JP2001127869A - Control method for portable telephone equipment and portable telephone equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control method for portable telephone for surely performing call operation with a simple operation to a desired party among a small parties registered beforehand, and to provide portable telephone equipment to be controlled by the control method. SOLUTION: When a key operating part is pushed, it is discriminated whether this key is a key, to which a one-action dial is registered beforehand, or not (step 3). When the pushed key is discriminated as the key to which the one- action dial is previously registered, the measurement of time is started from pushing by a timer (step 6). After the lapse of fixed time T1 with pushing kept, it is discriminated as operation for instructing the one-action dial on the basis of so-called long push, and the telephone number of the one-action dial previously registered to the pushed key is displayed on a display (step 8). Afterwards, after the lapse of further fixed time T2 while pushing the key (step 9), a call is originated by discriminating that it is operation for indicating the call addressing the telephone number displayed on the display and speaking is executed by response of the opposite party (step 10).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a portable telephone or a PHS (Personal Handyph) having a one-touch dial function.
The present invention relates to a mobile phone device such as a one system terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional portable telephone device, a destination telephone number is registered in an electronic telephone directory of a built-in storage device in advance, and a desired destination telephone number is searched for by using a scroll key and issued. I was calling.

[0003]

Recently, portable telephones and P
Although mobile phone devices such as HS (Personal Handyphone System) terminals have become widespread among a wide range of consumers, even for children in lower grades of elementary school, emergency contact with parents or crime prevention has been made. It is convenient if communication with a small number of specific destinations, such as between a child and a school or between a child and a nearby relative such as a grandparent, can be easily made with a mobile phone device. Similarly, it is convenient for the elderly to be able to easily contact a small number of specific destinations with a mobile phone device.

According to the present invention, a mobile phone control method and a control method are provided which enable a call operation to be performed to a desired destination from a small number of destinations registered in advance with a simple operation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable telephone device.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a telephone number of a one-touch dial is registered for an operation key to which one input signal is assigned in advance, separately from the one input signal. In addition, when the time during which the operation key is pressed is shorter than a fixed time, the one input signal is treated as being input, and when the time during which the operation key is pressed is longer than a certain time, the one-touch dial is turned. A method for controlling a portable telephone device, characterized in that a pre-registered one-touch dialing telephone number is called as a command signal is input. With this configuration, a call can be made to a previously registered destination by a simple operation.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, for an operation key to which one input signal is assigned in advance, a one-touch dial telephone number is registered separately from the one input signal, and If the time during which is pressed is shorter than the first fixed time (T1), the one input signal is treated as having been input, and the time during which the operation key is pressed is longer than the first fixed time (T1). At this time, the telephone number of the one-touch dial registered in advance is displayed assuming that the signal instructing the one-touch dial has been input, and after the elapse of the first predetermined time (T1),
After the second fixed time (T2) elapses, a call is made for the displayed one-touch dialing telephone number, which is a control method for a portable telephone device. With the lapse of time during which the operation key is pressed, the registered one-touch dial telephone number can be displayed, and a call for the displayed one-touch dial telephone number can be automatically performed in sequence.

[0007] The invention according to claim 3 provides the invention according to claim 1.
Alternatively, a portable telephone device controlled by the control method according to claim 2 can provide a portable telephone device that can easily make a call using a one-touch dial key.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a housing having a cover which can be opened and closed, a transmitting means, a receiving means, a wireless communication means, a key input means, a control means, a storage means, , Display means, wherein the openable / closable cover has a pressing portion for pressing the key input means provided on the housing from above the cover, and the one input signal is provided when the cover is closed. Separately, an operation key in which a telephone number of a one-touch dial is registered is depressed for a predetermined time or more by using a pressing portion of the cover, so that a telephone number of a one-touch dial registered in advance is called. A portable telephone device according to claim 3. With this configuration, it is possible to make a one-touch dial call with the cover closed.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the configuration of a portable telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and includes a slide cover 5 slidable with respect to a main body housing 1. FIG.
(A) is a front view in which the slide cover 5 is closed, and FIG.
Is a front view showing a state where the slide cover 5 is opened.
FIG. 1C is a sectional view taken along the line AA of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, the configuration of the portable telephone device will be briefly described. The main housing 1 is provided with a key operation unit 2, a reception unit 3, and a transmission unit 4 (including a first transmission sound hole 4a and a second transmission sound hole 4b). On the other hand, a call start key 6a and a call end key 6b are provided on the outer surface of the slide cover 5 one by one on the left and right, and a one-touch dial key 6c
Are arranged side by side, and a one-touch dial content display key 6d is arranged below the three keys. The keys provided on the outer surface of the slide cover 5
1 with the slide cover 5 closed as shown in FIG.
When the one-touch dial key 6c is pressed from the outer surface of the keypad, the lower part of the one-touch dial key 6c bends, so that the ten-key button on the main body 1 immediately below can be pressed.

