JPH0787568A - Mobile object communications system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To regulate the generation of the call notification of a mobile station within an incoming inhibition area troubling others. CONSTITUTION:In a bidirectional mobile object communications system composed of a mobile station, a base station and a control center, the mobile station 10 measures the present location by a positioning device 105. When the mobile station is called, the central arithmetic unit 104 of the mobile station 10 decides whether the mobile station 10 is within an incoming inhibition area or not by this present location and the data from an incoming inhibition area data base device 121. When the unit 104 decides that the mobile station is within the incoming inhibition area, the user call notification by a call notifying device 122 is inhibited by a call notification inhibition function part 106.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile communication system used in the technical field of, for example, a so-called cellular telephone system or a satellite telephone system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mobile communication system, for example, a so-called cellular telephone system is constructed, for example, as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, a base station 1 having a mobile station 10 is provided.
It is assumed that the mobile station 10 is located in the service area 15 of No. 1 and that the control center 14 is instructed to call (receive) the mobile station 10 through the general public line 21. At this time, the control center 14 gives an instruction to call the mobile station 10 to a plurality of base stations registered up to that point.

Now, assuming that the base station 11 is also instructed to call the mobile station 10, the base station 11 sends a call message for the mobile station 10 into the service area 15 of the base station 11. The mobile station 10 within the service area 15 of the base station 11 transmits a reception confirmation message to the base station 11 in response to the call message of the base station 11 and sounds a ringing tone to notify the user that there is an incoming call. Responds to the incoming call, it sends an incoming call acceptance message to the base station 11. When the base station 11 receives this, it informs / instructs the control center 14 about the line connection and sends a line connection instruction message indicating the assigned channel, timing, etc. to the mobile station 10. As a result, the mobile station 10 can establish a communication line via the base station 11 and the control center 14 and talk with a telephone on the public line.

Further, in the example of FIG. 2, when the user of the mobile station 10 transmits to the base station 11 a call request message including the telephone number of the callee, the base station 11 confirms the reception of the message and assigns a channel. The transmission request message is delivered to the control center 14 while transmitting the timing and the like to the mobile station 10. The control center 14 starts the call operation of the call destination,
A communication line between the mobile station 10 and the callee is established via the base station 11. When the called user answers the call, the control center 14 can instruct the mobile station 10 to connect to the line via the base station 11 and make a call.

[0006]

By the way, in the system as described above, the incoming call of the mobile station and the outgoing call of the mobile station are always required as long as the communication is physically possible regardless of the location of the mobile station. However, there is no means to prohibit such an action in a place where ringing the mobile station or making a conversation may disturb others.

[0007] For example, it has been pointed out that the act of making and receiving a call in the seat of a vehicle such as a bullet train or a bus causes trouble to other passengers, and complaints have already been made to railway companies and the like. In addition, an act of calling a mobile phone to the gallery in the golf tournament venue may adversely affect the psychology of the player during the game and hinder the progress of the game. In addition, making and receiving calls at concert venues, hospital waiting rooms, or public facilities such as libraries and courts not only annoy other listeners and users, but also hinder performance, business, and public affairs. It has been pointed out.

The object of the present invention is to prevent the incoming call or outgoing call of a mobile station in such a place where others are inconvenienced, and to reduce the disadvantage of loss of information acquisition opportunity due to the prohibition. It is to provide a mobile communication system.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to the present application is a mobile unit having a mobile station, a base station, and a control center for managing a plurality of base stations. The communication system has means for detecting whether or not the mobile station is in the incoming call prohibition position, and means for notifying the user of the mobile station call when the mobile station is in the incoming call prohibition position based on the detection result. It is characterized by not establishing a communication line between base stations.

Here, the message from the sender is recorded and
It is conceivable to provide a message recording / playback means for playing back, record a message from the sender when in the incoming call prohibition position, and play back the message from the sender in response to a request from the mobile station user. . At this time, it is preferable to notify the mobile station user by some means that the message from the sender is recorded. The message recording / reproducing means may be provided in any one of the mobile station, base station, and control center, or in two or more.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, another invention according to the present application is a means for detecting whether or not the mobile station is in a transmission prohibited position, and a mobile station indicating that fact from the detection result. And means to notify the user,
The feature is that the communication line is not established between the mobile station and the base station if the call is prohibited.

In these inventions, as the detecting means, a positioning device for measuring the position of the mobile station included in the mobile station and an incoming call prohibited area included in any of the mobile station, the base station and the control center are specified. Or a positioning device for measuring the position of a mobile station included in a base station and a control center, and a call reception prohibited area included in any of the mobile station, the base station, and the control center. It is possible to use a device that comprises a specific database device. Further, as the detecting means, it is possible to use one that includes a signal generation device provided in each incoming call prohibited area and covering the corresponding area, and a corresponding prohibited signal receiving device included in the mobile station. Such detection means can be used for time information,
It may be managed by priority information for each mobile station.

