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Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 17, 2017
Applicant:

Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America, Peachtree, GA (US);

Inventors:

Shantha Kumari Rajendran, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Padhu Kanagaraj, Farmington Hills, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G08G 1/205 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); B60R 2021/0027 (2013.01); B60W 2550/402 (2013.01);
Abstract

An accident reporting arrangement for a motor vehicle includes at least one camera capturing images of an environment surrounding the motor vehicle. A microphone is positioned to produce a microphone signal based on sounds in a passenger compartment of the motor vehicle. A global positioning system determines a global position of the motor vehicle. An electronic processor is communicatively coupled to each of the at least one camera, the microphone, the global positioning system, and a user-actuatable switch. The electronic processor causes an accident reporting signal to be wirelessly transmitted in response to a user actuating the user-actuatable switch. The accident reporting signal is dependent upon the images captured by the at least one camera, the global position of the motor vehicle, and the microphone signal.


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