JPH11122392A - Emergency reporting method and portable emergency reporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically report an emergency to the desired destination with exact position information by selecting the destination to report out of plural registered emergency contents/destinations and reporting the emergency with GPS position information later. SOLUTION: Concerning a portable emergency reporting device 1, its own position can be acquired at any time as three-dimensional position information (the information of latitude/longitude/height) based on GPS information 7 from a GPS satellite 2. When a user encounters any emergency, at the portable emergency state reporting device 1, the desired emergency content/destination to report corresponding to that emergency is selected out of the plural registered contents/destinations through selecting operation from the outside and afterwards, the selection emergency contents are reported through a radio telephone to the selected destination to report as communication data 9. In that case, the three-dimensional position information automatically acquired just before that report is reported together as emergency occurrence position information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for reporting an emergency in which, when an emergency is encountered, the content of the emergency is reported to a report destination by radio telephone together with emergency location information. Especially in the event of an emergency such as a traffic accident, even if a person has difficulty in speaking or hearing, the details of the emergency can be automatically obtained before being reported to the police or fire department. The present invention relates to an emergency notification method which is promptly notified by radio telephone together with the emergency occurrence position information, and a portable emergency notification device for enabling such notification.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, when a person who has difficulty speaking or hearing has encountered an emergency, it has not been possible to accurately notify a police station or a fire department of the situation using ordinary wired / wireless telephone means. In general, the situation is extremely difficult.
This situation is not an exception, even for a healthy person. If the report is made without specifying the location where the accident occurred, the reportee will not be able to immediately take appropriate countermeasures.
Therefore, it is a fact that much time is required to arrive at the accident site.

[0003]

As described above, in the past, not only a person who has difficulty in uttering or hearing, but also a healthy person, when an emergency occurs. In some cases, it is not possible to specify the location of the emergency, even if it is impossible to identify the location of the emergency, and therefore to report the details of the emergency to the nearest police station or fire department, etc. is there.

[0004] A first object of the present invention is not only for a person who has difficulty in uttering or hearing, but also for a healthy person.
It is an object of the present invention to provide an emergency notification method capable of automatically reporting the details of an emergency with accurate emergency occurrence location information to a destination selected in the event of an emergency.

[0005] A second object of the present invention is to enable the identification of a caller at a report destination in the event of an emergency, and to select the contents of the emergency as desired with accurate emergency location information. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an emergency notification method capable of automatically notifying the notified destination.

A third object of the present invention is to enable the location of an emergency to be traced at a report destination in the event of an emergency, and to provide the emergency content with accurate emergency location information, and The purpose of the present invention is to provide an emergency notification method that can automatically notify a selected report destination.

[0007] A fourth object of the present invention is to automatically notify a desirably selected report destination with an emergency occurrence location information with accurate emergency content when an emergency is encountered. To provide a portable emergency notification device.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The first object of the present invention is to provide, when an emergency situation is encountered, a plurality of emergency situation contents / report destinations corresponding to the emergency situation.
From the report destination, the content of the selected emergency is reported to the selected report destination by radio telephone as communication data, and is automatically acquired immediately before the report. This is achieved by making a notification with GPS position information as emergency occurrence position information.

A second object is to select an emergency content / report destination corresponding to the emergency from a plurality of pre-registered emergency content / report destinations by a selection operation when an emergency is encountered. In addition, when the selected emergency content is notified by radio telephone as communication data to the selected report destination, the reporter identification information and the report information are automatically obtained immediately before the report. This is achieved by making a report with the GPS location information as emergency location information.

