JP2009182395A - Telephone equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to easily and surely transmit a mail informing of his or her safety, to his or her family or the like even during confusion immediately after the occurrence of an earthquake. <P>SOLUTION: Telephone equipment 1 and 2 for transmitting a predesignated mail to a specific destination includes: a communication control part 15 for receiving an emergency disaster news flash through the Internet 4; an operation-display part 12 for designating a destination address in order to transmit the predesignated mail to the specific destination; an operation-display part 22 for indicating transmission of the mail; and a control part 11 for performing control so as to transmit a safety confirmation mail for informing the predesignated specific destination of user's safety at the time of the occurrence of disasters, in response to execution of a specific operation within a certain time after reception of the emergency disaster news flash. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone device that transmits a safety confirmation mail to a specific recipient based on a distributed earthquake early warning.

  In recent years, some telephones having a mail transmission function register a mail address of a specific partner so that mail can be transmitted by a simple operation as necessary. For example, in the following Patent Document 1 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-60773), one special registration key is provided, and various types of information including the mail address of one partner are registered in correspondence with the key. A telephone is shown in which information of a specific destination is read out by pressing the key so that mail transmission or the like can be easily performed.

Also, in the following Patent Document 2 (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-99368), an e-mail address and an e-mail text are registered in advance for a specific partner, and if necessary, from a mode key as a specific key. Shown is a mobile phone that can send mail with a simple operation. In this way, even those who are not good at mail transmission operations can easily send mail.
JP 2003-60773 A (paragraph [0011] to paragraph [0012], paragraph [0017] to paragraph [0019], FIGS. 1 and 4) JP 2003-99368 A (paragraph [0024], FIGS. 4 and 5)

By the way, in recent years, large earthquakes have occurred in various parts of Japan and caused a great deal of damage. However, when such an earthquake occurs, there is a demand for quickly finding out safety information of families and the like. In order to meet such a demand, when trying to use a telephone having the above-described conventional mail transmission function, it is necessary to input a mail text for informing safety in the case of the one disclosed in Patent Document 1. It takes. On the other hand, in the case shown in Patent Document 2, if a mail message for notifying safety is registered in advance, an email notifying safety can be transmitted to a family or the like only by selecting it. .
However, even the one shown in Patent Document 2 requires an operation for selecting a mail transmission function and then an operation for selecting a mail text, and such an operation is performed at the time of confusion immediately after an earthquake occurs. There was a problem that it was sometimes difficult to do.
The inventor of the present application has conducted various studies to solve the above problems, and as a result, when a specific operation is performed within a certain time after receiving the emergency disaster bulletin, a safety confirmation e-mail is automatically sent to a specific partner. If the transmission is made, the above-mentioned problems can be solved, and the present invention has been completed.

  That is, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily and surely send a safety notification email to a family member even in the case of confusion immediately after an earthquake or the like occurs. It is what.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the invention according to claim 1 of the present application is a telephone device for transmitting a pre-designated mail to a specific partner, and receiving means for receiving an emergency disaster bulletin via a network (for example, the following) In the embodiment, it corresponds to the communication control unit 15) and designation means for designating a destination address for transmitting a predesignated mail to a specific partner (for example, in the following example, corresponding to the operation / display unit 12) Operating means (for example, corresponding to the operation / display unit 22 in the following embodiment), and the receiving means by the operating means within a certain time after receiving the emergency disaster bulletin. When performing a specific operation, a control unit that controls to send a safety confirmation mail for notifying a safety when a disaster occurs to a specific partner specified in advance by the specifying means (For example in the following examples correspond to the control unit 11),
It is provided with.

  Further, the invention according to claim 2 of the present application is a telephone device that transmits a pre-designated mail to a specific partner, and receiving means (for example, communication in the following embodiment, for receiving emergency disaster bulletin via a network). Control unit 15) and designation means for designating a predetermined standard mail and a destination address in order to transmit a predetermined standard mail to a specific partner (for example, corresponding to the operation / display unit 12 in the following embodiment) Operating means (for example, corresponding to the operation / display unit 22 in the following embodiments) for instructing the transmission of mail, and when the receiving means performs a specific operation, the receiving means Control within a certain period of time after receiving the message, a safety confirmation email for notifying the safety when a disaster occurs is sent to a specific partner previously designated by the designation means. And control means (for example, corresponding to the control unit 11 in the following embodiment) for controlling to send a pre-designated e-mail to a specific partner designated in advance by the designating means in cases other than the time , Provided.

