JP2002095037A - mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To recognize a current position and notify the current position. A position recognition unit receives a radio wave transmitted from a satellite and recognizes its own position based on the received radio wave.
0, transmitting means 2 for transmitting position information, which is information relating to the position recognized by the position recognizing unit 10, to a predetermined destination 7 designated in advance, and a predetermined transmission based on the position information transmitted by the transmitting means 2. A voice information receiving means for receiving the voice information related to the position information created and transmitted in the preceding step 7; and a voice output means for outputting the voice information received by the voice information receiving means by voice. .

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone having a position recognizing function, and more particularly, to recognizing a current position by receiving a radio wave from a satellite and transmitting the recognition information. The present invention relates to a mobile phone capable of notifying a current position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a device having a position recognition function, a navigation system mounted on a vehicle or mounted on a portable PC has been applied.

[0003]

However, the apparatus provided with such a navigation system has the following problems.

That is, a car navigation system, which is a vehicle-mounted position recognition device, can be used only when the user is in a car.

[0005] Even when a navigation system mounted on a mobile PC is used, the size of the mobile PC has been reduced, but the size and weight of the mobile PC have not been reduced as much as the mobile phone. I can't go carry it.

[0006] Therefore, at present, very few people carry a navigation system at all times, and even if they are near a required destination, they cannot look at the map or see the map if they cannot get lost. There is a problem that it is necessary to check the way to the destination by asking a policeman or by using a guidance such as a police box.

On the other hand, in the case of an emergency such as a traffic accident, it is necessary to promptly inform the police or hospital of the current position. If you know a place you usually know, you may be able to tell it exactly in an emergency,
Given that it is difficult to tell when and where an emergency will occur, and even worse, given the situation that may be causing a mental panic, it is not possible to accurately inform the location and it may not be possible to promptly contact There is also.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and has a position recognizing function, recognizes a current position, and is capable of notifying the current position by transmitting the recognition information. The purpose is to provide.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following measures.

That is, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a position recognizing means for receiving a radio wave transmitted from a satellite and recognizing its own position based on the received radio wave, and information on the position recognized by the position recognizing means. Transmitting means for transmitting certain position information to a predetermined destination specified in advance; and receiving voice information created and transmitted at the predetermined destination based on the position information transmitted by the transmitting means and related to the position information. Audio information receiving means for outputting the audio information received by the audio information receiving means.

Therefore, in the portable telephone according to the first aspect of the present invention, the current position can be notified by recognizing the current position and transmitting the position information by taking the above means. Further, by receiving the navigation information transmitted from the transmitting side based on the position information, necessary information can be obtained.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an example of a navigation system to which a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

That is, the navigation system according to the embodiment of the present invention comprises a mobile phone 2 having a position recognition function, a communication network 3, a receiving device 5, a transmitting device 6, and a central processing unit 7. .

The mobile phone 2 has a position recognition unit 10. The position recognition unit 10 receives radio waves transmitted from the satellite 4 and recognizes its own position based on the received radio waves. Then, the mobile phone 2 transmits, to the communication network 3, position information that is information on the position recognized by the position recognition unit 10. In addition, it receives and outputs information (voice / character) transmitted from the central processing unit 7 via the communication network 3 in relation to the position information. Details of the configuration of the mobile phone 2 will be described below with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

That is, as shown in FIG.
Is a radio wave receiving unit 9, a position recognition unit 10, a memory storage unit 11, a dial registration unit 12, a telephone directory file DB
(Database) 13, transmitting section 14, receiving section 15
, A character information memory storage unit 16, a service information file DB 17, a character information display unit 18, and a re-display unit 19.

The radio wave receiving section 9 receives a radio wave transmitted from the satellite 4 and outputs the received radio wave information to the position recognition section 10.

The position recognition unit 10 specifies its own position based on the radio wave information output from the radio wave reception unit 9 and outputs the position information to the memory storage unit 11.

The memory storage unit 11 stores the position information output from the position recognition unit 10.

