JPH10262125A - Emergency communicating system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To execute quick correspondence in an emergency by automatically executing a connection processing to the telephone number of the facilities only by selecting one from an emergency communicating list where users are previously registered when an emergency situation occurs. SOLUTION: When the user depresses the emergency communicating button of an operating part KEY, a central processing unit(CPU) detect the emergency communicating institution being the closest to a present position which is received by a GPS receiver and its telephone number so as to display the emergency communicating facilities list in a display DPS. The user select one facility from the displayed emergency communicating facilities list by the operating part KEY. Then, CPU executes an instruction to dial the telephone number of the retrieved emergency communicating facilitates to a portable telephone TEL and the connection of the telephone to the emergency communicating facility is automatically executed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an emergency communication system provided with a communication function when an emergency occurs. The emergency contact system according to the present invention, when an emergency occurs, selects one of the contacts selected by the user from an emergency contact list, such as a hospital or a JAF, registered in advance in the emergency contact system body. The present invention relates to a system in which an automatic dialing process is performed from a mobile phone installed in a car to a facility so that a call can be made.

[0002]

Recently, various wireless devices mounted on automobiles have been developed, and wireless facilities have been enhanced accordingly. For example, car phones have become accessible from almost every major country in the country,
In addition, multi-functional car navigation systems using artificial satellites are rapidly advancing. For example, a car navigation and a mobile phone, such as an information service that can access a specific information center via a mobile phone connected to the car navigation body and receive and display various information such as road information. New applications are being developed by combining

In the case where an emergency occurs while a car is running, for example, the police number 110 or the emergency number 1
If it is number 19, you will know the contact immediately, but other than that,
For example, facilities such as hospitals and JAFs often need to know their telephone numbers to find out, and it often takes longer than necessary to contact in an emergency. In addition, when making a call while driving in a car, for example, when it is necessary to inform the other party of the location of the user, it is difficult to accurately communicate the location in a land that is not well known.

[0004]

The emergency contact system according to the present invention has been invented in order to cope with such a situation, and a main emergency contact information nationwide is registered in advance. By providing a function for automatically making a telephone connection at a necessary place from among these, it is possible to quickly contact an appropriate place in an emergency. According to the present invention, when an emergency occurs, an automobile is placed in one facility selected by the user from a list of emergency contact information such as a hospital or JAF registered in advance in the emergency communication system body. In this system, an emergency dialing system has been realized in which a mobile phone installed in the company can perform an automatic dialing process and make a call.

[0005] The emergency contact system of the present invention comprises a means for displaying a pre-registered emergency contact information in comparison with the current location, and a means for automatically dialing a facility selected from the contact information. And GP
Means for automatically converting the current position searched by the S and the like into voice data and displaying the data, so that an emergency contact can be made without having to look up the telephone numbers of facilities such as hospitals and JAFs, and When calling, for example, when it is necessary to tell the place where oneself is to the other party, it is possible to accurately tell the place even in a land that is not well known.

According to the present invention, a user simply selects one from a pre-registered list of emergency contacts and automatically connects to the telephone number of the facility. This eliminates the need to search through telephone directory assistance or books, enables quick response in emergencies, and automatically converts the current position specified by the satellite positioning system, etc., to voice data for transmission. This allows you to accurately tell your current location, no matter where you are.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an emergency communication system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, the CPU is a central processing unit, the DPS is a display for displaying the body of the central processing unit CPU, and the GPS is a satellite positioning system receiver (hereinafter abbreviated as a GPS receiver). T
EL is a wireless telephone mounted on a car, CON is a voice conversion circuit for converting data of the central processing unit CPU into a voice signal, and KEY is a device that gives various instructions to the central processing unit CPU or inputs data. The operation unit, MPD is a map database, and MEO is a memory of the central processing unit CPU. Display DPS, GPS receiver DPS,
The telephone TEL, the voice conversion circuit CON, the operation unit KEY, the map database MPD, and the memory MEO are respectively connected to the central processing unit CPU to exchange data.

The emergency communication system of the present invention having the above-described structure will be described below. GPS receiver GP
The current position data received by the central processing unit CPU
Sent to Based on the data received by the GPS receiver GPS, the central processing unit CPU selects a map indicating position information corresponding to the data from the map database MPD, reads the map into the central processing unit CPU, and displays this on the display DPS. . This function is the same as a general car navigation system.

[0009] When an emergency occurs during operation of the automobile and automatic dialing is performed in an emergency, the user operates the operating unit K.
Press the emergency contact button on the EY and the central processing unit CP
Instruct U that the emergency contact function has been selected. When the information that the emergency notification function of the operation unit KEY is selected is sent to the central processing unit CPU, the central processing unit CPU accesses the memory MEO and is closest to the current position of the data received by the GPS receiver GPS. The emergency contact facility and its telephone number are detected, the result is read into the central processing unit CPU, and the emergency contact facility list is displayed on the display DPS.