  Further, the invention according to claim 2 of the present application is the telephone device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control means performs a predetermined operation when a specific key provided in the operation means is pressed. It is characterized by controlling to send mail.

  The telephone device of the present invention has the following effects.

  That is, in the invention according to claim 1, when the receiving means performs a specific operation by the operating means for instructing the transmission of mail within a predetermined time after receiving the emergency disaster bulletin via the network, the control means Sends a safety confirmation email for notifying the safety of a specific disaster designated by a designation means for designating a recipient address in order to send a designated email to a specific recipient when a disaster occurs. To be controlled.

  According to such a configuration, even in the case of confusion immediately after the occurrence of a disaster such as an earthquake, an email notifying safety can be transmitted to a specific partner such as a family simply and reliably.

  Further, in the invention according to claim 2, when the receiving means performs a specific operation by the operating means for instructing mail transmission within a certain time after receiving the emergency disaster bulletin via the network, the control means In order to send a pre-designated standard e-mail to a specific partner, the safety for notifying the specific partner pre-designated by the designating means for designating the standard e-mail and the destination address when a disaster occurs Control is performed so that a confirmation mail is transmitted, and when it is not the time, a predetermined standard mail is transmitted to a specific partner previously designated by the designation means.

  According to such a configuration, even in the case of confusion immediately after a disaster such as an earthquake, a safety confirmation email can be sent to a family member, etc. with a simple operation without preparing a dedicated key or menu for sending a safety confirmation email. It can be sent to a specific party.

  Hereinafter, specific examples of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples and drawings. However, the embodiments shown below exemplify a telephone device for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and are not intended to specify the present invention for this telephone device. The present invention is equally applicable to telephone devices of other embodiments included in the scope.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mail delivery system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mail distribution system includes cordless telephone devices 1 and 2, a fixed telephone 3, and the like, and the base unit 1 and the fixed telephone 3 of the cordless telephone apparatus are connected via an Internet network 4. Here, the cordless telephone devices 1 and 2 and the fixed telephone 3 are, for example, telephone devices having a mail transmission / reception function, and are connected to the Internet network 4 from the master unit 1 or the slave unit 2 (SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol). In addition to being able to send and receive mail to and from other fixed telephones 3 and the like via a mail center equipped with a server, it is also possible to make ordinary calls.

  The base unit 1 of the cordless telephone device also has a function of receiving emergency disaster bulletins such as emergency earthquake bulletins via the Internet network 4. The earthquake early warning is distributed from the earthquake early warning distribution server 7 of a specific distributor. Here, an emergency earthquake bulletin distribution system will be described.

  When an earthquake occurs at any location, the seismometer 5 closest to the epicenter among the many seismometers installed in each location senses the seismic wave first and transmits the observation data to the Japan Meteorological Agency 6. The Japan Meteorological Agency 6 analyzes the data with a computer and calculates an estimated value of the earthquake occurrence time, location, and scale (magnitude).

  The estimated time, location, and magnitude (magnitude) of the earthquake thus calculated are transmitted to broadcast stations and other organizations as emergency earthquake alerts. The earthquake early warning distribution server 7 of the information distributor registered as one of them is also sent to the earthquake early warning distribution server 7, and the earthquake early warning distribution server 7 receives the emergency earthquake early warning received from the Japan Meteorological Agency for each telephone that has contracted. Distribution is made via the Internet 4 to the cordless telephone devices 1 and 2 in FIG.

  When the cordless telephone devices 1 and 2 receive the earthquake early warning from the earthquake early warning distribution server 7, the predicted seismic intensity and the arrival delay time at the current position are calculated based on the received emergency earthquake early warning, and the user is notified by voice or display. Inform.

  In addition, as will be described later, the cordless telephone devices 1 and 2 of the present invention have a function of sending a pre-selected standard form mail to a preset destination by a simple operation. In particular, if it is within a certain time after receiving the earthquake early warning, for example, within 30 minutes after receiving it, when performing this mail transmission operation, against the other party set as the mail destination, An email for confirming safety is sent.

