JP2005109957A - Mobile terminal device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem that a cellular phone rings in a place where a user has gone although alarm notification is not necessary unless the alarm notification function is turned off, for example, in such a case that the user wakes up earlier than a set time and goes out, in the cellular phone having the alarm notification function. <P>SOLUTION: An alarm set time and the position information of user's house are registered in advance. When the alarm time comes (step ST30), a built-in GPS positioning unit and a built-in GPS control unit grasp the present position (step ST31). The present position is compared with the registered position (step ST32), and if they match in almost all respects, it is determined that the user is still in bed at home and the alarm notification sound is output (step ST33), and if they do not match, it is determined that the user has got up already and the unnecessary alarm notification sound is not output (step ST34). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile terminal device having an alarm notification function for performing alarm notification at a specified time.

In mobile terminal devices such as mobile phones and PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), devices that have a function of performing alarm notification at the time set by the user are generally known. Doing so may be used as an alarm function.
However, in this type of wake-up function, it may happen that the alarm is not notified when the alarm should be originally notified.
For example, if the manner mode that does not sound the notification sound at the time set by the user is set to remain silent, alarm notification is necessary, but the vibrator is activated and no alarm notification is issued. May happen.
On the other hand, after setting the alarm notification function, before reaching the notification time set by the user, the user confirms whether or not to generate an alarm sound. There has been proposed a portable terminal device that generates an alarm sound even if it exists (Patent Document 1 below).
JP 2002-350578 A

By the way, in the portable terminal device of the above-mentioned patent document 1, before the alarm notification is set, the user can select whether or not the alarm notification is necessary according to the schedule. Since the user's situation at a certain time cannot be determined, for example, when the user wakes up and goes out earlier than the set time, the alarm notification is no longer necessary. If the alarm notification function is not cancelled, there is a problem that it rings on the go.
In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal device capable of alarm notification at a set time only when necessary.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a portable terminal device having a notification function for performing alarm notification at an arbitrary time, a notification means for sounding a notification sound, and a timing means for timing the time. Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information, storage means for storing arbitrary position information and time, respectively, time stored by the time measuring means in the state where the notification function is set, and storage in the storage means When the received time coincides, position information is acquired by the position information acquisition means, the position information is compared with the position information stored in the storage means, and both the position information are within a predetermined allowable range. In some cases, the notification means is operated to sound a notification sound, and when the position information is not within the predetermined allowable range, the notification means is not operated and the notification sound is sounded. And a control means for controlling so as not.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the mobile terminal device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the portable terminal device has a mute mode in which the notification unit is deactivated, and the control unit is configured to perform the both operations when the mute mode is set. When the position information is within the predetermined permissible range, the mute mode is canceled and the notification means is operated to sound a notification sound.

  Preferably, the control means resets the mute mode and deactivates the notification means when the notification sound from the notification means ends.

  Since the mobile terminal device according to the present invention determines the necessity of alarm notification based on the current position of the user, there is an advantage that the convenience of the user is improved as an alarm function.

First Embodiment Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of the appearance of a mobile terminal device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. (A) is the figure which looked at the portable terminal device 100 from the front, (b) is the figure which looked at the portable terminal device 100 from the back.
As shown in FIG. 1, the main body case 1 of the mobile terminal device 100 has a rounded rectangular shape, and a cylindrical antenna 7 is provided at the upper end portion of the main body case 1 so that it can be pulled out. .
Further, an image display panel 2 a of the rectangular display unit 2 is provided at a position near the antenna 7 in the front part of the main body case 1. In the remaining portion of the front portion, 15 push button switches constituting the key operation unit 3 are arranged adjacent to the image display panel 2a in a 3 × 5 matrix.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1 (a), a speaker opening 6a for outputting sound from the speaker is opened at the edge on the antenna 7 side of the front portion, and a microphone is provided at the opposite edge. A microphone opening 5a for collecting sound is opened.
Further, in FIG. 1B, the GPS positioning unit 4 built inside the main body case 1 is shown by a dotted line.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration of the mobile terminal device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. A mobile terminal device 100 illustrated in FIG. 2 includes a display unit 2, a key operation unit 3, a GPS positioning unit 4, a microphone 5, a speaker 6, an antenna 7, a GPS control unit 8, and an audio processing unit 9. And a communication processing unit 10 and a control unit 11.

