CN104618605B - Mobile terminal locating method and device - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a mobile terminal locating method. The mobile terminal locating method comprises the following steps: receiving fingerprint information input by a user; when receiving the fingerprint information input by the user, combining the fingerprint information with each comparing the fingerprint information; when the fingerprint information does not match any of the fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, periodically acquire the location information of the mobile terminal; and send the acquired location information to a preset communication terminal. The invention also discloses a mobile terminal positioning device. The invention can improve the security of the mobile terminal.

Description

Mobile terminal positioning method and device

technical field

The invention relates to the technical field of communication, in particular to a positioning method and device for a mobile terminal.

Background technique

With the rapid development of communication technology, mobile terminals such as mobile phones and tablet computers have become an indispensable communication product for people to communicate. However, due to the characteristics of portability and high price of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal is easy to be stolen. Theft of the mobile terminal will cause great economic losses to the owner. More importantly, the mobile terminal usually stores important information of the owner, such as address book, short messages, photos, etc. In the prior art, there is a problem of low security of the mobile terminal.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal positioning method and device, aiming at improving the security of the mobile terminal.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a mobile terminal positioning method, the mobile terminal positioning method includes the following steps:

Receive the fingerprint information entered by the user;

When receiving the fingerprint information input by the user, comparing the fingerprint information with each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database;

When the fingerprint information does not match any fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, regularly acquire the location information of the mobile terminal;

Send the obtained location information to a preset communication terminal.

Preferably, before the step of receiving the fingerprint information input by the user, the mobile terminal positioning method further includes:

A fingerprint information base is generated and saved based on the fingerprint information input by the user.

Preferably, after the step of sending the obtained location information to the preset communication terminal, the mobile terminal positioning method further includes:

Send the user information stored in the mobile terminal to the preset communication terminal;

The user information stored in the mobile terminal is deleted.

Preferably, the step of sending the acquired location information to a preset communication terminal includes:

Generate an activity trajectory map according to the collection time points of each location information obtained;

When a preset collection time interval arrives, or when the amount of collected location information exceeds a preset threshold, the activity track map is sent to a preset communication terminal.

Preferably, after the step of sending the obtained location information to the preset communication terminal, the mobile terminal positioning method further includes:

Obtain the age information of the user according to the fingerprint information entered by the user;

generating prompt information according to the acquired age information and the activity track diagram;

Send the generated prompt information to a preset communication terminal.

In addition, in order to achieve the above object, the present invention also provides a mobile terminal positioning device, the mobile terminal positioning device includes:

The receiving module is used to receive the fingerprint information input by the user;

The comparison module is used to compare the fingerprint information with each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database when the receiving module receives the fingerprint information input by the user;

A positioning module, configured to periodically acquire the location information of the mobile terminal when the fingerprint information does not match any fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database;

The sending module is used to send the acquired location information to a preset communication terminal.

Preferably, the mobile terminal positioning device further includes a generating module, configured to generate and store a fingerprint information library based on the fingerprint information input by the user.

Preferably, the sending module is also used to send the user information stored in the mobile terminal to a preset communication terminal; the mobile terminal positioning device also includes a deletion module, which is used to send the user information stored in the mobile terminal to the sending module. After the communication terminal is preset, the user information stored in the mobile terminal is deleted.

Preferably, the sending module includes:

A generating unit, configured to generate an activity track diagram according to the acquisition time points of each acquired location information;

The sending unit is configured to send the activity track diagram to a preset communication terminal when a preset collection time interval arrives, or when the amount of collected location information exceeds a preset threshold.

Preferably, the mobile terminal positioning device further includes:

An acquisition module, configured to acquire age information of the user according to the fingerprint information input by the user;

A prompting module, configured to generate prompting information according to the acquired age information and the activity track diagram;

The sending module is further configured to send the prompt information generated by the prompt module to a preset communication terminal.

The mobile terminal positioning method and device provided by the present invention are mainly used in anti-theft tracking of mobile terminals. By comparing the fingerprint information input by the user with each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, when the fingerprint information is compared with the fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database If the fingerprint information of the mobile terminal does not match, it means that the mobile terminal may be stolen or lost at this time, and the location information of the mobile terminal is obtained regularly, and the obtained location information is sent to the preset communication terminal. The lost mobile terminal is retrieved based on the location information, which improves the security of the mobile terminal.

Description of drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a wireless communication system of a mobile terminal as shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic flow diagram of a preferred embodiment of the mobile terminal positioning method of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of functional modules of a preferred embodiment of the mobile terminal positioning device of the present invention.

The realization of the purpose of the present invention, functional characteristics and advantages will be further described in conjunction with the embodiments and with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Detailed ways

It should be understood that the specific embodiments described here are only used to explain the present invention, not to limit the present invention.

A mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, use of suffixes such as 'module', 'part' or 'unit' for denoting elements is only for facilitating description of the present invention and has no specific meaning by itself. Therefore, "module" and "component" may be used mixedly.

