Radio apparatus
AssigneeIcom Incorporated
InventorYoshio Sekiyama
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Abstract
A radio apparatus includes a Man-Overboard detection unit, a control unit and a distress key. The Man-Overboard detection unit outputs a Man-Overboard signal when the radio apparatus has fallen to a water surface or into water. The control unit generates a distress signal including a distress type. A distress key outputs a distress key manipulation signal to the control unit when the distress key is manipulated. When the control unit receives the Man-Overboard signal from the Man-Overboard detection unit, the control unit automatically sets a distress type of the distress signal to Man-Overboard.
Claims12
A radio apparatus comprising:
- a Man-Overboard detection unit configured to output a Man-Overboard signal in response to detecting that the radio apparatus has fallen to a water surface or into water;
- a control unit configured to generate a distress signal including at least a distress type together with identification information and position information of the radio apparatus;
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- a distress key configured to output a distress key manipulation signal to the control unit in response to a manipulation of the distress key, wherein the control unit is configured to automatically set a distress type of the distress signal to Man-Overboard in response to receiving the Man-Overboard signal from the Man-Overboard detection unit.
A method of sending a distress signal in a radio apparatus, the method comprising:
- outputting a Man-Overboard signal when a Man-Overboard detection unit detects that the radio apparatus has fallen to a water surface or into water;
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- automatically setting a distress type of the distress signal to Man-Overboard when a control unit receives the Man-Overboard signal from the Man-Overboard detection unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.