System and method for monitoring, identifying location and direction of impact events in real-time

1 . A system for identifying location and direction of impact events in real-time, comprising:

an impact event monitoring device comprising one or more sensors, a processing device, and a memory unit,

wherein the one or more sensors and the memory unit are electrically coupled to the processing device;

wherein the one or more sensors are configured to measure impact parameters,

wherein the impact parameters comprise quaternions, Euler angles, vital statistics, rotational angle of a head of an individual and an object, motion of an individual and an object, gyroscope vectors, and velocity;

wherein the measured impact parameters are transmitted to the processing device,

wherein the processing device is configured to analyze the measured impact parameters to create impact data and identify direction and location of one or more impact events,

wherein the impact data comprises a linear acceleration and an angular acceleration; and

a computing device comprising an impact event reporting module,

wherein the impact event reporting module is configured to receive the impact data and an identified direction and location of the one or more impact events from the processing device thereby enabling an emergency service provider to determine a severity of the one or more impact events to provide a treatment to the individual.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory unit is configured to store the impact data, and the identified direction and location of the one or more impact events prior to transmission to the computing device.

3 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a central database that is configured to store the impact parameters, the impact data, the identified direction and location of the one or more impact events.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the impact event reporting module comprises an impact analyzing module configured to analyze the impact data received from the processing device and to identify a direction and location of one or more impact events.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the impact event reporting module comprises an image capturing module configured to receive and process image or video data captured by an image capturing unit of the impact event monitoring device after the one or more impact events.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the impact event reporting module comprises a position detection module configured to retrieve head and body position data of the individual, received from the impact event monitoring device, for a period of time before and after the one or more impact events.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the impact event reporting module comprises a location detection module configured to retrieve and present geographical location data of the one or more objects and the individual, received from the impact event monitoring device, for a period of time before and after the one or more impact events.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the impact event reporting module comprises an image processing module configured to convert position data corresponding to a predetermined time period before and after the one or more impact events into a short animation or video of positions of the one or more objects and the individual at a time of the one or more impact events.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the impact event reporting module comprises an alert generating module configured to deliver the impact data and the identified direction and location of the one or more impact events as real-time notifications to the computing device.

10 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the impact analyzing module comprises a linear acceleration collecting module configured to collect linear acceleration data over a duration of the one or more impact events.

11 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the impact analyzing module comprises an angular acceleration collecting module configured to collect angular acceleration data over a duration of the one or more impact events.

12 . The system of claim 4 , wherein the impact analyzing module comprises a linear acceleration collecting module configured to collect linear acceleration data over a duration of the one or more impact events, an angular acceleration collecting module configured to collect angular acceleration data over the duration of the one or more impact events, and an impact direction detecting module configured to construct an object force as a function of time during the one or more impact events using the linear acceleration data and angular acceleration data collected by the linear acceleration collecting module and the angular acceleration collecting module.

13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the impact event monitoring device comprises a motion detecting unit configured to measure changes in one or more orientations for continuous replication of movement and motion of one or more objects and the individual.

14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the impact event monitoring device comprises a GPS module configured to detect a location at a time of the one or more impact events for the one or more objects and the individual.

15 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the impact event monitoring device comprises an image capturing unit configured to record video and capture images of the one or more objects and the individual.

16 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the impact event monitoring device comprises a network module configured to connect the impact event monitoring device with the computing device, wherein the network module is configured to send the impact data and the identified direction and location of one or more impact events as impact notifications to another computing device.

17 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors comprise one or more gyroscopes, one or more accelerometers, one or more compasses, one or more pressure sensors, one or more motion sensors, and one or more magnetometers.

18 . A method for identifying location and direction of one or more impact events in real-time, comprising:

measuring impact parameters by one or more sensors;

wherein the impact parameters comprise quaternions, Euler angles, vital statistics, rotational angle of a head of an individual and an object, motion of the individual and the object, gyroscope vectors, and velocity;

transmitting the measured impact parameters to a processing device by the one or more sensors;

receiving and analyzing the impact parameters of the one or more impact events by the processing device;

creating impact data, and identifying direction and location of one or more impact events by the processing device;

transmitting the created impact data, and an identified direction and location of one or more impact events to a computing device by the processing device;

receiving the impact data, and the identified direction and location of the one or more impact events by an impact event reporting module on the computing device; and

enabling an emergency service provider to determine a severity of the one or more impact events on the computing device to provide treatment to the individual.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the impact data comprises a linear acceleration and an angular acceleration of the one or more impact events.