Mobile terminals may be implemented in various forms. For example, terminals described in the present invention may include devices such as mobile phones, smart phones, notebook computers, digital broadcast receivers, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), PADs (Tablet Computers), PMPs (Portable Multimedia Players), navigation devices, etc. mobile terminals and fixed terminals such as digital TVs, desktop computers, etc. In the following, it is assumed that the terminal is a mobile terminal. However, those skilled in the art will understand that the configuration according to the embodiments of the present invention can also be applied to stationary type terminals, in addition to elements specifically used for mobile purposes.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a hardware structure of a mobile terminal implementing various embodiments of the present invention.

The mobile terminal 100 may include a wireless communication unit 110, an A/V (audio/video) input unit 120, a user input unit 130, a sensing unit 140, an output unit 150, a memory 160, an interface unit 170, a controller 180, and a power supply unit 190. wait. FIG. 1 shows a mobile terminal having various components, but it is understood that implementing all shown components is not a requirement. Greater or fewer components may alternatively be implemented. Elements of the mobile terminal will be described in detail below.

The wireless communication unit 110 generally includes one or more components that allow radio communication between the mobile terminal 100 and a wireless communication system or network. For example, the wireless communication unit may include at least one of a broadcast receiving module 111 , a mobile communication module 112 , a wireless Internet module 113 , a short-range communication module 114 and a location information module 115 .

The broadcast receiving module 111 receives broadcast signals and/or broadcast related information from an external broadcast management server via a broadcast channel. Broadcast channels may include satellite channels and/or terrestrial channels. The broadcast management server may be a server that generates and transmits a broadcast signal and/or broadcast related information or a server that receives a previously generated broadcast signal and/or broadcast related information and transmits it to a terminal. The broadcast signal may include a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, a data broadcast signal, and the like. Also, the broadcast signal may further include a broadcast signal combined with a TV or radio broadcast signal. The broadcast related information may also be provided via a mobile communication network, and in this case, the broadcast related information may be received by the mobile communication module 112 . The broadcast signal may exist in various forms, for example, it may exist in the form of Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB), Electronic Service Guide (ESG) of Digital Video Broadcast Handheld (DVB-H), etc. . The broadcast receiving module 111 may receive signal broadcasts by using various types of broadcast systems. In particular, the broadcast receiving module 111 can use such as Multimedia Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DMB-T), Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Satellite (DMB-S), Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H), Forward Link Media (MediaFLO ^@ ) digital broadcasting system, Digital Broadcasting System of Terrestrial Digital Broadcasting Integrated Service (ISDB-T), etc. receive digital broadcasting. The broadcast receiving module 111 may be configured to be suitable for various broadcast systems providing broadcast signals as well as the above-mentioned digital broadcast systems. Broadcast signals and/or broadcast related information received via the broadcast receiving module 111 may be stored in the memory 160 (or other types of storage media).

The mobile communication module 112 transmits and/or receives radio signals to at least one of a base station (eg, access point, Node B, etc.), an external terminal, and a server. Such radio signals may include voice call signals, video call signals, or various types of data transmitted and/or received according to text and/or multimedia messages.

The wireless Internet module 113 supports wireless Internet access of the mobile terminal. The module can be coupled to the terminal internally or externally. The wireless Internet access technologies involved in this module may include WLAN (Wireless LAN) (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless Broadband), Wimax (Global Microwave Interconnection Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), etc. .

The short-range communication module 114 is a module for supporting short-range communication. Some examples of short-range communication technologies include Bluetooth ^™ , Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), Zigbee ^™ , and others.

The location information module 115 is a module for checking or acquiring location information of the mobile terminal. A typical example of the location information module is GPS (Global Positioning System). According to current technology, the GPS module 115 calculates distance information and accurate time information from three or more satellites and applies triangulation to the calculated information, thereby accurately calculating three-dimensional current location information according to longitude, latitude, and altitude. Currently, a method for calculating position and time information uses three satellites and corrects errors of the calculated position and time information by using another one satellite. In addition, the GPS module 115 is able to calculate speed information by continuously calculating current position information in real time.

The A/V input unit 120 is used to receive audio or video signals. The A/V input unit 120 may include a camera 121 that processes image data of a still picture or video obtained by an image capture device in a video capture mode or an image capture mode, and a microphone 1220 . The processed image frames may be displayed on the display unit 151 . The image frames processed by the camera 121 may be stored in the memory 160 (or other storage medium) or transmitted via the wireless communication unit 110, and two or more cameras 1210 may be provided according to the configuration of the mobile terminal. The microphone 122 may receive sound (audio data) via the microphone in a phone call mode, recording mode, voice recognition mode, and the like operating modes, and can process such sound as audio data. The processed audio (voice) data may be converted into a format transmittable to a mobile communication base station via the mobile communication module 112 for output in case of a phone call mode. The microphone 122 may implement various types of noise cancellation (or suppression) algorithms to cancel (or suppress) noise or interference generated in the process of receiving and transmitting audio signals.