  Next, the configuration of the cordless telephone apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the base unit 1 of the cordless telephone apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. The base unit 1 includes a control unit 11, an operation / display unit 12, a memory 13, a voice input / output unit 14, a communication control unit 15, a voice signal processing unit 16, a wireless communication unit 17, and an antenna 18. The control unit 11 corresponds to the control unit of the present invention, the operation / display unit 12 corresponds to the designation unit of the present invention, and the communication control unit 15 corresponds to the reception unit of the present invention.

  The control unit 11 is mainly composed of a microprocessor, and includes a ROM and a RAM (not shown) as in a general computer device. The ROM stores a program for controlling the operation of each unit, and the RAM stores information necessary for the operation of the control unit 11.

  The operation / display unit 12 includes various keys including a numeric keypad and a display such as a liquid crystal panel. The various keys are used for inputting a telephone number, inputting a mail, and the like when selecting and setting various functions. Also used for. In addition to the phone number and name of the other party read from the phone book, the call time, and the call charge, the display can also display the received mail and the earthquake early warning.

  Further, in the present invention, as will be described later, the operation / display unit 12 is a browser for registering a mail address of a specific destination as a mail transmission destination or selecting a mail fixed sentence as a mail transmission content. Is displayed and is used to select and edit registered contents.

  The memory 13 stores the setting status of various functions of the base unit 1 and can also store registration information such as a telephone book and a speed dial input by the user from the operation / display unit 12. The voice input / output unit 14 inputs a transmission voice via a microphone or outputs a reception voice via a speaker. The communication control unit 15 is connected to the Internet network 4, and controls incoming calls from the telephone line and outgoing calls to the telephone line, as well as receiving emergency earthquake bulletins distributed from the earthquake bulletin distribution server 7 and communication destinations. An e-mail is transmitted to the fixed telephone (for example, the fixed telephone 3).

  The voice signal processing unit 16 processes the received voice signal from the communication control unit 15 and outputs the processed voice signal through the voice input / output unit 14, or processes the transmitted voice input through the voice input / output unit 14. Then, it is converted into an audio signal and sent to the communication control unit 15. The wireless communication unit 17 establishes a wireless communication link with the handset 2 via the antenna 18, and transmits / receives a transmission signal, an incoming signal, a transmitted voice signal, and a received voice signal with the handset 2. I do.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the handset 2 of the cordless telephone apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention. The subunit | mobile_unit 2 is provided with the control part 21, the operation / display part 22, the memory 23, the audio | voice input / output part 24, the audio | voice signal processing part 25, the radio | wireless communication part 26, and the antenna 27, and is comprised. The operation / display unit 22 corresponds to the operation means of the present invention.

  The control unit 21 is configured around a microprocessor, and includes a ROM and a RAM (not shown) as in a general computer apparatus. The ROM stores a program for controlling the operation of each unit, and a program for the control unit 21 to communicate with the base unit 1 is also written therein. Information necessary for the operation of the control unit 21 is stored in the RAM.

  The operation / display unit 22 includes various keys including a numeric keypad and a display such as a liquid crystal panel. The various keys are used for inputting a telephone number, inputting a mail, and the like when selecting and setting various functions. Also used for. Furthermore, in the present invention, it is used for instructing to send a predetermined fixed sentence to a specific destination registered in advance by e-mail. Further, the telephone number and name of the other party read from the telephone directory, the call time, and the call charge are displayed on the display, and the mail received by the master unit 1 and the earthquake early warning can also be displayed.

  The memory 23 can store the setting status of various functions of the base unit 1 and can also store registration information such as a telephone book and a speed dial that the user inputs from the operation / display unit 22. The voice input / output unit 24 inputs a transmission voice via a microphone or outputs a reception voice via a speaker. The voice signal processing unit 25 processes the received voice signal from the wireless communication unit 26 and outputs it via the voice input / output unit 24, or processes the transmitted voice input via the voice input / output unit 24. Then, it is converted into an audio signal and sent to the wireless communication unit 26. The wireless communication unit 26 establishes a wireless communication link with the base unit 1 via the antenna 27 and transmits / receives a transmission signal, an incoming signal, a transmission voice signal, and a reception voice signal with the base unit 1. I do.