[0010] A third object is that, when an emergency is encountered, the contents of the emergency and the report destination corresponding to the emergency are:
Once a pre-registered emergency content / report destination is once selected by the selection operation, the selected emergency content is reported as communication data by radio telephone to the selected report destination periodically. This is achieved by performing the notification with the GPS position information as the emergency occurrence position information automatically acquired immediately before the notification at each notification.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide, as a constituent element thereof, a selection operation section which is selected and operated according to the emergency when an emergency is encountered, and an emergency content / report corresponding to the emergency. An emergency content registration unit in which a plurality of destinations are pre-registered, and a GPS which automatically obtains GPS location information as emergency occurrence location information immediately before the notification every time a report is issued.
A receiving unit, a control unit for collectively controlling the operation of the entire apparatus, including a selective readout of emergency content / report destination from the emergency content registration unit according to the selection content from the selection operation unit; Every time, the emergency situation registration section, GP
A communication data creating unit for creating communication data including at least the emergency situation content and the GPS position information from each of the S receiving units; an automatic transmission based on the selected and read call destination; and a communication data from the communication data creating unit. This is achieved by being configured to include at least a communication unit that transmits by a wireless telephone.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG.
4 will be described with reference to FIG. First, an emergency notification system according to the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 shows an overall schematic system configuration. As shown, the present invention is based on the active use of the GPS system, and the portable emergency notification device according to the present invention is positioned as a GPS receiver on the GPS system. It should be noted that the GPS system is already clear, so that a detailed description is not required. This is because the car navigation systems currently in practical use are GPS
As you can see from the fact that it uses the system,
This is because the positioning principle based on the GPS system is already known (if necessary, see, for example, “Mobile Communication Handbook” (November 15, 1995, published by Ohm Co., Ltd., pp. 432-436)). thing).

Here, an outline of the emergency reporting method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1. In the portable emergency reporting device 1, the position of the portable emergency reporting device 1 is determined by the GPS satellite 2 from the GPS satellite 2.
3D position information (latitude / longitude /
Altitude information) at any time. Therefore, when an emergency situation is encountered, the emergency situation contents / report destinations corresponding to the emergency situation are registered in the portable emergency reporting apparatus 1 in advance.
When an emergency is selected from the report destination by a selection operation from outside and the content of the selected emergency is reported to the selected report destination as communication data 9 by a wireless telephone, the report is sent to the report destination. If the three-dimensional position information automatically obtained immediately before is also reported as emergency occurrence position information, the emergency contents and the three-dimensional position information are transmitted to the public network (including the wireless telephone network) 3. Through the relevant department (police headquarters, firefighting headquarters, etc.) 4 as a report destination, and can be displayed visually. Therefore,
The relevant department 4 determines what emergency has occurred based on the content of the reported emergency, and the emergency occurrence location is limited by referring to the map database based on the three-dimensional position information. This is what is known as a broken state. Therefore, if the branch office 5 nearest to the emergency occurrence position is determined as the destination of the activation command, and the activation command data 10 is issued from the relevant department 4, the emergency vehicle (the so-called police car or ambulance) from the branch office 5 is required. , Fire engine, etc.) 6 arrives at the emergency occurrence position promptly and takes necessary countermeasures.

As described above, basically, the contents of the emergency are reported to the relevant department 4 as the report destination with the GPS location information. At that time, the reporter (report source) at the report destination In order to make it possible to easily identify a person, it is also conceivable to give a report together with reporter identification information (wired / wireless telephone number, passport number, etc.) preset in the portable emergency notification device 1. In the relevant department 4, based on the reporter identification information, not only can the relevant person be promptly contacted, but also the identity can be promptly determined. In addition, even when the three-dimensional position information of the portable emergency notification device 1 itself changes, such as in a kidnapping case or a distress in the mountains, the emergency destination must be able to track its own position at the destination. Once the content / report destination is selected, it is conceivable to periodically report the emergency status to the report destination together with the GPS location information.

The outline of the emergency notification method according to the present invention has been described above. Here, a portable emergency notification device 1 according to the present invention for enabling the method will be described. FIG. 2 shows an internal configuration of an example of the portable emergency notification device 1 according to the related department 4, This is shown together with the internal configuration of an example of each of the branch offices 5. First, as shown in the figure, a portable emergency notification device 1 includes a selection operation unit (not shown) that is selectively operated according to the emergency when an emergency is encountered, and a GPS satellite. GPS from 2
A GPS receiving unit 1a for receiving the information 7, a report information storage unit 1c in which a plurality of emergency contents are registered in advance as a pair with the report destination, and a selective readout of the content of the emergency and the report destination from the report information storage unit 1c And the control unit 1b for collectively controlling the operation of the entire apparatus, and for each notification, the communication data including at least the emergency content and the GPS location information from the notification information storage unit 1c and the GPS receiving unit 1a are created. And a communication unit 1e for automatically transmitting a communication data from the communication data generation unit 1d based on the call destination selected and read and transmitting the communication data from the communication data generation unit 1d by wireless telephone. I have. FIG. 3 also shows an example of the format of communication data created by the communication data creation unit 1d. In the format, the position data and the arbitrary data correspond to the GPS position information and the emergency situation, respectively. In addition, it is also conceivable to include the operator data as the reporter identification information. The operator data only needs to be registered in advance as a part of the details of the emergency, for example.

