JP2003101471A - Urgent position information notifying system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an urgent position information notifying system which can previously notify a user that communication between a mobile terminal that a user carries and a monitoring center cannot be performed. SOLUTION: The mobile terminal 1 receives a GPS signal from a GPS satellite 5, operates present position information and periodically transmits the operated result to a monitoring center 2 through a radio base station 31 and the like and a public line network 4. When an urgent situation occurs, the monitoring center 2 decides the existence of the user who carries the mobile terminal 1 based on the operation result of position information transmitted from the mobile terminal 1 and copes with the urgent situation of the user. The monitoring center 2 has a database storing map information on a communicable area A1 and the like. The center outputs a warning signal to the mobile terminal 1 when the mobile terminal 1 comes near the boundary of the communicable area A1 and the like based on map information and position information of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal 1 receives the warning signal and informs the user that the user is near the boundary of the communicable area A1 and the like.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention allows a mobile terminal carried by a user to notify the location of the mobile terminal to a monitoring center in the event of an emergency so that the user of the mobile terminal can cope with the emergency of the user. The present invention relates to an emergency location information notification system that provides the service of.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional emergency position information notification system, which is composed of one to a plurality of mobile terminals 1 and a monitoring center 2.

FIG. 11 shows a block diagram of the mobile terminal 1. The mobile terminal 1 has a main control unit 10, a GPS signal receiving unit 11, a positioning calculation unit 12, a wireless communication interface unit 13, and operation buttons 14. Composed of and.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of the monitoring center 2. The monitoring center 2 is composed of a main control section 20 and a public line interface section 21.

Here, a user carrying the mobile terminal 1
When the operation button 14 corresponding to the service is pressed in order to receive the desired service (for example, dispatch of service personnel or report to police / emergency) from the service company 6, the operation signal of the operation button 14 is the main control. It is input to the section 10. The main controller 10 receives the operation signal and activates the GPS signal receiver 11 and the positioning calculator 12.

At this time, the GPS signal receiving unit 11 receives the GPS signal transmitted from the GPS satellite 5, and the positioning calculating unit 12 calculates the position information indicating the current position by using this GPS signal. Then, when the calculation of the positioning calculation unit 12 is completed, the main control unit 10 sends the current position information and the user's request from the wireless communication interface unit 13 to the monitoring center 2 via the wireless base station 3 and the public line network 4. And a control signal indicating a service to be performed.

Upon receiving the position information and the control signal from the mobile terminal 1, the monitoring center 2 instructs the service company 6 to provide the service desired by the user at the point corresponding to the transmitted position information. For example, the service company 6 dispatches service personnel to the location or notifies the police or ambulance that an emergency has occurred at the location.

[0008]

In the emergency position information notification system described above, if the user carrying the mobile terminal 1 goes out of the communicable area A without noticing it, he / she will be given an emergency for the user. Even if a situation occurs, the mobile terminal 1 cannot report to the monitoring center 2 via the wireless base station 3 and the public network 4, so that the monitoring center 2 cannot take measures against an emergency. There was a problem.

As the mobile terminal 1, there is also provided a mobile terminal 1 having a function of detecting that the mobile terminal 1 has gone outside the communicable area A by detecting the electric field strength of the radio wave from the radio base station 3. Communication area A as shown in
When it detects that it goes out of the
Is lit or a buzzer (not shown) is sounded to notify the user that the communication area is outside the area A. However, the user is informed that the communication is impossible only when the mobile terminal 1 goes out of the communicable area A, and at that time, the monitoring center 2
The emergency center could not be called and the monitoring center 2 could not take measures against the emergency.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is an emergency position information notification system capable of notifying a user in advance that communication with a monitoring center cannot be performed. To provide.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the invention of claim 1, a monitoring center having a public line interface section for performing data communication via a public line network and a GPS satellite transmits. A GPS signal receiving unit that receives a GPS signal, a positioning calculation unit that calculates current position information from the received GPS signal, and a wireless communication that performs data communication by a wireless signal with a wireless base station connected to a public network. An interface unit, a notification operation unit used for transmitting a notification signal indicating an emergency in the event of an emergency and the position information requested by the positioning calculation unit, are provided from the wireless communication interface unit via a wireless base station and a public network. The position information obtained by the positioning calculation unit is transmitted to the monitoring center, and the notification signal and position information are sent according to the operation of the notification operation unit. When the public line interface section of the monitoring center receives the notification signal and the location information transmitted from the mobile terminal, the location of the mobile terminal is determined based on the location information received by the monitoring center. However, in the emergency location information notification system that provides services corresponding to the emergency situation of the user carrying this mobile terminal according to the notification signal, the monitoring center can wirelessly communicate between the wireless base station and the mobile terminal. Communicable area database storing map information of various communicable areas, and when the mobile terminal comes near the boundary of the communicable area based on the position information of the mobile terminal and the map information transmitted from the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal An alarm signal output section that outputs an alarm signal to the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal receives the alarm signal from the monitoring center. Characterized by comprising providing a notification unit that notifies the user that it is near the boundary of the communicable area.