The user input unit 130 may generate key input data according to commands input by the user to control various operations of the mobile terminal. The user input unit 130 allows a user to input various types of information, and may include a keyboard, domes, touch pad (e.g., a touch-sensitive component that detects changes in resistance, pressure, capacitance, etc. due to being touched), a scroll wheel , joystick, etc. In particular, when a touch pad is superimposed on the display unit 151 in a layer form, a touch screen may be formed.

The sensing unit 140 detects the current state of the mobile terminal 100, (for example, the open or closed state of the mobile terminal 100), the position of the mobile terminal 100, the presence or absence of the user's contact with the mobile terminal 100 (that is, a touch input), the mobile terminal 100, the acceleration or deceleration movement and direction of the mobile terminal 100, etc., and generate commands or signals for controlling the operation of the mobile terminal 100. For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is implemented as a slide type mobile phone, the sensing unit 140 may sense whether the slide type phone is opened or closed. In addition, the sensing unit 140 can detect whether the power supply unit 190 supplies power or whether the interface unit 170 is coupled with an external device. The sensing unit 140 may include a proximity sensor 1410 which will be described below in conjunction with a touch screen.

The interface unit 170 serves as an interface through which at least one external device can be connected with the mobile terminal 100 . For example, an external device may include a wired or wireless headset port, an external power (or battery charger) port, a wired or wireless data port, a memory card port, a port for connecting a device with an identification module, audio input/output (I/O) ports, video I/O ports, headphone ports, and more. The identification module may store various information for authenticating a user using the mobile terminal 100 and may include a User Identity Module (UIM), a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM), a Universal Subscriber Identity Module (USIM) and the like. In addition, a device having an identification module (hereinafter referred to as "identification device") may take the form of a smart card, and thus, the identification device may be connected to the mobile terminal 100 via a port or other connection means. The interface unit 170 may be used to receive input (eg, data information, power, etc.) transfer data between.

In addition, when the mobile terminal 100 is connected with an external cradle, the interface unit 170 may serve as a path through which power is supplied from the cradle to the mobile terminal 100 or may be used as a path allowing various command signals input from the cradle to be transmitted to the mobile terminal 100 therethrough. The path to the terminal. Various command signals or power input from the base may be used as a signal for identifying whether the mobile terminal is accurately mounted on the base. The output unit 150 is configured to provide output signals (eg, audio signals, video signals, alarm signals, vibration signals, etc.) in a visual, audio and/or tactile manner. The output unit 150 may include a display unit 151, an audio output module 152, an alarm unit 153, and the like.

The display unit 151 can display information processed in the mobile terminal 100 . For example, when the mobile terminal 100 is in a phone call mode, the display unit 151 may display a user interface (UI) or a graphical user interface (GUI) related to calls or other communications (eg, text messaging, multimedia file downloading, etc.). When the mobile terminal 100 is in a video call mode or an image capture mode, the display unit 151 may display captured images and/or received images, a UI or GUI showing videos or images and related functions, and the like.

Meanwhile, when the display unit 151 and the touch pad are superimposed on each other in a layer to form a touch screen, the display unit 151 may serve as an input device and an output device. The display unit 151 may include at least one of a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor LCD (TFT-LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, a flexible display, a three-dimensional (3D) display, and the like. Some of these displays can be configured to be transparent to allow a user to view from the outside, which can be called a transparent display, and a typical transparent display can be, for example, a TOLED (Transparent Organic Light Emitting Diode) display or the like. Depending on the particular desired implementation, the mobile terminal 100 may include two or more display units (or other display means), for example, the mobile terminal may include an external display unit (not shown) and an internal display unit (not shown). . The touch screen can be used to detect touch input pressure as well as touch input position and touch input area.

The audio output module 152 may convert audio data received by the wireless communication unit 110 or stored in the memory 160 when the mobile terminal is in a call signal receiving mode, a call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, a broadcast receiving mode, etc. audio signal and output as sound. Also, the audio output module 152 may provide audio output related to a specific function performed by the mobile terminal 100 (eg, call signal reception sound, message reception sound, etc.). The audio output module 152 may include a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The alarm unit 153 may provide an output to notify the mobile terminal 100 of the occurrence of an event. Typical events may include call reception, message reception, key signal input, touch input, and the like. In addition to audio or visual output, the alarm unit 153 may provide output in various ways to notify the occurrence of an event. For example, the alarm unit 153 may provide an output in the form of vibration, and when a call, message, or some other incoming communication is received, the alarm unit 153 may provide a tactile output (ie, vibration) to notify the user. By providing such tactile outputs, a user can recognize the occurrence of various events even when the user's mobile phone is in the user's pocket. The alarm unit 153 may also provide an output notifying the occurrence of an event via the display unit 151 or the audio output module 152 .

