Patent ID: 7657374
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle emergency report apparatus, the apparatus comprising: means for switching selectively between a vehicle battery power supply state in which power supplied from a vehicle battery is used as operating power for operating the in-vehicle emergency report apparatus, and an auxiliary battery power supply state in which power supplied from an auxiliary battery is used as operating power for operating the in-vehicle emergency report apparatus; and control means for acquiring a result of determination by first means for determining whether or not there is a possibility that a vehicle will collide and a result of determination by second means for determining whether or not the vehicle has collided, and performing an emergency report operation when the second determining means determines that the vehicle has collided; wherein the control means causes the switching means to make a transition from the vehicle battery power supply state to the auxiliary battery power supply state only when the first determining means determines that there is a possibility that the vehicle will collide in the vehicle battery power supply state, and wherein the control means causes the second determining means to determine whether or not the vehicle has collided by using power supplied from the auxiliary battery as operating power.