[0013]

With the above configuration, the mobile station is prohibited from ringing the incoming call depending on the current position of the mobile station,
By prohibiting the establishment of communication lines, it is possible to regulate incoming calls in places that bother others. Alternatively, in the incoming call prohibition area of the mobile station, the message from the sender can be recorded and played back later without notifying the mobile station user of the incoming call, so that it is not annoying to the surroundings in the incoming call prohibition area. It is possible to avoid the loss of information acquisition opportunity of the mobile station user in the area while satisfying the requirement not to call.

Further, by prohibiting the establishment of a communication line for originating a mobile station depending on the current position of the mobile station, it is possible to regulate the originating action at a place where it causes trouble to others.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a mobile station 10 used in a so-called cellular telephone system, which is a type of bidirectional mobile communication system, and an example of a so-called cellular telephone system in which this mobile station 10 is used is shown in FIG.
Is shown in.

That is, FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a so-called cellular telephone system and shows an example of a so-called cellular telephone system having three base stations 11 to 13. The control center 14 has a role of controlling each of the base stations 11 to 13 and connecting between the base stations and between the base stations and the public line 21. For these base station control and line connection, the control center 14 and the respective base stations 11 to 13 are connected by connection lines 18 to 20, respectively. Each of the base stations 11 to 13 has a service area 15 to 17 to which the base station can physically communicate. In the specific example of FIG. 2, the mobile station 10 is within the service area 15 of the base station 11. In this state, a telephone call (not shown) on the public line or another mobile station (not shown) can be communicated with via the base station 11 and the control center 14.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of such a mobile station 10. In the receiving system of the mobile station 10, the signal transmitted from the base station 11 is received by the antenna device 101, demodulated by the receiving device 102, and the central processing unit 1
It is input to 04. If the demodulated signal is a control signal, it is analyzed in the central processing unit 104. If the demodulated signal is a calling signal, the calling notification device 122 is driven to notify the user. If the demodulated signal from the receiving device 102 is an audio signal, it is delivered to the audio processing device 111 and output as audio by the speaker 113.

In the transmission system of the mobile station 10, the voice is converted into an electric signal by the microphone 112, and the input voice signal is taken in by the central processing unit 104 via the voice processing device 111. Alternatively, the central processing unit 104 creates the transmission data depending on the situation or the user's request. The output signal from the central processing unit 104 is sent to the transmission device 103, modulated, and transmitted to the base station via the antenna device 101.

Further, the positioning device 105 determines the current position of the mobile station 10 from the received radio wave for positioning of the antenna device 101. The mobile station 10 can report the current position of the mobile station 10 to the base station when there is an incoming call instruction request from the base station. As the positioning radio wave, GPS (Global Positioning System) or the like which is generally accepted can be used. In this case, the antenna device 101 may be separately prepared as a positioning system, or may be shared if it can be shared.

The central processing unit 104 determines whether or not the current position of the mobile station 10 is within the incoming call prohibition region based on the data from the incoming call prohibition region database device 121 and the current position from the positioning device 105. When it is determined that the current position of the mobile station 10 is within the incoming call prohibition area, even if the demodulated signal is a call signal, the call announcement prohibition function unit 106 in the central processing unit 104 causes the call announcement device 122.
The user is prohibited from driving and is not notified to the user. The incoming call prohibition area database device is the mobile station 1
It is sufficient if any one of 0, the base station 11, and the control center 14 has it.

Further, the central processing unit 104 delivers the voice data originally delivered to the voice processing device 111 to the message recording / reproducing device 116 for recording, or reproduces the recorded data from the message recording / reproducing device 116, and reproduces this data. It is possible to output from the speaker 113 via the voice processing device 111. As a result, the message from the sender can be recorded and reproduced.
The data handled by the message recording / reproducing device 116 is not limited to voice data, and may be character data, graphics data, or the like. In this case, the output destination during reproduction is not the speaker 113 via the voice processing device 111 but the user interface device 115 described later.
Various output units such as a display unit of an LCD (liquid crystal display device) or the like via

The user interface device 115 is
The central processing unit 10 receives a request keyed in by the user of the mobile station.
4 and to display information from the central processing unit 104 on the display unit of the mobile station user. As a result, the mobile station user can be notified that there is a message recorded in the message recording / reproducing device 116, and the mobile station user can instruct the reproduction of the message.

Further, the central processing unit 104 uses the data from the transmission prohibited area database device 131 and the positioning device 1.
From the current position from 05, it is determined whether or not the current position of the mobile station 10 is within the outgoing call prohibition area. As a result of the determination, if the user is in the outgoing call prohibited area, the notification device 1 in the outgoing call prohibited area
32, voice or alert sound to mobile station users,
A warning light notifies that effect. The transmission prohibition area notification device 132 in this specific example may notify the user by voice or warning sound, and may be realized by the voice processing device 111 and the speaker 113. It is sufficient that any one of the mobile station 10, the base station 11, and the control center 14 has the outgoing call prohibited area database device.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the base station 11. In the receiving system of the base station 11, the signal transmitted from the mobile station 10 is received by the antenna device 301, demodulated by the receiving device 302, and input to the central processing unit 304.

