JPH11187153A - Emergency alarm system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an emergency alarm system with which changes in emergency alarm destinations can be easily performed and convenience is improved. SOLUTION: In a state of mounting a data unit 8 to a radio telephone set 1, a memory provided at the data unit 8 and the control circuit of the radio telephone set 1, are connected through an interface part. The memory of the data unit 8 previously stores an ID code, the telephone number of the emergency alarm destination and the message desired to be transmitted to the emergency alarm destination. When an emergency alarm key provided on the radio telephone set 1 is operated and any abnormality in the body of a user is detected by a biological sensor 31 or the collision accident or an automobile is detected by an acceleration sensor 33, the current position data of the radio telephone set 1 registered in a position registration data base 46 or current position data from a GPS 32, and the message previously stored in the memory are respectively transmitted to a telephone set 47 at the emergency alarm destination stored in the memory.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an emergency call system, and more particularly, to an emergency call system for making an emergency call from a terminal device via a radio base station using a radio communication system between the radio base station and the terminal device. It is about.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-224280, when an abnormality is detected by a living body sensor, when an emergency notification switch is operated, or when a human body detection sensor is used to enter a vehicle. When the intrusion of a person is detected or when vibration applied to the vehicle body is detected by the vibration sensor, an emergency call is sent to the pre-registered emergency call destination via the radio base station and transmitted from the radio base station. There has been proposed a position reporting system using a wireless telephone system for reporting coming location information. In the technology described in the publication, a biological sensor and an emergency call switch are provided in a wireless telephone (a mobile telephone, a PHS, an automobile telephone, or the like), and a human body detection sensor and a vibration sensor are provided in a vehicle body.

[0003]

In the technology described in the above publication, the emergency call destination is registered in a memory incorporated in the wireless telephone. Therefore, when a single wireless telephone is shared by many users, each user must register his / her own emergency call destination in a memory in the wireless telephone, and therefore, a memory having a large storage capacity is required. is there. However, since a memory having a large storage capacity is expensive, there is a problem that the cost of the wireless telephone increases.

In the case where one wireless telephone is shared by many users, the wireless telephone system service company needs to identify the user who is using the wireless telephone for billing. Each time the telephone is used, the user must input his / her own ID code, which is troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has as its object to provide a low-cost emergency call system which can easily and easily change an emergency call destination and which is excellent in usability. Is to provide.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an emergency notification system using a wireless communication system between a wireless base station and a terminal device. The terminal device includes a registration unit in which an emergency call destination is registered in advance, an emergency call instruction unit for instructing an emergency call, and at least one of an emergency detection unit for detecting an emergency, Means. The notifying means, when an emergency call instruction is given by the emergency call instruction means, or when an emergency situation is detected by the emergency situation detecting means, the emergency reporting destination registered in advance in the registration means, Send an emergency call via the wireless base station. The registration means is detachably attached to the terminal device.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even when a single terminal device is shared by a large number of users, each user simply attaches his / her own registration means to the terminal device, and the user can register an arbitrary registered device in advance. An emergency call can be sent to the emergency call destination. Therefore, there is no need to specify an emergency call destination every time the user uses the terminal device, and excellent usability can be obtained. In addition, since only the emergency report destination of one user needs to be registered in the registration unit, the storage capacity of the registration unit can be reduced as compared with the case where the emergency report destinations of a plurality of users are stored. The cost can be reduced by using an inexpensive memory as the registration means.

Next, a second aspect of the present invention is the first aspect.
In the emergency notification system described in (1), a message to be transmitted to the emergency notification destination is registered in the registration means in advance, and the notification means transmits the message to the emergency notification destination at the time of the emergency notification. Therefore, according to the present invention, the message registered in advance in the registration means can be transmitted to the emergency report destination at the time of the emergency report, so that the emergency report destination can take a measure based on the message.

Next, a third aspect of the present invention is directed to the first aspect.
Or in the emergency call system according to claim 2, the wireless base station transmits its own position data, the terminal device registers the received position data as its own position data in the wireless base station, The wireless base station transmits the registered position data of the terminal device to the emergency report destination at the time of the emergency report.

[0010] The invention described in claim 4 is the first invention.
Alternatively, in the emergency call system according to claim 2, the terminal device includes a position detecting unit that detects a current position,
The notification means transmits the current position detected by the position detection means to the emergency notification destination at the time of emergency notification.

