JP2003037866A - Radio communication equipment and communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide radio communication equipment and a communication system wherein a present position of an opposite can be known without bother, irrespective of kinds of a telephone terminal of the opposite. SOLUTION: In a step S106, whether a terminal of the opposite is a mobile terminal is decided. In a case that e.g. a first number is started from 090 and 070, the opposite is judged as a portable telephone set (mobile terminal) (S106: YES), and transition is performed to a step S108. Position information of the opposite is received with a transmitting and receiving part 11, and the information which is converted to place name data with a place name data conversion part 13 is displayed on a display part 6. When the opposite terminal is a fixed terminal (S106: NO), transition is performed to a step S110. Place name data of the fixed terminal is read from a storage part 12 and displayed on the display part 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wireless communication device and a communication system for acquiring and notifying position information of a fixed terminal or a mobile terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, wireless communication devices have come into wide use as their convenience and economy have improved. Therefore, the operator who calls the telephone terminal and the calling party (hereinafter,
In the case of communicating with the other party), in addition to communication between fixed terminals, it becomes possible to perform communication while moving by a wireless communication device (mobile terminal).

[0003]

However, in the above prior art, in order for the operator to know the current position information of the other party, the operator inputs a voice to the wireless communication device and asks the other party for the current position. There is a need. In addition, the other party also needs to input a voice to the wireless communication device owned by him / her to inform the operator of his / her current position, which is very troublesome. Further, there is a problem that the partner cannot notify the operator of the current position unless the partner has a method of confirming the current position.

On the other hand, as a method for knowing the current position,
It is also conceivable that the wireless communication device is provided with a means for acquiring the position of the own device such as GPS. However,
A GPS or the like is usually provided in an object that moves its position, and a fixed terminal that does not move its position has a GP.
It is not supposed to have S etc. Therefore, when the operator wants to know the current position of the other party, the operator inputs a voice to the wireless communication device to ask the other party for the current position, and then the other party inputs a voice to the fixed terminal. It is necessary to inform the operator of the current position, which is still problematic.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a wireless communication apparatus and a communication system capable of knowing the current location of the other party without any trouble regardless of the type of the other party's telephone terminal. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

According to the invention as set forth in claim 1 for achieving the above object, a storage means for storing the position information of an external fixed terminal in advance, and an external mobile terminal When the receiving means for receiving the position information, the signal input means for inputting a predetermined signal, the notifying means, and the signal input by the signal input means are those requesting the position information of the external fixed terminal, If the signal input by the signal input unit requests the position information of the external mobile terminal stored in the storage unit in advance, and if the signal input by the signal input unit requests the position information of the external mobile terminal, the reception is performed. And a notification control unit that causes the notification unit to notify the position information of the external mobile terminal received by the unit.

In this way, when the signal input by the signal input means requests the position information of the external fixed terminal, the position information of the external fixed terminal is read from the storage means and notified. Therefore, the operator can know the position information of the fixed terminal of the partner even if the partner has a fixed terminal that does not have a unit such as GPS for acquiring the position information. Further, when the signal input by the signal input means requests the position information of the external mobile terminal, the position information of the external mobile terminal is received to notify the position information from the external mobile terminal. It becomes possible to know information.

That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to know the position information of the partner regardless of whether the partner is a fixed terminal or a mobile terminal. Furthermore, in order to know the position information of the partner, voice is sent to the terminal. It is possible to eliminate the hassle of having to input.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the external position information received by the receiving means is latitude / longitude data, it has a place name data converting means for converting the latitude / longitude data into place name data. The notification control means causes the notification means to notify the place name data converted by the place name data conversion means. As a result, the position information transmitted from the outside is G
Even with the latitude / longitude data acquired by PS or the like, since the point name corresponding to the latitude / longitude is notified, the operator can recognize the position information of the other party in a more understandable manner.

Further, according to the invention of claim 3,
It has a position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information of its own device, and when a predetermined signal is inputted by the signal input means, the transmission device transmits the position information of its own device to the outside. As a result,
Since the position information of the own device can be transmitted to the outside, that is, the other party's terminal, it is possible to further reduce the troublesomeness of inputting voice.

