Selected aspects of the eCall emergency notification system

Tomasz Kamiński; Gabriel Nowacki; Izabella Mitraszewska; Michał Niezgoda; Mikołaj Kruszewski; Ewa Kamińska; Przemysław Filipek

doi:10.2478/v10174-011-0033-6

Authors

Tomasz Kamiński Motor Transport Institute, Transport Management and Telematics Centre, 80 Jagiellonska Str., 03-301 Warsaw Author
Gabriel Nowacki Motor Transport Institute, Transport Management and Telematics Centre, 80 Jagiellonska Str., 03-301 Warsaw Author
Izabella Mitraszewska Motor Transport Institute, Transport Management and Telematics Centre, 80 Jagiellonska Str., 03-301 Warsaw Author
Michał Niezgoda Motor Transport Institute, Transport Management and Telematics Centre, 80 Jagiellonska Str., 03-301 Warsaw Author
Mikołaj Kruszewski Motor Transport Institute, Transport Management and Telematics Centre, 80 Jagiellonska Str., 03-301 Warsaw Author
Ewa Kamińska Motor Transport Institute, Transport Management and Telematics Centre, 80 Jagiellonska Str., 03-301 Warsaw Author
Przemysław Filipek Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2478/v10174-011-0033-6

Keywords:

emergency notification, system eCall, 112, road collision, road rescue services

Abstract

The artic1e describes problems associated with the road collision detection for the purpose of the automatic emergency cali. At the moment collision is detected, the eCall device installed in the vehic1e will automatically make contact with Emergency Notification Centre and send the set of essential information on the vehic1e and the place of the accident. To activate the alarm, the information about the deployment of the airbag s will not be used, because connection of the eCall device might interfere with the vehic1e's safety systems. It is necessary to develop a method enabling detection of the road collision, similar to the one used in airbag systems, and based on the signals available from the acceleration sensors.

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