JP2004120777A - Telephone capable of setting various functions - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that a memory dial management number must be memorized to set various functions of a cellular phone and complicated operations are required when the number is lost. <P>SOLUTION: Various functions are set by assigning a desired memory dial to a target function item to set. A memory dial image including names, telephone numbers and their memory dial management numbers is displayed on the display part. When the target memory dial is selected by searching the memory dial image, the display is shifted to an image for searching a function item. When the target function item is selected by searching the function items, the selected memory dial is assigned and setting of the function is completed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

The present invention relates to a telephone such as a mobile telephone capable of setting a function function, and more particularly to a telephone capable of setting a function function for designating a memory.

In general, it is known that a mobile phone has about 60 items called function functions, from which a user can select a function. These function functions are given a two-digit management number (11 to 99) called a function number. The management numbers are roughly grouped into tens places according to differences in the meaning of functions.

When setting such a function function, the user sets the function for each function item by key operation. More specifically, first, a “function key” is pressed on a standby screen as shown in FIG. 3A to display a function item search screen as shown in FIG. 3B. Next, by pressing the “up / down key” to scroll through the function items, or by directly inputting the function number using the “dial key”, the desired function is obtained as shown in FIG. 3 (3) or FIG. 3 (5). Display the item setting screen. On this setting screen, a selection is made as to whether to activate the function.

Here, the setting of the function function is roughly divided into two types of settings. One is to simply set whether or not to activate the function, for example, to set “key confirmation sound”. This function function has about 50 items. FIG. 3C shows a setting screen of “key confirmation sound” as an example. When setting such a function function, a setting screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 3 (3), and then "ON" is selected as shown in FIG. Finish the setting of.

The other is setting of a function function for specifying a memory. For example, there is a function setting such as “memory designated incoming call rejection” as shown in FIG. In order to set this function function, after setting whether or not to operate the function, it is necessary to specify a memory dial number for operating the function. This includes about 10 items. This function of "memory designated incoming call rejection" is a function of rejecting an incoming call from a telephone number registered in a designated memory dial management number. The memory dial is a telephone directory function of a mobile phone, and stores a name and a telephone number registered by a user. A management number is assigned to the memory dial, and currently 100 to 300 entries can be registered.

In the case of setting “memory designated call rejection”, first, a function item is searched by an operation using the “up / down key” as described above and a function setting screen of “memory designated call rejection” as shown in FIG. Is displayed. When "ON" is selected in this state, a screen for inputting a memory dial management number for operating the function is displayed as shown in FIG. For example, assuming that the memory dial management number of the telephone number of the other party whose call is to be rejected is 12, the memory dial management number 12 is input by key operation as shown in FIG. After that, a confirmation screen is displayed as shown in Fig. 3 (8) to complete the setting of the "memory designated call rejection" function. Can be.

By the way, in the conventional mobile phone, when setting the function of designating the memory as described above, it is necessary to enter the memory dial management number when setting the function. You need to remember it. However, if the user forgets the memory dial management number while the function setting screen is displayed, the user must exit the function setting screen and search for the memory dial. That is, as shown in FIG. 4 (1), the screen returns to the standby screen again, and the "call key" is depressed to display the memory dial search screen as shown in FIG. 4 (2). Next, the memory dial is scrolled by pressing the "up / down key", or the target memory dial management number is searched by the character search and the telephone number search using the "dial key".

For example, assuming that the target memory dial management number is 12, as shown in FIG. 4 (3), after confirming the management number, pressing the "end key" returns to the standby screen, and again returns to FIG. The function setting screen of "memory designated incoming call rejection" is displayed as in 5). Then, the memory dial management number searched earlier by the operations of FIGS. 3 (6) to (8) is input. However, the operation of setting the memory dial management number in this way not only puts a burden on the user to store the memory dial management number, but also requires a complicated operation as described above if the user forgets. There is also a problem that it takes time to set functions. Further, in order to designate a memory dial, a memory dial management number is input by a key operation, so that there is a possibility that the memory dial management number is set incorrectly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of setting a function function in a telephone that does not need to store a memory dial management number and that can set functions easily and accurately.

