Patent ID: 9685068
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B60Q,G01P,G08B,G08G

Claim:
1. A method for informing about an accident within an alarm community having a plurality of members comprising a plurality of emergency notifying apparatuses, wherein at least one of the emergency notifying apparatuses is a handheld device, an alarm server and a rescue service, wherein the handheld device comprises, an accelerometer, a wireless communication unit and a position determining unit, the method comprising: detecting if the handheld device has been exposed for acceleration above a predetermined threshold by receiving a signal from the accelerometer comprised in the handheld device and comparing the signal from the accelerometer with the predetermined threshold; sending, if the handheld device has been exposed for acceleration above the predetermined threshold, an alarm signal, via a wireless communication unit comprised in the first handheld device, to the alarm server; verifying that the handheld device has been exposed for acceleration above a predetermined threshold as a response to an accident; determining a subgroup of members within the alarm community being located within a predetermined distance from the handheld device; informing the members within the subgroup about the accident; and receiving information pertaining to an activity mode of the user of the handheld device, wherein the predetermined threshold is set depending on the activity mode of the user of the handheld device.