Patent Publication Number: US-11654937-B2

Title: Reporting device sending collision information based on driving mode and occupant presence

Description:
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 
     The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119 to Japanese Patent Application No. 2020-051210 filed on Mar. 23, 2020. The content of the application is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a reporting device. 
     Description of the Related Art 
     Conventionally, an in-vehicle human sensing system has been proposed in which information of warning, alert or the like is sent to a predetermined external receiver when a movement of a vehicle is recognized while no person is riding in the vehicle due to forgetting to pull the handbrake or the like (see Japanese Patent Laid Open No. 2016-149105, for example). 
     As a system for making reports from a vehicle to the outside as in the above-described in-vehicle human sensing system, an emergency call (eCall) system for automatically making emergency reports to accident response agencies such as a PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point), a call center, the police and an emergency center when detecting a collision of the vehicle has been conventionally developed. In addition, recent evolutions in autonomous driving technology have enabled unmanned traveling of vehicles by means of a remote driving system, an automated valet parking system and the like. 
     When a vehicle collides an obstacle during unmanned traveling of the vehicle and an emergency report is made, an accident response agency receiving the emergency report makes a call to the vehicle to check the conditions, but there will be no response because the vehicle is unmanned. Thus, the accident response agency determines that the driver is so injured that the driver cannot respond to the call, and calls an ambulance vehicle. In this case, there is a disadvantage that unnecessary emergency response is taken. 
     If an operation in which no emergency report is made for a vehicle during unmanned traveling is employed, an emergency report is not made when an accident in which the vehicle during unmanned traveling contacts a person outside the vehicle occurs, and there is a disadvantage that emergency response to the injured person outside the vehicle is delayed. 
     The present invention has been made in view of the above background and has an objective to provide a reporting device that can support appropriate emergency response to an accident of a moving body during unmanned and autonomous driving. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     A first aspect for achieving the above objective is a reporting device used in a moving body capable of switching between an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode, the reporting device including: a driving mode recognizing section that recognizes whether the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode or the manual driving mode; an occupant recognizing section that recognizes whether an occupant is present in the moving body; a shock occurrence information acquiring section that acquires shock occurrence information regarding a shock that has occurred in the moving body; a communication control section that controls communication with a predetermined response system; and an emergency reporting section that sends, to the response system via the communication control section, first emergency information including at least one of no-occupant information indicating that no occupant is present in the moving body and autonomous driving mode setting information indicating that the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode when recognizing that a shock has occurred in the moving body based on the shock occurrence information while it is recognized by the driving mode recognizing section that the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode and it is recognized by the occupant recognizing section that no occupant is present in the moving body. 
     In the above reporting device, the emergency reporting section may send the first emergency information to the response system when recognizing a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than a first predetermined level has occurred in the moving body based on the shock occurrence information while it is recognized by the driving mode recognizing section that the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode, and the emergency reporting section may send second emergency information to the response system when recognizing that a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than a second predetermined level that is greater than the first predetermined level has occurred in the moving body based on the shock occurrence information while it is recognized by the driving mode recognizing section that the moving body is set in the manual driving mode. 
     In the above reporting device, the communication control section may perform communication control of a voice call with the response system, and the emergency reporting section may output a predetermined sound prompting a response to an interior of the moving body while voice call communication with the response system is established by the communication control section after sending the first emergency information to the response system. 
     In the above reporting device, the emergency reporting section may send first communication information based on the first emergency information to a user terminal used by a user of the moving body. 
     The above reporting device may include an autonomous driving notifying section that notifies an interior of the moving body that the moving body is in the autonomous driving mode when recognizing that the moving body is moving while it is recognized by the driving mode recognizing section that the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode. 
     In the above reporting device, the response system may be a system operated by an emergency response agency. 
     In the above reporting device, the emergency response agency may be a PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point). 