Further, according to the invention described in claim 4, character information can be inputted to the signal input means, and when the inputted character information is transmitted to the outside by the transmitting means, the position information is transmitted. The position information acquired by the information acquisition unit is also transmitted. As a result, for example, when text information is sent by e-mail or the like, it becomes possible to automatically attach the text information indicating the position information, and to improve the convenience of the operator who operates the e-mail or the like. be able to.

Further, according to the invention of claim 5,
It has a mode setting means for determining whether or not to notify the position information of the external fixed terminal or mobile terminal to the notification means,
When the notification mode for notifying the external position information is set by the mode setting unit, the notification control unit causes the notification unit to notify the external position information. As a result, the operator can be notified of the location information only when he / she wants to know the location information of the other party, so that the convenience of the operator can be further improved.

According to the invention described in claim 6, the wireless communication device according to claim 1, an external terminal, and a base station for relaying communication between the wireless communication device and the external terminal are provided. In the communication system, the external terminal has a latitude / longitude acquisition means for acquiring the latitude / longitude data of the own terminal, and transmits the latitude / longitude data acquired by the latitude / longitude acquisition means to the base station, and the base station Converts the transmitted latitude and longitude data into place name data, and transmits the converted place name data to the wireless communication device. As a result, the wireless communication device itself does not need to have map information, and the cost of the wireless communication device can be reduced. Further, since the position information of the external terminal can be transmitted to the operator, the convenience of the operator can be further improved.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A wireless communication apparatus according to this embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the wireless communication device of this embodiment.

In FIG. 2, the wireless communication device 1 is mainly composed of a control unit 8 composed of a microcomputer and the like, and a signal from the operation key unit 3 is given to the control unit 8. There is. Further, the control unit 8
The display on the display unit 6 is controlled.

When the voice signal input to the microphone 4 is given to the voice processing unit 9 and A / D converted, the data conversion unit 10 outputs, for example, π / 4 shift DQPSK (Dif).
ferrental Quadrature Phas
e Shift Keying) signal. When the transmission data converted into a DQPSK signal (digitally modulated) is given to the transmission / reception unit 11, the transmission data is orthogonally modulated by a carrier signal in the 800 MHz band and transmitted from the antenna 7 to the outside as a radio wave signal.

When the antenna 7 receives a radio wave signal, the received signal is a transmission / reception unit 11 and a data conversion unit 1.
It is demodulated at 0 and given to the voice processing unit 9. Then, when D / A converted in the audio processing unit 9, the speaker 5 outputs the audio signal.

The control unit 8 controls the voice processing unit 9, the data conversion unit 10, and the transmission / reception unit 11. On the other hand, the transmission / reception unit 11 provides the control unit 8 with information such as a detected value of a transmission signal or reception signal level. A storage unit 12 including a RAM and an EEPROM is connected to the control unit 8, and the control unit 8 writes / reads data to / from the storage unit 12 as necessary. Further, the control unit 8 includes a place name data conversion unit 13, and the place name data conversion unit 13 stores the map information stored in the storage unit 12 when the transmission / reception unit 11 receives the latitude / longitude data from the outside. In light of
Convert latitude and longitude data to place name data. Place name data as position information of the fixed terminal is stored in the storage unit 12 in advance. When a signal is input from the operation key unit 3, the place name data of the fixed terminal corresponding to the signal is read from the storage unit 12. Be done. In addition, the control unit 8 includes a mode setting unit 14
Are connected. When the user wants to know the location information of the partner terminal, by turning on the mode setting unit 14, the location information of the mobile terminal is received and notified, or the location information of the fixed terminal is read from the storage unit 12 and notified. Is possible.

The display unit 6 displays the place name data converted by the place name data conversion unit 13 and the place name data read from the storage unit 12 as character information. The place name data is converted into a voice signal by the voice processing unit 9, and the speaker 5
May be output from.