In addition, the alerting | reporting means in this invention is corresponded to the audio | voice processing part 9 and the speaker 6 in this embodiment.
The time measuring means in the present invention corresponds to the time measuring unit 12 in the present embodiment.
The position information acquisition means in the present invention corresponds to the GPS positioning unit 4 and the GPS control unit 8 in the present embodiment.
The storage means in the present invention corresponds to the memory 13 in the present embodiment.
The control means in the present invention corresponds to the control unit 11 in the present embodiment.

The display unit 2 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display panel (LCD panel), an organic EL panel, and the like, and displays a predetermined image under the control of the control unit 11. In addition, the display unit 2 may include a light emitting element such as a light emitting diode that blinks under the control of the control unit 11.
The key operation unit 3 has an input operation mechanism such as a push button switch, and inputs a signal according to a user input operation to the control unit 11.

  The GPS positioning unit 4 receives radio waves flying from at least three GPS satellites under the control of the GPS control unit 8 and outputs received signals to the GPS control unit 8. The radio wave from each GPS satellite includes accurate position information of the satellite and time information when the radio wave is emitted.

The microphone 5 converts the input sound into an electrical sound signal and outputs it to the sound processing unit 9.
The speaker 6 converts the electrical audio signal output from the audio processing unit 9 into sound and emits the sound.
The antenna 7 receives a radio signal propagating in space and inputs it to the communication processing unit 10, and radiates a radio signal output from the communication processing unit 10 to the space.

The GPS control unit 8 instructs the GPS positioning unit 4 to start receiving radio waves from the GPS satellites according to the control of the control unit 11, and receives the reception signals received by the GPS positioning unit 4 from the respective GPS satellites. Calculate latitude and longitude. When the calculation of latitude and longitude (positioning) is completed, an interrupt signal indicating the completion of positioning is output to the control unit 11, and position information (latitude and longitude) as a positioning result is output to the control unit 11.
The audio processing unit 9 converts the audio signal from the microphone 5 into a digital signal, performs a predetermined encoding process, and outputs audio data as a processing result to the control unit 11. In addition, the audio data output from the control unit 11 is subjected to a predetermined decoding process to be converted into an analog audio signal, which is output to the speaker 6.
In addition, the alarm data is generated by subjecting the sound data stored in the memory 13 (described later) to a predetermined decoding process, converting the sound data into an analog sound signal, and outputting the analog sound signal to the speaker 6.

The communication processing unit 10 performs predetermined modulation processing on the transmission data output from the control unit 11 to convert it into a radio signal, and outputs it to the antenna 7. In addition, a predetermined demodulation process is performed on the radio signal received by the antenna 7 to reproduce the received data and output it to the control unit 11.
The control unit 11 performs various processes related to the overall operation of the mobile terminal device 100.
For example, as processing related to voice communication, processing for making and receiving calls in response to a key input operation in the key operation unit 3, and voice data input and output in the voice processing unit 9 are transmitted and received in the communication processing unit 10. Process.
In addition, the mobile terminal device 100 has a manner mode (silence mode) set by the user through the key operation unit 3, and the control unit 11 also determines whether or not the current setting is the manner mode. .

The timer 12 counts the time based on the initial time set by the user, and calculates the current time.
The memory 13 is electrically erasable, such as an EEPROM, and includes a non-volatile memory that retains stored contents even when the power of the mobile terminal device 100 is turned off. An address book (phone book data) in which sound data, names and telephone numbers are registered is stored. Further, in the present embodiment, as will be described later, position information and alarm setting time registered by the user via the key operation unit 3 are stored.

The configuration of the mobile terminal device 100 has been described above. Next, the operation of the mobile terminal device 100 in this embodiment will be described.
3 to 5 are flowcharts illustrating an example of the operation of the mobile terminal device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention. The user uses an alarm notification function of the mobile terminal device 100, for example, at home or in a hotel as an alarm clock. Operation when used.
First, the flowchart shown in FIG. 3 will be described.