The memory 160 may store software programs and the like for processing and controlling operations executed by the controller 180, or may temporarily store data that has been output or will be output (eg, phonebook, messages, still images, videos, etc.). Also, the memory 160 may store data on various patterns of vibration and audio signals output when a touch is applied to the touch screen.

Memory 160 may include at least one type of storage medium including flash memory, hard disk, multimedia card, card-type memory (eg, SD or DX memory, etc.), random access memory (RAM), static random access memory ( SRAM), read-only memory (ROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), programmable read-only memory (PROM), magnetic memory, magnetic disk, optical disk, etc. Also, the mobile terminal 100 may cooperate with a web storage device performing a storage function of the memory 160 through a network connection.

The controller 180 generally controls the overall operations of the mobile terminal. For example, the controller 180 performs control and processing related to voice calls, data communications, video calls, and the like. In addition, the controller 180 may include a multimedia module 1810 for reproducing (or playing back) multimedia data, and the multimedia module 1810 may be constructed within the controller 180 or may be constructed separately from the controller 180 . The controller 180 may perform a pattern recognition process to recognize a handwriting input or a picture drawing input performed on the touch screen as a character or an image.

The power supply unit 190 receives external power or internal power and supplies appropriate power required to operate various elements and components under the control of the controller 180 .

Various implementations described herein can be implemented on a computer readable medium using, for example, computer software, hardware, or any combination thereof. For hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein can be implemented by using Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs), Field Programmable Gate Arrays ( FPGA), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, electronic units designed to perform the functions described herein, in some cases, such implementations may be implemented in the controller 180 implemented in. For software implementation, an embodiment such as a procedure or a function may be implemented with a separate software module that allows at least one function or operation to be performed. The software codes may be implemented by a software application (or program) written in any suitable programming language, which may be stored in memory 160 and executed by controller 180 .

So far, the mobile terminal has been described in terms of its functions. Hereinafter, for the sake of brevity, a slide-type mobile terminal among various types of mobile terminals such as folder-type, bar-type, swing-type, slide-type mobile terminals, etc. will be described as an example. Therefore, the present invention can be applied to any type of mobile terminal and is not limited to a slide type mobile terminal.

The mobile terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 1 may be configured to operate using communication systems such as wired and wireless, which transmit data via frames or packets, and satellite-based communication systems.

A communication system in which a mobile terminal according to the present invention can operate will now be described with reference to FIG. 2 .

Such communication systems may use different air interfaces and/or physical layers. For example, air interfaces used by communication systems include, for example, Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) (in particular, Long Term Evolution (LTE) ), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), etc. As a non-limiting example, the following description refers to a CDMA communication system, but such teachings are equally applicable to other types of systems.

Referring to FIG. 2 , a CDMA wireless communication system may include a plurality of mobile terminals 100 , a plurality of base stations (BS) 270 , a base station controller (BSC) 275 , and a mobile switching center (MSC) 280 . MSC 280 is configured to interface with Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) 290 . MSC 280 is also configured to interface with BSC 275, which may be coupled to base station 270 via a backhaul line. The backhaul may be constructed according to any of several known interfaces including, for example, E1/T1, ATM, IP, PPP, Frame Relay, HDSL, ADSL or xDSL. It will be appreciated that a system as shown in FIG. 2 may include multiple BSCs 2750 .

Each BS 270 may serve one or more sectors (or areas), each sector covered by a multi-directional antenna or an antenna pointing in a particular direction radially away from the BS 270 . Alternatively, each sector may be covered by two or more antennas for diversity reception. Each BS 270 may be configured to support multiple frequency allocations, with each frequency allocation having a specific frequency spectrum (eg, 1.25 MHz, 5 MHz, etc.).

The intersection of partition and frequency allocation may be referred to as a CDMA channel. BS 270 may also be referred to as a Base Transceiver Subsystem (BTS) or other equivalent terminology. In such cases, the term "base station" may be used to refer generally to a single BSC 275 and at least one BS 270. A base station may also be referred to as a "cell site." Alternatively, sectors of a particular BS 270 may be referred to as multiple cell sites.

As shown in FIG. 2, a broadcast transmitter (BT) 295 transmits broadcast signals to mobile terminals 100 operating within the system. The broadcast receiving module 111 as shown in FIG. 1 is provided at the mobile terminal 100 to receive broadcast signals transmitted by the BT295. In Fig. 2, several Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites 300 are shown. The satellite 300 helps locate at least one of the plurality of mobile terminals 100 .

In FIG. 2, a plurality of satellites 300 are depicted, but it is understood that any number of satellites may be utilized to obtain useful positioning information. The GPS module 115 as shown in FIG. 1 is generally configured to cooperate with satellites 300 to obtain desired positioning information. Instead of or in addition to GPS tracking techniques, other techniques that can track the location of the mobile terminal may be used. Additionally, at least one GPS satellite 300 may optionally or additionally handle satellite DMB transmissions.