The wireless communication device 1 can also send and receive electronic mail. The control unit 8 converts the signal input by the operation key unit 3 into character information and causes the display unit 6 to display the character information. When the operator further operates the operation key unit 3, the character information can be transmitted as an electronic mail to the outside via the transmission / reception unit 11. In addition, when transmitting an e-mail, the position information acquisition unit 15
It is also possible to convert the latitude / longitude data of the own device acquired by the place name data conversion unit 13 into place name data and attach it to an e-mail for transmission.

The operation key section 3 corresponds to the signal input means of the present invention. In addition, the speaker 5 or the display unit 6
Corresponds to the notification means of the present invention. Further, the control unit 8
Corresponds to the notification control means of the present invention. The transmitter / receiver 11 corresponds to the receiving means and the transmitting means of the present invention. Further, the place name data conversion unit 13 corresponds to the place name data conversion means of the present invention. The mode setting unit 14 corresponds to the mode setting means of the present invention. Further, the position information acquisition unit 15 corresponds to the position information acquisition means of the present invention.

Next, the operation of the wireless communication device 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing executed by the control unit 8.

First, in step S100, it is determined whether or not the power is turned on, and if it is not turned on (S100: NO), the same processing is repeated until it is turned on. On the other hand, if it is turned on (S100: Y
ES), the process proceeds to step S102, and it is determined whether or not the telephone number of the other party is input from the operation key unit 3. Then, if it is not input (S102: NO),
The same process is repeated until the input is made, and when the input is made (S102: YES), the process proceeds to step S104 and it is determined whether or not the mode setting unit 14 is turned on. Then, when the mode setting unit 14 is turned on (S104: YES), the process proceeds to step S106. On the other hand, when the mode setting unit 14 is OFF (S104: NO), it is not necessary to determine whether the partner terminal is a fixed terminal or a mobile terminal, and the process proceeds to step S112.

Subsequently, in step S106, it is determined whether or not the destination terminal is a mobile terminal. This is because, if the destination is a fixed terminal, the position information of the destination cannot be received, and therefore the position information (place name data) stored in advance in the storage unit 12 must be read. Whether the mobile terminal is a mobile terminal or a mobile phone (including PHS) whose telephone number is input to the operation key unit 3, for example, the first number starting with 090 or 070 is It is determined that the destination is a mobile terminal, and the others are fixed terminals. When the destination terminal is a mobile terminal (S106: YES), the process proceeds to step S108, the location information of the destination is received by the transmission / reception unit 11, and the place name data conversion unit 13 receives the place name data. The display unit 6 displays the converted data. If the destination terminal is a fixed terminal, the process proceeds to step S110, the place name data of the fixed terminal is read from the storage unit 12 and displayed on the display unit 6.

Then, in step S112, it is determined whether to make a call or send an e-mail, and if it is determined that a call is made, the call is continued (S11).
4) When the call ends (S118), this flowchart ends.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S112 that the mail should be transmitted, the mail is transmitted (S11
6), this flow chart ends with the end of the transmission of the mail (S118).

Here, when sending the mail, as shown in FIG. 3, the location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit 15 is converted into the address / facility information by the place name data conversion unit 13, and then the electronic mail is sent. The data may be automatically attached to the above or the acquired latitude / longitude data may be directly attached to the email.

In the present embodiment, the display of the other party's position information on the display unit 6 has been described, but the position information acquisition unit 15 acquires the own unit's position information and the transmission / reception unit 11 receives the position information. You may make it transmit it. That is, as described above, the e-mail may be attached and transmitted, or the latitude / longitude data may be transmitted alone, or the place name data converted may be transmitted alone.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the destination terminal is determined to be a fixed terminal, the positional information of the fixed terminal stored in the storage unit 12 in advance is read out and displayed on the display unit 6.
To display. Therefore, the operator can know the position information of the partner even if the partner is a fixed terminal having no position information acquisition means such as GPS. When the destination terminal is determined to be a mobile terminal, the position information of the mobile terminal received by the transmission / reception unit 11 is displayed on the display unit 6, so that the operator can know the position information of the destination. It will be possible. That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to know the position information of the partner regardless of whether the partner is a fixed terminal or a mobile terminal. Further, in order to know the position information of the partner, voice must be input to the terminal. The annoyance of having to do it can be eliminated.

