Patent ID: 7812714
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: G08B

Abstract:
1. An emergency report device for a vehicle having a vehicle drive mechanism, the emergency report device performing an emergency report operation by electric power supplied from an electric power source including an auxiliary battery and a main battery, the emergency report device comprising: a power supply control unit that switches the electric power source from the main battery to the auxiliary battery when a supply voltage of the main battery is smaller than a predetermined threshold value; and an auxiliary battery operational check unit that performs an operational check of the auxiliary battery; wherein the operational check of the auxiliary battery is performed at a time when the vehicle drive mechanism starts; the operational check of the auxiliary battery is performed a first time when the vehicle drive mechanism starts a first time after an end of a previous day; the operational check of the auxiliary battery is prohibited from being performed during the same day after the operational check of the auxiliary battery is performed the first time; and the performing of the operational check of the auxiliary battery is based on a current input into the auxiliary battery operational check unit from the auxiliary battery.