US Patent 11587368 Method and system for accident detection using contextual data

A system includes: a mobile device comprising a plurality of sensors; a display device; a memory that stores instructions; and a processor. The processor is configured to execute the instructions to: operate the plurality of sensors over a plurality of time intervals during a trip in a vehicle to collect driving data; detect, using the driving data, a driving event that occurred during the trip and cause the mobile device to collect additional data associated with the trip in response; receive the additional data associated with the trip; determine that a vehicle accident event occurred during the trip based on the driving data and the additional data; and cause the display device to output an indication of the vehicle accident event.