Positioning signal for rescue forces

US8682285B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Continental Teves AG & Co. OHG · DE

Inventors

• Ulrich Stählin · Eschborn, DE
• Ralf Merzbacher · Hofheim, DE
• Marc Menzel · Weimar, DE
• Carsten Birke · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Maik Schäfer · Markdorf, DE
• Ulrich Möller · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 2, 2009
• Grant date: Mar 25, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 7, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2325/205
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An emergency call unit for a vehicle includes not only a detection unit, a position-finding unit and a control unit, but also a transmission unit for the repeated transmission of a locating signal to a rescue worker. In this context, the locating signal may correspond to the position of the vehicle, and the transmission of the locating signal is initiated by a trigger event. By way of example, the trigger event is a request from a rescue worker or is the detection of an accident.