JP2005175691A - Mobile phone, control method and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a foldable mobile phone capable of attaining a speech in a folded state even under surrounding noise, reducing power consumption and preventing occurrence of malfunction. <P>SOLUTION: The mobile phone mounted with a bone conduction speaker and operation keys used in a closing state includes: a detection means for detecting whether the mobile phone is in the closing state or an opening state; an acquisition means for acquiring operating information denoting the propriety of the operation of the bone conduction speaker; a switching means for switching the operation propriety state of the bone conduction speaker on the basis of the operating information; and a control means that handles entries by the operation keys as valid entries when the operating information denotes the operation enable state and handles entries by the operation keys as invalid entries when the operating information denotes the operation disabled state in the case of the arrival of an incoming call when the detection means detects the closing state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a foldable mobile phone, and more particularly to control of a bone conduction speaker provided.

In a foldable mobile phone, there has been proposed a phone with improved operability that allows a user to talk in a folded state or an open state.
The mobile phone described in Patent Document 1 is configured such that an upper housing and a lower housing are foldably coupled to each other by a hinge, a microphone is provided at a position away from the hinge, and the hinge on the outer surface of the upper housing is provided. By providing a sub-speaker in the vicinity, it is possible to talk in a folded state.

On the other hand, with regard to mobile phones, it is considered that a bone conduction speaker that is effective for calls under noisy is installed in order to respond to requests from users who want to make good calls even under noisy conditions such as in station premises. .
In order to realize this, considering the limitations of thinning, good design, layout, etc., the bone conduction speaker is folded and mounted on the surface side that is the front surface in the folded state of the lid part of the mobile phone, and the operation used for calling There is a need to place the key in a position where it can be pressed in the folded state.

Here, the bone conduction speaker is a speaker that converts received sound or the like into vibration and transmits it directly to the auditory organ from a speaker in contact with the vicinity of the temple portion of the user, unlike a general sounding speaker.
By using the bone conduction speaker, the user can hear the sound clearly even under noise.
JP 2003-87379 A

  However, it is assumed that the bone conduction speaker is used in a place where the user desires in a noisy environment, and if the user has put a mobile phone equipped with the bone conduction speaker in a bag or the like, there is an incoming call. Even if the bone conduction speaker is operated, the user may not notice it and consume power unnecessarily, or the operation key may be pushed without the user's knowledge to cause a malfunction.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a foldable mobile phone that can make a call in a folded state even under noise, reduce power consumption, and prevent malfunction.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a foldable mobile phone equipped with a bone conduction speaker and an operation key, which is used in a closed state, and detects whether the lid is in a closed state or an open state. An acquisition means for acquiring operation information indicating whether or not the bone conduction speaker is operable, a switching means for switching the operation availability state of the bone conduction speaker based on the operation information, and an incoming call while detecting the closed state. If the operation information indicates that the operation can be performed, the input by the operation key is treated as a valid input, and if the operation information indicates that the operation is not possible, the input by the operation key is treated as an invalid input. Means.

  The mobile phone of the present invention has the above-described configuration, so that it is possible to make a call even in a folded state under noise, and when the user places the mobile phone in a bag or the like, an incoming call is received. Even if there is, the bone conduction speaker is not operated, the user is unaware and consumes no power, and malfunctions such as the operation key being pressed without the user's knowledge to start a call can be prevented.

  The control method of the present invention is a control method used in a foldable mobile phone equipped with a bone conduction speaker and operation keys used in a closed state, wherein the detection step detects whether the lid is closed or open. An acquisition step of acquiring operation information indicating whether or not the bone conduction speaker is operable, a switching step of switching an operation availability state of the bone conduction speaker based on the operation information, and an incoming call while detecting a closed state. If the operation information indicates that the operation is possible, the control key treats the input by the operation key as a valid input, and if the operation information indicates that the operation is impossible, the control step treats the input by the operation key as an invalid input. Including.

According to this configuration, it is possible to make a call even in a folded state under noise, and when the user puts the mobile phone in a bag or the like, the bone conduction speaker is operated even if there is an incoming call. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent malfunctions such as the operation key being pressed without the user's knowledge and the start of a call without consuming the power unnecessarily by the user.
The program of the present invention is a program used in a foldable mobile phone equipped with a bone conduction speaker and operation keys used in a closed state, wherein the detection step detects whether the lid is closed or open. An acquisition step of acquiring operation information indicating whether or not the bone conduction speaker can be operated, a switching step of switching an operation availability state of the bone conduction speaker based on the operation information, and an incoming call while detecting a closed state A control step that treats the input by the operation key as a valid input if the operation information indicates that the operation is possible, and treats the input by the operation key as an invalid input if the operation information indicates that the operation is impossible. Cause each step to be executed by a computer.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to make a call even in a folded state under noise, and when the user puts the mobile phone in a bag or the like, the bone conduction speaker is operated even if there is an incoming call. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent malfunctions such as the operation key being pressed without the user's knowledge and the start of a call without consuming the power unnecessarily by the user.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
<1. Configuration>
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a foldable mobile phone 1 in a folded and closed state (closed state).
In the mobile phone 1, a housing 10 and a lid 11 are coupled by a hinge portion 12, and the housing 10 and the lid 11 are electrically connected.