FIG. 4 shows an external configuration of an example of the portable emergency notification device 1. As shown in the drawing, on the selection operation section 1f, for example, in addition to operation buttons corresponding to notification destinations, a periodic notification mode setting button is provided, and one of the operation buttons is operated. If you need it,
The operation is performed with the false message prevention cover 1g opened. When one of the buttons is operated, the content of an emergency or the like to be reported to the report destination is displayed in the selected content display unit 1.
The contents of the selection operation can be easily confirmed by being visually displayed on h. In addition to providing operation buttons for possible emergency types, it is also possible to report the details of the emergency in more detail if the emergency content / report destination is preset for the emergency type. ing.

Now, the operation of the portable emergency notification device 1 will be described.
The selection operation section 1f is selected and operated in accordance with the content of the emergency, but the control section 1b selects the selection operation section 1f.
Information storage unit 1c based on the selection operation content 8 from
, The emergency situation contents and the report destination corresponding to the selection operation contents 8 are read out.
The S position information is automatically acquired, and the communication data creating unit 1d creates communication data 9 to the report destination in a predetermined manner. Usually, in the communication unit 1e, an automatic call is made based on the call destination read from the report information storage unit 1c, and the communication data 9 from the communication data creation unit 1d is reported to the report destination by a wireless telephone. Is what it is. Further, if the notification is periodically performed under the control of the control unit 1b, the communication data 9 is updated and created each time based on the GPS position information automatically acquired from the GPS receiving unit 1a. Above, it is only necessary to be notified to the report destination.

The communication data 9 from the portable emergency notification device 1 is subsequently reported to the relevant department 4 as a report destination via the public network 3. The data 9 is received via the communication unit 4a, and the content of the data 9 is analyzed by the communication data analysis unit 4c in a predetermined manner. The result of the analysis processing is, for example, visually displayed, so that the content of the emergency can be identified from the arbitrary data included in the received communication data 9 and the reporter can be identified from the operator data. In parallel with this, the position of the portable emergency notification device 1 itself, that is, the emergency occurrence position is known by referring to the map database 4b based on the position data. On the other hand, in the activation command data creation unit 4d, the activation command data 10 necessary for the activation command is created from the emergency content and the emergency occurrence position. In addition, the branch office 5 as the most suitable activation command destination for the activation is determined, and the activation command data 10 is issued to the branch office 5 via the communication unit 4g.

In the branch office 5, the activation command data 10 from the relevant department 4 is received via the communication unit 5b in the terminal 5a installed in the office, and the control unit 5c
It is determined whether or not the activation specified by the activation command data 10 is possible. The result of the determination is returned to the relevant department 4 as the activation command response data 11, but if it can be activated, it can be activated as it is toward the emergency occurrence position, or if it is completely activated. If it is not possible, the control unit 4e re-determines the activation command destination until the activation is possible. If the activation is partially impossible, the activation instruction data for the impossible part is re-edited, the activation instruction destination is determined again, and the activation instruction data is stored in the activation instruction destination. Should be issued. If a VICS-compatible car navigation system, which is now widely used, is used when starting from the branch office 5, it is possible to quickly arrive at an emergency location and take necessary countermeasures while avoiding traffic jams. Things.

