JP2000307460A - Portable communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely give notice of emergency in such a case even if it is difficult for a user to give the notice and to accurately inform a reliever of the place where emergency occurs in such a case without reporting the place by the user. SOLUTION: The portable communication terminal always picks up a ambient voice by a microphone 10 and analyzes whether or not an emergency voice is included by a voice analysis part 11. When the emergency voice is detected through the analysis, an automatic dial part 12 is actuated to enter an emergency notifying process. When emergency notice is given, current position information calculated by a GPS reception part 16 is added to a message for emergency notice and sent to an emergency notification destination.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable communication terminal having an emergency call function for calling a pre-registered emergency call destination. The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal capable of surely making an emergency call and notifying an emergency call destination (rescue person) without a user himself / herself notifying a place of occurrence.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an emergency of this type of portable communication terminal, when an emergency occurs, the user himself / herself dials an emergency notification destination (rescue person) to make a notification.

However, usually, when an emergency occurs, the user of the terminal may be injured or the like, and it may be difficult to make an emergency call on his / her own, although a report is required.

[0004] In such a case, conventionally, an emergency call is delayed, or in the worst case, there is a situation in which no emergency call can be made at all, and it takes much time for the rescuer to deal with the situation. However, there was a possibility that the situation could not be met in time.

[0005] When the user encounters an emergency in this way, there is not enough room to convey the location (location information) where the emergency occurred in words, or depending on the situation of the emergency, It is possible that the user cannot speak.

[0006] Therefore, in the above-described method of making an emergency call by the user himself, it is difficult to accurately inform the emergency call destination (rescue person) of the location (location information) where the emergency has occurred. (Rescuer) needs a great deal of time to deal with the situation, and there is a possibility that the situation may not be met in time.

[0007]

As described above, in the case of a conventional portable communication terminal, when an emergency occurs, the user of the terminal may be injured due to an injury or the like, despite the need for a report. If it is difficult to make an emergency call, the emergency call may be delayed, or in the worst case, a situation may occur where no emergency call can be made at all, and the time required for the rescuer to respond to the situation And there was a risk that the situation could not be met in time.

Further, when a user encounters an emergency, there is no room to convey the location (location information) where the emergency occurred in words, or the user speaks depending on the situation of the emergency. Difficulties, and consequently it is difficult to tell the rescuer where the emergency has occurred, which significantly increases the time it takes for the rescuer to deal with the situation, and There was a risk of disappearing.

In view of the above, the present invention solves the above-mentioned inconveniences, and when an emergency occurs, even if it is difficult for the user to make a report, it is possible to make an emergency report without fail, and the user himself / herself can make a report. It is possible to notify an emergency report destination (rescue person) of an accurate location without reporting a location (location information) where an emergency has occurred.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a specific condition recognizing means for recognizing a specific condition generated when the terminal is used, and a specific condition recognizing means for recognizing the specific condition. Automatic transmission control means for automatically transmitting a call to a pre-registered destination, and adding a message notifying that the specific condition has been recognized to the destination after connecting to the destination by the automatic transmission. Information transmission means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the specific condition recognizing means collects the surrounding voice of the terminal itself, and the surrounding voice is an emergency voice accompanying the occurrence of an emergency. 2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, comprising an emergency voice recognition means for recognizing the presence.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the specific condition recognizing means is constituted by an impact recognizing means for recognizing the occurrence of an impact based on the output of the impact sensor.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, there is further provided a position information holding means for recognizing a position of the own terminal and holding position information indicating the position, wherein the additional information transmitting means is provided. Is characterized by adding the position information held by the position information holding means to a message notifying that the specific condition has been recognized, and transmitting the message.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the position information holding means for recognizing the position of the terminal itself and holding the position information indicating the position, and the position information holding means based on the emergency call instruction. An emergency notification message generating means for generating an emergency notification message by adding location information to a pre-registered response message; and transmitting a call to a pre-registered destination by the emergency call instruction, and connecting to the destination. And an emergency notification message transmitting means for transmitting the generated emergency notification message.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an emergency call instruction means for instructing a user to start an emergency call, and the emergency call instruction is issued in response to the start instruction of the instruction means. It is characterized by outputting.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a specific condition recognizing means for recognizing a specific condition generated when the terminal is used, and the emergency condition is recognized by recognizing the specific condition. A transmission instruction is output.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect of the present invention, the specific condition recognizing means collects the surrounding voice of the terminal itself, and the surrounding voice is an emergency voice accompanying an emergency. It is characterized by comprising urgent voice recognition means for recognizing that there is.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the fifth aspect of the invention, the specific condition recognizing means is constituted by an impact recognizing means for recognizing the occurrence of an impact based on the output of the impact sensor.