If the demodulated signal is a control signal, it is analyzed in the central processing unit 304, and if necessary, that information is transmitted to the communication device 310 with the control center and the connection line 1.
It is sent to the control center 14 via 8.
Similarly, if it is an audio signal, it is sent to the control center 14 via the communication device 310 with the control center and the connection line 18.

In the transmission system, the control signal sent from the control center 14 via the communication device 310 to the control center and the connection line 18 is passed to the central processing unit 304, and the information is transmitted to the mobile station 10. If necessary, the central processing unit 304 hands it over to the transmitting unit 303, is modulated, and is transmitted to the antenna unit 301.
Is transmitted from the service area to the service area 15. The voice signal addressed to the mobile station 10 sent from the control center 14 is also delivered from the central processing unit 304 to the transmission device 303, modulated, and transmitted from the antenna device 301 into the service area 15. Further, the central processing unit 30
4 determines whether or not the current position of the mobile station 10 is within the incoming call prohibition region, based on the data from the incoming call prohibition region database device 321 and the current position reported from the mobile station 10. Furthermore, the central processing unit 304 determines whether or not the current position of the mobile station 10 is within the outgoing call prohibition region based on the data from the outgoing call prohibition region database device 331 and the current position received from the mobile station 10.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the control center 14. The control and voice signals from the base station 11 are input from the connection line 18 to the communication device 411 for communicating with the base station group and delivered to the central processing unit 404. Among them, the voice signal and a part of the control signals are sent via the communication device 412 with the public line if the communication partner is a telephone (not shown) on the public line 21. In addition, the public line 21
A voice signal and a control signal addressed to the mobile station 10 from the above telephone are input to the communication device 412 with the public line and delivered to the central processing unit 404. Then, it is sent to the base station 11 via the communication device 411 with the base station group and the connection line 18. Also, the incoming call prohibited area database device 421
Has the same function as the incoming call prohibition area database device 321 in the base station 11 of FIG. Further, the outgoing call prohibited area database device 431 has the same function as the outgoing call prohibited area database device 331 in the base station 11.

Regarding the embodiment described above, FIG. 5 and FIG.
It will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. Here, it is assumed that the incoming call prohibition database device is in the base station 11.

When the telephone number of the mobile station 10 is input from a telephone (not shown) on the public line 21, the telephone number is sent to the control center 14 (step 50).
1). The control center 14 calls the mobile station 10 together with the telephone number of the mobile station 10 from the base stations 11 to 13.
(Step 502), and each base station sends a mobile station call message (step 503). The mobile station 10 within the service area of the base station 11 is
In response to the call message from No. 1, the reception confirmation of the call message and the current position information of the own station are sent to the base station 11 (steps 504 and 506). As the current position information, latitude / longitude information obtained from the positioning device 105 is given. At this time, there may be a procedure in which the mobile station user makes a request to the base station 11 that he / she wants to receive an incoming call even within the incoming call prohibited area, and the procedure is accepted.

Confirmation of receipt of call message and mobile station 1
The base station 11 that has received the current position information
The current position of the mobile station 10 is compared with the data obtained from the incoming call prohibition area database device,
It is judged whether or not the user is in the incoming call prohibition area of 5 (step 507). Here, as shown in Table 1, it is considered that the incoming call prohibited area database is composed of the latitude and longitude of the center point of the incoming call prohibited area and the radius of the area. This makes it possible to determine from the latitude / longitude of the mobile station 10 and the latitude / longitude and radius of the center point whether or not the mobile station 10 is within the circle surrounded by the radius from the center point. In addition, it should be possible to control the incoming call prohibition area according to the date and time, or to disable the incoming call prohibition area for a specific mobile station so that incoming calls can be given priority within the incoming call prohibition area. It is also possible (step 508).

[0031]

[Table 1]

As a result of the above determination, NO is obtained in step 507.
When it is determined that the mobile station 10 does not exist in the incoming call prohibition area of the service area 15, or step 50
If YES is determined in 8 (it is a non-target mobile station), the process proceeds to step 511 in FIG. On the other hand, if NO in step 508, that is, the central processing unit 304 determines that the mobile station 10 is within the incoming call prohibition area of the service area 15 (step 507), it is not the non-target mobile station. In this case, the base station 11 notifies the mobile station 10 that the mobile station 10 is in the incoming call prohibition area (step 509) and inquires whether the message can be recorded (step 510). This step 510
If YES is determined, the procedure proceeds to step 521 of FIG. 6, and if NO is determined, the procedure proceeds to step 529. In step 529, the calling operation of the mobile station 10 is prohibited, and the control center 14 is also notified of that fact. In this case, the user of the telephone on the public line 21 can know from the control center 14 that the telephone cannot be connected by a voice notification or a signal sound similar to that during a call. After that, the routine proceeds to step 517 in FIG. 6 to end the entire operation.

