In-Vehicle emergency report apparatus
First Claim
1. An in-vehicle emergency report apparatus in a vehicle for executing an emergency report process to report to an outside of the vehicle that an occupant is in an emergency state, the apparatus comprising:
- an operation state switching section configured to switch, with respect to an emergency report process,(i) an execution enabled state in which an electric power is supplied from an in-vehicle battery to thereby enable an emergency report process and(ii) an execution disabled state in which an electric power supply from the in-vehicle battery is limited to thereby disable an emergency report process,by designating the execution enabled state or the execution disabled state; and
an occupant determination section configured to determine whether an occupant is in the vehicle,wherein in case that a power switch of the vehicle is turned into an OFF state,the operation state switching section is further configured to designate(i) the execution enabled state of the emergency report process, when the occupant determination section determines that the occupant is in the vehicle, and(ii) the execution disabled state of the emergency report process, when the occupant determination section determines that the occupant is not in the vehicle.
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Abstract
In an emergency report apparatus in a vehicle, even though a power switch is turned into an OFF state, an execution enabled state of an emergency report process is maintained when an occupant is determined to be in the vehicle. Therefore, even when a necessity of executing an emergency report process arises after the power switch is turned into the OFF state, it is unnecessary to turn the power switch into the ON state, thereby improving the usability. In addition, after the power switch is turned into the OFF state, an execution disabled state is designated when the occupant is determined to be not in the vehicle. Such an execution disabled state restricts the electric power supply from an in-vehicle battery, thereby reducing the power consumption and helping prevent the battery from running out.
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8 Claims
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1. An in-vehicle emergency report apparatus in a vehicle for executing an emergency report process to report to an outside of the vehicle that an occupant is in an emergency state, the apparatus comprising:
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an operation state switching section configured to switch, with respect to an emergency report process, (i) an execution enabled state in which an electric power is supplied from an in-vehicle battery to thereby enable an emergency report process and (ii) an execution disabled state in which an electric power supply from the in-vehicle battery is limited to thereby disable an emergency report process, by designating the execution enabled state or the execution disabled state; and an occupant determination section configured to determine whether an occupant is in the vehicle, wherein in case that a power switch of the vehicle is turned into an OFF state, the operation state switching section is further configured to designate (i) the execution enabled state of the emergency report process, when the occupant determination section determines that the occupant is in the vehicle, and (ii) the execution disabled state of the emergency report process, when the occupant determination section determines that the occupant is not in the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for executing an emergency report process in an in-vehicle emergency report apparatus in a vehicle so as to report to an outside of the vehicle that an occupant is in an emergency state, the method comprising:
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determining whether a power switch of the vehicle is turned into an OFF state; determining whether an occupant is in the vehicle when determining that the power switch is turned into the OFF state; and designating (i) an execution enabled state of the emergency report process, when it is determined that the occupant is in the vehicle, the execution enabled state being a state in which an electric power is supplied from an in-vehicle battery to thereby enable an emergency report process, and (ii) an execution disabled state of the emergency report process, when it is determined that the occupant is not in the vehicle, the execution disabled state being a state in which an electric power supply from the in-vehicle battery is limited to thereby disable an emergency report process.
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