Portable Radio Device Having Emergency Notifying Function, Emergency Notification Apparatus, and Emergency Notification System
First Claim
1. A portable radio device comprising:
- emergency operation starting means provided to be operable by a user in an emergency;
date and time data generating means for generating date and time data;
position measuring means for measuring a position of the portable radio device to generate position data;
photographing means for photographing an object to generate image data;
emergency processing means for executing a predetermined emergency notification process when the emergency operation starting means is operated, thereby generating emergency notification data; and
communication means for transmitting by radio the emergency notification data toward an external emergency notification apparatus along with a predetermined emergency notification signal;
wherein the emergency notification process comprises a step of generating date and time data indicating a date and time when the emergency operation starting means is operated with the date and time data generating means, a step of generating position data by measuring a position of the device when the emergency operation starting means is operated with the position measuring means, a step of generating image data by photographing an object with the photographing means when the emergency operation starting means is operated, and a step of generating the emergency notification data by adding a predetermined identification data to the date and time data, the position data, and the image data;
and wherein the emergency notification signal is a signal that instructs the emergency notification apparatus to make a notification that the user of the device is in a state of emergency to predetermined contact addresses.
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Abstract
A portable radio device, an emergency notification apparatus, and an emergency notification system are provided. The portable radio device 10 has an emergency button that can be operated by the user of the device 10. When the button is operated, an identification data is added to the date and time data, position data, and image data obtained at that time, thereby generating emergency notification data. Then, the emergency notification data is transmitted by radio to the emergency notification apparatus 70 along with an emergency notification signal. When receiving the emergency notification signal, the apparatus 70 stores these data in a database 107 and performs a notification that the user is in a state of emergency to predetermined contact addresses 1 to n.
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14 Claims
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1. A portable radio device comprising:
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emergency operation starting means provided to be operable by a user in an emergency; date and time data generating means for generating date and time data; position measuring means for measuring a position of the portable radio device to generate position data; photographing means for photographing an object to generate image data; emergency processing means for executing a predetermined emergency notification process when the emergency operation starting means is operated, thereby generating emergency notification data; and communication means for transmitting by radio the emergency notification data toward an external emergency notification apparatus along with a predetermined emergency notification signal; wherein the emergency notification process comprises a step of generating date and time data indicating a date and time when the emergency operation starting means is operated with the date and time data generating means, a step of generating position data by measuring a position of the device when the emergency operation starting means is operated with the position measuring means, a step of generating image data by photographing an object with the photographing means when the emergency operation starting means is operated, and a step of generating the emergency notification data by adding a predetermined identification data to the date and time data, the position data, and the image data; and wherein the emergency notification signal is a signal that instructs the emergency notification apparatus to make a notification that the user of the device is in a state of emergency to predetermined contact addresses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An emergency notification apparatus, which is designed to receive and store emergency notification data transmitted from outside and that receives an emergency notification signal transmitted with the emergency notification data to perform a predetermined emergency notification process;
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the apparatus comprising; authentication means for judging whether a transmitter of emergency notification data is an authorized person or not by extracting identification data from the emergency notification data and verifying the identification data; signal detection means for judging whether the emergency notification signal is received or not along with the emergency notification data; database management means for extracting date and time data, and position data and image data linked with the date and time data from the emergency notification data, and for storing the date and time data, the position data, and the image data thus extracted in a database in such a way as to have a relation with the identification data; and notification means for performing a notification that the transmitter of the emergency notification data is in a state of emergency to predetermined contact addresses by performing the emergency notification process, when the signal detection means judges the emergency notification signal is received. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An emergency notification system comprising:
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(a) a portable radio device comprising i. emergency operation starting means provided to be operable by a user in an emergency; ii. date and time data generating means for generating date and time data; iii. position measuring means for measuring a position of the portable radio device to generate position data; iv. photographing means for photographing an object to generate image data; v. emergency processing means for executing a predetermined emergency notification process when the emergency operation starting means is operated, thereby generating emergency notification data; and vi. communication means for transmitting by radio the emergency notification data toward an external emergency notification apparatus along with a predetermined emergency notification signal; wherein the emergency notification process comprises a step of generating date and time data indicating a date and time when the emergency operation starting means is operated with the date and time data generating means, a step of generating position data by measuring a position of the device when the emergency operation starting means is operated with the position measuring means, a step of generating image data by photographing an object with the photographing means when the emergency operation starting means is operated, and a step of generating the emergency notification data by adding a predetermined identification data to the date and time data, the position data, and the image data; and wherein the emergency notification signal is a signal that instructs the emergency notification apparatus to make (execute) a notification that the user of the device is in a state of emergency to predetermined contact addresses; and (b) an emergency notification apparatus, which is designed to receive and store emergency notification data transmitted from outside and that receives an emergency notification signal transmitted with the emergency notification data to perform a predetermined emergency notification process, the apparatus comprising i. authentication means for judging whether a transmitter of emergency notification data is an authorized person or not by extracting identification data from the emergency notification data and verifying the identification data; ii. signal detection means for judging whether the emergency notification signal is received or not along with the emergency notification data; iii. database management means for extracting date and time data, and position data and image data linked with the date and time data from the emergency notification data, and for storing the date and time data, the position data, and the image data thus extracted in a database in such a way as to have a relation with the identification data; and iv. notification means for performing a notification that the transmitter of the emergency notification data is in a state of emergency to predetermined contact addresses by performing the emergency notification process when the signal detection means judges the emergency notification signal is received.
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