JP2006195824A - Cellular phone, alarm receiver and alarm system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cellular phone, an alarm receiver with which safety of a child is assured and an alarm system using them. <P>SOLUTION: In the alarm system, when it is judged that an abnormality occurs to an owner of the cellular phone 1 (S10: YES), an alarm signal is broadcast within 100 m from the cellular phone 1 (S14). In addition, an alarm sound is emitted from a speaker 14 (S16). Furthermore, when receivers 7 arranged in an area such as houses of evacuation huts receive an e-mail, an alarm is raised. Consequently, if receivers 7 are widely arranged in the area, even when a part of the people living within an alarm distance where the alarm signal reaches is absent, dwellers of other evacuation huts can protect the owner of the cellular phone 1. Consequently, if the cellular phone 1 is given to a child, the child is protected by the whole community. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone, an alarm receiver, and an alarm system using them.

  In recent years, the environment surrounding children has deteriorated due to an increase in the number of cases of take-away, and thus there is an increasing need for a system that can ensure the safety of children from parents who are concerned about the safety of children. One way to respond to that need is to recruit volunteers in the area to protect the child around the area, put a sticker on the volunteer's house, and put the sticker on if the child has dangerous eyes. Some areas of the house (hereinafter referred to as “evacuation huts”) are designed to allow you to jump in anytime.

Recently, a terminal equipped with a GPS receiver is attached to a school bag owned by a child, and the current location information specified by the GPS receiver is configured to be sent to a location information service center using a mobile phone line. When a parent or the like makes an inquiry to the location information service center using a mobile phone or the like, the location information of the terminal attached to the child's school bag from the location information service center, that is, the current location information of the child is sent to the mobile phone or the like. Systems that are configured to be sent may also be introduced. When this system is used, the parent can always know where the child is, so there is a merit that it can be relieved (Non-Patent Document 1).
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  However, in the case of the method of setting up an evacuation hut, there is a possibility that the person in the house that is the evacuation hut may be away, and in that case, the sense of security that the volunteers of the evacuation shed will surely protect the child There is a problem that cannot be obtained.

Further, in the case of a method using GPS, there is a problem that the system may not function if there is a child in a place where the GPS signal cannot be received.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone, an alarm receiver, and an alarm system using these, which can ensure the safety of children.

  The invention according to claim 1, which has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, is a portable telephone comprising a first communication means capable of wireless communication for telephone with a base station of a telephone line network among telephone functions. An anomaly detecting means for detecting an anomaly of the owner who owns the portable telephone, and an alarm signal within a predetermined alarm distance using the first communication means when the anomaly detecting means detects an anomaly of the owner Is provided with an alarm signal transmission means for wirelessly transmitting.

  This mobile phone is configured such that when the abnormality detection means detects an abnormality of the owner, the alarm signal transmission means transmits the alarm signal wirelessly within the alarm distance, so a receiver for receiving this alarm signal is provided. If you place it widely in the area, including the house corresponding to the evacuation hut mentioned above, one of the people living within the warning distance that the warning signal reaches will know the abnormality of the owner of the mobile phone Even if some evacuation huts are absent, the residents of other evacuation huts can protect the owner of the portable telephone of the present invention.

  Therefore, if the child is provided with the portable telephone of the present invention, the child can be protected by the whole area. It can also protect women and the elderly. In addition, since the portable telephone of the present invention transmits an alarm signal wirelessly in all directions, if there is an abnormality in the owner of the portable telephone, the resident of one of the evacuation huts can ensure the abnormality Since it will be detected, it is possible to ensure the safety of children more reliably.

  By the way, in a general mobile phone, the base station measures the sensitivity of the signal received from the mobile phone and transmits the measurement result to the mobile phone. The mobile phone determines the power of the radio wave to be transmitted based on the measurement result. In this way, at a point with high sensitivity, less power is required to transmit radio waves, so that the mobile phone can suppress battery consumption. As a means for this, the mobile phone, as the first communication means, is a transmitting means for transmitting a signal on a carrier wave by radio, a power supply means for supplying power for transmission to the transmitting means, and a power supply means. Adjusting means for adjusting the amount of power supplied to the transmitting means.