By adopting the above-mentioned configuration, the alarm signal output section is based on the position information transmitted from the mobile terminal and the map information of the communicable area stored in the communicable area database. When the mobile terminal comes near the boundary of the communicable area, an alarm signal is output, and the alarm unit of the mobile terminal notifies the user in response to this alarm signal, so before going out of the communicable area. A warning can be given to the user, and it is possible to prevent a situation where an emergency call cannot be made outside the communicable area without the user's knowledge.

In the invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, when the mobile terminal moves outside the communicable area, the monitoring center is scheduled to return to the communicable area. When the data communication between the mobile terminal and the monitoring center is not resumed, the service is provided in response to an emergency, and when the mobile terminal carried by the user goes out of the communication area, the mobile terminal However, if data communication is not resumed between the mobile terminal and the monitoring center even after the return time comes, we will judge that an emergency has occurred and provide services in response to the emergency. It is possible to deal with the emergency situation of the user even when the emergency situation occurs to the user outside the communication area.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the monitoring center stores a moving schedule database for storing moving schedule information regarding a moving schedule of a user carrying the mobile terminal, and the moving schedule database. A return time predicting unit for predicting a return time at which the mobile terminal returns to the communicable area based on the travel schedule information stored in the communicable area database and the map information of the communicable area stored in the communicable area database is provided. With this feature, the return time predicting unit can automatically predict the return time at which the mobile terminal returns to the communicable area.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, a map display unit for displaying a map of the surrounding area, at least the position of the destination on the map, the arrival time and the moving means are used as the movement schedule information. A mobile schedule input unit for inputting is provided in the mobile terminal. In the mobile terminal, the mobile schedule information input using the mobile schedule input unit is transmitted from the wireless communication interface unit to the monitoring center. The moving schedule information received by the interface unit is stored in the moving schedule database, and the user carrying the mobile terminal inputs the moving schedule information using the moving schedule input unit provided in the mobile terminal, and stores the contents. It can be stored in the moving schedule database of the monitoring center.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, an internet interface unit for connecting to the Internet is provided in the monitoring center, and in the monitoring center, the travel schedule information transmitted by the user via the Internet is sent to the internet interface. Received by the department,
The feature is that the received moving schedule information is stored in the moving schedule database, and the user uses the information terminal such as a personal computer to access the monitoring center via the Internet and inputs the moving schedule information to monitor. Since the center stores the received moving schedule information in the moving schedule database, the user himself / herself can register the moving schedule information in the moving schedule database via the Internet.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the invention, the mobile terminal is provided with a moving means input section for selecting and inputting a moving means used by the user from a plurality of pre-registered moving means. At the monitoring center, a terrain / traffic network database that stores information about terrain and means of transportation, a locus of movement of the mobile terminal up to the present time, information about the means of transportation input by the means for moving means, and a terrain / traffic network database A moving route calculation unit that predicts the moving route of the mobile terminal based on the information related to the topography and the means of transportation is provided, and when the notifying unit of the mobile terminal notifies that it is near the boundary of the communicable area, When a user carrying a mobile terminal selects and inputs a means of transportation by using the means for inputting means of transportation, the information of the selected and inputted means of transportation is stored in the wireless communication interface section. In the monitoring center, the public line interface unit receives the information about the means of transportation transmitted from the mobile terminal, and based on the received information, the movement route calculation unit registers the movement route predicted in the movement schedule database. Characteristically, when the mobile terminal moves near the boundary of the communicable area and the user selects and inputs the travel means using the travel means input unit, the travel route calculation unit causes the travel route of the mobile terminal, By predicting the travel route of the mobile terminal from the travel information input by the travel input unit and the terrain and travel information stored in the terrain / traffic network database, the predicted travel route is registered in the travel schedule database. Therefore, it is possible to automatically predict the movement route of the mobile terminal and register it in the movement schedule database.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) An embodiment of an emergency position information notification system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an emergency position information notification system. This system is composed of one to a plurality of mobile terminals 1 and a monitoring center 2. In this embodiment, a mobile telephone that performs wireless communication via a public wireless network and a public network 4 is used as the mobile terminal 1. Since the basic configuration of this system is the same as that of the conventional emergency position information notification system, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the mobile terminal 1. The mobile terminal 1 uses a main control unit 10, a GPS signal receiving unit 11 for receiving GPS signals from GPS satellites 5, and a received GPS signal. Wireless communication interface unit 13 that performs wireless communication between the positioning calculation unit 12 that calculates the current position information and the wireless base stations 3 ₁ , 3 _{2 of} the public wireless network.
, Operation button 14, and mobile terminal 1 can communicate with area A
A notification unit 15 that warns a user who carries the mobile terminal 1 by receiving an alarm signal from the monitoring center 2 when approaching the boundary of 1, A2 ..., A map display unit 16 such as a liquid crystal display that displays a map, Consists of an input unit 17 (movement schedule input unit) such as a touch panel for inputting movement schedule information regarding the movement target position on the map displayed on the map display unit 16, arrival time, and transportation means. To be done.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the monitoring center 2. The monitoring center 2 has a main control unit 20, a public line interface unit 21 for data communication via the public line network 4, and a radio base station 3. A communicable area database 22 that stores map information of communicable areas A1, A2, ... In which wireless communication is possible between ₁ , 3, ₂ ...
A travel schedule database 23 that stores travel schedule information about a travel schedule of a user carrying each mobile terminal 1, and map information and a travel schedule database 23 of the communicable areas A1, A2 ... Stored in the communicable area database 22.
A time calculating unit 24 (for estimating the time when the mobile terminal 1 owned by each user goes out of the service area A1, A2 ... Recovery time prediction unit).