The dial registration section 12 is a section for making settings so that, when a specific telephone number is dialed, the location information is transmitted simultaneously with the telephone call. Write to book file DB13.
The specific telephone number is registered with, for example, a map navigation center, police (110), fire department (119), etc., so that location information is transmitted simultaneously with dialing.

When dialing the telephone number of the registration destination registered in the telephone directory file DB 13, the transmission unit 14 transmits the position information stored in the memory storage unit 11 via the communication network 3 to the central processing unit. 7 is transmitted.

The receiving section 15 receives information transmitted from the central processing unit 7 via the communication network 3. This information is at least one of voice information and character information. In the case of voice information, the voice information is converted into voice and output. On the other hand, in the case of character information, the character information is output to the character information memory storage unit 16 and the character information display unit 18.

The character information memory storage unit 16 includes a receiving unit 15
Character information output from the service information file DB
17 is stored.

The character information display section 18 displays the character information output from the receiving section 15. When character information is output from the redisplay unit 19, the character information is also displayed.

The redisplay unit 19 stores the service information file D
The character information stored in B17 is extracted and output to the character information display unit 18.

The communication network 3 is a line for an existing mobile phone. Radio waves transmitted from the mobile phone 2 are transmitted to the central processing unit 7 via the communication network 3 or, The radio waves transmitted from the processing device 7 are transmitted to the mobile phone 2.

The satellite 4 transmits a radio wave to the mobile phone 2 side.

The receiving device 5 receives the position information transmitted from the mobile phone 2 via the communication network 3 and inputs it to the central processing unit 7.

The transmitting device 6 receives the information output from the central processing unit 7 and transmits the information to the mobile phone 2 via the communication network 3.

The central processing unit 7 creates, based on the position information received by the receiving device 5, navigation information to be provided to the mobile phone 2 that has transmitted the position information,
Output to the transmitting device 6. This navigation information
For example, the current position is specified by referring to the position information and a map information file to be described later, and voice information or character information for notifying the current position by voice or character, and destination information separately from the mobile phone 2 are received. There is voice information or character information for notifying the route from the current position to the destination by voice or text.

The details of the configuration of the central processing unit 7 will be described below with reference to the block diagram of FIG. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the central processing unit 7 includes a position information input unit 21, a position identification processing unit 22, and a map information display unit 2.
3, a character information creation unit 24, a transmission unit 25, a map information maintenance unit 26, and a map information file DB 27.

The position information input unit 21 receives position information transmitted from the mobile phone 2 via the receiving device 5 and outputs the position information to the position specification processing unit 22.

The position specifying processor 22 is provided with a position information input unit 2
1. Based on the position information output from 1, the map information including the position corresponding to the position information is acquired from the map information file DB 27, and the map information in which the position corresponding to the position information is displayed on the acquired map is created. Is output to the map information display unit 23 and the character information creation unit 24.

The map information display section 23 is provided with the position specifying processing section 2.
The map information output from 2 is displayed.

The character information creating section 24 is provided with the position specifying processing section 2
Based on the map information output from 2, the map navigation character information is created and output to the transmission unit 25.

The transmitting section 25 outputs the map navigation character information output from the character information creating section 24 to the transmitting device 6.

The map information maintenance unit 26 performs maintenance of the map data stored in the map information file DB 27.

The map information file DB 27 stores map data.

Next, the operation of the navigation system to which the portable telephone according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above is applied will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, a radio wave transmitted from the satellite 4 is received by the radio wave receiving unit 9 of the mobile phone 2, and the received radio wave information is output to the position recognition unit 10 (S1).

The position recognizing unit 10 specifies its own current position from the radio wave information and stores it as position information in the memory storage unit 11 (S2).

When the user dials the telephone number of the registration destination registered in the telephone directory file DB 13, the position information stored in the memory storage unit 11 is acquired by the transmission unit 14. Are transmitted to the central processing unit 7 via the communication network 3 (S3).

This position information is received by the receiving device 5 via the communication network 3 and further input to the central processing unit 7 (S4).