The invention according to claim 10 is a specific condition recognizing means for recognizing a specific condition generated when the terminal is used, and a position information holding means for recognizing a position of the terminal and storing position information indicating the position. And automatic transmission control means for automatically transmitting a call to a pre-registered call destination by recognizing the specific condition; and, after connecting to the call destination by the automatic call, registering the call destination in advance. Emergency message transmitting means for transmitting the emergency message by adding the position information held by the position information holding means to the response message.

[0020] In the invention of claim 11, in the invention of claim 10, the specific condition recognizing means collects surrounding sounds of the terminal itself, and the surrounding sounds are emergency sounds accompanying the occurrence of an emergency. It is characterized by comprising urgent voice recognition means for recognizing that there is.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the tenth aspect, the specific condition recognizing means is constituted by an impact recognizing means for recognizing the occurrence of an impact based on the output of the impact sensor.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a portable communication terminal according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, this portable communication terminal includes an antenna 1 for receiving a radio signal from a base station (not shown), a receiving process for a signal received via the antenna 1, And a signal processing unit 3 for processing a signal transmitted and received via the wireless transmission / reception unit 2.
And a microphone 4 and a speaker 5 for a call, and a sound signal from the microphone 4 for a call is converted into an electric signal, and an electric signal from the signal processing unit 3 is converted into a sound signal to be transmitted to the speaker 5. A codec section 6 for outputting, a display section 7 for displaying various information and notifying the user, an operation section 8 for performing various setting operations, and a storage section 9 for storing various information.
A surrounding sound collecting microphone 10 for collecting surrounding sounds, a sound analyzing unit 11 for analyzing the sounds collected by the microphone 10 to detect (recognize) an urgent sound, and an urgent sound analyzing unit 11 for If sexually sound is detected,
The emergency notification destination number stored in the storage unit 9 is called and dialed, and when the communication connection with the dialed party is completed, the emergency notification message also stored in the storage unit 9 is called and the emergency notification message is also called. An automatic dial unit 12 for transmitting to the other party, a switch 13 for disconnecting the microphone 4 for call and the codec unit 6 when making an emergency call, and a main control unit 14 for controlling the components in general. It is configured.

The storage unit 6 stores the emergency notification destination number storage unit 9 for storing the number information of the emergency notification destination as described above.
01, and an emergency notification message storage unit 902 that stores in advance a response message to be transmitted to the emergency notification destination. Here, the response message is a message by voice or a message by character information.

The urgent sound detected by the sound analysis unit 11 corresponds to, for example, a pistol sound, a sound of a car crash, a sound of a murder, and the like. The data of a voice pattern having a distinctive sound quality is stored in advance, and an urgent voice is recognized by comparing the data with the data.

FIG. 2 shows a modification of the portable communication terminal shown in FIG. 1. In this case, for example, when a collision is detected by connecting to a collision sensor 100 installed in a car, an emergency notification is automatically issued. 2 shows a configuration of a portable communication terminal capable of performing the operation. As shown in FIG. 2, in this embodiment, a signal from the collision sensor 100 (a signal for recognizing the occurrence of a collision)
Is received by the automatic dial unit 12 of the mobile communication terminal, thereby automatically issuing an emergency notification in the same manner as the terminal of FIG. 1 described above.

As described above, by installing a collision sensor in a car instead of a microphone that collects surrounding sounds and making an emergency call based on a signal from the collision sensor, the above-described surroundings can be obtained. From the configuration that recognizes that an emergency has occurred from the emergency voice included in the voice and makes an emergency call,
Emergency calls with high reliability can be made.

