Patent ID: 8606221

Claim:
An emergency call unit for a vehicle, comprising: a detection unit for detecting at least one vehicle involved in an accident that generates a trigger event; a control unit for generating a locating signal; a transmitting unit for repeated transmission of the locating signal to a receiver, the repeated transmission of the locating signal being triggered by the trigger event, wherein the locating signal permits the at least one accident involved vehicle to be found; and a display unit configured to display a display key, wherein the display key corresponds to at least two of a number of the rescue guideline to be used, a reception field strength of a rescue signal, a received signal strength indication (RSSI) for a rescue signal, a color of the vehicle, a type of the vehicle, and a number of passengers, wherein the number of the rescue guideline for guiding a rescue operation for the at least one accident involved vehicle and the RSSI for the rescue signal are received as a function of the reception field strength of the detection unit of the locating signal when the at least one accident involved vehicle is found.