EP1181678B1 - Emergency call device for vehicles - Google Patents

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EP1181678B1
EP1181678B1 EP00922637A EP00922637A EP1181678B1 EP 1181678 B1 EP1181678 B1 EP 1181678B1 EP 00922637 A EP00922637 A EP 00922637A EP 00922637 A EP00922637 A EP 00922637A EP 1181678 B1 EP1181678 B1 EP 1181678B1
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  • the present invention relates to an emergency call device for vehicles with one of sensors in the vehicle determined accident an emergency message to a Rescue control center sends out the emergency message for the initiation of aid measures appropriate information contains.
  • Such an emergency call device e.g. from DE 44 21 508 A1 is known, makes it possible for the Help is very quickly available to affected vehicle occupants. Even if the vehicle occupants themselves are no longer able are to call for help, emergency services from the Emergency call device automatically informed about the accident.
  • a rescue control center automatically becomes the the geographical location of the vehicle that was killed, and a lot of other information can be sent to the Rescue control center, which the Enabling emergency services to be adequate Initiate rescue measures.
  • An essential problem an automatic emergency call device is that at in many traffic accidents Is affected or fails completely and it making it impossible to send an emergency message to a To drop the rescue control center.
  • a Vehicle emergency radio system discloses that in the event of a Accident that is detected by a crash sensor, one Sends an emergency call, with the current emergency number Position data of the vehicle can be sent. Since the Crash sensor based on predefined accident criteria recognizes, taking the accident criteria Vehicle speed and braking acceleration counted you can read precrash conditions from it.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object Specify emergency call facility of the type mentioned above, the certainly ensures that an emergency message to a Rescue control center is dropped, even if the On-board electronics of a vehicle destroyed by the accident becomes.
  • the emergency call device at one of Sensors in the vehicle determine critical driving situations sends out a first message that at least the contains geographical vehicle position.
  • the rescue control center receives a second one sent message further for the initiation of Rescue measures appropriate information. Should be within within a specified period of time after the first report second notification to the rescue control center, see above does this mean for this that it is actually an accident has come, infoge the emergency call device disturbed is.
  • a Evaluation unit passes on from the sensor signals Threshold decisions whether a critical Driving situation is given and whether from a critical Driving situation an accident has occurred.
  • the second message preferably contains information about the vehicle registration number and / or the vehicle type and / or the severity of the accident and / or the number of vehicle occupants and / or about acute illnesses of vehicle occupants.
  • the second message there can be at least one more Message will be sent out, the more detailed Information about the course of the accident and / or the situation of the affected vehicle occupants. Because the more The more targeted the information that the rescue center receives, and more effective rescue measures can be initiated.
  • the emergency call device has an evaluation unit 1 which the output signals from sensors 2, 3, 4 of the just mentioned type are supplied.
  • the evaluation unit 1 determined by threshold value decisions from the Sensor signals whether there is a critical driving situation and whether a vehicle crash from a critical driving situation emerged. If, as indicated by block 5, the evaluation in block 1 shows that a critical According to block 6, there is a first driving situation Message sent to a transmitter unit 7, which this to a rescue control center 8 sends out.
  • This first message 6 contains at least information about the geographical Location of the person in the critical driving situation Vehicle.
  • the geographic vehicle position is set in the Vehicle-installed navigation device 9, e.g. a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver.
  • This second message 11 contains the information for the rescue control center 8 that it is not has come to an accident and therefore the prophylactic submitted first message 6 is invalid.
  • Blocks 13, 14 and 15 symbolize memory or sensors which the Provide information for the second message 12.
  • This information can e.g. the vehicle registration number, the vehicle type, the number of vehicle occupants, possibly acute illnesses of vehicle occupants, etc.
  • one Information about the severity of the accident Evaluation unit 1 determined can be in the second message 12 be included.
  • Such a third Message 16 is indicated by dashed lines in the drawing.
  • Messages 11, 12 and 16 can also contain information the vehicle occupants, provided they do so are still able to enter yourself.
  • the rescue control center can also be optical or make acoustic contact with the vehicle occupants.

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Abstract

The invention relates to an emergency call device which transmits an emergency call independently of any damage to the vehicle electronic system. To this end the emergency call device transmits a first call (6), which indicates at least the geographical position of the vehicle, when sensors (2, 3, 4) detect a critical vehicle situation, even before an accident has actually occurred.

