JP2002064854A - Apparatus for controlling position of radio device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for controlling position of a radio device which can store the position information of the radio device according to time series and which can display a mobile route of the radio device. SOLUTION: An apparatus for controlling position of a radio device of this invention stores the position information of the radio device and displays a location of the radio device on a map based on the position information. This apparatus is provided with a receiving part which receives the position information of the radio device from a radio base station as a relay base of the radio device, a position information data base which stores the position information of the radio device according to time series, and a display part which displays a mobile route of the radio device based on the position information of the radio device stored in the position information data base.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio device position management device. In particular, the present invention relates to a wireless device position management device capable of storing wireless device position information in time series and displaying a moving route of the wireless device on a map.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional radio system, when an owner of a radio telephone connected to a radio control apparatus via a radio base station is in a danger state, an emergency signal is notified by operating a fall switch. Next, the position of the wireless base station to which the wireless telephone is connected is specified by the wireless control device, and the approximate position of the owner who has become in danger can be notified.

[0003] JP-A-2-15998 (published on June 19, 1990) discloses a position of a transmitter based on a signal transmitted in an emergency from a transmitter housed in an emergency portable light. A victim position confirmation system using a position indicator to be displayed is disclosed.

[0004]

However, in the victim location confirmation system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-159698, only the location of the victim in an emergency is displayed. Is difficult to do. Therefore, in order to reduce the damage caused by the disaster, it is necessary to display and notify information useful for rescuing the victim, such as the travel route of the victim.

[0005] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a radio device position management device which can solve the above-mentioned problems. This object is achieved by a combination of features described in the independent claims. The dependent claims define further advantageous embodiments of the present invention.

[0006]

That is, according to a first embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a radio position management apparatus for storing position information of a radio and displaying the location of the radio on a map based on the position information. From a wireless base station that is a relay base of the wireless device, a receiving unit that receives the position information of the wireless device, a position information database that stores the position information of the wireless device in time series, and stored in the position information database. A display unit for displaying a moving route of the wireless device based on the positional information of the wireless device.

[0007] The location information of the wireless device may be identification information of a wireless base station. When there is a danger to the owner of the wireless device, the receiving unit may receive an emergency report signal from the wireless device, and when the receiving unit receives the emergency report signal, the display unit may display a moving route of the wireless device. The display unit may display at least one of the identification information of the wireless device and the information of the user of the wireless device together with the movement route of the wireless device.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is an overall view of a wireless telephone system including a wireless device position management device 70 according to the present invention. The wireless telephone system includes a wireless control device 10, a wireless base station 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, and 25; radio telephones 30, 32, and 34 as examples of radios; paging guidance devices 40 and 45; speakers 50 and 55; radio location management device 70; private branch exchange 80; It has an information database 90 and a position information database 95. The radio base stations 20, 21, and 22 are connected to the radio base station I / F 12 of the radio control device 10, and the radio base stations 23, 24, and 25 are connected to the radio base station I / F 13 of the radio control device 10. Is done. Paging guide device 40
And 45 are the paging I / F1 of the wireless control device 10.
6 and the speakers 50 and 55 are controlled by paging guidance devices 40 and 45. The wireless device position management device 70 is an external line connection I / F of the wireless control device 10.
15 and manages a map information database 90 and a position information database 95. Further, in the radio control apparatus 10, the control unit 11, the radio base station I / Fs 12 and 13, the external line connection I / F 15, and the paging I / F
16 are connected by a common bus 14 and the control unit 11
Controls each function of the wireless control device 10.

The wireless telephones 30, 32, and 34 are connected to the wireless control device 10 and the wireless device position management device 7 via the wireless base stations 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, or 25.
0 is registered. For example, when the wireless telephone 30 performs location registration in the communication area of the wireless base station 20, the time of location registration and the location of the wireless base station 20 as location information are determined.
Is stored in the location information database 95.
Next, when the wireless telephone 30 moves to the communication area of the wireless base station 21 and performs position registration again, the time of the position registration and the identification information of the wireless base station 21 as the position information are stored in the position information database 95. Is done. In the position information database 95, the user of the wireless telephone and the positional information indicated by the identification information of the wireless base station in time series are stored for each wireless telephone.

The wireless device position management device 70 is a wireless telephone 3
When the user 0, 32, or 34 is in danger, an emergency notification signal is received from the wireless telephone 30, 32, or 34. Upon receiving the emergency report signal, the wireless device location management device 70 stores the location information stored in the location information database 95 in chronological order in association with the wireless telephone that transmitted the emergency report signal, and the location information stored in the map information database 90. The moving route of the wireless telephone is displayed on a map based on the map information.

