Patent ID: 9275417
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: B60R,B60W,G01S,G06F,G06Q,G06T,G07C,G08G

Claim Text:
1. A method in an electronic processing system comprising a memory and one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving, at the electronic processing system, sensor data representing information collected by a sensor (i) located on or in a vehicle and (ii) configured to sense an environment external to the vehicle, wherein receiving sensor data includes receiving a first plurality of data points indicative of a plurality of respective states of the environment external to the vehicle at a plurality of respective times; receiving, at the electronic processing system, external data that (i) was received by the vehicle from a handheld mobile communication device of a pedestrian external to the vehicle via a wireless link and (ii) is indicative of objects sensed by the handheld mobile communication device, wherein receiving external data includes receiving a second plurality of data points indicative of an additional plurality of respective states of the environment external to the vehicle at a plurality of respective times; receiving, at the electronic processing system, synchronization data indicating a temporal relationship between the first plurality of data points and the second plurality of data points; storing the received sensor data, the received external data, and the received synchronization data in the memory; generating, via the one or more processors, an animated re-creation of an event involving at least one vehicle using the stored first plurality of data points, the stored second plurality of data points, and the stored synchronization data; and causing the animated re-creation of the event involving at least one vehicle to be displayed.