  Therefore, in claim 2, since the means of these portable telephones are used, the warning signal transmitting means sends a signal within a warning distance predetermined by the adjusting means when the abnormality detecting means detects the abnormality of the owner. An amount of power that can be transmitted is supplied from the power supply means to the transmission means, and the transmission means may be configured to transmit an alarm signal based on the power supplied from the power supply means. In this way, since the mobile phone of the present invention can be configured by effectively utilizing the functions that the mobile phone has conventionally, with a simple change that only adds software improvements to the conventional mobile phone, A conventional mobile phone can be used as the mobile phone of the present invention.

  Next, in recent years, many portable telephones include second communication means that can communicate with the outside wirelessly by a method such as infrared or Bluetooth, in addition to the first communication means capable of wireless communication for telephone use. It has become. Therefore, as described in claim 3, when the abnormality detecting means detects an abnormality of the owner who owns the portable telephone and the abnormality detecting means detects the abnormality of the owner, the second communication means is used. Of course, it may be configured to include alarm signal transmitting means for transmitting an alarm signal wirelessly within a predetermined alarm distance.

  The communication means used as the second communication means uses near field communication (for example, communication using Bluetooth (registered trademark), IEEE 802.11b, etc.) as described in claim 4 from the present state of widespread use. Is preferred.

By the way, even if the alarm signal reaches too far, it cannot be protected sufficiently if it takes time to confirm the child.
Therefore, as described in claim 5, the alarm distance is preferably 50 m to 150 m, more preferably approximately 100 m as described in claim 6.

As a warning signal, the conventional communication method can be used more widely as a portable phone to which the present invention is applied if the conventional communication method is used as much as possible.
Therefore, as described in claim 7, it is preferable that the alarm signal includes alarm information for detecting an abnormality in the electronic mail, and this signal is transmitted. In this case, alarm information may be incorporated as text data in the e-mail, or alarm information may be attached as a conventional e-mail attachment file.

  As the abnormality detection means, as described in claim 8, a disconnection pin that can be inserted into and removed from the casing of the portable phone is provided, and the abnormality of the owner is detected by detecting that the disconnection pin is pulled out. May be detected. In this way, it is possible to notify children who are in the immediate vicinity of a child with a simple operation just by pulling out a pull-out pin, like a conventional security buzzer. Because it is easy to find children to protect, children can be protected more reliably.

  By the way, the mobile phone always communicates with the base station, and when it is not used, the base station always determines which base station is located in an area where it can communicate. For this reason, those who are trying to take away their children are afraid of getting their feet and try to throw away their mobile phones. Therefore, as the abnormality detection means, as described in claim 9, when the portable telephone is within a predetermined abnormality detection distance, a portable abnormality detector capable of wireless communication with the portable telephone is provided. An alarm signal may be transmitted when the mobile phone is separated from the child, by making it permanent by sewing the child's clothes. In this way, if something abnormal occurs, such as the removal of a child, and the mobile phone leaves the child, the local people can quickly know that, so it is easy to obtain sighting information, etc. If this happens, the incident can be resolved early.

Incidentally, as described in claim 10, when an abnormality of the owner is detected by the abnormality detection means, it is needless to say that an alarm sound may be emitted.
In addition, as described in claim 11, when an abnormality of the owner is detected by the abnormality detection means, a call may be made using the first wireless communication means. As a call destination, for example, a parent telephone number, a nearby police box or a nearby evacuation hut is preferable.

Furthermore, as described in claim 12, when an abnormality of the owner is detected by the abnormality detection means, an alarm light may be emitted.
Next, in an area for protecting children, such as an evacuation hut, an alarm receiver that issues an alarm when an alarm signal is received from a portable telephone is installed as described in claim 13. As specific means for alarming, as described in claim 14, an alarm reception sound may be emitted, but is not limited thereto.

  If the alarm system according to claim 15 comprising the mobile phone and an alarm receiver is used, children, women, the elderly and the like can be protected by the whole area.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
The alarm system of this embodiment is composed of a mobile phone and a receiver.
A portable telephone is owned by a person to be protected, such as a child, a woman, or an elderly person, and receivers are scattered at homes that serve as evacuation huts in the area.

  Here, FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable telephone used in the alarm system of the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a mobile phone and a receiver used in the alarm system of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of processing executed by the mobile phone. FIG. 4 is a diagram represented by a simple map, and is an explanatory diagram for explaining how an alarm signal is transmitted by the alarm system.

