KR20060068853A - Method and apparatus for supplying power and transferring position at emergency state in mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a power supply and its own location transmission method and apparatus in an emergency situation in a mobile communication terminal. According to the present invention, when the battery of the mobile communication terminal is detached, the mobile communication terminal detects this and operates the internal coin cell. When the internal coin cell starts to operate, the terminal switches to the locked state mode. The location of the terminal is detected by GPS, and the location of the terminal is transmitted to a previously stored number. The present invention provides convenience to users by informing their family or emergency response center by operating the internal coin cell and applying power even when the power is turned off by deliberately removing the battery in an emergency situation. It was.

Handset, coin cell, battery, location, GPS

Description

{Method and apparatus for supplying power and transferring position at emergency state in mobile phone}             

1 is an internal configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a location of a mobile device and receiving a location of the mobile device by receiving a location when the battery is detached from the mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for supplying power and transmitting its own location in an emergency situation in a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, even when a battery of the mobile communication terminal is removed by another person, the power is applied by an internal coin cell. The present invention relates to a power supply and its own location transmission method and apparatus in an emergency situation in a mobile communication terminal capable of requesting location transmission and emergency rescue.                         

Recently, users of mobile communication terminals are increasing day by day, and mobile communication terminals provide not only a function of making a phone call but also provide additional conveniences such as text messages. However, if the user loses the mobile communication terminal, these convenient functions cannot be used, and there is no way to find the terminal when another person intentionally removes the battery, and the user who acquired the terminal even if the lost terminal is found. There is a problem in that if you get back after using it at will, even in this case, even if you recover the terminal financially.

In addition, when the battery is removed or discharged in a dangerous situation, it is difficult not only to call the terminal to request rescue, but also to inform the exact location of the terminal.

The present invention has been made in view of this point, and even when the battery of the mobile communication terminal is detached or discharged, the mobile terminal is operated by receiving power from the emergency power supply and the terminal can be easily found by informing the location of the corresponding terminal. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for supplying power and transmitting its location in an emergency situation in a mobile communication terminal.

Still another object of the present invention is to transmit a user's location to a pre-stored emergency rescue center number through a GPS emergency situation in a mobile communication terminal that can receive emergency rescue even if the user is in danger and the battery is forcibly removed. The present invention provides a method and apparatus for supplying power and transmitting its own location.

In addition, when the battery is removed, the terminal automatically switches to the locked mode, so that the terminal cannot be changed to normal operation unless the person who knows the password is in an emergency situation in the mobile communication terminal that can prohibit illegal use of the terminal. It is to provide a power supply and its own location transmission method and apparatus.

The present invention for achieving this object, when the battery of the mobile communication terminal is detached, detects this and operates the internal coin cell. When the internal coin cell starts to operate, it switches to the locked state mode. The location of the terminal is detected by GPS, and the location of the terminal is transmitted to a previously stored number. In this case, when the user inputs the password, the lock state is released, and when the lock state is released, it is preferable to stop the operation of the internal coin cell and the position transmission to the pre-stored number. In addition, the pre-stored phone number preferably includes 112 and 119 for emergency rescue.

In addition, the mobile communication terminal of the present invention comprises an RF transceiver, a display unit, an audio converter, a key input unit, a memory element for storing a plurality of programs and data, and transmits its position in an emergency. The storage unit stores the emergency rescue center's telephone number, the GPS unit receiving its location information via satellite, and when the battery is detached, the GPS unit can be operated by supplying power to the mobile communication terminal. Enable the user to make a voice call with another user, and when the battery is detached, recognize the emergency situation and send a signal to the emergency power supply to control the internal coin cell, Control to transmit the position value read from the GPS unit to the phone number previously stored in the storage unit And a.

At this time, the control unit controls to switch the state of the mobile communication terminal to the lock mode when recognizing that the battery is detached, and if the user releases the lock by entering a password, the control unit is the power supply from the emergency power supply unit It is preferable to control the operation and stop the transmission of the position to the previously stored number.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an internal configuration diagram of a mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

Although not shown, the mobile communication terminal 100 transmits and receives signals to and from a mobile communication system including a base station, a mobile switching center, and a short message center. A transmitter, a receive amplifier, and a demodulator including a modulator and a transmission amplifier are used. It includes an RF transceiver 115 having a receiver including a. The receiver of the RF transceiver 115 suppresses amplification of noise as much as possible, amplifies a desired signal, generates a digital signal through an intermediate frequency, and the digital signal is analyzed and processed by the controller 103. In addition, the transmitter of the RF transceiver 115 modulates and amplifies a signal generated by the controller 103 in a desired frequency band, and is finally radiated to an antenna via a duplexer (not shown).

The display unit 106 may be formed of a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like, and outputs various display data and text messages generated by the mobile communication terminal 100.

The input unit 109 may include a keypad or the like, and includes a plurality of numeric / character input keys, a function key for interfacing with a user, a key for a call, and the like.

