JP2001024741A - Incoming call tone automatic increasing/reducing device for portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To relax driver's tension due to the incoming call tone of a portable telephone set during his automobile driving. SOLUTION: The incoming call tone of the portable telephone set is increased/reduced in units seconds by a time series increasing/reducing device 3. An interval designation menu 4 and a sound volume designation menu 5 are used to designate the interval of sound volume change and increase/reduction of the the sound volume. The number of seconds of duration of the incoming call tone is counted by a ring second number detector 6, and the frequency of change is counted by according to the output of a counter 7. The sound volume in changed by a sound volume level adjuster 8 to sound a loudspeaker 9. The incoming call tone during driving is set so that the sound volume increases with time. In the case of automatic incoming call to a personal computer or the like, it is so set that the sound volume becomes smaller. In the case of emergency communication, the sound volume is increased to the maximum level and is continued to be sound.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for automatically increasing / decreasing a ring tone of a portable telephone, and more particularly to a device for automatically increasing / decreasing a ring tone in a time series.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a ring tone of a portable telephone has a constant volume. For this reason, the ringtone may be too loud or too low to be inconvenient. In order to solve such inconvenience, it has been proposed to switch the volume of a ring tone of a mobile phone.

For example, a ring tone volume control method for a portable telephone disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. HEI 5-153201 shown in FIG.
When a call is received while the mobile phone is in the ear, an obstacle caused by a ring tone applied to the ear is prevented.
The time required for the ring tone to reach a certain volume is shorter than that of the conventional ring tone volume control method of a mobile phone. In this method, it is determined whether the number of ring tones is larger or smaller than a set number, and when the number of ring tones is equal to or less than the set number, the ring tone is set to a predetermined volume, and when the number of ring tones is larger than the set number. Switches to any volume set by the user.

[0004]

However, in the conventional device, the ring tone changes only in two stages. If the ring tone sounds while driving a car, the ring tone is loud. Nervousness and psychological pressure. In addition, even when a loud ring tone is not required, as in the case of an incoming call for data communication, there is a problem that the ring tone cannot be reduced, resulting in noise. There is also a problem that the same ring tone cannot be used for an incoming call to an emergency communication number.

[0005] The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and by continuously increasing or decreasing the ring tone, alleviates the tension caused by the ring tone, reduces unnecessary noise, and improves emergency communication. The purpose is to be able to distinguish incoming calls.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a means for instructing a device for automatically increasing / decreasing a ring tone of a cellular phone, It is configured to include a means for increasing the time series and a means for decreasing the ringtone in a time series. With this configuration, the driver's tension can be eased by gradually increasing the ringtone from a low sound during driving.

[0007] Further, there are provided means for interlocking with a navigation system of a vehicle, a motorcycle, a ship, or a helicopter, and means for controlling a ring tone to be reduced in a time series in the case of an incoming data communication to the navigation system. Was. With such a configuration, it is possible to reduce the ring tone at the time of the automatic incoming call and reduce the noise.

Further, there are provided means for connecting to the portable information processing device and means for controlling the incoming sound to be reduced in a time-series manner when data communication to the portable information processing device is received. With such a configuration, it is possible to reduce the ring tone at the time of the automatic incoming call and reduce the noise.

Further, means for connecting to an information processing device mounted on an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance or a police car, and a control for increasing a ring tone in a time-series manner in the case of an incoming data communication to the information processing device. And means for performing such operations. With this configuration, in the case of an incoming emergency communication, it is possible to distinguish the emergency communication by increasing the ringtone.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
A ring tone automatic increase / decrease device for a mobile phone, comprising: means for instructing to increase or decrease the ring tone, means for increasing the ring tone in time series, and means for decreasing the ring tone in time series. Yes, it has the effect of gradually increasing or decreasing the ringtone according to the instruction.

The invention according to claim 2 of the present invention is the invention according to claim 1.
In the automatic ringtone increasing / decreasing device for a mobile phone described above, means for interlocking with a navigation system of a vehicle, a motorcycle, a ship, or a helicopter, and, in the case of an incoming data communication to the navigation system, decreasing the ringtone in time series. Means for controlling the incoming call, and has the effect of reducing the ring tone in the case of an automatic incoming call.

The third aspect of the present invention is the first aspect of the present invention.
A means for connecting to a portable information processing device, and a control to reduce a ring tone in a time-series manner in the case of an incoming data communication to the portable information processing device. Means for reducing the ring tone in the case of automatic incoming call.

The invention according to claim 4 of the present invention is the invention according to claim 1.
In the mobile phone automatic ringing tone increase / decrease device described above, a means for connecting to an information processing device mounted on an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance or a police car, and a time series of a ringtone when data communication to the information processing device is received. And means for controlling the sound to be louder in the event of an incoming call to an emergency telephone.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

(Embodiment) An embodiment of the present invention is directed to an apparatus for automatically increasing / decreasing a ring tone in a time-series manner by instructing the ring tone to be increased or decreased, and to increase / decrease the ring tone in a time series. It is.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an apparatus for automatically increasing / decreasing a ring tone of a portable telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The adapter 1 connects a mobile phone to a subsystem 11 such as a personal computer, a PDA, and a navigation system.
It is a device for connecting to. The 16-core I / F 2 is an interface cable that connects the mobile phone and the adapter 1. The time-series increasing / decreasing device 3 is built in the mobile phone,
This is a device that can arbitrarily set the increase / decrease of the ring tone by using the interval designation menu 4 and the volume designation menu 5. The interval designation menu 4 is means for designating the level of the ringtone to increase or decrease every N seconds (N is an arbitrary number). The volume designation menu 5 is a means for designating a level change of the volume. The ring seconds detector 6 is a means for measuring the time during ringing. Counter 7
Is a means for counting how many cycles of N seconds have occurred. The volume level adjuster 8 is means for adjusting the volume level according to the value of the counter 7. The speaker 9 is a device that outputs a ringtone. The serial I / F 10 is a means for connecting the adapter 1 and the subsystem 11. The subsystem 11 is an information processing system such as a personal computer, a PDA, and a navigation system.

