| US 7,533,280 B2 | ||
| Emergency call apparatus and method for smart phone | ||
| Pil-Jun Kim, Seoul (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 20, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/969,126. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2003-0078140 (KR), filed on Nov. 05, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0097380 A1, May 05, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 713—310 [379/41] | 10 Claims |
| 1. An emergency call apparatus for a smart phone including a telephone unit and a personal data assistant unit, the emergency
call apparatus comprising:
the telephone unit including an emergency call performing unit;
the personal data assistant unit including an emergency call number storage unit for storing at least one emergency call number
and a telephone power control unit for comparing a phone number inputted by a user with stored emergency call numbers when
the telephone unit is powered off, and generating a telephone power-on signal for activating the telephone unit if the inputted
phone number is identical to one of the stored emergency call numbers, the personal data assistant unit sending a call set-up
command to the telephone unit;
a power supply for supplying power to the telephone unit and the personal data assistant unit;
a first power path connected to the power supply, for sending power to the personal data assistant unit; and
a second power path connected to the power supply, for sending power to the telephone unit in response to the telephone power-on
signal,
wherein power to the telephone unit is independently turned off while power to the personal data assistant unit continues
to be supplied, and
wherein the telephone power-on signal turns the telephone unit from an off-mode to an on-mode in order to transmit an emergency
call.
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