IP Library Granted Patent US 12,339,901
Granted Patent B2
US 12,339,901 · App. 18/224,051 · Granted Jun 24, 2025

Transport sound profile

Inventor: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr. (Allen, TX)
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
G06F16/687G06F16/637G06F16/638G06Q10/10G06Q40/08G06Q50/01
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Patent No.
US 12,339,901
App. No.
18/224,051
Granted
Jun 24, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of associating a vehicle with an impact, saving media captured before and after the impact as a media segment, transmitting, by a computing device associated with the vehicle, the media segment to another computing device, and building a sound profile from the media segment.

Claims (64)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a server, sounds and video captured before and after a vehicle impact from audio sensors of a plurality of different transports;

synchronizing, by the server, the sounds with the video to generate synchronized content;

identifying, by the server, a plurality of audio capturing sources of a plurality of sounds within the synchronized content, where the plurality of audio capturing sources are included within the plurality of different transports;

storing unique identifiers of the plurality of sounds and identifiers of the plurality of audio capturing sources of the plurality of sounds within a sound profile;

identifying a voice sound among the plurality of sounds based on the sound profile;

performing speech recognition on the voice sound via execution of a speech recognition application to generate recognized speech associated with the vehicle impact; and

transmitting, by the server, the recognized speech to a computing device associated with the vehicle impact.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sounds and video further comprise one or more of:

a text file, an image file, vehicle telemetry, environmental data, traffic data, and sensor data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sounds and video further comprise data related to one or more of:

ambient temperature, road conditions, weather, wind speed or direction, time of day, and light sources.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sounds and video further comprise directions for the sounds, and

wherein the synchronizing further comprises:

synchronizing the sounds with the video based on the directions of the sounds.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the sound profile comprises:

a unique identifier of a respective sound;

a starting timestamp of the respective sound;

an ending timestamp of the respective sound; and

an indication of a source of the respective sound.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing the sound profile to one of an emergency services provider or an insurance provider based on the determination.

7. A computer device, comprising:

a processor that when executing instructions stored in a memory is configured to:

receive sounds and video captured before and after a vehicle impact from audio sensors of a plurality of different transports;

synchronize the sounds with the video to generate synchronized content;

identify a plurality of audio capturing sources of a plurality of sounds within the synchronized content, where the plurality of audio capturing sources are included within the plurality of different transports;

store unique identifiers of the plurality of sounds and identifiers of the plurality of audio capturing sources of the plurality of sounds within a sound profile;

identify a voice sound among the plurality of sounds based on the sound profile;

perform speech recognition on the voice sound via execution of a speech recognition application to generate recognized speech associated with the vehicle impact; and

transmit the recognized speech to a computing device associated with the vehicle impact.

8. The computer device of claim 7 , wherein the sounds and video further comprise one or more of:

a text file, an image file, vehicle telemetry, environmental data, traffic data, and sensor data.

9. The computer device of claim 7 , wherein the sounds and video further comprise data related to one or more of:

ambient temperature, road conditions, weather, wind speed or direction, time of day, and light sources.

10. The computer device of claim 7 , wherein the sounds and video further comprise directions for the sounds, and

the processor is further configured to:

synchronize the sounds with the video based on the directions of the sounds.

11. The computer device of claim 7 , wherein the sound profile comprise:

a unique identifier of a respective sound;

a starting timestamp of the respective sound;

an ending timestamp of the respective sound; and

an indication of a source of the respective sound.

12. The computer device of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

provide the sound profile to one of an emergency services provider or an insurance provider based on the determination.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform:

receiving sounds and video captured before and after a vehicle impact from audio sensors of a plurality of different transports;

synchronizing the sounds with the video to generate synchronized content;

identifying a plurality of audio capturing sources of a plurality of sounds within the synchronized content, where the plurality of audio capturing sources are included within the plurality of different transports;

storing unique identifiers of the plurality of sounds and identifiers of the plurality of audio capturing sources of the plurality of sounds within a sound profile;

performing speech recognition on the voice sound via execution of a speech recognition application to generate recognized speech associated with the vehicle impact; and

transmitting the recognized speech to a computing device associated with the vehicle impact.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the sounds and video further comprise one or more of:

a text file, an image file, vehicle telemetry, environmental data, traffic data, and sensor data.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the sounds and video further comprise data related to one or more of:

ambient temperature, road conditions, weather, wind speed or direction, time of day, and light sources.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the sound profile comprise:

a unique identifier of a respective sound;

a starting timestamp of the respective sound;

an ending timestamp of the respective sound; and

an indication of a source of the respective sound.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the sounds further comprise directions of the sounds, and

wherein the synchronizing further comprises:

synchronizing the sounds with the video based on the directions of the sounds.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2025
From: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 072643/0364 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2023
From: MCFARLAND, STEPHEN PAUL, JR.
To: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 064320/0166 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16705218 · Dec 5, 2019
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