Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Vehicular system and method for sending silent request for assistance when driving under duress
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Application No.: US16196359Application Date: 2018-11-20
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Publication No.: US10654445B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Zainab Mirza
- Applicant: Continental Automotive GmbH
- Applicant Address: DE Hannover
- Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
- Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
- Current Assignee Address: DE Hannover
- Agency: RatnerPrestia
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@167f2d81
- Main IPC: B60R25/10
- IPC: B60R25/10 ; G06K9/00 ; B60R25/30 ; B60R25/25 ; G06K9/68

Abstract:
A vehicular system and method for sending a silent request for assistance when driving under duress is disclosed. The vehicular system includes of a data communication module, an identification detector and a decision unit. The decision unit determines a condition during ignition of an engine based on one or more biometric data inputs received through the identification detector. In particular, if the condition during ignition is determined as under normal circumstances, the decision unit commands or execute ignition of engine and user's preferred settings, if any. If the condition during ignition is determined as under duress, the decision unit commands or execute ignition of engine and user's preferred settings, and the data communication module to send a notification to an external party simultaneously.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190152432A1 VEHICULAR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENDING SILENT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WHEN DRIVING UNDER DURESS Public/Granted day:2019-05-23
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