KR20070079099A - Mobile terminal apparatus for old people and controlling method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A mobile phone device for old people and its control method are provided to easily provide information on an emergency situation, a physical state or home comfortableness of an old person who lives alone to his/her children by using a mobile phone. A temperature measurement unit(114) measures body temperature, converts it into a digital signal, and outputs it. A movement detecting unit(115) detects a movement and its strength, and outputs corresponding information as a digital signal. A memory(117) stores a call target and a call message in a call mode. When one or more of the information received from the temperature measurement unit and the movement signal received from the movement detecting unit satisfy a call mode, a controller(111) controls to read call target information and a call message stored in the memory, generate them as a text message and transmit it.

Description

Mobile phone device for elderly and control method thereof {MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS FOR OLD PEOPLE AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF}

1 is an internal block diagram of a mobile phone to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a control flowchart for providing information of the elderly living alone in the mobile phone to which the present invention is applied.

The present invention relates to a mobile phone device for providing an additional function and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to a mobile phone device for providing an additional function for the elderly and a control method thereof.

In general, a mobile phone is a terminal device for performing communication in a mobile communication system. Therefore, the mobile phone performs basic voice communication, and is a communication device capable of transmitting and receiving various data such as a short message or internet communication. Due to the rapid development of technology and social changes, such mobile phones are becoming a necessity for most people regardless of age or gender.

Modern mobile phones are evolving with the addition of certain additional features as well as voice and data communications. The evolution of the terminal is being miniaturized and slim, and also in the form of providing a multimedia service. As such, most of the functions are being developed in the form of providing services for users of younger classes. As a result, various additional functions of mobile phones are generally difficult to use, and many older people are not using or using many functions.

On the other hand, due to the rapid development of technology, the average life expectancy of humans continues to increase. As people's lifespans increase, the aging and the elderly are emerging as social problems. Another social phenomenon that develops into an aging society is the increase in the number of elderly people living alone. In other words, the elderly who do not live with their children or do not live together is increasing trend.

As the elderly living alone are emerging as a social problem, there is an increasing demand for ways to inform the family of the elderly living alone using the additional functions of the mobile phone.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone device and a control method thereof that can quickly provide a special situation for the elderly to the family of the elderly living alone.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone device having an additional function for the elderly and their families and a control method thereof.

The device of the present invention for achieving the above object, a mobile phone device for the elderly, the temperature measuring unit for measuring the body temperature and converting the digital signal and outputting, and detecting the intensity of the movement to detect the movement and motion information and movement intensity At least one or more information of a motion detector for outputting information as a digital signal, a memory for storing a call target and a call message in a call mode, information received from the temperature measuring unit and a motion signal received from the motion detector If the call mode is satisfied, the control unit reads the call target information and the call message stored in the memory, and generates a text message and controls to control the transmission.

The method of the present invention for achieving the above objects, the device for measuring the body temperature, the device for detecting the movement and the calling method to the elderly cell phone device that stores the call target and the call message in the call mode, the measured temperature and movement Checking whether at least one or more information of a signal satisfies a calling mode, reading the stored call target information and a calling message when the check result satisfies the calling mode, and generating a text message; And transmitting a message.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the operating principle of the preferred embodiment of the present invention. In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of well-known functions or configurations will be omitted if it is determined that the detailed description of the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. Terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may be changed according to intentions or customs of users or operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the contents throughout the specification.

1 is an internal block diagram of a mobile phone to which the present invention is applied. Hereinafter, the internal block configuration and operation of the cellular phone according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 1.

The control unit 111 performs demodulation, deinterleaving, and decoding operations according to characteristics of signals received from the radio unit 112, which will be described later, and outputs the audio signal to the speaker SKP of the audio input / output unit 113. In addition, an electrical voice signal received from the microphone MIC of the audio input / output unit 113 is converted into a digital signal, encoded, interleaved, and modulated, and output to the wireless unit 112. It performs the control of the overall operation of the communication and the additional functions made in the mobile phone, in particular performs the additional function for the elderly living alone according to the present invention. Control operations for the additional function for the elderly living alone according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the control flow chart described below. In addition, since the control operation for the communication process and other additional functions performed in the mobile phone performed by the controller 111 is a general matter, it will not be further described herein.

The radio unit 112 converts a radio frequency (RF) signal received from the antenna ANT into a baseband signal and provides the signal to the controller 111, and converts the signal received from the controller 111 into a radio frequency (RF) signal. Convert and transmit to the air. When the control unit 111 receives various control data necessary for communication, the control unit 111 performs the encoding and modulation thereof and is provided to the radio unit 112.

The temperature measuring unit 114 according to the present invention measures the body temperature of the user and converts it to a digital value and provides it to the control unit 111. This can detect changes in body temperature of the elderly living alone. The motion detector 115 detects the movement of the user carrying the mobile phone according to the present invention, converts the presence / absence information and the intensity information of the movement into digital values and provides them to the controller 111. The home network communication unit 116 is a communication unit for performing home networking, and generally performs wireless communication with a home networking computer for performing home networking. This communication process may vary depending on the type of home networking. In the present invention, the home network is not particularly defined. However, the home network only needs to be able to link the user's status information to a specific user, a dedicated doctor or an emergency response agency, for example 119.

