Emergency report apparatus
In an emergency report apparatus, diagnostic data is modulated based on a preselected diagnostic modulation method by using a diagnostic carrier wave having a carrier wave frequency that is set within a range of frequencies detectable by a vehicle-mounted voice input instrument and is outside a voice band. A diagnostic electric signal is outputted to a voice output instrument. Demodulated data is generated by demodulating an input voice electric signal being a voice electric signal representing a voice detected by the voice input instrument based on a preselected diagnostic demodulation method. It is determines whether the demodulated data includes data that matches the diagnostic data.
1. An emergency report apparatus that is mounted in a vehicle to establish wireless data communication in an event of an emergency in the vehicle and enable an occupant of the vehicle to converse with an emergency report center, the vehicle including a voice input instrument and a voice output instrument,
the emergency report apparatus comprising:
a modulation section that
modulates preselected diagnostic data based on a preselected diagnostic modulation method by using a diagnostic carrier wave having a preselected carrier wave frequency that is within a range of frequencies detectable by the voice input instrument and is outside a voice band, and
outputs a diagnostic electric signal to the voice output instrument, the diagnostic electric signal being obtained by modulating the diagnostic data;
a demodulator that generates demodulated data by demodulating an input voice electric signal being a voice electric signal representing a voice detected by the voice input instrument based on a preselected diagnostic demodulation method; and
a diagnostic data determination section that determines whether the demodulated data generated by the demodulator includes data that matches the diagnostic data.
2. The emergency report apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of the voice output instruments that are mounted in the vehicle; and
a selector that selects one of the voice output instruments as an output destination of a voice electric signal representative of a voice received from the emergency report center.
3. An emergency report apparatus that is mounted in a vehicle to establish wireless data communication in an event of an emergency in the vehicle and enable an occupant of the vehicle to converse with an emergency report center, the vehicle including a voice input instrument and a voice output instrument,
the emergency report apparatus comprising:
a notification voice output instrument that outputs a voice electric signal to the voice output instrument while the emergency report apparatus is calling the emergency report center in order to enable the occupant to converse with the emergency report center, the voice electric signal representing a call notification voice adapted to notify the occupant that the emergency report center is being called; and
a notification voice determination section that determines whether the call notification voice is included in a voice detected by the voice input instrument or not, thereby determining whether the voice output instrument is nondefective or defective,
the notification voice determination section
determining that the voice output instrument is nondefective in response to determining that the call notification voice is included in the voice detected by the voice input instrument, whereas
determining that the voice output instrument is defective in response to determining that the call notification voice is not included in the voice detected by the voice input instrument.
4. The emergency report apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a plurality of the voice output instruments that are mounted in the vehicle; and
a selector that selects one of the voice output instruments as an output destination of a voice electric signal representative of a voice received from the emergency report center.
5. The emergency report apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a noise eliminator that eliminates a noise component from a voice detected by the voice input instrument.
6. The emergency report apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a plurality of the voice output instruments that are mounted in the vehicle; and
a selector that selects one of the voice output instruments as an output destination of a voice electric signal representative of a voice received from the emergency report center,
wherein:
the plurality of the voice output instruments include a first voice output instrument and a second output instrument different from the first voice output instrument; and
in response to that the notification voice determination section determines that the first voice output instrument is defective under a state where the first voice output instrument is selected as the output destination of the voice electric signal representative of the voice received from the emergency report center,
the selector changes the output destination from the first output instrument to the second output instrument.