Therefore, according to the third or fourth aspect of the present invention, the current position of the terminal device can be transmitted to the emergency report destination at the time of the emergency report. It is possible to take immediate action by rushing or contacting a person near the terminal device.

Next, a fifth aspect of the present invention is directed to the first aspect.
In the emergency notification system according to any one of Items 1 to 4, the emergency detection means includes at least one of a biological sensor that detects biological information and an acceleration sensor that detects an impact force applied to an automobile, The reporting means is
An emergency notification is transmitted when an abnormality is detected by the living body sensor or when an abnormal impact force applied to the vehicle is detected by the acceleration sensor.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the acceleration sensor detects when the biometric sensor detects that an abnormality has occurred in the body of the user of the terminal device, or detects that the automobile carrying the terminal device has caused a collision accident. When this is done, an emergency call can be sent, so that the emergency callee can take action based on the content of the emergency.

Next, the invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to claim 1.
The emergency notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a wireless telephone system is used as a wireless communication system between the wireless base station and the terminal device. Therefore, according to the present invention, a low-cost emergency call system can be realized by using a known wireless telephone system.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating an overall configuration of the emergency notification system according to the present embodiment.

The radio base station 41 is connected via a connection device 42 to an exchange 43 of a public telephone network. The service control station 44 communicates with the exchange 43 via the common channel signaling network 45.
And a location registration database 46. Then, the service control station 44 operates the wireless telephone 1 (mobile telephone,
PHS, car telephone, etc.) from the radio base station 41 to the connection device 42, the exchange 43, and the common channel signal network 45.
Via the common line signaling network 45 to the exchange 43
A call is made to the telephone set 47 of the called party via the telephone, and the line between the wireless telephone set 1 and the telephone set 47 of the called party is connected.

In the radio telephone system, the location registration of the radio telephone 1 is periodically performed or when the radio telephone 1 shifts from the radio zone of one radio base station 41 to the radio zone of another radio base station 41. It is supposed to do.
Therefore, even if the wireless telephone 1 moves in the wireless zone during a call, the line connection can be maintained.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the wireless telephone 1 of the present embodiment. On the front side of the housing 2 of the wireless telephone 1, a key operation unit 3 including various operation keys including numeric keys “0” to “9” and an emergency call key 3a as an emergency call instruction means, a message A display 4, a microphone (transmitter) 5, and a loudspeaker (receiver) 6 for displaying a telephone number and a telephone number are provided.

An antenna 7 protrudes from the upper surface of the housing 2 and a slot (not shown) is provided. A data unit 8 as a registering means is detachably attached to the slot. It is supposed to be. Incidentally, FIG. 2 shows a state where only the lower end of the data unit 8 is inserted into the slot.

In this embodiment, the data unit 8 is a SIM (Subscriber Iden) which is an IC card.
tity Module) card. And the housing 2
A connector 9 is provided on the side surface of the. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the wireless telephone 1.

The control circuit 21 mainly composed of a microcomputer includes a key operation unit 3, a display 4, a connector 9, an audio processing unit 22, a data conversion unit 23,
A transmission / reception unit 24, a rewritable memory 25, and an interface unit 26 are connected, and the control circuit 21 controls the operation of these units (3, 4, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26). The notification means includes a control circuit 21, a voice processing unit 22, a data conversion unit 23, a transmission / reception unit 24, and a memory 25.

The data unit 8 has a memory 27. In the memory 27 composed of an EEPROM,
Data of an ID code for identifying itself, data of a telephone number of an emergency call destination, and data of a message to be transmitted to the emergency call destination are stored in advance. The memory 27
Is composed of a one-chip LSI, its external dimensions are very small, several mm square, and the data unit 8 on which the memory 27 is mounted can be reduced in size.

When the data unit 8 is inserted into the slot, the control circuit 21 is connected to the data unit 8 via the interface unit 26,
The respective data stored in the memory 27 of the data unit 8 can be read. The connector 9 has terminals 9a to 9
9c, and each of the terminals 9a to 9c is connected to the control circuit 21.

The terminal 9a is connected to a biological sensor 31 as an emergency detecting means for detecting biological information attached to the user's body, and receives a detection signal corresponding to an abnormality of the user's body. Examples of the living body sensor 31 include a body motion sensor that detects body movement, a pulse sensor, and a body temperature sensor.

