JP5057065B2 - Mobile communication system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile communication system that transmits and receives signals between a radio base station and a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone via a radio line.

  Mobile communication terminal devices such as mobile phones are rapidly becoming popular because they have the advantage of being able to talk on the move and in places where there is no public phone, but on the other hand, As a result, problems of ensuring user safety and public manners are occurring.

  For example, when using public transportation such as a train, the ring tone is perceived as an annoying sound for the surrounding people, which is not preferable in terms of manners. Therefore, a manner mode is provided in order to prevent a ring tone from being generated even if an incoming call is desired, and is set so as to notify the user by vibration or the like when the incoming call is received.

  However, in practice, when the user goes on the train with the mobile phone in a bag or handbag, the setting for switching to the manner mode tends to be neglected. For this reason, although it was a useful function, it was the actual situation that it was not utilized effectively. In view of this, mobile phones have been proposed that do not require a manner mode setting operation when traveling on a train or the like.

As such a mobile phone, for example, Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-204577) discloses timing information that accelerates the transmission timing to be transmitted from the mobile wireless terminal device to the base station according to the distance from the base station. Is received from at least three base stations, the moving speed is obtained based on the time and the radio wave propagation speed indicated by the received three types of timing information, and the operation state of the portable wireless terminal device is set to the manner mode accordingly. A portable wireless terminal device for switching is disclosed.
JP 2003-204577 A

  However, in the portable wireless terminal device described in Patent Document 1, the terminal device that is making a call to receive a call to the portable wireless terminal device in the manner mode is in possession of the portable wireless terminal device. It is impossible to grasp the manner mode because the person is in the manner. In this way, since the state of the owner of the portable wireless terminal device that is trying to receive the call cannot be grasped, the caller side feels that it is impossible to estimate the timing of contact, which is a psychological stress. There was a problem.

In order to solve the above problem, the invention according to claim 1 is a wireless communication between a mobile communication terminal having an address book function capable of registering a registrant who can inquire about status information and a mobile communication terminal. In a mobile communication system comprising a radio base station that performs communication and a base station controller that communicates with and controls the radio base station, the mobile communication terminal acquires position information for acquiring its own position information. Means for calculating own speed information, starting means for starting the address book function, and inquiring of the status information of the registrant based on the starting of the address book function by the starting means. Based on the transmission means to transmit and the status information of the registrant, whether to accept incoming calls, and whether the registrant is in the building or is moving on foot, , Whether it is being moved by the vehicle, or has a display means for performing display according to whether a moving by train, the base station controller, a map database in which the map information is stored, From the map database and the position information and the moving speed information of the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal holder is in the building, is moving by walking, or is moving by a vehicle, or State determination means for determining state information regarding whether the vehicle is moving by train , and reception means for receiving the inquiry request of the registrant registered in the address book function activated by the activation means. and which, upon receiving a query request of the registrant by the receiving means, obtains position information and the moving speed information from the mobile communication terminal of the registrant, the state estimation unit Status information related to state determined Te and characterized by controlling the radio base station to transmit to the mobile communication terminal performing a query request.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile communication terminal is calculated by the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means and the movement speed information calculation means. The mobile speed information is transmitted to the radio base station.

The invention according to claim 3, in the mobile communication system according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the predetermined mobile communication terminal is transmitted, or are in the building, or, in the mobile by foot Whether or not it is possible to respond to an incoming call is displayed together with status information regarding whether there is a vehicle or a vehicle or a train .

  According to the mobile communication system according to claim 1 of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal holder is in the building by the state determination means for determining the state information related to the state of the mobile communication terminal holder. It is possible to determine whether it is a state, a state where the vehicle is moving by a vehicle, a state where the vehicle is moving by a train, or a state where the vehicle is moving by foot. Moreover, according to the mobile communication system according to claim 1 of the present invention, since the radio base station is controlled to transmit the state information to a predetermined mobile communication terminal, a limited terminal registered in advance. Only for the above, it is possible to provide the status information of the mobile communication terminal holder.

  According to the mobile communication system according to claim 2 of the present invention, the mobile communication terminal wirelessly transmits the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means and the movement speed information calculated by the movement speed information calculation means. Since the data is transmitted to the base station, it is possible to perform processing without imposing a burden such as a history storage load on the base station control device side.

  Moreover, according to the mobile communication system according to claim 3 of the present invention, since the mobile communication terminal displays the transmitted status information, the mobile communication terminal holder is in a state of being in the building. Whether it is in a moving state by a vehicle, a moving state by a train, or a moving state by walking, so that the timing of contact can be estimated Therefore, the side does not feel psychological stress.

  Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of the entire mobile communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 100a, 100b, 100c, and 100d are mobile communication terminals, 200a, 200b, and 200c are radio base stations, 300 is a base station controller, 500 is a communication network, and 600 is a GPS satellite.

  In the present embodiment, a mobile communication system that uses a wireless communication line as a mobile station such as a car phone or a mobile phone as a so-called mobile station is described as an example. In such a mobile communication system, a mobile communication terminal that is a mobile station first has information identifying the mobile station such as a telephone number, a manufacturing number of the mobile communication terminal, authentication information, so-called mobile station specifying information. Transmit to the radio base station. In a radio base station having a service area capable of receiving this transmission signal, mobile station identification information is detected to determine from which mobile station the signal has been transmitted, and the mobile station is connected to a desired terminal device. Control to be connected.

  This mobile communication system communicates with a plurality of radio base stations, specifically, radio base stations 200a, 200b, 200c,... And these radio base stations 200a, 200b, 200c,. A base station control apparatus 300 that controls them is provided. The base station control device 300 is connected to a communication network 500 such as a general public network, ISDN, or the Internet so as to be communicable with the base station control device 300. Each of the radio base stations 200a, 200b, and 200c has a radio base station service area. The base station controller 300 controls the radio base stations 200a, 200b, 200c,..., And also functions as an exchange, a management function for all mobile communication terminals, a communication maintenance function, a terminal unauthorized use monitoring function, In addition to having a history storage function of all the mobile communication terminals, it has a function specific to this embodiment to be described later.

  The mobile communication terminals 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d,..., Which are mobile stations such as automobile phones and mobile phones, are connected by radio lines to radio base stations having radio base station service areas to which they belong. That is, the mobile communication terminal 100a is connected to the radio base station 200a, the mobile communication terminal 100b is connected to the radio base station 200b, and the mobile communication terminals 100c and 100d are connected to the radio base station 200c.

  Voice and data transmitted from these mobile communication terminals 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d,... Are transmitted to the radio base station service area to which each mobile communication terminal of the radio base stations 200a, 200b, 200c belongs. The data is transmitted to the communication network 500 via the radio base station and the base station control device 300 that it has. In addition, voice and data transmitted from the communication network 500 are transmitted via a base station controller 300 and a radio base station having a radio base station service area to which each mobile station of the radio base stations 200a, 200b, and 200c belongs. It is transmitted to each mobile communication terminal.

  In addition, voice and data transmitted from the mobile communication terminals 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d,... To the mobile communication terminals belonging to the mobile communication system are transmitted from the mobile base stations 200a, 200b, 200c. From the radio base station having the radio base station service area to which the mobile communication terminal belongs, to the transmission destination via the base station control apparatus 300 and the radio base station having the radio base station service area to which the destination mobile communication terminal belongs It is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal.

  In this mobile radio communication system, the radio base stations 200a, 200b, 200c use the mobile station identification information transmitted from the mobile communication terminals 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d,. , 100b, 100c, 100d,..., And based on the determination result, the mobile communication terminals 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d,.

  Among the mobile communication terminals 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d,... In this embodiment, some mobile communication terminals receive GPS signals from the GPS satellites 600 and calculate their positions. It has a function of acquiring vehicle position information and a function of calculating movement speed information by storing the acquired position information in correspondence with time information.

  Next, the mobile communication terminal 100 used in the mobile communication system of this embodiment will be described in more detail. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of mobile communication terminal 100 used in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is used in the mobile communication system according to the embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a diagram showing an outline of a block configuration of a mobile communication terminal 100. FIG.

  2 and 3, 100 is a mobile communication terminal, 101 is a CPU, 102 is a bus, 104 is a RAM, 105 is an input operation unit, 106 is an input circuit, 108 is an audio control circuit, 109 is a microphone, and 112 is a speaker. , 114 is a display control circuit, 115 is a display, 116 is a communication control circuit, 119 is a GPS receiving unit, and 120 is a data storage unit.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the appearance of the mobile communication terminal used in this embodiment. This mobile communication terminal 100 is of a type that can fold two housings by a hinge mechanism. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the hinge mechanism of the mobile communication terminal 100 is opened. In one housing, a display 115 and a speaker 112 are arranged as output interfaces, and the other housing is in the other housing. As an input interface, an input operation unit 105 such as a cross key and a numeric keypad and a microphone 109 are arranged.