As a typical operation of a wireless communication system, the BS 270 receives reverse link signals from various mobile terminals 100 . Mobile terminal 100 typically engages in calls, messaging, and other types of communications. Each reverse link signal received by a particular base station 270 is processed within a particular BS 270 . The obtained data is forwarded to the relevant BSC275. The BSC provides call resource allocation and mobility management functions including coordination of soft handover procedures between BS270. BSC 275 also routes received data to MSC 280 , which provides additional routing services for interfacing with PSTN 290 . Similarly, PSTN 290 interfaces with MSC 280 , MSC interfaces with BSC 275 , and BSC 275 controls BS 270 to send forward link signals to mobile terminal 100 accordingly.

Based on the above mobile terminal hardware structure and communication system, various embodiments of the mobile terminal positioning method of the present invention are proposed.

Referring to FIG. 3, in a preferred embodiment of the mobile terminal positioning method of the present invention, the mobile terminal positioning method includes:

Step S10, receiving fingerprint information input by the user;

During the actual use of the mobile terminal, in order to prevent misuse, the mobile terminal needs to be unlocked before using it, and the user can unlock it by operating according to preset rules. For example, it can be unlocked by entering a preset password on the specified interface of the mobile terminal or drawing a preset unlock pattern on the screen of the mobile terminal. In this embodiment, it is preferably unlocked by fingerprint, and the fingerprint information input by the user is the The fingerprint information entered when unlocking.

Step S20, when receiving the fingerprint information input by the user, comparing the fingerprint information with each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database;

In this embodiment, unlocking is preferably performed by means of fingerprints. It should be noted that although two fingerprints often have the same overall characteristics, their detailed characteristics cannot be exactly the same. For example, fingerprint lines are not continuous, smooth and straight, but often interrupted and bifurcated. or twist. These breakpoints, bifurcation points and turning points are called "characteristic points". In this embodiment, fingerprint information comparison is performed through these feature points. When the fingerprint information input by the user is received, the fingerprint information is compared with each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, and whether to unlock is confirmed according to the comparison result.

Step S30, when the fingerprint information does not match any fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, regularly acquire the location information of the mobile terminal;

In this embodiment, when the fingerprint information does not match each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, it means that the mobile terminal may be stolen or lost at this time, and the current user is judged to be illegal, and the location information of the mobile terminal is obtained regularly . It should be noted that, the present invention does not limit the manner of obtaining the location information of the mobile terminal, and may adopt the manner of base station positioning, or the manner of satellite positioning such as Beidou, GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo. The time interval for regularly obtaining fingerprint information can be set by the user according to the accuracy requirements. For example, when the fingerprint information does not match each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, the periodic acquisition is performed at intervals of 2 hours. The location information of the mobile terminal.

Those skilled in the art can understand that when there is a matching item in the fingerprint information database, it means that the user is the owner of the device or a user authorized by the owner of the device, and the mobile terminal is unlocked for use by the user.

Step S40, sending the acquired location information to a preset communication terminal.

It can be understood that after the location information of the mobile terminal is acquired, the acquired location information can be periodically sent to a preset communication terminal at a certain time interval; it can also be when the number of collected location information exceeds a preset threshold , and uniformly send the obtained location information to the preset communication terminal. In this embodiment, the owner of the phone can enter the mobile phone number or email address and other contact information for receiving location information on the designated interface of the mobile terminal, and after obtaining the location information of the mobile terminal, contact The method sends the obtained location information to the corresponding communication terminal.

The mobile terminal locating method provided by the embodiment of the present invention is mainly applied to anti-theft tracking of mobile terminals. By comparing the fingerprint information input by the user with each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, when the fingerprint information is compared with the fingerprint information database If all the fingerprint information in the fingerprint information does not match, it means that the mobile terminal may be stolen or lost at this time, and the location information of the mobile terminal is obtained regularly, and the obtained location information is sent to the preset communication terminal. The location information retrieves the lost mobile terminal, which improves the security of the mobile terminal.

Further, in a preferred embodiment of the mobile terminal positioning method of the present invention, before the above step S10, it also includes:

Generate and save the fingerprint information database based on the fingerprint information input by the user;

In this embodiment, the fingerprint information database of the owner stores the fingerprint information of the owner. It can be understood that the owner can also store the fingerprint information of his relatives, friends or other people in the fingerprint information database for other users to use the mobile terminal, and the owner can add and save fingerprints in the fingerprint information database Delete and other update operations. When unlocking, compare the fingerprint information entered by the user with the fingerprint information stored in the fingerprint information database one by one. If there is a matching item in the fingerprint information database, it means that the user is the owner of the device or a user authorized by the owner. Unlock the mobile terminal For the user to use; if there is no matching item in the fingerprint information database, it means that the mobile terminal may be stolen or lost at this time, and the location information of the mobile terminal is obtained regularly.

