Method for sending an emergency call and device
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorsBernd Flick, Lars Placke, Holger Modler, Achim Dahlhoff
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Abstract
For sending an emergency call as a function of a predefined accident criterion, together with the emergency call, dynamic sensor data are transmitted which have been recorded in particular shortly before the occurrence of an accident criterion and which allow conclusions to be drawn about the accident situation.
Claims10
A method for automatically sending an emergency call from a monitored vehicle in response to a crash defined by an impact on the body of the monitored vehicle caused by contact between the body of the monitored vehicle and at least one of another object and ground, comprising:
- automatically transmitting, together with the emergency call, dynamic sensor data of the monitored vehicle which have been recorded at least one of shortly before and after an occurrence of the crash, wherein the dynamic sensor data of the vehicle include at least one of (i) transverse acceleration data of the vehicle, (ii) output data from a sensor configured to detect a roll-over condition of the vehicle, and (iii) output data from a heat sensor.
A device for automatically sending an emergency call from a monitored vehicle in response to a crash involving the monitored vehicle, comprising:
- a crash sensor configured to detect a crash defined by an impact on the body of the monitored vehicle caused by contact between the body of the monitored vehicle and at least one of (i) another object and (ii) ground;
- at least one sensor configured to detect, at least one of shortly before and after an occurrence of the crash, at least one of (i) transverse acceleration of the vehicle, (ii) a roll-over condition of the vehicle, and (iii) heat level in the vehicle;
- a memory for dynamically storing output data from the at least one sensor;
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- a transmitting device for sending an emergency call together with the output data from the at least one sensor stored in the memory when the crash sensor detects the crash.
A method for automatically sending an emergency call from a monitored vehicle in response to a crash defined by an impact on the body of the monitored vehicle caused by contact between the body of the monitored vehicle and at least one of another object and ground, comprising:
- automatically transmitting, together with the emergency call, dynamic sensor data of the monitored vehicle which have been recorded at least one of shortly before and after an occurrence of the crash, wherein the dynamic sensor data of the vehicle include at least one of (i) transverse acceleration data of the vehicle, (ii) output data from a sensor configured to detect a roll-over condition of the vehicle, and (iii) output data from a heat sensor;
- wherein transmission of the dynamic sensor data activates an audio connection to enable questioning of an occupant of the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.