JP2009100339A - Communication device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication device that reliably notifies a user of information on an earthquake. <P>SOLUTION: When the communication device receives an emergency signal indicating the occurrence of an earthquake (S1 step), a loud reception state is automatically set and a user is notified of information on the earthquake with a maximum sound volume (S2 step), and a sound notification in the S2 step is continued until a specific key is operated by the user (S3 step). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention relates to a communication apparatus capable of receiving disaster information such as an earthquake.

  Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the world, and major earthquakes of magnitude 5 to 7 such as the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the 2007 Noto Peninsula Earthquake have occurred. It is a big issue to stop the damage caused by such an earthquake to the minimum, and the country and companies are taking measures.

  For example, the Japan Meteorological Agency plans to start an emergency earthquake bulletin in October 2007. In this emergency earthquake bulletin, when the initial tremor of the earthquake is caught near the epicenter, the position, scale, and strength of the shake are automatically calculated. It is a system that informs citizens through the news media.

There is also a patent application related to a technique for notifying that an earthquake is coming. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a technique for notifying a mobile phone of a seismic intensity when the seismic intensity calculated by a seismometer is equal to or greater than a predetermined value. Yes.
JP 2003-294849 A

  The technique described in Patent Document 1 is a technique for notifying the seismic intensity mobile phone, but if the user is notified only by displaying the information about the earthquake on the display unit or is notified at a low volume, the user can receive the information about the earthquake. You may not get it. Since the information about the earthquake is information related to human life, it is preferable to notify the user with the highest priority.

The present invention solves such problems, and the communication device according to claim 1 is a communication device that notifies information about an earthquake when receiving an emergency signal for notifying that an earthquake is coming, When the emergency signal is received, the voice reception state is automatically set, and the information about the earthquake is notified at the maximum volume.
A communication apparatus according to a second aspect is the communication apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the notification of information relating to the earthquake is continued until a predetermined key operation is performed.
The communication device according to claim 3 is a communication device that notifies information related to an earthquake when receiving an emergency signal for notifying that an earthquake has arrived, a receiving means for receiving the emergency signal, and the receiving means Audio generating means for generating an audio signal based on the received emergency signal, an amplifier for amplifying the audio signal from the audio generating means, and a speaker for outputting the audio signal amplified by the amplifier, When the reception means receives the emergency signal, the voice generation means generates a voice signal based on the emergency signal received by the reception means, and amplifies the voice signal generated by the voice generation means with the amplifier And control means for controlling the gain of the amplifier to be maximized.
The communication device according to claim 4 is a communication device for notifying information related to an earthquake when receiving an emergency signal for notifying that an earthquake is coming, and receiving means for receiving the emergency signal; and the receiving means Audio generating means for generating an audio signal based on the received emergency signal, an amplifier for amplifying the audio signal from the audio generating means, and a speaker for outputting the audio signal amplified by the amplifier, When the reception means receives the emergency signal, the voice generation means generates a voice signal based on the emergency signal received by the reception means, and amplifies the voice signal generated by the voice generation means with the amplifier And control means for adjusting the gain of the amplifier so as to output an audio signal from the speaker at a maximum volume value.
The communication device according to claim 5 is a communication device that notifies information related to an earthquake when receiving an emergency signal for notifying that an earthquake has arrived, a receiving means for receiving the emergency signal, and the receiving means A voice generation unit that generates a voice signal based on the emergency signal received by the receiver, an amplifier that amplifies the voice signal from the voice generation unit, a speaker that outputs the voice signal amplified by the amplifier in a loudspeaking reception state, When the receiving means receives the emergency signal, the sound generating means generates a sound signal based on the emergency signal received by the receiving means, and the sound signal generated by the sound generating means is And a control means for controlling the communication apparatus to be in a loudspeaking reception state and to maximize the gain of the amplifier when amplifying.
The communication device according to claim 6 is a communication device that notifies information related to an earthquake when receiving an emergency signal for notifying that an earthquake is coming, a receiving unit that receives the emergency signal, and the receiving unit A voice generation unit that generates a voice signal based on the emergency signal received by the receiver, an amplifier that amplifies the voice signal from the voice generation unit, a speaker that outputs the voice signal amplified by the amplifier in a loudspeaking reception state, And when the receiving means receives the emergency signal, the sound generating means generates a sound signal based on the emergency signal received by the receiving means, and the sound signal generated by the sound generating means is Control means for adjusting the gain of the amplifier so as to put the communication device in a loudspeaking reception state and to output the audio signal from the speaker at the maximum volume value when amplifying. Characterized in that it.

