Method, Computer-Readable Medium, System and Vehicle Comprising the System for Providing Accident Parameters to a Person Outside a Vehicle Following an Accident Involving the Vehicle

Abstract

A method for providing accident parameters to a person outside a vehicle after an accident includes ascertaining a first accident parameter that is representative of the severity and/or a consequence severity using a control unit of the vehicle, and determining a display device of the vehicle that can display the first accident parameter following the accident. The first accident parameter is provided on the determined display, and a second accident parameter that is representative of the severity and/or the accident consequence severity is ascertained. The method also includes receiving a release signal for the second accident parameter from the person outside the vehicle following the accident involving the vehicle, and verifying the release signal for the second accident parameter using the control unit of the vehicle. The second accident parameter is provided on the determined display if the release signal was successfully verified by the control unit of the vehicle.

Claims

1.-9. (canceled)

10. A method for providing accident parameters to a person outside a vehicle after an accident involving the vehicle, the method comprising: ascertaining a first accident parameter that is representative of an accident severity and/or an accident consequence severity by means of a control unit of the vehicle; determining a display device of the vehicle that can display the first accident parameter following the accident; providing the first accident parameter on the determined display device of the vehicle; ascertaining a second accident parameter that is representative of the accident severity and/or the accident consequence severity by means of the control unit of the vehicle; receiving a release signal for the second accident parameter via an input interface of the vehicle from the person outside the vehicle following the accident involving the vehicle; verifying the release signal for the second accident parameter by means of the control unit of the vehicle; and providing the second accident parameter on the determined display device of the vehicle if the release signal was successfully verified by the control unit of the vehicle.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, the method further comprising: receiving a request message to transmit the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter from a mobile terminal of the person outside the vehicle via a communication interface of the vehicle by means of the vehicle; transmitting the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter from the vehicle to the mobile terminal via the communication interface of the vehicle; receiving the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter from the vehicle by means of the mobile terminal; and providing the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter to the person outside the vehicle by means of the mobile terminal.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the request message for the transmission of the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter comprises the release signal.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the release signal is transmitted from the mobile device of the person outside the vehicle to the vehicle via the communication interface of the vehicle; and/or wherein the request message for the transmission of the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter comprises the release signal.

14. The method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the second accident parameter is provided on the determined display unit of the vehicle depending on a distance of the mobile terminal of the person outside the vehicle from the vehicle.

15. The method as claimed in claim 13, the method further comprising: verifying whether the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter have been correctly transmitted by the mobile terminal via an emergency call signal from the vehicle; and if the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter were not transmitted or were transmitted incorrectly via the emergency call signal of the vehicle, then providing a signal that is representative of an unsuccessful verification of the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter to the person outside the vehicle by means of the mobile terminal; if the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter were correctly transmitted via the emergency call signal of the vehicle, then providing a signal that is representative of a successful verification of the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter to the person outside the vehicle by means of the mobile terminal.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the release signal is transmitted from the mobile device of the person outside the vehicle to the vehicle via the communication interface of the vehicle.

17. The method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the request message for the transmission of the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter comprises the release signal.

18. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter are provided on the determined display device of the vehicle depending on a distance of the person outside the vehicle from the vehicle.

19. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the second accident parameter is provided on the determined display unit of the vehicle depending on a distance of the mobile terminal of the person outside the vehicle from the vehicle.

20. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the release signal is transmitted from the mobile device of the person outside the vehicle to the vehicle via the communication interface of the vehicle.

21. A computer-readable medium for providing accident parameters to a person outside a vehicle following an accident involving the vehicle, wherein the computer-readable medium comprises instructions that, when executed on a computer or a control unit, carry out the method as claimed in claim 10.

22. The computer-readable medium as claimed in claim 21, wherein the computer-readable medium further comprises instructions that, when executed on a computer or a control unit, further carry out: receiving a request message to transmit the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter from a mobile terminal of the person outside the vehicle via a communication interface of the vehicle by means of the vehicle; transmitting the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter from the vehicle to the mobile terminal via the communication interface of the vehicle; receiving the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter from the vehicle by means of the mobile terminal; and providing the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter to the person outside the vehicle by means of the mobile terminal.

23. The computer-readable medium as claimed in claim 22, wherein the second accident parameter is provided on the determined display unit of the vehicle depending on a distance of the mobile terminal of the person outside the vehicle from the vehicle.

