Emergency report device

• US 20060294229A1
• Filed: 06/05/2006
• Published: 12/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Koie, Yoshio
• Granted Patent: US 7,587,489 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/002 Generating a prealarm to the central station

Abstract

Transmission of an emergency report from an emergency report device is either permitted or prohibited depending on a registration condition of an identification code received by the emergency report device from an external device. The registration condition of the identification code in a service center is notified from the emergency report device to a user as a guidance message.

Claims

1. An emergency report device, the emergency report device used in combination with an emergency report system having a service center for providing an emergency service upon receiving a registered identification code from the emergency report device, the emergency report device comprising:

a notification means for notifying a condition of the emergency report device to a user;

a code receiving means for receiving the identification code from an external device when the external device is coupled with the emergency report device;

a code storage means for storing the identification code received by the code receiving means;

a transmitter for transmitting an emergency report; and

a controller for controlling the transmitter upon provision of a transmission trigger signal,

wherein a transmission trigger signal is provided for the controller from a predetermined device,

transmission of the emergency report from the transmitter of the emergency report device upon provision of the transmission trigger signal is prohibited when the identification code received by the code receiving means is not identical with the identification code stored in the code storage means,

the notification means notifies the user of absence of registration of the identification code in the service center, and

prohibition of transmission of the emergency report from the transmitter is terminated when the registration of the identification code in the service center is confirmed by the controller.

2. The emergency report device as in claim 1,

wherein the controller permits the transmitter to transmit the emergency repot upon provision of the emergency report transmission trigger when the identification code received by the code receiving means from the external device is identical with the identification code stored in the code storage means, and

the notification means notifies the user of existence of registration of the identification code in the service center.

3. A method for transmitting an emergency report from an emergency report device to a service center of an emergency report system, the emergency report device having a display, a receiver, a memory, a transmitter, and a controller, the method comprising;

receiving an identification code from an external device by the receiver;

comparing the identification code received by the receiver with the identification code stored in the memory; and

determining whether the identification code received by the receiver is identical with the identification code stored in the memory,

controlling the transmitter for transmitting an emergency report to the service center,

wherein the controller prohibits transmission of the emergency report from the transmitter and displays notification on the display that informs the user of absence of registration of the identification code in the service center when the received identification code is not identical with the stored identification code in the memory.

4. The method for transmitting an emergency report as in claim 3,

wherein the controller permits transmission of the emergency report from the transmitter and displays notification on the display that informs the user of existence of registration of the identification code in the service center when the received identification code is identical with the stored identification code in the memory.