Patent ID: 8532867
Filing Date: 2013-09-10
Classification: G06F,G07C,G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for recording operation of a vehicle and facilitating emergency response in the event of a collision of the vehicle, the method comprising: monitoring production-related parameters of the vehicle, including a ground speed of the vehicle, a position of a throttle for an engine of the vehicle, an on/off status of a braking system of the vehicle, and a status of a seat belt; monitoring vital sign parameters of the vehicle, including information indicative of a change in the velocity of the vehicle; capturing into a volatile memory values of the production-related parameters of the vehicle; detecting a collision of the vehicle based on information obtained by monitoring one or more of the vital sign parameters; automatically sending a wireless distress signal from the vehicle in response to detecting the collision, the distress signal indicating that the vehicle has been in a collision; and recording into a permanent memory values of three or more of the production-related parameters of the vehicle captured over a finite period of time before detection of the collision and values of one or more of the vital sign parameters over a finite period of time after detection of the collision.