Patent ID: 7739087
Filing Date: 2010-06-15
Classification: G07C

Abstract:
1. A method for analyzing driving data of at least two vehicles involved in a collision, comprising: calculating in a computer a three-dimensional, kinematic model of the at least two vehicles, the model including at least one linear-motion-dynamics signal and at least one lateral-motion-dynamics signal and a radar signal of an adaptive cruise control system of each of the at least two vehicles, wherein the at least one lateral-motion-dynamics signal includes a rotational-rate signal of a yaw sensor, and wherein an identical time basis for the at least one linear-motion-dynamics signal and the at least one lateral-motion-dynamics signal is provided by a real-time clock in each of the two vehicles and recorded, and wherein the radar signal of the adaptive cruise control system and the identical time basis provided by the real-time clocks are utilized to form a frame of reference from which the relative positions of the at least two vehicles are determined; and visually on a display representing the three-dimensional, kinematic model of the at least two vehicles involved in the collision.