Emergency-call device for a motor vehicle
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Abstract
An emergency-call device for a motor vehicle has a sensor system for detecting the accelerations acting upon the vehicle and its occupants, an analyzer unit and a transmitter unit for automatically placing an emergency call. Such an emergency-call device is to be equipped with devices for estimating the type and extent of the occupants'"'"' injuries, a model of the occupants being used as a basis. The thus obtained information about injury type and extent is transmitted automatically together with the emergency call to a rescue coordination center, so that appropriate relief measures may be taken rapidly.
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11. An emergency-call device for a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a sensor system for detecting an acceleration acting on at least one of the vehicle and an occupant of the vehicle, an analyzer unit;
a transmitter unit for automatically placing an emergency call; and
an arrangement for estimating a type and extent of an injury of the occupant, the estimating being based on a model of the occupant, wherein;
the transmitter unit transmits information obtained by the arrangement about injury type and extent to a rescue coordination center together with the emergency call. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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