JP2011142370A - Cellular phone for transmitting urgent report message, program, and reporting method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cellular phone, and the like, capable of reducing the number of urgent calls, as much as possible, and properly acquiring only the important information to grasp the situation on site for a police station or a fire department. <P>SOLUTION: The cellular phone has a report key detecting means for detecting a sequence of depressed numbers as a report key, if keys are depressed in the order of keys "1", "1", "0" and an application start key, or dialing in the order of "1", "1", "9" and the application start key; an application start means for starting up the application based on "110" or the application based on "119", when the report key is detected; and a report message transmitting means for transmitting a report message containing positional information to a report receiver which is identified, on the basis of dialing "110" or "119". <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for a general public to report to a public emergency call organization using a mobile phone in an emergency.

  There are police stations and fire departments as public emergency reporting agencies that the general public reports in an emergency. An ordinary person who encounters an incident / accident scene usually uses a telephone to call the police station “110” or the fire department “119”. This emergency call is received by the notification receiving device of the police station or the fire department having jurisdiction over the reporting point. Such a notification receiving apparatus of an emergency call organization is designed to receive a large number of emergency calls at the same time.

  Conventionally, there is a technique for transmitting a moving image of an accident scene photographed with a mobile phone to an image data management server via the Internet (see, for example, Patent Document 1). According to this technique, the image data management server transmits the instruction information of the shooting location to the mobile phone of the user at the site such as a car accident. In response to this, the user takes a moving image of the accident site using a mobile phone according to the instruction information, and transmits it to the image data management server. As a result, the operation manager of the image data management server can grasp the field situation from the captured moving image. Note that the administrator of the image data management server in this technology is assumed to be an automobile insurance company, and the captured moving images are mainly images of scenes of automobile accidents.

JP 2005-57343 A

  In recent years, with the widespread use of mobile phones, emergency calls using mobile phones by ordinary people, that is, “110” and “119” notifications have increased significantly. For this reason, a large number of emergency calls may be simultaneously concentrated on the notification receiver of the emergency call organization. At this time, congestion may occur due to restrictions on the performance of the notification receiving device and the number of lines, and there may be cases where incoming calls cannot be made. In addition, information is often provided from parties other than those who are present at the site, resulting in further congestion. As a result, there is a problem that emergency calls with high importance that are related to human life are not received.

  Even when a call can be received, the reporter often cannot specifically and appropriately dictate the situation and position of the site to the operator of the emergency call organization. The more strained the reporter is, the more difficult it is for the operator to hear the situation at the site from the reporter.

  On the other hand, for users who have mobile phones, there are many resistances to outgoing calls to “110” and “119”, and many users have mobile phones. Therefore, even a user who is present at the site may hesitate to make a call to the emergency call phone number. This is because the user generally has few scenes of pressing the keys “1”, “1”, “0” or “1”, “1”, and “9” of the mobile phone.

  According to the technique described in Patent Document 1, the image data management server can collect data from a mobile phone possessed by a user. However, it is necessary for the operator himself to select the instruction information for the shooting location each time. Eventually, the user also needs to take a picture using the mobile phone for every shooting instruction based on the operation of the operator. Such an operation cannot collect efficient information in a short time (or emergency).

  Accordingly, the present invention provides a mobile phone, a program, and a report that can reduce the number of emergency calls to a call receiving device as much as possible for an emergency call organization and can appropriately acquire only information that is important for grasping the on-site situation. It aims to provide a method.

According to the present invention, in a mobile phone having a positioning unit that measures position information, a numeric keypad operated by a user, and an “application” application activation key,
When the keys “1”, “1”, “0” and “application” application activation keys are pressed in this order, or the keys “1”, “1”, “9” and “application” application activation Report key detection means for detecting as a report key when pressed in the order of the keys,
An application activation means for activating an application based on “110” or an application based on “119” when a notification key is detected;
It has a report message transmission means for transmitting a report message including position information to a report receiving device specified by “110” or “119”.

According to another embodiment of the mobile phone of the present invention,
A camera,
A display for displaying an image of a viewfinder viewed from a user when an object is photographed using a camera;
Camera starting means for automatically starting the camera based on application control;
Based on the control of the application, further has a shooting instruction means for displaying shooting instruction information for the user on the display,
It is also preferable that the notification message transmitting means transmits the image of the object photographed by the camera together with the position information to the notification receiving device.

  According to another embodiment of the mobile phone of the present invention, it is also preferable that the notification message transmitting means automatically deletes an image included in the notification message after transmitting the notification message.

