Crime prevention assisting apparatus and radio terminal apparatus

• US 7,358,853 B2
• Filed: 01/04/2005
• Issued: 04/15/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/04/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Aota, Masahiro
• Primary Examiner(s): La; Anh V.
• Application Number:
  US11/029,243
• Publication Number:
  US 20050128075A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,197 Days
• Field of Search: 340/539.1, 340/506, 340/425.5, 340/426.1, 340/426.2, 340/531, 340/426.21, 455/404, 455/404.1, 307/10.2, 307/10.3
• US Class Current: 340/539.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• 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

The invention relates to a crime prevention assisting apparatus which can work with a radio terminal apparatus manipulated by a subscriber or the like of a mobile communication system in order to prevent crime as well as to a radio terminal apparatus that has a function of crime prevention and is used for providing a communication service to the subscriber. An object of the invention is to utilize existing hardware effectively and to prevent crime at a low cost. The apparatuses according to the invention make a transition to a special state when a particular event has occurred, and issue only in the special state an alarm to the effect that a crime prevent measure is taken, and originates a call automatically in response to a prescribed manipulation or requests a radio terminal apparatus to originate a call.

Claims

1. A crime prevention assisting apparatus comprising:

a control unit that judges whether or not a time belongs to a set time slot or a position acquired by positioning belongs to an area set in advance, and allows a call origination from a radio apparatus within a period in which either condition is met in response to a predetermined manipulation to the radio apparatus, wherein the predetermined manipulation is performed within the period.

2. The crime prevention assisting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a positioning section that determines a position of a local station, wherein

said control unit acquires a position that is determined by said positioning section at a time when it requests said radio apparatus to make the call origination, and requests said radio apparatus to inform a party called byte call origination of the position.

3. The crime prevention assisting apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a storing section storing therein in advance an identifier of said radio apparatus or of a subscriber and information representing a request for help, wherein

said control unit requests said radio apparatus to send the information stored in said storing section to a party called by the call origination.

4. The crime prevention assisting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said control unit requests said radio apparatus to send die acquired information to the called party as a mail.

5. The crime prevention assisting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

said control unit requests said radio apparatus to maintain, in a hands-free mode, a complete call that has occurred in response to the call origination.

6. A radio terminal apparatus that access a mobile communication network via a radio transmission path, the radio terminal apparatus comprising:

a control unit that judges whether or not a time belongs to a set time slot or a position acquired by positioning belongs to an area set in advance, and allows a call origination from said radio terminal apparatus within a period in which either condition is met in response to a predetermined manipulation to said terminal apparatus, wherein the predetermined manipulation is performed within the period.

7. The radio terminal apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising

a positioning section that determines a position of a local station, wherein said control unit acquires the position that is determined by said positioning section when making the call origination, and informs a party called by the call origination of the position.

8. The radio terminal apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising:

a storing section storing therein in advance an identifier of a local station or of a subscriber and information representing a request for help, wherein

said control unit sends the information stored in said storing section to a party called by the call origination.

9. The radio terminal apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said control unit sends the acquired information to the called party as a mail.