  In the present invention, when information about an earthquake is received, the information about the earthquake can be notified to the user accurately in order to notify the information about the earthquake at the maximum volume.

  In the present invention, when information about an earthquake is received, the information about the earthquake can be accurately notified to the user in order to notify the information about the earthquake by maximizing the gain of the amplifier.

  Also, in the present invention, when information about an earthquake is received, the information about the earthquake is automatically notified by voice in the loudspeaking reception state, so that the information about the earthquake can be accurately notified to the user.

  Furthermore, when information on earthquakes is notified, the information is continuously notified unless the user performs a predetermined key operation, so that information on earthquakes can be accurately notified to the user.

  Next, a communication device (for example, a mobile phone device) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the apparatus of this embodiment. In FIG. 1, in the mobile phone device 10, a first casing having a display 42 and a second casing having a numeric keypad 48 are connected via a hinge part so as to be opened and closed.

  FIG. 2 shows a block diagram of the apparatus of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone device 10 includes a communication unit 12 connected to an antenna 16. The communication unit 12 transmits a signal from a baseband unit 14 to be described later to the base station via the antenna 16 or receives a radio wave from the base station via the antenna 16.

  The communication unit 12 is connected to the baseband unit 14. The baseband unit 14 includes a CDMA processing circuit 18 and an audio codec 20. Here, the CDMA processing circuit 18 performs code division multiple access, scrambling, error control, and timing detection. The audio codec 20 compresses (encodes) and decompresses (decodes) the audio, performs analog and digital conversion, and changes the received sound volume and microphone sensitivity by an internal amplifier circuit (not shown). . The communication unit 12 and the CDMA processing circuit 18 also have an e-mail transmission / reception function.

  In addition, a switching circuit 22 is connected to the baseband unit 14. A first speaker 26 is connected to the switching circuit 22 via an amplifier circuit 24. The first speaker 26 converts the electric signal of the baseband unit 14 amplified by the amplifier circuit 24 into sound. This first speaker 26 is applied to the user's ear and used for a call.

  Further, the microphone 30 is connected to the switching circuit 22 via the amplifier circuit 28. The microphone 30 is used for a call and converts sound into an electrical signal. The electrical signal output from the microphone 30 is amplified by the amplifier circuit 28 and output to the baseband unit 14.

Further, a second speaker 34 is connected to the switching circuit 22 via an amplifier circuit 32. The second speaker 34 converts the electric signal of the baseband unit 14 amplified by the amplifier circuit 32 into sound. The second speaker 34 is a loudspeaker for listening to the surrounding people of the received sound. The second speaker 34 also sounds an incoming call notification and a warning sound.
The switching circuit 22 is connected to the base circuit unit 14 on the side of the amplifier circuit 24 for the first speaker 26 and the amplifier circuit 28 for the microphone 30, or the amplifier circuit 32 for the second speaker 34 and the microphone 30. Is switched to the side of the amplifier circuit 28.

  In addition, the mobile phone device 10 includes a GPS communication unit 58 connected to the GPS antenna 56. In the GPS communication unit 58, the radio wave (GPS data) related to the current position information captured by the GPS antenna 56 is converted into an electrical signal and output to the control circuit 36. In the control circuit 36, current position information of the mobile phone device 10 is calculated based on the GPS data. Note that the current position information of the mobile phone device 10 output to the control circuit 36 is stored in the RAM 40.

  A control circuit (control unit) 36 is connected to each of the communication unit 12, the baseband unit 14, the switching circuit 22, and the GPS communication unit 58. Switching by the switching circuit 22 described above is performed under the control of the control circuit 36. The control circuit 36 controls the audio codec 20 of the baseband unit 14, and the audio codec 20 changes the volume of the first speaker 26 and the second speaker 34 and the sensitivity of the microphone 30. The control circuit 36 is connected to the ROM 38 and controls each unit based on a system program stored in the ROM 38. The control circuit 36 is connected to a RAM 40 in which predetermined information necessary for the operation of the control circuit 36 is stored.

  The RAM 40 stores a score table and first aid data (see FIG. 3). Specifically, the score table associates the degree of injury or illness with the score. For example, in the case of an unconscious person or an injured person with a large amount of bleeding, a score of 100 points is obtained. If the trauma is severe, 80 points are associated, and if there is consciousness and the amount of bleeding is small, 60 points are associated. On the other hand, the first aid data stores explanation data such as the first aid method when there is no consciousness and the first aid method when there is a lot of bleeding, and it corresponds to the score of each item (injury, illness, pregnant woman) Stores explanation data for the first aid method. The explanation data may be text, audio data, a moving image, a still image, or the like.