  According to another embodiment of the mobile phone of the present invention, it is preferable that the photographing instruction information is a text of a name of an object to be a subject.

According to another embodiment of the mobile phone of the present invention,
The notification receiving device specified by “110” is based on police equipment,
The notification receiving device specified by “119” is based on fire fighting equipment,
The shooting instruction means
Display in advance a shooting menu that includes multiple items that assume situations that may occur when reporting to the police or fire department,
Select any one item in the shooting menu according to the user's operation,
It is also preferable that the content of the shooting instruction information varies depending on the selected item.

According to another embodiment of the mobile phone of the present invention,
Based on the control of the application, it further has a geomagnetic sensor that automatically measures the direction when the image is taken by the camera according to the user's operation
It is also preferable that the report message transmitting means transmits the orientation of the mobile phone that has captured the image together with the image of the object captured using the camera according to the user's operation to the report receiving apparatus.

According to another embodiment of the mobile phone of the present invention,
It further has a timer part,
It further has an activation time acquisition means for acquiring the activation time when the application is activated by the timer unit,
The notification message transmitting means preferably transmits a notification message including the activation time together with the position information to the notification receiving device specified by “110” or “119”.

According to another embodiment of the mobile phone of the present invention,
It is equipped with a SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) card that stores the identification number.
The notification message transmitting means preferably further includes an identification number in the notification message.

According to the present invention, in a program for causing a computer mounted on a mobile phone having a positioning unit that measures position information, a numeric keypad operated by a user, and an “application” activation key to function,
When the keys “1”, “1”, “0” and “application” application activation keys are pressed in this order, or the keys “1”, “1”, “9” and “application” application activation Report key detection means for detecting as a report key when pressed in the order of the keys,
An application activation means for activating an application based on “110” or an application based on “119” when a notification key is detected;
The computer is caused to function as a report message transmitting means for transmitting a report message including position information to a report receiving device specified by “110” or “119”.

According to the present invention, using a mobile phone having a positioning unit that measures position information, a numeric keypad operated by a user, and an “application” activation key, in a notification method for reporting to a report receiving device,
When the keys “1”, “1”, “0” and “application” application activation keys are pressed in this order, or the keys “1”, “1”, “9” and “application” application activation A first step of detecting as a notification key when pressed in the order of keys;
A second step of activating an application based on “110” or an application based on “119” when a notification key is detected;
And a third step of transmitting a notification message including position information to a notification receiving device specified by “110” or “119”.

  According to the mobile phone, the program, and the reporting method of the present invention, the number of emergency calls to the call receiving device is minimized as much as possible for the emergency call organization, and only the information important for grasping the on-site situation is appropriately acquired. Can do.

It is a system configuration diagram in the present invention. It is a sequence diagram in the present invention. It is explanatory drawing showing pressing of the report key. It is explanatory drawing showing the imaging | photography menu in this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the mobile telephone in this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram according to the present invention.

  According to FIG. 1, a mobile phone 1 communicates with a base station of a mobile phone network as an access network via a wireless link. In addition, the mobile phone network and the Internet are interconnected. According to FIG. 1, a fire department is represented as a public emergency call organization, and its notification receiver 2 is also connected to the Internet. Thereby, the mobile phone 1 can transmit a notification message to the notification receiving device 2 of the emergency call organization. Of course, it is not limited to the Internet, but may be a wide area communication network interconnected with a mobile phone network.

  According to FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1 includes a key input unit 101, a display unit 102, a positioning unit 103, and a camera 104. Both functions are almost standardly installed in existing mobile phones. The positioning unit 103 can measure position information by receiving positioning radio waves from a GPS (Global Positioning System) satellite. “Latitude / longitude” can be measured at a place where three GPS satellites can be seen. The camera 104 is preferably equipped with a function of shooting a video (moving image), but may be a camera of shooting a still image.

  According to FIG. 1, it is assumed that the user who has the mobile phone 1 encounters a fire scene. The user holds the mobile phone 1 and points the camera 104 of the mobile phone 1 to the fire site. The display 102 of the mobile phone 1 displays an image of a finder viewed from the user when the camera 104 is used to photograph an object. The user can take a video of the on-site situation with the camera 104 while viewing the video displayed on the display unit 102.

