Patent ID: 7076236

Claim:
A portable radio communication terminal, comprising: a radio transmitter/receiver for transmitting and receiving signals over a public mobile communications network; a voice input unit and a voice output unit for entering and releasing communication signals to be transmitted and received by the radio transmitter/receiver; a light emitter for emitting light to indicate details of an action; an operation entering unit; and a mode selecting controller for, when a normal emergency call mode (referred to as a normal mode) of the action is selected with the operation entering unit, shifting the action to the normal mode where the voice input unit, the voice output unit, and the light emitter are turned on and the access via the radio transmitter/receiver to a predetermined emergency call station is connected, and, when a static emergency call mode (referred to as a static mode) of the action is selected with the operation entering unit, shifting the action to the static mode where the voice input unit remains turned on while the voice output unit and the light emitter are turned off and the access via the radio transmitter/receiver to the predetermined emergency call station is connected.