As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment includes an image display device 10, operation buttons 12, a speaker 14, a microphone 16, an antenna 18, and a plug pin 20.
The image display device 10 is a liquid crystal device that displays an image instructed by various processes executed by the mobile phone 1 of the present embodiment.

The operation button 12 is a button for dialing and other operations.
The speaker 14 is a speaker that can generate voice, a ringtone, and the like during a call or an incoming call.
The microphone 16 is a microphone that can listen to a person's voice during a call or the like.

The antenna 18 is an antenna for receiving and transmitting a signal communicated with a base station of a telephone line network.
The insertion / removal pin 20 is formed so as to be able to be inserted / removed with respect to the casing of the mobile phone, and an insertion / removal hole into which the insertion / removal pin 20 can be inserted / removed is also formed in the casing of the portable phone. Further, the insertion / removal pin 20 is formed in a size that can be inserted into the housing in a state where the other end protrudes about 1 cm from the housing when one end is inserted into the housing.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 1 used in the alarm system 9 of this embodiment includes a central control device 30, a power supply 32, a regulator 34, a transmitter 36, a receiver 38, and a detector 40. .

  The central controller 30 is a general computer device comprising a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc., and includes an operation button 12, a speaker 14, a microphone 16, an antenna 18, an adjuster 34, a transmitter 36, a receiver 38, and a detector 40. It is connected by a bus and executes various processes such as an abnormality detection process described later.

The power source 32 is a rechargeable battery and supplies power for operation to various devices including the central controller 30.
The adjuster 34 is a device that adjusts power for transmission when the transmitter 36 transmits a signal by the support of the central control device 30.

The transmitter 36 is a device that wirelessly communicates various signals such as telephone voice and mail-related signals to the base station of the telephone network using the power for transmission supplied from the power supply 32.
The receiver 38 is a device that receives a signal transmitted from a base station of a telephone line network.

The detector 40 is a device that detects that the pull-out pin 20 has been pulled out of the casing of the mobile phone and notifies the central control device 30 accordingly.
The receiver 7 used in the alarm system 9 of the present embodiment includes a central control device 70, a speaker 72, and a communication device 74.

The central control device 70 is a general computer device including a CPU, ROM, RAM, and the like, and is connected to the speaker 72 and the communication device 74 through a bus and executes various processes.
Next, the abnormality detection process executed by the mobile phone 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

  This abnormality detection process S1 is always executed while the power of the mobile phone 1 is ON, and first, it is determined whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the owner of the mobile phone 1 (S10). This determination (S10) is determined by whether or not the detector 40 detects that the pull-out pin 20 has been pulled out of the casing of the mobile phone 1, and the result is input to the central controller 30, and this determination is made. If no abnormality has occurred in the determination (S10) (S10: NO), this determination (S10) is repeated. On the other hand, if it is determined in this determination (S10) that an abnormality has occurred (S10: YES), the process of S12 is executed.

  In the process of S12, first, the central controller 30 calculates the power for transmission that the signal transmitted from the mobile phone 1 can be received by the base station from the sensitivity information received from the base station of the mobile phone, The regulator 34 is adjusted so that the power for transmission is supplied from the power source 32 to the transmitter 36. On the other hand, alarm information notifying the owner of the mobile phone 1 that an abnormality has occurred is attached, and an e-mail is created in which a mail address of a predetermined parent or the like is designated as the destination. In S12, the process of transmitting the e-mail from the transmitter 36 with the power for transmission adjusted as described above by the adjuster 34 is executed, and the process of S14 is executed.

  In S <b> 14, the central control device 30 adjusts the adjuster 34 so that the power for sending that the electronic mail reaches wirelessly within 100 m (alarm distance) from the mobile phone 1 is supplied from the power supply 32 to the transmitter 36. On the other hand, alarm information notifying the owner of the portable phone 1 that an abnormality has occurred is attached, and an e-mail is created in which a predetermined broadcast mail address is designated as a destination. In S14, the process of transmitting the e-mail from the transmitter 36 with the transmission power adjusted as described above by the adjuster 34 is executed, and the process of S16 is executed.

