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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2000
Roger A. McCurdy, Troy, MI (US);
TRW Inc., Lyndhurst, OH (US);
Abstract
An emergency assistance system ( ) that transmits vehicle and occupant information to an emergency station ( ) in the event of a vehicle crash condition. The system ( ) includes a vehicle crash sensing system ( ) that senses the vehicle crash condition and transmits a crash signal through a first port ( ) using Bluetooth™ technology. A cellular phone ( ) having GPS ( ) receives the crash signal through a second port ( ) using Bluetooth™ technology, which in turn is coupled to a controller ( ) within the cellular phone ( ). In response to receipt of the crash signal, the controller ( ) enables the cellular phone ( ) to initialize a telephone call to the emergency station ( ) and to transmit a signal to the emergency station ( ) identifying the current location of the vehicle and the vehicle condition.