Emergency informing terminal and emergency informing system

• US 20020037707A1
• Filed: 08/03/2001
• Published: 03/28/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ukena, Koji, Yoshioka, Kenji
• Application Number:
  US09/921,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20020037707A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/205 Mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/102 a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security company or the owner
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/33 of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

Disclose is an emergency informing terminal for making an emergency call securely, being advanced in reliability, without having to connect peripheral devices and the emergency informing terminal with connection wires. This emergency informing terminal comprises a terminal main body, and a peripheral device connected to the terminal main body and incorporated in part of the terminal main body. The peripheral device includes a microphone and a speaker for hands-free conversation. Further, the peripheral device includes an indicator for showing the operating state, an emergency informing button to be pressed by the user in case of emergency, a communication antenna for making data communication and conversation with the emergency call center, a GPS antenna for acquiring position information or time information, and a gyro sensor for detecting the vehicle direction or acceleration.

Claims

1. An emergency informing terminal mounted on a vehicle for making an emergency call to an emergency call center in case of emergency, comprising:

a terminal main body, and a peripheral device connected to the terminal main body and incorporated in part of the terminal main body.

2. The emergency informing terminal of claim 1, wherein said peripheral device is a microphone for acquiring a transmission voice signal for hands-free conversation.

3. The emergency informing terminal of claim 1, wherein said peripheral device is a speaker for sounding a reception voice signal for hands-free conversation.

4. The emergency informing terminal of claim 1, wherein said peripheral device is a communication antenna for processing at least one of data communication and conversation, between the emergency informing terminal and the emergency call center.

5. The emergency informing terminal of claims 1 or 4, wherein said peripheral device is a primary antenna used in a transmission and reception process.

6. The emergency informing terminal of claims 1 or 4, wherein said peripheral device is a secondary antenna used in reception process.

7. The emergency informing terminal of claim 1, wherein said peripheral device is a lighting device, display, or indicator for transmitting an operating state of the emergency informing terminal to the user.

8. The emergency informing terminal of claim 1, wherein said peripheral device is an emergency informing button to start an emergency informing process as being pressed by an user in case of emergency.

9. The emergency informing terminal of claim 1, wherein said peripheral device is a dial operation unit for making a telephone call to a desired telephone number.

10. The emergency informing terminal of claim 1, wherein said peripheral device is a shock sensor for generating a signal showing application of a shock.

11. The emergency informing terminal of claim 1, wherein said peripheral device is an air pressure sensor for generating a signal showing an air pressure change.

12. The emergency informing terminal of claim 1, wherein said peripheral device is a GPS antenna for acquiring a signal from a GPS satellite.

13. The emergency informing terminal of claim 1, wherein said peripheral device is a gyro sensor.

14. An emergency informing terminal comprising:

a) a terminal main body, and

b) a peripheral device connected to the terminal main body and incorporated in part of the terminal main body including at least one of

voice signal transmitting means for hands-free conversation,

radio communication signal transmitting means for making radio communications between the emergency informing terminal and the emergency call center,

display means for transmitting an operating state of the emergency informing terminal to a user,

emergency informing means for starting emergency informing process,

dial operation means for making a telephone call, shock detecting means for generating a signal showing application of a shock,

air pressure measuring means for generating a signal showing an air pressure change, and

position information acquiring means for acquiring position information from a satellite.

15. An emergency informing system comprising:

a) an emergency call center; and

b) an emergency informing terminal mounted on a vehicle for making an emergency call to an emergency call center in case of emergency,

wherein said emergency informing terminal includes,

a terminal main body, and

a peripheral device connected to the terminal main body and incorporated in part of the terminal main body.

16. The emergency informing system of claim15,

wherein said peripheral device is a microphone for acquiring a transmission voice signal for hands-free conversation.

17. The emergency informing system of claim15,

wherein said peripheral device is a speaker for sounding a reception voice signal for hands-free conversation.

18. The emergency informing system of claim15,

wherein said peripheral device is a communication antenna for processing at least one of data communication and conversation, between the emergency informing terminal and the emergency call center.

19. The emergency informing system of claim15 or 18,

wherein said peripheral device is a primary antenna used in a transmission and reception process.

20. The emergency informing system of claim15 or 19,

wherein said peripheral device is a secondary antenna used in reception process.

21. The emergency informing system of claim15,

wherein said peripheral device is a lighting device, display, or indicator for transmitting an operating state of the emergency informing terminal to the user.

22. The emergency informing system of claim15,

wherein said peripheral device is an emergency informing button to start an emergency informing process as being pressed by an user in case of emergency.

23. The emergency informing system of claim15,

wherein said peripheral device is a dial operation unit for making a telephone call to a desired telephone number.

24. The emergency informing system of claim15,

wherein said peripheral device is a shock sensor for generating a signal showing application of a shock.

25. The emergency informing system of claim15,

wherein said peripheral device is an air pressure sensor for generating a signal showing an air pressure change.

26. The emergency informing system of claim15,

wherein said peripheral device is a GPS antenna for acquiring a signal from a GPS satellite.

27. The emergency informing system of claim15,

wherein said peripheral device is a gyro sensor.

28. The emergency informing system comprising:

a) an emergency call center; and

b) an emergency informing terminal mounted on a vehicle for making an emergency call to an emergency call center in case of emergency,

wherein said emergency informing terminal includes,

i) a terminal main body, and

ii) a peripheral device connected to the terminal main body and incorporated in part of the terminal main body including at least one of voice signal transmitting means for hands-free conversation,

voice signal transmitting means for hands-free conversation,

radio communication signal transmitting means for making radio communications between the emergency informing terminal and the emergency call center,

display means for transmitting an operating state of the emergency informing terminal to a user,

emergency informing means for starting emergency informing process,

dial operation means for making a telephone call,

shock detecting means for generating a signal showing application of a shock,

air pressure measuring means for generating a signal showing an air pressure change, and

position information acquiring means for acquiring position information from a satellite.