Vehicular emergency alert device
First Claim
1. A vehicular emergency alert device mounted on a vehicle and configured to issue an emergency alert signal to notify an emergency service center outside the vehicle of a location of the vehicle in an event of a collision of the vehicle, the vehicular emergency alert device comprising:
- a collision detecting unit that detects the collision of the vehicle to output a collision detection signal;
an emergency alert unit that issues the emergency alert signal in response to the collision detection signal; and
one or more modules each of which automatically performs a predetermined operation in response to the collision detection signal, whereinthe collision detecting unit outputs the collision detection signal into the emergency alert unit,the emergency alert unit outputs the collision detection signal into the one or more modules,at least one of the one or more modules is disposed in a rear portion of the vehicle, andthe collision detecting unit and the emergency alert unit are disposed closer to a center portion of an under body of the vehicle than the one or more modules.
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Abstract
A vehicular emergency alert device mounted on a vehicle (100) and configured to issue an emergency alert signal to notify an emergency service center outside the vehicle of a location of the vehicle in the event of a collision of the vehicle includes: a collision detecting unit (11) that detects the collision of the vehicle (100) to output a collision detection signal; an emergency alert unit (13) that issues an emergency alert signal in response to the collision detection signal and relays the collision detection signal to the vehicle; and one or more modules (12) each of which performs a predetermined operation in response to the collision detection signal relayed by the emergency alert unit (13).
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1. A vehicular emergency alert device mounted on a vehicle and configured to issue an emergency alert signal to notify an emergency service center outside the vehicle of a location of the vehicle in an event of a collision of the vehicle, the vehicular emergency alert device comprising:
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a collision detecting unit that detects the collision of the vehicle to output a collision detection signal; an emergency alert unit that issues the emergency alert signal in response to the collision detection signal; and one or more modules each of which automatically performs a predetermined operation in response to the collision detection signal, wherein the collision detecting unit outputs the collision detection signal into the emergency alert unit, the emergency alert unit outputs the collision detection signal into the one or more modules, at least one of the one or more modules is disposed in a rear portion of the vehicle, and the collision detecting unit and the emergency alert unit are disposed closer to a center portion of an under body of the vehicle than the one or more modules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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