Patent ID: 11861754
Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 16:
17. A vehicle terminal device comprising:
a communication unit;
an image acquisition unit acquiring a driving image captured during driving of a vehicle;
an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) data acquisition unit receiving ADAS data from an ADAS module which assists driving of the vehicle;
an electronic control unit (ECU) data acquisition unit receiving driving data of the vehicle from an ECU module of the vehicle;
a location data acquisition unit receiving location data of the vehicle; and
a controller controlling the communication unit to transmit the ADAS data related to a specific driving situation detected during driving of the vehicle, the location data, the driving data of the vehicle, and the driving image to a service server,
wherein the specific driving situation includes a first driving situation in which an accident did not occur while the vehicle is driving but which involved an accident likelihood,
wherein the ADAS is a driver support function for assisting the driver in safe driving in the driver's driving environment, and the ADAS data includes ADAS identification data and data detected during the execution of the ADAS, and
wherein when accident situation prediction information on an accident situation which might have occurred in the vehicle is generated by the service server using the ADAS data and the driving data, the controller receives the generated accident situation prediction information from the service server and performs guidance based on the received accident situation prediction information.