In step 511 of FIG. 6, the base station 1
Reference numeral 1 instructs the mobile station 10 to assign a channel necessary for a call, to give an instruction for timing, and to give a user call notification. At the same time, the control center 14 is requested to establish a line connection between the base station 11 and a telephone (not shown) on the public line 21 (step 51).
2). When the user of the mobile station 10 picks up the handset in response to the call, the mobile station 10 stops the call announcement, issues a line connection request to the base station 11 (step 513), and the base station 11 receives it. The control center 14 is notified of the line connection, and the mobile station 10 is instructed to connect the line (step 514). As a result, a telephone (not shown) on the public line is connected to the line of the mobile station 10 to make a call (step 515). Then, after the call ends (step 516), the entire operation ends (step 517).

On the other hand, if the mobile station 10 is in the incoming call prohibition area and can record a message, step 521
At the base station 11, the base station 11 assigns a channel required for a call to the mobile station 10 and gives a timing instruction. At this time, unlike a normal mobile station call, the channel assigned to the call is from the base station 11 to the mobile station 1.
It is not necessary to allocate only one channel to 0 and the channel from the mobile station 10 to the base station 11. Further, the base station 11 requests the control center 14 to establish a line connection between the base station 11 and a telephone (not shown) on the training line 21 (step 522). Next, the mobile station 10 calls the base station 1 without calling the mobile station user.
1 to send a line connection request (step 523) to the base station 1
In response to this, 1 notifies the control center 14 of the line connection and instructs the mobile station 10 to connect the line (step 524). The base station 11 confirms that the mobile station 10 is within the incoming call prohibition area. It informs the sender and requests that the message be sent (525). When the mobile station 10 receives a message from the sender, the message recording / reproducing apparatus 1 transmits the message.
16 is recorded (step 526). The mobile station 10 ends the message recording when the sender stops sending the message and hangs up, or when a predetermined time has elapsed (step 527). At the same time, the central processing unit 104 or message record
The data is stored in the playback device 116 in the format shown in Table 2 (step 528).

[0035]

[Table 2]

In Table 2, No. Is a number for associating with the message data recorded in the message recording / reproducing apparatus 116, and the telephone number of the caller can be stored in the system notified by the base station. The name can be stored if there is the telephone number and the data previously stored in the memory device in the mobile station by the mobile station user.

The mobile station 10 outputs the telephone number, name, recording start time, recording time, etc. of such a sender to a display device provided in the user interface device 115, or a message is recorded by voice. The mobile station user is notified of this (step 528).
However, when the mobile station 10 is in the incoming call prohibition area, it cannot be announced by voice. Therefore, when the mobile station 10 is announced by voice, as shown in FIG. It is periodically checked (step 531) whether or not there is an unplayed message recorded when the user was in the incoming call prohibition area when leaving the incoming call prohibition area (step 532). If there is an unplayed message, a buzzer or the like provided in the user interface device 115 may be used to notify the mobile station user by voice (step 533). With these notifications, as shown in FIG. 8, when the mobile station user requests the reproduction of the recorded message by operating the keys provided on the user interface device (step 541), the mobile station 10 is notified. If there is a recorded message (step 542), the message is reproduced by using the message recording / reproducing device 116 (step 543).

The incoming call prohibited area database device described here may be included in the control center 14 as shown in FIG. 4, instead of being included in the base station. This case is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. in this case,
From the step of inputting the telephone number of the mobile station 10 from the telephone (not shown) on the public line 21 shown in FIG.
The steps of the mobile station 10 in the service area of FIG. 5 up to the step of confirming the reception of the call message and transmitting the current position information of the own station to the base station 11 in response to the call message from the base station 11. Since it is the same as steps 501 to 506, the description thereof is omitted here because it is not shown.

The base station 11 having received the paging message reception confirmation and the current position information of the mobile station 10 in step 506 of FIG. 5 proceeds to step 557 of FIG.
After delivering the current position of the mobile station 10 to the control center 14, the central processing unit 404 of FIG. 4 compares the data obtained from the incoming call prohibition area database device 431, and the mobile station 10 prohibits the incoming call within the service area 15. It is determined whether or not the user is in the area (step 558).

As a result of the above determination, if the mobile station 10 is not in the incoming call prohibition area of the service area 15 or is a non-target mobile station, the control center 14
Instructs the base station 11 to establish a communication line with the mobile station 10 (step 562). Based on this instruction, the base station issues a channel assignment, timing instruction, etc., and gives an instruction to notify the user to call (step 563). When the user of the mobile station 10 picks up the handset in response to the call, the mobile station 10 stops the call announcement, issues a line connection request to the base station 11 (step 564), and the base station 11 takes the call. In response, the control center 14 is notified of the line connection with the mobile station 10, and the mobile station 10 is instructed to connect the line (step 565). As a result, a telephone call (not shown) on the public line and the mobile station 10 are conducted (step 56).
6).