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Stand der TechnikState of the art

Die vorliegende Erfindung betrifft eine Notrufeinrichtung für Fahrzeuge, welche bei einem von Sensoren im Fahrzeug ermittelten Unfall eine Notrufmeldung an eine Rettungsleitstelle aussendet, wobei die Notrufmeldung für die Einleitung von Hilfsmaßnahmen geeignete Informationen enthält.The present invention relates to an emergency call device for vehicles with one of sensors in the vehicle determined accident an emergency message to a Rescue control center sends out the emergency message for the initiation of aid measures appropriate information contains.

Eine solche Notrufeinrichtung, wie sie z.B. aus der DE 44 21 508 A1 bekannt ist, ermöglicht es, daß bei einem Unfall den betroffenen Fahrzeuginsassen sehr schnell Hilfe zukommt. Auch wenn die Fahrzeuginsassen selbst nicht mehr in der Lage sind, um Hilfe zu rufen, werden Rettungsdienste von der Notrufeinrichtung automatisch über den Unfall informiert. Dabei wird einer Rettungsleitstelle automatisch der geographische Ort des verunglückten Fahrzeugs mitgeteilt, und es können eine Vielzahl von anderen Informationen an die Rettungsleitstelle übertragen werden, welche die Rettungsdienste in die Lage versetzen, angemessene Rettungsmaßnahmen einzuleiten. Ein wesentliches Problem einer automatischen Notrufeinrichtung besteht darin, daß bei vielen Verkehrsunfällen die Bordelektronik des Fahrzeugs in Mitleidenschaft gezogen wird bzw. völlig ausfällt und es damit unmöglich wird, eine Notrufmeldung an eine Rettungsleitstelle abzusetzen.Such an emergency call device, e.g. from DE 44 21 508 A1 is known, makes it possible for the Help is very quickly available to affected vehicle occupants. Even if the vehicle occupants themselves are no longer able are to call for help, emergency services from the Emergency call device automatically informed about the accident. A rescue control center automatically becomes the the geographical location of the vehicle that was killed, and a lot of other information can be sent to the Rescue control center, which the Enabling emergency services to be adequate Initiate rescue measures. An essential problem an automatic emergency call device is that at in many traffic accidents Is affected or fails completely and it making it impossible to send an emergency message to a To drop the rescue control center.

In der Offenlegungsschrift DE 43 21 416 A1 wird ein Fahrzeugnotfunksystem offenbart, dass im Falle eines Unfalls, der durch einen Crashsensor erkannt wird, einen Notruf absendet, wobei mit dem Notruf die momentanen Positionsdaten des Fahrzeugs versendet werden. Da der Crashsensor anhand vorgegebener Unfallkriterien einen Unfall erkennt, wobei zu den Unfallkriterien Fahrzeuggeschwindigkeit und Bremsbeschleunigung gezählt werden, kann man daraus Precrash-Bedingungen ablesen.In the published patent application DE 43 21 416 A1 a Vehicle emergency radio system discloses that in the event of a Accident that is detected by a crash sensor, one Sends an emergency call, with the current emergency number Position data of the vehicle can be sent. Since the Crash sensor based on predefined accident criteria recognizes, taking the accident criteria Vehicle speed and braking acceleration counted you can read precrash conditions from it.

Der Erfindung liegt daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Notrufeinrichtung der eingangs genannten Art anzugeben, die sicher gewährleistet, daß eine Notrufmeldung an eine Rettungsleitstelle abgesetzt wird, auch wenn die Bordelektronik eines Fahrzeugs durch den Unfall zerstört wird.The invention is therefore based on the object Specify emergency call facility of the type mentioned above, the certainly ensures that an emergency message to a Rescue control center is dropped, even if the On-board electronics of a vehicle destroyed by the accident becomes.

