapted to receive and process different types of data, such as, for example, geographic location and acceleration data measured by said first electronic device -1 1- and / or by said second -12- electronic device through the aforementioned application.
  • Said data server -14- is responsible for analyzing the data received and verifying through its technical procedures when it is an accident or a fortuitous impact.
  • said data server -14- is able to communicate with at least one emergency center -15- to alert of a possible accident by transmitting all the relevant information measured by the first -1 1- and / or second -12- device electronic in relation to the alleged accident and sending an emergency service (for example, an ambulance -16-) to the geographical position of the accident.
  • the data server -14- is able to communicate with the different emergency centers on a global scale through different voice and data networks.
  • the data server -14- is the element that manages and stores all system activity -1-.
  • Figure 2 shows a flow chart with the steps of a -2- method of automatic accident detection according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
  • this link can be made wirelessly.
  • An example of making a link by wireless means may be, for example, that the second electronic device -12-, once switched on, sends an identifier or a "push" type notification, for example by "Bluetooth Low” technology Energy ", within a range of short-range coverage so that when the first electronic device -1 1- enters within said range it receives said" push "notification and automatically activates the application of said first electronic device -1 1 - and subsequently make a link with said second electronic device -12-.
  • Said link allows to assure the system -1- that the user is ready to drive or already driving the vehicle -13-.
  • step -22- the system -1- is waiting to see if an acceleration change occurs in the accelerometer of said first -1 1- electronic device.
  • said first electronic device -11- detects, by means of the accelerometer, a change in the acceleration force close to 4g (such as 3.5g)
  • the application of said first electronic device -11- collects at least the data of said acceleration force and geographic location data of said first electronic device -1 1- at the time of said change in acceleration force and forwards them to the data server -14- (step -23-).
  • the application of said first electronic device -1 1- can collect and send data from the gyroscope to the data server -14- (in case said first electronic device -1 1- has the same) and other additional sensors which may incorporate said first electronic device -1 1-.
  • the data server -14- proceeds to capture and analyze for a predetermined time interval, for example, less than or equal to 20 seconds, if changes occur in at least the location data geographic and the data of said acceleration force of the first electronic device -1 1-.
  • the data server -14- can also capture and analyze other variables that can be measured by the first electronic device -11-, such as for example, changes of movement or direction through the gyroscope, analysis of the person's heart rhythm in the event that said first electronic device -11- consists of an intelligence watch or bracelet and is capable of measuring the user's pulse or understand a vital signs meter. The more variables that can be measured, this will reduce a relevant percentage of false positives.
  • step -24- optionally (-242-) it is possible to make a call to the user who owns said first electronic device -11- (step -244-).
  • step -244- it may be taken into account by the data server -14- to decide if together with other measured variables it can be an accident or not.
  • said data server -14- proceeds to notify (step -25-) to at least one emergency center -15- that is arranged as close to the geographical position of the alleged accident to alert it , sending the personal and / or medical data of the user of said first -1 1- and second -12- electronic devices, as well as other data of interest such as, for example, the characteristics of the vehicle and vehicle registration comprising said second electronic device -12-.
  • FIG. 3 shows a flow chart with the steps of a method -3- of automatic accident detection according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
  • first electronic device -11- be linked in a similar way with the second electronic device -12- as explained above in relation to the first embodiment ( Figure 2).
  • this link allows to ensure the system -1- that the The user is ready to drive or already driving the vehicle -13-.
  • step -32- the system -1- is waiting to see if there is an acceleration change in the accelerometer of said first -11- and second -12- electronic device.
  • said second electronic device must also comprise an accelerometer.
  • first -1 1- and second -12- electronic devices detect, by their respective accelerated meters, at least one change in the acceleration force, for example, a force close to 4g (for example 3.5g), they are sent to the data server -14-, at a minimum, the data of said acceleration force of both the first -1 1- and the second -12- electronic device, as well as the geographic location data of said first electronic device -1 1 - at the time of said changes in the acceleration force (step -33-).
  • gyroscope data -14- can be sent to the data server -14- in the case that both said first -1 1- and second -12- electronic device have the same) and other additional sensors that can incorporate the same devices -1 1- and -12-.
  • the system -1- carries out a double control of possible impacts to obtain a double verification of a supposed user accident.
  • the system -1- does not interpret this change as a possible accident and is kept waiting in the stage -32-.
  • the data server -14- proceeds to capture and analyze for a predetermined time interval, for example, less than or equal to 20 seconds, if changes occur in at least the data of geographic location and the data of said acceleration force of the first -11- and second -12- electronic device. Additionally, the data server -14- can also capture and analyze other variables that can be measured by the first -11- and second -12- electronic device, such as, for example, changes in movement or direction through the gyroscope.
  • the data server -14- can also capture and analyze other variables that can only be measured by the first -1 1- electronic device, such as, for example, the person's heart rate in the event that said first electronic device -1 1- consists of a watch or bracelet intelligence and be able to measure the user's pulse or understand a vital signs meter.
  • step -344- it is possible to make a call to the user who owns said first electronic device -11- (step -344-).
  • this fact can be taken into account by the data server -14- to decide if together with other measured variables it can be an alleged accident or not.
  • said data server -14- proceeds to notify (step -35-) to at least one emergency center -15- that is arranged as close to the geographical position of the alleged accident to warn of it, sending the personal and / or medical data of the user of said first -1 1- and second -12- electronic device, as well as other data of interest such as, for example, the characteristics of the vehicle and vehicle registration comprising said second electronic device -12-.
  • the system -1- discards an alleged accident and returns to step -32- while waiting for a significant change in the acceleration force of both the accelerometer of said first electronic device -1 1 - as of the second - 12- electronic device.
  • the system -1- can comprise a center of management (not illustrated), where it receives the notification issued by said data server -14- so that a person from said management center can either make a call by VolP (Voice over IP) with the first electronic device -11 - of the user, automatically activating the loudspeaker and microphone of said first electronic device -1 1-, or activating the phone itself so that it makes a call by VolP with said management center allowing voice communication with the user of said first electronic device -11- and additionally with people who could possibly be inside the vehicle.
  • This allows that the system -1- can assist and manage the emergency being at all times in contact with the owner of the first electronic device -1 1- and other people accompanying said user inside the vehicle -13-.
  • system -1- and method according to the present invention reduces false positives and increases the efficiency and effectiveness of the system -1- for the remote management of driving accidents.

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L'invention concerne un système et un procédé de détection automatique d'accidents de véhicules, ledit système comprenant au moins un premier dispositif électronique associé à un usager, lequel dispositif comprend au moins un module de communication vocale et de données par le biais d'au moins un type de réseau sans fil, au moins un module de localisation de position géographique et au moins un accéléromètre. Ledit système est caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend en outre: au moins un second dispositif électronique associé à au moins un véhicule et conçu pour être relié audit premier dispositif électronique ; au moins un serveur de données conçu pour recevoir et traiter au moins des données de localisation géographique et d'accélération dudit premier dispositif électronique, quand ce dernier est relié audit second dispositif électronique.
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