On the other hand, the central processing unit 404 controls the mobile station 10
Determines that the mobile station 1 is in the incoming call prohibition area of the service area 15, and if the mobile station is not a non-target mobile station, the mobile station 1
0 is in the incoming call prohibition area (step 56).
0), instruct to stop the calling operation of the mobile station 10. Accordingly, the base station 11 notifies the mobile station 10 that it is in the incoming call prohibition area, and prohibits the user calling notification (step 561). At this time, the control center 14 informs the user of the telephone on the public line 21 of that fact by voice or by sending out a signal sound similar to that during a call to inform that the telephone cannot be connected. it can.

Further, the incoming call prohibition area database has a mobile station 1 instead of the base station and the control center.
0 itself may have. This case will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

In step 571 of FIG. 10, when the telephone number of the mobile station 10 is input from the telephone (not shown) on the public line 21, the telephone number is sent to the control center 14. The control center 14 instructs the base stations 11 to 13 to call the mobile station 10 together with the telephone number of the mobile station 10 (step 572), and each base station sends a mobile station calling message (step 5).
73). Mobile station 1 within the service area of base station 11
0 receives the call message from the base station 11 (step 574), the central processing unit 104 compares the current position information from the positioning device 105 with the data from the incoming call prohibition database device 109, and the local station services. It is determined whether or not the user is in the incoming call prohibition area in the area 15 (step 575). As a result, if the mobile station 10 is not present in the incoming call prohibition area of the service area 15 or is a non-target mobile station, the reception confirmation of the call message is sent to the base station 11 (step 581). Base station 11
When the mobile station 10 receives it, the mobile station 10 is instructed to perform channel allocation, timing instruction, etc., and notify the user to call (step 582).
At the same time, the control center 14 is requested to establish a line with a telephone (not shown) on the public line 21 (step 5).
83). Then, when the user of the mobile station 10 picks up the handset in response to the call, the mobile station 10 stops the call announcement, issues a line connection request to the base station 11 (step 584), and the base station 11 takes the call. In response, the control center 14 is notified of the line connection, and the mobile station 10 is instructed to connect the line (step 585). As a result, a telephone call (not shown) on the public line and the mobile station 10 are carried out (step 586).

On the other hand, the central processing unit 104 determines that the mobile station 10
If the mobile station 10 is within the incoming call prohibition area of the service area 15 and is not the target mobile station, it notifies the base station 11 that the mobile station 10 is within the incoming call prohibition area (step 591), and the mobile station To stop the calling operation of 10,
Request. Accordingly, the base station 11 also notifies the control center 14 of this (step 592).
Then, the control center 14, the base station 11, and the mobile station 10 stop the user call notification operation (step 593). At this time, the control center 14
Can notify the user of the telephone on the public line 21 of that fact by voice or by sending a signal tone similar to that during busy to inform that the telephone cannot be connected.

Next, in the case of performing the call prohibition processing,
This will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 12 and Table 3. Here, it is assumed that the transmission prohibition database device is in the base station 11.

[0046]

[Table 3]

When the user of the mobile station 10 shown in FIG. 1 requests to make a call to another mobile station (not shown) or a telephone (not shown) on the public line 21, the mobile station 10 calls the called telephone number. And a call origination request message together with the current position of its own station to the base station 11 (step 601). As the current position information, latitude / longitude information obtained from the positioning device 105 is given. At this time, there may be a procedure in which the mobile station user makes a request to the base station 11 that he / she wants to make a call even within the call-prohibited area, and the procedure is accepted. The base station 11 receiving the call request message compares the current position of the mobile station 10 with the data obtained from the call prohibition area database device, and determines whether the mobile station 10 is in the call prohibition area within the service area 15. A determination is made (step 602).

Here, as shown in Table 3, the transmission prohibited area database may be composed of the latitude / longitude of the center point of the transmission prohibited area and the radius of the area. This makes it possible to determine from the latitude / longitude of the mobile station 10 and the latitude / longitude and radius of the center point whether or not the mobile station 10 is within the circle surrounded by the radius from the center point. In addition, make it possible to control the outgoing call prohibition area according to the date and time, or to disable the outgoing call prohibition area for a specific mobile station so that outgoing calls can be given priority within the outgoing call prohibition area. Can also (step 60
3).

As a result of the above judgment, if the mobile station 10 is not in the call-prohibited area of the service area 15 or is a non-target mobile station, the base station 11 is required to talk to the mobile station 10. Channel assignment, timing instruction, etc. (step 605). Then, the base station 11 requests the control center 14 to call a telephone set (not shown) as a call destination (step 606). When the user of the called telephone (not shown) picks up the handset according to the ring tone, the control center 14 notifies the base station 11 and the base station 11 and the called telephone (not shown). The communication line with is connected (step 607). The base station 11 can make a call by instructing the mobile station 10 to connect to the line (step 608).

