JP2008252275A - Mobile terminal and emergency contact system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the convenience of a user by automatically registering an emergency contact address to a mobile terminal. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile terminal includes a communication part for automatically receiving emergency contact required information including the emergency contact address required for emergency contact, a storage part for storing the emergency contact required information, and a control part for storing the emergency contact required information in the storage part when the communication part receives the emergency contact required information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and an emergency contact system.

Patent Document 1 below discloses an emergency contact system related to a vehicle. This emergency contact system pre-registers emergency contacts related to vehicles such as hospitals and JAF (Japan Automobile Federation) (registered trademark) in mobile phones, and it is necessary to contact the emergency contacts. In this case, contact is made with an emergency contact by automatically dialing from a mobile phone.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-262125

However, the emergency contact system is a system in which the user is required to pre-register the emergency contact address by himself / herself, and is not easy to use. For example, when it is necessary to properly use a plurality of emergency contacts, it is necessary to pre-register a plurality of emergency contacts in the mobile phone, and this registration process is complicated.
Further, for example, when a vehicle has a failure or an accident, it is necessary to inform the emergency contact information of the location of the vehicle. Accurately communicating the location of the vehicle in an emergency is an extremely important matter as an emergency response. However, the emergency contact system does not take into account any information regarding the location of the vehicle to the emergency contact.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and an object thereof is to improve user convenience by automatically registering an emergency contact address.

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, as a first solution means for a mobile terminal,
A communication unit that automatically receives emergency contact information including emergency contact information required for emergency contact;
A storage unit for storing the emergency contact information;
When the communication unit receives the emergency contact necessity information, a control unit that stores the emergency contact necessity information in a storage unit is adopted.

In the present invention, as the second solving means relating to the portable terminal, in the first solving means,
When moving outside the area for receiving the emergency contact information, the control unit employs means for deleting the emergency contact necessary information in the storage unit.

In the present invention, as the third solving means relating to the portable terminal, in the first solving means,
When moving outside the emergency contact necessary information receiving area, the control unit adopts means for moving the emergency contact necessary information in the storage unit to a history storage area.

  In the present invention, as a fourth solving means relating to the mobile terminal, in any one of the first to third solving means, the emergency contact necessity information is information specific to a facility or equipment that transmits the emergency contact necessity information. The method of including is adopted.

  In the present invention, as a fifth solving means relating to the portable terminal, in any one of the first to fourth solving means, an operation unit for receiving an instruction to send an emergency contact included in the emergency contact necessity information; The means of having is adopted.

Further, in the present invention, as the first solving means related to the emergency contact system, any one of the first to fifth portable terminals,
The information providing side communication device that is provided in each of various facilities or equipment and that transmits the emergency contact necessity information preset in the facility or equipment to the portable terminal is adopted.

  In the present invention, as the second solving means related to the emergency contact system, in the first solving means, the information providing side communication device uses the abnormal situation of the facility or equipment as part of the emergency contact required information as the portable terminal. The method of transmitting to is adopted.

  According to the present invention, since the mobile terminal can automatically receive and automatically register the emergency contact information including the emergency contact information, the user does not need to pre-register the emergency contact address by himself / herself. Convenience is improved. In addition, because the emergency contact information received by the mobile device contains information specific to the facility or equipment, it is possible to transmit the correct current location to the emergency contact information in the event of an emergency in the vehicle. It becomes.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The present embodiment relates to a mobile phone that is one of mobile terminals and an emergency contact system including the mobile phone.
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of the emergency communication system, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the mobile phone B.

  The emergency contact system includes an information providing side communication device A, a mobile phone B, an object C, a public base station, a public network, and an emergency contact address. The information providing side communication device A is provided in each of the objects C such as various facilities and equipments, and performs short-distance communication with the mobile phone B, so that the emergency call necessary information set in advance on the target is transmitted to the mobile phone B. Send to. As shown in the display example of FIG. 6, the emergency contact information includes a telephone number indicating an emergency contact, a name and address (including location information by GPS) that is unique information of the object C, and an abnormal situation in the object C. It includes the presence / absence of occurrence and the contents of the abnormal situation. Then, the mobile phone B makes a call to the telephone number indicating the emergency contact via the public base station, and contacts the emergency contact.

