US 11,751,038 B2
Automatic emergency reporting system for vehicle
Isamu Nagasawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/386,529.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-130803 (JP), filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0038881 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G08G 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [G08G 1/04 (2013.01); G08G 1/164 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automatic emergency reporting system for a vehicle, the automatic emergency reporting system comprising one or more electronic control units for the vehicle, the one or more electronic control units being configured to:
execute periodically transmitting first information from a communication terminal to a server while the communication terminal and the server are in a first communication state, and stop periodically transmitting the first information when the communication terminal and the server are not in the first communication state;
transmit, when (1) the vehicle is in emergency and (2) the communication terminal and the server are in the first communication state, the first information together with second information to the server, the second information including data on which the vehicle is in emergency and first identification data of the vehicle; and
transmit, when (1) the vehicle is in emergency and (2) the communication terminal and the server are in a second communication state that is different from the first communication state, only the second information from the first information and the second information to the server,
wherein the server configured to:
identify a latest piece of first information from pieces of the first information that have already been received by the server based on vehicle identification data; and
determine a situation of the accident based on the latest first information.