  FIG. 3 shows an outline of the circuit configuration of the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG. The mobile communication terminal 100 is equipped with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 101. The CPU 101 is connected to each unit in the apparatus through the bus 102. Of these, the ROM 103 is a read-only memory that stores a program for controlling each part of the mobile communication terminal 100. The RAM 104 is a random access memory that temporarily stores communication data including temporary data and images necessary for executing a program. The function of acquiring vehicle position information by GPS positioning that receives a GPS signal in the mobile communication terminal 100 and calculating its own position, and the movement speed by storing the acquired position information in association with time information A program for realizing the function of calculating information can be stored in the ROM 103.

  The input operation unit 105 is composed of a key switch group disposed on the surface of the other casing shown in FIG. A signal generated by operating the input operation unit 105 is transmitted to the bus 102 via the input circuit 106.

  The audio control circuit 108 is a circuit that inputs and outputs audio, and inputs audio from the microphone 109 and outputs audio from the speaker 112. The display control circuit 114 controls the display on the display 115 described above. The communication control circuit 116 communicates with the radio base stations 200a, 200b, and 200c shown in FIG. 1 by radio. The GPS receiver 119 is a device that receives radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites 600 shown in FIG. 1 and determines the current position of the mobile communication terminal 100. The data storage unit 120 can hold data even when the power is turned off. For example, a flash memory or a hard disk. Address book etc. can be stored.

  Next, a description will be given of a processing operation in which the mobile communication system of the present invention determines the state of the mobile communication terminal holder and notifies this to other mobile communication terminals. Hereinafter, the case where the mobile communication terminal 100a inquires about the status information of the owner of the mobile communication terminal 100b will be described as an example. 4 is a diagram visually showing the flow of data in the mobile communication system when inquiring about the state information of the mobile communication terminal 100b, and FIG. 5 is a mobile communication when inquiring about the state information of the mobile communication terminal 100b. It is a figure which shows the process flowchart in a system.

  First, the map database unit 301 and the state determination unit 302 of the base station control device 300 in FIG. 4 will be described. The map database unit 301 stores detailed digital map information of the whole country, road information in each region, and train track information. These pieces of information are sequentially updated to the latest information. In addition, when construction is performed on these roads and the like, information is temporarily changed or corrected based on information submitted for the construction.

  In addition, the state determination unit 302 introduces the map information database unit 301 based on the position information and movement speed information of the mobile communication terminal 100b by an algorithm described later, so that the owner of the mobile communication terminal 100b It is determined whether the vehicle is in a building, moving by a vehicle, moving by a train, or moving on foot.

  The position information acquisition unit shown by the mobile communication terminal 100b in FIG. 4 acquires the position information of the vehicle by GPS positioning that receives a GPS signal and calculates its own position, and the movement speed information calculation unit Is to calculate the moving speed information by storing the acquired position information in correspondence with the time information, both of which can be realized by the processing of the CPU 101 based on the data obtained from the GPS receiving unit 119. . The processes of the position information acquisition unit and the movement speed information calculation unit are continuously executed in the background as long as the mobile communication terminal 100b is powered on. The position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit and the movement speed information acquired by the movement speed information calculation unit are logged retroactively for a predetermined time from the latest one.

  As described above, the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit on the mobile communication terminal 100b side and the movement speed information calculated by the movement speed information calculation unit on the mobile communication terminal 100b side are transmitted to the radio base station. Since it becomes such a structure, it becomes possible to process, without burdening the base station control apparatus 300 side, such as log | history preservation | save load.

  In FIG. 5, the process is started in step S100 on the mobile communication terminal 100a side. In the subsequent step S101, when the user of the mobile communication terminal 100a activates the address book function, it is next determined in step S102 whether or not there is a registrant who can inquire about the status information in the address book. .

  Here, the address book function in the mobile communication terminal 100a is a function for registering the name, telephone number, and mail address of the owner of the mobile communication terminal of the other party that the mobile communication terminal 100a frequently sends. is there.

  In addition, since the service for notifying the mobile communication terminal 100a of the status information of the mobile communication terminal 100b according to the present embodiment relates to the privacy of the owner of the mobile communication terminal 100b, the service is moved by the owner. The registration system is based on the consent that the state information may be notified to the body communication terminal 100a. That is, according to the present embodiment, the status information of the owner of the mobile communication terminal 100b is controlled so as to be transmitted only to a predetermined mobile communication terminal. Only the status information of the mobile communication terminal holder is provided, and privacy is protected.

  When the determination result in step S102 is NO, the process proceeds to step S118. In step S118, a normal address book screen is displayed on display 115, and the process proceeds to step S119 to end the process.

  When the determination result in step S102 is YES, the process proceeds to step S103. In step S103, the mobile communication terminal 100a makes an inquiry about the status of the registrant (here, the registrant is described as the owner of the mobile communication terminal 100b, but there may be a plurality of registrants). Transmit to the base station 200a.