An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone capable of setting a function function for setting a function by designating a desired memory dial for a target function item to be set, a display unit, a name, a telephone number, and A control unit for displaying a memory dial screen including the memory dial management number, and searching for the memory dial screen and, when a target memory dial is selected, shifting to display of a screen for searching for a function item. Is done.

Specifically, a telephone capable of setting a function function includes a memory for storing a plurality of memory dials, a control unit for setting a function function for the stored memory dial, and a display unit. After the memory dial is searched and the target memory dial is selected, the control unit displays a function item setting screen on the display unit by pressing a function key, and further presses an up / down key or a dial key. A setting screen of a target function item that can be set with respect to the memory dial is displayed on the display unit, and a function function corresponding to the target function item can be set.

According to the present invention, by shifting from the memory dial search screen to the function item setting screen, there is no need to store the memory dial, and the setting operation can be performed easily and in a short time. Further, by automatically designating the selected memory dial as a memory for a target function item, not only an input error can be eliminated but also the memory capacity can be reduced.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a transmitting / receiving antenna, and 2 is a radio unit. The reception wave received by the transmission / reception antenna 1 is subjected to processing such as demodulation by the radio unit 2, and the obtained reception sound is transmitted to the user by the speaker 7. Further, the radio unit 2 performs predetermined signal processing such as modulating a sound to be transmitted, and the obtained transmission wave is transmitted from the transmission / reception antenna 1. Since the configuration and operation of the mobile phone are well known, detailed description is omitted.

The control unit 3 is a control circuit for controlling each unit, and the memory 4 is a memory that stores memory dials registered in advance as described above. Each name and telephone number and a memory dial management number assigned to each memory dial I remember. The memory 4 stores data such as a setting screen for setting each function item required for setting the function function. The operation unit 6 is an operation unit composed of a plurality of keys. The control unit 3 reads data of a memory dial search screen and a function item setting screen from the memory 4 in accordance with an operation of the operation unit 6, and displays the data on the display unit 5. To be displayed. The display unit 5 includes a display panel using a liquid crystal or the like, and displays a memory dial search screen, a function item setting screen, and the like under the control of the control unit 3.

Next, a method for setting a function function according to the present embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, in the present embodiment, the setting of the function function is classified into one in which memory is specified and one in which no memory is specified, and the one without memory specification is the same as the conventional one. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, when the setting of “key confirmation sound” is performed, a target function item screen is selected as shown in FIG. 3 (3). The function is set by selecting "ON" as in (4). FIG. 2 omits parts for which memory is not specified, and shows only those for which memory is specified.

In FIG. 2, first, when the mobile phone is on standby, the date and time are displayed on the display unit 5 as shown in FIG. The control unit 3 has a clock function, and displays the time and the like as shown in FIG. When setting the function function in this state, first, the user presses a “call key” in the operation unit 6. The control unit 3 reads display data from the memory 4 in response to the key operation, and displays a memory dial screen on the display unit 5 as shown in FIG.

Next, the user presses the "up / down key" and scrolls the memory dial screen to search for a desired memory dial screen as shown in FIGS. 2 (3) and 2 (3) '. That is, the control unit 3 sequentially reads out the memory dial data from the memory 4 according to the key operation, and displays the memory dial screen on the display unit 5 so that the user searches for a desired memory dial. A desired memory dial screen can also be displayed by directly inputting a memory dial management number by operating a “dial key”. In this way, the user searches for a target memory dial, selects a target memory dial screen, and presses a "function key" to display a function item setting screen as shown in FIG. 2 (4). Here, for example, it is assumed that the memory dial screen of the memory dial management number 12 is selected as shown in FIG.

