JP3390841B2 - Mobile phone equipment - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone system comprising a plurality of base stations and a plurality of mobile stations, and more particularly to a portable telephone device having a position detecting function. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable telephone devices which can communicate at any place have been widely used. Hereinafter, a conventional portable telephone device will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional mobile phone device. In the figure, 1 is a mobile station,
2 is a base station. In the mobile station 1, reference numeral 101 denotes a first antenna for transmitting and receiving a radio signal to and from the base station 2;
Reference numeral 2 denotes a first wireless signal processing unit that modulates and demodulates a wireless signal; 103, an audio processing unit that processes an audio signal;
Is a microphone for inputting voice, 105 is a speaker for outputting voice or voice signal, and 106 is base station 2
A first data processing unit 107 for converting data for controlling communication with the transmission / reception format or reproducing data from the transmission / reception format, and a first control unit 107 for controlling the operation of the mobile station 1 , 108 are input units for inputting telephone numbers and the like. In the base station 2, reference numeral 201 denotes a second antenna for transmitting and receiving radio signals to and from the mobile station 1,
02 is a second wireless signal processing unit that modulates and demodulates wireless signals, 203 is a public line I / F unit that interfaces with a public line, and 204 is data for controlling communication with the mobile station 1. Etc. are converted to the transmission / reception format,
Alternatively, a second data processing unit 205 that reproduces data or the like from the transmission / reception format is a second control unit 205 that controls the operation of the base station 2. [0005] The interrelationship and operation of the above components will be described below. The user of the mobile station 1 moves to the communicable range of the nearest base station 2 when calling. The base station 2 always transmits the control data generated by the second data processing unit 204 by the second control unit 205 to the second radio signal processing unit 2.
02 and is transmitted as a radio signal from the second antenna 201. The mobile station 1 receives a radio signal with the first antenna 101, demodulates it with the first radio signal processing unit 102, and synchronizes with the first data processing unit 106 to reproduce control data. The first control unit 107 decodes the control data, and when the control data can be normally received, the mobile station 1 is in a callable state. Is input, the first control unit 107 starts the line connection. In this case, the first control unit 107 controls the first data processing unit 10
6, the line connection request data is generated, modulated by the first wireless signal processing unit 102, and transmitted as a wireless signal from the first antenna 101. [0006] The base station 2 demodulates the wireless signal received by the second antenna 2 01 in the second radio signal processing unit 202, reproduces the line connection request data by the second data processing unit 204. When receiving the line connection request data, the second control unit 205 controls the public line I / F unit 203 to connect to the public line such as the requested telephone number. Thereafter, the first control unit 107, control by control to the second control unit 205 <br/> is, public line I / F unit 203, the second radio signal processing section 2
02, the second antenna 201, the first antenna 101,
A communication path is established between the mobile station 1 including the first wireless signal processing unit 102, the voice processing unit 103, the microphone 104, and the speaker 105 and the public line, and the user communicates with the other party via the microphone 104 and the speaker 105. You can talk to [0007] The base station 2 is installed in each predetermined area, and there are a plurality of base stations. Communication between the mobile station 1 and the base station 2 is performed by a zone selection operation.
The mobile station 1 operates so as to select the base station 2 having the best reception state of the signal from the base station 2. [0008] The user of the mobile station may know the current position and may want to inform the other party of his / her location. As a means to know the current position, there is a position detection device using artificial satellites, but it is an expensive device,
If you hide inside or behind a building, you may not be able to detect your current location. An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a portable telephone device capable of detecting a current position of one's own location and displaying the current position. According to the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone apparatus comprising a mobile station and a base station connecting the mobile station to a public telephone line by radio signals. The mobile station stores a position information detecting unit that detects the position of the base station from base station position information indicating the latitude and longitude of the base station in the data transmitted from the base station, and stores the detected position of the base station. A first storage unit that stores a map, a second storage unit that stores a map, and a display unit that displays the position of the base station and the map, wherein the base station indicates a position of the base station. The mobile station includes a third storage unit that stores station position information, the mobile station receives base station position information transmitted from the base station by a radio signal, and determines the position of the base station by the position information detection unit. 蓄 in the first storage unit and detects
And store it, and store the base station position
And the location stored in the first storage unit along with the map.