  The cordless telephone apparatuses 1 and 2 configured as described above further select, as a mail transmission function, contents to be transmitted to a specific partner in advance from a plurality of fixed phrases, and if necessary, Thus, it has a function (hereinafter referred to as “notification mail function”) that enables mail transmission by a simple operation from the parent device 1 or the child device 2.

  For this reason, the master unit 1 is connected to a mail center connected to the Internet network 4 and registers and selects a mail address and a fixed message to which a notification mail should be sent from the browser displayed on the operation / display unit 12. Thus, it has a function of storing in the mail center. At that time, the transmission partner may be transmitted to a plurality of other parties as well as one person. In that case, a plurality of mail addresses are set and stored. Saving these email addresses and email template is done as follows.

  A predetermined key provided on the operation / display unit 12 of the base unit 1 is pressed to launch a notification mail setting browser to enter a mail setting mode. First, the other party's mail address is registered. The registration of the mail address may be selected from a telephone book stored in advance in the memory 13 or may be newly input from the operation / display unit 12. Then, a setting screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display of the operation / display unit 12, and a mail text to be transmitted to the registered partner is selected and set from a plurality of fixed sentences.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a setting screen of the master unit when selecting a mail standard sentence according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the transmitted mail text “returned” is selected from the selected fixed phrases. Note that the fixed sentence of the selection candidate can be freely edited within a certain number of characters (for example, a maximum of 30 full-width characters). The subject at the time of mail transmission is “Notification”.

  In this manner, when the notification mail function is set in the parent device 1, the notification mail can be transmitted. The notification mail transmission operation can be performed from the handset 2. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the operation screen of the slave unit at the time of mail transmission according to an embodiment of the present invention. That is, in the handset 2, when the menu key of the operation / display unit 22 is pressed by the user, a “notification mail” menu is displayed at the top of the function selection menu as shown in FIG. When the determination key of the operation / display unit 22 is pressed while the “notification mail” menu is selected on the function selection menu screen, a mail transmission request is sent to the parent device 1 as shown in FIG. A message indicating that communication is in progress is displayed along with transmission.

  When reception of the mail transmission request is completed in the parent device 1, the reception completion is notified from the parent device 1 to the child device 2, and a mail transmission request is transmitted from the parent device 1 to the mail center. The slave unit 2 receives the notification of acceptance completion from the master unit 1, displays a message indicating that transmission of the notification mail is started, and returns to the standby state as shown in FIG. On the other hand, if the mail cannot be transmitted for some reason, such as a communication error with the base unit 1 occurs in the mail transmission operation, a message indicating that the transmission could not be performed is shown in FIG. Is displayed. Note that the notification mail may be sent from the parent device 1.

  In addition, when a notification mail is sent, only when a time-out occurs due to TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) connection, reconnection is attempted every predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) a predetermined number of times (for example, twice). If transmission is not possible, an error is assumed and the error code is stored in the mail transmission history.

  As the mail transmission history, the latest predetermined number (for example, 20) is left. The contents to be saved as history are the transmission date and time, the subject, and the transmission result. As a transmission result, “OK” is displayed when successful, and a three-digit code indicating the error content is displayed when there is an error.

  In this way, by using the notification mail function, even a user who is not good at mail transmission operation can perform a simple key operation of two steps of pressing the menu key and pressing the enter key to give a specific person. Mail can be sent to it. In the above embodiment, the notification mail is transmitted by a two-step key operation in which the menu key is pressed and the determination key is pressed while the “notification mail” menu is selected on the function selection menu screen. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a notification mail can be transmitted by a one-step key operation by assigning a long press of the menu key to the notification mail transmission operation.

  Next, the case where the notice mail function is used when an earthquake occurs will be described. As described above, when the cordless telephone devices 1 and 2 according to the present invention receive the earthquake early warning from the earthquake early warning distribution server 7, the notification mail transmission operation is performed within a certain time after reception, for example, within 30 minutes. Then, a mail transmission request is transmitted to the mail center so that a predetermined message is automatically transmitted as a safety confirmation mail to the other party set as the destination of the notification mail.

