JP2003249981A - Mobile terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile terminal which allows a user carrying it to transmit information of present and future voices, past voices, or the like to a storage device in a remote place by automatically and substantially continuously recording voices or the like and positions or the like in relation to each other without operating a specific recording button. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile terminal is provided with a time detection means 10 for detecting the present time, a position detection means 11 for detecting the present position, a voice or the like detection means 12 for detecting a voice and peripheral sounds, a storage means 13 for storing data of the time, the position, and the voices or the like detected by these means, and a control means for 14 for controlling the means so as to substantially continuously detect the time and the position and store the information. The mobile terminal is provided with an emergency input means 17 having a switch which is operated on the basis of user's intention in case of emergency and a communication means 16 for transmitting data to a remote place. When the switch is operated, the control means performs such control that data stored in the storage means or data to be stored in the storage means 13 may be transmitted to a storage device 5 in a remote place through the communication means 16. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone capable of storing data such as voice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An audio cassette tape recorder, an IC memory recorder, or the like is used when it is desired to record voice or ambient sound. When it is desired to know the current position, a GPS device or the like is often used.

In addition, mobile terminals such as mobile phones having a built-in IC memory and GPS are on the market, and voice and position information can be detected and recorded independently.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional recording device for voice and the like, recording cannot be started unless the wearer operates the record button based on his or her intention.
Therefore, it is not always the case that the recording has been completed when the situation that the user wants to record has occurred, and it was often that the recording should have been performed immediately after such a situation occurred. Also, even if you know the situation you want to record to some extent, there is a limit to the storage time (capacity) that can be stored, so if the storage time is reached, no further recording will be possible and it will not be a complete measure.

Even in a mobile phone having a built-in IC memory and GPS, the IC memory and GPS operate separately, and it is not possible to store the voice and the like in association with the position. Since the data is not stored in association with each other, the stored data cannot be effectively used. Therefore, in order to store the position / time and the voice in association with each other, a complicated operation such as a voice recording of information obtained by the GPS is required by the wearer.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and a first object of the present invention is to automatically and substantially automatically output a voice or the like desired to be recorded without operating a specific record button or the like. It is to provide a portable terminal that can be continuously stored.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal capable of associating and recording voice and other information such as position.

[0008] A third object of the present invention is to transmit data such as present or past voice and the like to a storage device in a remote place according to the intention of the carrier, and to transmit information in an emergency or the like to prevent loss of information. It is to provide a mobile terminal that can be prevented or secured.

[0009]

A portable terminal according to claim 1 of the present invention is a time detecting means for detecting a current time, a voice detecting means for detecting a voice or a surrounding sound, and the time detecting means. And storage means for storing data such as time and voice detected by the voice detection means, and control means for controlling time detection and information storage to be performed substantially continuously. .

Thus, the voice or the like can be stored substantially continuously in association with the time.

A portable terminal according to claim 2 of the present invention comprises a time detecting means for detecting the current time, a position detecting means for detecting the current position, and a voice detecting means for detecting a voice or a surrounding sound. A storage unit for storing data such as the time / position detected by the time detection unit, the position detection unit, and the voice detection unit and data such as the voice, and the time detection, the position detection, and the information storage to be substantially continuously performed. And a control means for controlling.

This makes it possible to store voices and the like substantially continuously in association with time and position.

In the portable terminal according to the third aspect of the present invention, the control means controls so that when the storage capacity of the storage means is exceeded, new data is overwritten and recorded in the storage area in which old data is stored. It is characterized by

With this, it is possible to automatically and substantially continuously store the data such as the voice from the present time to the past for a predetermined time according to the storage capacity without operating a specific recording button or the like.

A portable terminal according to a fourth aspect of the present invention comprises an emergency input means having a switch operated based on the intention of the wearer in an emergency and a communication means for transmitting data to a remote place. It is characterized in that the control means controls the data to be stored in the storage means when the switch is operated to be transmitted to the storage device in a remote place via the communication means.

