Emergency informing apparatus
First Claim
1. An emergency informing apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
- power supplying means including;
a backup battery; and
voltage detection means for detecting a voltage of a battery of said vehicle, said power supplying means generating a supply power for said emergency informing apparatus from either of said battery of said vehicle or said backup battery in accordance with said detected voltage;
position detecting means for detecting a position of said emergency informing apparatus in response to a command signal;
data generation means including storing means for generating emergency data including at least identification data of said vehicle from said storing means, called party data from said storing means, and said position data in response to said command signal;
transmitting means for making a call with said called party data and transmitting emergency data to a called party indicated by said called party data in response to said command signal;
detecting means responsive to a detection command signal for detecting a condition of said backup battery; and
display means for displaying battery data in accordance with said detected condition.
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Abstract
Battery test of a backup battery in an emergency informing apparatus is performed. The result of the battery test is displayed to display an amount of remaining energy, an error condition, an empty condition, a replacing timing of the backup battery. The result may be displayed by flickering an LED or an LCD. The event of the battery test is controlled with a timer to prevent a power consumption of the backup battery. That is, the battery test is effected when an engine is started after a predetermined interval has passed from the previous engine start. Moreover, a timer repeatedly generates a timing signal. If the timing signal is generated during a running condition of the engine, the battery test is performed. Moreover, at start-up of the engine if a predetermined interval has passed from the previous battery test, the present battery test is executed. The time interval data may be inputted to change the predetermined interval.
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17 Claims
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1. An emergency informing apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
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power supplying means including;
a backup battery; and
voltage detection means for detecting a voltage of a battery of said vehicle, said power supplying means generating a supply power for said emergency informing apparatus from either of said battery of said vehicle or said backup battery in accordance with said detected voltage;
position detecting means for detecting a position of said emergency informing apparatus in response to a command signal;
data generation means including storing means for generating emergency data including at least identification data of said vehicle from said storing means, called party data from said storing means, and said position data in response to said command signal;
transmitting means for making a call with said called party data and transmitting emergency data to a called party indicated by said called party data in response to said command signal;
detecting means responsive to a detection command signal for detecting a condition of said backup battery; and
display means for displaying battery data in accordance with said detected condition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
running condition detection means for detecting a running condition of an engine of said vehicle;
timer means having a predetermined time interval value; and
detection command signal generation means for generating said detection command signal at a timing determined in accordance with said running condition detection means and said timer means.
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11. An emergency informing apparatus for a vehicle comprising:
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power supplying means including;
a backup battery; and
voltage detection means for detecting a voltage of a battery of said vehicle, said power supplying means generating a supply power for said emergency informing apparatus from either of said battery of said vehicle or said backup battery in accordance with said detected voltage;
position detecting means for detecting a position of said emergency informing apparatus in response to a command signal;
data generation means including storing means for generating emergency data including at least identification data of said vehicle from said storing means, called party data from said storing means, and said position data in response to said command signal;
transmitting means for making a call with said called party data and transmitting emergency data to a called party indicated by said called party data in response to said command signal;
running condition detection means for detecting a running condition of an engine of said vehicle;
timing control means having a predetermined time interval value for generating a timing signal; and
detecting means responsive to a detection command signal for detecting a condition of said backup battery and outputting data of said detected condition, said detection command signal generation means generating said detection command signal at a timing determined in accordance with said running condition detection means and said timing signal. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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