  That is, the operation / display unit 22 is displayed in a state where the menu key of the operation / display unit 22 is pressed by the user within a predetermined time after receiving the earthquake early warning and the “notification mail” menu is selected on the function selection menu screen. When the confirmation key is pressed, the safety confirmation mail is automatically sent to the other party who is set as the destination of the notification mail, even if the operating user is not conscious of sending the safety confirmation mail. . At this time, if a plurality of addresses are set as the transmission destination, the transmission is made to all the set addresses.

  The transmission mail text of the safety confirmation mail is not a user's selection from a plurality of fixed texts as in the notification mail, but is a fixed message for safety confirmation notification that is set in advance. As the fixed message, as shown in FIG. 4, a message “Earthquake: Safety confirmation operation has been performed” is stored in advance and transmitted. The fixed message may be, for example, “earthquake occurrence: all right”, “earthquake occurrence: XX is safe”, “earthquake occurrence: help!”, And the like.

  This safety confirmation e-mail is sent any number of times by a notification e-mail sending operation within a certain time after receiving the earthquake early warning. In addition, since the safety confirmation email is a different kind of email from the normal notification email, the operation to send the safety confirmation email is accepted even if the notification email is being resent, but the safety confirmation email is being sent while the safety confirmation email is being resent. The operation is treated as an error. Note that new notification email transmission operations are not accepted during normal notification email resend, but similar email transmission processing is activated while automatic emails other than notification emails (for example, earthquake early warnings, absence notifications, etc.) are being resent. If it does, replace it with the latest mail contents.

  As described above, according to the telephone device according to the present invention, when a specific operation is performed within a certain time after receiving the earthquake early warning, a safety confirmation message is automatically transmitted to a specific partner. Even in the case of confusion immediately after the occurrence of an earthquake, it is possible to easily and surely send a safety notification email to a family member, etc., so that convenience for the user can be improved.

  In the above-described embodiment, the cordless telephone apparatus having the mail transmission / reception function is described as the telephone apparatus. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any telephone having a function capable of transmitting mail, such as an IP telephone or a cellular phone, may be used. The invention is equally applicable.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the mail address of the other party to which the notification mail is to be transmitted and the mail fixed text is stored in the mail center provided in the Internet network 4 is not limited to this. You may memorize | store the mail fixed text selected as the mail address of the other party set as a mail transmission destination, and the mail transmission content in the memory 13 of the main | base station 1 of a telephone apparatus.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the mail delivery system which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the main | base station of the cordless telephone apparatus which concerns on one Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the subunit | mobile_unit of the cordless telephone apparatus based on one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the setting screen of the main | base station at the time of mail fixed text selection concerning one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the operation screen of the subunit | mobile_unit at the time of the mail transmission which concerns on one Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1, 2 ... Cordless telephone device 3 ... Fixed telephone 4 ... Internet network 5 ... Seismometer 6 ... Japan Meteorological Agency 7 ... Earthquake early warning distribution server 11, 21 ... Control units 12, 22 ... Operation / display units 13, 23 ... Memory 14, 24 ... Voice input / output unit 15 ... Communication control units 16, 25 ... Audio signal processing unit 17, 26... Wireless communication unit 18, 27.

Claims (2)

A telephone device that transmits a predetermined mail to a specific party,
Receiving means for receiving emergency disaster bulletins via the network;
A designation means for designating a destination address in order to send a predetermined email to a specific party;
An operation means for instructing to send an email;
When a specific operation is performed by the operation unit within a predetermined time after the reception unit receives the emergency disaster bulletin, in order to notify the safety when a disaster occurs to a specific partner specified in advance by the specification unit Control means for controlling to send a safety confirmation email of
A telephone device characterized by comprising: A telephone device that transmits a predetermined mail to a specific party,
Receiving means for receiving emergency disaster bulletins via the network;
A designation means for designating a predetermined e-mail and a destination address in order to send a predetermined e-mail to a specific party;
An operation means for instructing to send an email;
When a specific operation is performed by the operation means, and the reception means is within a certain time after receiving the emergency disaster bulletin, a disaster occurs in a specific partner designated in advance by the designation means. Control means for controlling to send a safety confirmation e-mail for notifying safety, and for controlling to send a pre-designated standard e-mail to a specific partner designated in advance by the designating means in cases other than the time When,
A telephone device characterized by comprising:

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