  Then, the mobile phone 1 transmits a notification message via the access network and the Internet instead of making a call to the notification receiver 2 of the emergency notification organization. The notification message may be an e-mail or a message service unique to the mobile phone carrier. This notification message includes position information measured by the positioning unit 103 and an image photographed by the camera 104. As a result, the fire department can grasp the position of the fire site and an image of the situation, and can take appropriate fire fighting actions from the beginning.

  FIG. 2 is a sequence diagram in the present invention.

(S201) The mobile phone 1 is pressed by the user's operation in the order of the keys “1”, “1”, “0” and “application” activation key, or the keys “1”, “1” ”,“ 9 ”and“ application ”application activation keys are detected as“ report key ”.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing pressing of the report key. As in FIG. 1, it is assumed that the user who has the mobile phone 1 is encountering a fire scene, and the mobile phone 1 has ten key keys “1”, “1”, “9” and “application”. Are pressed in the order of application activation keys.

  Here, in the conventional case, when a call is made to the fire department, the user can use the numeric keys “1”, “1”, “9” and “call” keys (for example, a key represented by an image in which the handset is off-hook). ) In this order. In contrast, according to the present invention, not the “calling” key but the “application” application activation key (for example, the key displayed as “application”) is pressed in this order. As a result, the application for the fire department based on “119” is activated in the subsequent S202 without calling the fire department.

(S202) The mobile phone 1 that has detected the notification key activates an application based on “110” or an application based on “119”. According to FIG. 2, since the key “1” “1” “9” “application” application activation key is pressed, the fire department application based on “119” is activated.

(S203) The mobile phone 1 measures the position information of the mobile phone 1 when the application is activated by receiving the positioning radio wave from the GPS satellite 3.

(S204) The mobile phone 1 automatically activates the camera based on application control.

(S205) The mobile phone 1 instructs the user to shoot based on application control. The mobile phone 1 displays the text of the name of the object to be the subject on the display and gives an instruction for shooting.

(S206) The mobile phone 1 uses a camera to photograph an object to be a subject by a user operation. The captured image of the object is preferably a moving image, but may be a still image.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a shooting menu in the present invention.

  The cellular phone 1 that activated the camera displays a “shooting menu” on the display. The shooting menu includes a plurality of items assuming situations that may occur when reporting to “110” (police station) or “119” (fire station).

According to FIG. 4, it is assumed that the fire is in the same manner as FIG. The According to Fig.4 (a), the imaging | photography menu containing the following items is displayed on the display of a mobile telephone, for example. Each item is given a number.
(1) Traffic accident (2) Injury (3) Fire (4) Sudden illness

  By the user's operation, any number key is pressed among the items of the shooting menu displayed on the display of the mobile phone. For example, since the whistleblower has encountered a fire scene, pressing the key “3” selects “(3) fire”.

  According to FIG. 4 (b1), the shooting instruction “Please shoot the entire building” is displayed on the display of the mobile phone. In response to this instruction, the user points the camera of the mobile phone toward the fire building and shoots the video. On the display of the mobile phone 1, a finder image viewed from the user may be displayed together with the contents of the shooting instruction. The application registers items to be taken by the user in advance.

Apart from FIG. 4 (b1), according to FIG. 4 (b2), a shooting menu including the following items is displayed on the display of the mobile phone.
(1) Entire building (2) People in the vicinity (3) Vehicles in the vicinity By the user's operation, the key of any number is pressed among the items of the shooting menu displayed on the display of the mobile phone. For example, the reporter selects “(2) neighboring people” by pressing the key “2”.

  It should be noted that the items in the shooting menu of FIG. (B2) differ depending on the item selected in FIG. 4 (a). In the case of a fire site, the building is an object to be the subject, whereas in the case of a traffic accident site, the vehicle is the object.

  Next, according to FIG. 4C, a shooting instruction “Please shoot people around” is displayed on the display of the mobile phone. In response to this instruction, the user points the camera of the mobile phone toward a person existing around the fire site. An image of a person in the vicinity displayed on the finder on the mobile phone display is taken. When a fire breaks out, not only the building of the fire but also images of people and vehicles around it are extremely important information for the fire department. For example, there may be a suspicious person or vehicle around the fire site.

(S207) The mobile phone 1 transmits a notification message including the position information and the captured image to the notification receiving device 2. The address of the notification receiver 2 to which the notification message is to be transmitted is specified by “110” or “119”. For example, when the pressed key is “119” when the application is activated, the specified notification receiving device 2 is based on the equipment of the fire department. Further, when the pressed key is “110”, the specified notification receiving device 2 is based on the equipment of the police station.