By depressing the numeric key buttons on the main body 1 immediately below the outer surface of the slide cover 5 for a certain period of time, a call start, call end, one-touch dial, or one-touch dial display operation instruction is performed. The information is sent to the control unit. When the one-touch dial content display key 6d is pressed, the contents registered in the three one-touch dial keys 6c are displayed, for example, as shown in FIG.
Can be displayed as follows. Reference numeral 6e denotes a scroll key for moving a cursor or an item displayed on the display.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable telephone device according to the embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, a radio wave received by the antenna 20 is received by a receiving unit (not shown) of the wireless communication unit 21, and the received information is transmitted to the control unit 22. Control unit 22
Displays received information such as a received telephone number on a display 23 such as a liquid crystal display device. The control unit 22 converts the received information into voice information and outputs the voice through the speaker 25 of the receiving unit.

A transmitting unit (microphone) 26 receives a user's voice and transmits it to the control unit 22. The transmitting unit (not shown) of the wireless communication unit 21 and the antenna 20 wirelessly transmit the voice to the other party.
The control unit 22 stores information such as a one-touch dial telephone number in the memory 27, or reads out the stored information. A key operation unit 28 including a numeric keypad and a scroll key inputs a signal to the control unit 22 by key operation, and causes the memory 27 to store telephone number information for one-touch dialing via the control unit 22.

The one-touch dial registration / editing operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the power of the mobile phone device is turned on (step 2
1), and enters a normal reception standby state (step 2)
2). In that state, open the function many of the mobile phone device,
The operation enters a one-touch dial registration / edit mode (step 23).

As shown in FIG. 4A, TEL1.
TEL2. TEL3. , And the name of the other party registered for each of them, for example, “SORA” and the telephone number “01234567890” are displayed (step 24).

Here, as an example of a case where the telephone number of the one-touch dial TEL2 is overwritten and corrected, first, a scroll arrow (6e in FIG. 1 (a)) of the key operation unit 28 is pressed (step 25). As shown in FIG. 4B, the cursor 30 of the display 23 is moved to the one-touch dial T.
It is shifted above the telephone number of EL2 (step 26). Press the rightward arrow of the scroll key to move the cursor 30 of the display 23 to the one-touch dial TE as shown in FIG.
In the state of being over the telephone number of L2, the cursor 30 is moved on the numeral of the telephone number to be overwritten, and the ten keys 2 of the key operation unit 28 are pressed and overwritten as shown in FIG. (Step 27). The overwritten input number information is sequentially registered in the memory 27 (step 28).

If it is desired to overwrite and correct the telephone number of another one-touch dial, the user continues to look at the display 23 in the same manner as described above, shifts the cursor 30 over the one-touch dial to be overwritten, and inputs the number with the ten keys 2. To go. Then, by inputting that the registration / edit is completed (step 29), the portable telephone device returns to the reception standby state again. By the above operation, the destination name and telephone number of the one-touch dial are registered in the memory 27 or are overwritten and corrected.

Next, the flow when the one-touch dial key 6c is pressed to call the other party will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the power of the mobile phone device is turned on (step 1), the mobile phone device enters a normal reception standby state (step 2). When the key operation unit is pressed, it is determined whether the one-touch dial is a key registered in advance (step 3). If the one-touch dial is a key that is not registered in advance, conclude that the key original signal was input,
Wait for the next input (step 4). If the next pressed button is not the call button, the next input is waited for, and if it is the call button, a call is made (step 5).

If it is determined in step 3 that the pressed key is a key in which the one-touch dial is registered in advance, the timer starts counting from the time when the key is pressed (step 6). If a certain time (T1) does not elapse while being pressed, it is regarded as a normal input operation in which keys are pushed one after another instantly as when inputting a telephone number.
It is concluded that the key original signal has been input, and the next input is waited for (step 4).
Is passed, it is determined that the operation is for instructing one-touch dialing by a so-called long press, and the telephone number of the one-touch dial registered in advance for the pressed key is displayed on the display (step 8).

After that, if a certain time (T2) elapses further while the key is pressed (step 9), it is regarded that the operation is to instruct the telephone number displayed on the display to make a call, and the call is made. A call is made according to the previous response (step 10).
Then, when the call end button is pressed (step 1
1) End the call (step 12). Step 9 is provided after step 8 in the above flowchart.
Step 9 is omitted, and step 8 is followed by step 10
May be followed.

As described above, when a key in which a one-touch dial is registered in advance is continuously pressed for a predetermined time or more, that is, when a so-called long-press state is continued, the one-touch dial registered in the key is displayed on the display. The phone number is displayed, and then the call is made, but when the same key is pushed one after another, such as when entering a normal phone number, the usual phone number input work This is regarded as a normal operation equivalent to the above, and it is assumed that a signal originally assigned to the key is inputted.

Therefore, even if a switch for detecting the open / closed state of the slide cover is not used, a one-touch dial call can be made by pressing and holding the one-touch dial key from above the slide cover. You can do normal phone number entry work by pushing keys one after another.

As described above, in the portable telephone device of the present invention, about three one-touch dial keys 6c provided on the outer surface of the slide cover are prepared, and one of the specified small number of keys is pressed for a predetermined time or more. With a simple operation of long-pressing, a calling operation can be reliably performed to a desired destination among a small number of destinations registered in advance. Further, there is an advantage that it is possible to perform a simple operation of pressing a key until the operation of confirming the telephone number of the other party is also displayed.