The memory 117 stores a program necessary for a mobile phone and a control program according to the present invention. It also stores various data set by the user and control data stored in accordance with the present invention. Details thereof will be described in more detail in the following description of the drawings.

The GPS receiver 118 receives a signal received from the satellite and provides the signal to the controller 111 or generates information on a current location using the signal and provides the signal to the controller 111. Through this, it is possible to obtain the moving path or location information of the elderly living alone. Detailed description thereof will be described in detail with reference to the control flowchart described later. In addition, a Bluetooth (not shown in FIG. 1) or the like may be provided separately from the GPS receiver 118 or together with the GPS receiver 118. An example of the use of such a Bluetooth will also be described separately in the control flowchart described later.

The keypad 119 has a key metric structure and generates a key value input by a user and provides the generated key value to the controller 111. The display unit 120 may be configured as a liquid crystal display panel, and provides various graphic user interfaces (GUIs) required by the user under the control of the control unit 111. In addition, the display unit 116 may include a vibration motor, a lamp, etc. to notify the incoming call of the mobile phone.

2 is a control flowchart for providing information of the elderly living alone in the mobile phone to which the present invention is applied. Hereinafter, a process for providing information of the elderly living alone in the mobile phone according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 2.

The controller 111 performs the inspection mode in step 200. In this case, the test mode receives body temperature information from the temperature measuring unit 114, detects a user's motion signal using the motion detector 115, and receives a satellite signal from the GPS receiver 118 to determine the current location of the mobile phone user. The process of examining information. In addition, according to the present invention, if a Bluetooth is provided, information on whether or not a specific area is entered through Bluetooth is detected.

While performing the test mode, the control unit 111 of the mobile phone proceeds to step 202 to check whether the body temperature decrease and the movement member are detected from the temperature measuring unit 114 and the motion detecting unit 115. Here, the temperature decrease is to check whether the digitized body temperature information received from the temperature measuring unit 114 falls below a preset value. The motion member is a test for checking whether a signal for motion is detected from the motion detector 115. Such information can be classified into three cases, in which both are satisfied, only one is satisfied, or both are not satisfied. Therefore, it may be configured to proceed to step 204 only if both are satisfied according to the manufacture of the product or the user's setting, or may be configured to proceed to step 204 even if only one is satisfied. In the present embodiment, a description will be made on the assumption that both of the mobile phones are satisfactory under the assumption that the mobile phone is mostly carried when the user does not sleep.

If both conditions are satisfied, the control unit 111 proceeds to step 204 and checks whether the current time exists within bedtime. The bedtime is a time in which the user enters a time to go to bed and a time to wake up from the bed. Therefore, if the current time is within the sleep time as a result of the inspection in step 204, the inspection mode ends. On the other hand, if the current time is not at bedtime, the user having a mobile phone may not have a mobile phone or an abnormality may occur in the body. Therefore, the controller 111 proceeds to step 206 to check whether the message origination count is smaller than the preset threshold TH. If the result of the check is smaller than the preset threshold, the process proceeds to step 210 to perform the primary call mode. Here, the primary call mode is to deliver a message preset by the user to a specific preset user.

For example, in the case of an elderly person living alone, a mobile phone number such as a son or daughter, daughter-in-law, or son-in-law and an abnormal occurrence message are stored in advance in the memory 117. Then, the control unit 111 reads the primary call message from the stored area and stores the message stored in the memory 117 in advance in the memory 117 with at least one of the children or at least one of the children according to the setting. ) Is sent automatically. This is called the primary call mode. After performing the primary call mode as described above, the control unit 111 proceeds to step 212 to increase the CNT value.

On the other hand, if the CNT value of the check result of step 206 is not smaller than the preset threshold value (TH), the control unit 111 proceeds to step 208 to perform the emergency call mode (208). In this case, the emergency call mode means that if the above situation continues after several first calls, the call is attempted to another preset emergency call.

This will be described as an example. First, as described above, the user transmits a message to at least one of the children in the primary call mode. The children will then see the first call and call their parents or siblings who are living alone. In this way, when the call is received and the user responds to the call, the CNT value is reset to a value of "0", a value of "1", or the like. In FIG. 2, the CNT value is not reset for convenience of description.

However, if the children do not respond to the call, or if the children do not check it can cause a situation that can not be called. In this case, the doctor or the nearest hospital to the emergency room or emergency fire or police station to automatically dial, read the message stored in the memory 117 in advance after the read through the wireless unit 112 To send a message. In this case, if the GPS location information can be received at the government office or the like, the controller 111 may be configured to provide location information of the current user using the location information received from the GPS receiver 118 in the emergency call mode. The location information may also be provided in the form of a short message, or may be provided according to a communication protocol in a country such as the United States where emergency call mode is legally necessary. In an emergency call mode, the same message can also be sent to users in the primary call mode.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention with respect to the call mode, for convenience of description, only the primary call mode and the emergency call mode have been described. However, the call mode may be configured to have various levels of call modes. For example, a call is made to their children firstly, a message is sent to their child and the attending physician in a second call mode, and the call is made to a public office in a third call mode. This extension of call mode is obvious to those skilled in the art and will not be described in further detail.

