Automated voice emergency call
AssigneeContinental Teves AG & Co. oHG
InventorsUlrich Stählin, Peter Rieth
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Abstract
A data channel for the transmission of voice from a subscriber and of additional data characterizing the cause of an accident is used for an emergency call from a vehicle. These characterizing data are likewise transmitted in the form of voice. The data transmission is effected sequentially in this case.
Claims19
An emergency call device of a vehicle for the transmission of an emergency call during a voice connection, said emergency call device having:
- a detection unit for capturing measurement data of the vehicle;
- a speech detection unit for detecting an audible input of an occupant of the vehicle;
- a control unit for converting the captured measurement data into a first voice signal by media conversion;
- a communication unit for transmitting an emergency call, which includes the first voice signal and a second voice signal corresponding to the audible input of the occupant of the vehicle, to a receiver;
- wherein the communication unit alternately transmits the first voice signal and the second voice signal during the voice connection so that the first voice signal is:
- a) transmitted during the voice connection in response to the second voice signal not being detected by the speech detection unit, and
- b) buffered during the voice connection in response to the second voice signal being detected by the speech detection unit and transmitted by the communication unit.
A method for the transmission of an emergency call from a vehicle during a voice connection, said method comprising the steps of:
- capturing measurement data of the vehicle;
- detecting an audible input of an occupant of the vehicle;
- converting the captured measurement data into a first voice signal by media conversion;
- transmitting an emergency call including the first voice signal and a second voice signal corresponding to the audible input of the occupant of the vehicle to a receiver,
- wherein the communication unit alternately transmits the first voice signal and the second voice signal during the voice connection so that the first voice signal is:
- a) transmitted during the voice connection in response to the second voice signal not being detected, and
- b) buffered during the voice connection in response to the second voice signal being detected and transmitted.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium which stores a computer program product which, when executed on a processor prompts the processor to perform the following steps:
- capture measurement data of a vehicle;
- detect an audible input of an occupant of the vehicle;
- convert the captured measurement data into a first voice signal by media conversion;
- transmit an emergency call during a voice connection, the emergency call including the first voice signal and a second voice signal corresponding to the audible input of the occupant of the vehicle to a receiver,
- wherein the communication unit alternately transmits the first voice signal and the second voice signal during the voice connection so that the first voice signal is:
- a) transmitted during the voice connection in response to the second voice signal not being detected, and
- b) buffered during the voice connection in response to the second voice signal being detected and transmitted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.