  The RAM 40 stores map information and information such as the hospital position and telephone number, and further stores the hospital and the score in association with each other. For example, emergency hospitals that accept emergency patients and can be immediately operated or treated are associated with 100 points or 80 points shown in FIG. 3, and hospitals that cannot be operated immediately but can be treated are 60 points shown in FIG. Personal hospitals and the like that are associated with each other and are not well equipped and capable of simple examination and treatment are associated with 40 points and 20 points shown in FIG.

An input unit 44 is connected to the control circuit 36. The input unit 44 includes a numeric keypad 48 for inputting a telephone number and the like, a call key 50 for operating a call start, a cut key 52 for operating a call end, a function key 54 for setting various functions, And a power key 64.
The control circuit 36 is connected to an illumination unit 46 that is a backlight of the display 42.

  Next, the operation of the cellular phone device 10 according to the present embodiment will be described.

  4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment. In step S1 of FIG. 4, when the control circuit 36 detects a signal indicating that an emergency signal has been received from the communication unit 12, the process proceeds to step S2. The emergency signal here is, for example, information such as the time until a shake caused by an earthquake, seismic intensity, and the like.

  In step S2, the control circuit 36 displays information indicating that an earthquake is coming on the display 42. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the predicted seismic intensity (for example, seismic intensity of 5 is lower) and the time until the shaking arrives (for example, 20 seconds until arrival) are displayed. Further, the control circuit 36 displays information related to the earthquake on the display 42 and automatically makes a loud voice reception state, and notifies the speaker 34 of the expected seismic intensity, the expected time until the shake reaches, etc. as voice data. At this time, the control circuit 36 notifies at the maximum volume by maximizing the gain of the amplifier 32.

  In addition, as a method of calculating the time when the expected seismic intensity and fluctuation arrive, for example, a calculation method described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-66152 can be given. The method for calculating the predicted seismic intensity and the like is not limited to this, and other methods may be used.

  In step S3, if the control circuit 36 determines that there is an operation for stopping the notification in step S2 from the input unit 44, the process proceeds to step S4. Otherwise, the notification in step S2 has a key operation. Continue until.

  As described above, the notification in step S2 is continued until a predetermined key operation is performed in step S3.

  In addition, when there is an incoming call while displaying information indicating that an earthquake is coming on the display 42, it is preferable to give priority to notification that an earthquake is coming. For this reason, it may be configured such that the incoming call notification is not performed even if an incoming call is received when the earthquake is notified. More specifically, when a signal indicating that there is an incoming call is detected from the communication unit 12 while the control circuit 36 is informing the display 42 that an earthquake has occurred, a ring tone is sounded from the speaker 34. This is prohibited and the earthquake notification of the display 42 is continued.

  In addition, when the control circuit 36 detects a signal indicating that there is an incoming call from the communication unit 12 while notifying the display 42 that an earthquake has occurred, a call ring tone is emitted from the speaker 34 and the display is displayed. You may comprise so that 42 earthquake notifications may be continued. Thereby, it is possible to notify the user of both earthquake notification and incoming call.

  Further, when the control circuit 36 is informing the display 42 that an earthquake is coming and detects a signal indicating that there is an incoming call from the communication unit 12, it indicates that there is an incoming call in a region that is half of the display 42. A message may be displayed, and the earthquake notification may be continued in the remaining half. Thereby, it is possible to notify the user of both earthquake notification and incoming call.

  In step S4, the control circuit 36 stops the voice notification in step S2 and advances the process to step S5.

  In step S5, the control circuit 36 displays a screen as shown in FIG. Specifically, in addition to the predicted seismic intensity and the expected time until the shaking occurs, a plurality of items such as emergency, evacuation place, latest information, and the like are displayed. To explain these items in detail, first of all, emergency is an item for displaying contact information such as hospitals and the route from the current location, etc. The condemned location is the route from the current location to the nearest evacuation site. This is an item for display, and the latest information is an item for displaying the current damage situation, traffic jam situation, and the like.

  In step S6, when the control circuit 36 detects a signal indicating that an emergency item has been selected from the input unit 44, the control circuit 36 proceeds to step S8 and detects a signal indicating that other items have been selected. , The process proceeds to step S7.