  It is also preferable that the mobile phone 1 automatically erases an image included in the report message after the report message is transmitted. This is to prevent the contents of the notification message transmitted to the police station or the fire department from remaining in the mobile phone 1 and then leaking the information to others.

  When the mobile phone 1 includes a geomagnetic sensor, the notification message may include the orientation of the mobile phone when the image is taken together with the image in the notification message.

  In addition, it is also preferable to include the activation time at which the application is activated in the notification message by using a timer unit that is mounted on the mobile phone 1 as a standard.

  Furthermore, the mobile phone 1 may include the identification number in the notification message using a SIM card that is mounted as a standard.

  As another embodiment of the present invention, it is also preferable that the notification message is encrypted and / or digitally signed for prevention of tampering and high reliability. For example, the notification message itself can be encrypted and / or digitally signed using the SIM card identification number as a key. Of course, a common common key cryptosystem or public key cryptosystem may be used.

  FIG. 5 is a functional configuration diagram of the mobile phone according to the present invention.

  According to FIG. 5, the mobile phone 1 includes a key input unit 101, a display unit 102, a positioning unit 103, a camera 104, a geomagnetic sensor 105, a SIM card 106, and a communication interface unit 107. In addition, the mobile phone 1 includes a notification key detection unit 111, an application activation unit 112, a camera activation unit 113, a photographing instruction unit 114, a timer unit 115, an activation time acquisition unit 116, and a notification message transmission unit 117. Have These functional components can be realized by executing a program that causes a computer mounted on a mobile phone to function.

  The key input unit 101 includes a “ten-key” and an “application” activation key operated by the user. Information on the key pressed in response to the user's operation is output to the report key detection unit 111.

  The notification key detection unit 111 presses the keys “1”, “1”, “0”, and “application” application activation key in this order, or the keys “1”, “1”, “9”. When the “application” application activation key is pressed in this order, it is detected as a “report key”. The report key detection unit 111 outputs information of the detected report key to the application activation unit 112.

  The application activation unit 112 activates an application based on a police station when the detected report key includes “1”, “1”, “0”, and “application” application activation keys. On the other hand, in the case where the detected notification key includes “1”, “1”, “9”, and “application” application activation keys, the application based on the fire department is activated. An application based on “110” identifies a notification receiver based on police equipment. In addition, the application based on “119” identifies the notification receiver based on the fire fighting equipment.

  The display unit 102 is a display of a mobile phone, and displays a shooting instruction screen for displaying a shooting menu and a finder image viewed from the user when shooting an object using the camera.

  The positioning unit 103 receives the positioning radio wave from the GPS satellite 3 and measures the current position. The positioning unit 103 measures position information at the time of starting the application, and outputs the position information to the notification message transmission unit 117.

  The camera activation unit 113 automatically activates the camera 104 based on an instruction from the application activation unit 112.

  The shooting instruction unit 114 displays a shooting menu on the display unit 102 based on an instruction from the application activation unit 112. Then, the user is allowed to select any one item. The shooting instruction unit 114 displays shooting instruction information for the user on the display unit 102 in accordance with the selected emergency call content item. The shooting instruction information is a text of the name of an object to be a subject.

  The camera 104 is preferably one that captures video. Of course, a still image may be taken by a user's shutter operation. The camera 104 activated from the camera activation unit 113 records a finder image viewed from the user. The viewfinder image is displayed on the display unit 102. The captured image is output to the notification message transmission unit 117.

  The geomagnetic sensor 105 measures the orientation of the mobile phone. The geomagnetic sensor 105 automatically measures the orientation of the mobile phone 1 when taking an image of the object using the camera 104. The geomagnetic sensor 105 outputs the measured azimuth together with the image captured by the camera 104 to the notification message transmission unit 117.

  The SIM card 106 stores a mobile phone identification number. The SIM card 106 outputs the identification number of the mobile phone to the notification message transmission unit 117.

  The timer unit 115 outputs the current time. The timer unit 115 outputs the time when the application is activated to the activation time acquisition unit 116.

  The activation time acquisition unit 116 acquires the time when the application is activated. The activation time acquisition unit 116 outputs the activation time to the notification message transmission unit 117.

  The report message transmission unit 117 outputs the report message to the communication interface unit 107 and transmits it to the report reception device 2 via the access network and the Internet. The notification message includes position information of the mobile phone at the time of application activation. In addition, the notification message may include a captured image, a direction, an application activation time, or an identification number of the mobile phone along with the position information.