If it is determined that the mobile station 10 is not in the outgoing call prohibition area of the service area 15, the base station 11 tells the mobile station 10 that the mobile station 10 is in the outgoing call prohibition area. This is notified (step 604) and the originating operation of the mobile station 10 is stopped. Control center 1
You do not have to contact 4 for anything. In this case, the mobile station 10 notifies the user that the call is prohibited by voice or the like, and prohibits the call (step 610).

The transmission prohibited area database device described here may be included in the control center 14 instead of in the base station. An example of this case will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the user of the mobile station 10 requests a call to a telephone set (not shown) to be called, the mobile station 10
A call request message is sent to the base station 11 together with the callee telephone number and the current location of the station (step 62).
1). The base station 11 delivers the calling telephone number received from the mobile station 10 and the current position information of the mobile station 10 to the control center (step 622). The control center 14 compares the current position of the mobile station 10 with the data obtained from the transmission prohibited area database device 431 to determine whether the mobile station 10 is in the transmission prohibited area in the service area 15 (step 623). ).

As a result of the above determination, when the mobile station 10 is not within the call-prohibited area of the service area 15 or is a non-target mobile station, the control center 14 instructs the base station 11 to move to the mobile station. 10 (step 626), the base station 11 instructs the mobile station 10 about channel allocation, timing, etc. (step 627) and calls the control center 14 for a call destination telephone (not shown). Request (Step 6)
28). When the user of the called telephone (not shown) picks up the handset according to the ringing tone, the control center 14 notifies the base station 11 (step 62).
9) Then, the base station 11 can make a call by instructing the mobile station 10 to connect to the line (step 630).

When it is determined that the mobile station 10 is within the outgoing call prohibition area of the service area 15, and the mobile station is not a non-target mobile station, the control center 14 prohibits the mobile station 10 from calling the mobile station 10 via the base station 11. Notify that you are in the area,
The originating operation of the mobile station 10 is stopped (step 63).
2). In this case, the mobile station 10 notifies the user that the call is prohibited by voice or the like, and prohibits the call (state step 633).

Further, the transmission prohibited area database may be included in the mobile station 10 itself, instead of in the base station 11 or the control center 14. An example of this case will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the mobile station user issues a call origination request (step 641), the mobile station 10 first compares the current position of the mobile station 10 with the data obtained from the call origination prohibited area database device, and the mobile station 10 makes a service. It is determined whether or not the user is in the outgoing call prohibited area in the area 15 (step 64).
2). As a result of the determination, the mobile station 10 determines that the service area 15
If the mobile station is not in the outgoing call prohibition area or is a non-target mobile station, a call destination telephone (not shown) is sent to the base station 11.
The call origination request message including the telephone number is sent to start a normal call procedure (steps 645 to 650).
If it is determined that the mobile station 10 is not in the outgoing call prohibition area of the service area 15, and the mobile station is not the target mobile station, the mobile station 10 stops the outgoing call operation and notifies the user that the outgoing call is prohibited by voice or the like. Transmission is prohibited (step 644).

Further, the positioning device described here may be included in the base station and the control center instead of in the mobile station. For such an example, FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 15 shows the configuration of the mobile station.
The difference from FIG. 1 described above is that the mobile station 10 does not have a positioning device. Since other configurations are the same as those in FIG. 1,
Corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.
FIG. 16 shows the configuration of the base station. The difference from FIG. 3 is that it has a radio wave propagation time measuring device 305 from the mobile station. Since other configurations are the same as those in FIG. 3, the corresponding portions will be denoted by the same reference symbols and description thereof will be omitted. Figure 17 shows the structure of the control center.
The difference from FIG. 4 is that the control center has a device 405 that performs positioning of the mobile station based on reports from each base station. The mobile station positioning device 405 calculates the position of the mobile station based on the measurement data from each base station, and may be performed by the central processing unit 404.
Since other configurations are the same as those in FIG. 4, corresponding parts are designated by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

Here, the mobile station positioning at the control center 14 will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, when the call operation of the mobile station 10 is performed by the base stations 11 to 13, the mobile station 10 responds accordingly.
The reception confirmation message is transmitted at the timing specified by the base station. At this time, the mobile station 10 is assumed to be in the service area 15 of the base station 11, but the radio waves transmitted from the mobile station 10 are also simultaneously received by the other base stations 12 and 13. The base stations 11 to 13 are synchronized under the control of the control center 14, and therefore the mobile station 10
It is possible for each base station to measure the time until the radio wave transmitted by the mobile station reaches each base station, and the distance from each base station to the mobile station 10 can be obtained. Therefore, the control center 14 obtains each measurement arrival time or reach from each base station, so that the position of the mobile station 10 is the radius L centered on the base station 11 as shown in FIG.
It can be specified by finding the intersection of three circles of a circle of 1, a circle of radius L2 centered on the base station 12, and a circle of radius L3 centered on the base station 13.

Further, the positioning device described here can be substituted by a transmitter installed to cover each incoming / outgoing prohibited area and a device for receiving a signal from the transmitter to a mobile station. This will be described with reference to FIGS. 19 and 20.

