GROUP COMMUNICATION SYSTEM II

Abstract

Group communication system comprising at least three communication devices, preferably a multiplicity of communication devices, wherein the communication devices communicate in at least one radio network directly, without the interposition of a static transmitting/receiving station, wherein each communication device provides a communication channel at least for the transmission of a sound, in particular voice, signal, wherein each communication device comprises at least one sensor for capturing data, in particular a motion sensor and/or temperature sensor and/or a tactile sensor and/or . . . , and provides a data channel for transmitting sensor data and/or signals on the basis of sensor data.

Claims

1. A group communication system comprising at least three communication devices, preferably a multiplicity of communication devices, wherein the communication devices communicate in at least one radio network directly, without the interposition of a static transmitting/receiving station, wherein each communication device provides a communication channel at least for the transmission of a sound, in particular voice, signal, wherein each communication device comprises at least one sensor for capturing data, in particular a motion sensor and/or temperature sensor and/or a tactile sensor and provides a data channel for transmitting sensor data and/or signals on the basis of sensor data.

2. The GKS as claimed in claim 1, wherein each communication device has a GPS receiver.

3. The GKS as claimed in claim 1, further comprises an optical sensor, in particular a video camera, and/or an interface for a camera is comprised.

4. The GKS as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data channel provides a continuous data stream to at least one further communication device, in particular to multiple communication devices, at least intermittently.

5. The GKS as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least one communication device has a mobile network device, in particular an access to the mobile Internet, wherein this communication device uses the data channel to provide an access for the other communication devices in the GKS as access to the mobile Internet.

6. A method for operating a group communication system, wherein the GKS comprises at least 3, preferably a multiplicity of, communication devices (K1 to Kz), wherein the communication devices perform a voice recognition to open at least one communication channel to at least one further communication device.

7. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein at least one communication device is connected to at least one further communication device permanently via at least one data channel.

8. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the group communication system GKS can comprise a plurality of subgroups GKS-I and GKS-II, wherein the subgroups provide some, in particular all, functions of the group communication system GKS among one another.

9. The method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the group communication system has an interface to an external network, in particular to the Internet, wherein the interface is produced by at least one communication device K1 to Kz and wherein the group communication system and/or further single and/or further multiple communication devices can be addressed by means of the interface.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

[0029] FIG. shows a group communication system according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0030] FIG. 1 shows a group communication system GKS having a total of four communication devices K1, K2, K3, K4. Exemplarily, a number of 3 sensors is depicted on the communication device K1, with a temperature sensor T, a motion sensor MOV and a tactile sensor B being shown. A multiplicity of further sensors are conceivable, as described in the general part, these also being able to the integrated invisibly in the housing.

[0031] Each communication device K1 to K4 has direct communication available with all other devices, each communication channel being in the form of a bidirectional communication channel. By way of example, the communication device K1 communicates with the communication device K2 via the channel CH12 directly, so that, for example, speaking and listening connections can take place at the same time. Furthermore, the communication device K2 communicates with the communication device K3 via the communication channel CH23 and the communication device K1 communicates with the communication device K3 via the communication channel CH13. The other communication devices K1-K4 communicate among one another via the depicted communication channels accordingly.

[0032] A headset 10 in the form of headphones with a microphone is depicted on the communication device K4 exemplarily. The headset 10 comprises headphones 11 and a microphone 12, the audio reproduction 13 being effected using the headphones and the audio recording 14 being effected using the microphone. The headset 10 can be connected to the communication devices K1 to K4 either via a wired connection 15 or via a wireless connection 16, for example, a Bluetooth connection. The headset can be used to record the voice and perform the described voice recognition in a defined manner.

[0033] Besides the communication channels CHXY, there is provision for additional data channels DXY. X and Y denote the numbers of the communication devices K1 to K4 communicating with one another. Reference is made to the description of the functions of the sensor data in the general part.

[0034] Exemplarily, a network device 20, in particular, a mobile Internet access, e.g LTE or subsequent generations of the mobile Internet, is depicted on the communication device K2. The data channel D12 or D24 or D23 can, therefore, be used by any other communication device to access this function.

[0035] All the communication devices K1 to Kz (z representing a number for identifying the communication devices) are connected to one another via radio connections, the radio connections being provided by other communication devices either directly or via the applicable functionalities.

[0036] The interface 20 to an external network, in particular, the Internet, which interface is depicted on the communication device K2, allows the group communication system to be addressed from outside. In the present case, the interface is in the form of a wireless interface with an antenna 21, which e.g. uses a mobile Internet standard, in particular, LTE or further standards, to access the Internet. In this way, signals 22 can be sent to the Internet and calls can be received from the Internet. Data connections of any type are also additionally conceivable.