  Examples of the object C include facilities such as various public facilities, buildings, large shopping malls, roads, and elevators and floors in various buildings. For example, in the case of a public facility, the emergency contact necessity information is transmitted to the mobile phone B that is installed at the entrance of the information providing side communication device A and possessed by a person passing through the entrance. On the other hand, in the case of an elevator, an information providing side communication device A is installed in the elevator, and emergency contact information is transmitted to the mobile phone B possessed by the user of the elevator.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone B includes a communication unit 1, a storage unit 2, an operation unit 3, a display unit 4, and a control unit 5.
The communication unit 1 includes an emergency contact communication unit 11 and a public communication unit 12 as shown in the figure. The emergency contact communication unit 11 performs near field communication with the information providing side communication device A under the control of the control unit 5. By doing so, the emergency contact necessity information is received and output to the control unit 5. The public communication unit 12 outputs a call signal to the public base station under the control of the control unit 5.
The storage unit 2 includes a temporary storage area 2a and a history storage area 2b as shown in the figure, and stores emergency contact necessary information input from the control section 5 in the temporary storage area 2a. The temporary storage area 2a is a storage area for temporarily storing emergency contact necessary information received by the emergency contact communication unit 11, while the history storage area 2b is a storage area for storing and holding emergency contact necessary information as a reception history. is there.

The operation unit 3 includes a numeric keypad and various function keys, and receives various operation instructions from the user and outputs them to the control unit 5. The operation unit 3 includes an emergency call key 3a as a function key corresponding to an emergency situation. The emergency call key 3a is for receiving a call instruction to the emergency contact included in the emergency contact necessity information. The user can perform a (one push) call operation by simply pressing the emergency call key.
The display unit 4 displays various information including the emergency contact necessity information under the control of the control unit 5.

  The control unit 5 includes an internal memory composed of a central processing unit (CPU), a read only memory (ROM), and a random access memory (RAM), the emergency communication unit 11, the public communication unit 12, the storage unit 2, and an operation unit. 3 and an interface circuit for inputting / outputting signals to / from the display unit 4 and the like, and controls the entire operation of the mobile phone B based on a control program stored in the ROM. Control relating to reception and storage of the emergency contact information is executed by the CPU as one process of the control program.

  Next, the operation of storing the emergency contact necessity information in the mobile phone B configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In addition, in the following description, the case where the elevator is made into the target object C is demonstrated as an example.

  First, when the mobile phone B is carried into the elevator where the information providing communication device A is installed and enters the reception area of the information providing communication device A, the emergency communication unit 11 of the mobile phone B A control signal transmitted from the providing communication device A is received (step S1), and a response signal to the reception of the control signal is transmitted to the information providing communication device A (step S2). When the information providing side communication device A receives the response signal, the information providing side communication device A transmits to the cellular phone B the emergency contact necessity information regarding the elevator. The emergency contact communication unit 11 of the mobile phone B receives the emergency contact necessary information and outputs it to the control unit 5. (Step S3). Under the instruction of the control unit 5 to which the emergency contact necessary information is input, the storage unit 2 stores the emergency contact necessary information in the temporary storage area 2a (step S4).

  Next, the operation of the mobile phone B to make a one-push call to the emergency contact will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In addition, also in the following description, the case where the elevator is made into the target object C is demonstrated.

  When an emergency occurs in the elevator and the emergency call key 3a is pressed by the user, a call instruction for pressing the emergency call key 3a is input from the operation unit to the control unit 5 (step S5), and the control unit 5 temporarily stores it. The emergency contact necessary information stored in the storage area 2a is read (step S6), and a call instruction for the emergency contact included in the read emergency contact necessary information is output to the public communication unit 12 (step S7). The public communication unit 12 to which the call instruction is input outputs a call signal to the public base station. And the control part 5 outputs the read emergency contact required information to the display part 4, and the display part 4 displays emergency contact required information (step S8).

