US 12,114,245 B2
Wireless communication apparatus, vehicle, and control method
Takeshi Makabe, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
Filed by KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Feb. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/679,642.
Application 17/679,642 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2020/031990, filed on Aug. 25, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-156144 (JP), filed on Aug. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279330 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/029 (2018.01); G08B 25/00 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 4/90 (2018.02) [G08B 25/003 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.02)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless communication apparatus mounted on a vehicle and supporting a plurality of emergency report schemes which varies depending on a region, the wireless communication apparatus comprising:
a wireless communicator configured to perform wireless communication; and
a controller configured to perform an emergency report to an emergency report center in a region via the wireless communicator at a time of occurrence of a vehicle accident, wherein
the plurality of emergency report schemes include a Minimum Set of Data (MSD) transmission and a voice emergency call, and
the controller is configured to
identify the region to which the wireless communication apparatus belongs at the time of occurrence of the vehicle accident,
select one emergency report scheme corresponding to the emergency report center in the region from the plurality of emergency report schemes based on the identified region, and
perform the emergency report by using the one emergency report scheme selected.