Vorteile der ErfindungAdvantages of the invention

Die genannte Aufgabe wird mit den Merkmalen des Anspruchs 1 dadurch gelöst, daß die Notrufeinrichtung bei einer von Sensoren im Fahrzeug ermittelten kritischen Fahrsituation, noch bevor es zu einem tatsächlichen Unfall gekommen ist, eine erste Meldung aussendet, die zumindest die geographische Fahrzeugposititon enthält. Dadurch, daß prophylaktisch bei einer erkannten kritischen Fahrsituation bereits eine Notrufmeldung abgesetzt wird, bevor es zu einer Zerstörung des Fahrzeugs kommt, ist bei der Rettungsleitstelle eine Information über die geographische Lage eines Fahrzeugs eingegangen, dem mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit ein Crash bevorsteht und dann Hilfe erforderlich sein wird.The above object is achieved with the features of claim 1 solved in that the emergency call device at one of Sensors in the vehicle determine critical driving situations, even before an actual accident occurred sends out a first message that at least the contains geographical vehicle position. As a result of that prophylactic when a critical driving situation is detected an emergency call is already made before it becomes a Destruction of the vehicle is at Rescue control center information about the geographical Position of a vehicle received, the one with large Probability of a crash and then help will be required.

Führt die kritische Fahrsituation anschließend nicht zu einem Unfall, so ist es zweckmäßig, die Rettungsleitstelle mit einer zweiten Meldung, die nach Ablauf einer vorgegebenen Zeitspanne nach der ersten Meldung ausgesendet wird, darüber zu informieren, daß die erste Meldung hinfällig ist. Sollte die Bordelektronik bei einem tatsächlich eintretenden Unfall nicht so weit zerstört werden, daß noch eine weitere Meldung abgesetzt werden kann, so erhält die Rettungsleitstelle über eine zweite ausgesendete Meldung weitere für die Einleitung von Rettungsmaßnahmen geeignete Informationen. Sollte innerhalb einer vorgegebenen Zeitspanne nach der ersten Meldung keine zweite Meldung bei der Rettungsleitstelle mehr eingehen, so bedeutet das für diese, daß es tatsächlich zu einem Unfall gekommen ist, infoge dessen die Notrufeinrichtung gestört ist.Does not lead to the critical driving situation afterwards in an accident, it is advisable to call the rescue center with a second message that appears after a predetermined period of time after the first message will inform that the first message is obsolete. If the on-board electronics at one accident actually occurring is not destroyed so far that another notification can be made, the rescue control center receives a second one sent message further for the initiation of Rescue measures appropriate information. Should be within within a specified period of time after the first report second notification to the rescue control center, see above does this mean for this that it is actually an accident has come, infoge the emergency call device disturbed is.

Vorteilhafte Weiterbildungen der Erfindung gehen aus den Unteransprüchen hervor.Advantageous developments of the invention can be seen in the Sub-claims emerge.

Es können Sensoren vorhanden sein, welche Translationsbeschleunigungen und/oder Drehwinkelbeschleunigungen des Fahrzeugs und/oder Formveränderungen der Fahrzeugkarosserie und/oder Bremsvorgänge und/oder Lenkbewegungen erfassen. Eine Auswerteeinheit leitet aus den Sensorsignalen durch Schwellwertentscheidungen her, ob eine kritische Fahrsituation gegeben ist und ob aus einer kritischen Fahrsituation ein Unfall entstanden ist. There may be sensors, which Translational accelerations and / or Angular accelerations of the vehicle and / or Changes in shape of the vehicle body and / or Record braking and / or steering movements. A Evaluation unit passes on from the sensor signals Threshold decisions whether a critical Driving situation is given and whether from a critical Driving situation an accident has occurred.

Die zweite Meldung enthält vorzugsweise Informationen über das Fahrzeugkennzeichen und/oder den Fahrzeugtyp und/oder die Unfallschwere und/oder die Zahl der Fahrzeuginsassen und/oder über akute Krankheiten von Fahrzeuginsassen.The second message preferably contains information about the vehicle registration number and / or the vehicle type and / or the severity of the accident and / or the number of vehicle occupants and / or about acute illnesses of vehicle occupants.

Nach der zweiten Meldung kann noch mindestens eine weitere Meldung ausgesendet werden, die noch detailliertere Informationen über den Unfallhergang und/oder die Situation der betroffenen Fahrzeuginsassen enthält. Denn je mehr Informationen die Rettungsleitstelle erhält, desto gezielter und effektiver können Rettungsmaßnahmen eingeleitet werden. After the second message, there can be at least one more Message will be sent out, the more detailed Information about the course of the accident and / or the situation of the affected vehicle occupants. Because the more The more targeted the information that the rescue center receives, and more effective rescue measures can be initiated.

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Die einzige Figur der Zeichnung zeigt ein Funktionsdiagramm einer in einem Fahrzeug vorhandenen Notrufeinrichtung.The only figure in the drawing shows a functional diagram an emergency call device present in a vehicle.

