JP6266254B2 - Local wireless system, wireless terminal, local wireless system location switching method, and wireless terminal location switching method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a local wireless system for grasping position information of a PHS terminal, a wireless terminal, a position grasp switching method for a private wireless system, and a position grasp switching method for a wireless terminal.

  In a conventional private wireless system based on the PHS (Personal Handyphone System) system, the service area is divided into a plurality of communication areas as shown in FIG. 4, and PHS base stations 11a and 11b are installed in each communication area. The communicable ranges of the respective PHS base stations 11a and 11b are base station areas 12a and 12b, and communication is performed between the PHS terminal 13 and the PHS base stations 11a and 11b existing in the base station areas 12a and 12b. For example, when the PHS terminal 13 transmits radio waves in the base station area 12a, the radio waves are received by the PHS base station 11a. When receiving the radio wave from the PHS terminal 13, the PHS base station 11 a sends position information to the PHS terminal 13. The position confirmation operation of the PHS terminal 13 is performed every time the PHS terminal 13 moves in the base station areas 12a and 12b.

  The position confirmation of the PHS terminal 13 in the conventional private wireless system is low in accuracy because the positioning range is about 80 to 100 m in the base station areas 12a and 12b. Moreover, in the cover area overlapping part 14 where the two base station areas 12a and 12b overlap, it may not be possible to clearly determine which base station area 12a and 12b the PHS terminal 13 belongs to. For example, when the PHS terminal 13 located in the base station area 12a moves to the overlapping area 14 of the cover area, radio waves transmitted from both the PHS base stations 11a and 11b reach the PHS terminal 13, but the PHS terminal Reference numeral 13 receives a radio wave from the PHS base station 11a that performed the previous position confirmation and performs position confirmation. However, since the radio wave transmitted from the PHS base station 11a is weak and the radio wave transmitted from the PHS base station 11b is also transmitted in the overlapping area 14 of the cover area, the position confirmation operation of the PHS terminal 13 is stabilized. In some cases, the location confirmation cannot be made clear.

  In addition, as a known technique related to the present invention, a radio base station arranged for each communication area of a local radio system, and a main device for controlling connection between the radio base stations, the position of the portable device by the main device is provided. When the mobile base station connected to each wireless base station is searched while sequentially stopping the transmission of radio waves from the wireless base station, the wireless base stations to which the searched mobile equipment can be connected are overlapped. A technique for specifying the position of the portable device is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  Also, as a known technique related to the present invention, an IMES (Indoor Messaging System) transmission functioning as an indoor GPS (Global Positioning System) as well as installing a BS antenna in a BS calling area in a private wireless system A technique is known in which the position measurement accuracy of a wireless terminal device is improved by installing a machine and registering the position of the wireless terminal device (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2009-206960 A JP 2012-70082 A

  As described above, when the position of the PHS terminal 13 is confirmed, the conventional private wireless system shown in FIG. 4 has a low accuracy because the positioning range is about 80 to 100 m of the base station areas 12a and 12b. In the overlapping area 14 where the two base station areas 12a and 12b overlap, it may not be possible to clearly determine which base station area 12a and 12b the PHS terminal 13 belongs to.

  On the other hand, a positioning system that measures the position of a PHS terminal using GPS (IMES) can improve accuracy compared to positioning by a system in the base station area. However, when trying to perform regular positioning using GPS, it is necessary to increase the update interval due to restrictions such as GPS communication speed and power consumption reduction. In such a case, if the owner of the PHS terminal moves a long distance during the renewal period, the positioning accuracy cannot be maintained, and in some cases, it may be better to use the base station area system. is there.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems. The position of the PHS terminal can be confirmed with high accuracy using GPS, and the indoor or base station area where GPS radio waves do not reach overlaps. It is possible to provide a local wireless system, a wireless terminal, a local wireless system position grasping switching method, and a wireless terminal position grasping switching method capable of reliably detecting the position of the PHS terminal and reducing costs. Objective.

The on-site wireless system according to the first aspect of the present invention is the first position detecting means for performing an operation of detecting a local position at a predetermined time interval using GPS outdoors and using IMES indoors. A second position detecting unit that detects a position of the base station area within the PHS communication range from the base station, and a second range detecting unit that is wider than the first position detecting unit, and a moving distance that detects the moving distance by detecting the number of steps. comprising a detection means, wherein the during the waiting period of the position detecting operation performed in a more said predetermined time interval in a first position detecting means, the positioning of the moving distance constant base station area by the moving distance detecting means the case where it exceeds the range is detected, characterized in that the positioning system is replaced Ri switches to the second position detecting means from the first position detecting means.