  Next, an operation in which the cellular phone B moves the emergency contact necessity information from the temporary storage area 2a to the history storage area 2b will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In addition, also in the following description, the case where the elevator is made into the target object C is demonstrated.

  When the user carries the mobile phone B out of the elevator and moves it out of the reception area of the information providing communication device A, the emergency contact communication unit 11 cannot receive a control signal from the information providing communication device A A signal corresponding to the fact is output to the control unit 5. (Step S9). The control unit 5 to which the signal is input reads out the emergency contact necessity information in the temporary storage area 2a (step S10), and writes the read emergency contact necessity information in the history storage area 2b for storage (step S11). After the storage in the history storage area 2b is completed, the emergency contact necessary information stored in the temporary storage area 2a is deleted under the instruction of the control unit 5 (step S12).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the information providing side communication device A transmits the emergency contact necessary information to the mobile phone B carried in the reception area, and automatically registers it in the mobile phone B. Thus, it is possible to save time and effort for the user himself / herself to register the emergency contact information. In addition, since the specific information of the object C is included in the emergency contact information, it is possible to transmit accurate information about the current location to the emergency contact address.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, For example, the following modifications can be considered.
(1) Although the above embodiment relates to a mobile phone, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, by installing the function of the mobile phone B in a PHS (Personal Handy-phone System) terminal, it is possible to realize the same function as the above embodiment.

  (2) In the above embodiment, when the mobile phone B is moved out of the reception area of the information providing side communication device A, the emergency contact required information is moved from the temporary storage area 2a to the history storage area 2b. Is not limited to this. For example, it is possible to save the use of the storage unit 2 by deleting the emergency contact necessity information stored in the temporary storage area 2a without moving from the temporary storage area 2a to the history storage area 2b. Become.

  (3) In the above embodiment, the one-push call is made to the emergency contact included in the emergency contact required information by pressing the emergency call key 3a, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when there are a plurality of pieces of emergency contact information, pressing the emergency call key 3a causes the display unit 4 to display a plurality of pieces of emergency contact necessity information, and the emergency contact included in the emergency contact information selected by the user. It is also possible to make a call first.

It is a system configuration figure of an emergency contact system concerning this embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the mobile telephone B which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement which memorize | stores emergency contact required information in the mobile telephone B which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement which the mobile telephone B which concerns on this embodiment performs one push transmission to an emergency contact address. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement which the mobile telephone B which concerns on this embodiment moves emergency contact required information from the temporary storage area | region 2a to the log | history storage area 2b. It is an example of a display of the emergency contact required information in this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  A ... Information providing side communication device, B ... Mobile phone, C ... Object (facility or equipment), 1 ... Communication unit, 2 ... Storage unit, 2a ... Temporary storage area, 2b ... History storage area, 3 ... Operation unit, 3a ... emergency call key, 4 ... display unit, 5 ... control unit, 11 ... emergency communication unit, 12 ... public communication unit

Claims (7)

A communication unit that automatically receives emergency contact information including emergency contact information required for emergency contact;
A storage unit for storing the emergency contact information;
When the said communication part receives the said emergency contact required information, it comprises the control part which memorize | stores the said emergency contact required information in a memory | storage part.   The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control unit erases the emergency contact necessary information in the storage unit when the control unit moves out of the emergency contact necessary information reception area.   2. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein when moving outside the area for receiving emergency contact information, the control unit moves the emergency contact required information in the storage unit to a history storage area.   The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the emergency contact necessity information includes information specific to a facility or equipment that transmits the emergency contact necessity information.   The portable terminal according to claim 1, further comprising an operation unit that receives an instruction to send an emergency contact included in the emergency contact information. A portable terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 5;
An emergency contact system comprising: an information providing side communication device that is provided in each of various facilities or equipment, and that transmits the emergency contact necessity information preset in the facility or equipment to the mobile terminal. The emergency communication system according to claim 6, wherein the information providing side communication device transmits an abnormal situation of a facility or equipment to the portable terminal as a part of emergency contact necessary information.

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