Next, the user presses the “up / down key” to scroll the function item setting screen, thereby searching the function item setting screen as shown in FIG. 2 (5) or FIG. 2 (5) ′. Alternatively, a desired function item screen can be displayed by directly inputting a function number by operating a “dial key”. In this way, the user searches the function item setting screen and selects a target function item setting screen. For example, when the function item of “memory designated incoming call rejection” is selected as shown in FIG. 2 (5), a screen for selecting whether to operate the function item is displayed as shown in FIG. 2 (6).

When "ON" is selected in this state, the setting of the "memory designated incoming call rejection" function is completed, and the memory dial search screen is displayed on the display unit 5 again. Here, in the present embodiment, when the target function item is selected, the control unit 3 specifies the management number of the previously selected memory dial, and the user automatically enters the memory dial management number without inputting the memory dial management number. It is designed to specify memory. In this case, since the memory dial management number 12 in FIG. 2 (3) has been selected as described above, the control unit 3 specifies the memory dial management number 12 in the function item of “memory designated incoming call rejection”. Therefore, it is possible to reject incoming calls from the telephone number registered in the management number 12 thereafter.

In this embodiment, when the function for designating the memory is set, the screen shifts to the setting screen of the function item only from the display screen of the memory dial, so that it is not necessary to store the memory dial management number. Further, even if the memory dial management number is forgotten, there is no need to search for the memory dial and repeat the setting operation from the beginning, so that the operation can be simplified and the setting time can be shortened. In addition, by automatically designating the selected memory dial management number as a memory, the operation can be simplified and an input error can be eliminated.

Furthermore, when setting the function function, there is no need to enter the memory dial, and the function items are set only by selecting whether or not to activate the function, so the memory capacity required to store the memory dial is unnecessary. And the memory capacity can be reduced accordingly. For example, if there are 300 memory dials and 10 memory-designated function items, conventionally, each item requires 27000 bits (9 bits × 300 items), and a total of 27000 bits (2700 bits × 10 items). On the other hand, in the present embodiment, one memory has 10 bits (1 bit × 10 items), and the entire memory has 3000 bits (10 bits × 300 items), so that the memory capacity can be significantly reduced as compared with the related art.

In the above embodiment, the function item for designating the memory is described as “memory designated incoming call rejection”. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. Needless to say, it can be used to set all other function items that specify memory, such as "memory-specified call forwarding". Further, the present invention is not limited to a mobile phone, but can be used for setting function functions of a normal phone.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to the present invention. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for setting a function function according to the present invention. 9 is a flowchart for explaining a function function setting method of a conventional example. 9 is a flowchart for explaining a conventional memory dial search method.

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1. Transmitting / receiving antenna 2. Radio unit 3. Control unit 4. Memory 5. Display unit 6. Operation unit 7. Speaker

Claims (5)

In a telephone capable of setting function functions by setting a function by designating a desired memory dial to a target function item to be set, a display unit, a name, a telephone number, and a memory dial management number thereof on the display unit And a control unit for displaying a memory dial screen including the following, and when the memory dial screen is searched and a target memory dial is selected, the display is shifted to a screen for searching for a function item. In a telephone capable of setting a function function, the phone includes: メ モ リ a memory for storing a plurality of memory dials, a control unit for setting a function function for the stored memory dial, and a display unit, the control unit After the memory dial is searched and the desired memory dial is selected, a function item setting screen is displayed on the display section by pressing a function key, and further setting can be made for the memory dial by pressing an up / down key or a dial key. A telephone for displaying a setting screen of a desired function item on the display unit so that a function function corresponding to the desired function item can be set. The function function corresponding to the target function item is a memory-designated incoming call rejection function for rejecting an incoming call when a call is received from a telephone number registered in the memory dial. Phone. The function function corresponding to the target function item is a memory-designated call transfer function for transferring a call from a telephone number registered in the memory dial to a telephone number registered in advance when a call is received. The telephone according to claim 2. The telephone according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the telephone is a mobile telephone including an antenna and a wireless unit.

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