Accident fault detection based on multiple sensor devices

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for detecting vehicular accidents based on sensor data, such as data from a mobile device in a vehicle or data from the vehicle's sensors. If an accident is detected, the system may determine whether to collect sensor data from additional sources, such as additional vehicle sensors or additional mobile devices (e.g., a pedestrian's mobile device or a mobile device within a vehicle). The system may also determine whether to collect data from traffic devices or from contextual data sources. The data may be used by the system to determine which party is at fault in the accident. The data may also be used to generate a visualization of the accident.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system comprising:
 a mobile computing device comprising:
 a sensor configured to measure data indicative of an accident involving a vehicle; 
 a transmitter configured to transmit data measured by the sensor; 
 a first processor; and 
 first memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor of the mobile computing device to:
 measure, using the sensor of the mobile computing device, data indicative of an accident involving the vehicle; and 
 send, using the transmitter of the mobile computing device, the measured data indicative of the accident to an accident fault detection computing device; 
 
   the accident fault detection computing device comprising:
 a receiver; 
 a second processor; and 
 second memory storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the second processor, cause the second processor of the accident fault detection computing device to:
 receive, using the receiver of the accident fault detection computing device, the measured data indicative of the accident; 
 in response to determining that an accident occurred, receive, using the receiver of the accident fault detection computing device, data from a data source; 
 aggregate the measured data and the data from the data source to generate aggregated data; and 
 determine accident fault based on the aggregated data.