In S16, the central control device 30 executes a process for generating an alarm sound via the speaker 14, and the process of S18 is executed.
In S18, the central controller 30 determines whether or not the alarm has been released. This determination is made when the detector 40 detects that the plug-in / pin 20 has been inserted into the mobile phone 1 again. If it is determined in S18 that the insertion / extraction pin 20 is inserted, the process of S10 is executed again. If it is determined that the insertion / extraction pin 20 is not inserted, the processing of S14 to S18 is performed. Run repeatedly.

  When the abnormality detection process (S1) is executed and the e-mail broadcast from the mobile phone in the process of S14 is received by the communication device 74 of the receiver 7 located in the area, an alarm sound is emitted from the speaker 72.

  In this case, for example, referring to the map of FIG. 4, for example, if the owner of the mobile phone 1 is at the point α, an e-mail arrives within a range of 100 m from here, so c, A warning sound is emitted from the receiver 7 of the evacuation huts d and e.

When the alarm system 9 described above is used, the following effects are obtained.
Since this portable telephone 1 is configured to wirelessly transmit an alarm signal within the alarm distance when the plug pin 20 is removed and an abnormality of the owner is detected, a receiver 7 for receiving this alarm signal is provided. As described above, if the house, such as a house corresponding to an evacuation hut, is widely arranged in the area, one of the people living within the warning distance to which the warning signal reaches will know the abnormality of the owner of the mobile phone Thus, even if some evacuation huts are absent, the residents of other evacuation huts can protect the owner of the mobile phone 1 of the present embodiment.

  Therefore, if the child has the mobile phone 1 of the present embodiment, the child can be protected by the whole area. It can also protect women and the elderly. In addition, since the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment wirelessly transmits an e-mail with a warning signal attached thereto in all directions, if the owner of the mobile phone 1 has an abnormality, either evacuation is performed. The resident of the hut will surely detect the abnormality, so the child's safety can be ensured more reliably.

  In addition, since the mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment is configured by effectively utilizing the functions that the mobile phone 1 has conventionally, it is simple enough to make a software improvement to the conventional mobile phone. By changing, the conventional mobile phone can be used as the mobile phone of this embodiment.

  Furthermore, in the mobile phone 1 of the present embodiment, since the abnormality of the owner is detected by detecting that the pull-out pin is pulled out, the pull-out pin is used like a conventionally used security buzzer. It is easy to detect the child's anomaly by simply pulling out the child, and the people in the immediate vicinity of the child can be informed of the danger of the child. Can be more reliably protected.

  Although one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and it is needless to say that the present invention can be implemented in various modes without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  For example, in the above embodiment, an e-mail with alarm information attached is transmitted using a telephone function. However, recent portable telephones are communication devices related to wireless LAN of standards such as Bluetooth (second embodiment of the present invention). The electronic mail may be transmitted using this communication device.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the email with which warning information was affixed was transmitted within 100m of warning distance, you may change with the density in which the receiver 7 is installed. In that case, the alarm distance is preferably 50 m to 150 M.

  Further, in the above embodiment, an alarm sound was generated when an abnormality occurred in the owner of the mobile phone 1 (S16), but when a light emitting device was provided in the main body of the mobile phone 1 and an abnormality was detected, This light emitting device may emit light.

  In the above embodiment, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in the owner of the mobile phone 1 when the pull-out pin 20 is removed from the main body of the mobile phone 1. The portable abnormality detector is wirelessly communicable with the portable abnormality detector. The portable abnormality detector is separated from a predetermined abnormality detection distance from the portable telephone 1, and the portable telephone 1 and the portable abnormality detector are wireless. By detecting that communication is no longer possible, it may be determined that an abnormality has occurred in the owner of the mobile phone 1. Further, when the portable abnormality detector returns to within the abnormality detection distance and communication between the portable telephone 1 and the portable abnormality detector becomes possible, the determination that an abnormality has occurred in the owner of the portable telephone 1 is cancelled. You may make it do.

  In the above embodiment, when an abnormality occurs in the owner of the mobile phone 1, an e-mail with an alarm signal attached is transmitted via the telephone line network. A call may be made to the telephone number provided.