This makes it possible to transmit the data such as voices from the present onward to a storage device distant from the current position and store the data according to the intention of the wearer, without being limited by the storage capacity of the mobile terminal. For example, data such as voice after an emergency occurs can be stored as needed in an emergency.

The portable terminal according to claim 5 of the present invention is characterized in that the switch is an emergency notification switch which is operated in an emergency.

Thus, when the wearer operates the emergency call switch in an emergency, the data such as voice can be stored in the storage device separated from the current position.

A portable terminal according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the switch has a structure that is difficult to operate normally and is irreversibly operated in an emergency.

With this, it is possible to prevent the emergency call switch from being inadvertently operated when the mobile terminal is normally used, and it is possible to reliably perform the notification operation in an emergency.

In the portable terminal according to claim 7 of the present invention, in the control means, when the switch is operated, the data stored in the storage means is transmitted to the storage device in a remote place via the communication means. It is characterized in that it is controlled to.

Thus, the data in the storage means can be transmitted to and stored in a storage device distant from the current position in accordance with the intention of the wearer. Data such as past voices can be stored.

[0023]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The term "mobile terminal" is to be interpreted in a broad sense, and means any device that can be carried or moved with a person. In the present embodiment, a mobile phone will be described as an example because it is normally carried around and has the same or similar constituent means (device) as the constituent means of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to this. Absent.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1, which is a mobile terminal, transmits and receives radio waves to and from the base station 2. The base station 2 is connected to the mobile phone network 3 by wire or wirelessly, and can communicate with a telephone or the like connected to the mobile phone network 3. The telephone line of the data management center 4 is connected to the mobile telephone network 3 so that communication with the mobile telephone 1 is possible. The data management center 4 is provided with a data server 5 as a storage device for storing data such as voices sent from the mobile phone 1, and controls exchange of data sent via the mobile phone network 3. An input / output interface 6 for controlling data exchange with the data server 5 is also provided. An internet communication network may be used instead of the mobile phone network 3.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the function of the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment. Time detecting means 10 for detecting the current time, position detecting means 11 for detecting the current position, and voice. Voice and other detection means 12 for detecting ambient sound
And a storage means (memory) 13 for storing the time / position detected by the time detection means 10, the position detection means 11 and the voice detection means 12, the voice, and the like, and controlling time detection, position detection, and information storage. And a control means 14. A memory control unit 15 for controlling data to be stored is interposed between the time detection unit 10, the position detection unit 11, the voice detection unit 12, and the storage unit 13.

The mobile phone 1 is also provided with communication means 16 for transmitting data to remote areas. This communication means fulfills the call / communication mechanism that the mobile phone 1 originally has. Communication means (device) other than the original means may be provided.

Furthermore, in the present mobile phone 1, a switch (not shown) operated based on the intention of the wearer in an emergency or the like.
And an emergency input means 17 having As the switch, for example, there is an emergency call switch operated in an emergency. In this case, it has a structure that is difficult to operate in normal times and can be operated irreversibly in an emergency (for example, a structure that has a switch that cannot be restored once pushed once inside the cover made of glass or resin that can be broken with fingers). Preferably. This is to prevent accidental operation of the emergency notification switch when the mobile terminal is normally used, and to ensure that the emergency notification switch can be operated in an emergency.

A processing procedure in the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In this mobile phone 1, it is possible to select whether or not to store voices and the like (memory function (memory function)). It is detected whether or not this storage function has been selected (step 1 (described as S1 in the drawing, the same applies hereinafter)). The storage function is set to be always selected by default. For this reason, normally, the carrier does not notice that the memory function is selected.
The cancellation may be made by the operation of the carrier.

When the storage function is selected, the time detection means 1
Detection of the current time is started by the timer which constitutes 0, detection of information on the current position is started by the GPS device which constitutes the position detecting means 11, and voice and ambient sound are caused by the microphone which constitutes the voice detecting means 12. Pickup is started (step 2). The information such as the time, position and voice obtained here is transmitted to the memory control means 15 (step 3).