When the other party's position information received by the transmitter / receiver 11 is latitude / longitude data, the place name data converter 13 converts the latitude / longitude data into place name data and displays it on the display unit 6. , Is output by voice from the speaker 5. As a result, even if the position information transmitted from the other party's terminal is latitude / longitude data acquired by GPS, since the place name data corresponding to the latitude / longitude data is notified, the operator's position information Can be recognized more easily.

The position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 15 is attached to the electronic mail as character information and transmitted. As a result, the convenience of the operator who operates the e-mail can be improved.

Further, the position information of the other party may be notified only when the mode setting section 14 is set to the other party's current position notification mode. As a result, the operator can be notified of the location information only when he / she wants to know the location information of the other party, so that the convenience of the operator can be further improved.

Next, as a modified example of this embodiment, communication including a wireless communication device 1, a partner terminal 40, and a base station 50 for relaying communication between the wireless communication device 1 and the partner terminal 40. Describe the system.

In this communication system, the destination terminal 40 has a GPS for acquiring the latitude / longitude data of its own terminal,
Latitude and longitude data acquired by GPS is used for external communication line 6
0 to the base station 50. And the base station 50
Converts the transmitted latitude and longitude data into place name data,
The converted place name data is transmitted to the wireless communication device 1.
That is, in the above-described embodiment, the wireless communication device 1 needs to convert the position information transmitted from the partner terminal 40 into place name data, and needs to store the map information in the storage unit 12. . For this reason, the scale of the wireless communication device 1 itself becomes large, which also causes a cost increase. However, as in the modification of the present embodiment, by converting the map data into the external base station 50, it is not necessary to store the map data in the wireless communication device 1, and the cost is reduced. In this way, the position information can be transmitted to the operator.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram of a wireless communication device of this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a screen when an electronic mail is transmitted by the wireless communication device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a communication system which is a modified example of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Wireless communication device 3 ... Operation key section 6 ... Display 8 ... Control unit 11 ... Transceiver 13 ... Place name data converter 14 ... Mode setting section 15 ... Position information acquisition unit

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing position information of an external fixed terminal in advance, a receiving unit for receiving position information of an external mobile terminal, a signal input unit for inputting a predetermined signal, an informing unit, When the signal input by the signal input means requests the position information of the external fixed terminal, the notification means notifies the position information of the external fixed terminal previously stored in the storage means. In addition, when the signal input by the signal input means requests the position information of the external mobile terminal, the position information of the external mobile terminal received by the receiving means is A wireless communication device, comprising: an informing control unit for informing an informing unit. 2. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein, when the external position information received by the receiving unit is latitude / longitude data, a place name data conversion unit that converts the latitude / longitude data into place name data. The wireless communication device is characterized in that the notification control means causes the notification means to notify the place name data converted by the place name data conversion means. 3. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, further comprising a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information of the own device, and when the predetermined signal is input by the signal input unit, A wireless communication device comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the position information of the own device acquired by the position information acquisition unit to the outside. 4. The wireless communication device according to claim 3, wherein character information can be input to the signal input unit,
A wireless communication device, wherein when the input character information is transmitted to the outside by the transmitting means, the positional information acquired by the positional information acquiring means is also transmitted. 5. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, further comprising a mode setting means for setting a notification mode for notifying position information of the external fixed terminal or mobile terminal, the mode setting. The wireless communication device, wherein the notification control means causes the notification means to notify the position information of the external fixed terminal or mobile terminal when the notification mode is set by the means. 6. A communication system comprising: the wireless communication device according to claim 1; an external terminal; and a base station that relays information communication between the wireless communication device and the external terminal. Has a latitude / longitude acquisition means for acquiring the latitude / longitude data of its own device, and transmits the latitude / longitude data acquired by the latitude / longitude acquisition means to a base station, and the base station transmits the transmitted latitude / longitude data. A communication system, wherein longitude data is converted into place name data, and the converted place name data is transmitted to the wireless communication device.