The paging guidance devices 40 and 45 are connected to the paging I / F 16 of the wireless control device 10 and can output the sound from the wireless telephone 30, 32 or 34 from the speaker 50 or 55. For example, by outputting sound from the speaker 50 or 55 using the wireless telephone 30 in the area A, the area B or the area C is output.
Information can be transmitted to

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the data format of the location information file stored in the location information database 95. The location information file has fields of a wireless telephone number, a user, and a movement history. In the field of the wireless telephone number, as identification information of the wireless telephone,
For example, the extension number of the wireless telephone is stored. The name of the user of the wireless telephone is stored in the user field. In the movement history field, the registration time of the location information,
And the identification information of the wireless base station is stored as the position information. The registration time of the location information is the time at which the user of the wireless telephone has performed location registration with the wireless device location management device 70 via the wireless base station. The identification information of the wireless base station is identification information of the wireless base station that relayed the wireless telephone and the wireless device location management device 70 when performing location registration. The location information database 95 stores the movement histories of the wireless telephones in time series in association with the wireless telephone numbers. The wireless device position management device 70 displays the movement route of the user of the wireless telephone based on the movement history of the wireless telephone stored in the position information database 95.

FIG. 3 is a functional explanatory diagram of the radio device position management device 70 in the present embodiment. First, the user of the wireless telephone is registered by operating the operation unit 71, and the extension number of the wireless telephone and the user of the wireless telephone are stored in the positional information database 95 in association with each other. When the power of the wireless telephone registered in the wireless device position management device 70 is turned on, the transmission / reception unit 72 receives a signal for requesting position registration from the wireless telephone via the wireless control device 10. When the position registration request signal is received, the control unit 74 transmits the position registration request signal, the time at which the position registration is performed, and the identification information of the wireless base station relaying the wireless telephone and the wireless device position management device 70. It is stored in the location information database 95 in association with the extension number of the wireless telephone. The wireless telephone transmits a position registration request signal each time the wireless base station is changed by the handover process, and the wireless device position management device 70 performs the same position registration.

Next, the operation of the radio position management device 70 when an emergency notification signal is received from the radio telephone will be described. The transmission / reception unit 72 receives an emergency notification signal from the wireless telephone via the wireless control device 10. When the emergency report signal is received, the control unit 74 associates the identification information of the wireless base station stored in the location information database 95 in time series with the extension number of the wireless telephone that transmitted the emergency report signal, and stores the location information in the location information. The extraction unit 76 causes the extraction. Further, the control unit 74 causes the map information extraction unit 78 to extract map information including the position specified by the identification information of the wireless base station extracted by the position information extraction unit 76 from the map information database 90. The control unit 74 controls the extracted map information,
Based on the position information determined by the identification number of the wireless base station, the display unit 79 displays the movement route of the user of the wireless telephone. At this time, the control unit 74 estimates the moving route of the user of the wireless telephone based on the communication area of the wireless base station identified by the identification information and the movable area based on the map information.

The wireless device position management device 70 has a database interface (not shown), and can access the map information database 90 and the position information database 95 to search, store, and update information.

FIG. 4 shows a wireless telephone 3 according to this embodiment.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the function of the function 0. The wireless telephone 30 has an antenna unit 310, a wireless unit 320, and a fall detection unit 330. The fall detection unit 330 is realized by a mercury-type fall detection switch, a cone type inclination detection switch, and the like. When the user of the wireless telephone 30 falls due to an accident or the like, the fall detecting unit 330 outputs an emergency notification signal. Radio section 320
Transmits the emergency notification signal output by the fall detection unit 330 to the wireless device position management device 70. Therefore, when the user of the wireless telephone 30 falls and becomes in danger, the wireless device position management device 70 can be notified immediately.

FIG. 5 is a view for explaining an example of a display screen of the display unit 79 of the wireless device position management device 70 when a user of the wireless telephone is registered. The name entered in the wireless telephone user input field 230 is displayed on the wireless telephone user list 240. When the user is selected by the selection button 210 and the registration button 220 is designated, the user of the wireless telephone having the extension number 100 is registered. In the position information database 95, the wireless telephone number and the name of the user are stored in association with each other. When the extension number is entered in the copy destination extension number input field 250 and the copy button 260 is designated, a user registration screen of the entered extension number is displayed.