In this embodiment, the alarm signal is attached to the e-mail, but it is needless to say that alarm information may be incorporated as text data in the e-mail.
In addition, the process of the connecting / disconnecting pin 20, the detector 40, and S10 of this embodiment corresponds to the abnormality detection means of the present invention, and the process of S14 corresponds to the alarm signal transmission means of the present invention. The power source 32, the regulator 34, and the transmitter 36 correspond to the first communication means of the present invention, the power source 32 corresponds to the power supply means, the regulator 34 corresponds to the adjustment means, and the transmitter 36 corresponds to the transmission means.

It is a perspective view of the portable telephone used with the alarm system of this embodiment. It is a block diagram of the portable telephone and receiver used with the alarm system of this embodiment. It is a flowchart of the process performed with a portable telephone. It is drawing represented by the simple map, Comprising: It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating a mode that an alarm signal is transmitted by an alarm system.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable telephone, 7 ... Receiver, 9 ... Alarm system, 10 ... Image display apparatus, 12 ... Operation button, 14 ... Speaker, 16 ... Microphone, 18 ... Antenna, 20 ... Insertion pin, 30 ... Central controller 32 ... Power supply 34 ... Adjuster 36 ... Transmitter 38 ... Receiver 40 ... Detector 70 ... Central control unit 72 ... Speaker 74 ... Communicator

Claims (15)

In a portable telephone comprising a first communication means capable of wireless communication for telephone with a base station of a telephone line network,
An anomaly detecting means for detecting an anomaly of the owner who owns the mobile phone;
When the abnormality detection means detects an abnormality of the owner, the portable communication type comprises alarm signal transmission means for wirelessly transmitting an alarm signal within a predetermined alarm distance using the first communication means. Phone. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein
The first communication means includes
A transmission means for transmitting a signal on a carrier wave by radio;
Power supply means for supplying power for transmission to the transmission means;
Adjusting means for adjusting the amount of power supplied from the power supply means to the transmission means,
When the abnormality detection means detects an abnormality of the owner, the alarm signal transmission means supplies an amount of power that can be transmitted within a warning distance predetermined by the adjustment means from the power supply means to the transmission means. And the transmitting means transmits the alarm signal based on the power supplied from the power supply means. In a portable telephone comprising a first communication means capable of wireless communication for telephone with a base station of a telephone line network,
A second communication means capable of communicating with the outside wirelessly;
An anomaly detecting means for detecting an anomaly of the owner who owns the mobile phone;
When the abnormality detection means detects an abnormality of the owner, the portable communication type comprises alarm signal transmission means for wirelessly transmitting an alarm signal within a predetermined alarm distance using the second communication means. Phone.   4. The portable telephone according to claim 2, wherein the second communication means is a communication means used in short-range wireless communication. The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The mobile phone is characterized in that the alarm distance is 50 m to 150 m. The mobile phone according to claim 5, wherein
The mobile phone is characterized in that the alarm distance is about 100 m. The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The mobile phone characterized in that the alarm signal is a signal including alarm information for detecting an abnormality in an e-mail. The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 7,
The abnormality detecting means is a means for detecting an abnormality of the owner by detecting that the insertion / removal pin is pulled out and provided with an insertion / removal pin that can be inserted into and removed from the casing of the mobile phone. A portable phone characterized by. The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 8,
The abnormality detection means includes a portable abnormality detector capable of wireless communication when the portable telephone is within a predetermined abnormality detection distance, and detects that wireless communication with the portable abnormality detector is disabled. Therefore, the portable telephone is a means for detecting an abnormality of the owner. The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 9,
A portable telephone comprising alarm sound generating means for generating an alarm sound when the abnormality detection means detects an abnormality of the owner. The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 10,
A portable telephone comprising alarm call means for making a call using the first wireless communication means when the abnormality of the owner is detected by the abnormality detection means. The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 11,
A portable telephone comprising a warning light generating means for emitting a warning light when the abnormality of the owner is detected by the abnormality detecting means.   An alarm receiver that issues an alarm when the alarm signal is received from the portable telephone set according to claim 1.   14. The alarm receiver according to claim 13, wherein the alarm receiver emits an alarm reception sound notifying that the alarm signal has been received. The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 14,
An alarm system comprising: an alarm receiver that issues an alarm when an alarm signal is received from the mobile phone.

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