  In step S7, the control circuit 36 performs processing corresponding to the selected item. This process will be specifically described later.

  In step S8, the control circuit 36 controls the display 42 to display three items (injury, illness, and pregnant woman) corresponding to emergency as shown in FIG. 8A. If there is an instruction input to move the cursor 100 from the input unit 42, the cursor 100 is displayed to move. If there is an input to instruct the determination from the input unit 44, the item at which the cursor 100 is located is determined. . For example, in FIG. 8A, “injury”, which is an item where the cursor 100 is positioned, is selected. Subsequently, the control circuit 36 controls the display 42 to display a plurality of items 1 to 5 corresponding to “injuries” as shown in FIG. These five items are a plurality of items corresponding to the injuries stored in the RAM 40 shown in FIG. If it demonstrates concretely, the grade of injury will become low in order of 1-5, and 1 has shown that it is the most serious injury. 1 indicates that the injured person is not conscious or has a large amount of bleeding, 2 indicates that the person is conscious but the trauma is severe, 3 indicates that the person is conscious and has a small amount of bleeding, 4 indicates Conscious, trauma is mild and bleeding is small, 5 indicates conscious and not urgent. When the display of FIG. 8B is displayed on the display 42, the control circuit 36 displays the cursor 100 to move if there is an instruction input to move the cursor 100 from the input unit 42, and then inputs If there is an input for instructing determination from the unit 44, the item on which the cursor 100 is positioned is determined. In this embodiment, for example, it is assumed that 1 “unconsciousness or large amount of bleeding” in FIG. 9B is selected.

  In step S9, the control circuit 36 reads the score for the item selected in step S8 from the RAM 40, and temporarily stores it in a buffer memory (not shown) of the control circuit 36. In the present embodiment, 100 points corresponding to 1 “unconscious or large amount of bleeding” in FIG. 8B are stored.

  In step S10, the control circuit 36 receives the GPS information of the current position by controlling the GPS communication unit 58. In the present embodiment, the current position is calculated on the terminal side, but the present position may be calculated on the server side and the position information calculated on the server side may be received.

In the subsequent step S11, the control circuit 36 compares the map information stored in the RAM 40 with the current position information received in step S10, and first displays the map of the position and current position of the nearby hospital on the display 42. Also, the hospital corresponding to the number of points calculated in step S9 and temporarily stored in the buffer memory is displayed, and the route from the current position of the user to the selected hospital (for example, the shortest route but the road currently under construction) If it is possible to receive such information from the server, the route including the information is displayed. The display form is shown in FIG.
In this embodiment, a hospital that can be operated immediately corresponding to 100 points, that is, an emergency hospital is selected. In the map of FIG. 9, the route from the user (existing at the position indicated by the black circle) to the central hospital, which is the nearest emergency hospital, is displayed.

  In step S12, an emergency treatment method corresponding to the item selected in step S8 is displayed. Specifically, the control circuit 36 reads the data of the emergency treatment method corresponding to the item selected in step S8 (for example, “unconscious or heavy bleeding”) from the RAM 40 and displays it on the display 42. For example, the emergency treatment method corresponding to the selected item, such as artificial breathing method, heart massage method, hemostasis method, etc. is explained with sentences, images, sounds and the like.

In step S13, when the control circuit 36 determines that there is a call operation from the input unit 44, the process proceeds to step S14.
In step S14, the control circuit 36 reads the telephone number of the nearest hospital (in this embodiment, the central hospital) currently displayed from the RAM 40, and dials by controlling the communication unit 12.
In step S15 shown in FIG. 5, if the control circuit 36 determines that there is a hospital re-search instruction from the input unit 44, the process proceeds to step S18, and if not, the process proceeds to step S16.
In step S16, when it is determined that there is a stop operation from the input unit 44, the control circuit 36 proceeds to step S17, clears the display 42, and returns the process to step S1 in FIG. On the other hand, when it is determined that there is no stop operation, in step S22, when the control circuit 36 detects a signal indicating that an emergency signal has been received from the communication unit 12, the process proceeds to step S23.
In step S23, the control circuit 36 performs emergency notification processing in the same manner as in step S2.

  In step S18, the control circuit 36 searches for the next closest hospital among the hospitals corresponding to the score calculated in step S9, and displays the route from the current position to the searched hospital on the display 42. Note that the method for displaying the route from the current position to the searched hospital is performed in the same manner as in step S11, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  In step S19, the control circuit 36 displays an emergency treatment method corresponding to the selected item as in step S12.