Wireless terminal according to the second invention, GPS satellite outdoors, radio waves, a first position for operation of detecting a local position by receiving at regular time intervals set in advance from indoors IMES transmitter A detection unit, a second position detection unit that can receive a radio wave from a base station in a PHS communicable range and detect a position range wider than the first position detection unit, and detection of a moving distance by detecting the number of steps anda moving distance detection unit for performing, in said first position detecting portion more said during a certain waiting period of the position detecting operation performed at time intervals, the base moving distance is constant by the moving distance detecting unit the case where it exceeds the positioning range of the station area is detected, characterized in that the positioning system is replaced Ri switches to the second position detection unit from said first position detection unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a local wireless system position grasping / switching method using GPS outdoors.
Indoors using the IMES, a first position detecting means for performing an operation for detecting the local position at predetermined constant time intervals, and the position of the base station area by PHS communication range of the base station detection to, comprising a wide range of the second position detecting means than said first position detecting means, a moving distance detecting means for detecting a moving distance by the step detection and more the constant to said first position detecting means during the waiting period the position detecting operation performed at time intervals, when said the moving distance by the moving distance detecting means exceeds a positioning range of the certain base station area is detected, the positioning system is the first characterized in that an alternative Ri switching from one position sensing means to said second position detecting means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a radio terminal location grasping switching method in which GPS satellites are used outdoors and IMs are used indoors.
Receives radio waves from the base station in the PHS communicable range, and a first position detection unit that operates to detect local positions by receiving radio waves from the ES transmitter at predetermined time intervals. The first position detection unit includes a second position detection unit capable of detecting a position range wider than the first position detection unit, and a movement distance detection unit that detects a movement distance by detecting the number of steps. in more said during a certain waiting period of the position detecting operation performed at time intervals in part, when said the moving distance by the moving distance detecting unit exceeds the positioning range of the certain base station area is detected, positioning system is characterized in that an alternative Ri switch to the second position detection unit from said first position detection unit.

  In the first to fourth inventions, the moving distance detecting means or the moving distance detecting unit is an acceleration sensor.

  The first position detecting means or the first position detecting unit is an IMES compatible GPS receiving unit.

  The second position detecting means or the second position detecting unit is a PHS radio unit.

  According to the present invention, not only the base station area, but also by using GPS or IMES, for example, indoors where GPS radio waves do not reach or areas where base station areas overlap, even where it is difficult to grasp the position, Position detection can be facilitated and position detection accuracy can be improved.

  Further, by comprehensively using the position grasping by GPS or IMES and the base station system, it is possible to maintain the positioning accuracy without shortening the GPS update interval and to realize the wide area of the cover area.

  Furthermore, it can be used efficiently by ensuring versatility for movement of wireless terminals, switching the positioning system according to the usage situation, and lowering the cost than expanding the cover area using only the GPS (IMES) system. be able to.

It is a schematic block diagram of the local radio | wireless system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the detailed structure of the PHS terminal in the same embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the positioning operation | movement of the PHS terminal in the local radio | wireless system which concerns on the embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the local radio | wireless system by the conventional PHS system.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a private wireless system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows an example in which two PHS terminals are provided in the service area. As shown in FIG. 1, the service area is divided into a plurality of communication areas, and PHS base stations 21a and 21b are installed in each communication area. The PHS communicable range of each PHS base station 21a, 21b becomes the base station area 22a, 22b, and communication is performed between the PHS terminal 23 existing in the base station area 22a, 22b and the PHS base station 21a, 21b. .

  Also, a place where it is difficult to grasp the position in the system of the base station area or a place where it is desired to improve the position grasp accuracy locally, for example, indoors where GPS radio waves do not reach, or the overlapping area 24 where the two base station areas 22a and 22b overlap. For example, the IMES transmitter 25 is installed. The IMES transmitter 25 outputs position information indicating the installation position. The IMES transmitter 25 is a weak radio wave having an output upper limit value of about −94 dBW, and an IMES area 26 having a communication range of about 10 m that is much smaller than the base station areas 22a and 22b is formed in the vicinity.

  The PHS terminal 23 includes an IMES-compatible GPS receiver as will be described in detail later, receives radio waves transmitted from the GPS satellite 27 or the IMES transmitter 25, acquires position information, and confirms the current position. To do.