FIG. 6 shows the radio control apparatus 10, the radio base station 20, and the radio telephone 3 in the location registration of the radio telephone.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of 0. Wireless telephone 30
Transmits a location registration request signal to the wireless base station 20 (1
00), the wireless base station 20 attaches the identification information of the wireless base station 20 to the position registration request signal and transmits the signal to the wireless control device 10 (102). The wireless control device 10 transmits an authentication request signal to the wireless base station 20 that has transmitted the location registration request (1).
04), the wireless base station 20 transmits an authentication request signal to the wireless telephone 30 (106). Upon receiving the authentication request signal, the wireless telephone 30 transmits an authentication response signal with an encrypted ID unique to the wireless telephone 30 to the wireless base station 20 (108). The wireless base station 20 includes a wireless telephone 30
Is transmitted to the wireless control device 10 (110). The wireless control device 10 decrypts the encrypted ID transmitted from the wireless telephone 30 and checks whether or not the wireless telephone is a registered wireless telephone (111).
When the wireless control device 10 authenticates that the wireless telephone is a registered wireless telephone, the wireless control device 10 sends a location registration acceptance signal to the wireless base station 2.
0 (112), and the wireless base station 20 transmits a location registration acceptance signal to the wireless telephone 30 (114). Also,
If the wireless control device 10 does not authenticate the registered wireless telephone, it transmits a location registration rejection signal to the wireless base station 20 (116), and the wireless base station 20 transmits the location registration rejection signal wirelessly. The message is transmitted to the telephone 30 (118).
When receiving the location registration, the wireless control device 10 transmits the extension number of the wireless telephone and the identification information of the wireless base station 20 to the wireless device location management device 70. The wireless device position management device 70 stores the received extension number of the wireless telephone and the identification information of the wireless base station 20 in the positional information database 95, and completes the position registration of the wireless telephone 30.

FIG. 7 is a view for explaining an example of a display screen of the display unit 79 when the wireless device position management device 70 registers the position of the wireless telephone. When the wireless device position management device 70 registers the position of the wireless telephone, the display unit 79 displays the current position 200 of the user of the wireless telephone on a map based on the identification number of the wireless base station received by the transmitting / receiving unit 72. I do.
Therefore, when the wireless telephone moves and performs the handover process, the position of the wireless telephone can be confirmed in the wireless device position management device 70.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining an example of a display screen of the display unit 79 when the wireless device position management device 70 receives an emergency notification signal from a wireless telephone. When the transmission / reception unit 72 receives the emergency notification signal, the display unit 79 displays the current position 400 of the wireless telephone that transmitted the emergency notification signal and the movement path 410 of the wireless telephone based on the movement history stored in the position information database 95. , The accident occurrence display 420, and the extension number of the wireless telephone and the user information 430 are displayed on the map.

As described above, the location of the victim who owns the radio telephone, the extension number of the radio telephone owned by the victim, the name of the victim, the moving route to the disaster location, and the like are displayed on the screen when the accident occurs. Is done. Therefore, for example, call the victim to confirm it, confirm the victim's name and use it as auxiliary information for rescue, specify the route of the victim from the travel route to the affected area, and enter the rescue team Prompt measures against accidents such as use for emergency

In the above description, the display unit 79 of the wireless position management device 70 displays information about the wireless telephone and the user of the wireless telephone. However, the wireless device position management device 70 has no display device, May be displayed by a display device connected to the wireless position management device 70 via the communication path.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiment. Various changes or improvements can be added to the above embodiment. It should be noted that such modified or improved embodiments may be included in the technical scope of the present invention.
It is clear from the description of the claims.

[0024]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, a radio device position management device capable of storing radio device position information in chronological order and displaying a moving route of the radio device on a map. Can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall view of a wireless telephone system including a wireless device location management device 70 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a data format of a position information file stored in a position information database 95.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of functions of a wireless device position management device 70;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of functions of the wireless telephone 30.

FIG. 5 shows a display unit 79 in the wireless device position management device 70.
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of a display screen of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a sequence of the wireless control device 10, the wireless base station 20, and the wireless telephone 30 in position registration of the wireless telephone.

FIG. 7 shows a display unit 79 in the wireless device position management device 70.
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of a display screen of FIG.

FIG. 8 shows a display unit 79 in the wireless device position management device 70.
FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of a display screen of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 wireless control device 20 wireless base station 30 wireless telephone 40 paging guide device 50 speaker 70 wireless device position management device 72 transmitting and receiving unit 74 control unit 76 location information extraction unit 78 map information extraction unit 79 display unit 80 private branch exchange 90 map information database 95 Position information database 200 Current position 310 Antenna unit 320 Radio unit 330 Fall detection unit 400 Current position 410 Moving route 420 Accident occurrence display 430 Information on extension number of wireless telephone and user

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A radio location management device that stores location information of a radio and displays the location of the radio on a map based on the location information, wherein the radio base is a relay base of the radio. A receiving unit that receives the position information of the wireless device from a station; and the wireless device based on the position information of the wireless device stored in a position information database that stores the position information of the wireless device in time series. A display unit for displaying a movement route of the wireless device. 2. The wireless device position management device according to claim 1, wherein the position information of the wireless device is identification information of the wireless base station. 3. When there is a danger to the owner of the wireless device, the receiving unit receives an emergency report signal from the wireless device, and when the receiving unit receives the emergency report signal, the display unit displays the emergency report signal. The wireless device position management device according to claim 1, wherein the moving route of the wireless device is displayed. 4. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays at least one of identification information of the wireless device and information of a user of the wireless device together with the movement route of the wireless device. The wireless device position management device according to the above.