     A second aspect for achieving the above objective is a reporting device used in a moving body capable of switching between an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode, the reporting device including: a driving mode recognizing section that recognizes whether the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode or the manual driving mode; and an autonomous driving notifying section that notifies an interior of the moving body that the moving body is in autonomous driving operation when recognizing that the moving body is moving while it is recognized by the driving mode recognizing section that the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode. 
     Advantageous Effects of Invention 
     According to the above reporting device, when the moving body in autonomous driving operation without occupants contacts an obstacle or the like and a shock occurs in the moving body, the first emergency information including at least one of the no-occupant information indicating that no occupant is present in the moving body and the autonomous driving mode setting information indicating that the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode is sent to the response system. 
     In this manner, the response system can recognize that no occupant is present in the moving body, and thus it is possible to prevent unnecessary emergency response for first aid for occupants from being taken by the response system. In addition, the response system can recognize that it is impossible to check the conditions of the accident through a call with an occupant of the moving body, and thus can recognize whether there is an injured person outside the vehicle based on information such as traveling conditions of the vehicle at the time of occurrence of the accident sent from the vehicle and an image of the surrounding scene of the vehicle captured by a camera of the vehicle, to determine whether emergency response for first aid for the injured person outside of the vehicle is needed. Therefore, according to the above reporting device, it is possible to support appropriate emergency response to an accident of a moving body during unmanned and autonomous driving. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG.  1    is an illustrative diagram of emergency response in a case where an accident occurs to a vehicle during autonomous driving in an automated valet parking; 
         FIG.  2    is a configurational view of a reporting device and a vehicle provided with the reporting device; and 
         FIG.  3    is a flow chart of an emergency reporting process. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     1. Configuration of Vehicle 
     An automated valet parking service and a scheme of an emergency report in a case where an accident occurs to a vehicle during autonomous driving in an automated valet parking will be described with reference to  FIG.  1   .  FIG.  1    shows a service scheme of an automated valet parking in which a vehicle  1  is delivered by means of autonomous driving between a check-in space Ar 1  and a receiving space Ar 3  for the vehicle and a vehicle keeping space Ar 2  in an accommodation facility  300 . A reception terminal  310  that receives a request of the automated valet parking is provided in the check-in space Ar 1 . 
     The vehicle  1  includes a vehicle control device  50  that controls the operation of the vehicle  1  and a reporting device  10  that makes an emergency report when a shock occurs in the vehicle  1 . The vehicle control device  50  performs traveling control of the vehicle  1  in either a manual driving mode in which the travel of the vehicle  1  is controlled according to driving operations of a user U or an autonomous driving mode in which the travel of the vehicle  1  is controlled regardless of operations of the user U. 
     The vehicle  1  performs communication with a call center system  400  in which operators and operating systems are placed, a parking management system  410 , the reception terminal  310 , a user terminal  200  used by the user U, and the like via a communication network  500 . The call center system  400  may be a system such as a PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point), an insurance company, a security company, or a manager/owner of the vehicle, each of which corresponds to the response system in the present invention. The PSAP is an emergency response agency. 
     The parking management system  410  manages the operation of the automated valet parking, and accepts check-in of the vehicle  1  by the automated valet parking by receiving check-in request information Bpin sent from the vehicle  1  arriving at the check-in space Ar 1  as shown by C 1 . Note that the user U can send the check-in request information Bpin by operating the user terminal  200  or can send the check-in request information Bpin by operating the reception terminal  310 . The user U can also request the check-in of the vehicle  1  to an operator S of the valet parking. In this case, the check-in request information Bpin is sent from an operator terminal  210  used by the operator S to the parking management system  410 . 
     When receiving the check-in request information Bpin, the parking management system  410  extracts a vacant space in the vehicle keeping space Ar 2  and assigns it to the vehicle  1 . The parking management system  410  then sends, to the vehicle  1 , movement guidance information Mgin including information (such as a position or an identification number) of the assigned parking space, information of a route to the assigned parking space, and the like. 
     When the vehicle  1  receives the movement guidance information Mgin, the vehicle control device  50  sets the vehicle  1  in the autonomous driving mode, and controls the vehicle  1  to autonomously travel to the vehicle keeping space Ar 2  based on the movement guidance information Mgin to park the vehicle  1  in the assigned parking space as shown by C 3 . 