  Next, details of the PHS terminal 23 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the PHS terminal 23. The PHS terminal 23 includes an IMES-compatible GPS receiver 31, a PHS wireless unit 32, and an acceleration sensor 33 for detecting the number of steps of a portable (PHS terminal) holder. The GPS receiver 31 includes a GPS antenna 34, receives radio waves from the GPS satellite 27 or the IMES transmitter 25, acquires position information, and outputs the position information to the controller 36. The PHS radio unit 32 includes a PHS antenna 35 and is connected to the control unit 36. The PHS radio unit 32 operates based on the control of the control unit 36 and communicates with the PHS base stations 21 a and 21 b via the PHS antenna 35. The acceleration sensor 33 detects the number of steps of the portable holder and outputs a detection signal to the control unit 36. The control unit 36 calculates the movement distance of the portable holder based on the number of steps detected by the acceleration sensor 33.

  In addition, a display unit 37, a recording unit 38, and an external interface unit 39 are connected to the control unit 36. Various information such as time and communication information is displayed on the display unit 37. Setting information, communication information, and the like are recorded in the recording unit 38. For example, a USB is used as the external interface unit 39 and is connected to an external device.

  The location of the PHS terminal 23 configured as described above is as follows. The PHS terminal 23 located in the base station areas 22a and 22b transmits radio waves to the PHS base stations 21a and 21b, and the PHS base stations 21a and 21b In addition to receiving the positional information sent, the GPS satellite 27 is used outdoors and the positional information transmitted from the IMES transmitter 25 is received indoors. That is, the PHS terminal 23 comprehensively uses the acquisition of position information by the GPS satellite 27 or the IMES transmitter 25 and the base station system, and switches the positioning method according to the usage status.

  Hereinafter, the positioning operation of the PHS terminal 23 in the on-premises wireless system will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The processing shown in this flowchart is executed under the control of the control unit 36 provided in the PHS terminal 23.

  The controller 36 of the PHS terminal 23 starts a positioning operation at a predetermined time interval (step S1), and first turns on the IMES-compatible GPS receiver 31 (step S2). The GPS receiver 31 captures and follows the GPS satellite 27 (step S3), receives radio waves from the GPS satellite 27, acquires current position information, and outputs the current position information to the controller 36 (step S4). When the PHS terminal 23 is located indoors in the IMES area 26 where the radio wave from the GPS satellite 27 cannot be received, the GPS receiver 31 receives the radio wave transmitted from the IMES transmitter 25, and Information is acquired and output to the control unit 36. When the position information is acquired, the control unit 36 turns off the GPS reception unit 31 (step S5), waits for a predetermined time, for example, 12 to 20 seconds (step S6), and then proceeds to step S7. In this step S7, the accumulated elapsed time from the last position update of the PHS terminal 23 is compared with a preset GPS update interval (for example, 1 to several seconds) to determine whether the accumulated elapsed time is smaller than the GPS update interval.

When it is determined in step S7 that the accumulated elapsed time has not reached the predetermined GPS update interval, the control unit 36 determines from the position information acquisition position obtained in step S4 based on the detection information of the acceleration sensor 33. The mobile holder movement distance is calculated (step S8), and it is determined whether or not the mobile holder movement distance is larger than the PHS positioning possible range , that is, whether the mobile holder has moved out of the base station areas 22a and 22b. (Step S9). If the movement distance of the portable holder is smaller than the PHS positioning possible range , it is determined that the portable holder is still in the same base station area, the process returns to step S6, and the processes of steps S6 to S9 are repeated again. To do.

If it is determined in step S9 that the movement distance of the portable holder has become larger than the PHS positioning possible range , it is determined that the portable holder has moved to another base station area, and the PHS radio unit 32 is operated. Then, PHS position information is acquired by performing wireless communication with the PHS base stations 21a and 21b (step S10). Then, it returns to step S step S6.

  If it is determined in step S7 that the accumulated elapsed time from the last position update of the PHS terminal 23 has become larger than the preset GPS update interval, the process returns to step S1 and the IMES-compatible GPS receiver 31 is turned on. Then, it receives radio waves from the GPS satellite 27 or the IMES transmitter 25, acquires current position information, and outputs it to the control unit 36.

  The control unit 36 of the PHS terminal 23 executes the positioning process at a predetermined time interval as described above.

