JP2000295653A - Method for transmitting position data for mobile communication terminal and report system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce a time for a mobile communication terminal with a speech function from making an incoming call to a report center and transmitting position data of the terminal until a speech of the terminal is transferred to the center. SOLUTION: An on-vehicle unit 1 is provided with a position detector 4, various sensors 5, a controller 6, a modem 7, and a PHS (registered trademark) terminal 8, and connected to a line 3. An emergency center 2 is provided with a server 10 and a telephone set 11, and connected to the line 3 via a terminal adapter 9. The on-vehicle unit 1 transmits longitude data and latitude data detected by a position detector 4 as a sub address of a telephone number of the telephone set 11 of the emergency center 2. The terminal adapter 9 of the emergency center 2 reaches an incoming call from the on-vehicle unit 1 to the server 10, sends the sub address thereto and transfers the call from the on-vehicle unit 1 to the telephone set 11 immediately by using an extension transfer function.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and a system for transmitting position data of a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly to a method of transmitting position data of a mobile communication terminal suitable for transmitting position data of a vehicle-mounted device in a vehicle emergency notification system. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a traffic accident or the like, the time from the occurrence of the accident until the first treatment is closely related to the survival rate of the injured person. Therefore, a vehicle emergency notification system as shown in FIG. 3 has been proposed. In this system, when an accident such as a vehicle collision occurs, an emergency notification device mounted on the accident vehicle automatically reports vehicle emergency information such as position data of the accident vehicle to the emergency center via a public mobile telephone network. The Emergency Center, which was notified of vehicle emergency information, made a call with the passenger of the accident vehicle, and then reported the location of the accident vehicle and the status of the accident to emergency notification destinations such as police and fire departments via a public telephone network. I do. Then, the emergency report destination that has received the report causes the emergency vehicle to rush to the accident site using a dedicated radio or the like. This system makes it possible to arrange an emergency vehicle even when a traffic accident occurs in a place with little traffic or at night and the passenger of the accident vehicle cannot contact the emergency report destination.

[0003] A communication procedure between an emergency notification device (hereinafter referred to as an on-vehicle device) mounted on a vehicle subscribed to such a vehicle emergency notification system and an emergency center will be described below.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an on-vehicle device and an emergency center. In-vehicle device 21 uses GPS (Global Positio
ning System) and position detection device 2 using gyro, etc.
4, various sensors 25 such as collision position sensor and rollover sensor,
A control device 26, a modem 27, and a mobile phone device 28 are provided, and are connected to the line 23. The emergency center 22 is provided with a server 30 and a telephone 31, and is connected to a line 23 via a modem 29.

When an accident is detected by the various sensors 25 of the vehicle-mounted device 21, the control device 26 automatically sends an emergency call to the emergency center 22. FIG. 5 shows a communication procedure between the on-board unit 21 and the emergency center 22. First, as shown in step S11,
A negotiation is performed between the modem 27 of the onboard unit 21 and the modem 29 of the emergency center 22. Next, as shown in step S12, the position data detected by the position detection device 24 of the on-vehicle device 21 and the on-vehicle device ID held by the control device 26 are stored in the modem 2.
7, server 3 via mobile phone 28, line 23, modem 29
Send to 0. When the data transmission is completed, step S1
As shown in FIG. 3, the vehicle-mounted device 21 automatically switches the signal to be transmitted from data to voice. Then, as shown in step S14, a call is made between the mobile phone device 28 and the telephone 31 of the emergency center 22.

[0006]

In the conventional system described above, negotiation between modems takes about 15 seconds.
It took about 5 seconds to switch from data to voice, for a total of about 20 seconds. For this reason, after talking with the passenger of the accident vehicle and grasping the situation of the accident as soon as possible, it is desired to notify the emergency call destination, but the time until the start of the call is long.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the time from when a mobile communication terminal having a call function arrives at a reporting center and transmits position data until switching to a call is set. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and a system for transmitting position data of a mobile communication terminal which can reduce the time.

[0008]

According to the present invention, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, when transmitting position data of a mobile communication terminal having a telephone call function, the position data is transmitted as a subaddress of a telephone number of a destination. Configuration. With this configuration, it is possible to transmit the position data at the same time as the incoming call arrives at the communication partner.