     To receive the vehicle, the user U operates the user terminal  200  to send reception request information Bpout to the parking management system  410 . When receiving the reception request information Bpout, the parking management system  410  sends, to the vehicle  1 , movement guidance information Mgout including information of a route to the receiving space Ar 3  and the like. 
     The vehicle control device  50  of the vehicle  1  receiving the movement guidance information Mgout sets the vehicle  1  in the autonomous driving mode, and controls the vehicle  1  to autonomously travel to the receiving space Ar 3  based on retrieval instruction information. In this manner, the user U can receive the vehicle  1 . 
     As shown by C 2 , the reporting device  10  provided in the vehicle  1  sends first emergency information Imi 1  to the call center system  400  when recognizing a shock that has occurred in the vehicle  1  as a result of an accident such as contact of the vehicle  1  with an obstacle  600  while traveling in the autonomous driving mode. The first emergency information Imi 1  includes at least one of no-occupant information indicating that no occupant is present in the vehicle  1  and autonomous driving mode setting information indicating that the vehicle  1  is set in the autonomous driving mode, as well as an MSD (Minimum set of Data) including a location (latitude and longitude) at which the accident has occurred, the orientation of the vehicle  1 , the form of the vehicle  1  and the like. 
     The call center system  400  receiving the first emergency information Imi 1  can recognize that no occupant is present in the vehicle  1 , and thus high priority matters in accident response can be determined by the call center system  400 . For example, unnecessary response for first aid for occupants is avoided. In addition, the call center system  400  can check whether a situation that requires emergency response occurs, such as a situation in which a person outside the vehicle is injured by contacting the vehicle  1 , by requesting connection to an out-of-vehicle camera  60  of the vehicle  1  and acquiring an image of the surrounding scene of the vehicle  1  captured by the out-of-vehicle camera  60 . In addition, the reporting device  10  sends communication information Imr based on the first emergency information Imi 1  to the user terminal  200  to inform the user U that an accident of the vehicle  1  has occurred. 
     2. Reporting Device and Configuration of Reporting Device 
     Configurations of the reporting device  10  and the vehicle  1  provided with the reporting device  10  will be described with reference to  FIG.  2   . The vehicle  1  includes the reporting device  10 , the vehicle control device  50 , the out-of-vehicle camera  60 , a radar  61 , an in-vehicle camera  70 , a microphone  71 , a speaker  72 , an operation switch  73 , a touch panel  74 , a shock sensor  80 , a speed sensor  81 , an acceleration sensor  82 , an angular speed sensor  83 , a driving section  90 , a braking section  91 , a steering section  92 , a navigation device  100 , and a communication unit  110 , which are communicatively connected by a CAN (Controller Area Network)  5 . 
     The out-of-vehicle camera  60  is provided at the front, rear, left and right of the vehicle  1 , for example, and captures the surrounding scene of the vehicle  1 . The radar  61  detects the position of an object present in front of the vehicle  1 . The in-vehicle camera  70  captures an image of the interior of the cabin of the vehicle  1 . The microphone  71  collects sounds inside the cabin of the vehicle  1 . The speaker  72  outputs sounds toward the interior of the cabin. The operation switch  73  is operated by the user U and accepts setting of various functions and the like of the vehicle  1 . The touch panel  74  displays information to occupants of the vehicle  1  accepts touch operations of occupants. 
     The shock sensor  80  detects a shock that occurs in the vehicle  1 . The shock sensor  80  may be incorporated in an airbag (not shown). The speed sensor  81  detects the traveling speed of the vehicle  1 . The acceleration sensor  82  detects the acceleration of the vehicle  1 . The angular speed sensor  83  detects the angular speed of the vehicle  1 . The driving section  90 , the braking section  91  and the steering section  92  perform driving, decelerating and steering of the vehicle  1 , respectively. 