Next, the processing procedure of the emergency call operation according to the configuration shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to a flowchart.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure of an emergency call operation of the portable communication terminal shown in FIG. FIG.
When this process is started, the portable communication terminal always collects surrounding sounds by the microphone 10 under the control of the main control unit 14 (step S301).

Thereafter, the collected surrounding sounds are converted into a sound analysis unit 1.
In step S302, it is determined whether or not the surrounding voice includes urgent voice (voice that requires an emergency call) (step S302).

As a result of this determination, when it is determined that an urgent voice is included in the surrounding voice (step S303)
(YES), the automatic dial unit 12 is activated, the emergency notification destination number stored in advance in the emergency notification destination number storage unit 901 of the storage unit 9 is called, and a calling process is performed (step S3).
04).

Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the communication connection with the other party (emergency notification destination) has been completed by the transmission processing. If the communication connection has been completed (YES in step S 305), the emergency notification message storage unit 902 in the storage unit 9. The emergency notification message stored in advance is called, a transmission process is performed to the emergency notification destination (step S306), and this process ends.

Next, a configuration in which the current position information calculated from the positioning signal received from the GPS satellite is added to the emergency message and transmitted to the emergency notification destination will be described.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the portable communication terminal according to the present invention.
A configuration is shown in which current position information calculated from a positioning signal received from a satellite is added to an emergency message and transmitted to an emergency notification destination. As shown in FIG. 4, this portable communication terminal is the same as the portable communication terminal shown in FIG.
0, remove the voice analysis unit 11, the automatic dial unit 12,
Instead, an antenna 15 that receives a positioning signal for calculating position information from a GPS satellite (not shown), a GPS receiving unit 16 that calculates current position information from a positioning signal received via the antenna 15, Emergency call key 801 for instructing the start of an emergency call operation according to the present invention.
Is added to the operation unit 8. The other components have the same functions as those shown in FIG. 1 and thus will not be described, and will be denoted by the same reference numerals.

Next, the operation of the portable communication terminal having this configuration at the time of an emergency call will be described with reference to a flowchart.

First, a processing operation procedure when the emergency call key 801 is pressed to start an emergency call will be described.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the emergency call key 801 is pressed to start an emergency call. As shown in FIG. 5, this portable communication terminal normally receives a GPS positioning signal transmitted from a GPS satellite (not shown) via an antenna 15 and calculates current position information in a GPS receiver 16. Yes (Step S
501).

Here, the main control unit 14 controls the emergency call key 8
01 is detected (YES in step S502),
Thereafter, control of the emergency call operation is started (step S50).
4).

First, the display unit 7 is instructed to display the message "Emergency call is in operation" indicating that an emergency call is being made (step S505).

After that, the voice input switch 13 is instructed to disconnect the voice input microphone 4 used in normal times from the codec section 6 (step S50).
6).

By this separation processing, it is determined whether or not the microphone 4 for voice input has been separated from the codec unit 6, and if it is determined that the microphone 4 has been separated (step S507).
YES), the storage unit 9 is instructed to output an emergency notification message from the emergency notification message storage unit 902, and the message is read (step S508).

Thereafter, the main control unit 14 controls the GPS receiving unit 1
The position information calculated in step 6 is taken in (step S50).
9) An emergency message is generated by adding the received position information to the read message (step S510).

When the generation of the emergency notification message is completed, the main control unit 14 calls the emergency notification destination number from the emergency notification destination number storage unit 901 of the storage unit 9 and performs processing for connecting a communication line with the emergency notification destination. Is performed (step S511).

When the communication connection is completed by this connection processing (step S512 YES), the generated emergency notification message is sent to the signal processing unit 3, where necessary processing is performed, and then the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 and the antenna 1 (Step S513).

Thereafter, the main control unit 14 determines whether or not the emergency call key 801 of the operation unit 8 is pressed (during pressing), and when it is determined that it is pressed (step S51).
4YES), returning to step S509, and performing the same processing thereafter.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the emergency call key 801 has not been pressed or has been released (NO in step S514), the main control unit 14 terminates the emergency call operation control and returns to the normal operation mode. The process proceeds to (Step S515).

Next, a description will be given of a processing operation procedure when the emergency notification operation control is terminated and the operation mode is shifted to the normal operation mode.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing operation procedure when the emergency notification processing operation shown in FIG. 5 is terminated and the operation mode is shifted to the normal operation mode.

