Emergency notification system and emergency notification device

• US 20030050040A1
• Filed: 09/11/2002
• Published: 03/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Yamazaki, Junichi, Kawabata, Masaaki
• Granted Patent: US 7,308,246 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence

Abstract

An emergency notification uses a normal cellular telephone terminal instead of a dedicated terminal without requiring communication using a voice. An emergency notification system has a mobile communication network including a cellular telephone terminal, an emergency notification device for receiving an emergency notification, a communication line connecting the mobile communication network and the emergency notification device, and the cellular telephone terminal including display means for displaying a menu for identifying kind of emergency notification on a display screen and means for performing the emergency notification in response to selection of one of items in the menu by a user.

Claims

1. An emergency notification system comprising:

a mobile communication network including a cellular telephone terminal;

an emergency notification device for receiving an emergency notification;

a communication line connecting said mobile communication network and said emergency notification device;

said cellular telephone terminal including display means for displaying a menu for identifying kind of emergency notification on a display screen and means for performing the emergency notification in response to selection of one of items in said menu by a user.

2. An emergency notification system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said emergency notification device includes means responsive to reception of the emergency notification from said cellular telephone terminal through said mobile communication network for checking whether said cellular telephone terminal is registered in the emergency notification system.

3. An emergency notification system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said cellular telephone terminal includes position measuring means, said emergency notification device includes means for demanding transmission of position information of said cellular telephone terminal upon receipt of the emergency notification from said cellular telephone terminal.

4. An emergency notification system as set forth in claim 3, wherein said cellular telephone terminal includes means for displaying a menu for selecting whether transmission of position information is permitted or not, on the screen of said cellular telephone terminal, in response to said demand for transmission of position information from said emergency notification device.

5. An emergency notification system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said emergency notification device includes means for transmitting a reception information indicative of reception of the emergency notification from said cellular telephone terminal, and said cellular telephone terminal includes means for generating vibration in response to reception of said reception information.

6. An emergency notification system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said cellular telephone terminal includes a camera for transmitting image information to said emergency notification device.

7. An emergency notification system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said emergency notification device includes means responsive to the emergency notification from said cellular telephone for transmitting a message indicative of occurrence of received emergency notification to at least one telephone registered in relation to said cellular telephone terminal.

8. An emergency notification system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said emergency notification device includes means responsive to the emergency notification calling ambulance from said cellular telephone terminal, for obtaining health data of registrant registered in relation to said cellular telephone terminal from a hospital.

9. An emergency notification system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said emergency notification device includes a database storing a registration information including an ID number of said cellular telephone terminal and a personal information of registrant on the basis of informtaion received from said cellular telephone terminal.

10. An emergency notification system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said cellular telephone terminal includes means for transmitting a personal information on the basis of screen information for registration received from said emergency notification device.

11. An emergency notification system as set forth in claim 1, wherein a screen information for displaying a menu for identifying kind of emergency disaster is transmitted from said emergency notification device.

12. An emergency notification system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said communication line connecting said mobile communication network and said emergency notification system is a dedicated line.

13. A broad area emergency notification system includes a plurality of emergency notification systems respectively connected to a plurality of mobile communication networks, each of said emergency notification systems comprising:

a mobile communication network including a cellular telephone terminal;

an emergency notification device for receiving an emergency notification;

a communication line connecting said mobile communication network and said emergency notification device;

said cellular telephone terminal including display means for displaying a menu for identifying kind of emergency notification on a display screen and means for performing the emergency notification in response to selection of one of items in said menu by a user, and said plurality of emergency notification systems being connected with each other through dedicated line.

14. An emergency notification device connected to a mobile communication network including a cellular telephone terminal through a communication line, comprising:

means, responsive to access from said cellular telephone terminal via said mobile communication network, for transmitting an image information for displaying a menu for identification of kind of the emergency notification on a display device of said cellular telephone terminal.

15. An emergency notification device as set forth in claim 14, which further comprises means, responsive to reception of emergency notification from said cellular telephone terminal through said mobile communication network, for making judgment whether said cellular telephone terminal is registered in said emergency notification network.

16. An emergency notification device as set forth in claim 14, which further comprises means, responsive to reception of the emergency notification from the cellular telephone terminal, for transmitting a message for announcing received emergency notification to at least one telephone registered in relation to the cellular telephone terminal.