     The navigation device  100  includes a GPS (Global Positioning System) sensor  101  that detects the current position of the vehicle  1  and map data  102 , and performs guidance for travel along a route to a destination and the like. The communication unit  110  performs communication with the user terminal  200 , the operator terminal  210 , the reception terminal  310 , the call center system  400 , the parking management system  410  and the like shown in  FIG.  1   . 
     The vehicle control device  50  is a control unit composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a memory and the like (not shown). The vehicle control device  50  switches between the manual driving mode and the autonomous driving mode according to driving mode setting operations of the user U, for example. In the manual driving mode, the vehicle control device  50  controls the travel of the vehicle  1  according to driving operations of the user U. In the autonomous driving mode, the vehicle control device  50  controls the travel of the vehicle  1  regardless of operations of the user U. 
     In the autonomous driving mode, the vehicle control device  50  controls the vehicle  1  to autonomously travel by controlling the operation of the driving section  90 , the braking section  91 , and the steering section  92  based on surrounding conditions of the vehicle  1  recognized by the out-of-vehicle camera  60  and the radar  61 , traveling conditions of the vehicle  1  detected by the speed sensor  81 , the acceleration sensor  82 , and the angular speed sensor  83 , road conditions on which the vehicle  1  is traveling detected by the navigation device  100 , traffic conditions received by the communication unit  110 , and the like. 
     Note that some or all of the functions of the vehicle control device  50  may be outside the vehicle  1 , and a so-called remote driving system in which the vehicle  1  is operated based on operation of an external management device via the communication unit  110  may be used. The remote driving scheme in which the vehicle  1  is driven by an external operator also corresponds to the autonomous driving mode in the present invention. 
     The reporting device  10  is a control unit composed on a CPU  20 , a memory  30  and the like. The CPU  20  functions as the communication control section  21 , the driving mode recognizing section  22 , the occupant recognizing section  23 , the shock occurrence information acquiring section  24 , the emergency reporting section  25 , and the autonomous driving notifying section  26  by reading and executing a program  31  for controlling the reporting device  10  stored in the memory  30 . 
     The communication control section  21  performs control of communication with the user terminal  200 , the operator terminal  210 , the reception terminal  310 , the call center system  400 , the parking management system  410  and the like via the communication unit  110 . The driving mode recognizing section  22  recognizes whether the vehicle  1  is set in the manual driving mode or the autonomous driving mode by communicating with the vehicle control device  50 . The occupant recognizing section  23  recognizes whether an occupant is present in the vehicle  1  based on an image of the interior of the cabin of the vehicle  1  captured by the in-vehicle camera  70 . Note that whether an occupant is present in the vehicle  1  may be recognized based on information detected by a seatbelt switch (not shown) on whether a seatbelt is worn, information detected by a seating sensor (not shown) on whether a person is seated, or the like. 
     The shock occurrence information acquiring section  24  acquires shock occurrence information indicating a level of a shock detected by the shock sensor  80  directly from the shock sensor  80  or via the vehicle control device  50 . The emergency reporting section  25  sends first collision information to the call center system  400  via the communication control section  21  and the communication unit  110  when a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than a first predetermined level is detected by the shock sensor  80  while the vehicle  1  is set in the autonomous driving mode. 
     The emergency reporting section  25  sends second collision information to the call center system  400  via the communication control section  21  and the communication unit  110  when a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than a second predetermined level is detected by the shock sensor  80  while the vehicle  1  is set in the manual mode. The second predetermined level may be the same as the first predetermined level or may be different from the first predetermined level. The second predetermined level may be changed as appropriate. For example, the second predetermined level may be set to a shock level that is greater than the first predetermined level when the vehicle  1  and the call center system  400  communicate with each other in a situation where the vehicle  1  travels in an unmanned operation when it is estimated by a vehicle sensor or a management device outside the vehicle that no person is present inside and outside the vehicle  1  or in an unmanned space, or the second predetermined level may be set at a shock level that is less than the first predetermined level in a situation where it is estimated that the vehicle  1  travels in an unmanned operation in a manned space. 