The memory control means 15 performs a predetermined format process for associating the respective transmitted information with each other (step 4), and stores (stores) the formatted data in the memory constituting the storage means 13 (step 5). ). Data is stored in the memory by a so-called sequential method.

The memory control means 15 constantly monitors the available storage capacity of the memory. It is detected whether the memory is full (step 6). When it is detected that the data is full, new data is overwritten and recorded in the storage area in which old data is stored (step 7). This allows data such as voices to be continuously and continuously displayed from the present to the past according to the storage capacity without the user having to be aware of it and without operating a specific storage switch. Can be stored automatically. It is convenient that the data such as the voice is automatically stored. For example, it is possible to effectively prevent important conversations and the like from being automatically recorded together with the time and place of the conversation, and later becoming a “speak” or “do not say” fluff.

Whether or not the emergency call switch constituting the input means for emergency etc. is operated is always detected (step 8). When the emergency call switch is operated, a control signal is sent from the control means 14 to the memory control means 15 and the communication means 16, and the memory control means 15 causes the storage means 1 to operate.
All the data (past data) stored in 3 is called and transmitted to the communication means 16, and the data to be stored in the storage means 13 from the memory control means 15 is transmitted to the communication means 16 (step 9). ). Communication means 1
In 6 the call is made to the preset telephone number of the data management center 4 (step 10), and after the line is connected, all the data and memory in the storage means 13 are stored in the data server 5 via the input / output interface 6. The data transmitted from the control means 15 are continuously transmitted by telephone and stored (step 11). The phone transmission is continued until a cancellation / interruption command is issued based on the carrier's intention. If communication with the data management center 4 is interrupted due to a factor that hinders telephone transmission, the mobile phone 1 redials the telephone number of the data management center 4 and restarts communication according to the above procedure. Send untransmitted data.

As a result, information such as past and future voices can be transmitted to and stored in the data server 5 in the data management center 4 which is separated from the current position, according to the intention of the carrier. Without being limited to the storage capacity of the memory in the mobile phone 1, data such as voice can be stored as needed in an emergency. For example, when a carrier is involved in an abduction, etc.,
The time and position (place) where the emergency call switch was pressed and the surrounding sounds and voices after the switch was pressed are successively sent to the data server 5 of the data management center 4 which is separated from the wearer. , It can be effectively used for searching and rescue of carriers.

All the data in the storage means 13 at the time when the emergency call switch is pressed are stored in the data management center 4
Since the data is sent to the data server 5 inside, the past data is sent to the data server 5 and stored in the meantime even if the carrier is involved in the incident and the mobile phone 1 is destroyed. It is possible to solve the case by using those data as clues. When such a usage method is not used, the procedure itself for transmitting all data may be omitted. Further, it is possible to transmit only the necessary data set in advance according to the purpose among all the data. When only the necessary data is transmitted, it is preferable to separate the data to be transmitted when the emergency notification switch is pressed from the other data, for example, when performing the above format processing.

When the emergency call switch is pressed once,
While the above operation is performed, when the button is pressed twice or more, not only the data is transmitted to the data management center 4 by telephone, but also a watchman resident in the data management center 4 or the like may be notified. . If you press the emergency call switch multiple times during a major emergency, not only the input / output interface 6 and the data server 5 will respond, but you can also notify the watcher that a big emergency has occurred. By responding to, it is possible to perform a quick and accurate treatment.

Although the position detecting means 11 detects and stores the position, the position detecting means can be omitted if necessary.

If the storage means has a sufficiently large capacity and it is not necessary to perform overwrite storage, the overwrite storage need not be performed. In such a case, the sequential storage is not an essential method and may be a random access method.

The case of using the emergency call switch as the emergency input device 17 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a switch or the like operated by the intention of the wearer may be used. For example, the data server 5 of the data management center 4 can be used complementarily as a method of compensating for the shortage of the recording capacity when it is necessary to record for a longer time than the memory capacity.