[0010] The user selects one of the facilities to be called from the emergency contact facility list displayed on the display DPS by using the operation unit KEY. When an emergency contact facility is selected by the user, the central processing unit CPU searches the telephone number of the facility by referring to the memory MEO again and reads it into the central processing unit CPU. Next, the central processing unit CPU is a mobile phone TEL connected to the main body.
, An instruction to dial the telephone number of the searched emergency contact facility is issued, and the telephone connection to the emergency contact facility is automatically performed.

[0011] When the current position is to be guided by voice, the user presses the voice function button of the operation key KEY.
Select the current location guidance by voice. When the voice function button of the operation unit KEY is pressed, the information of the operation unit KEY is sent to the central processing unit CPU and the central processing unit C
The PU checks the current position with reference to the GPS receiver GPS, converts the result into an audio signal by the audio conversion circuit CON, sends the signal to a speaker such as a car radio, and performs audio output, and notifies the user of the current position by audio. Inform. Also, in the case of a telephone call to an emergency contact facility at the time of emergency contact, if the user does not know the current position, the contact of the current position can be automatically performed without conducting a survey.

As described above, by using the emergency communication system of the present invention in combination with the function of the car navigation system, it is possible to provide an emergency communication means in addition to a normal car navigation display.
Next, details of the operation of each embodiment in the emergency communication system of the present invention will be sequentially described.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of the emergency dial function of the emergency communication system of the present invention. The processing operation of the emergency dial function in the emergency communication system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. In FIG. 2, SP21 to SP31 show processing steps of the emergency dial function of the emergency communication system. In the embodiment of the emergency dial function of the present invention, an example is shown in which the emergency contact system is used in combination with a car navigation system.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, a car navigation system is normally displayed when the system is started up.
The emergency communication function is started by the operation unit KEY of the emergency communication system. When the emergency contact function is activated, step 21 of the automatic dial function is activated. After the automatic dial function is activated, the emergency contact function can be selected in step 22. If the user selects the emergency contact function, the central processing unit CPU proceeds to step 23 where the memory ME in which the emergency contact information is stored is stored.
By referring to O, a list of emergency contact facilities such as hospitals and JAFs near the current position and their telephone numbers are detected in step 24, and the list is displayed on the display DPS in step 25. .

If the user wants to call a facility listed in the list, the automatic dial function can be selected in step 26. If the user selects the automatic dial function, the user selects any one of the telephone numbers of the facilities to be called from the list displayed on the display DPS in step 27,
At step 28, the central processing unit CPU performs an automatic dialing process on the mobile phone to automatically connect the telephone to the selected facility.

When the telephone connection is established, a call is made by the user in step 29, and when the call is completed, the automatic dialing routine is terminated in step 30. If the user does not select the emergency contact function in step 22, the normal car navigation display is continued in step 31 and the process proceeds to step 30, where the automatic dialing routine is terminated. Further, if the user does not select the automatic dial function in the process of step 26, the process directly proceeds to step 30 and the routine of the automatic dial is ended.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the processing operation of an embodiment in which a function of automatically transmitting the current position to the other party by voice is added to the emergency dial function of the emergency communication system of the present invention. . The processing operation of the function of automatically transmitting the current position to the other party by voice in the emergency contact system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 3, SP41 to SP41
53 shows the processing steps of the emergency communication system. The embodiment of FIG. 3 also shows an example in which the emergency contact system is used in combination with a car navigation system.

In the embodiment of FIG. 3, as in the embodiment of FIG. 2, a car navigation display is normally performed when the system is activated. In an emergency, the automatic dial function is activated in step 41. After the automatic dial function is activated, the emergency contact function can be selected in step 42. If the user selects the emergency contact function, the central processing unit CPU refers to the memory MEO in which the emergency contact information is stored in step 43, and in step 44, the emergency processing device in the vicinity of the current position is determined. Detects a list of contact facilities and their phone numbers,
In step 45, the list is displayed on the display DPS.

Therefore, when the user wants to call a facility listed in the list, the automatic dial function can be selected in step 46. When the user selects the automatic dial function, the user selects one of the telephone numbers of the facilities to be called from the list displayed on the display DPS in step 47, and in step 48, the central processing unit CPU As a result, an automatic dialing process is performed on the mobile phone, and the telephone connection to the selected facility is automatically performed.

When the telephone connection is established, a telephone call is started in step 49, and thereafter, in step 50, a voice guidance function for automatically transmitting the current position to the other party by voice can be selected. It has become. If the user selects this voice guidance function, the central processing unit C
The PU performs voice current position guidance based on the current position data received by the GPS receiver GPS in step 51, and ends the routine in step 52. If it is determined in step 50 that the user has not selected the voice guidance function, the process directly proceeds to step 52.