Further, in a report system comprising a mobile communication terminal having position data detecting means and communication means having a call function, and a report center comprising a server and a telephone and connected to the mobile communication terminal by a communication line. The mobile communication terminal transmits the position data detected by the position data detecting means as a sub-address of the telephone number of the reporting center. With this configuration, the server can acquire the position data at the same time that the mobile communication terminal arrives at the reporting center, and can immediately talk to the telephone.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention according to claim 1 of the present invention provides a mobile communication system for transmitting position data as a subaddress of a destination telephone number when transmitting position information of a mobile communication terminal having a call function. This is a terminal location data transmission method, and has an effect that location data of a mobile communication terminal is transmitted at the same time as a telephone number as a subaddress of a destination telephone number.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the position data is a method of transmitting position data of a mobile communication terminal comprising longitude data and latitude data. The data and the latitude data are transmitted at the same time as the telephone number as a subaddress of the telephone number of the communication partner.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal having position data detecting means and communication means having a call function, a server and a telephone, and the mobile communication terminal is connected to the mobile communication terminal by a communication line. In a reporting system comprising a connected reporting center, the mobile communication terminal is a reporting system for transmitting the location data detected by the location data detecting means as a sub-address of a telephone number of the reporting center. Is transmitted at the same time as the telephone number as a subaddress of the telephone number of the emergency center, is acquired at the same time as the incoming call at the server of the emergency center, and has an effect that the telephone with the telephone can be immediately made.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect, the server and the telephone are connected to the communication line via a terminal adapter, and the sub-address is sent to the server. Further, a notification system for transferring a call from the mobile communication terminal to the telephone, wherein a subaddress transmitted from the mobile communication terminal is transmitted to a server via a terminal adapter, and a call from the mobile communication terminal is transmitted to the telephone. It has the effect of

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the server of the notification center includes:
A notification system for specifying the mobile communication terminal by a caller number transmitted by the mobile communication terminal together with the telephone number, and has an effect that a mobile communication terminal is specified at a notification center by a caller number of the mobile communication terminal. .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an in-vehicle device and an emergency center device in an emergency notification system to which the present invention is applied. The on-vehicle device 1 includes a position detection device 4 using a GPS or a gyro, various sensors 5 such as a collision position sensor and a rollover sensor, a control device 6, a modem 7, and a PHS (Pe).
rsonal Handyphone System) device 8 and is connected to the line 3. The emergency center 2 has a server 10
And a telephone 11 are provided.
And is connected to the line 3 via. Although only one terminal adapter 9, one server 10, and one telephone 11 are shown here for convenience of explanation, it goes without saying that a large number are actually provided.

The position detecting device 4 of the on-vehicle device 1 records own vehicle position data such as GPS and gyro as data for vehicle position detection. Various sensors 5 such as a collision position sensor and a rollover sensor detect what kind of accident has occurred.
The control device 6 controls the vehicle-mounted device 1 as a whole. The modem 7 performs data communication and the like between the PHS device 8 and the terminal adapter 9 of the emergency center 2 via the line 3. The PHS device 8 performs voice communication with the terminal adapter 9 of the emergency center 2 via the line 3. The terminal adapter 9 of the emergency setter 2 is connected to the vehicle-mounted device 1 via the line 3.
And data communication and the like with the PHS device 8. Also, data is exchanged with the server 10 and voice is exchanged with the telephone 11. The server 10 is connected to the in-vehicle device 1 via the terminal adapter 9 and the line 3 and can receive emergency report data sent from the in-vehicle device 1. Further, the server 10 manages a database of various data (eg, on-board device ID, subscriber name, etc.) relating to a subscriber of the emergency call system and map data of the whole country. The telephone 11 is connected to the in-vehicle device 1 via the terminal adapter 9 and the line 3 and can communicate with the PHS device 8.

In the emergency call system configured as described above, when an accident is detected by the various sensors 5, the control unit 6 automatically sends an emergency call to the emergency center 2. FIG. 2 shows a communication procedure between the in-vehicle device 1 and the emergency center 2 at this time.

First, as shown in step S1, the vehicle-mounted device 1 transmits position data as a subaddress of the telephone number of the telephone 11 of the emergency center 2. That is, the control device 6 instructs the PHS device 8 via the modem 7 to make a call to the telephone 11 of the emergency center 2, and transmits the longitude data and the latitude data detected by the position detection device 4 via the modem 7. To the PHS device 8. When making a call to the telephone 11 of the emergency center 2, the PHS device 8
The telephone number of the telephone set 11 is followed by longitude data and latitude data and transmitted.

