Vehicle and emergency notification system

An emergency notification system comprising:

• a vehicle;
• a portable device authenticated by portable device-side possessor authentication;
• and
• an emergency notification center, wherein
• the vehicle comprises
• a determination unit configured to determine whether multiple persons have been involved in an accident occurred,
• a first authentication unit configured to perform vehicle-side possessor authentication to authenticate whether the portable device authenticated by the portable device-side possessor authentication is carried by a driver of the vehicle,
• a collector configured to collect information including personal data relevant to the accident from other vehicles involved in the accident when the multiple persons have been involved in the accident and the portable device authenticated by the portable device-side possessor authentication is to send information on the accident to the emergency notification center,
• an information generator configured to sort out the information including the personal data relevant to the accident and collected by the collector to generate the information on the accident to be sent to the emergency notification center, and
• a control processor configured to convey the portable device authenticated by the portable device-side possessor authentication an instruction to send the information on the accident generated by the information generator to the emergency notification center, and
• the portable device authenticated by portable device-side possessor authentication comprises
• a second authentication unit configured to perform the portable device-side possessor authentication,
• a first transmitter configured to send the information including the personal data relevant to the accident to the collector of the vehicle in response to a request from the vehicle to acquire the information including the personal data relevant to the accident, and
• a second transmitter configured to send the information on the accident generated by the information generator of the vehicle to an emergency notification center in accordance with the instruction from the control processor of the vehicle.

A vehicle, a driver of which has a portable device authenticated by portable device-side possessor authentication, the vehicle comprising circuitry configured to:

• determine whether multiple persons have been involved in an accident occurred;
• perform vehicle-side possessor authentication to authenticate whether the portable device authenticated by portable device-side possessor authentication is carried by a driver who drives the vehicle;
• collect information including personal data relevant to the accident from other vehicles involved in the accident when the multiple persons have been involved in the accident and the portable device authenticated by the portable device-side possessor authentication corresponds to a portable device that is to send information on the accident to an emergency notification center;
• sort out the information including the personal data relevant to the accident to generate the information on the accident to be sent to the emergency notification center;
• and
• give to the portable device authenticated by the portable device-side possessor authentication an instruction to send the information on the accident to the emergency notification center.

An emergency notification system comprising:

• a vehicle;
• a portable device authenticated by portable device-side possessor authentication;
• and
• an emergency notification center, wherein
• the vehicle comprises first circuitry configured to:
• determine whether multiple persons have been involved in an accident occurred;
• perform vehicle-side possessor authentication to whether authenticate the portable device authenticated by portable device-side possessor authentication is carried by a driver of the vehicle;
• collect information including personal data relevant to the accident from other vehicles involved in the accident when the multiple persons have been involved in the accident and the portable device authenticated by the portable device-side possessor authentication is to send information on the accident to the emergency notification center;
• sort out the information including the personal data relevant to the accident to generate the information on the accident to be sent to the emergency notification center;
• and
• convey the portable device authenticated by the portable device-side possessor authentication an instruction to send the information on the accident to the emergency notification center, and
• the portable device authenticated by portable device-side possessor authentication comprises second circuitry configured to:
• perform the portable device-side possessor authentication;
• send the information including the personal data relevant to the accident to the vehicle in response to a request from the vehicle to acquire the information including the personal data relevant to the accident;
• and
• send the information on the accident generated in the vehicle to an emergency notification center in accordance with the instruction from the vehicle.