When a user's call is made and the call is completed,
In step 52, the routine ends. Step 4
If the user does not select the emergency communication function in step 2, the normal car nap display is continued in step 53, the process proceeds to step 52, and the routine ends. Furthermore,
If the user does not select the automatic dial function in the process of step 46, the process directly proceeds to step 52, and the routine ends.

[0022]

As is evident from the above description, the emergency contact system of the present invention pre-registers major emergency contact information nationwide and automatically calls the necessary places from among these. In order to provide a connection function,
You can quickly contact the right place in an emergency. Further, according to the present invention, when an emergency occurs, one of the contacts selected by the user from an emergency contact list, such as a hospital or JAF, registered in advance in the emergency contact system body. Automatic dialing can be performed from a mobile phone installed in a car to a facility to make a call.

The emergency contact system of the present invention displays the emergency contact information registered in advance in comparison with the current location, and automatically dials an arbitrary facility selected by the user from the present location. Not only can it be performed, but it is also possible to automatically convert the current position searched by the GPS or the like into voice data and notify it. For this reason, emergency calls can be made without looking up the telephone numbers of facilities such as hospitals and JAFs.
For example, when you have to tell the other party where you are, you can accurately tell the location even in a land you are not familiar with. I can do it.

According to the present invention, a user simply selects one of a list of pre-registered emergency contacts and automatically connects to the telephone number of the facility. As a result, it is possible to save time and effort in searching for a directory number or a book, and to quickly respond in an emergency.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a car navigation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process performed by the car navigation system according to the first portable example.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a process performed by a car navigation system according to the second embodiment of the invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

CPU: Central processing unit, GPS: G
PS receiver TEL: Mobile phone, DPS: Display MPD: Map database, KEY: Operation unit MEO: Memory (database), CON.
..Sound conversion circuits

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Claims (7)

[Claims] When an emergency occurs, an automatic dialing process is performed from a mobile phone to one facility selected by a user from a list of emergency contact information registered in advance in the emergency communication system body. Emergency contact system characterized by making and making calls. 2. When an emergency occurs during the operation of a car, a user selects from an emergency contact list, such as a hospital or JAF, registered in advance in the emergency communication system body. An emergency contact system, wherein a call is made by performing an automatic dialing process from a mobile phone installed in a car at one facility. 3. If an emergency occurs during the operation of the car, the user selects from an emergency contact list, such as a hospital or JAF, registered in advance in the emergency contact system body. An emergency contact system characterized in that an automatic dialing process is performed from a mobile phone installed in a car to one facility, and a call including an automatic location contact by voice registered in advance is made. 4. When an emergency occurs during the operation of a car, a GPS of a car navigation system is selected from a list of emergency contact information such as a hospital or JAF registered in advance in the emergency communication system body. Selects and displays emergency contacts near the current location received by the receiver,
Automatic dialing from the mobile phone installed in the car to one emergency contact facility selected by the user,
An emergency contact system that features a telephone call. 5. A central processing unit, a central processing unit CP.
A display for displaying U data, a GPS receiver,
Wireless telephone, voice conversion circuit for converting data of central processing unit CPU into voice signal, operation unit for giving various instructions to central processing unit CPU, inputting data, map database, central processing unit CPU In the event of an emergency in the event of an emergency, the GPS receiver receives from the list of emergency contacts registered in advance in the memory of the central processing unit CPU and receives an emergency close to the current location. An emergency contact system characterized by selecting and displaying the contact information of the user, and performing an automatic dialing process from a wireless telephone to one of the facilities selected by the user according to an instruction of the operation unit, and making a call. 6. A central processing unit, a central processing unit CP.
A display for displaying U data, a GPS receiver,
The mobile phone is provided with an operation unit for giving various instructions to the central processing unit CPU and for inputting data, and a memory for the central processing unit CPU. From the emergency contact list registered in the memory, the GPS receiver receives and selects an emergency contact close to the current location, displays the emergency contact, and selects the emergency contact according to the instruction of the operation unit. An emergency contact system characterized by performing automatic dialing from a wireless telephone to two facilities and making a call. 7. A central processing unit, a central processing unit CP.
A display for displaying U data, a GPS receiver,
The mobile phone is provided with an operation unit for giving various instructions to the central processing unit CPU and for inputting data, and a memory for the central processing unit CPU. From the emergency contact list registered in the memory, the GPS receiver receives and selects an emergency contact close to the current location, displays the emergency contact, and selects the emergency contact according to the instruction of the operation unit. In one of the facilities, automatic dial processing is performed from a wireless telephone, and a call including automatic location notification by voice registered in the memory of the central processing unit CPU is performed.
Emergency contact system.