KR20080042438A - Apparatus and method for emergence alert in portable communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for warning a disaster in a mobile communication system are provided to enable a portable terminal to access a disaster relief server and receive disaster measures in a region, where the portable terminal is positioned, from the disaster relief server, thereby enabling users in an emergency to escape from the disaster quickly. A method for warning a disaster in a mobile communication system comprises the following steps of: allowing a portable terminal(201) and a disaster relief server(203) to communicate with each other(205); allowing the portable terminal to acquire the location of the portable terminal(207); allowing the portable terminal to transmit the location of the portable terminal to the disaster relief server(209); allowing the disaster relief server to acquire disaster measures corresponding to the received location information(211); and allowing the disaster relief server to transmit the acquired disaster measures to the portable terminal(213).

Description

Disaster warning device and method in mobile communication system {APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMERGENCE ALERT IN PORTABLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM}

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a mobile communication system for providing a disaster response plan according to the present invention;

2 is a diagram illustrating a process for identifying a disaster countermeasure in a mobile communication system according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a portable terminal receiving a disaster countermeasure from a disaster rescue server according to an embodiment of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a disaster response plan from a disaster rescue server to a portable terminal according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The present invention relates to an emergency rescue function of a portable terminal, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for quickly responding to an emergency when an emergency occurs in a user of the portable terminal.

Recently, portable terminals are indispensable for modern people, regardless of age or gender, and service providers and terminal manufacturers are competitively developing products (or services) to differentiate themselves from other companies.

For example, the portable terminal may include a phone book, a game, a short message, an e-mail, a morning call, an MP 3 layer, a digital camera, Provide emergency rescue functions.

The emergency rescue function enables a quick rescue by identifying the location of the user when the user of the portable terminal is in an emergency situation.

The above method of checking the location can quickly rescue a user in an emergency situation but has a problem in that a user in an emergency situation does not provide a method to cope with the current situation.

In addition, the portable terminal may receive a disaster message in the form of a short message to prevent a user from being in an emergency situation in advance, but the above method may also be applied to a user in an emergency situation. It does not provide a way to cope.

Accordingly, there is a need for an apparatus and method for providing a countermeasure that can reduce the damage of a user when the user of the portable terminal is in an emergency situation.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for providing a disaster countermeasure in an area where an emergency situation occurs in a mobile communication system.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for requesting a disaster countermeasure at a location where an emergency situation occurs in a portable terminal.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and method for providing a disaster countermeasure corresponding to the location of a portable terminal in a disaster relief server.

According to a first aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a mobile communication system for providing a disaster countermeasure is connected to a disaster relief server and receiving a disaster countermeasure corresponding to the location of the portable terminal; And the disaster relief server searching for the disaster countermeasure corresponding to the location information received from the portable terminal and transmitting the disaster countermeasure to the portable terminal.

According to a second aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, a method for providing a disaster countermeasure in a mobile communication system requests a disaster countermeasure from a portable terminal to a disaster rescue server using location information of the portable terminal. And searching for the disaster countermeasure corresponding to the location information received from the portable terminal by the disaster relief server and transmitting the disaster countermeasure to the portable terminal.

According to a third aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object, a method for requesting a disaster response plan from a portable terminal device to a disaster relief server includes the steps of measuring the location of the portable terminal, and using the disaster rescue server to And requesting a disaster countermeasure corresponding to a location, and receiving the disaster countermeasure from the disaster relief server.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention for achieving the above objects, a method for providing a disaster countermeasure from a disaster relief server to a portable terminal includes a disaster corresponding to the position of the portable terminal when receiving location information from the portable terminal. And obtaining a countermeasure and transmitting the acquired disaster countermeasure to the portable terminal.

Hereinafter, the operating principle of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or configurations will be omitted if it is determined that the detailed description of the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. Terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may be changed according to intentions or customs of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

The following description relates to an apparatus and method for receiving an emergency response method when an emergency occurs in a mobile communication system. After transmitting the location to receive a disaster response plan to a disaster relief server when the emergency occurs, the disaster A portable terminal receiving disaster response information from a rescue server, and an apparatus and method of a disaster rescue server providing an emergency response plan to the portable terminal when an emergency occurs in an area where the portable terminal is located will be described.

1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile communication system that provides an emergency response plan according to the present invention. Herein, the portable terminal may be a cellular phone, a personal communication system (PCS), a personal data assistant (PDA), an international mobile telecommunication-2000 (IMT-2000), a fourth generation. It is meant to include all mobile communication terminals such as a broadband system, the following description will be described with a general configuration.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile communication system may include a portable terminal 100 and a disaster relief server 120.

Here, the portable terminal 100 may be configured to include a control unit 102, a memory unit 104, a satellite signal receiving module 106, an input unit 108, a display unit 110 and a communication unit 112. .

