Mobile telephone location system

Claim 2

A mobile radio telephone terminal capable of communicating with another telephone terminal through a selected base station, the mobile radio telephone terminal comprising: first detection means for detecting a distance between said mobile radio telephone terminal and said selected base station sending a first signal to said mobile radio telephone terminal; second detection means for detecting a direction of said selected base station as seen from said mobile radio telephone terminal; display means for displaying the distance and the direction; control means for controlling a direction of an antenna in accordance with an electric field strength of the first signal to obtain a maximum gain; transmitting means for transmitting a second signal to said selected base station; receiving means for receiving a third signal transmitted from said base station in response to the second signal; and measuring means for measuring a time period from the transmission of the second signal to the reception of the third signal; wherein said first detection means detects the distance on the basis of the time period measured by said measuring means, and the second signal is a position registration request signal requesting a registration of the position of said mobile telephone terminal.

Claim 3

The mobile radio telephone terminal claimed in claim 1, wherein said receiving means comprises a phased-array antenna.

Claim 4

The mobile radio telephone terminal claimed in claim 2, further comprising: third detection means for detecting a receiving electric field strength of said third signal; azimuth information generating means for generating an azimuth information on the basis of the receiving electric field strength detected by said third detection means; and control means for controlling said phased-array antenna on the basis of the azimuth information generated by said azimuth information generating means.

Claim 5

The mobile radio telephone terminal claimed in claim 3, wherein said second detection means detects the azimuth information when the receiving electric field strength becomes maximum, as the direction.

Claim 6

The mobile radio telephone terminal claimed in claim 4, wherein said display means displays the distance and the direction in the form of an area name and a compass direction, respectively.

Claim 7

The mobile radio telephone terminal claimed in claim 5, wherein said second signal is a position registration request signal for requesting a registration of position.

Claim 8

The mobile radio telephone terminal claimed in claim 4, wherein said transmitting means is adapted to transmit the distance and the position to said selected base station.

Claim 9

A mobile radio telephone system in which an available service area is constituted with radio zones of a plurality of base stations and a mobile telephone terminal selects at least one base station and communicates with a fixed telephone terminal through the selected base station, said mobile telephone terminal comprising: first detection means for detecting a distance between said mobile radio telephone terminal and said selected base station sending a first signal to said mobile radio telephone terminal; second detection means for detecting a direction of said selected base station as seen from said mobile radio telephone terminal; display means for displaying the distance and the direction; control means for controlling a direction of an antenna in accordance with an electric field strength of the first signal to obtain a maximum gain; transmitting means for transmitting a second signal to said selected base station; receiving means for receiving a third signal transmitted from said base station in response to the second signal; and measuring means for measuring a time period from the transmission of the second signal to the reception of the third signal, wherein said first detection means detects the distance on the basis of the time period measured by said measuring means, and the second signal is a position registration request signal requesting a registration of the position of said mobile telephone terminal.

Claim 10

A mobile radio telephone system in which an available service area is constituted with radio zones of a plurality of base stations and a mobile telephone terminal selects at least one base station and communicates with a fixed telephone terminal through the selected base station, said mobile telephone terminal comprising: first detection means for detecting a distance between said mobile radio telephone terminal and said selected base station sending a first signal to said mobile radio telephone terminal; second detection means for detecting a direction of said selected base station as seen from said mobile radio telephone terminal; display means for displaying the distance and the direction; control means for controlling a direction of an antenna in accordance with an electric field strength of the first signal to obtain a maximum gain; transmitting means for transmitting a second signal to said selected base station; receiving means for receiving a third signal transmitted from said base station in response to the second signal; and measuring means for measuring a time period from the transmission of the second signal to the reception of the third signal, wherein said first detection means detects the distance on the basis of the time period measured by said measuring means, and the second signal is a position registration request signal requesting a registration of the position of said mobile telephone terminal.

Claim 11

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 8, wherein said receiving means comprises a phased-array antenna.

Claim 12

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 9, wherein said mobile radio telephone terminal further comprises: third detection means for detecting a receiving electric field strength of the third signal; azimuth information generating means for generating azimuth information on the basis of the receiving electric field strength detected by said third detection means; and control means for controlling said phased-array antenna on the basis of the azimuth information generated by said azimuth information generating means.

Claim 13

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 10, wherein said second detection means detects the azimuth information when the receiving electric field strength becomes maximum, as the direction.

Claim 14

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 11, wherein said display means displays the distance and the direction as an area name and a compass direction, respectively.

Claim 15

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 11, wherein said transmitting means is adapted to transmit a signal indicative of the distance and the direction to said base station.

Claim 16

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 13, wherein said base station receives and stores the signal indicative of the distance and the direction transmitted from said mobile telephone terminal.

Claim 17

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 14, wherein said base station responds to a calling position notice request from said fixed telephone terminal to transmit the distance and the position of said mobile telephone terminal to said fixed telephone terminal.

Claim 18

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 15, wherein said base station responds to the calling position notice request when said base station receives a notice enabling signal transmitted from said mobile telephone terminal.