Bereits heute sind die meisten Fahrzeuge mit Rückhalteeinrichtungen, wie z.B. Airbags, Gurtstraffer und dergleichen, ausgestattet, um die Fahrzeuginsassen bei einem Crash gegen Verletzungen zu schützen. Die Auslösung dieser Rückhalteeinrichtungen wird von Sensoren gesteuert, welche Translationsbeschleunigungen und/oder Drehwinkelbeschleunigungen des Fahrzeugs messen. Mit derartigen Sensoren kann also eine kritische, eventuell zu einem Crash führende Fahrsituation erfaßt werden. Auch durch Sensieren von Bremsvorgängen und/oder Lenkbewegungen können kritische Fahrsituationen erkannt werden.Most vehicles are already with today Restraint devices, e.g. Airbags, belt tensioners and the like, equipped to the vehicle occupants at a Protect crash against injury. Triggering this Restraint devices are controlled by sensors which Translational accelerations and / or Measure the angular acceleration of the vehicle. With Such sensors can be critical, possibly too a driving situation leading to a crash can be detected. Also through Can sense braking and / or steering movements critical driving situations are recognized.

Die Notrufeinrichtung besitzt eine Auswerteeinheit 1, der die Ausgangssignale von Sensoren 2, 3, 4 der soeben genannten Art zugeführt werden. Die Auswerteeinheit 1 ermittelt durch Schwellwertentscheidungen aus den Sensorsignalen, ob eine kritische Fahrsituation gegeben ist und ob aus einer kritischen Fahrsituation ein Fahrzeugcrash hervorgegangen ist. Wenn, wie durch den Block 5 angedeutet, die Auswertung im Block 1 ergibt, daß eine kritische Fahrsituation vorliegt, wird gemäß dem Block 6 eine erste Meldung an eine Sendeeinheit 7 abgegeben, welche diese an eine Rettungsleitstelle 8 aussendet. Diese erste Meldung 6 enthält zumindest eine Information über den geographischen Ort des sich in der kritischen Fahrsituation befindenden Fahrzeugs. Die geographische Fahrzeugposition stellt ein im Fahrzeug installiertes Navigationsgerät 9, z.B. ein GPS (Global Positioning System) Empfänger, zur Verfügung. The emergency call device has an evaluation unit 1 which the output signals from sensors 2, 3, 4 of the just mentioned type are supplied. The evaluation unit 1 determined by threshold value decisions from the Sensor signals whether there is a critical driving situation and whether a vehicle crash from a critical driving situation emerged. If, as indicated by block 5, the evaluation in block 1 shows that a critical According to block 6, there is a first driving situation Message sent to a transmitter unit 7, which this to a rescue control center 8 sends out. This first message 6 contains at least information about the geographical Location of the person in the critical driving situation Vehicle. The geographic vehicle position is set in the Vehicle-installed navigation device 9, e.g. a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver.

Entsteht, wie die Abfrage 10 andeutet, aus der kritischen Fahrsituation kein Unfall, so wird innerhalb einer nachfolgenden Zeitspanne Δt eine zweite Meldung 11 von der Sendeeinheit 7 abgestrahlt. Diese zweite Meldung 11 enthält die Information für die Rettungsleitstelle 8, daß es nicht zu einem Unfall gekommen ist und daher die prophylaktisch abgegebene erste Meldung 6 ungültig ist.As the query 10 suggests, arises from the critical Driving situation is not an accident, so within one subsequent time period Δt a second message 11 from the Transmitting unit 7 emitted. This second message 11 contains the information for the rescue control center 8 that it is not has come to an accident and therefore the prophylactic submitted first message 6 is invalid.

