IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,030,489
Granted Patent B2
US 12,030,489 · App. 17/400,340 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Transport related emergency service notification

Inventors: Simon P. Roberts (Celina, TX); Yang Ding (Montreal, CA); Daniel Warren Reaser (Oak Point, TX); Christopher J. Macpherson (Plano, TX); Keaton Khonsari (Plano, TX); Derek A. Thompson (Dallas, TX); Sergei Gage (Redford, MI)
Assignees: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC.; TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
B60W30/0956B60W30/085B60W50/0097B60W60/0016B60W2540/221
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Patent No.
US 12,030,489
App. No.
17/400,340
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of determining a characteristic of an occupant in a transport and a current driving environment of the transport, wherein the characteristic includes a position of the occupant, determining that the current driving environment will lead to a collision of the transport, and based on a predicted result of the collision, sending a predicted state of the occupant based on the position, to an emergency service node.

Claims (39)

1. A method, comprising:

capturing image data of an occupant of a transport from one or more sensors installed on the transport while the transport is operating;

determining a position of the occupant within a seat of the transport and a current driving environment of the transport based on the captured image data;

determining a probability of the transport being involved in a collision based on the current driving environment of the transport; and

modifying a position of the occupant within the seat of the transport by modifying a position of the seat based on the determined position of the occupant within the seat of the transport and based on the determined probability of the transport being involved in the collision.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises sensing position information of the occupant after the collision and transmitting the position information of the occupant after the collision to the emergency service node.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of the probability is based on whether the current driving environment is an unfamiliar environment for one or more of the transport and the occupant.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of the probability is based on a comparison of other transports in a similar driving environment with another occupant in a similar position.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising altering, by the transport, the position of the occupant to minimize injury.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising modifying a functionality of the transport commensurate with a severity of the probability.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining, by a device associated with the occupant, health data; and

including the health data with the transmitted information.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor configured to:

capture image data of an occupant of a transport from one or more sensors installed on the transport while the transport is operating;

determine a position of the occupant within a seat of the transport and a current driving environment of the transport based on the captured image data;

determine a probability of the transport being involved in a collision based on the current driving environment of the transport; and

modify a position of the occupant within the seat of the transport by modifying a position of the seat based on the determined position of the occupant within the seat of the transport and based on the determined probability of the transport being involved in the collision.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to sense position information of the occupant after the collision and transmit the position information of the occupant after the collision to the emergency service node.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the determination of the probability is based on whether the current driving environment is an unfamiliar environment for one or more of the transport and the occupant.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the determination of the probability is based on a comparison of other transports in a similar driving environment with another occupant in a similar position.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to alter, by the transport, the position of the occupant to minimize injury.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to modify a functionality of the transport commensurate with a severity of the probability.

14. The system of claim 8 , comprising:

obtain, by a device associated with the occupant, health data; and

include the health data with the transmitted information.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

capturing image data of an occupant of a transport from one or more sensors installed on the transport while the transport is operating;

determining a position of the occupant within a seat of the transport and a current driving environment of the transport based on the captured image data;

determining a probability of the transport being involved in a collision based on the current driving environment of the transport; and

modifying a position of the occupant within the seat of the transport by modifying a position of the seat based on the determined position of the occupant within the seat of the transport and based on the determined probability of the transport being involved in the collision.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises sensing positional information of the occupant after the collision and transmitting the position information of the occupant after the collision to the emergency service node.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the determination of the probability is based on whether the current driving environment is an unfamiliar environment for one or more of the transport and the occupant.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the determination of the probability is based on a comparison of other transports in a similar driving environment with another occupant in a similar position.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising modifying a functionality of the transport commensurate with a severity of the determination of the probability.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

obtaining, by a device associated with the occupant, health data; and

including the health data with the transmitted information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: ROBERTS, SIMON P.; DING, YANG; REASER, DANIEL WARREN; MACPHERSON, CHRISTOPHER J.; KHONSARI, KEATON; THOMPSON, DEREK A.; GAGE, SERGEI
To: TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC.; TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
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