Further, in order to improve the security of storing user information in the mobile terminal, in this embodiment, after the above step S40, the mobile terminal positioning method further includes:

Send the user information stored in the mobile terminal to the preset communication terminal;

The user information stored in the mobile terminal is deleted.

It can be understood that, for a user, compared with economic loss, more important is the user information stored on the mobile terminal, such as address book, short message, photo and other information. In this embodiment, when the fingerprint information does not match any fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, the user information stored in the mobile terminal is sent to a preset communication terminal to prevent loss of user information. At the same time, in order to prevent illegal users from utilizing the user information stored in the mobile terminal, after sending the user information stored in the mobile terminal to a preset communication terminal, the user information stored in the mobile terminal is deleted. Further, the mobile terminal can also be formatted.

Further, in order to increase the possibility for the user to retrieve the mobile terminal, in this embodiment, the above step S40 includes:

Generate an activity trajectory map according to the collection time points of each location information obtained;

When a preset collection time interval arrives, or when the amount of collected location information exceeds a preset threshold, the activity track map is sent to a preset communication terminal.

In this embodiment, the activity trajectory diagram is generated according to the acquired collection time points of each location information, and when the preset collection time interval arrives, or when the amount of collected location information exceeds a preset threshold, the activity trajectory diagram Send to the preset communication terminal. The owner of the mobile phone can analyze the identity of the illegal user through the received activity track diagram, so as to increase the possibility of retrieving the mobile terminal.

For example, an activity track map can be generated according to the location information acquired within a week and the collection time points of each location information, and the activity track map can be sent to the communication terminal set by the owner, and the communication terminal can be preset for the owner The mobile phone corresponding to the mobile phone number.

Further, in order to increase the possibility of the user finding the mobile terminal, in this embodiment, after the above step S40, the mobile terminal positioning method further includes:

Obtain the age information of the user according to the fingerprint information entered by the user;

generating prompt information according to the acquired age information and the activity track diagram;

Send the generated prompt information to a preset communication terminal.

As we all know, the shape of fingerprints has a lifelong invariance, but the width of fingerprint lines, fingerprint size, clarity, and wrinkles will all change with age. For example, young people have no wrinkles, while old people Human fingerprints have more wrinkles. In this embodiment, after the activity track map is generated according to the acquired collection time points of each location information, the age information of the user is obtained according to the fingerprint information input by the user, and a prompt is generated according to the acquired age information and the activity track map information, and send the generated prompt information to a preset communication terminal. The prompt information is used to help the owner find the mobile terminal.

For example, when the fingerprint information entered by the user does not match the fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, after a week, the activity trajectory map of the illegal user is generated according to the location information obtained periodically, and analyzed according to the fingerprint information entered by the illegal user. Illegal users are youth. By analyzing the activity track diagram, it can be concluded that the illegal user's activity range is a certain school and a certain community, and the information that the illegal user is a youth can be concluded that the illegal user is a student of a certain school and lives in a certain community. Generate prompt information according to the analyzed information, and the prompt information includes that the illegal user is a student and school address, and the residential address of the illegal user; and send the generated prompt information to a preset communication terminal. After receiving the prompt information, the owner can retrieve the mobile terminal according to the prompt information, or provide the prompt information to the police, and the police will help to retrieve the mobile terminal.

The present invention further provides a positioning device for a mobile terminal.

Referring to Figure 4, in a preferred embodiment of the mobile terminal positioning device of the present invention, the mobile terminal positioning device includes:

The receiving module 10 is used to receive the fingerprint information input by the user;

During the actual use of the mobile terminal, in order to prevent misuse, the mobile terminal needs to be unlocked before using it, and the user can unlock it by operating according to preset rules. For example, it can be unlocked by entering a preset password on the specified interface of the mobile terminal or drawing a preset unlock pattern on the screen of the mobile terminal. Entered fingerprint information. The receiving module 10 is configured to receive fingerprint information input by the user.

Comparison module 20, used for comparing the fingerprint information with each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information library when the receiving module 10 receives the fingerprint information input by the user;

In this embodiment, unlocking is performed by means of fingerprints. It should be noted that although two fingerprints often have the same overall characteristics, their detailed characteristics cannot be exactly the same. For example, fingerprint lines are not continuous, smooth and straight, but often interrupted and bifurcated. or twist. These breakpoints, bifurcation points and turning points are called "characteristic points". In this embodiment, fingerprint information comparison is performed through these feature points. When the receiving module 10 receives the fingerprint information input by the user, the comparison module 20 compares the fingerprint information with each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, and confirms whether to unlock according to the comparison result.