Step ST10:
The user registers the position of his / her home or specified place where he / she wakes up regularly through the key operation unit 3.
For example, if the user wants to use the mobile terminal device 100 as a wake-up function at home, the following location registration operation is performed at home.

That is, when a predetermined operation is performed through the key operation unit 3, the GPS control unit 8 instructs the GPS positioning unit 4 to start receiving radio waves from the GPS satellites through the control unit 11. When the GPS positioning unit 4 receives a radio wave from a GPS satellite according to the control of the GPS control unit 8, the control unit 8 receives the received signal and calculates (positions) the latitude and longitude.
When the positioning is completed, the GPS control unit 8 outputs an interrupt signal indicating completion of positioning to the control unit 11 and outputs position information as a positioning result to the control unit 11. Thereby, home location registration is performed, and the location registration data is stored in the memory 13.
As described above, the GPS positioning unit 4 and the GPS control unit 8 may be used to configure the control unit 11 so that the position registration data is stored in the memory 13, or the user can directly input the latitude and longitude. May be input through the key operation unit 3 and the input latitude and longitude may be stored in the memory 13.

Step ST11:
Next, a time when the user desires to generate an alarm notification sound is set through the key operation unit 3. For example, if the user wants to use the mobile terminal device 100 as a wake-up function at home, a time (AM 8:00 or the like) at which the user wants to wake up is set.
When the alarm notification time is set, it is stored in the memory 13 as the alarm setting time.

Step ST12 and step ST13:
When the location registration data and the alarm setting time are stored in the memory 13 in steps ST10 and ST11, the processing flow performed in the control unit 11 differs depending on whether the user selects the normal mode or the mode with GPS function.
The normal mode is a mode when the mobile terminal device 100 is used as a normal alarm function, and is a mode that does not use the GPS function (step ST12).
On the other hand, the mode with the GPS function is a mode for controlling the alarm notification operation based on the position information obtained by the GPS function as compared with the normal mode (step ST13).

  In the flow of steps ST10 to ST13 described above, the user presses the key operation unit 3 after the user interface is actually established by the control unit 11 controlling the display unit 2 (operation). It is executed by doing.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart when the normal mode in step ST12 is selected.
Step ST20:
It is assumed that the alarm set time (for example, AM 8:00) set in step ST11 is reached in the state set to the normal mode in step ST12. That is, the control unit 11 constantly compares the current time sequentially calculated by the time measuring unit 12 with the alarm set time stored in the memory 13, and as a result, the two match.

Step ST21:
If the current time matches the alarm setting time, it is checked whether the portable terminal device 100 is in the manner mode.
The mobile terminal device 100 has a manner mode (silence mode), and whether or not to set the manner mode can be switched by the user pressing (operating) a predetermined button of the key operation unit 3, for example. It is possible.
The control unit 11 can be configured to input an operation state of the predetermined button from the key operation unit 3 and set, for example, a manner mode flag (1: manner mode, 0: not manner mode). Therefore, it is possible to easily check whether the manner mode is set.

Step ST22:
If the manner mode is not set in step ST21, the control unit 11 extracts predetermined sound data from the memory 13, controls the sound processing unit 9, and outputs an alarm notification sound from the speaker 6.
Step ST23:
When the manner mode is set, the control unit 11 controls the sound processing unit 9 so that the alarm notification sound is not output from the speaker 6.

As described above, in the normal mode described in Steps ST20 to ST23, the operation is based only on the alarm set time stored in the memory 13. For example, the user gets up earlier than the alarm set time and goes out, so that the alarm notification is no longer performed. Even if it is not necessary, if the manner mode is not set, an alarm notification sound is output.
Conversely, even if the user is still asleep at the alarm setting time and needs alarm notification, the alarm notification sound is not output if the manner mode is set.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart when the mode with the GPS function is selected in step ST13.
Step ST30:
In the state where the mode with the GPS function is set in step ST13, it is assumed that the alarm set time (for example, AM 8:00) set in step ST11 is reached. That is, the control unit 11 constantly compares the current time sequentially calculated by the time measuring unit 12 with the alarm set time stored in the memory 13, and as a result, the two match.