     The autonomous driving notifying section  26  notifies the interior of the cabin that the vehicle  1  is set in the autonomous driving mode at a predetermined timing when the vehicle  1  is set in the autonomous driving mode and travels in autonomous driving. For example, a timing when the vehicle  1  starts autonomous driving, a timing when a predetermined period of time has elapsed after the vehicle  1  starts autonomous driving, a timing when a sound is input to the microphone  71  during autonomous driving, or the like may be set as the predetermined timing. The autonomous driving notifying section  26  notifies the interior of the cabin that the autonomous driving mode is set by displaying a notification screen on the touch panel  74 , outputting a guidance sound from the speaker, or the like. 
     3. Emergency Reporting Process 
     An emergency reporting process performed by the reporting device  10  will be described with reference to a flow chart shown in  FIG.  3   . In step S 1  in  FIG.  3   , the shock occurrence information acquiring section  24  acquires shock occurrence information including information of a level of a shock that has occurred in the vehicle  1  and is detected by the shock sensor  80 . 
     In subsequent step S 2 , the emergency reporting section  25  recognizes whether the vehicle  1  is set in the autonomous driving mode by communicating with the vehicle control device  50 . Then, the emergency reporting section  25  advances the process to step S 3  when the vehicle  1  is set in the autonomous driving mode, and advances the process to step S 20  when the vehicle  1  is not set in the autonomous driving mode (is set in the manual driving mode). 
     In step S 3 , the autonomous driving notifying section  26  notifies the interior of the cabin of the vehicle  1  that the vehicle  1  is set in the autonomous driving mode at the predetermined timing as described above. In this manner, when the vehicle  1  is autonomously traveling in the autonomous driving mode and occupants other than the driver do not recognize that the vehicle  1  is in autonomous driving operation, the occupants can recognize that the vehicle  1  is in autonomous driving operation, so that it is possible to prevent the occupants from being anxious. 
     Subsequent steps S 4  to S 10  are processes for responding to an accident that has occurred while the autonomous driving mode is set. In step S 4 , the emergency reporting section  25  determines whether a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than the first predetermined level is recognized based on the shock occurrence information. Then, the emergency reporting section  25  advances the process to step S 5  when a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than the first predetermined level is recognized, and advances the process to step S 1  when a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than the first predetermined level is not recognized. 
     In step S 5 , the occupant recognizing section  23  recognizes whether an occupant is present in the vehicle  1 . In next step S 6 , the occupant recognizing section  23  advances the process to step S 21  when recognizing that no occupant is present in the vehicle  1 , and advances the process to step S 7  when recognizing that an occupant is present in the vehicle  1 . 
     In step S 7 , the emergency reporting section  25  sends the first emergency information to the call center system  400  via the communication control section  21  and the communication unit  110 . As described above, the first emergency information includes at least one of the no-occupant information indicating that no occupant is present in the vehicle  1  and the autonomous driving mode setting information indicating that the vehicle  1  is set in the autonomous driving mode as well as the MSD. 
     In next step S 8 , the emergency reporting section  25  sends communication information based on the first emergency information to the user terminal  200  (see  FIG.  1   ) via the communication control section  21  and the communication unit  110 . The user U can recognize that the accident of the vehicle  1  has occurred by checking the communication information on the user terminal  200 . 
     In subsequent step S 9 , the emergency reporting section  25  establishes voice call communication with the call center system  400  via the communication control section  21  and the communication unit  110 . Then, in next step S 10 , the emergency reporting section  25  outputs a sound prompting a response such as “Is anyone there?” from the speaker  72 . 
     Here, since no occupant is recognized in step S 6 , basically there is no response from occupants. However, when it is difficult to recognize whether an occupant is present such as in the nighttime, the occupant recognizing section  23  may mistakenly recognize that no occupant is present even though an occupant is actually present. Thus, a sound prompting a response is output from the speaker  72  to make occupants notice that it is estimated by the call center system  400  that the vehicle is unmanned. For example, both of the response-prompting sound output from the speaker  72  and a response sound indicating the occupant&#39;s intention such as “One person is riding in the vehicle and is injured.” are collected by the microphone  71  and sent to the call center system  400 , so that the call center system  400  can be informed that the occupant is present in the vehicle  1 . 
