Patent ID: 8078138
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: B60R,G08G,H04M

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle emergency call apparatus for a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a positional data acquisition unit configured to acquire positional data items in a time series; a positional data storing unit configured to store the positional data items acquired in the time series up to a predetermined number; and a control unit configured to transmit to a service center a positional data item stored in the positional data storing unit, wherein: (i) at a trigger time when a start trigger signal of an emergency call occurs, the control unit transmits to the service center only a first newest positional data item which is newest among positional data items stored in the positional data storing unit at the trigger time; and (ii) at a route requested time when receiving a route request signal requesting a transmission of route information from the service center after the trigger time, the control unit transmits to the service center additional positional data items which are stored in the positional data storing unit at the route requested time and were not transmitted to the service center at the trigger time.