Emergency call method

• US 7,761,080 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2005
• Issued: 07/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alcatel-Lucent SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Alcatel SA (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Lautenschlager, Wolfgang, Banet, Franz-Josef, Jenisch, Markus, Orlamünder, Harald, Klenner, Wolfgang
• Primary Examiner(s): MEHRPOUR, NAGHMEH
• Application Number:
  US11/055,518
• Publication Number:
  US 20050202801A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,985 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.1, 455/521, 455/456.1, 455/411, 455/414.1, 455/414.2, 455/456.3, 455/456.6, 455/456.2
• 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: 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 method for generating an emergency call as well as an emergency sensing device and a mobile phone for executing this method. An emergency event is triggered on the emergency sensing device. When detecting the emergency event, the emergency sensing device activates a transmitter and transmits an emergency signal via a wireless communication interface to the mobile phone. The mobile phone establishes an emergency call to a predefined destination, when receiving via the wireless communication interface such emergency signal from the emergency sensing device.

Claims

1. A method of generating an emergency call, the method comprising:

triggering an emergency event on an emergency sensing device;

activating a transmitter of the emergency sensing device and transmitting an emergency signal via a wireless communication interface from the transmitter to a mobile phone, when detecting the emergency event; and

establishing, at the mobile phone, an emergency call to a predefined destination, when receiving via the wireless communication interface, the emergency signal from the emergency sensing device,

wherein activation of an emergency button provided on the emergency sensing device triggers the emergency event, and

wherein a message to be transmitted to the predefined destination and a call number of the predefined destination are provided in the emergency signal transmitted from the emergency sensing device to the mobile phone.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a geographical position of the emergency sensing device or of the mobile phone and communicating the geographical position through the mobile phone to the predefined destination.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising outputting a specific notification at the predefined destination, if the predefined destination detects a call attempt relating to the emergency call.

4. The method of claim 1,

wherein a body sensor automatically triggers the emergency event, when some pre-programmed body measurement thresholds are reached.

5. An emergency sensing device comprising:

a housing,

a transmitter for transmitting an emergency signal via a wireless communication interface to a mobile phone,

a power supply for providing power to the transmitter,

switching means for activating the transmitter to transmit an emergency signal via the wireless communication interface to a mobile phone, when detecting an emergency event, and

an emergency button arranged to activate the transmitter to transmit the emergency signal via the wireless communication interface to the mobile phone, when being activated, and

a storage unit containing data about the emergency call and a control unit for transmitting this data to the mobile phone,

wherein a message to be transmitted to a predefined destination and a call number of the predefined destination are provided in the data.

6. The emergency sensing device of claim 5, further comprising a GPS receiver for determining the geographical position of the emergency sensing device and for communicating the geographical position to the mobile phone via the wireless communization interface.

7. A mobile phone comprising:

a receiver for receiving emergency signals via a wireless communication interface from at least one emergency sensing device; and

control means for establishing an emergency call to a predefined destination, when receiving an emergency signal from the at least one emergency sensing device via the wireless communication interface,

wherein the receiver is operative to receive a message to be transmitted to the predefined destination and a call number of the predefined destination, the message and the call number being provided in the emergency signals.