  In step S104, the radio base station 200a receives the inquiry about the registrant's status from the mobile communication terminal 100a and transfers it to the base station controller 300.

  In step S105, when the base station control apparatus 300 receives an inquiry about the status of the registrant, the area where the mobile communication terminal 100b exists is specified, and in step S106, registration is performed for the radio base station 200b in the specified area. Information request (position information / moving speed information) is transmitted.

  In step S107, the radio base station 200b transfers the information request received from the base station controller 300 to the mobile communication terminal 100b.

  When the mobile communication terminal 100b receives an information request from the radio base station 200b in step S108, the mobile communication terminal 100b sends the logged position information / movement speed information to the radio base station 200b in step S109. Send to.

  In step S110, the radio base station 200b transfers the position information / movement speed information received from the mobile communication terminal 100b to the base station controller 300.

  When the base station control apparatus 300 receives the position information / moving speed information in step S111, next, in step S112, the base station control apparatus 300 executes a subroutine of the state determination process, and performs mobile communication based on the position information / moving speed information. The state of the terminal 100b owner is determined. In step S113, the determined state information is stored, and in step S114, this state information is transmitted to the radio base station 200a.

  Here, a subroutine of the state determination process will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a state determination process subroutine in the mobile communication system. In FIG. 6, when the subroutine is started in step S200, the process proceeds to step S201, where position information / moving speed information is acquired from the mobile communication terminal 100b to be a state determination target. In subsequent step S202, the map database unit 301 is collated with these pieces of information.

  In step S203, it is determined whether (position information) = (building position). The building position is based on data in the map database unit 301. When the determination result in step S203 is YES, the process proceeds to step S209, and the state of the owner of the mobile communication terminal 100b is determined to be in the building. Proceed to step S210 and return.

  When the determination result of step S203 is NO, the process proceeds to step S204. In step S204, it is determined whether (movement speed)> (predetermined speed or more).

  When the determination result in step S204 is NO, the process proceeds to step S208. In step S208, it is determined that the owner of the mobile communication terminal 100b is moving by walking. Proceed to step S210 and return.

  When the determination result in step S205 is YES, the process proceeds to step S205. In step S205, it is determined whether (position information) = (on the track). The position of the track is based on the data in the map database unit 301.

  When the determination result in step S204 is YES, the process proceeds to step S206. In step S206, it is determined that the owner of the mobile communication terminal 100b is moving by train. Proceed to step S210 and return.

  When the determination result in step S204 is NO, the process proceeds to step S207. In step S207, it is determined that the owner of the mobile communication terminal 100b is moving by a vehicle traveling on the road. Proceed to step S210 and return.

  As described above, according to the subroutine of the state determination process of the mobile communication system according to the present embodiment, whether the mobile communication terminal holder is in a building or is moving by a vehicle. It is possible to determine whether the vehicle is moving by train or is moving by walking.

  Returning to the main routine of FIG. 5 again, in step S115, the radio base station 200a transfers the state information received from the base station controller 300 to the mobile communication terminal 100a.

  When the mobile communication terminal 100a receives the status information of the owner of the mobile communication terminal 100b in step S116, the mobile communication terminal 100a stores the status information in the RAM 104 or the like in the next step S117. In the next step S118, the status information is displayed on the display 115. In step S119, the process ends.

  Here, a display example of the state information on the display 115 in step S118 will be described. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of state information on the display 115 of the mobile communication terminal 100a. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the display of the status information is highly convenient when linked with the address book function of the mobile communication terminal 100a.

  The address book display on the display 115 in FIG. 7 includes a name field, a telephone number field of the mobile communication terminal of the person with the name, and an icon field indicating the status information of the person with the name. .

  In the display 115 of FIG. 7, a cell phone icon and an icon indicating a state where a person walks are displayed in the column of the name “Taro Taro”. This indicates that the status information of the owner of the mobile communication terminal 100b indicates that the mobile communication terminal 100b is moving on foot, and that it is possible to respond to an incoming call from a mobile phone.

  Further, in the display on the display 115 in FIG. 7, in the column of the name “Practical Jiro”, an icon in which X is superimposed on the mobile phone and a car icon are displayed. This indicates that the state information of the mobile communication terminal 100b holder is moving by a car or the like, and is in a state where it cannot respond to an incoming call from a mobile phone.

  In the display on the display 115 in FIG. 7, a mobile phone icon and a genus icon are displayed in the column of the name “trademark Hanako”. This indicates that the status information of the owner of the mobile communication terminal 100b is in a state where the mobile communication terminal 100b is in a building, and indicates that the mobile phone 100b can accept incoming calls from a mobile phone.

