US 12,238,627 B2
Vehicle with emergency reporting function, and vehicle emergency reporting system
Masatoshi Tsuge, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/854,888.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-120768 (JP), filed on Jul. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021809 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. G01M 17/00 (2006.01); B60R 21/013 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [B60R 21/013 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); G16H 10/60 (2018.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle with an emergency reporting function,
wherein the vehicle is a part of a vehicle emergency reporting system comprising, in addition to the vehicle:
a server including a server memory configured to hold emergency-related information including non-limited-access information and limited-access information that is related to a vehicle, an occupant of the vehicle, or both, wherein the limited-access information is protected by an access restriction that prevents unauthorized access; and
an operator terminal configured to acquire the emergency-related information in the server memory, wherein the operator terminal is configured to acquire the limited access information from the server memory when the operator terminal has access authorization,
wherein the vehicle comprises:
a vehicle memory configured to store authentication information that provides the operator terminal with the access authorization to acquire the limited-access information from the server memory; and
a vehicle communicator configured to, in response to an emergency in which the vehicle is involved, transmit to the operation terminal, (1) only an emergency report to control the operator terminal to acquire only the non-limited-access information from the server memory, or (2) both the emergency report and the authentication information to control the operation terminal to acquire both the non-limited-access information and the limited-access information from the server memory.