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Samsung patents phone feature to share driver health status after crash

Samsung has filed a patent for a system that uses a phone's sensors to detect a car accident. If a crash is detected, the phone displays a status indicator that allows outside devices, like emergency services, to access the driver's health information.

Why it mattersThis could help emergency responders quickly understand if a driver is conscious or injured without needing to physically check on them immediately.

In the filing’s own words

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a display, at least one sensor, at least one processor operatively connected to the display and the at least one sensor, and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to, display an indicator for providing status information of a user on the display, based on an occurrence of a vehicle accident being detected while monitoring a driving state of a vehicle using the at least one sensor, and in response to an access to the status information of the user in the vehicle by an external electronic device using the indicator, provide at least a part of the status information of the user.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An electronic device comprising: a display; at least one sensor; at least one processor operatively connected to the display and the at least one sensor; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor individually or collectively, cause the electronic device to: display an indicator for providing status information of a user on the display, based on an occurrence of a vehicle accident being detected while monitoring a driving state of a vehicle using the at least one sensor, and in response to an access to the status information of the user in the vehicle by an external electronic device using the indicator, provide at least a part of the status information of the user.

Facts

Company
Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title
ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING USER CONDITION INFORMATION RELATED TO VEHICLE ACCIDENT, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
Publication number
US20260321125A1
Application number
19681840
Filed
May 19, 2026
Published
Oct 15, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

G08B 25/016 Physics & computingG06F 21/6245 Physics & computingG08B 21/0453 Physics & computingG16H 10/65 Physics & computing
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