  As shown in the above embodiment, the PHS terminal 23 is equipped with the IMES-compatible GPS receiving unit 31 and is difficult to grasp the position in the indoor or base station area system where GPS radio waves do not reach, for example, the base station area 22a, By arranging the IMES transmitter 25 in the overlapping area 24 where the cover 22b overlaps, it is possible to detect the local position by receiving radio waves from the GPS satellite 27 outdoors and the IMES transmitter 25 indoors. Even in places where it is difficult to grasp the position in the system, the position detection accuracy of the PHS terminal 23 can be improved, and the position can be grasped over a wide range using the system in the base station area. The IMES transmitter 25 has a small coverage because the output is a weak radio wave, but can accurately measure the position.

Further, the IMES transmitter 25 is installed in a place where the position grasping accuracy is to be locally increased, and after the positioning by the GPS (or IMES), the movement distance of the portable holder is obtained by using the step detection of the acceleration sensor 33, When this moving distance exceeds the positioning range of the base station area system, the base station area system and the GPS (IMES) system complement each other by switching the positioning system to the base station area system. The positioning accuracy can be maintained without shortening the update interval, and the coverage area can be widened.

  Further, by using the base station area system and the GPS (IMES) system in combination, it is possible to reduce the cost compared to expanding the cover area using only the GPS (IMES) system.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment as it is, and can be embodied by modifying constituent elements without departing from the scope of the invention in the implementation stage.

  21a, 21b ... PHS base station, 22a, 22b ... base station area, 23 ... PHS terminal, 24 ... covered area overlap, 25 ... IMES transmitter, 26 ... IMES area, 27 ... GPS satellite, 31 ... GPS compatible with IMES Receiving unit 32 ... PHS wireless unit 33 ... acceleration sensor 34 ... GPS antenna 35 ... PHS antenna 36 ... control unit 37 ... display unit 38 ... recording unit 39 ... external interface unit

Claims (4)

First position detecting means for performing an operation of detecting a local position at a predetermined time interval using GPS outdoors and IMES indoors;
A second position detecting means having a wider range than the first position detecting means for detecting the position of the base station area according to the PHS communication range from the base station;
A moving distance detecting means for detecting a moving distance by detecting the number of steps;
Comprising
During the waiting period of the position detecting operation performed in a more said predetermined time interval to said first position detecting means, the moving distance detecting that the moving distance exceeds the positioning range of the certain base station area by the detection means been the case, private wireless system, wherein the positioning system is replaced Ri switches to the second position detecting means from the first position detecting means. A first position detection unit that performs an operation of detecting a local position by receiving radio waves from a GPS satellite outdoors and an IMES transmitter indoors at a predetermined time interval ;
A second position detection unit capable of receiving a radio wave from a base station by a PHS communicable range and detecting a position range wider than the first position detection unit;
A movement distance detection unit that detects a movement distance by detecting the number of steps, and
During the waiting period of the position detecting operation performed in a more said predetermined time interval to the first position detection unit, detecting that the moving distance exceeds the positioning range of the certain base station area by the moving distance detecting unit It has been the case, the wireless terminal, wherein the positioning system is replaced Ri switches to the second position detection unit from said first position detection unit. First position detecting means for performing an operation of detecting a local position at a predetermined time interval using GPS outdoors and IMES indoors;
A second position detecting means having a wider range than the first position detecting means for detecting the position of the base station area according to the PHS communication range from the base station;
A moving distance detecting means for detecting a moving distance by detecting the number of steps, and
During the waiting period of the position detecting operation performed in a more said predetermined time interval to said first position detecting means, the moving distance detecting that the moving distance exceeds the positioning range of the certain base station area by the detection means been the case, locating method of switching private wireless system positioning system is characterized in that an alternative Ri switch to the second position detecting means from the first position detecting means. A first position detection unit that performs an operation of detecting a local position by receiving radio waves from a GPS satellite outdoors and an IMES transmitter indoors at a predetermined time interval ;
A second position detection unit capable of receiving a radio wave from a base station by a PHS communicable range and detecting a position range wider than the first position detection unit;
A movement distance detection unit that detects a movement distance by detecting the number of steps, and
During the waiting period of the position detecting operation performed in a more said predetermined time interval to the first position detection unit, detecting that the moving distance exceeds the positioning range of the certain base station area by the moving distance detecting unit been the case, locating the switching method of a wireless terminal positioning system is characterized in that an alternative Ri switch to the second position detection unit from said first position detection unit.