The controller (MPU: Micro-Processer Unit) 102 controls the overall operation of the portable terminal 100. For example, when an event occurs to perform processing and control for voice call and data communication, and to connect to the disaster relief server 120 according to the present invention in addition to the usual functions, the satellite signal receiving module 106 Measure the location of the portable terminal 100 using the information received through the control, and transmits the location information of the measured portable terminal 100 to the disaster relief server 120 through the communication unit 112 do.

In addition, when the controller 102 of the portable terminal 100 receives a disaster countermeasure from the disaster rescue server 120, the controller 102 outputs the received disaster countermeasure to the display 110.

The memory unit 104 includes a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), and a flash ROM. The ROM stores microcode and various reference data of a program for processing and controlling the control unit 102.

The RAM is a working memory of the controller 102, and stores temporary data generated while executing various programs. In addition, the flash ROM stores various updatable storage data such as a phone book, an outgoing message, and an incoming message.

The satellite signal receiving module 106 is a satellite navigation device that receives satellite signals for calculating the position of the portable terminal 100.

The input unit 108 includes 0 to 9 numeric key buttons, a menu button (menu), a cancel button (clear), an OK button, a call button (TALK), an end button (END), an internet access button, a navigation key ( Or a plurality of function keys, such as direction keys) and text input keys, and provides the control unit 102 with key input data (eg, a request for access to a disaster relief server) corresponding to a key pressed by the user.

The display unit 110 displays status information generated during the operation of the portable terminal 100, a limited number of characters, a large amount of video and still images, and the like. The display unit 110 may use a color liquid crystal display (LCD).

The communication unit 112 performs a function of transmitting and receiving a radio signal of data input and output through an antenna (not shown). For example, in the case of transmission, after performing channel coding and spreading on the data to be transmitted, RF processing is performed to transmit the data. In the case of reception, the received RF signal is converted into a baseband signal. The baseband signal is de-spreaded and channel decoded to restore data.

The disaster relief server 120 may include a server controller 124, a communication unit 122, and a disaster countermeasure database 126.

The server controller 124 controls the overall operation of the disaster relief server 120. For example, when a disaster situation occurs, each of the portable terminal 100 transmits a disaster broadcast in the form of a short message, and after connecting with the portable terminal 100 in accordance with the present invention in addition to the normal function, the portable After the location information of the terminal 100 is received, a disaster countermeasure corresponding to the received location is searched for and transmitted to the portable terminal 100.

The communication unit 122 receives a connection request from the portable terminal 100 and location information of the portable terminal 100, and measures the disaster countermeasure obtained by the server controller 124 in the portable terminal 100. To send).

The disaster countermeasure database 100 of the disaster relief server 120 stores a disaster countermeasure including a location information and a detour road information according to a region.

2 is a diagram illustrating a process of identifying a disaster countermeasure in a mobile communication system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile communication system may include a portable terminal 201 and a disaster relief server 203, and the portable terminal 201 and the disaster relief server 203 communicate with each other. (205) Assume that it is.

The mobile terminal 201 communicates with the disaster relief server 203, acquires the location of the portable terminal 201 (207), and then transmits (209) the disaster rescue server 203 to the disaster rescue server 203. Here, the position of the portable terminal 201 may be measured by checking the received satellite signal after receiving the satellite signal.

The disaster relief server 203 receiving the location information from the portable terminal 201 obtains a disaster countermeasure corresponding to the received location information (211). Here, the disaster countermeasure may be obtained by searching the disaster countermeasure database of the disaster relief server 203.

Thereafter, the disaster relief server 203 transmits the obtained disaster countermeasures to the portable terminal.

In FIG. 2, a process for identifying a disaster countermeasure in the mobile communication system has been briefly described. Hereinafter, a portable terminal 201 and a disaster structure performed to identify the disaster countermeasure in reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 will be described. The process of the server 203 will be described in detail.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving an emergency response plan from a disaster rescue server in a portable terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the controller 102 first checks in step 301 whether a request for access to the disaster relief server 120 by a user occurs. For example, when receiving a message (disaster alert message) indicating that a fire occurs in an area adjacent to where the portable terminal 100 is located, the disaster rescue server 120, the disaster rescue according to the user's selection The server 120 may be connected.

If the request does not occur, the controller 102 proceeds to step 313 to perform a corresponding function (eg, standby mode).

On the other hand, when the request occurs, the control unit 100 proceeds to step 303 to perform a connection with the disaster relief server 120. In this case, the connection with the disaster relief server 120 may be accessed through a user authentication process.

After that, the controller 102 proceeds to step 305 to calculate the location of the portable terminal 100, and then proceeds to step 307 to calculate the location information of the calculated mobile terminal 100 on the disaster relief server 120. To send.

Herein, the location of the portable terminal 100 is transmitted from the disaster relief server 120 to receive an emergency situation countermeasure in an area where the portable terminal 100 is located or an adjacent area of the portable terminal 100. As the location information, the portable terminal 100 may use the satellite signal as the location information.

After that, the controller 102 proceeds to step 309 to receive a disaster countermeasure from the disaster rescue server 120, and then proceeds to step 311 to display the received disaster countermeasures on the display unit of the portable terminal 100. Output to 110).