A mobile phone device for displaying on a display unit. According to the present invention, in the above configuration, the mobile station detects the position of the base station based on the base station position information transmitted from the base station, and displays the position together with the map. The operator of the mobile station knows which base station is in the communication zone and also knows the progress of the movement. An embodiment of the portable telephone device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment. The same components as those of the conventional example shown in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals , and detailed description thereof will be omitted. The present invention is different from the conventional example in that the mobile station 1 has a timer 109 for measuring an elapsed time, a position information detecting unit 110 for detecting a current position from base station position information sent from the base station 2, First to store location information
Storage unit 111 and the second storage unit 1 for storing map information
12 and a display unit 113 for displaying the base station position information and the map information. The base station 2 stores information on the position of the base station 2, that is, base station position information. The third storage unit 206 is provided. Hereinafter, the interrelationship and operation of the above components will be described. When the user of the mobile station 1 performs an operation for requesting position information using the input unit 108, the first control unit 107
The operation input data is processed by the first data processing unit 106 to generate a base station position information request signal, which is transmitted to the base station 2 via the first wireless signal processing unit 102. When the base station 2 receives the base station position information request signal from the base station 2 via the second radio signal processing unit 202 and the second data processing unit 204, the second control unit 205 executes the second data processing. A base station position information signal including base station position information stored in the third storage unit 206, for example, data indicating the latitude and longitude of the base station is generated by the unit 204, and the second wireless signal processing is performed. The signal is transmitted to the mobile station 1 via the unit 202. The mobile station 1 receives the base station position information signal, detects the position of the base station 2 by the position information detection unit 110, stores the position in the first storage unit 111, and previously received and stored the signal. The position information, the position information just received, and the map information stored in the second storage unit 112 are displayed together on the display unit 113. In this case, the mobile station 1 and the base station 2
Can communicate with the mobile station 1 when the mobile station 1 is located within a range of approximately a predetermined distance from the base station 2, that is, in the zone of the base station 2. Therefore, the contacted base station 2
A circular zone pattern centered on the latitude and longitude of the map can be displayed as shown on a map. From the display, the user of the mobile station 1 can know which zone of the base station 2 he / she is in now, and cannot know his / her position as a point, but knows about where he / she is. be able to. Also, by displaying on the map together with the previously stored position information, it is possible to know how the vehicle is moving. The base station 2 is arranged so that communication is possible regardless of where the mobile station 1 is located, and the position cannot be detected due to the shadow of a building or the like like means using artificial satellites. There is no danger. As described above, according to the portable telephone device of the present embodiment, the mobile station 1 generates and transmits a signal requesting the position information of the base station 2 by the first data processing unit, and transmits the signal to the base station 2. And the base station position is detected by the position information detecting unit, stored in the first storage unit 111, and displayed on the display unit 113 together with the map information stored in the second storage unit 112. Is displayed, the mobile station 1 determines which base station 2 zone it is in,
It is possible to know how the user has moved, and to easily realize his / her current position as compared with means using artificial satellites such as GPS. [0017] The base station position information can be carried as data in a control channel signal for connecting a mobile station to the base station via a radio channel. Further, in the embodiment, the case has been described where the base station transmits the base station position information in response to the base station position information request from the mobile station. However, the base station 2 always measures the elapsed time by the timer 109 and Alternatively, the base station position information may be transmitted to a plurality of mobile stations as broadcast communication. As is apparent from the above description, the present invention relates to a portable telephone device comprising a mobile station and a base station connecting the mobile station to a public telephone line by radio signals.
The mobile station stores a position information detecting unit that detects the position of the base station from base station position information indicating the latitude and longitude of the base station in the data transmitted from the base station, and stores the detected position of the base station. A first storage unit and a second storage unit storing a map;
Storage unit, and a display unit that displays the position of the base station and the map, the base station includes a third storage unit that stores base station position information indicating its own position, The mobile station receives base station position information transmitted from the base station by a radio signal, detects the position of the base station by the position information detection unit, and stores and stores the position in the first storage unit.
And the position of the base station received this time and the first
Display the location and the location stored in the storage unit on the display unit together with the map
By doing so , the operator of the mobile station can know which base station zone he is in and how he has moved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional mobile phone device. 2 base station 101 first antenna 102 first wireless signal processing unit 103 voice processing unit 104 microphone 105 speaker 106 first data processing unit 107 first control unit 108 input unit 109 timer 110 position information detection unit 111 first Storage unit 112 second storage unit 113 display unit 201 second antenna 202 second wireless signal processing unit 203 public line I / F unit 204 second data processing unit 205 second control unit 206 third storage Department

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(57) [Claim 1] In a portable telephone device comprising a mobile station and a base station connecting the mobile station to a public telephone line by a radio signal, the mobile station is connected to the base station by a radio signal. A position information detecting unit that detects the position of the base station from base station position information indicating the latitude and longitude of the base station in the transmitted data, a first storage unit that stores the position of the detected base station, and a map. A second storage unit that stores therein, and a display unit that displays the position of the base station and the map, wherein the base station stores base station position information indicating its own position. comprising a storage unit, the mobile station 蓄 the first storage unit together with the received base station position information sent from the base station by radio signals, detects a position of the base station by the position information detecting unit
And store it, and store the base station position
And the location stored in the first storage unit along with the map.
A mobile phone device for displaying on a display unit.