     Next, steps S 20  to S 21  are processes for responding to an accident that has occurred during manual driving mode. In step S 20 , the emergency reporting section  25  determines whether a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than the second predetermined level is recognized based on the shock occurrence information. Then, the emergency reporting section  25  advances the process to step S 21  when a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than the second predetermined level is recognized, and advances the process to step S 1  when a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than the second predetermined level is not recognized. 
     In step S 21 , the emergency reporting section  25  sends second emergency information to the call center system  400  via the communication control section  21  and the communication unit  110 . The second emergency information includes the MSD. In subsequent step S 22 , the emergency reporting section  25  establishes voice call communication with the call center system  400  via the communication control section  21  and the communication unit  110 . 
     An operator of the call center system  400  performs a voice call with an occupant of the vehicle  1  to recognize injury conditions of the occupant and the like, and performs emergency response such as calling an ambulance vehicle. 
     4. Other Embodiments 
     Although in the above embodiment, the four-wheeled vehicle  1  is illustrated as an example of the moving body in the present invention, the present invention can be applicable to various moving bodies for passenger use such as a two-wheeled vehicle, a flying vehicle, or a ship. 
     Although in the above embodiment, a shock determination level (first predetermined level) in the autonomous driving mode and a shock determination level (second predetermined level) in the manual driving mode are set to different levels in the processes of steps S 2 , S 4  and S 20  in  FIG.  3   , they may be set to the same level. 
     Although in the above embodiment, the emergency reporting section  25  outputs a sound prompting a response to the interior of the cabin in step S 10  of  FIG.  3    when recognizing a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than the first predetermined level while the autonomous driving mode is set, this process may be omitted. 
     Although in the above embodiment, the emergency reporting section  25  sends the communication information to the user terminal  200  in step S 8  of  FIG.  3   , this process may be omitted. 
     Although in the above embodiment, the autonomous driving notifying section  26  is provided and notifies the interior of the cabin that the autonomous driving mode is set in step S 3  of  FIG.  3    when the autonomous driving mode is set, this process may be omitted. The process of the autonomous driving notifying section  26  may be separately performed in a manner independent of the process for the case where a shock occurs in the vehicle  1 . 
     In the above embodiment, the call center system  400  is illustrated as an example of the response system in the present invention. The call center system  400  may be an accident response agency such as a PSAP, the police, or an emergency center as an emergency response agency, or a system such as an insurance company, a manager of the vehicle, a security company, or a manager of a region in which the vehicle is present. 
     Note that  FIG.  2    is a schematic diagram in which the components of the vehicle  1  and the reporting device  10  are divided by major processes for easy understanding of the invention of the present application, and the components of the vehicle  1  and the reporting device  10  may be configured by other division. The respective processes of the components may be performed by one hardware unit, or may be performed by a plurality of hardware units. The respective processes of the components in the flow chart shown in  FIG.  3    may be performed by one program, or may be performed by a plurality of programs. 
     5. Configurations Supported by Above Embodiment 
     The above embodiment is a specific example of the following configurations. 
     (First Item) A reporting device used in a moving body capable of switching between an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode, the reporting device comprising: a driving mode recognizing section that recognizes whether the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode or the manual driving mode; an occupant recognizing section that recognizes whether an occupant is present in the moving body; a shock occurrence information acquiring section that acquires shock occurrence information regarding a shock that has occurred in the moving body; a communication control section that controls communication with a predetermined response system; and an emergency reporting section that sends, to the response system via the communication control section, first emergency information including at least one of no-occupant information indicating that no occupant is present in the moving body and autonomous driving mode setting information indicating that the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode when recognizing that a shock has occurred in the moving body based on the shock occurrence information while it is recognized by the driving mode recognizing section that the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode and it is recognized by the occupant recognizing section that no occupant is present in the moving body. 