Here, the disaster countermeasure is a scheme for the user of the portable terminal 100 to evacuate quickly in an emergency situation in the region where the portable terminal 100 is located and the map information of the region where the portable terminal 100 is located. It may include a detour road information that can leave the area where the emergency occurred.

For example, an area where an emergency rescue situation occurs is displayed on a map of a certain distance centered on an area where the portable terminal 100 is located, and information of a detour road for exiting the area is displayed (for example, a fire at 2 km ahead). You can enter the Banpo Bridge by turning right in front of 500m !!).

In addition, the map information of the disaster countermeasure may be able to quickly evacuate at the shortest distance by receiving a satellite signal or using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) information.

Thereafter, the controller 102 ends the present algorithm.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing a disaster response plan from a disaster relief server to a portable terminal according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the controller 124 of the disaster relief server 120 first checks whether an access request is received from the portable terminal 100 in step 401. If the access request is not received from the portable terminal 100, the controller 124 proceeds to step 411 to perform a corresponding function (eg, standby mode).

On the other hand, when receiving the access request, the controller 124 proceeds to step 403 to connect with the portable terminal 100 that has transmitted the request, and then proceeds to step 405 to the mobile terminal 100 from the portable terminal 100. Receive the location information to check the location of the portable terminal 100.

Here, the location information of the portable terminal 100 is information of a region in which the portable terminal 100 is located and received information for measuring the location of the portable terminal 100 (e.g., satellite signal information, of the portable terminal). Location information, etc.).

In operation 407, the controller 124 searches for the disaster response database 126 of the disaster relief server 120 to include map information and detour road information of the region where the portable terminal 100 is located. Acquire disaster response measures.

For example, when the portable terminal 100 receives location information indicating that the portable terminal 100 is located near the Seongsu Bridge access road in a state where a fire has occurred due to a vehicle accident among the Seongsu Bridge, the server controller 124 is near the Seongsu Bridge access road. Along with the map information, the detour road information using the other bridge is obtained.

Thereafter, the controller 124 of the disaster relief server proceeds to step 409 and transmits the disaster countermeasure obtained in step 407 to the portable terminal 100, and ends the present algorithm.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, by accessing the disaster relief server from the portable terminal according to the present invention, the disaster relief server is provided with a disaster countermeasure in the area where the portable terminal is located, so that the user can be quickly evacuated to an emergency situation. do.

Claims (12)

In the mobile communication system for providing a disaster response plan, A portable terminal connected with a disaster relief server to receive a disaster countermeasure corresponding to the location of the portable terminal; And the disaster relief server searching for the disaster countermeasure corresponding to the location information received from the portable terminal and transmitting the disaster countermeasure to the portable terminal. The method of claim 1, The portable terminal, A satellite signal receiving module for receiving information for measuring the position of the portable terminal; A communication unit for transmitting the measured location information to the disaster relief server and receiving a disaster countermeasure from the disaster rescue server; It includes a control unit for measuring the location of the portable terminal and transmits to the disaster relief server, and outputs the disaster response measures when receiving the disaster response measures provided by the disaster relief server through the communication unit; Characterized in a mobile communication system. The method of claim 2, The location of the portable terminal, A mobile communication system, characterized in that for receiving and measuring satellite signals. The method of claim 1, The disaster relief server, A communication unit for transmitting the location information of the portable terminal and a disaster countermeasure corresponding to the location information to the portable terminal; Disaster measures database including disaster measures plan including map information, And a server controller for processing the disaster countermeasure database to obtain a disaster countermeasure corresponding to the location of the portable terminal when receiving location information from the portable terminal. The method of claim 1, The disaster countermeasures above, And at least one of map information, detour road information, and time required information to a destination of the region where the portable terminal is located. In the method for providing a disaster countermeasure in a mobile communication system, Requesting a disaster response plan from a portable terminal using a location information of the portable terminal to a disaster relief server; And searching for the disaster countermeasure corresponding to the location information received from the portable terminal by the disaster relief server and transmitting the disaster countermeasure to the portable terminal. The method of claim 6, The disaster countermeasures above, And at least one of map information, detour road information, and time required information to a destination of the region where the portable terminal is located. A method for requesting a disaster response plan from a portable terminal to a disaster rescue server, Checking the location of the portable terminal and transmitting the checked location information to a disaster relief server to request a disaster countermeasure corresponding to the location of the portable terminal; Receiving the disaster countermeasure from the disaster relief server. The method of claim 8, The disaster countermeasures above, And at least one of map information, detour road information, and time required information to a destination of the region where the portable terminal is located. The method of claim 8, The location of the portable terminal can be confirmed by receiving a satellite signal. In the method for providing a disaster countermeasure from a disaster relief server to a portable terminal, When receiving location information from the portable terminal, obtaining a disaster countermeasure corresponding to the location of the portable terminal; And transmitting the obtained disaster response plan to the portable terminal. The method of claim 11, The disaster countermeasures above, And at least one of map information, detour road information, and time required information to a destination of the region where the portable terminal is located.

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