FIG. 19 shows the configuration of the system, in which the transmitter 23 transmits a signal of a certain specific frequency so as to cover the incoming / outgoing prohibited area 22. For systems that utilize spread spectrum,
It is possible to send a signal that is spread with a specific spreading code sequence even at the same frequency as that used for a call, or for a signal managed by the system even if a signal spread with the same spreading code sequence as that used for a call is used. It is also possible to transmit a signal with a certain time delay.

FIG. 20 shows the configuration of the mobile station.
The difference from FIG. 15 is that there is no incoming call prohibition area database device and outgoing call prohibition area database device.
That is, the transmission prohibition signal receiving device 108 is included.
Note that the antenna device 101 may be prepared separately for the incoming / outgoing prohibition signal, or may be shared if it can be shared.

As described above, by the base stations 11 to 13,
When the calling operation of the mobile station 10 is performed, the mobile station 10 determines whether or not it is in a position where the incoming / outgoing prohibition signal can be received. This determination means that the specific frequency signal from the transmitter 23 can be received within the incoming / outgoing prohibition area, and therefore the determination is simply made by whether or not the signal can be received at the current location. If the incoming / outgoing prohibition signal can be received, the base station is informed that it is in the incoming / outgoing prohibition position. This allows the base station 11 to know that the mobile station 10 is in the incoming / outgoing prohibited area.

The present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the message recording / reproducing apparatus described here may be provided in the base station or the control center instead of in the mobile station. Good. In this case, the difference from the embodiment described above is that the message from the source is managed by the base station or the control center. The mobile station does not need a line connection to cross the message from the sender, but if the user of the mobile station wants to reproduce the message from the sender, a new control via the base station or base station is required. It will be necessary to establish a line with the center and acquire data.

Further, the message recording / reproducing apparatus described here may be possessed not only by the mobile station but also by the base station or the control center at the same time. In this case, when recording a message from the sender, when the message recording / playback device on the mobile station side is full of data and it is no longer possible to record any more, a message to that effect is sent to the base station or control center. The message recording / reproducing apparatus is switched from the mobile station side to the base station or control center side. This allows
It is possible to record the message from the sender regardless of the storage capacity of the message recording / reproducing device of the mobile station. Therefore, even during playback, switching from the mobile station side to the base station side or control center side is the same as when switching was performed during recording, so that the recorded message from the sender is completely played back. can do.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and various modifications such as a mobile system using a satellite are conceivable.

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As described above, according to the mobile communication system of the present invention, a mobile communication system including a mobile station, a base station, and a control center for managing a plurality of base stations is used. It has means to detect whether the station is in the incoming call prohibition position, and means to not notify the user of the mobile station calling when it is in the incoming call prohibition position according to the detection result, and communicate between the mobile station and the base station when it is in the incoming call prohibition position. Since the line is not established, the mobile station is prohibited from making a ringing tone for incoming calls or the communication line is prohibited depending on the current position of the mobile station, thereby making an incoming call at a place where it disturbs others. Can be regulated.

Further, according to the present invention, a message recording / reproducing means for recording / reproducing a message from the sender is provided, and the message from the sender is recorded when the message is in the incoming call prohibition position. Since the message from the source is played back in response to a request from the mobile station, the message from the source is recorded in the incoming call prohibition area of the mobile station without notifying the mobile station user of the incoming call. By allowing the information to be reproduced later, it is possible to avoid the loss of information acquisition opportunity of the mobile station user in the area, while satisfying the requirement of not disturbing the surrounding area in the area where attention is prohibited.

According to another invention of the present application, there are provided means for detecting whether or not the mobile station is in the outgoing call prohibition position, and means for notifying the mobile station user of that fact from the detection result. Since the communication line is not established between the mobile station and the base station if the mobile station and the base station are in the transmission prohibited position, by prohibiting the communication line establishment for transmitting the mobile station depending on the current position of the mobile station It is possible to regulate outgoing acts in places that bother you.

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FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile station in a mobile communication system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a so-called cellular telephone system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a base station in a mobile communication system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control center in a mobile communication system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the incoming call prohibition system when the base station has the incoming call prohibition area database in the mobile communication system as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the incoming call prohibition system when the base station has the incoming call prohibition area database in the mobile communication system as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for notifying a mobile station user of the presence of a message from a sender in a mobile communication system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining a message reproducing operation from a transmission source in a mobile communication system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the incoming call prohibition system when the control center has the incoming call prohibition area database in the mobile communication system as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the incoming call prohibition system when the mobile station has the incoming call prohibition area database in the mobile communication system as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the incoming call prohibition system when the mobile station has the incoming call prohibition area database in the mobile communication system as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the call origination prohibition system when the base station has the origination prohibition area database in the mobile communication system as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the transmission prohibition system when the control center has a transmission prohibition area database in the mobile communication system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the outgoing call prohibition system when the mobile station has the outgoing call prohibition area database in the mobile communication system as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile station having no positioning device in a mobile communication system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a base station having a radio arrival time measuring device from a mobile station in a mobile communication system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control center having a positioning device for a mobile station in a mobile communication system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram for explaining a positioning operation when the base station and the control center perform positioning of the mobile station in the mobile communication system as the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system including an incoming / outgoing prohibition signal transmitter in a mobile communication system as an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile station having an incoming / outgoing prohibition signal receiver in a mobile communication system as an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