Next, the operation of this system will be briefly described.

While the user carrying the mobile terminal 1 is moving in the communicable areas A1, A2, ..., Communication is regularly performed between the mobile terminal 1 and the monitoring center 2, and the monitoring center 2 Then, the current position of the mobile terminal 1 is detected based on the position information received from the mobile terminal 1.

[0024] Here, when a user carrying the mobile terminal 1 experiences some kind of emergency, the user can request a desired service from the service company 6 (for example, dispatch of service personnel or report to the police / emergency). When the operation button 14 corresponding to the service is pressed to receive the provision, the operation signal of the operation button 14 is input to the main control unit 10. The main controller 10 receives this operation signal and receives the GPS signal receiver 1
1 and the positioning calculation unit 12 are activated, and the GPS signal reception unit 11 is activated.
Receives GPS signals from GPS satellites 5,
The positioning calculation unit 12 calculates the position information indicating the current position by using the signal. Then, when the calculation of the positioning calculation unit 12 is completed, the main control unit 10 sends the current position information from the wireless communication interface unit 13 to the monitoring center 2 via the wireless base stations 3 ₁ , 3 _2, ... And the public network 4. And a control signal indicating a service desired by the user are transmitted. The monitoring center 2 is the mobile terminal 1
When receiving the position information, the notification signal, and the control signal from the service provider, the service company 6 is instructed to provide the service desired by the user at the point corresponding to the transmitted position information. In the service company 6, for example, service personnel are dispatched to the location, or the police or the ambulance is notified that an emergency has occurred at the location.

On the other hand, when the user carrying the mobile terminal 1 approaches the boundary of the communicable areas A1, A2 ..., In the monitoring center 2, the main control section 20 as an alarm signal output section stores in the communicable area database 22. Based on the stored map information of the communicable areas A1, A2 ... And the current position information received from the mobile terminal 1, it is confirmed that the mobile terminal 1 approaches the boundary of the communicable areas A1, A2. Detect
A warning message is transmitted from the public line interface unit 21 to the mobile terminal 1. Then, the mobile terminal 1 that has received the warning message uses the notification unit 15 including a light emitting means such as a light emitting diode to blink the light emitting means to warn the user with blinking light. The user who receives the warning uses the operation button 14 to select whether to return to the communicable area A1 ... Or to leave the communicable area A1. Instead of the light emitting means, a warning sound generating unit such as a buzzer may be used as the notification unit 15, and an alarm may be issued by the buzzer sound.

The user who has selected to go out of the communicable area A1 ... Based on the map information displayed on the map display unit 16, uses the input unit 17 to select the destination, the waypoint, and the arrival schedule. Time and moving schedule information regarding a moving schedule such as moving means are input, and the input information is transmitted from the wireless communication interface unit 13 to the monitoring center 2 via the wireless base stations 3 ₁ , 3 ₂ . In the monitoring center 2, when the public line interface unit 21 receives the information about the moving schedule from the mobile terminal 1, the main control unit 20 stores the received information in the moving schedule database 23.

At this time, the time calculating unit 24 uses the information about the moving schedule stored in the moving schedule database 23 and the information of the communicable area A1 ... The time when the user carrying 1 returns to the communicable area A1 ...

