US 12,439,232 B2
Vehicle with emergency reporting function
Masatoshi Tsuge, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SUBARU CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/855,258.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-120769 (JP), filed on Jul. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021599 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/90 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A vehicle with an emergency reporting function, the vehicle comprising:
a communicator configured to transmit an emergency report to an operator terminal in a case where the vehicle is involved in an emergency;
a memory configured to hold information on injury inquiry items for inquiry about injury to an occupant of the vehicle;
a user interface provided in the vehicle, the user interface being to be used by the occupant of the vehicle;
a processor configured to control the vehicle to cause the communicator to transmit the emergency report to the operator terminal in the case where the vehicle is involved in the emergency; and
an emergency reporting switch provided in the vehicle, the emergency reporting switch being configured receive a manual operation by the occupant, wherein
the processor is configured to, in the case where the vehicle is involved in the emergency, inquire of the occupant about the injury inquiry items held in the memory, via the user interface, and cause the communicator to automatically transmit, to the operator terminal, an inquiry result of the injury to the occupant,
the memory is configured to hold operation information for the injury inquiry items, and
the processor is further configured to:
make the inquiry by presenting, on the user interface, all pieces of the operation information for all of the injury inquiry items held in the memory, in a case where the emergency is reported by the manual operation; and
inquire, via the user interface, about some of the injury inquiry items held in the memory for the manual operation or about some pieces of the operation information, in a case where the emergency is not reported by the manual operation.