The present invention has been described above. By the way, in the above description, only the transmission function is provided in the portable emergency notification device 1 in terms of the wireless telephone function, but the portable emergency notification device 1 is a portable emergency notification device that is now becoming popular. When configured as a unit with a telephone (including a PHS telephone), in addition to the usual usage as a mobile phone, other than the original emergency report contents, other information is also transmitted as voice information Alternatively, it can be added to the pressing operation of the dial key button. For example, when the relevant department 4 is called by a selection operation on the selection operation unit 1f, the call is temporarily held and, if the call is transferred to the nearest branch office 5 to the emergency occurrence position, the branch office 5 is called. More detailed information can be exchanged by voice between and. When the guidance information is displayed on the display unit on the mobile phone, the guidance can prompt the user to perform a selection operation, thereby notifying the additional information.

[0021]

As described above, according to the first aspect, not only a person who has difficulty in uttering or hearing, but also a healthy person, when an emergency occurs,
Emergency content can be automatically reported to the destination selected as desired with accurate emergency location information,
In the case of claim 2, when an emergency is encountered,
According to the third aspect of the present invention, it is possible to automatically notify a desirably selected report destination of the contents of the emergency with accurate emergency occurrence location information by allowing identification of the reporter at the report destination. In the event of an emergency, the location of the emergency occurrence at the destination can be tracked, and the details of the emergency can be automatically reported to the destination selected as desired with accurate emergency location information. Each of the possible emergency notification methods is obtained. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when an emergency is encountered, a portable type which is capable of automatically sending a report to a destination selected as desired with accurate emergency occurrence location information. An emergency notification device has been obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall schematic system configuration of an emergency notification system according to the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of an example of a portable emergency notification device according to the present invention, together with an internal configuration of an example of a relevant department and a branch office.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format of an example of communication data notified from the portable emergency notification device;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an external configuration of an example of the portable emergency notification device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: Portable emergency notification device, 1a: GPS receiver, 1
b: control unit, 1c: report information storage unit, 1d: communication data creation unit, 1e: communication unit, 1f: selection operation unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An emergency reporting method in which when an emergency is encountered, the contents of the emergency together with emergency location information are reported to a relevant department by radio telephone. Upon encountering, the emergency content / report destination corresponding to the emergency is selected by a selection operation from the emergency content / report destinations registered in advance.
When the selected emergency destination is reported by radio telephone as communication data to the selected report destination,
An emergency notification method in which a notification is performed with GPS position information as emergency occurrence position information automatically acquired immediately before the notification. 2. An emergency reporting method in which when an emergency is encountered, the contents of the emergency together with emergency location information are reported to a relevant department by radio telephone. Upon encountering, the emergency content / report destination corresponding to the emergency is selected by a selection operation from the emergency content / report destinations registered in advance.
When the selected emergency destination is reported by radio telephone as communication data to the selected report destination,
An emergency reporting method in which a report is made with pre-set reporter identification information and GPS location information as emergency location information automatically acquired immediately before the report. 3. An emergency reporting method in which when an emergency is encountered, the contents of the emergency are reported to the relevant department by radio telephone together with the emergency occurrence location information. When encountering, the emergency situation contents / report destinations corresponding to the emergency are once selected by the selection operation from the emergency situation contents / report destinations registered in advance. When the selected emergency content is periodically transmitted as communication data by wireless telephone, GPS location information as emergency occurrence location information automatically acquired immediately before the report at each report. An emergency notification method that allows a notification to be made. 4. A portable emergency report for reporting the contents of the emergency together with emergency occurrence location information to a relevant department by radio telephone when an emergency is encountered in a state where the portable is allowed. A selection operation unit which is a device and, when encountering an emergency, performs a selection operation according to the emergency;
An emergency content registration unit in which a plurality of emergency content / report destinations corresponding to an emergency are registered in advance, and every time a report is issued, the GPS location information is automatically acquired immediately before the report as emergency location information. A GPS receiving unit, and a control unit that collectively controls the operation of the entire apparatus, including starting to selectively read out the emergency content / report destination from the emergency content registration unit according to the selection content from the selection operation unit. Each time a message is sent, an emergency call is automatically sent based on the emergency situation registration unit, the communication data creation unit that creates communication data including at least GPS location information from the emergency situation contents from each of the GPS reception units, and the selected and read call destination. A portable emergency notification device including at least a communication unit for transmitting communication data from the communication data creation unit by wireless telephone.