A positioning module 30, configured to regularly acquire the location information of the mobile terminal when the fingerprint information does not match any fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database;

In this embodiment, when the fingerprint information does not match any fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, it means that the mobile terminal may be stolen or lost at this time, and the comparison module 20 judges that the current user is illegal. The positioning module 30 regularly acquires the location information of the mobile terminal. It should be noted that, the present invention does not limit the manner of obtaining the location information of the mobile terminal, and may adopt the manner of base station positioning, or the manner of satellite positioning such as Beidou, GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo. The time interval for regularly obtaining fingerprint information can be set by the user according to the accuracy requirements. For example, when the fingerprint information does not match each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, the positioning module 30 will be set at intervals of 2 hours. Obtain the location information of the mobile terminal permanently.

Those skilled in the art can understand that when there is a matching item in the fingerprint information database, it means that the user is the owner of the device or a user authorized by the owner of the device, and the comparison module 20 unlocks the mobile terminal for use by the user.

The sending module 40 is configured to send the acquired location information to a preset communication terminal.

It can be understood that after the location information of the mobile terminal is acquired, the acquired location information can be periodically sent to a preset communication terminal at a certain time interval; it can also be when the number of collected location information exceeds a preset threshold , and uniformly send the obtained location information to the preset communication terminal. In this embodiment, the owner of the mobile terminal can input the mobile phone number or email address and other contact information for receiving the location information on the designated interface of the mobile terminal. Contact information such as number or email address will send the obtained location information to the corresponding communication terminal.

The mobile terminal positioning device provided by the embodiment of the present invention is mainly used in mobile terminal anti-theft tracking. By comparing the fingerprint information input by the user with each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, when the fingerprint information and the fingerprint information database If all the fingerprint information in the fingerprint information does not match, it means that the mobile terminal may be stolen or lost at this time, and the location information of the mobile terminal is obtained regularly, and the obtained location information is sent to the preset communication terminal. The location information retrieves the lost mobile terminal, which improves the security of the mobile terminal.

Further, in a preferred embodiment of the mobile terminal locating device of the present invention, the mobile terminal locating device further includes a generation module, which is used to generate and save a fingerprint information library based on the fingerprint information input by the user.

In this embodiment, the fingerprint information database of the owner stores the fingerprint information of the owner. It can be understood that the owner can also store the fingerprint information of his relatives, friends or other people in the fingerprint information database for other users to use the mobile terminal, and the owner can add and save fingerprints in the fingerprint information database Delete and other update operations. When unlocking, the comparison module 20 compares the fingerprint information input by the user with the fingerprint information stored in the fingerprint information database one by one. If there is a matching item in the fingerprint information database, it means that the user is the owner or the user authorized by the owner. , unlock the mobile terminal for use by the user; if there is no matching item in the fingerprint information database, it means that the mobile terminal may be stolen or lost at this time, and the positioning module 30 regularly obtains the location information of the mobile terminal.

Further, in order to improve the security of user information stored in the mobile terminal, in this embodiment, the sending module 40 is also used to send the user information stored in the mobile terminal to a preset communication terminal;

The mobile terminal locating device further includes a deletion module, configured to delete the user information stored in the mobile terminal after the sending module 40 sends the user information stored in the mobile terminal to a preset communication terminal.

It can be understood that, for a user, compared with economic loss, more important is the user information stored on the mobile terminal, such as address book, short message, photo and other information. In this embodiment, when the fingerprint information does not match any fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, the sending module 40 sends the user information stored in the mobile terminal to a preset communication terminal to prevent loss of user information . At the same time, in order to prevent illegal users from using the user information stored in the mobile terminal, after the sending module 40 sends the user information stored in the mobile terminal to a preset communication terminal, the deleting module deletes the user information stored in the mobile terminal. Furthermore, the deletion module can also format the mobile terminal.

Further, in order to increase the possibility for the user to retrieve the mobile terminal, in this embodiment, the sending module 40 includes:

A generating unit, configured to generate an activity track diagram according to the acquisition time points of each acquired location information;

The sending unit is configured to send the activity track diagram to a preset communication terminal when a preset collection time interval arrives, or when the amount of collected location information exceeds a preset threshold.

In this embodiment, the sending module 40 includes a generating unit and a sending unit, and the generating unit is configured to generate an activity trajectory map according to the acquired collection time points of each location information. The sending unit is configured to send the activity track diagram to a preset communication terminal when a preset collection time interval arrives, or when the amount of collected location information exceeds a preset threshold. The owner of the mobile phone can analyze the identity of the illegal user through the received activity track diagram, so as to increase the possibility of retrieving the mobile terminal.

For example, an activity track map can be generated according to the location information acquired within a week and the collection time points of each location information, and the activity track map can be sent to the communication terminal set by the owner, and the communication terminal can be preset for the owner The mobile phone corresponding to the mobile phone number.

Further, in order to increase the possibility of the user finding the mobile terminal, in this embodiment, the mobile terminal locating device further includes:

An acquisition module, configured to acquire age information of the user according to the fingerprint information input by the user;

A prompting module, configured to generate prompting information according to the acquired age information and the activity track diagram;

The sending module 40 is also configured to send the prompt information generated by the prompt module to a preset communication terminal.