The position information thus input to the central processing unit 7 is first received by the position information input unit 21 and output to the position specifying processing unit 22. Then, the map data including the position corresponding to the position information is obtained from the map information file DB 27 by the position specifying processing unit 22, map information indicating the position is created on the obtained map, The information is displayed from the information display unit 23 (S5).

Further, based on the map information, the character information creating section 24 creates map navigation character information, and outputs the map navigation character information from the transmitting section 25 to the mobile phone 2 on the originating side. The map navigation character information output from the transmission unit 25 in this manner is received by the reception unit 15 of the mobile phone 2 of the transmission source via the transmission device 6 and the communication network 3. The reception of voice information using a normal telephone function is also received by the receiving unit 15 (S6).

The map navigation character information received in this manner is output by the receiving unit 15 to the character information memory storage unit 16 and the character information display unit 18. On the other hand, when the audio information is received by the receiving unit 15, the audio information is converted by the receiving unit 15 and output as audio (S7).

The character information output to the character information memory storage unit 16 is stored in the service information file DB 17. The character information output to the character information display unit 18 is displayed there. When character information is output from the redisplay unit 19 to the character information display unit 18, the character information is
It is displayed on the character information display section 18 (S8).

In this way, the location information is automatically transmitted to the central processing unit 7 by dialing the telephone number. On the central processing unit 7 side, various types of navigation information such as map navigation character information and voice information are created based on the position information, and the navigation information is returned to the mobile phone 2 that has transmitted the information.

As described above, the navigation system to which the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied has a position recognition function by the above-described operation, recognizes the current position, and transmits the recognition information. By transmitting the message, the current position can be notified to a third party.
Further, the user can receive a map navigation service via the mobile phone 2.

As a result, the user can receive the navigation service whenever necessary only by carrying the portable telephone 2 without carrying a dedicated navigation system.

This navigation service is provided based on the map data stored in the central processing unit 7. Since this map data is periodically maintained, the navigation service is always provided based on the latest map information. The user no longer needs to carry the map.

The telephone number registered in the telephone directory file DB 13 in advance can be dialed.
The location information is also transmitted to the dial destination. Therefore, in the event of an emergency, it is possible to make the other party aware of the situation even if you do not or cannot state your current location. Communication, calling an ambulance, requesting a fire engine dispatch, road service, etc.).

For example, in the case of a road service, if a failure is uttered in the middle of a drive, dialing from that location allows the road service side to recognize this location information. For example, it is possible to go to a service supply from a nearby service station.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited to such configurations. Within the scope of the invented technical concept described in the claims, those skilled in the art will be able to conceive various modified examples and modified examples, and these modified examples and modified examples are also within the technical scope of the present invention. It is understood that it belongs to.

[0056]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to realize a mobile phone that has a position recognition function, recognizes the current position, and can notify the current position by transmitting the recognition information.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an example of a navigation system to which a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration example of a mobile phone.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration example of a central processing unit.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the navigation system to which the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention is applied;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 ... Cellular phone 3 ... Communication network 4 ... Satellite 5 ... Receiving device 6 ... Transmitting device 7 ... Central processing unit 9 ... Radio wave receiving unit 10 ... Position recognition unit 11 ... Memory storage unit 12 ... Dial registration unit 13 ... Phonebook file DB 14, 25 ... transmission unit 15 ... reception unit 16 ... character information memory storage unit 17 ... service information file DB 18 ... character information display unit 19 ... redisplay unit 21 ... position information input unit 22 ... position identification processing unit 23 ... map information Display part 24 ... Character information creation part 26 ... Map information maintenance part 27 ... Map information file DB

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A position recognizing means for receiving a radio wave transmitted from a satellite and recognizing its own position on the basis of the received radio wave, and preliminarily storing position information which is information on the position recognized by the position recognizing means. Transmitting means for transmitting to a specified predetermined destination; voice for receiving voice information related to the position information created and returned at the predetermined destination based on the position information transmitted by the transmitting means; A mobile phone comprising: an information receiving unit; and a voice output unit that outputs voice information received by the voice information receiving unit by voice.