Step ST31:
Next, the current position is measured using the GPS function.
That is, the GPS control unit 8 instructs the GPS positioning unit 4 to start receiving radio waves from GPS satellites through the control unit 11. When the GPS positioning unit 4 receives a radio wave from a GPS satellite according to the control of the GPS control unit 8, the control unit 8 receives the received signal and calculates (positions) the latitude and longitude.
When the positioning is completed, the GPS control unit 8 outputs an interrupt signal indicating completion of positioning to the control unit 11 and outputs position information as a positioning result to the control unit 11.

  According to the flowchart of FIG. 5, it is described that positioning of the current position is performed after the alarm set time is reached, but in actuality, AM8 is considered in consideration of the processing time of positioning of the current position. For example, the positioning process may be started at 7:59 AM one minute before the alarm notification at 0:00. Of course, as long as the positioning process can be performed in such a short time (eg, several seconds) that it can be ignored, the positioning process may be performed in the order shown in the flowchart of FIG.

Step ST32:
In step ST31, since the positioning result (latitude and longitude) by the GPS function is obtained, the control unit 11 compares the positioning result with the position registration data stored in the memory 13 in step ST10 (during registration). Determine whether they match.
Here, when a positioning error (for example, 5 to 10 m) is taken into consideration, even if the positioning result and the position registration data do not completely coincide with each other, within a predetermined allowable range (for example, 10 to 15 m) based on the positioning error. ), The control unit 11 determines that they match.

Step ST33:
As a result of the comparison in step ST32, when the positioning result and the position registration data match, the control unit 11 extracts predetermined sound data from the memory 13, controls the sound processing unit 9, and outputs an alarm notification sound from the speaker 6. To do.
Step ST34:
As a result of the comparison in step ST32, when the positioning result and the position registration data do not match, the control unit 11 controls the voice processing unit 9, and no alarm notification sound is output from the speaker 6.

  In the mode with the GPS function described in steps ST30 to ST34, the current position at the alarm setting time is measured. When the user has already woken up and has gone out, that is, when the user is no longer in the home where the user has registered the location, no alarm notification is required, so no alarm notification sound is output.

  As described above, according to the mobile terminal device 100 of the present embodiment, the display unit 2, the key operation unit 3, the GPS positioning unit 4, the GPS control unit 8, the speaker 6, the voice processing unit 9, the control unit 11, the timekeeping. When the user inputs the alarm setting time and the position registration information through the display unit 2 and the key operation unit 32, the control unit 11 stores the alarm setting time and the position registration information in the memory 13. When the stored alarm setting time is reached, the GPS control unit 8 causes the GPS control unit 8 to calculate (measure) the latitude and longitude based on the radio wave received from the GPS satellite, and compares the calculation result with the position registration information. As a result, when the two match, the audio processing unit 9 is instructed to output the alarm notification sound from the speaker 6, and when the two do not match, the alarm notification sound is not output. Since an instruction to, the following effects can be obtained.

  That is, when the user wants to wake up and is in a place where he / she wants to be alarmed and is at a registered home or hotel, the alarm is surely notified, and when the user has already woken up and has gone out, When the location is not registered at home or at a hotel, no alarm sound is generated because alarm notification is not required. Therefore, since it is automatically determined whether or not alarm notification is performed, the user does not need to set and cancel the alarm notification, and the convenience of the mobile terminal device 100 is improved.

Second Embodiment Hereinafter, a second embodiment will be described.
The mobile terminal device in the second embodiment has the same configuration as the mobile terminal device 100 described in the first embodiment, but the operation in the mode with the GPS function is different.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation in the mode with the GPS function in the present embodiment. Compared with the flowchart of FIG. 5 described in the first embodiment, steps ST32a and 32b are added between step ST32 and step ST34 in the flowchart of FIG.
Hereinafter, the operation in this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Step ST32a:
The current time coincides with the alarm setting time (step ST30), the current position is measured by the GPS positioning unit 4 and the GPS control unit 8 (step ST31), and the position registration information such as the home stored in the memory 13 is stored in the measured current position. As a result of comparing (step ST32), if the current position matches the registered position, it is checked whether or not the mobile terminal device 100 is in the manner mode.
The control unit 11 is configured to input an operation state of a predetermined button from the key operation unit 3 and set, for example, a manner mode flag (1: manner mode, 0: not manner mode). It is possible to check whether the mode.