24. A system for providing accident parameters to a person outside a vehicle following an accident involving the vehicle, wherein the system is designed to carry out the method as claimed in claim 10.

25. The system for providing accident parameters as claimed in claim 24, wherein the system is further designed to carry out: receiving a request message to transmit the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter from a mobile terminal of the person outside the vehicle via a communication interface of the vehicle by means of the vehicle; transmitting the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter from the vehicle to the mobile terminal via the communication interface of the vehicle; receiving the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter from the vehicle by means of the mobile terminal; and providing the first accident parameter and/or the second accident parameter to the person outside the vehicle by means of the mobile terminal.

26. The system for providing accident parameters as claimed in claim 24, wherein the second accident parameter is provided on the determined display unit of the vehicle depending on a distance of the mobile terminal of the person outside the vehicle from the vehicle.

27. A vehicle comprising the system for providing accident parameters to a person outside a vehicle after an accident involving the vehicle, as claimed in claim 24.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] In the following, a preferred exemplary embodiment is described by reference to the attached drawing. This will reveal further details, preferred embodiments and extensions of the invention. Taken individually,

[0020] FIG. 1 shows a schematic drawing of an exemplary method for providing accident parameters to a person outside a vehicle after an accident involving the vehicle.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] In detail, FIG. 1 shows an exemplary method 100 for providing accident parameters to a person outside a vehicle after an accident involving the vehicle. In general, accident parameters can be representative of the severity of an accident or of the severity of the consequences of an accident.

[0022] The severity of the accident can be defined as the stress exerted on a vehicle and/or on the person. Examples of accident parameters of the accident severity are: collision speed or impact speed, vectorial speed change Δv, energy equivalent speed, specific accident power, a combination of the vectorial speed change with a mean deceleration, intrusion, depth of intrusion, intrusion speed, mean acceleration and/or deceleration, degree of damage, impulse, impulse change, impulse direction, relative speed, impetus of impact, direction of impact, energy difference before and/or after the accident, and/or rollover.

[0023] The accident consequence severity can be defined as the sum of material damage to the vehicle and its surroundings and/or personal injury. Examples of accident parameters of the severity of the accident consequences are: probability of injury, probability of injury to a region and/or part of the body, probability of injury severity, probability of an AIS (Abbreviated Injury Scale), probability of a MAIS (Maximum AIS), probability of a MAIS3+ (MAIS greater than 3), and/or an ISS (Injury Severity Score).

[0024] The method 100 can determine 102 a first accident parameter that is representative of the severity of the accident and/or the severity of the accident consequences of the vehicle by means of a vehicle control unit. The method 100 can determine a display device 104 of the vehicle, which can display the first accident parameter and/or a second accident parameter after the accident, preferably without errors. For example, determining the display device can comprise retrieving a status value of the display device, wherein the status value of the display device is representative of the display device functioning without error. For example, the display device can be determined depending on damage to the vehicle after the accident.

[0025] The method 100 can provide 106 the first accident parameter on the determined display device of the vehicle. The first accident parameter on the determined display device can be provided temporarily, depending on events such as a distance of a person outside the vehicle from the vehicle, and/or permanently.

[0026] The method 100 can determine 108 a second accident parameter that is representative of the severity of the accident and/or the severity of the accident consequences of the vehicle by means of the vehicle control unit. In addition, the method 100 can receive 110 a release signal for the second accident parameter from the person outside the vehicle after the accident involving the vehicle via a communication interface of the vehicle, for example an NFC radio interface, and/or an input interface of the vehicle, for example a touch-sensitive input via a touch-sensitive input device. The vehicle can verify 112 the release signal for the second accident parameter by means of the control unit of the vehicle and provide 114 the second accident parameter on the determined display unit of the vehicle if the release signal has been successfully verified 112 by the control unit of the vehicle.

[0027] It is advantageous that the vehicle can efficiently provide accident parameters to a person outside the vehicle. The release signal means that accident parameters can only be provided to authorized persons outside the vehicle, thus efficiently protecting the privacy of the vehicle occupants.

LIST OF REFERENCE SIGNS

[0028] 100 method [0029] 102 determining a first accident parameter [0030] 104 determining a display device [0031] 106 providing the first accident parameter [0032] 108 determining a second accident parameter [0033] 110 receiving a release signal [0034] 112 verifying the release signal [0035] 114 providing the second accident parameter