  In the subsequent step S20, when the control circuit 36 determines that there is a call operation to the currently displayed hospital, the process proceeds to step S21 and performs a call operation to the displayed hospital. On the other hand, if not, the process returns to step S15. Note that the operations in steps S20 to S21 are the same as the operations in steps S13 to S14, and thus description thereof is omitted.

  Next, another process in step S7 of FIG. 4 will be described in detail. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the processing in step S7. First, in step S71, if the control circuit 36 determines that there is an operation for selecting the condemned place shown in FIG. 7 from the input unit 44, the process proceeds to step S72.

  In step S72, the control circuit 36 acquires current position information using the GPS communication unit 58, reads information on the evacuation place closest to the acquired current position from the ROM 38, and displays the evacuation place on the display 42 in step S73. To do.

  In step S74, if the control circuit 36 determines that there is an input for selecting the latest information from the input unit 44, the process proceeds to step S75, and if not, the process ends.

  In step S <b> 75, the control circuit 36 controls the communication unit 12 to receive information such as the latest damage situation and traffic situation and display the information on the display 42.

  In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a mobile phone device. However, the present invention can also be applied to a communication device such as a car navigation system or a PHS (Personal Handyphone System).

  Further, in the present embodiment apparatus, the map information is read from the RAM 40. However, the map information is downloaded from a specific server, or the map including the current position and the surrounding hospital when displaying the current position. A configuration may be adopted in which only information is downloaded from the server.

It is a perspective view of the Example apparatus formed by applying this invention. It is a block diagram of a present Example apparatus. 4 is a diagram showing information stored in a RAM 40. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a present Example apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a present Example apparatus. It is a figure which shows the display form of the display. It is a figure which shows the display form of the display. It is a figure which shows the display form of the display. It is a figure which shows the display form of the display. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a present Example apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

10 cellular phone device 12 communication unit 34 second speaker (buzzer)
36 control circuit 40 RAM
42 Display 44 Input unit 58 GPS communication unit

Claims (6)

When receiving an emergency signal for notifying that an earthquake is coming,
When the emergency signal is received, the communication apparatus is automatically in a loudspeaking reception state and notifies the information about the earthquake at the maximum volume. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notification of information related to the earthquake is continued until a predetermined key operation is performed. When receiving an emergency signal for notifying that an earthquake is coming,
Receiving means for receiving the emergency signal; audio generating means for generating an audio signal based on the emergency signal received by the receiving means; an amplifier for amplifying the audio signal from the audio generating means; A speaker for outputting a sound signal,
When the reception means receives the emergency signal, the voice generation means generates a voice signal based on the emergency signal received by the reception means, and amplifies the voice signal generated by the voice generation means with the amplifier And a control means for controlling the gain of the amplifier to be maximized. When receiving an emergency signal for notifying that an earthquake is coming,
Receiving means for receiving the emergency signal; audio generating means for generating an audio signal based on the emergency signal received by the receiving means; an amplifier for amplifying the audio signal from the audio generating means; A speaker for outputting a sound signal,
When the reception means receives the emergency signal, the voice generation means generates a voice signal based on the emergency signal received by the reception means, and amplifies the voice signal generated by the voice generation means with the amplifier And a control means for adjusting the gain of the amplifier so as to output an audio signal from the speaker at a maximum volume value. When receiving an emergency signal for notifying that an earthquake is coming,
Receiving means for receiving the emergency signal; audio generating means for generating an audio signal based on the emergency signal received by the receiving means; an amplifier for amplifying the audio signal from the audio generating means; A speaker that outputs a voice signal in a loudspeaking reception state,
When the receiving means receives the emergency signal, the sound generating means generates a sound signal based on the emergency signal received by the receiving means, and when the sound signal generated by the sound generating means is amplified by the amplifier And a control means for controlling the communication apparatus so as to maximize the gain of the amplifier while at the same time receiving the loudspeaker. When receiving an emergency signal for notifying that an earthquake is coming,
Receiving means for receiving the emergency signal; audio generating means for generating an audio signal based on the emergency signal received by the receiving means; an amplifier for amplifying the audio signal from the audio generating means; A speaker that outputs a voice signal in a loudspeaking reception state,
When the receiving means receives the emergency signal, the sound generating means generates a sound signal based on the emergency signal received by the receiving means, and when the sound signal generated by the sound generating means is amplified by the amplifier And a control means for adjusting the gain of the amplifier so as to put the communication apparatus in a loudspeaking reception state and to output an audio signal from the speaker at a maximum volume value.

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