If the communication between the mobile terminal 1 and the monitoring center 2 is not resumed even when the time estimated by the time calculation unit 24 arrives, the main control unit 20 causes the main terminal 20 to perform the communication.
When it is determined that an emergency situation has occurred to the user carrying the mobile phone, an emergency alert indicating the occurrence of the emergency situation is output to the service company 6 to request an emergency response. Service company 6
In response to a request from the surveillance center 2, the service center dispatches service personnel to the place where this user seems to be, and reports to the police and emergency departments.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the main control unit 20 of the monitoring center 2 detects the position information periodically transmitted from the mobile terminal 1 and the communicable area A1 ... Stored in the communicable area database 22. When it is detected that the mobile terminal 1 has arrived near the boundary of the communicable area A1 ... Based on the position information, an alarm signal is output to the mobile terminal 1, and the mobile terminal 1 receives the alarm signal and receives the alarm signal. Since the notification is given to the user, it is possible to prevent the mobile terminal 1 from going outside the communicable area A1 ... Without the user's knowledge.

The communication area A1 ...
If the data communication between the mobile terminal 1 and the monitoring center 2 is not restarted even if the scheduled recovery time calculated by the time calculation unit 24 comes when the user goes outside the monitoring center 2, the monitoring center 2 notifies the user of something. Since it is determined that an emergency has occurred and processing to deal with the emergency is performed, even if the user has an emergency outside the communicable area A1, ... can do.

Further, the user himself / herself inputs the movement schedule information using the input unit 17 provided in the mobile terminal 1,
The input contents can be stored in the movement schedule database 23 of the monitoring center 2, and the time calculation unit 24 can be further stored.
By using the moving schedule information stored in the moving schedule database 23 and the position information of the communicable area A1 stored in the communicable area database 22, the time when the mobile terminal 1 returns to the communicable area A1 is automatically set. Can be predicted.

(Embodiment 2) An embodiment of an emergency position information notification system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 6. FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of an emergency position information notification system. This system includes one or more mobile terminals 1, a monitoring center 2, and an information terminal such as a personal computer connected to the monitoring center 2 via the Internet 7. 8
Composed of and. Since the basic configuration of this system is the same as that of the first embodiment, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the mobile terminal 1. The mobile terminal 1 uses a main control unit 10, a GPS signal receiving unit 11 for receiving GPS signals from GPS satellites 5, and a received GPS signal. Wireless communication interface unit 13 that performs wireless communication between the positioning calculation unit 12 that calculates the current position information and the wireless base stations 3 ₁ , 3 _{2 of} the public wireless network.
, Operation button 14, and mobile terminal 1 can communicate with area A
When it approaches the boundary of 1, A2 ..., It comprises a notification unit 15 which receives a warning signal from the monitoring center 2 and warns the user carrying the mobile terminal 1.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the monitoring center 2. The monitoring center 2 has a main control unit 20, a public line interface unit 21 for data communication via the public line network 4, and a radio base station 3. A communicable area database 22 that stores map information of communicable areas A1, A2, ... In which wireless communication is possible between ₁ , 3, ₂ ...
A travel schedule database 23 that stores travel schedule information about a travel schedule of a user carrying each mobile terminal 1, and map information and a travel schedule database 23 of the communicable areas A1, A2 ... Stored in the communicable area database 22.
A time calculating unit 24 (for estimating the time when the mobile terminal 1 owned by each user goes out of the service area A1, A2 ... Return time prediction unit) and an Internet interface unit 25 for connecting to the Internet 7
Composed of and.

Next, the operation of this system will be briefly described. When the user carrying the mobile terminal 1 has to go outside the communicable area A1 ... When the user goes out, the user uses the information terminal 8 in advance and the monitoring center via the Internet 7. 2 is accessed, and travel schedule information such as the position of the destination, arrival time, transportation means (transportation means) used for transportation, etc. is transmitted to the monitoring center 2.
In the monitoring center 2, the internet interface unit 25 receives the movement schedule information transmitted from the information terminal 8, and the main control unit 20 receives this information from the movement schedule database 2
Store in 3.

While the user carrying the mobile terminal 1 is moving in the communicable areas A1, A2 ..., The mobile terminal 1 and the monitoring center 2 regularly communicate with each other. At 2, the current position of the mobile terminal 1 is detected based on the position information received from the mobile terminal 1.