  As described above in detail, according to the mobile phone, the program, and the reporting method of the present invention, it is important for the emergency reporting organization to reduce the number of emergency calls to the report receiving device as much as possible and to grasp the on-site situation. Only appropriate information can be acquired appropriately. Further, since the notification message includes location information of the site and an image of the situation, a more appropriate initial action can be taken. In addition, for the caller, there is relatively little resistance to outgoing calls to emergency call phone numbers. For the emergency call organization, if only receiving e-mails and image files, congestion of the line due to the concentration of a large number of reports can be avoided.

  Various changes, modifications, and omissions of the above-described various embodiments of the present invention can be easily made by those skilled in the art. The above description is merely an example, and is not intended to be restrictive. The invention is limited only as defined in the following claims and the equivalents thereto.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular phone 101 Key input part 102 Display part 103 Positioning part 104 Camera 105 Geomagnetic sensor 106 SIM card 107 Communication interface part 111 Notification key detection part 112 Application starting part 113 Camera starting part 114 Shooting instruction part 115 Timer part 116 Starting time acquisition part 117 Report Message Transmitter 2 Report Receiver 3 GPS Satellite

Claims (10)

In a mobile phone having a positioning unit for measuring position information, a numeric keypad operated by a user, and an "application" application activation key,
When the keys “1”, “1”, “0” and “application” application activation keys are pressed in this order, or the keys “1”, “1”, “9” and “application” application activation Report key detection means for detecting as a report key when pressed in the order of the keys,
An application activation unit that activates an application based on “110” or an application based on “119” when the notification key is detected;
A mobile phone comprising: a notification message transmitting means for transmitting a notification message including the position information to a notification receiving device specified by the “110” or “119”. A camera,
When an object is photographed using the camera, the display further displays a finder image viewed from the user,
Camera starting means for automatically starting the camera based on the control of the application;
Based on the control of the application, the display further includes shooting instruction means for displaying shooting instruction information for the user,
The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the notification message transmitting unit transmits an image of an object photographed by the camera together with the position information to the notification receiving device.   The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein the notification message transmitting unit automatically deletes the image included in the notification message after transmitting the notification message.   The mobile phone according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the photographing instruction information is a text of a name of an object to be a subject. The notification receiving device identified by the “110” is based on police equipment,
The notification receiving device specified by the “119” is based on fire fighting equipment,
The photographing instruction means includes
Display in advance a shooting menu that includes multiple items that assume situations that may occur when reporting to the police or fire department,
Any one item in the shooting menu is selected according to the operation of the user,
The mobile phone according to claim 4, wherein the content of the shooting instruction information varies depending on the selected item. Based on the control of the application, further comprising a geomagnetic sensor that automatically measures the orientation when the camera is photographed in response to the user's operation,
The notification message transmitting means transmits the orientation of the mobile phone that has captured the image together with the image of the object captured using the camera in response to the user's operation to the notification receiving device. The mobile phone according to any one of claims 2 to 5. It further has a timer part,
A start time acquiring means for acquiring a start time when the application is started by the timer unit;
7. The notification message transmitting means transmits a notification message including the start time together with the location information to a notification receiving device specified by the “110” or “119”. The mobile phone according to claim 1. It is equipped with a SIM (Subscriber Identification Module) card that stores the identification number.
The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the notification message transmitting unit further includes the identification number in the notification message. In a program for functioning a computer mounted on a mobile phone having a positioning unit that measures position information, a numeric keypad operated by a user, and an “application” application activation key,
When the keys “1”, “1”, “0” and “application” application activation keys are pressed in this order, or the keys “1”, “1”, “9” and “application” application activation Report key detection means for detecting as a report key when pressed in the order of the keys,
An application activation unit that activates an application based on “110” or an application based on “119” when the notification key is detected;
A program for a mobile phone, which causes a computer to function as a report message transmission unit that transmits a report message including the position information to a report receiving device specified by the “110” or “119”. In a reporting method for reporting to a report receiving device using a mobile phone having a positioning unit that measures location information, a numeric keypad operated by a user, and an `` application '' application activation key,
When the keys “1”, “1”, “0” and “application” application activation keys are pressed in this order, or the keys “1”, “1”, “9” and “application” application activation A first step of detecting as a notification key when pressed in the order of keys;
A second step of activating an application based on “110” or an application based on “119” when the notification key is detected;
And a third step of transmitting a notification message including the location information to the notification receiving device specified by the “110” or “119”.

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