The audio converter 118 converts the digital voice signal from the vocoder 124 into analog voice and transmits it to a speaker or converts a voice received through a microphone into a digital signal.

The storage unit 112 includes a read only memory (ROM) and a voice memory for storing a plurality of programs and data. In addition, according to the present invention stores the telephone number, or the telephone number of the emergency rescue center to transmit its location in case of emergency.

The GPS unit 121 receives its location information via satellite.

The emergency power supply unit 124 supplies power to the mobile communication terminal when the battery is detached or discharged to enable the GPS unit.

The controller 103 controls the above components, and includes a digital signal processor (DSP), a microprocessor, and other circuits, and controls a transmitter and a receiver so that a user of a mobile communication terminal can use another speaker through a speaker and a microphone. Allows you to make a voice call with In addition, according to the present invention, when the battery is detached to recognize the control to operate the internal coin cell of the emergency power supply unit 124, the storage unit 112 to read the position value read from the GPS 121 unit Control to send to the phone number already stored in). In addition, when the controller 103 recognizes that the battery is detached, the controller 103 controls to switch the state of the mobile communication terminal to the lock mode state.

In addition, the controller 103 controls to release the locking device when a password is input from the user, controls to stop the power supply from the emergency power supply unit 124, and stops the position transmission operation to the pre-stored number. To control.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of receiving a location of a mobile device and receiving a location of the mobile device by receiving a location when the battery is detached from the mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

When the battery of the mobile communication terminal is detached (YES in step 203), it is recognized that the battery of the terminal is detached and the internal coin cell of the emergency power supply of the mobile communication terminal is operated (step 206). At this time, the internal coin cell operates even when the battery is detached or discharged. When the internal coin cell starts to operate, it recognizes that the terminal is an emergency and automatically switches the state of the terminal to the locked state mode (step 209). In this case, the user preferably stores a password for releasing the lock state mode in advance in the terminal.

The GPS function of the mobile communication terminal is operated from a power source received from the internal coin cell, and the GPS unit detects the location of the terminal from the satellite and transmits the location information to the pre-stored telephone number (step 212). At this time, the pre-stored telephone number is preferably a telephone number set in advance by the user or a telephone number of an emergency rescue center.

When the user enters the password (YES in step 215), the lock state mode of the mobile communication terminal which has been switched to the lock state mode is released (step 218) and power supply from the internal coin cell is stopped (step 221). At the same time, the function of the mobile communication terminal is stopped and the position search using GPS and the position transmission to the emergency rescue center are also stopped (step 224).

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated to the several example, this invention is not limited to a specific Example. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

As described above, according to the present invention, even when the battery of the mobile communication terminal is detached or discharged, the power is supplied from the emergency power supply to operate the mobile communication terminal, the effect of making it easy to find the lost terminal by telling the location of the terminal Has

Another effect of the present invention, by transmitting its location to the pre-stored emergency rescue center number through the GPS provided a convenience to the user can receive emergency rescue even if the battery is forcibly removed by the user in danger.

In addition, when the battery is removed, the terminal automatically switches to the locked state mode, so that the user can not change the terminal to normal operation unless the user knows the password, thereby preventing the illegal use of the terminal.

Claims (6)

A first step of detecting when the battery is detached and operating the internal coin cell; A second step of switching to a locked state mode when the internal coin cell starts to operate; A third step of identifying the location of the terminal by GPS and transmitting the identified location of the terminal to a previously stored number; Power supply and emergency position transmission method in an emergency in a mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 1, wherein after the second step, When the user enters the password, unlocking the lock state, When the lock state is released, stopping the operation of the internal coin cell and transmitting the position to a previously stored number; Power supply and emergency position transmission method in the emergency situation in the mobile communication terminal further comprising a. The method of claim 1, The pre-stored telephone numbers include 112 and 119 capable of making an emergency rescue. An RF transceiver, a display, an audio converter, a key input, It is composed of a memory device for storing a number of programs and data, and a storage unit for storing the telephone number of the emergency rescue center to request the rescue by transmitting their location in an emergency, GPS unit for receiving their location information via satellite, An emergency power supply unit which supplies power to the mobile communication terminal to operate the GPS unit when the battery is detached; Voice calls with other users can be made, and when the battery is detached, it is recognized as an emergency and the emergency power supply is signaled to control the internal coin cell to operate, and the position read from the GPS unit. A control unit for controlling a value to be transmitted to a phone number previously stored in the storage unit; Mobile communication terminal comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein The control unit controls to switch the state of the mobile communication terminal to the lock mode when recognizing that the battery is detached. The method of claim 5, If the user unlocks the lock by entering a password, The control unit controls to stop the power supply from the emergency power supply, and the mobile communication terminal, characterized in that for controlling to stop the transmission of the position to the pre-stored number.

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