10. ． ． Mobile station 11. ． ． Base station 12. ． ． Base station 13. ． ． Base station 14. ． ． Control center 15. ． ． 15. Service area of base station 11. ． ． 15. Service area of base station 12 ． ． Service area of base station 13 18. ． ． Connection line between base station 11 and control center 19. ． ． Connection line between the base station 12 and the control center 20. ． ． Connection line between base station 13 and control center 21. ． ． Public line 22. ． ． Incoming / outgoing prohibited area 23. ． ． Transmitter 101, 301. ． ． Antenna device 102, 302. ． ． Receiving device 103, 303. ． ． Transmitting device 104, 304, 404. ． ． Central processing unit 105. ． ． Positioning device 106. ． ． Call notification prohibition function unit 108. ． ． Incoming / outgoing prohibition signal receiver 111. ． ． Voice processing device 112. ． ． Microphone 113. ． ． Speaker 115. ． ． User interface device 116. ． ． Message recording / reproducing apparatus 121, 321, 421. ． ． Incoming call prohibited area database device 122. ． ． Call notification device 131, 331, 431. ． ． Transmission prohibited area database device 132. ． ． Notification device in outgoing call prohibited area 305. ． ． Radio wave arrival time measuring device from mobile station 310. ． ． Communication device with control center 405. ． ． Mobile station positioning device 411. ． ． Communication device with base station group 412. ． ． Communication device with public line

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A mobile communication system comprising a mobile station, a base station, and a control center for managing a plurality of base stations, wherein the detecting means detects whether or not the mobile station is in an incoming call prohibition position, and the detecting means. A mobile communication system comprising: notification prohibiting means for prohibiting notification of a mobile station incoming call when the mobile terminal is in the incoming call prohibition position according to the detection result of the means. 2. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein establishment of a communication line between the mobile station and the base station is prohibited when the mobile phone is in the incoming call prohibition position based on the detection result. . 3. A message recording / reproducing means for recording a message from a sender when the user is in the incoming call prohibition position based on the detection result and reproducing the message from the sender in response to a request from a mobile station user. The mobile communication system according to claim 1, wherein: 4. The positioning means for measuring the position of the mobile station included in the mobile station, the mobile station, the base station,
4. A mobile communication system according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising a database device for specifying an incoming call prohibition area included in one of the control centers. 5. The detecting means is a positioning device for measuring the position of a mobile station included in a base station and a control center, and data for identifying a call prohibited area included in any of the mobile station, the base station and the control center. The mobile communication system according to claim 2, further comprising a base device. 6. The detection means comprises a signal generator provided in each incoming call prohibited area and covering the corresponding area, and an applicable prohibited signal receiver provided in the mobile station. Or the mobile communication system according to 3. 7. The mobile communication system according to claim 2, wherein the detecting means is managed by time information. 8. The mobile communication system according to claim 2, wherein the detecting means is managed by priority information for each mobile station. 9. The message recording / reproducing means is any one of a mobile station, a base station and a control center.
The mobile communication system according to claim 3, wherein the mobile communication system comprises: 10. The message recording / reproducing means is provided in at least two of a mobile station, a base station, and a control center including a mobile station.
4. The mobile communication system according to claim 3, wherein when the recording in the reproducing means becomes impossible, the message is recorded in the message recording / reproducing means on the side of the base station or the control center. 11. A mobile communication system comprising a mobile station, a base station, and a control center for managing a plurality of base stations, wherein the detecting means detects whether or not the mobile station is in a call origination prohibition position, and the detecting means. And a means for notifying a mobile station user that the mobile station transmission is prohibited when in the transmission prohibited position by the detection result of the means, and the mobile station and the mobile station when in the transmission prohibited position by the detection result. A mobile communication system characterized by prohibiting establishment of a communication line with a base station. 12. The positioning means for measuring the position of the mobile station, which is included in the mobile station, and the database apparatus, which specifies a call-prohibited area of any one of the mobile station, the base station, and the control center. 4. The mobile communication system according to claim 2, further comprising: 13. The detecting means includes a positioning device for measuring the position of a mobile station included in a base station and a control center, and data for specifying a transmission prohibited area included in any of the mobile station, the base station and the control center. The mobile communication system according to claim 11, further comprising a base device. 14. The detection means comprises a signal generation device provided in each transmission prohibited area and covering the corresponding area, and a corresponding prohibited signal receiving device included in the mobile station. The mobile communication system described. 15. The mobile communication system according to claim 11, wherein said detecting means is managed by time information. 16. The mobile communication system according to claim 11, wherein said detecting means is managed by priority information for each mobile station.