Patent ID: 8035508
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: B60C,B60N,B60Q,B60R,E05F,E05Y,G01F,G01M,G01S,G06F,G06K,G07C,G08B,G10K,H01Q

Abstract:
1. A method for obtaining information about a person when in a vehicle or the vehicle, comprising: providing the person with a portable device; arranging at least one sensor on the portable device, the at least one sensor including a microphone; receiving information from the at least one sensor of the portable device when the portable device is situated in the vehicle, the step of receiving information from the at least one sensor comprising receiving sounds via the microphone of the portable device; obtaining information about the person, the vehicle or an environment around the person using the at least one sensor of the portable device without manual interaction, the step of obtaining information comprising programming the portable device to analyze the information received from the at least one sensor to determine whether the information is indicative of an accident involving the vehicle, the step of programming the portable device to analyze the information comprising programming the portable device to analyze the received sounds via the microphone of the portable device; and transmitting a signal based on the analysis of the received information from the at least one sensor of the portable device when situated in the vehicle to a remote facility including a signal based on the determination of whether the information is indicative of an accident involving the vehicle, the step of transmitting a signal based on the analysis of the received information comprising transmitting to the remote facility, a signal indicative of the received sounds including the sound of an accident involving the vehicle or the sound of deployment of an airbag of the vehicle that would deploy to protect an occupant of the vehicle during an accident involving the vehicle.