The object of the present invention is to provide a cellular phone to be
used for emergency reports that performs GPS positioning by means of
remote control from an emergency report center, and transmits positional
information to the emergency report center. The emergency report cellular
phone according to the present invention is constituted such that when an
emergency report switch thereof is depressed, a call request is made to
the emergency report center. The emergency report center transmits a
response signal with the result that a call link is formed between the
emergency report cellular phone and the emergency report center.
Following completion of the telephone call, the emergency report center
transmits a position recalculation command message, by means of a DTMF
signal. The emergency report cellular phone, which has received this
command message, performs GPS positioning and then converts latitudinal
and longitudinal information to a DTMF signal before transmitting same to
the emergency report center. As a result, even in a case where, in a time
of emergency, a reporting party is unable to perform GPS positioning
manually as a result of a poor physical condition, for example, since GPS
positioning is possible by means of remote control, it is possible to
rescue the reporting party in a rapid and reliable manner.