Apparatus and method for sending emergency rescue signal using mobile communication terminal

• US 7,224,955 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2002
• Issued: 05/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Min, Kyung-Moo
• Primary Examiner(s): Le; Lana
• Assistant Examiner(s): PEREZ, ANGELICA
• Application Number:
  US10/145,271
• Publication Number:
  US 20020173328A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,841 Days
• Field of Search: 455/401.1, 455/401.2, 455/521, 455/466, 455/404.2
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72424 with manual activation of emergency-service functions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/04 with alarm systems, e.g. fire, police or burglar alarm systems

Abstract

An apparatus and method for sending an emergent rescue signal using a mobile communication terminal can perform its operation as follows. A rescue requester requests emergent rescue using a mobile communication terminal and an emergent rescue center which received the emergent rescue-requesting checks an approximate position of the rescue requester, and dispatches an emergent rescuer to the position. The emergent rescuer who arrived the approximate position of the rescue requester sends a remote control signal to the mobile communication terminal of the rescue requester so that the mobile communication terminal can send an emergent rescue signal. Then, the mobile communication terminal sends the emergent rescue signal according to the received remote control signal so that the emergent rescuer can rapidly detect an exact location of the rescue requester.

Claims

1. An apparatus for sending an emergency rescue signal using a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a keypad having a rescue requesting button;

a modem unit for requesting emergency rescue by engaging the rescue requesting button and controlling transmission of an emergency rescue signal according to a remote control signal received from an emergency rescuer;

an emergency rescue signal sending unit for sending the emergency rescue signal and for detecting an exact position of a rescue requester according to controlling of a modem unit;

wherein the emergency rescue signal sending unit comprises an ultrasonic wave module for generating an ultrasonic signal for detecting the exact position of the rescue requested, according to controlling of the modem unit, and

a power supply unit for supplying power to the ultrasonic wave module according to controlling of the modem unit;

wherein the ultrasonic wave module comprises;

an oscillator for oscillating a signal of a predetermined frequency;

a counter for dividing the frequency signal from the oscillator into a predetermined number of different division ratios;

a multiplexer for multiplexing a predetermined number of counting signals outputted from the counter;

a pre-amplifying unit for amplifying the multiplexed predetermined number of counting signals using a predetermined number of corresponding pre-amplifiers each having a different amplifying gain;

an analog switch for selectively outputting a signal among signals outputted from the pre-amplifying unit;

a power amplifier for amplifying the signal outputted from the analog switch, and outputting the power-amplified signal to a speaker; and

a micro-computer for controlling multiplexing of the pre-determined number of counting signals and controlling the analog switch, according to controlling of the modem unit.

2. An apparatus for sending an emergency rescue signal using a mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a keypad for inputting rescue requesting from a rescue requester;

a modem unit for requesting emergency rescue according to the input of the rescue requesting and controlling transmission of an ultrasonic signal according to a remote control signal received from an emergency rescuer;

an ultrasonic wave module for generating an ultrasonic signal to detect an exact location of the rescue requester, according to controlling of the modem unit; and

a power supply unit for supplying a power to the ultrasonic wave module according to the controlling of the modem unit,

wherein the power supply unit comprises a transistor which is turned on or off, according to controlling of the modem unit; and

a PMOS transistor for supplying a power to the ultrasonic wave module according to an output voltage of the transistor, and

wherein the ultrasonic wave module comprises;

an oscillator for oscillating a signal of a predetermined frequency;

a counter for dividing the frequency signal oscillated from the oscillator into a predetermined number of different division ratios;

a multiplexer for multiplexing the predetermined number of counting signals outputted from the counter;

a pre-amplifying unit for amplifying the multiplexed signal using the predetermined number of pre-amplifier having different amplifying gain;

an analog switch for selectively outputting a signal among the signals outputted from the pre-amplifying unit;

a power amplifier for amplifying the power of the signal outputted from the analog switch, and outputting the power-amplified signal to a speaker; and

a micro-computer for controlling multiplexing of the counting signal and controlling the analog switch, according to controlling of the modem unit.