Claim 19

A control method for controlling a mobile radio telephone terminal, comprising, at said mobile terminal, the steps of: detecting a distance between said mobile radio telephone terminal and a signal source sending a first signal to said mobile radio telephone terminal; detecting a direction of said signal source as seen from said mobile radio telephone terminal; displaying the distance and the direction; controlling a direction of an antenna according to an electric field strength of the first signal to obtain a maximum gain; transmitting a second signal from said mobile radio telephone terminal to said signal source, said second signal is a position registration request signal requesting a registration of the position of said mobile telephone terminal; receiving a third signal transmitted from said signal source, in response to the second signal; measuring a time period from the transmission of the second signal to the reception of the third signal; and detecting the distance on the basis of the time period.

Claim 20

A control method for controlling a mobile radio telephone terminal, comprising, at said mobile terminal, the steps of: detecting a distance between said mobile radio telephone terminal and a signal source sending a first signal to said mobile radio telephone terminal; detecting a direction of said signal source as seen from said mobile radio telephone terminal; displaying the distance and the direction; controlling a direction of an antenna according to an electric field strength of the first signal to obtain a maximum gain; transmitting a second signal from said mobile radio telephone terminal to said signal source, said second signal is a position registration request signal requesting a registration of the position of said mobile telephone terminal; receiving a third signal transmitted from said signal source, in response to the second signal; measuring a time period from the transmission of the second signal to the reception of the third signal; and detecting the distance on the basis of the time period.

Claim 21

The control method claimed in claim 17, further comprising the steps of: detecting a receiving electric field strength of the third signal; generating azimuth information on the basis of the receiving electric field strength; and detecting the azimuth information when the receiving electric field strength becomes maximum, as the direction.

Claim 22

The control method claimed in claim 18, wherein the distance and the direction are displayed as an area name and a compass direction, respectively.

Claim 23

The control method claimed in claim 19, further comprising the step of transmitting a signal indicative of the distance and the position to said signal source.

Claim 24

A control method for controlling a mobile radio telephone system in which an available service area includes radio zones of a plurality of base stations and a mobile telephone terminal selects at least one base station and communicates with a fixed telephone terminal through the selected base station, said mobile telephone terminal: detecting a distance between said mobile radio telephone terminal and said base station sending a first signal to said mobile radio telephone terminal; detecting a direction of said base station as seen from said mobile radio telephone terminal; displaying the distance and the direction; controlling a direction of an antenna according to an electric field strength of the first signal to obtain a maximum gain; transmitting a second signal to said base station, said second signal is a position registration request signal requesting a registration of the position of said mobile telephone terminal; receiving a third signal transmitted from said base station, in response to the second signal; measuring a time period from the transmission of the second signal to the reception of the third signal; and detecting the distance on the basis of the measured time period measured.

Claim 25

A control method for controlling a mobile radio telephone system in which an available service area includes radio zones of a plurality of base stations and a mobile telephone terminal selects at least one base station and communicates with a fixed telephone terminal through the selected base station, said mobile telephone terminal: detecting a distance between said mobile radio telephone terminal and said base station sending a first signal to said mobile radio telephone terminal; detecting a direction of said base station as seen from said mobile radio telephone terminal; displaying the distance and the direction; controlling a direction of an antenna according to an electric field strength of the first signal to obtain a maximum gain; transmitting a second signal to said base station, said second signal is a position registration request signal requesting a registration of the position of said mobile telephone terminal; receiving a third signal transmitted from said base station, in response to the second signal; measuring a time period from the transmission of the second signal to the reception of the third signal; and detecting the distance on the basis of the measured time period measured.

Claim 26

The control method claimed in claim 21, wherein said mobile telephone terminal further: detecting a receiving electric field strength of the third signal; generating an azimuth information on the basis of the receiving electric field strength; and detecting the azimuth information when the receiving electric field strength becomes maximum, as the direction.

Claim 27

The control method claimed in claim 22, wherein said mobile telephone terminal further transmits a signal indicative of the distance and the direction to said base station.

Claim 28

The control method claimed in claim 23, wherein said base station receives and stores the signal indicative of the distance from said mobile telephone terminal and the direction as seen from said base station.

Claim 29

The control method claimed in claim 24, wherein said base station notifies said fixed telephone terminal the distance and the direction, in response to a calling position notice request from said fixed telephone terminal.

Claim 30

The control method claimed in claim 25, wherein said base station responds to the calling position notice request when it receives a notice enable signal from said mobile telephone terminal.

Claim 31

A mobile radio telephone terminal capable of communicating with another telephone terminal through a selected base station, the mobile radio telephone terminal comprising: a first detector detecting a distance between said mobile radio telephone terminal and selected base station sending a first signal to said mobile radio telephone terminal; a second detector detecting a direction of said selected base station as seen from said mobile radio telephone terminal; a display displaying the distance and the direction; a controller controlling a direction of an antenna in accordance with an electric field strength of the first signal to obtain a maximum gain; a transmitter transmitting a second signal to said selected base station; a receiver receiving a third signal transmitted from said base station in response to the second signal; and a measuring device measuring a time period from the transmission of the second signal to the reception of the third signal; wherein said first detector detects the distance on the basis of the time period measured by said measuring device, and the second signal is a position registration request signal requesting a registration of the position of said mobile telephone terminal.

