Patent ID: 7502618
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: A62B,G08B,H04B,H04M

Abstract:
1. A rescue system provided with a mobile, telephone apparatus and a robot, comprising: a mobile telephone apparatus having a storage unit in which key information is stored; a reception unit for receiving an emergency signal including key information; a control unit for determining whether the key information stored in the storage unit and the key information included in the emergency signal match; a transmission unit for transmitting a rescue signal, wherein when the key information stored in the storage unit and the key information included in the emergency signal match, the transmission unit transmits a rescue signal; means to generate a sound wave together with the rescue signal when the key information stored in the storage unit and the key information stored in the emergency signal match; and a robot for moving close to the mobile telephone apparatus while receiving the rescue signal transmitted from the mobile telephone apparatus, wherein the robot performs the reception of the rescue signal and the reception of the sound wave; and wherein the distance between the robot and the mobile telephone apparatus is determined based on a time lag between reception of the rescue signal and reception of the sound wave by the robot.