Radio telephone system having emergency speech control

• US 4,979,204 A
• Filed: 01/08/1990
• Issued: 12/18/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Oyama, Mitsukazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Jin F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Woo, Stella L.
• Application Number:
  US07/461,709
• Time in Patent Office: 344 Days
• Field of Search: 379/37, 379/46, 379/49, 379/58, 379/59, 379/63, 379/45
• US Class Current: 379/46
• 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

A radio telephone system includes a subscriber exchanger accommodating a plurality of subscribers and a plurality of emergency call receiving devices each having a transmission function, a line exchanger interfacing with the subscriber exchanger, emergency speech office lines provided between the subscriber exchanger and the line exchanger, a plurality of channels coupling mobile stations and the line exchanger, and emergency speech extension lines coupled to the line exchanger and corresponding to the emergency speech office lines one by one.

Claims

1. A radio telephone system comprising:

a subscriber exchanger accommodating a plurality of subscribers and a plurality of emergency call receiving devices each having a transmission function;

a line exchanger interfacing with said subscriber exchanger;

emergency speech office lines provided between said subscriber exchanger and said line exchanger;

a plurality of channels coupling mobile stations and said line exchanger;

emergency speech extension lines coupled to said line exchanger and corresponding to said emergency speech office lines one by one;

first control means for coupling a mobile station which is one of said mobile stations and requests an emergency speech to one of said emergency call receiving devices through one of said channels, said line exchanger, one of said emergency speech office lines and said subscriber exchanger;

memory means for storing a subscriber number of said mobile station which requests the emergency speech;

ringing signal detecting means for detecting a ringing signal supplied from said one of said emergency call receiving devices through said one of said emergency speech office lines and a corresponding one of said emergency speech extension lines and directed to said mobile station which precedingly requests said emergency speech and for generating a detection signal when detecting said ringing signal; and

second control means for reading out the subscriber number of said mobile station from said memory means when said detection signal is supplied from said ringing signal detecting means and for coupling said one of the emergency call receiving devices to said mobile station through said subscriber exchanger, said one of said emergency speech office lines, said subscriber exchanger and one of said channels.

2. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 1, wherein when said emergency speech is finished, said first control means releases said one of the channels from a coupling with said one of the emergency speech receiving devices so that said one of the channels becomes idle.

3. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ringing signal detecting means detects said ringing signal for a predetermined time.

4. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ringing signal detecting means detects said ringing signal for each of said emergency speech extension lines.

5. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said memory means has a storage area provided for each of said emergency speech office lines, and wherein said storage area has a first area storing said number of said mobile station, a second area storing a flag indicating whether a corresponding one of said the emergency speech office lines can be used, a third area storing a flag indicating whether said corresponding one of the emergency speech office lines is busy, and a fourth area storing a flag indicating whether said corresponding one of the emergency speech office lines is waiting for said ringing signal supplied therethrough.

6. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a third control means for revising said flags stored in said first through fourth areas of said storage area of said memory means.

7. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising dial tone detecting means for calling said emergency call receiving devices through said emergency speech extension lines, said line exchanger and said emergency speech office lines and for determining whether each of said emergency call receiving devices sends a dial tone signal.

8. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said ringing signal detecting means detects said ringing signal for a predetermined time, and wherein when said ringing signal detecting means detects no ringing signal for said predetermined time, said dial tone detecting means starts calling said emergency call receiving devices.

9. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said dial tone detecting means periodically calls said emergency call receiving devices for a definite time.

10. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said memory means has a storage area provided for each of said emergency speech office lines, and said storage area has an area storing a flag indicating whether or not a corresponding one of said emergency speech office lines is idle, and wherein when said dial tone signal is received from said corresponding one of said emergency speech office lines, said area is provided with flag data indicating that said corresponding one of said emergency speech office lines is idle.

11. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising speech detecting means provided for each of said emergency speech receiving devices, for detecting whether a speech is supplied from a corresponding one of said emergency speech receiving devices through said subscriber exchanger, a corresponding one of said emergency speech office lines, and a corresponding one of said emergency speech extension lines, wherein said second means couples said corresponding one of said emergency speech receiving devices to said mobile station when said speech is detected.

12. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 11, wherein said speech detecting means comprises coder means for encoding said speech into a coded signal, and decision making means for determining whether or not said coded signal is an audio signal on the basis of a level and a polarity of said coded signal.

13. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the number of said emergency speech office lines is equal to that of said emergency speech extension lines.

14. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 7, wherein when said dial tone detecting means calls each of said emergency call receiving devices, a direct current loop including each of said emergency call receiving devices is formed.

15. A radio telephone system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

dial tone detecting means for calling said emergency call receiving devices through said emergency speech extension lines, said line exchanger and said emergency speech office lines and for determining whether each of said emergency call receiving devices sends a dial tone signal; and

speech detecting means provided for each of said emergency speech receiving devices, for detecting whether a speech is supplied from a corresponding one of said emergency speech receiving devices through said subscriber exchanger, a corresponding one of said emergency speech office lines, and a corresponding one of said emergency speech extension lines,

wherein said second means couples said corresponding one of said emergency speech receiving devices to said mobile station when said speech is detected.