An acceleration sensor may be incorporated in the mobile phone 1 to detect acceleration data applied to the mobile phone 1 and to store it in the storage means 13 in the same manner as information such as voice.
In this case, when it is no longer in a mobile state (for example, when it is left on a desk or when clothes are stored in a pocket of clothes), it is unnecessary to store the position and voice. Alternatively, the acceleration sensor provided in the mobile phone 1 may detect that the mobile phone is no longer in the mobile state, and the storage in the recording unit may be stopped.

In addition to information such as time, position and voice, video information composed of a moving image or a still image may be stored.
You may make it memorize | store physical information, such as cardiac activity information (pulse etc.) and respiratory information. Such physical information is detected by using an acceleration sensor built in the mobile phone 1 or a sensor provided separately.

When the emergency call switch is operated, a call may be sent to the data management center 4 and at the same time an emergency signal may be sent to the nearest police station or fire station.

As long as the device has the constituent means of the present invention,
It may be configured by a device other than the mobile phone. For example,
Devices having various forms such as a wrist watch type, a belt buckle type, a tie pin type, a brooch type, and a key chain type are conceivable. In this way, it is not only a product that can be established as a single product, but also a type that is connected to a connector provided on a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone and has a function that is independent or complementary to the function of the mobile terminal such as a mobile phone. It may be.

The present invention is not limited to being worn and carried, but may be attached to the inside of a vehicle such as a vehicle that moves with a person.

[0045]

As described above, the mobile terminal of the present invention has the following effects.

(1) Voices and the like can be stored substantially continuously in association with time and position.

(2) It is possible to automatically and substantially continuously store data such as voices from the present time to a predetermined time past according to the storage capacity without operating a specific recording button or the like.

(3) Data such as voice can be transmitted to and stored in a storage device distant from the current position in accordance with the intention of the wearer, without being limited by the storage capacity of the mobile terminal, for example, an emergency. Data such as voice can be stored according to need such as time, information such as voice can be secured,
Loss of information can be avoided.

(4) When the carrier operates the emergency call switch in an emergency, data such as voice can be stored in the storage device separated from the current position.

(5) It is possible to prevent accidental operation of the emergency notification switch when the mobile terminal is normally used, and it is possible to reliably perform the notification operation in an emergency.

(6) The data in the storage means can be transmitted to and stored in a storage device distant from the current position in accordance with the intention of the carrier, and can be stored before the emergency as required in an emergency, for example. Data such as past voices can be stored.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram in which a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention is used.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functions of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 mobile phone 4 Data management center 5 data server 10 Time detection means 11 Position detection means 12 Voice detection means 13 storage means 14 Control means 15 Memory control means 16 Communication means 17 Emergency input means

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A time detection means for detecting the current time,
Voice detection means for detecting voice and surrounding sounds, storage means for storing time and voice data detected by the time detection means and voice detection means, and time detection and information storage are substantially continuous. A mobile terminal comprising: a control unit that controls the operation to be performed. 2. Time detection means for detecting the current time,
Position detecting means for detecting the current position, voice detecting means for detecting voice and surrounding sound, and time / position and voice data detected by the time detecting means, position detecting means and voice detecting means. A mobile terminal, comprising: a storage unit that stores the information and a control unit that controls the time detection, the position detection, and the information storage to be performed substantially continuously. 3. The control means is controlled so as to overwrite and record new data in a storage area in which old data is stored when the storage capacity of the storage means is exceeded. The mobile terminal described. 4. An emergency input device having a switch operated based on the intention of the wearer in an emergency and the like, and a communication device for transmitting data to a remote place, wherein the switch in the control device is The mobile terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the mobile terminal is controlled so as to transmit data to be stored in the storage means to a storage device in a remote place via the communication means when operated. 5. The mobile terminal according to claim 4, wherein the switch is an emergency call switch operated in an emergency. 6. The mobile terminal according to claim 5, wherein the switch has a structure that is difficult to operate normally and is irreversibly operated in an emergency. 7. The control means controls the data stored in the storage means to be transmitted to a storage device in a remote place via the communication means when the switch is operated. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, 2, or 4.