As shown in FIG. 6, when this process is started, in the portable communication terminal, when the main control unit 14 performs the emergency report process, the pressing of the emergency report key 801 is released from the operation unit 8. Is detected (step S601Y
ES), the process of restoring to the normal operation mode is started (step S603).

First, the main controller 14 disconnects the communication line currently connected to the emergency report destination (step S).
604).

When this cutting process is completed, the GP
The acquisition of the position information from the S receiving unit 16 is stopped (step S605), and the generation of the emergency notification message is stopped (step S606).

Next, the main controller 14 clears (deletes) the emergency notification message generated by the above-described processing (step S607).

After that, a switch switching instruction is given to the voice input changeover switch 13 so that the voice input microphone 4 is connected to the codec section 6 (step S608).

When the voice input microphone 4 is connected to the codec unit 6 according to the switching instruction (step S609).
Then, the main control unit 14 instructs the display unit 7 to clear the display "during emergency call operation" indicating the execution of the emergency call (step S610), and ends this processing.

FIG. 7 shows a configuration (FIG. 1) for automatically judging the presence or absence of an emergency call from the surrounding voice and the current position information from a positioning signal received from a GPS satellite. FIG. 4 shows a configuration of the mobile communication terminal in a case where a configuration (FIG. 4) for performing an emergency call by adding the calculated position information to the notification message to the calculated message is shown. Are given.

As shown in FIG. 7, in this portable communication terminal, the surrounding sound picked up by the microphone 10 is always analyzed by the sound analyzing unit 11 and a process for detecting an urgent sound is performed. . When an emergency voice is detected by the voice analysis unit 11, the automatic dial unit is activated and the emergency call operation process is started. Then, the main control unit 14 calls the emergency call message from the storage unit 9, takes in the position information calculated by the GPS receiving unit 16, adds the position information to the called message, and notifies the emergency call destination. Is what you do.

According to this configuration, in addition to the configuration in which the terminal automatically detects an emergency and makes an emergency call, the terminal for making an emergency call adds the location information of the place where the emergency occurred to the message to make the emergency call and notifies the message. As a result, in the event of an emergency, a notification can be made instantly, which prevents delays in reporting and situations such as no reporting,
The location of the emergency situation can be reliably reported to the emergency call destination, thereby greatly reducing the time required for the rescuer to deal with the situation.

[0059]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A specific condition recognizing means for recognizing a specific condition occurring when using the own terminal, and an automatic transmission control means for automatically transmitting to a pre-registered destination by recognizing the specific condition,
After connecting to the other party by automatic calling, an additional information transmitting means for transmitting a message notifying that the specific condition is recognized to the other party is provided, so that an emergency occurs. In this case, even if it is not possible to make a report by human power (user) even though a report is necessary, the terminal itself determines whether or not an emergency call is necessary based on the surrounding voice, and if it is determined that it is necessary, The automatic emergency call prevents delays and no-reports, thereby greatly reducing the time required for the emergency callee (rescue person) to deal with the situation and responding to the situation. It is possible to prevent a situation in which (rescue) cannot be made in time.

Further, according to the present invention, the position information holding means for recognizing the position of the terminal itself and holding the position information indicating the position, and the position information held by the position information holding means based on the emergency call instruction. And an emergency notification message generating means for generating an emergency notification message by adding the response message to a pre-registered response message. And an emergency notification message transmitting means for transmitting the emergency notification message, so that when an emergency occurs, the location information can be notified to the emergency notification destination (rescue person) together with the response message when an emergency situation occurs. Therefore, even in situations where it is difficult to convey the location (location information) of an emergency, the emergency location (rescue person) must be notified of the location (location information) without fail. It can be, thereby, rescuer greatly reduce the time to deal with the situation, to deal with the situation can be prevented a situation becomes too late.