On the other hand, if the body temperature decrease and the movement member is not detected as a result of the test in step 202, the control unit 111 proceeds to step 220 and determines whether to enter the setting area. Herein, the setting area means a hospital or the like set in advance by the user. When a Bluetooth device is provided as a method for detecting entry into the hospital, when a signal indicating that the hospital is a Bluetooth signal is input, it may be detected that the user enters the setting area using the Bluetooth signal. Alternatively, if the memory area 117 of the mobile phone has map data, if the hospital area is selected as a preset area, the location information received via the GPS receiver 118 indicates that the hospital has entered the hospital. You can check it. In the above example, the hospital is taken as an example, but it is possible to set a dangerous area or another area when the elderly living alone in addition to the hospital.

The inspection of step 220 is performed using at least one of the above methods. In step 220, when entering the preset specific region, the control unit 111 proceeds to step 222 to read the message for entering the specific region from the memory 117, and the mobile phone number or other landline telephone of the children stored in advance. Send a message to In this case, if the wired telephone is registered, the controller 111 must detect a case in which a response exists in the counterpart's telephone, that is, a hookoff is made at the counterpart. This hook-off detection is a well known technique and will not be discussed here. After detecting the hook-off as described above, the control unit 111 may read the voice information stored in advance in the memory 117 and automatically transmit the read voice information through the wireless unit 112. In this case, the transmission of the voice information may be configured to transmit only once, but in some cases, may be configured to repeat the transmission twice or three times.

On the other hand, if the test result of step 220 does not enter a specific region, the controller 111 proceeds to step 230. Steps 203 to 234 are processes that can be used when home networking is provided. In addition, the above-described process is to perform a function that can inform the children of the status of the household because the elderly living alone generally have a lot of time in the house.

When the controller 111 proceeds to step 230, the controller 111 determines whether a preset automatic report time has arrived. The automatic reporting time may check whether the automatic reporting time has arrived through a preset time interval set by the user, for example, a 2-hour interval or a setting time such as breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bedtime.

When the automatic report time of the test result of step 230 arrives, the controller 111 controls the home network communication unit 116 to communicate with the computer of the home networking system. The communication performed at this time may be information such as current temperature, humidity, electricity supply status and gas leakage in the house. However, the control unit 111 of the mobile phone does not need to know the type of information transmitted / received. In the home networking system, when there is an information request from a mobile phone, the information may be converted into a form that can be transmitted in a text message. In step 234, the control unit 111 configures the result of the information received from the home network communication unit 116 into a text message, and then controls to transmit the text message through the wireless unit 112.

As described above, by using the mobile phone according to the present invention, an elderly person living alone is in an emergency situation, and there is an advantage of easily informing the children of the health status and comfort level of the elderly living alone.

Claims (10)

In the mobile phone device for the elderly, A temperature measuring unit which measures body temperature and converts it into a digital signal and then outputs it; A motion detector for detecting a motion intensity by detecting a motion and outputting motion information and motion intensity information as a digital signal; Memory to store the call destination and the call message when in call mode If at least one or more of the information received from the temperature measuring unit and the motion signal received from the motion detector satisfies a call mode, the call target information and the call message stored in the memory are read, generated as a text message, and transmitted. Cell phone device for the elderly, characterized in that it comprises a control unit for controlling. The method of claim 1, Further comprising a GPS receiver for outputting location information using a signal received from the satellite, And the control unit controls to transmit the information including the information from the GPS receiver in the transmitted text message. The method according to claim 1 or 2, It further includes a Bluetooth capable of short-range communication to inform whether or not to enter a specific area, And the controller controls to generate and transmit a specific area entry message when the predetermined area enters from the Bluetooth. The method of claim 1, The home networking system further includes a home network communication unit for requesting and receiving information in a house. And the control unit controls the home network communication unit at a preset time to receive information in the house, and to generate and transmit the message as a message. The method of claim 1, The memory has a message and contact information according to the level of the call mode, The control unit, the mobile phone for the elderly, characterized in that to perform the call by raising the grade of the call mode when the call mode condition is maintained. In the method of calling to the device for measuring the body temperature, the device for detecting the movement and the cellular phone device for the elderly storing the call target and call message in the call mode, Checking whether at least one of the measured temperature and motion signals satisfies the calling mode; Generating a text message by reading the stored call target information and a call message when the check result call mode is satisfied; And a step of transmitting the generated message. The method of claim 6, And using the GPS information to include caller's source information in the text message. The method according to any one of claims 6 to 7, And a step of generating and transmitting a specific area entry message when entering a specific area preset from Bluetooth. The method of claim 6, Receiving the information in the house by controlling the home network communication unit at a preset time; And generating and transmitting the received message as a text message. The method of claim 6, The control method of the elderly mobile phone device, characterized in that during the call mode, further comprising the step of performing a call by raising the grade of the call mode if the call mode condition is maintained.

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