Claim 32

A mobile radio telephone terminal capable of communicating with another telephone terminal through a selected base station, the mobile radio telephone terminal comprising: a first detector detecting a distance between said mobile radio telephone terminal and selected base station sending a first signal to said mobile radio telephone terminal; a second detector detecting a direction of said selected base station as seen from said mobile radio telephone terminal; a display displaying the distance and the direction; a controller controlling a direction of an antenna in accordance with an electric field strength of the first signal to obtain a maximum gain; a transmitter transmitting a second signal to said selected base station; a receiver receiving a third signal transmitted from said base station in response to the second signal; and a measuring device measuring a time period from the transmission of the second signal to the reception of the third signal; wherein said first detector detects the distance on the basis of the time period measured by said measuring device, and the second signal is a position registration request signal requesting a registration of the position of said mobile telephone terminal.

Claim 33

The mobile radio telephone terminal claimed in claim 27, wherein said receiver comprises a phased-array antenna.

Claim 34

The mobile radio telephone terminal claimed in claim 28, further comprising: a third detector detecting a receiving electric field strength of said third signal; an azimuth information generating device generating an azimuth information on the basis of the receiving electric field strength detected by said third detector; and a control device controlling said phased-array antenna on the basis of the azimuth information generated by said azimuth information generating device.

Claim 35

The mobile radio telephone terminal claimed in claim 29, wherein said second detector detects the azimuth information when the receiving electric field strength becomes maximum, as the direction.

Claim 36

The mobile radio telephone terminal claimed in claim 30, wherein said display displays the distance and the direction in the form of an area name and a compass direction, respectively.

Claim 37

The mobile radio telephone terminal claimed in claim 31, wherein said second signal is a position registration request signal for requesting a registration of position.

Claim 38

The mobile radio telephone terminal claimed in claim 30, wherein said transmitter is adapted to transmit the distance and the position to said selected base station.

Claim 39

A mobile radio telephone system in which an available service area includes radio zones of a plurality of base stations and a mobile telephone terminal selects at least one base station and communicates with a fixed telephone terminal through the selected base station, said mobile telephone terminal comprising: a first detector detecting a distance between said mobile radio telephone terminal and said selected base station sending a first signal to said mobile radio telephone terminal; a second detector detecting a direction of said selected base station as seen from said mobile radio telephone terminal; a display displaying the distance and the direction; a controller controlling a direction of an antenna in accordance with an electric field strength of the first signal to obtain a maximum gain; a transmitter transmitting a second signal to said selected base station; a receiver receiving a third signal transmitted from said base station in response to the second signal; and a measuring device measuring a time period from the transmission of the second signal to the reception of the third signal, wherein said first detector detects the distance on the basis of the time period measured by said measuring device, and the second signal is a position registration request signal requesting a registration of the position of said mobile telephone terminal.

Claim 40

A mobile radio telephone system in which an available service area includes radio zones of a plurality of base stations and a mobile telephone terminal selects at least one base station and communicates with a fixed telephone terminal through the selected base station, said mobile telephone terminal comprising: a first detector detecting a distance between said mobile radio telephone terminal and said selected base station sending a first signal to said mobile radio telephone terminal; a second detector detecting a direction of said selected base station as seen from said mobile radio telephone terminal; a display displaying the distance and the direction; a controller controlling a direction of an antenna in accordance with an electric field strength of the first signal to obtain a maximum gain; a transmitter transmitting a second signal to said selected base station; a receiver receiving a third signal transmitted from said base station in response to the second signal; and a measuring device measuring a time period from the transmission of the second signal to the reception of the third signal, wherein said first detector detects the distance on the basis of the time period measured by said measuring device, and the second signal is a position registration request signal requesting a registration of the position of said mobile telephone terminal.

Claim 41

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 34, wherein said receiver comprises a phased-array antenna.

Claim 42

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 35, wherein said mobile radio telephone terminal further comprises: a third detector detecting a receiving electric field strength of the third signal; an azimuth information generating device generating azimuth information on the basis of the receiving electric field strength detected by said third detector; and a control device for controlling said phased-array antenna on the basis of the azimuth information generated by said azimuth information generating device.

Claim 43

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 36, wherein said second detector detects the azimuth information when the receiving electric field strength becomes maximum, as the direction.

Claim 44

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 37, wherein said display displays the distance and the direction as an area name and a compass direction, respectively.

Claim 45

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 37, wherein said transmitter is adapted to transmit a signal indicative of the distance and the direction to said base station.

Claim 46

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 39, wherein said base station receives and stores the signal indicative of the distance and the direction transmitted from said mobile telephone terminal.

Claim 47

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 40, wherein said base station responds to a calling position notice request from said fixed telephone terminal to transmit the distance and the position of said mobile telephone terminal to said fixed telephone terminal.

Claim 48

The mobile radio telephone system claimed in claim 41, wherein said base station responds to the calling position notice request when said base station receives a notice enabling signal transmitted from said mobile telephone terminal.