Method and device for triggering an emergency call in a vehicle equipped with an airbag
AssigneeContinental Automotive GmbH
InventorsUlrich Stählin, Peter E. Rieth, Jürgen Diebold, Marc Menzel, Andreas Schirling, Michael Feser
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Abstract
A method and a device for triggering an emergency call in a vehicle equipped with an airbag. The device can be retrofitted in a vehicle equipped with an airbag to provide an emergency system which, in the event of an airbag being triggered, sends an emergency call (Ecall) to a suitable emergency call center in order to initiate auxiliary measures as may be necessary.
Claims12
A method for triggering an emergency call in a vehicle equipped with an airbag, comprising:
- inducing at least one of a magnetic field, an electrical field, and an electromagnetic field by firing the airbag;
- and
- initiating the emergency call based at least in part on the one of the magnetic field, the electrical field, and the electromagnetic field induced by the firing of the airbag.
A device for triggering an emergency call in a vehicle equipped with an airbag, comprising:
- a first device configured to transmit an emergency call;
- a measuring device configured to measure a field strength of at least one of a magnetic field, an electrical field, and an electromagnetic field induced by firing the airbag;
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- a control device coupled to at least the first device and the measuring device and configured to send a triggering pulse for triggering the emergency call when the field strength exceeds a stored limit value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.