In the PHS system, a subaddress of a maximum of 20 digits can be added after the telephone number. Therefore, if the longitude is limited to the east longitude and the latitude is limited to the north latitude, 10 digits are assigned to each of the xxx degrees. yyy
Minute zz. Position data can be transmitted with accuracy up to 1/1000 second as zzz seconds. Further, when making a call to the telephone 11 of the emergency center 2, the PHS device 8 adds its own telephone number as a caller number (hereinafter referred to as a calling ID).
That is, the PHS device 8 transmits the calling ID + the telephone number of the emergency center + longitude and latitude data to the emergency center.

The signal transmitted by the PHS device 8 is received by the terminal adapter of the emergency center 2 via the line 3. The terminal adapter 9 causes the server 10 to receive the call, as shown in step S2. Then, the source ID and the longitude and latitude data are sent to the server 10.

The server 10, as shown in step S3,
The source ID and longitude and latitude data are taken in. Then, the database is searched using the calling ID, and the in-vehicle device 1 is specified. In addition, the database is searched using the longitude and latitude data, the position of the in-vehicle device 1 is specified, and displayed on a display (not shown). .

Next, as shown in step S4, the call from the PHS device 8 is transferred to the telephone set 11 using the extension transfer function of the terminal adapter 9. Thereby, the operator of the emergency center 2 and the passenger of the vehicle-mounted device 1 can communicate with each other.

The operator of the emergency center 2 communicates with the occupant of the vehicle-mounted device 1, listens to the situation of the accident and the presence or absence of an injured person, and notifies the emergency notification destination in charge.

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, since the longitude and latitude data are transmitted as the sub-address of the telephone number to the emergency center, the negotiation and the data / voice between the modems which are indispensable in the prior art are performed. No switching is required. For this reason, the emergency center 2 can acquire the position data almost at the same time as the incoming call and start the telephone call. As a result, it is possible to more quickly grasp the accident situation, and it is possible to reduce the time from the occurrence of the accident to contacting the emergency report destination.

In the above description, the mobile communication terminal is a vehicle-mounted device of an accident vehicle. However, the present invention can be applied to a case where the mobile communication terminal is a vehicle-mounted device of a normal vehicle. For example, when rescuing a problem that is not an accident such as running out of fuel or failure of the vehicle, or reporting a service request report from a vehicle requesting a normal service such as route guidance to a road service organization or other service center, etc. Can obtain the same effect. In addition, in response to a report from a pedestrian using a portable notification device having a built-in position detection device using a GPS or the like, a notification center that controls the position of the pedestrian is reported to a notification center, similarly to the case of a vehicle. It is possible to search for and provide relief and other services.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, when transmitting the position data of the mobile communication terminal having the call function, the position data is transmitted as the sub-address of the telephone number of the other party. The effect is obtained that the position data can be transmitted simultaneously with the arrival of the call.

A reporting system comprising a mobile communication terminal having position data detecting means and communication means having a telephone call function, and a reporting center comprising a server and a telephone and connected to the mobile communication terminal by a communication line. , The mobile communication terminal transmits the position data detected by the position data detection means as a subaddress of the telephone number of the notification center, so that the server acquires the position data at the same time that the mobile communication terminal arrives at the notification center. However, an effect is obtained that a telephone call can be immediately made with the telephone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of an in-vehicle device and an emergency center device in an emergency notification system to which the present invention is applied;

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a communication procedure between an in-vehicle device and an emergency center device in an emergency notification system to which the present invention is applied;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an image of a conventional vehicle emergency notification system;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a basic configuration of a vehicle-mounted device and an emergency center in a conventional vehicle emergency notification system;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a communication procedure between a conventional vehicle-mounted device and an emergency center.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Onboard equipment 2 Emergency center 3 Line 4 Position detection device 5 Various sensors 6 Control device 7 Modem 8 PHS device 9 Terminal adapter 10 Server 11 Telephone

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A position data transmission method for a mobile communication terminal, comprising: transmitting position data as a subaddress of a telephone number of a destination when transmitting position data of a mobile communication terminal having a call function. 2. The position data transmission method for a mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said position data comprises longitude data and latitude data. 3. A reporting system comprising: a mobile communication terminal having position data detecting means and communication means having a call function; and a reporting center comprising a server and a telephone and connected to the mobile communication terminal by a communication line. , Wherein the mobile communication terminal transmits the position data detected by the position data detecting means as a subaddress of a telephone number of the notification center. 4. The server and the telephone set are connected to the communication line via a terminal adapter, send the subaddress to the server, and transfer a call from the mobile communication terminal to the telephone set. The notification system according to claim 3, which performs the notification. 5. The notification system according to claim 3, wherein the server of the notification center specifies the mobile communication terminal by a caller number transmitted by the mobile communication terminal together with the telephone number.