Then, when the user carrying the mobile terminal 1 approaches the boundary of the communicable areas A1, A2 ..., At the monitoring center 2, the main control unit 20 as an alarm signal output unit
Based on the map information of the communicable areas A1, A2, ... Stored in the communicable area database 22 and the current position information received from the mobile terminal 1, the mobile terminal 1 can determine the communicable areas A1, A2 ,. When the approach to the boundary is detected, the public line interface unit 21 transmits a warning message to the mobile terminal 1. Then, the mobile terminal 1 that has received the warning message uses the notification unit 15 including a light emitting means such as a light emitting diode to blink the light emitting means to warn the user with blinking light. The user who receives the warning uses the operation button 14 to communicate area A1 ...
It is selected whether to return to the inside or go out of the communicable area A1 ... Instead of the light emitting means, a warning sound generating unit such as a buzzer may be used as the notification unit 15, and an alarm may be issued by the buzzer sound.

When the user selects to go out of the communication area A1, ..., The mobile terminal 1 notifies the monitoring center 2 that the communication terminal goes out of the communication area A1.
At this time, the time calculation unit 24 of the monitoring center 2 uses the moving schedule information stored in the moving schedule database 23 and the position information of the communicable area A1 ... The time when the user carrying the terminal 1 returns to the communicable area A1 ...

As described above, if the data communication between the mobile terminal 1 and the monitoring center 2 is not restarted even when the scheduled recovery time obtained by the time calculating unit 24 comes, the monitoring center 2
Since it is determined that the user has some kind of emergency, and the processing for dealing with the emergency is performed, even if the user has an emergency outside the communicable area A1, ... Can handle emergencies.

In the present embodiment, the user carrying the mobile terminal 1 uses the information terminal 8 such as a personal computer to access the monitoring center 2 via the Internet 7,
Since the moving schedule information is input and the monitoring center 2 stores the received moving schedule information in the moving schedule database 23, the user himself / herself registers the moving schedule information in the moving schedule database 23 via the Internet 7. You can

(Embodiment 3) An embodiment of an emergency position information notification system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 to 9. FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram of the emergency position information notification system, and this system is composed of one to a plurality of mobile terminals 1 and a monitoring center 2. Since the basic configuration of this system is the same as that of the first embodiment, the same components are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of the mobile terminal 1. The mobile terminal 1 uses a main control unit 10, a GPS signal receiving unit 11 for receiving GPS signals from GPS satellites 5, and a received GPS signal. Wireless communication interface unit 13 that performs wireless communication between the positioning calculation unit 12 that calculates the current position information and the wireless base stations 3 ₁ , 3 _{2 of} the public wireless network.
, Operation button 14, and mobile terminal 1 can communicate with area A
1, A2 ... When an alert signal from the monitoring center 2 is approached and the user carrying the mobile terminal 1 is alerted, a notification unit 15 is provided, and what kind of transportation means the user carrying the mobile terminal 1 has. And a moving means input unit 18 for selectively inputting whether or not to move.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the monitoring center 2. The monitoring center 2 has a main control unit 20, a public line interface unit 21 for data communication via the public line network 4, and a radio base station 3. A communicable area database 22 that stores map information of communicable areas A1, A2, ... In which wireless communication is possible between ₁ , 3, ₂ ...
A travel schedule database 23 that stores travel schedule information related to travel schedules of users who carry each mobile terminal 1, and information about terrain and time required for each transportation means (walking, railroad, bus, taxi, etc.) and its route information. The terrain / transportation network database 26, the travel route of the mobile terminal 1 up to now, the information about the transportation means selected and input by the transportation means input unit 18, and the terrain and transportation means stored in the terrain / transportation network database 26. The travel route calculation unit 27 that estimates the travel route of the mobile terminal 1 from the information and registers it in the travel schedule database 23, the map information of the communicable areas A1, A2 ... Stored in the communicable area database 22, and the travel schedule database. The mobile terminal 1 possessed by each user is communicable area A based on the travel schedule of each user stored in 23.
1 and A2 ... and a time calculation unit 24 (return time prediction unit) that estimates the time when the vehicle goes out of the service area or enters the service area.

Next, the operation of this system will be briefly described.

While the user carrying the mobile terminal 1 is moving within the communicable areas A1, A2, ..., Communication is regularly performed between the mobile terminal 1 and the monitoring center 2, and the monitoring center At 2, the current position of the mobile terminal 1 is detected based on the position information received from the mobile terminal 1.