Step ST32b:
If it is determined in step ST32a that the manner mode is set, the control unit 11 cancels the manner mode, retrieves predetermined sound data from the memory 13, and causes the sound processing unit 9 to The alarm notification sound is output from the speaker 6 under control.
Thereby, even when the manner mode is set, an alarm notification sound is output if the position condition is met.

  In step ST32a, when it is determined that the manner mode is not set, the control unit 11 controls the audio processing unit 9 to output an alarm notification sound from the speaker 6.

As described above, according to the mobile terminal device 100 in the present embodiment, the GPS positioning unit 4 and the GPS control unit 8 are compared when the alarm set time is reached as compared with the mobile terminal device 100 in the first embodiment. If the current position is determined by the above and the positioning result matches the position registration information stored in advance in the memory 13, the control unit 11 checks whether or not the manner mode is set, and the manner mode is set. If the control unit 11 is configured to cancel the manner mode and perform alarm notification, the following effects can be obtained.
That is, even if the user is in the mute mode that does not sound the notification sound, that is, the manner mode, when the user is in a place where the alarm notification is desired, the alarm notification can be reliably performed, It is possible to prevent the alarm from sounding due to forgetting to cancel the manner mode.

Third Embodiment Hereinafter, a third embodiment will be described.
The mobile terminal device in the third embodiment has the same configuration as that of the mobile terminal device 100 described in the second embodiment, but is one step after step ST33 in FIG. 5 in the mode with the GPS function. It is different in that the operation is added.
That is, in the present embodiment, the control unit 11 checks whether or not the manner mode is set (step ST32a). If the manner mode is set, the manner mode is canceled (step ST32b). An alarm notification sound is output (step ST33), but when the alarm notification sound finishes sounding, the manner mode is set again (step not shown in FIG. 6).

  Thereby, even when the user is set to the manner mode, when the user is in a place where the alarm is to be notified, the alarm can be surely notified. When the operation is completed, the manner mode is restored, so that it is possible to prevent inadvertent ringing of the notification sound after alarm notification for waking up.

It is the figure which illustrated an example of the external appearance of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention, (a) is the figure which looked at the portable terminal device from the front, (b) is the figure which looked at the portable terminal device from the back. . It is the block diagram which illustrated an example of the system configuration | structure of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a part of flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a part of flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a part of flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a part of flowchart which shows an example of operation | movement of the portable terminal device which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Portable terminal device 1 ... Main body case 2 ... Display part 3 ... Key operation part 4 ... GPS positioning part 5 ... Microphone 6 ... Speaker 7 ... Antenna 8 ... GPS control part 9 ... Voice processing part 10 ... Communication processing part 11 ... Control Part 12 ... Timekeeping part 13 ... Memory

Claims (3)

A portable terminal device having a notification function for performing alarm notification at an arbitrary time,
A notification means for generating a notification sound;
A time measuring means for measuring time;
Position information acquisition means for acquiring position information;
Storage means for storing arbitrary position information and time respectively;
In the state where the notification function is set, when the time measured by the time measuring means coincides with the time stored in the storage means, the position information acquisition means acquires position information, and the position information and the storage The position information stored in the means is compared, and when both the position information are within a predetermined allowable range, the notification means is operated to sound a notification sound, and the both position information is And a control means for controlling the notification means to be inoperative so as not to sound a notification sound when not within the range. The portable terminal device further has a mute mode for disabling the notification means,
The control means includes
When the mute mode is set and the position information is within the predetermined allowable range, the mute mode is canceled and the notification means is operated to sound the notification sound. The portable terminal device according to claim 1. The control means includes
3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 2, wherein when the notification sound by the notification unit ends, the mute mode is reset to disable the notification unit. 4.

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