The operation of the automatic ringing apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the menu of FIG. 2 and the flowchart of FIG. In S1, as shown in FIG. 2, a function key of the mobile phone is pressed to prepare for input. In S2, the interval between the ring tones in the menu is specified as N seconds (N is an arbitrary integer). In step S3, the user selects the ringtone volume at the start and the increase / decrease of the volume from the menu.

At S4, the process branches according to the designation of automatic amplification or automatic reduction. For automatic amplification, S
Go to 5. In S5, if there is a key input, S
Step 6 turns off the ringtone (reception of telephone or power off). And
The state returns to S1 again. If there is no key input, S7
Then, a loop is performed until N seconds have elapsed, and in S8, it is determined whether or not the volume is at the maximum value. If it is not the maximum value, the volume is increased by one unit in S9, and if it is the maximum value, the maximum value state is kept in S10. Then, the volume is output in S11, and the process proceeds to S5 again.

In the case of automatic width reduction, the process proceeds to S12. In S12, if there is a key input, the ring tone is turned off in S13 (reception of telephone or power off). Then, the process proceeds to S1 again.

If there is no key input, a loop is performed until N seconds have elapsed in S14, and it is determined in S15 whether the volume is at the minimum value. If it is not the minimum value, the volume is reduced by one unit in S16, and if it is the minimum value, the minimum value state is kept in S17. Then, the volume is output in S18, and the process branches to S12 again.

In a system linked with a navigation system of a vehicle, a motorcycle, a ship, or a helicopter, when data communication to the navigation system is received, the ring tone is controlled to be reduced in time series. In the case of an automatic incoming call, it is only necessary to know that there is an incoming call, so that noise is reduced by a small sound. Similarly, even in a system connected to a portable information processing device, when data communication to the portable information processing device is received, control is performed so that the ringtone is reduced in time series.

In a system connected to an information processing device mounted on an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance or a police car, when data communication to the information processing device arrives, control is performed so that the ringtone is increased in time series. . Since it is necessary to respond immediately to an emergency call, the ring tone is kept at the maximum volume until the response key is pressed so as not to miss the ring tone.

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention,
The ring tone automatic increase / decrease device of the mobile phone is instructed to increase or decrease the ring tone, and the ring tone is increased or decreased in a time-series manner. The required noise can be suppressed.

[0024]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, there is provided a means for instructing a device for automatically increasing / decreasing a ringing tone of a cellular phone, Since it is configured to include a means for increasing the volume and a means for reducing the ringtone in time series, even if there is an incoming call on the mobile phone while the vehicle is running, the ringtone gradually changes from a low tone to a loud one. Thus, the effect of reducing the driver's tension can be obtained.

Further, there are provided means for interlocking with a navigation system of a vehicle, a motorcycle, a ship, or a helicopter, and means for controlling a ring tone to be reduced in a time-series manner when data communication to the navigation system is received. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an effect that noise at the time of automatic incoming call to the navigation system can be suppressed.

In addition, there are provided means for connecting to the portable information processing device and means for controlling the ring tone to be reduced in time series in the case of an incoming data communication to the portable information processing device. In addition, the effect of suppressing noise at the time of automatic incoming call to the portable information processing device can be obtained.

A means for connecting to an information processing device mounted on an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance or a police car, and a control for increasing a ring tone in a time-series manner in the case of an incoming data communication to the information processing device. Because of this, an effect is obtained that an emergency call can be immediately taken without overlooking an incoming emergency call.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for automatically increasing / decreasing a ring tone of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing buttons in a menu for adjusting the volume of the automatic ringing tone increase / decrease device of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the apparatus for automatically increasing / decreasing a ringtone of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional ring tone volume control method for a mobile phone.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Adapter 2 16-core I / F 3 Ringtone automatic increase / decrease device 4 Interval designation menu 5 Volume designation menu 6 Ring seconds detector 7 Volume level detector 8 Volume level adjuster 9 Speaker 10 Serial I / F 11 Subsystem (Personal Computers, mobile devices, navigation)

Claims (4)

[Claims] The present invention is characterized by comprising means for instructing to increase or decrease the ring tone, means for increasing the ring tone in time series, and means for decreasing the ring tone in time series. Ringtone automatic increase / decrease device for mobile phones. 2. A means for interlocking with a navigation system of a vehicle, a motorcycle, a ship, or a helicopter, and a means for controlling a ring tone to be reduced in a time series in the case of an incoming data communication to the navigation system. 2. The apparatus for automatically increasing / decreasing a ring tone of a portable telephone according to claim 1. 3. A means for connecting to a portable information processing device;
2. A method for automatically increasing / decreasing a ring tone of a mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising means for controlling a ring tone to be reduced in a time-series manner in the case of an incoming data communication to the portable information processing apparatus. apparatus. 4. A means for connecting to an information processing device mounted on an emergency vehicle such as an ambulance or a police car, and a control for increasing a ring tone in a time series in the case of an incoming data communication to the information processing device. 2. A device according to claim 1, further comprising means for performing a ringing operation.