The terminal 9b is connected to an external connection terminal of the GPS 32 in the car navigation system mounted on the automobile, and receives current position data from the GPS 32. The terminal 9c is connected to an acceleration sensor 33 as emergency detection means mounted on the vehicle, and receives a detection signal corresponding to the impact force applied to the vehicle at the time of the collision.
Note that, as the acceleration sensor 33, an acceleration sensor for controlling an airbag mounted on an automobile may be used.

When the emergency notification key 3 a of the key operation unit 3 is operated, the control circuit 21 determines that an abnormality has occurred in the user's body based on the detection signal of the biometric sensor 31. It is determined that an abnormal impact force has been applied to the vehicle based on the above, and when it is determined that the vehicle has caused a collision accident, emergency notification data is generated in any of the cases.

The audio processing unit 22 is connected to the microphone 5 and the speaker 6, and is also connected to the data conversion unit 23. The data conversion unit 23 is connected to the transmission / reception unit 24,
The antenna 7 is connected to the transmission / reception unit 24. Then, the audio processing unit 22 generates audio data by encoding the reception signal given from the microphone 5, and outputs the audio data to the data conversion unit 23. The data conversion unit 23 converts the audio data into communication data, and outputs the communication data to the transmission / reception unit 24. The control circuit 21
Is generated, and the data of the message read from the memory 27 of the data unit 8 are:
The data is output to the transmission / reception unit 24 as communication data. The transmitting / receiving section 24 generates a transmission signal by performing a modulation process on the communication data, and transmits the transmission signal from the antenna 7 to the wireless base station 41.

The transmission / reception unit 24 generates communication data by performing demodulation processing on the reception signal from the radio base station 41 received by the antenna 7, and the communication data is the communication data with the telephone 47 of the call destination. If there is, the communication data is output to the data conversion unit 23. Data converter 2
3 converts the communication data into audio data, and outputs the audio data to the audio processing unit 22. The audio processing unit 22 generates a transmission signal by decoding the audio data,
The transmission signal is output to the speaker 6.

When the generated communication data is the base station code of the radio base station 41, the transmitting / receiving section 24 outputs the communication data to the control circuit 21. Next, the operation of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.
The radiotelephone 1 becomes operable with the user inserting his / her data unit 8 into the slot.

The radio base station 41 transmits a base station code as position data of its own station at predetermined time intervals. When the control circuit 21 of the wireless telephone 1 receives the base station code,
The base station code is stored in the memory 25 together with the time data. Then, when the base station code is received next, the control circuit 21 determines whether or not the newly received base station code matches the previously received and stored base station code. As a result, if the base station codes do not match, the control circuit 21 determines that the mobile station has moved from the wireless zone in which the location registration has been performed to another wireless zone,
The newly received base station code and the time data at the time of reception are stored in the memory 25.

When the service control station 44 receives the position registration request signal from the radio telephone 1, the service control station 44 specifies the data unit 8 from the ID code transmitted at the same time, and converts the base station code transmitted at the same time to the radio telephone 1 Is registered in the position registration database 46 as the current position data.

When the emergency call key 3a is operated: When the user operates the emergency call key 3a, the control circuit 21
Generates emergency call data and sends ID from data unit 8.
The code data, the telephone number data of the emergency report destination, and the message data to be transmitted to the emergency report destination are read. Then, a transmission signal obtained by modulating communication data including the data is transmitted from the wireless telephone 1 to the wireless base station 41.

The service control station 44 transmits a transmission signal from the radio telephone 1 to the radio base station 41, the connection device 42, and the exchange 4
3. When received via the common channel signal network 45, it is determined whether or not the transmission signal includes emergency notification data. If emergency transmission data is included, the ID code included in the transmission signal is determined. Then, the location registration database 46 is searched based on this data, and the current location data of the wireless telephone 1 is obtained. Next, the service control station 44 calls the emergency call destination telephone 47 from the common channel signaling network 45 via the exchange 43 based on the emergency call destination telephone number data included in the transmission signal from the wireless telephone 1. Is performed, and the line between the wireless telephone 1 and the telephone 47 of the emergency call destination is connected. Subsequently, the service control station 44 transmits the current position data of the wireless telephone 1 retrieved from the position registration database 46 to the telephone 47 of the emergency report destination as voice synthesis or character data, and reads out the data from the data unit 8. Send the message you want to convey to the designated emergency call destination.