     According to the reporting device of the first item, when the moving body in autonomous driving operation without occupants contacts an obstacle or the like and a shock occurs in the moving body, the first emergency information including at least one of the no-occupant information indicating that no occupant is present in the moving body and the autonomous driving mode setting information indicating that the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode is sent to the response system. In this manner, the response system can recognize that no occupant is present in the moving body, and thus the response system can appropriately determine the priority to take a response. 
     (Second Item) The reporting device according to the first item, wherein the emergency reporting section sends the first emergency information to the response system when recognizing a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than a first predetermined level has occurred in the moving body based on the shock occurrence information while it is recognized by the driving mode recognizing section that the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode, and the emergency reporting section sends second emergency information to the response system when recognizing that a shock at a level that is equal to or greater than a second predetermined level that is greater than the first predetermined level has occurred in the moving body based on the shock occurrence information while it is recognized by the driving mode recognizing section that the moving body is set in the manual driving mode. 
     According to the reporting device of the second item, even when a small shock occurs during unmanned and autonomous driving, sending the first emergency information to the response system enables a quick response. 
     (Third Item) The reporting device according to the first item or the second item, wherein the communication control section performs communication control of a voice call with the response system, and the emergency reporting section outputs a predetermined sound prompting a response to an interior of the moving body while voice call communication with the response system is established by the communication control section after sending the first emergency information to the response system. 
     According to the reporting device of the third item, when the occupant recognizing section mistakenly recognizes whether an occupant is present, the response system can recognize whether an occupant is present in the moving body based on whether a response sound to the output predetermined sound is received. 
     (Fourth Item) the reporting device according to any one of the first item to the third item, wherein the emergency reporting section sends first communication information based on the first emergency information to a user terminal used by a user of the moving body. 
     According to the reporting device of the fourth item, the user of the moving body can be informed that an accident of the moving body has occurred. 
     (Fifth Item) The reporting device according to any one of the first item to the fourth item, comprising: an autonomous driving notifying section that notifies an interior of the moving body that the moving body is in the autonomous driving mode when recognizing that the moving body is moving while it is recognized by the driving mode recognizing section that the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode. 
     According to the reporting device of the fifth item, by notifying an occupant of the moving body who is unaware of the autonomous driving that the moving body is in the autonomous driving mode, it is possible to prevent the occupant from being anxious. 
     (Sixth Item) The reporting device according to any one of the first item to the fifth item, wherein the response system is a system operated by an emergency response agency. 
     According to the reporting device of the sixth item, it is possible to prevent unnecessary emergency response for first aid for occupants of the unmanned moving body from being taken by the emergency response agency. 
     (Seventh Item) The reporting device according to the sixth item, wherein the emergency response agency is a PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point). 
     According to the reporting device according to the sixth item, it is possible to prevent unnecessary emergency response for first aid for occupants of the unmanned moving body from being taken by the PSAP. 
     (Eighth Item) A reporting device used in a moving body capable of switching between an autonomous driving mode and a manual driving mode, the reporting device comprising: a driving mode recognizing section that recognizes whether the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode or the manual driving mode; and an autonomous driving notifying section that notifies an interior of the moving body that the moving body is in autonomous driving operation when recognizing that the moving body is moving while it is recognized by the driving mode recognizing section that the moving body is set in the autonomous driving mode. 
     According to the reporting device of the eighth item, by notifying an occupant of the moving body who is unaware of the autonomous driving that the moving body is in autonomous driving operation, it is possible to prevent the occupant from being anxious. 
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               1  . . . vehicle,  10  . . . reporting device,  20  . . . CPU,  21  . . . communication control section,  22  . . . driving mode recognizing section,  23  . . . occupant recognizing section,  24  . . . shock occurrence information acquiring section,  25  . . . emergency reporting section,  26  . . . autonomous driving notifying section,  50  . . . vehicle control device,  80  . . . shock sensor,  110  . . . communication unit,  200  . . . user terminal,  400  . . . call center system, U . . . user