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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2025
Geotab Inc., Oakville, CA;
Gregory Gordon Douglas Hines, Mississauga, CA;
Benjamin John Gordon Gaffney, Wellesley, CA;
Geotab Inc., Oakville, CA;
Abstract
Systems and methods for detecting vehicle collisions are provided. The methods involve operating at least one processor to: receive telematics data originating from a telematics device installed in a vehicle, the telematics data including acceleration data; detect a putative collision event based on the acceleration data exceeding a predetermined acceleration threshold; identify a portion of the acceleration data associated with the putative collision event, the portion of the acceleration data spanning from a time prior to the putative collision event to a time subsequent to the putative collision event; identify at least one impulse in the portion of the acceleration data based on a predetermined jerk threshold; use a trained classifier on the at least one impulse to determine that the putative collision event is a collision event; and in response to determining the collision event, trigger at least one action responsive to the collision event.