# US 11,910,396 B2 · Electronic device and method for notifying emergency of vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,910,396 B2 - Document ID: US11910396B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/517,787 - Filed: 2021-11-03 - Published: 2022-05-05 - Granted: 2024-02-20 - Earliest claimed: 2020-11-03 - Assignees: Thinkware Corporation - Applicants: Thinkware Corporation - Inventors: Daewon Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910396B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 76/50: for emergency connections - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - H04W 72/54: based on quality criteria - H04W 72/563: of the wireless resources - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - H04W 4/90: Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] - H04W 72/56: based on priority criteria - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE ## Abstract A first electronic device comprises a communication circuitry, and a memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor coupled with the communication circuitry; wherein the at least one processor is configured to receive, from a second electronic device that is an upper node of the first electronic device, information regarding a specified waveform; while detecting that a vehicle associated with the first electronic device is not in an emergency state after receiving the information, transmit, to the second electronic device, a signal based on resources allocated from the second electronic device; and in response to detecting that the vehicle is in the emergency state alter receiving the information, transmit, to the second electronic device, a signal with the specified waveform independently from the allocated resources, wherein the signal with the specified waveform includes information for notifying that the vehicle is in the emergency state. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A first electronic device comprising: a communication circuitry; a memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor operatively coupled with the communication circuitry, wherein the at least one processor is, when the instructions are executed, configured to: receive, from a second electronic device that is an upper node of the first electronic device, a downlink control indicator (DCI) format 0_0, a DCI format 0_1, and a DCI format 0_2; while detecting that a vehicle associated with the first electronic device is not in an emergency state after receiving the DCI format 0_0, the DCI format 0_1, and the DCI format 0_2, transmit, to the second electronic device, a first signal based on resources indicated via the DCI format 0_0 or the DCI format 0_1 from among the DCI format 0_0, the DCI format 0_1, and the DCI format 0_2; and in response to detecting that the vehicle is in the emergency state after receiving the DCI format 0_0, the DCI format 0_1, and the DCI format 0_2, transmit, to the second electronic device, a second signal based on resources indicated via the DCI format 0_2 from among the DCI format 0_0, the DCI format 0_1, and the DCI format 0_2, wherein the second signal includes information for notifying that the vehicle is in the emergency state. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second signal has a specified waveform. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The first electronic device of claim 2, wherein the specified waveform of the second signal is distinct from a waveform of the first signal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the second signal including the information for notifying that the vehicle is in the emergency state is recognized by the second electronic device without decoding the second signal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the at least one processor is, when the instructions are executed, configured to repeatedly transmit the second signal to the second electronic device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The first electronic device of claim 5, wherein the at least one processor is, when the instructions are executed, configured to repeatedly transmit the second signal to the second electronic device by transmitting the second signal with a first transmit (Tx) power to the second electronic device and transmitting the second signal with a second Tx power distinct from the first Tx power to the second electronic device after transmitting the second signal with the first Tx power. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The first electronic device of claim 1, wherein the DCI format 0_2 is transmitted after a communication connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is established. ### Claim 8 A method for operating a first electronic device comprising a communication circuity, a memory configured to store instructions and at least one processor operatively coupled with the communication circuity, the method comprising: receiving, from a second electronic device that is an upper node of the first electronic device, a downlink control indicator (DCI) format 0_0, a DCI format 0_1, and a DCI format 0_2; while detecting that a vehicle associated with the first electronic device is not in an emergency state after receiving the DCI format 0_0, the DCI format 0_1, and the DCI format 0_2, transmitting, to the second electronic device, a first signal based on resources indicated via the DCI format 0_0 or the DCI format 0_1 from among the DCI format 0_0, the DCI format 0_1, and the DCI format 0_2; and in response to detecting that the vehicle is in the emergency state after receiving the DCI format 0_0, the DCI format 0_1, and the DCI format 0_2, transmitting, to the second electronic device, a second signal based on resources indicated via the DCI format 0_2 from among the DCI format 0_0, the DCI format 0_1, and the DCI format 0_2, wherein the second signal includes information for notifying that the vehicle is in the emergency state. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the second signal has a specified waveform. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the specified waveform of the second signal is distinct from a waveform of the first signal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the second signal including the information for notifying that the vehicle is in the emergency state is recognized by the second electronic device without decoding the second signal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, comprising: repeatedly transmitting the first signal to the second electronic device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, comprising: repeatedly transmitting the second signal to the second electronic device by transmitting the second signal with a first transmit (Tx) power to the second electronic device and transmitting the second signal with a second Tx power distinct from the first Tx power to the second electronic device after transmitting the second signal with the first Tx power. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the DCI format 0_2 is transmitted after a communication connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device is established. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by a first electronic device comprising a communication circuity, a memory configured to store instructions and at least one processor operatively coupled with the communication circuity, are configured to cause the first electronic device to: receive, from a second electronic device that is an upper node of the first electronic device, a downlink control indicator (DCI) format 0_0, a DCI format 0_1, and a DCI format 0_2; while detecting that a vehicle associated with the first electronic device is not in an emergency state after receiving the DCI format 0_0, the DCI format 0_1, and the DCI format 0_2, transmit, to the second electronic device, a first signal based on resources indicated via the DCI format 0_0 or the DCI format 0_1 from among the DCI format 0_0, the DCI format 0_1, and the DCI format 0_2; and in response to detecting that the vehicle is in the emergency state after receiving the DCI format 0_0, the DCI format 0_1, and the DCI format 0_2, transmit, to the second electronic device, a second signal based on resources indicated via the DCI format 0_2 from among the DCI format 0_0, the DCI format 0_1, and the DCI format 0_2, wherein the second signal includes information for notifying that the vehicle is in the emergency state. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the second signal has a specified waveform. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the specified waveform of the second signal is distinct from a waveform of the first signal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the second signal including the information for notifying that the vehicle is in the emergency state is recognized by the second electronic device without decoding the second signal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by the first electronic device, are configured to cause the first electronic device to repeatedly transmit the first signal to the second electronic device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the one or more programs, when executed by the first electronic device, are configured to cause the first electronic device to repeatedly transmit the second signal to the second electronic device by transmitting the second signal with a first transmit (Tx) power to the second electronic device and transmitting the second signal with a second Tx power distinct from the first Tx power to the second electronic device after transmitting the second signal with the first Tx power.