As described above, when the user attaches his / her data unit 8 to the wireless telephone 1, the emergency call key 3
When a is operated, the telephone 47 of the emergency call destination stored in the memory 27 of the data unit 8 in advance is called,
The current position data of the wireless telephone 1 registered in the position registration database 46 and the message previously stored in the memory 27 of the data unit 8 can be transmitted to the telephone 47. Note that the current position data of the wireless telephone 1 corresponds to the wireless zone of the wireless base station 41 in communication.

Therefore, on the telephone 47 side of the emergency call destination,
It is possible to receive an emergency call and a message from the user of the wireless telephone 1 and to know the approximate position of the wireless telephone 1 (the wireless zone of the wireless base station 41 in communication). Here, the user can freely register the telephone number and the message of the emergency call destination in the memory 27 of the data unit 8 of the user. Specifically, taking a user who carries out cash transportation as an example, a police station (110) is registered as an emergency call destination, and the company name and the name of the user are registered as a message. In this way, even if the user is involved in an incident and cannot make a normal dial call, the approximate location of the user can be known, so that the police quickly rush to the scene of the incident and make an emergency line, etc. Can take appropriate measures.

When the biometric sensor 31 detects an abnormality in the body of the user: When carrying the radiotelephone 1, the user connects the biometric sensor 31 attached to his or her body to the terminal 9a of the connector 9. When the biometric sensor 31 detects an abnormality of the user's body, an emergency call and a message and the current position data of the wireless telephone 1 are transmitted to the telephone 47 of the emergency call destination in the same manner as when the emergency call key 3a is operated. .

In this case, the memory 2 of the data unit 8
As the data to be registered in 7, specifically, for a user who has a chronic illness with a seizure, the telephone number of his / her hospital is registered as an emergency call destination, and his / her name, address, health Register your insurance card number, disease name, etc. In this way, even if the user is hit by a sudden attack and ordinary dial calling is not possible, it is easy to arrange an ambulance by knowing the approximate location of the user, and the hospital needs a medical team. Appropriate measures, such as preparing and waiting, can be taken.

When the acceleration sensor 33 detects an automobile collision accident: When the user gets into the automobile, the user connects the acceleration sensor 33 to the terminal 9c. Acceleration sensor 33
Detects the impact force applied to the vehicle at the time of the collision, the emergency call, the message and the radio telephone 1 are sent to the telephone 47 of the emergency call destination in the same manner as when the emergency call key 3a is operated.
Is transmitted with the current position data.

In this case, the memory 2 of the data unit 8
Specifically, the fire department (No. 119) is registered as an emergency call destination as each data to be registered in 7, and its name, address, health insurance card number, etc. are registered as a message. In this way, even if the user has an accident and ordinary dial calling is not possible, it is easy to arrange an ambulance by knowing the approximate location of the user, and the medical team needs to make necessary preparations on the hospital side. And take appropriate measures such as waiting.

When the vehicle is equipped with the GPS 32, the user connects the output terminal of the GPS 32 to the terminal 9b of the connector 9. In this case, instead of the current location data of the wireless telephone 1 registered in the location registration database 46, GP
The current position data of the vehicle from S32 is transmitted. Since the current location data of the wireless telephone 1 corresponds to the wireless zone of the wireless base station 41, only the approximate location can be known, whereas the current location data from the GPS 32 can provide a detailed location. . Therefore, it is possible for the user to accurately specify the place where the accident has occurred and to make the ambulance rush, so that more appropriate measures can be taken promptly.

As described in detail above, in this embodiment, the data unit 8 is detachably provided to the wireless telephone 1, and the data unit 8 is provided to the data unit 8 in a state where the data unit 8 is attached to the wireless telephone 1. The memory 27 and the control circuit 21 of the wireless telephone 1 are connected via the interface unit 26. In the memory 27 of the data unit 8, an ID code, a telephone number of an emergency report destination, and a message to be transmitted to the emergency report destination are stored in advance. In the above cases, the current location data of the wireless telephone 1 or the wireless telephone 1 registered in the location registration database 46 is transmitted to the telephone 47 of the emergency call destination stored in the memory 27 of the data unit 8. GPS connected to
The current position data from the memory 32 and the message stored in the memory 27 are transmitted.