Ergibt aber die Abfrage 10, daß aus der kritischen Fahrsituation innerhalb der Zeitspanne Δt ein Unfall hervorgegangen ist, wird eine zweite Meldung 11 über die Sendeeinheit 7 abgestrahlt. In diese zweite Meldung 11 können nun detailliertere Informationen aufgenommen werden, welche eine gezieltere Einleitung von Rettungsmaßnahmen von der Rettungsleitstelle aus ermöglichen. Die Blöcke 13, 14 und 15 symbolisieren Speicher oder Sensoren, welche die Informationen für die zweite Meldung 12 bereitstellen. Zu diesen Informationen können z.B. das Fahrzeugkennzeichen, der Fahrzeugtyp, die Zahl der Fahrzeuginsassen, eventuell akute Krankheiten von Fahrzeuginsassen usw. sein. Auch eine Information über die Unfallschwere, welche die Auswerteeinheit 1 ermittelt, kann in die zweite Meldung 12 aufgenommen werden.But query 10 reveals that the critical Driving situation within the time span Δt an accident has emerged, a second message 11 about the Transmitting unit 7 emitted. In this second message 11 more detailed information can now be included, which is a more targeted initiation of rescue measures by from the rescue control center. Blocks 13, 14 and 15 symbolize memory or sensors which the Provide information for the second message 12. To This information can e.g. the vehicle registration number, the vehicle type, the number of vehicle occupants, possibly acute illnesses of vehicle occupants, etc. Also one Information about the severity of the accident Evaluation unit 1 determined can be in the second message 12 be included.

Unter Umständen ist es für die Rettungsleitstelle zweckmäßig, nach dem Unfall noch ein oder mehrere weitere Meldungen auszusenden, die noch detailliertere Informationen über den Unfallhergang und das Ausmaß an Verletzungen und den Zustand des Fahrzeugs enthalten. Eine solche dritte Meldung 16 ist in der Zeichnung strichliert angedeutet.It may be for the rescue center expedient, one or more others after the accident Send out messages that provide more detailed information about the course of the accident and the extent of injuries and the condition of the vehicle. Such a third Message 16 is indicated by dashed lines in the drawing.

Die Meldungen 11, 12 und 16 können auch mit Informationen ergänzt werden, welche die Fahrzeuginsassen, sofern sie dazu noch in der Lage sind, selbst eingeben. Messages 11, 12 and 16 can also contain information the vehicle occupants, provided they do so are still able to enter yourself.

Folgt nach der Zeitspanne Δt nach einer ausgesendeten ersten Meldung 6 keine weitere zweite Meldung 11 oder 12, so bedeutet dies für die Rettungsleitstelle, daß es zu einem Unfall gekommen ist, das Fahrzeug aber nicht mehr in der Lage war, eine zweite Meldung abzusetzen, und deshalb unbedingt Rettungsmaßnahmen eingeleitet werden müssen.Follows after the time period Δt after a transmitted first Message 6 no further second message 11 or 12, see above this means for the rescue control center that it becomes a Accident has occurred, but the vehicle is no longer in the Was able to make a second report, and therefore emergency measures must be initiated.

Falls das Fahrzeug auch mit einer Empfangseinheit ausgestattet ist, kann die Rettungsleitstelle auch optischen oder akustischen Kontakt mit den Fahrzeuginsassen aufnehmen.If the vehicle also has a receiver unit is equipped, the rescue control center can also be optical or make acoustic contact with the vehicle occupants.

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  1. Emergency call device for vehicles, which transmits an emergency call message to a rescue control centre in the event of an accident being determined by sensors in the vehicle, with the emergency call message containing information which is suitable for initiating help actions, with the emergency call device transmitting a first message (6) even before an accident has actually occurred in the event of the sensors (2, 3, 4) determining a critical driving situation, which first message (6) contains at least the geographical vehicle position, characterized in that the emergency call device transmits a second message (11, 12) once a time interval (At) has elapsed since the first message (6), which second message (11) declares the first message (6) to be invalid if the sensors (2, 3, 4) have not detected an accident within the time interval (Δt), and which contains further information, which is suitable for the initiation of help actions, if an accident has actually been sensed.
  2. Emergency call device according to Claim 1, characterized in that sensors (2, 3, 4) are provided which detect translational accelerations and/or rotation angle accelerations of the vehicle and/or changes to the shape of the vehicle bodywork and/or braking processes and/or steering movements, and in that an evaluation unit (1) is provided which uses threshold value decisions to determine from the sensor signals whether a critical driving situation has occurred, and whether an accident has resulted from a critical driving situation.
  3. Emergency call device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the second message (12) contains information relating to the vehicle identification and/or to the vehicle type, and/or to the accident severity and/or to the number of vehicle occupants and/or to acute debilitations of vehicle occupants.
  4. Emergency call device according to Claim 1, characterized in that the emergency call device also transmits at least one further message (16) after the second message (12), which further message (16) contains even more detailed information relating to what has happened in the accident and/or to the situation of the vehicle occupants who are affected.
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