As we all know, the shape of fingerprints has a lifelong invariance, but the width of fingerprint lines, fingerprint size, clarity, and wrinkles will all change with age. For example, young people have no wrinkles, while old people Human fingerprints have more wrinkles. In this embodiment, after the generating unit of the sending module 40 generates the activity trajectory map according to the collection time points of the acquired position information, the acquiring module acquires the age information of the user according to the fingerprint information input by the user, and the prompting module acquires the user's age information according to the acquired age information. And the activity track diagram generates prompt information, and the sending module sends the generated prompt information to a preset communication terminal. The prompt information is used to help the owner find the mobile terminal.

For example, when the fingerprint information entered by the user does not match the fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, after a week, the activity trajectory map of the illegal user is generated according to the location information obtained periodically, and analyzed according to the fingerprint information entered by the illegal user. Illegal users are youth. By analyzing the activity track diagram, it can be concluded that the activity range of the illegal user is a certain school and a certain community, and the information that the illegal user is a youth can be concluded that the illegal user is a student of a certain school and lives in a certain community. Generate prompt information according to the analyzed information, and the prompt information includes that the illegal user is a student and school address, and the residential address of the illegal user; and send the generated prompt information to a preset communication terminal. After receiving the prompt information, the owner can retrieve the mobile terminal according to the prompt information, or provide the prompt information to the police, and the police will help to retrieve the mobile terminal.

It should be noted that, in this document, the term "comprising", "comprising" or any other variation thereof is intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion such that a process, method, article or apparatus comprising a set of elements includes not only those elements, It also includes other elements not expressly listed, or elements inherent in the process, method, article, or device. Without further limitations, an element defined by the phrase "comprising a ..." does not preclude the presence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus comprising that element.

The serial numbers of the above embodiments of the present invention are for description only, and do not represent the advantages and disadvantages of the embodiments.

Through the description of the above embodiments, those skilled in the art can clearly understand that the methods of the above embodiments can be implemented by means of software plus a necessary general-purpose hardware platform, and of course also by hardware, but in many cases the former is better implementation. Based on such an understanding, the essence of the technical solution of the present invention or the part that contributes to the prior art can be embodied in the form of software products, and the computer software products are stored in a storage medium (such as ROM/RAM, disk, CD) contains several instructions to make a terminal device (which may be a mobile phone, a computer, a server, an air conditioner, or a network device, etc.) execute the methods described in various embodiments of the present invention.

The above are only preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the patent scope of the present invention. Any equivalent structure or equivalent process transformation made by using the description of the present invention and the contents of the accompanying drawings, or directly or indirectly used in other related technical fields , are all included in the scope of patent protection of the present invention in the same way.

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1. A mobile terminal positioning method, characterized in that, the mobile terminal positioning method comprises the following steps: Generate and save the fingerprint information database based on the fingerprint information input by the user; Receive fingerprint information entered by the user; When receiving the fingerprint information input by the user, comparing the fingerprint information with each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database; When the fingerprint information does not match any fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database, regularly acquire the location information of the mobile terminal; Send the acquired location information to a preset communication terminal; Send the user information stored in the mobile terminal to the preset communication terminal; Delete the user information stored in the mobile terminal; Wherein, the step of sending the acquired location information to a preset communication terminal includes: Generate an activity trajectory map according to the collection time points of each location information obtained; When a preset collection time interval arrives, or when the amount of collected location information exceeds a preset threshold, the activity trajectory map is sent to a preset communication terminal; Obtain the age information of the user according to the fingerprint information entered by the user; generating prompt information according to the acquired age information and the activity track diagram; Send the generated prompt information to a preset communication terminal. 2. A positioning device for a mobile terminal, characterized in that the positioning device for a mobile terminal comprises: A generating module, configured to generate and save a fingerprint information base based on the fingerprint information input by the user; The receiving module is used to receive the fingerprint information input by the user; The comparison module is used to compare the fingerprint information with each fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database when the receiving module receives the fingerprint information input by the user; A positioning module, configured to periodically acquire the location information of the mobile terminal when the fingerprint information does not match any fingerprint information in the fingerprint information database; A sending module, configured to send the acquired location information to a preset communication terminal, and also to send user information stored in the mobile terminal to a preset communication terminal; Deletion module: used to delete the user information stored in the mobile terminal after the sending module sends the user information stored in the mobile terminal to a preset communication terminal; Wherein, the sending module includes: A generating unit, configured to generate an activity track diagram according to the acquisition time points of each acquired location information; A sending unit, configured to send the activity trajectory map to a preset communication terminal when a preset collection time interval arrives, or when the amount of collected location information exceeds a preset threshold; An acquisition module, configured to acquire age information of the user according to the fingerprint information input by the user; A prompting module, configured to generate prompting information according to the acquired age information and the activity track diagram; The sending module is further configured to send the prompt information generated by the prompt module to a preset communication terminal.