  Further, in the display on the display 115 in FIG. 7, in the column of the state of the name “Design Saburo”, an icon in which X is superimposed on the mobile phone and a train icon are displayed. This indicates that the status information of the mobile communication terminal 100b holder is moving by train, and is in a state where it is not possible to respond to an incoming call from a mobile phone.

  In addition, in the display on the display 115 in FIG. 7, “unregistered” is displayed in the status column of the name “Kokusai Ichiro”, and “Kokusai Ichiro” is registered in the service for reporting his / her status information. Indicates that it has not.

  According to the configuration as described above, since the status information is displayed on the display 115 of the mobile communication terminal, the mobile communication terminal holder is in a building or is moving by a vehicle. It is possible to know whether it is in a moving state by a train or a moving state by walking, and it will be possible to estimate the timing of contact, so the caller side I don't feel stress.

  In the embodiment, the mobile phone has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to a case where a mobile communication terminal device is used as a navigation device that is installed in a vehicle in recent years, for example, as an information terminal for guiding a route or the like. It is. The navigation device as a mobile communication terminal device can obtain the moving speed information from the vehicle speed input from the vehicle, and the position information acquisition means can obtain the position information from a GPS signal or the like. Then, the state information can be transmitted to a predetermined mobile communication terminal device. And when the user is on the vehicle, information on the fact that the user is on the vehicle is given to a predetermined mobile communication terminal device, so that accurate status information is given to the predetermined mobile communication terminal. It can be transmitted, and convenience for a user of a predetermined mobile communication terminal can be improved. The present invention is not limited to the mobile phone described in the embodiment, and can be applied to the mobile communication terminal. It is.

It is a figure which shows the outline of the whole mobile communication system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of a mobile communication terminal 100 used in a mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the outline of a block structure of the mobile communication terminal 100 used with the mobile communication system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows visually the data flow in a mobile communication system when inquiring the state of the mobile communication terminal 100b. It is a figure which shows the process flowchart in a mobile communication system when inquiring the state of the mobile communication terminal 100b. It is a figure which shows the flowchart of the subroutine of the state determination process in a mobile communication system. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the status information on the display 115 of the mobile communication terminal 100. FIG.

Explanation of symbols

100, 100a, 100b, 100c, 100d ... mobile communication terminal, 101 ... CPU, 102 ... bus, 104 ... RAM, 105 ... input operation unit, 106 ... input circuit, 108 ... Audio control circuit, 109 ... Microphone, 112 ... Speaker, 114 ... Display control circuit, 115 ... Display, 116 ... Communication control circuit, 119 ... GPS receiver, 120 ... Data storage unit, 200a, 200b, 200c ... Radio base station, 300 ... Base station control device, 301 ... Map database unit, 302 ... State determination unit, 500 ... Communication Network, 600 ... GPS satellite

Claims (3)

A mobile communication terminal having an address book function capable of registering registrants whose status information can be queried ;
A radio base station that performs radio communication with a mobile communication terminal;
In a mobile communication system comprising a base station controller for communicating with the radio base station and controlling them,
The mobile communication terminal includes position information acquisition means for acquiring own position information, movement speed information calculation means for calculating own movement speed information, activation means for activating the address book function, and the activation means by the activation means. Sending means for sending an inquiry about the status information of the registrant based on the activation of the address book function, based on the status information of the registrant, whether to accept incoming calls, and whether the registrant is in the building, Or a display means for displaying whether it is moving by walking, moving by a vehicle, or moving by a train ,
The base station control device has a map database in which map information is stored , and whether the mobile communication terminal holder is in the building from the map database and the position information and movement speed information of the mobile communication terminal , or by walking State determination means for determining state information relating to whether the vehicle is moving, moving by a vehicle, or moving by a train ;
Receiving means for receiving an inquiry request of the registrant registered in the address book function activated by the activation means ,
Upon receiving the registrant inquiry request by the receiving means, the position information and the moving speed information are acquired from the registrant mobile communication terminal, and the state information related to the state determined by the state determination means is received as an inquiry request. A mobile communication system for controlling a radio base station to transmit to a mobile communication terminal that has performed The mobile communication terminal transmits the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means and the movement speed information calculated by the movement speed information calculation means to a radio base station. Mobile communication system. The state information relating to whether the predetermined mobile communication terminal is transmitted, is in a building, is moving by walking, is moving by a vehicle, or is moving by a train In addition, the mobile communication system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein whether or not an incoming call can be handled is displayed.

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