In the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the slide cover is used as an example of the cover that opens and closes.
One-touch dial keys may be provided on the outer surface of the flip-type opening / closing cover, or even if there is no cover, if one-touch dials are registered on each of the numeric keys, you can press and hold the number of one-touch dials for the number of keys It can be used for twice the application because it is not a long press.

Further, by pressing and holding the same key, such as the one-touch dial content display key 6d, other function operations of the telephone different from those performed when the one-touch dial content display is momentarily pushed instead of the long press are registered in advance. In this case, the control unit 22 may perform a predetermined operation.

[0027]

As described above, the first aspect of the present invention is as follows.
According to the invention described in the above, for an operation key to which one input signal is assigned in advance, a telephone number of a one-touch dial is registered separately from the one input signal, and a time during which the operation key is pressed is longer than a predetermined time. If it is short, the one input signal is treated as having been input, and if the time during which the operation key is pressed is longer than a predetermined time, it is registered in advance as a signal indicating one-touch dialing has been inputted. A method for controlling a portable telephone device, wherein a one-touch dial telephone number is called. With this configuration, there is an effect that a call can be made to a previously registered destination by a simple operation.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, for the operation key to which one input signal is assigned in advance, a one-touch dial telephone number is registered separately from the one input signal, If the time during which is pressed is shorter than the first fixed time (T1), the one input signal is treated as having been input, and the time during which the operation key is pressed is longer than the first fixed time (T1). At this time, the telephone number of the one-touch dial registered in advance is displayed assuming that the signal instructing the one-touch dial has been input, and after the elapse of the first predetermined time (T1),
After the second fixed time (T2) elapses, a call is made for the displayed one-touch dialing telephone number, which is a control method for a portable telephone device. With the lapse of time when the operation key is pressed, there is an effect that the display of the registered one-touch dialing telephone number and the calling for the displayed one-touch dialing telephone number can be automatically performed sequentially. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone device controlled by the control method according to the first or second aspect. With this configuration, it is possible to easily make a call using one-touch dial keys. There is an effect that a portable telephone device that can be provided can be provided.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a housing having a cover which can be opened and closed, a transmitting means, a receiving means, a wireless communication means, a key input means, a control means, and a storage means are provided. The cover that can be opened and closed has a pressing portion for pressing key input means provided on the housing from above the cover, and a one-touch dial telephone separately from the one input signal when the cover is closed. 4. A telephone number for one-touch dialing which is registered in advance by depressing an operation key in which a number is registered for a predetermined time or more by using a pressing portion of the cover.
The mobile phone device according to the item (1). With this configuration, there is an effect that a one-touch dial call can be made with the cover closed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view and a cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of a mobile phone device according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the mobile phone device according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining a one-touch dial registration / edit operation of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a cursor displayed on a display unit when editing the contents of a registered one-touch dial and the editing state thereof;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the present invention when a one-touch dial key is pressed to call a destination.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case 2 Key operation part 3 Earpiece part 4 Speech part 4a First transmission sound hole 4b Second transmission sound hole 5 Slide cover 6a Call start key 6b Call end key 6c One-touch dial key 6d One-touch dial contents Display key 6e Scroll key 20 Antenna 21 Wireless communication unit 22 Control unit 23 Display

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Claims (4)

[Claims] An operation key to which one input signal is assigned in advance is registered with a one-touch dial telephone number separately from the one input signal, and a time during which the operation key is pressed is shorter than a predetermined time. When the one input signal is treated as having been input, and when the time during which the operation key is pressed is longer than a predetermined time, it is assumed that a signal indicating a one-touch dial has been input,
A method for controlling a mobile telephone device, wherein a telephone number of a one-touch dial registered in advance is called. 2. An operation key to which one input signal is assigned in advance, a telephone number of a one-touch dial is registered separately from the one input signal, and a time during which the operation key is pressed is a first constant. When the time is shorter than the time (T1), the one input signal is treated as being input, and when the time during which the operation key is pressed is longer than the first fixed time (T1), a signal indicating a one-touch dial is issued. Is displayed, the telephone number of the one-touch dial registered in advance is displayed, and after the elapse of the first fixed time (T1) and the elapse of the second fixed time (T2), the display is performed. A method for controlling a mobile phone device, wherein a call is made for a one-touch dial telephone number. 3. A mobile telephone controlled by the control method of a mobile telephone device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a one-touch dial telephone number registered in advance is called. apparatus. 4. A housing having an openable and closable cover, a transmitting means, a receiving means, a wireless communication means, a key input means, a control means, a storage means, and a display means, The cover that can be opened and closed has a pressing portion for pressing the key input means provided on the housing from above the cover, and a one-touch dial telephone number is registered separately from the one input signal with the cover closed. By pressing down the operation keys that have been pressed for a certain time or more using the pressing portion of the cover,
4. The portable telephone device according to claim 3, wherein a telephone number of one-touch dial registered in advance is called.