According to the present invention, there is provided a specific condition recognizing means for recognizing a specific condition generated when the own terminal is used, and a position information holding means for recognizing a position of the own terminal and holding position information indicating the position. Automatic transmission control means for automatically transmitting to a pre-registered destination by recognizing specific conditions, and a pre-registered response message to the destination after connecting to the destination by automatic transmission. Since it is configured to include an emergency notification message transmitting means for transmitting an emergency notification message by adding the position information held by the position information holding means to an emergency situation,
The terminal automatically recognizes the emergency, adds the constantly acquired location information to the response message, and sends it out as an emergency report message. Will be able to do it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a portable communication terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a modification of the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exemplary flowchart showing a procedure of an emergency notification operation of the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing one embodiment of a portable communication terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing operation procedure when an emergency call key 801 is pressed to start an emergency call.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing operation procedure when the emergency notification processing operation shown in FIG. 5 is ended and the mode is shifted to a normal operation mode.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration when the configurations of the portable communication terminals shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 are combined;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Antenna 2 Radio | wireless transmission / reception part 3 Signal processing part 4 Microphone (for call voice input) 5 Speaker 6 Codec part 7 Display part 8 Operation part 801 Emergency call key 9 Storage part 901 Emergency notification destination number storage part 902 Message storage part for emergency notification Reference Signs List 10 microphone (for emergency voice input) 11 voice analysis unit 12 automatic dial unit 13 voice input changeover switch 14 main control unit 15 antenna 16 GPS reception unit

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A specific condition recognizing means for recognizing a specific condition generated when the own terminal is used, an automatic transmission control means for automatically transmitting a pre-registered destination by recognizing the specific condition, After connecting to the destination by the automatic call, to the destination,
A portable communication device comprising: an additional information transmitting unit that transmits a message notifying that the specific condition has been recognized. 2. The specific condition recognizing means is constituted by an emergency voice recognizing means for collecting the surrounding voice of the terminal itself and recognizing that the surrounding voice is an emergency voice accompanying the occurrence of an emergency. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The portable communication device according to claim 1, wherein the specific condition recognizing means is constituted by a shock recognizing means for recognizing the occurrence of a shock based on an output of the shock sensor. 4. The apparatus further comprises a position information holding unit for recognizing a position of the terminal itself and holding position information indicating the position, wherein the additional information transmitting unit transmits the position information held by the position information holding unit. 2. The portable communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the transmission is performed by adding a message notifying that the specific condition is recognized. 5. A position information holding means for recognizing a position of the own terminal and holding position information indicating the position, and the position information held by the position information holding means based on an emergency call instruction, registered in advance. An emergency notification message generating means for generating an emergency notification message in addition to the response message being sent; transmitting a call to a pre-registered destination according to the emergency call instruction; connecting to the destination; A portable communication terminal comprising: an emergency notification message transmitting unit that transmits a message. 6. The mobile communication according to claim 5, further comprising an emergency call instruction means for instructing the user to start an emergency call, and outputting the emergency call instruction in response to the start instruction of the instruction means. Terminal. 7. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a specific condition recognizing means for recognizing a specific condition generated when the terminal is used, and outputting the emergency call instruction when the specific condition is recognized. Mobile communication terminal. 8. The specific condition recognizing means is constituted by an urgent voice recognizing means for collecting surrounding voices of the terminal itself and recognizing that the surrounding voices are urgent voices accompanying the occurrence of an emergency. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 5, wherein: 9. The portable communication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the specific condition recognizing means is constituted by a shock recognizing means for recognizing the occurrence of a shock based on an output of the shock sensor. 10. A specific condition recognizing means for recognizing a specific condition generated when the own terminal is used, a position information holding means for recognizing a position of the own terminal and holding position information indicating the position, and wherein the specific condition is recognized. The automatic transmission control means for automatically transmitting to a pre-registered destination, by connecting to the destination by the automatic transmission, the destination,
A mobile communication terminal comprising: an emergency notification message transmitting unit that transmits an emergency notification message by adding location information held by the location information holding unit to a response message registered in advance. 11. The specific condition recognizing means is constituted by an emergency voice recognizing means for collecting surrounding voices of the terminal itself and recognizing that the surrounding voices are emergency voices accompanying the occurrence of an emergency. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 10, wherein: 12. The portable communication device according to claim 10, wherein the specific condition recognizing means is constituted by a shock recognizing means for recognizing occurrence of a shock based on an output of the shock sensor.