On the other hand, when the user carrying the mobile terminal 1 approaches the boundary between the communicable areas A1, A2 ..., In the monitoring center 2, the main control section 20 as an alarm signal output section stores in the communicable area database 22. Based on the stored map information of the communicable areas A1, A2 ... And the current position information received from the mobile terminal 1, it is confirmed that the mobile terminal 1 approaches the boundary of the communicable areas A1, A2. Detect
A warning message is transmitted from the public line interface unit 21 to the mobile terminal 1. Then, the mobile terminal 1 that has received the warning message uses the notification unit 15 including a light emitting means such as a light emitting diode to blink the light emitting means to warn the user with blinking light. The user who receives the warning uses the operation button 14 to select whether to return to the communicable area A1 ... Or to leave the communicable area A1. Instead of the light emitting means, a warning sound generating unit such as a buzzer may be used as the notification unit 15, and an alarm may be issued by the buzzer sound.

When the user who has selected to go out of the communicable area A1 ... Enters the moving means to be used outside the communicable area A1 ... Using the moving means input unit 18, the main control unit 10 wirelessly The input information of the moving means is transmitted from the communication interface unit 13 to the monitoring center 2 via the wireless base stations 3 ₁ , 3 _2, ... And the public line network 4. In the monitoring center 2, the public line interface unit 21 receives the input information of the moving means transmitted from the mobile terminal 1, and stores the input information, the movement route of the mobile terminal 1 up to now, and the terrain / traffic network database 26. Based on the time required for each means of transportation and the information about the route, the movement route calculation unit 27
Predicts the future movement route of the mobile terminal 1, and stores the prediction result in the movement schedule database 23. And
The time calculation unit 24 of the monitoring center 2 carries the mobile terminal 1 by using the moving schedule information stored in the moving schedule database 23 and the information of the communicable area A1 ... Stored in the communicable area database 22. The user guesses the time to return to the communicable area A1 ...

After that, if the communication between the mobile terminal 1 and the monitoring center 2 is not resumed even at the time estimated by the time calculating unit 24, the main control unit 20 causes the main terminal 20 to perform the communication.
When it is determined that an emergency situation has occurred to the user carrying the mobile phone, an emergency alert indicating the occurrence of the emergency situation is output to the service company 6 to request an emergency response. Service company 6
In response to a request from the surveillance center 2, the service center dispatches service personnel to the place where this user seems to be, and reports to the police and emergency departments.

In this way, if the data communication between the mobile terminal 1 and the monitoring center 2 is not restarted even when the scheduled recovery time calculated by the time calculating unit 24 comes, the monitoring center 2
Since it is determined that the user has some kind of emergency, and the processing for dealing with the emergency is performed, even if the user has an emergency outside the communicable area A1, ... Can handle emergencies.

Further, in this embodiment, the user uses the mobile terminal 1
When a moving means is selected and input by using the moving means input unit 18 provided in, the moving route calculating unit 27 of the monitoring center 2 causes the moving route of the mobile terminal 1 so far, and the moving means input by the moving means input unit 18 The future travel route of the mobile terminal 1 is predicted from the topography and transportation information stored in the topography / traffic network database 26, and the predicted travel route is registered in the travel schedule database 23. It is possible to automatically predict the movement route of and to register it in the movement schedule database 23.

In each of the above embodiments, the time calculation unit 2
4 uses the movement schedule information stored in the movement schedule database 23 and the position information of the communicable area A1 ... Stored in the communicable area database 22 to return the mobile terminal 1 to the communicable area A1. Although the time is automatically predicted, the user may directly input the return time using the mobile terminal 1 and register it in the monitoring center 2.

[0052]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1, a monitoring center having a public line interface section for performing data communication via a public line network, and a GPS for receiving GPS signals transmitted from GPS satellites. A signal receiving unit, a positioning calculating unit that calculates the current position information from the received GPS signal, a wireless communication interface unit that performs data communication with a wireless base station connected to a public network by wireless signals, and in the event of an emergency It is equipped with a reporting operation unit used to transmit a reporting signal to notify an emergency and the position information obtained by the positioning calculation unit, and from the wireless communication interface unit to the monitoring center via the wireless base station and the public network,
It is composed of a mobile terminal that transmits the position information obtained by the positioning calculation unit and also transmits a notification signal and position information according to the operation of the notification operation unit. The public line interface unit of the monitoring center was transmitted from the mobile terminal. Upon receiving the notification signal and the location information, the location of the mobile terminal is determined based on the location information received by the monitoring center, and in response to the notification signal, the service that responds to the emergency of the user carrying the mobile terminal is provided. In the emergency position information notification system, the monitoring center has a communicable area database that stores map information of a communicable area in which wireless communication is possible between the wireless base station and the mobile terminal, and the mobile terminal that transmits the mobile information. Based on the location information of the terminal and the map information, when the mobile terminal comes near the boundary of the communicable area, an alarm is given to the mobile terminal. And a warning signal output unit for outputting a warning signal, and the mobile terminal is provided with a notification unit for receiving a warning signal from the monitoring center and notifying the user that it is near the boundary of the communicable area. And

By adopting the above-mentioned configuration, the alarm signal output section is based on the position information transmitted from the mobile terminal and the map information of the communicable area stored in the communicable area database. When the mobile terminal comes near the boundary of the communicable area, an alarm signal is output, and the alarm unit of the mobile terminal notifies the user in response to this alarm signal, so before going out of the communicable area. There is an effect that it is possible to give a warning to the user and prevent a situation in which the user cannot go out of the communication area and make an emergency call without the user's knowledge.

