Researchers Submit Patent Application, “Vehicle Accident Response Using Diagnostic Data Burst Transmission”, for Approval (USPTO 20170178513)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics & Government Week -- From Washington, D.C., VerticalNews journalists report that a patent application by the inventors Davis, Gregory P. (Wake Forest, NC); Kumhyr, David B. (Austin, TX), filed on December 18, 2015, was made available online on June 29, 2017.

No assignee for this patent application has been made.

News editors obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: "Technical Field

"This disclosure relates to automatic transmission of vehicle data responsive to a sensed impact.

"Description of Related Art

"Vehicle on-board diagnostic, or OBD, systems provide access to the status of the various vehicle sub-systems. The amount of diagnostic information available via OBD has expanded vastly since its inception in the early 1980s. Newer OBD implementations use a standardized digital communications port to provide stored data that describes the vehicle as well as its operating status. For example mode '$09' is used to retrieve vehicle information, which includes the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number). This information is essential in describing the vehicle involved in an accident. In addition, this information may be used to automatically look up ownership information and insurance status through DMV computers as well as flag stolen status of a vehicle when such information is provided to a law enforcement computer system."

As a supplement to the background information on this patent application, VerticalNews correspondents also obtained the inventors' summary information for this patent application: "An approach is provided for vehicle accident response using diagnostic data burst transmission. In the approach, a set of vehicle data is collected during operation of a vehicle. When an impact is detected, the set of vehicle data is transmitted using a short range wireless communication technology to any receivers that are proximate to the vehicle, such as a second vehicle that was involved in the impact. The vehicle data may include intra-vehicle data, such as the vehicle identification number (VIN) of the vehicle, as well as extra-vehicle data, such as a timestamp.

"The foregoing is a summary and thus contains, by necessity, simplifications, generalizations, and omissions of detail; consequently, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the summary is illustrative only and is not intended to be in any way limiting. Other aspects, inventive features, and advantages of the present invention will be apparent in the non-limiting detailed description set forth below."

For additional information on this patent application, see: Davis, Gregory P.; Kumhyr, David B. Vehicle Accident Response Using Diagnostic Data Burst Transmission. Filed December 18, 2015 and posted June 29, 2017. Patent URL: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=%2220170178513%22.PGNR.&OS=DN/20170178513&RS=DN/20170178513

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