Apparatus and method of requesting emergency call for vehicle accident by using travelling information about vehicle
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a travelling information detecting unit configured to detect a previous speed at a previous time and a current speed at a current time as travelling information about a vehicle;
a vehicle accident determining unit configured to determine whether an accident has occurred in the vehicle based on the travelling information; and
an emergency call (E-Call) signal transmitting unit configured to transmit an E-Call signal for the vehicle accident with a current location of the vehicle when it is determined that the accident has occurred in the vehicle,wherein the vehicle accident determining unit is configured to determine that the accident has occurred in the vehicle if information on a gear state indicates a mode that is different from a parking (P) mode and a neutral (N) mode and the detected current speed of the vehicle is equal to or smaller than a first reference speed, andwherein the vehicle accident determining unit is further configured to determine that the accident has occurred in the vehicle when the detected current speed is 0, a difference value obtained from the detected previous speed and the detected current speed is equal to or greater than a first reference value, and a difference value between the previous time and the current time is equal to or smaller than a second reference value.
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Abstract
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of requesting an emergency call (E-Call) for a vehicle accident, which request an E-Call for a vehicle accident by using driving information obtained during travelling of a vehicle. An apparatus for requesting an E-Call for a vehicle accident according to the present invention includes: a travelling information detecting unit configured to detect travelling information about a vehicle for each predetermined time; a vehicle accident determining unit configured to determine whether an accident occurs in the vehicle based on the travelling information; and an E-Call signal transmitting unit configured to transmit an E-Call signal for the vehicle accident with a current location of the vehicle when it is determined that the accident occurs in the vehicle.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a travelling information detecting unit configured to detect a previous speed at a previous time and a current speed at a current time as travelling information about a vehicle; a vehicle accident determining unit configured to determine whether an accident has occurred in the vehicle based on the travelling information; and an emergency call (E-Call) signal transmitting unit configured to transmit an E-Call signal for the vehicle accident with a current location of the vehicle when it is determined that the accident has occurred in the vehicle, wherein the vehicle accident determining unit is configured to determine that the accident has occurred in the vehicle if information on a gear state indicates a mode that is different from a parking (P) mode and a neutral (N) mode and the detected current speed of the vehicle is equal to or smaller than a first reference speed, and wherein the vehicle accident determining unit is further configured to determine that the accident has occurred in the vehicle when the detected current speed is 0, a difference value obtained from the detected previous speed and the detected current speed is equal to or greater than a first reference value, and a difference value between the previous time and the current time is equal to or smaller than a second reference value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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detecting travelling information about a vehicle; determining whether an accident has occurred in the vehicle based on the travelling information; and transmitting an emergency call (E-Call) signal for the vehicle accident with a current location of the vehicle when it is determined that the accident has occurred in the vehicle, wherein the detecting of the travelling information includes detecting a previous speed at a previous time and a current speed at a current time, and wherein the determining whether the accident has occurred in the vehicle includes; determining that the accident has occurred if information on a gear state indicates a mode that is different from a parking (P) mode and a neutral (N) mode and the detected current speed of the vehicle is equal to or smaller than a first reference speed, and determining that the accident has occurred in the vehicle when the detected current speed is 0, a difference value between the detected previous speed and the detected current speed is equal to or greater than a first reference value, and a difference value between the previous time and the current time is equal to or smaller than a second reference value. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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