According to the invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, when the mobile terminal moves to the outside of the communicable area, the recovery time scheduled for the mobile terminal to return to the communicable area. When the data communication between the mobile terminal and the monitoring center is not resumed, the service is provided in response to an emergency, and when the mobile terminal carried by the user goes out of the communication area, the mobile terminal However, if data communication is not resumed between the mobile terminal and the monitoring center even after the return time comes, we will judge that an emergency has occurred and provide services in response to the emergency. Even if the user has an emergency situation outside the communication area, there is an effect that the emergency situation of the user can be dealt with.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the monitoring center stores a moving schedule database for storing moving schedule information regarding a moving schedule of a user carrying the mobile terminal, and the moving schedule database. A return time predicting unit for predicting a return time at which the mobile terminal returns to the communicable area based on the travel schedule information stored in the communicable area database and the map information of the communicable area stored in the communicable area database is provided. This is advantageous in that the return time predicting unit can automatically predict the return time at which the mobile terminal returns to the communicable area.

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, in the third aspect of the invention, a map display section for displaying a map of the surrounding area, at least the position of the destination on the map, the arrival time and the moving means are used as the movement schedule information. A mobile schedule input unit for inputting is provided in the mobile terminal, and in the mobile terminal, the mobile schedule information input using the mobile schedule input unit is transmitted from the wireless communication interface unit to the monitoring center, and in the monitoring center,
The moving schedule information received by the public line interface unit is stored in the moving schedule database, and the user carrying the mobile terminal inputs the moving schedule information using the moving schedule input unit provided in the mobile terminal. The effect is that the contents can be stored in the moving schedule database of the monitoring center.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, an internet interface unit for connecting to the Internet is provided in the monitoring center, and in the monitoring center, the travel schedule information transmitted by the user via the Internet is sent to the Internet interface. It is characterized by receiving the moving schedule information in the department and storing the received moving schedule information in the moving schedule database, and the user uses the information terminal such as a PC to access the monitoring center via the Internet and enter the moving schedule information. Since the monitoring center stores the received moving schedule information in the moving schedule database, the user himself / herself can register the moving schedule information in the moving schedule database via the Internet.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the mobile terminal is provided with a moving means input section for selecting and inputting a moving means used by the user to move from a plurality of preliminarily registered moving means. At the monitoring center, a terrain / traffic network database that stores information about terrain and means of transportation, a locus of movement of the mobile terminal up to the present time, information about the means of transportation input by the means for moving means, and a terrain / traffic network database are stored. A moving route calculation unit that predicts the moving route of the mobile terminal based on the information related to the topography and the means of transportation is provided, and when the notifying unit of the mobile terminal notifies that it is near the boundary of the communicable area, When the user carrying the mobile terminal selects and inputs the means of transportation using the means of inputting the means of transportation, the information of the selected and input means of transportation is input from the wireless communication interface section. In the surveillance center, the public line interface unit receives the information about the means of transportation transmitted from the mobile terminal, and based on the received information, the movement route calculation unit registers the movement route predicted in the movement schedule database. Characteristically, when the mobile terminal moves near the boundary of the communicable area and the user selects and inputs the travel means using the travel means input unit, the travel route calculation unit causes the travel route of the mobile terminal, By predicting the travel route of the mobile terminal from the travel information input by the travel input unit and the terrain and travel information stored in the terrain / traffic network database, the predicted travel route is registered in the travel schedule database. Therefore, the moving route of the mobile terminal can be automatically predicted and registered in the moving schedule database.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an emergency position information notification system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the mobile terminal of the above.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the above monitoring center.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an emergency position information notification system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the mobile terminal of the above.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the above monitoring center.

FIG. 7 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an emergency position information notification system according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the mobile terminal of the above.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of the above monitoring center.

FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional emergency position information notification system.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of the mobile terminal of the above.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a monitoring center of the above.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an operation of the mobile terminal with a notification function of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Mobile Terminal 2 Monitoring Center 3 ₁ ... Radio Base Station 4 Public Network 5 GPS Satellite A1 ... Communication Area

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Kazunari Maeda             1048, Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd.             Inside the company (72) Inventor Koichi Masuda             1048, Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd.             Inside the company (72) Inventor Kazuyasu Yamane             1048, Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd.             Inside the company (72) Inventor Yasuhisa Idaira             1048, Kadoma, Kadoma-shi, Osaka Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd.             Inside the company F-term (reference) 5C087 AA03 AA09 AA12 AA21 AA23                       AA25 AA32 AA42 BB12 BB20                       BB46 BB74 BB76 DD03 DD49                       EE05 EE16 FF01 FF05 FF17                       FF19 FF20 GG08 GG14 GG18                       GG23 GG30 GG36 GG43 GG66                       GG70 GG83                 5K067 AA33 BB04 BB21 DD28 EE02                       EE10 FF02 FF03 FF20 FF31                       HH21 JJ56

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A monitoring center having a public line interface section for performing data communication through a public line network, and G.
A GPS signal receiving unit that receives a GPS signal transmitted from a PS satellite, a positioning calculation unit that calculates current position information from the received GPS signal, and data by a wireless signal between a wireless base station connected to a public network. It is equipped with a wireless communication interface section for communication, a notification signal for informing an emergency when an emergency occurs, and a notification operation section used for transmitting the position information obtained by the positioning calculation section. From the wireless communication interface section to a wireless base station and a public A public line of the monitoring center, which is composed of a mobile terminal that transmits the position information obtained by the positioning calculation unit to the monitoring center via the network and also transmits the notification signal and the position information according to the operation of the notification operation unit. When the interface receives the notification signal and the location information sent from the mobile terminal, the location received by the monitoring center In the emergency location information notification system that determines the location of the mobile terminal based on the information and provides services corresponding to the emergency situation of the user who carries the mobile terminal according to the notification signal, in the monitoring center, the wireless base station And a mobile terminal, a communicable area database that stores map information of a communicable area in which wireless communication is possible between the mobile terminal and the mobile terminal is based on the position information and the map information of the mobile terminal transmitted from the mobile terminal. An alarm signal output unit that outputs an alarm signal to the mobile terminal when it comes near the boundary of the communication area, and the mobile terminal must be near the boundary of the communication area after receiving the alarm signal from the monitoring center. An emergency position information notification system, characterized by comprising an informing section for informing the user. 2. The monitoring center, when the mobile terminal moves outside the communicable area, collects data between the mobile terminal and the monitoring center at the scheduled recovery time of the mobile terminal returning to the communicable area. The emergency position information notification system according to claim 1, wherein a service corresponding to an emergency is provided when communication is not resumed. 3. A movement schedule database for storing movement schedule information regarding a movement schedule of a user carrying the mobile terminal, a movement schedule information stored in the movement schedule database, and the communication area database in the monitoring center. The recovery time predicting unit for predicting a recovery time at which the mobile terminal returns to the communication area based on the stored map information of the communication area is provided.
Or the emergency position information notification system described in 2. 4. A mobile terminal having a map display unit for displaying a map of the surrounding area and a movement schedule input unit for inputting at least the position of the destination on the map, the arrival time and the movement means as movement schedule information. The mobile terminal transmits the travel schedule information input using the travel schedule input unit from the wireless communication interface unit to the monitoring center. At the monitoring center, the travel schedule information received by the public line interface unit is stored in the travel schedule database. The emergency position information notification system according to claim 3, wherein the emergency position information notification system is stored. 5. An internet interface unit for connecting to the Internet is provided in a surveillance center, and the surveillance center receives the travel schedule information transmitted by the user via the Internet at the surveillance center and transfers the received travel schedule information. The emergency position information notification system according to claim 3, wherein the system is stored in a schedule database. 6. A mobile terminal is provided with a mobile means input section for selecting and inputting a mobile means to be used by a user from a plurality of pre-registered mobile means, and a monitoring center stores information about topography and mobile means. Based on the terrain / traffic network database, the movement trajectory of the mobile terminal up to the present time, the information about the means of movement entered by the means for moving means input, and the terrain / traffic network related information stored in the terrain / traffic network database. A mobile route calculation unit that predicts the travel route of the mobile terminal is provided, and at the time when the notification unit of the mobile terminal notifies that the mobile terminal is near the boundary of the communicable area, the user carrying the mobile terminal inputs the mobile unit input unit. When you select and enter the means of transportation by using, the information of the selected and entered means of transportation is transmitted from the wireless communication interface section, and the public line interface is displayed at the monitoring center. 4. The face unit receives the information about the moving means transmitted from the mobile terminal and registers the movement route predicted by the movement route calculation unit on the basis of the received information in the movement schedule database. Emergency location information notification system.