Therefore, unlike the prior art in which the telephone number of the emergency call destination is registered in the memory incorporated in the wireless telephone, according to the present embodiment, one wireless telephone is shared by many users. Even in this case, each user can transmit an arbitrary message to a telephone number of an arbitrary emergency call destination registered in advance simply by wearing his / her own data unit 8. Therefore, in the present embodiment, it is not necessary to input the user's own ID code, the telephone number of the emergency call destination and the message each time the user uses the wireless telephone, so that excellent usability can be obtained. Further, since only the data of one user needs to be stored in the memory 27 of the data unit 8, the storage capacity of the memory 27 can be smaller than in the case of storing the data of a plurality of users. The cost can be reduced by using an inexpensive memory 27.

The above publication (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-2242)
No. 80) to the emergency call destination,
The document only describes that the position information transmitted from the wireless base station is transmitted. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, at the time of an emergency call, a message to be transmitted to the emergency call destination stored in the memory 27 in advance can be transmitted. In the present embodiment, the GP 1
When S32 is connected, accurate and detailed current position data from the GPS 32 can be transmitted to the emergency call destination instead of the current position data of the wireless telephone 1 registered in the position registration database 46.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but may be modified as follows. Even in such a case, the same operation and effect as in the above embodiment can be obtained. (1) In the above embodiment, the wireless telephone 1 and the biological sensor 3
1, the GPS 32 and the acceleration sensor 33 are connected, but any other sensor that detects a user's emergency may be connected.

For example, the GPS 32 mounted on a car has been described.
In such a case, accurate and detailed current position data by GPS can be transmitted to the emergency call destination.

(2) Radiotelephone 1 and biological sensors 31, G
For connection to the PS 32 and the acceleration sensor 33, it is not necessary to use a cable, and a radio wave or a light using light as a communication medium may be used. (3) The memory 27 provided in the data unit 8 is not only a semiconductor memory composed of an EEPROM, but also a magnetic storage medium (such as a magnetic tape or a magnetic disk) or an optical storage medium (such as an optical disk). ,
Any storage medium may be used as long as it is a rewritable storage medium that stores a necessary data amount.

The data unit 8 does not need to be in the form of a card, but may have any shape as long as it has a shape corresponding to the form of the memory 27 and is small and excellent in portability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment embodying the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary perspective view illustrating the appearance of the wireless telephone according to the embodiment;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of the wireless telephone according to the embodiment;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Wireless telephone 3a ... Emergency call key 8 ... Data unit 21 ... Control circuit 22 ... Voice processing unit 23 ... Data conversion unit 24 ... Transmission / reception unit 25, 27 ... Memory 31 ... Biological sensor 32 ... GPS 33 ... Acceleration sensor 41 ... Wireless Base station 47… Telephone

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Claims (6)

[Claims] An emergency notification system using a wireless communication system between a wireless base station and a terminal device, the terminal device comprising: a registration unit in which an emergency notification destination is registered in advance; At least one of an emergency call instruction means and an emergency state detection means for detecting an emergency, and when an emergency call instruction is issued by the emergency call instruction means, or an emergency state is issued by the emergency state detection means. Notification means for transmitting an emergency report to the emergency report destination registered in advance in the registration means via the wireless base station when the detection is detected, wherein the registration means is detachable from the terminal device. An emergency call system, wherein the emergency call system is attached to a mobile phone. 2. The emergency notification system according to claim 1, wherein a message to be transmitted to the emergency notification destination is registered in the registration unit in advance, and the notification unit transmits the message to the emergency notification destination at the time of the emergency notification. An emergency call system characterized by the following. 3. The emergency notification system according to claim 1, wherein the wireless base station transmits its own location data, and the terminal device receives the received location data as its own location data. An emergency call system, wherein the emergency call system is registered in a radio base station, and the radio base station transmits position data of the registered terminal device to an emergency call destination at the time of an emergency call. 4. The emergency notification system according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device includes a position detection unit that detects a current position, and the notification unit detects a current position detected by the position detection unit during an emergency call. An emergency call system for transmitting a location to an emergency call destination. 5. The emergency notification system according to claim 1, wherein said emergency detection means includes a biological sensor for detecting biological information, and an acceleration sensor for detecting an impact force applied to the vehicle. Wherein the notification unit transmits an emergency notification when an abnormality is detected by the biological sensor, or when an abnormal impact force applied to the vehicle is detected by the acceleration sensor. Emergency call system. 6. The emergency call system according to claim 1, wherein a radio telephone system is used as a radio communication system between the radio base station and the terminal device. system.