Method for operating an emergency call system, emergency call system
First Claim
1. A method for operating an emergency call system having at least one mobile device and a plurality of receiving stations, the at least one mobile device having at least one mobile device radio module configured to transmit an emergency call, each of the plurality of receiving stations having at least one receiving station radio module and an alarm device and being configured as a router, the at least one receiving station radio module being configured to receive the emergency call from the at least one mobile device, and the alarm device being configured to output an acoustic alarm signal and/or a visual alarm signal, the method comprising:
- to set up the emergency call system, storing in the plurality of receiving stations position data of neighboring receiving stations, position data of reference points and information about a protective effect of the receiving stations at the reference points;
transmitting the emergency call from the at least one mobile device to a first of the plurality of receiving stations to trigger the alarm signal;
determining a position of the at least one mobile device relative to the plurality of receiving stations; and
,depending on the determined position of the at least one mobile device and the information about the protective effect of the receiving stations at the reference points, selecting only one of the plurality of receiving stations to trigger the alarm signal of the selected receiving station'"'"'s alarm device to attract an attention of a third party in a vicinity of the selected receiving station.
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Abstract
An emergency call system and a method for operating the emergency call system are provided. The emergency call system includes a mobile device and receiving stations. The mobile device has a radio module to transmit an emergency call and each of the receiving stations is configured as a router and has an alarm device and a radio module to receive the emergency call. The emergency call is transmitted from the mobile device to a first receiving station to trigger the alarm signal and a position of the mobile device relative to the receiving stations is determined. Depending on the position, only one of the receiving stations is selected to trigger the alarm signal.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for operating an emergency call system having at least one mobile device and a plurality of receiving stations, the at least one mobile device having at least one mobile device radio module configured to transmit an emergency call, each of the plurality of receiving stations having at least one receiving station radio module and an alarm device and being configured as a router, the at least one receiving station radio module being configured to receive the emergency call from the at least one mobile device, and the alarm device being configured to output an acoustic alarm signal and/or a visual alarm signal, the method comprising:
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to set up the emergency call system, storing in the plurality of receiving stations position data of neighboring receiving stations, position data of reference points and information about a protective effect of the receiving stations at the reference points; transmitting the emergency call from the at least one mobile device to a first of the plurality of receiving stations to trigger the alarm signal; determining a position of the at least one mobile device relative to the plurality of receiving stations; and
,depending on the determined position of the at least one mobile device and the information about the protective effect of the receiving stations at the reference points, selecting only one of the plurality of receiving stations to trigger the alarm signal of the selected receiving station'"'"'s alarm device to attract an attention of a third party in a vicinity of the selected receiving station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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8. A method for operating an emergency call system having at least one mobile device and a plurality of receiving stations, the at least one mobile device having at least one mobile device radio module configured to transmit an emergency call, each of the plurality of receiving stations having at least one receiving station radio module and an alarm device and being configured as a router, the at least one receiving station radio module being configured to receive the emergency call from the at least one mobile device, and the alarm device being configured to output an acoustic alarm signal and/or a visual alarm signal, the method comprising:
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transmitting the emergency call from the at least one mobile device to a first of the plurality of receiving stations to trigger the alarm signal; determining a position of the at least one mobile device relative to the plurality of receiving stations; depending on the determined position of the at least one mobile device, selecting only one of the plurality of receiving stations to trigger the alarm signal; to set up the emergency call system, storing in the plurality of receiving stations position data of neighboring receiving stations; and
,depending on the position of the at least one mobile device, triggering the alarm signal by the first of the plurality of receiving stations or forwarding the emergency call by the first of the plurality of receiving stations to a neighboring second receiving station if a position of the neighboring second receiving station is nearer to the position of the at least one mobile device than a position of the first of the plurality of receiving stations or a position of a preselected receiving station.
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14. An emergency call system comprising:
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at least one mobile device having an emergency call switch and at least one mobile device radio module configured to transmit an emergency call; a plurality of receiving stations each having at least one receiving station radio module and being configured to receive the emergency call; said at least one mobile device being configured to trigger an emergency call and to transmit the emergency call to one of the plurality of receiving stations upon an actuation of the emergency call switch; each of said plurality of receiving stations being configured as a router and having an alarm device, a memory, and a control unit; said memory being configured to store data of neighboring receiving stations; said alarm device being configured to output an acoustic alarm signal and/or a visual alarm signal; said control unit being configured to determine a position of the at least one mobile device depending on a signal strength of at least one of said receiving station radio module and said mobile device radio module, and, depending on the determined position, to output an alarm signal by only one of the alarm devices, and, said control unit being further configured to, depending on the position of the at least one mobile device, trigger the alarm signal by a first of the plurality of receiving stations or forwarding the emergency call by the first of the plurality of receiving stations to a neighboring second receiving station if a position of the neighboring second receiving station is nearer to the position of the at least one mobile device than a position of the first of the plurality of receiving stations or a position of a preselected receiving station. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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