Patent ID: 6392316
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: H02J

Abstract:
An emergency informing apparatus for a vehicle comprising:power supplying means including: a backup battery; and voltage detection means for detecting a voltage of a battery of said vehicle, said power supplying means generating a supply power for said emergency informing apparatus from either of said battery of said vehicle or said backup battery in accordance with said detected voltage; position detecting means for detecting a position of said emergency informing apparatus in response to a command signal; data generation means including storing means for generating emergency data including at least identification data of said vehicle from said storing means, called party data from said storing means, and said position data in response to said command signal; transmitting means for making a call with said called party data and transmitting emergency data to a called party indicated by said called party data in response to said command signal; detecting means responsive to a detection command signal for detecting a condition of said backup battery; and display means for displaying battery data in accordance with said detected condition.