MOBILE TERMINAL FOR TRANSMITTING EMERGENCY MESSAGE AND METHOD THEREOF

摘要

A mobile terminal includes a memory unit for storing a phonebook including at least one telephone number and registering emergency (SOS) phrases and SOS message recipients; a display unit for displaying a picture for SOS message transmission; an audio unit for converting voice data into an audio signal through a speaker and converting an audio signal received through a microphone into voice data; and a controller for constructing an SOS message using the SOS phrases when the SOS message transmission is required and transmitting the SOS message to predetermined telephone numbers registered in the phonebook when there do not exist the SOS message recipients registered in the memory unit.