Here, as shown in FIG. 1, with respect to the lid 11, the surface side that is exposed in the closed state is referred to as the back surface of the lid 11, and the surface that is not exposed and approaches the housing 10 is referred to as the surface of the lid 11. .
A rear LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) 13 is a liquid crystal display, and is disposed on the rear surface of the lid 11 as shown in FIG. 1 and indicates the telephone number of the other party when an incoming call is made to the mobile phone 1. Display information.

The bone conduction speaker 14 is a speaker that transmits sound through bone conduction, and is disposed on the back surface of the lid 11.
The back operation key 15 is a keypad for a user to perform an operation, and is configured with one key in the present embodiment, but may be configured with a plurality of keys.
The back operation key 15 has a plurality of functions assigned to one key.

In this embodiment, an operation in which the user presses the back operation key 15 for 1 second or longer is referred to as “long press”, and an operation in which the user presses the back operation key 15 for less than 1 second is referred to as “short press”. This distinction may be determined at other time such as 2 seconds according to the specifications of the mobile phone.
As a method of using the back operation key 15, for example, when there is an incoming call to the mobile phone 1 when a call is not performed in the closed state, the user presses the back operation key 15 in the short press and the long press If the button is pressed regardless of whether or not, a call with the caller is started.

When a call is made to the mobile phone 1 while making a call in the closed state, when the user presses the back operation key 15 for a short time, the call that is currently in a call is in a call waiting state in the same manner as a so-called call waiting operation. The caller corresponding to the incoming call is ready for a call.
When a call is made to the mobile phone 1 while making a call in the closed state, when the user presses and holds the back operation key 15, the call with the call that is currently on the call is disconnected and the call is accepted A call is made possible for the caller who makes the call.

In addition, even when the back operation key 15 is pressed in the open state in which the mobile phone 1 is opened, the operation of the mobile phone 1 does not change.
In addition, the operation when the rear operation key 15 is pressed will be described later.
The notch 16 is a notch provided in the housing 10 so that the voice uttered by the user can be transmitted to the microphone provided in the housing 10.

The antenna 17 is an antenna for performing wireless communication with a base station (not shown) used by the mobile phone 1.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the mobile phone 1 in the open state.
The loudspeaker 18 is a speaker that is provided on the lid 11 and transmits received voice to the user.

The microphone 19 is a microphone that is provided in the housing 10 and collects sound emitted by the user.
The front LCD 20 is a liquid crystal display that is provided on the front surface of the lid 11 and displays a call destination and a caller's telephone number, a battery charge state of the mobile phone 1, a current time, and the like.

The open / close state detection unit 21 includes a button that is pressed when the mobile phone 1 is in the closed state, and whether the mobile phone 1 is in the closed state based on whether or not the button is pressed. The opening / closing information indicating whether or not the storage device is in the open state is stored in the storage unit 53 via the control unit 52.
The front surface operation key group 22 is a key group for a user to give an operation instruction when the cellular phone 1 is in an open state, and a numeric keypad indicating numbers from 0 to 9 for inputting a telephone number or the like. , Including a call start key, a call end key, and the like, and a variety of displays such as a telephone number list displayed on the front LCD 20 and a display for selecting whether to enable or disable the function of the bone conduction speaker 14 Also includes a selection key used to select one item in the list display.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an outline of the configuration of the mobile phone 1.
The communication unit 51 performs wireless communication for communication with the base station via the antenna 17 in accordance with an instruction from the control unit 52, and outputs a voice signal that is a result of demodulating the received signal to the signal processing unit 54. The input sound input to the signal processing unit 54 is modulated and output to the base station.

The wireless communication is not limited to voice and may be data such as electronic mail.
The control unit 52 causes the storage unit 53 to store the open / close information output from the open / close state detection unit 21.
In addition, when a key included in the surface operation key group 22 is pressed, the control unit 52 operates according to the pressed key.

The main controls performed by the controller 52 are shown in (a) to (f) below.
(A) When the control unit 52 determines that the numeric keypad has been pressed, the control unit 52 acquires the instructed number as a telephone number to be called, and the call start key is pressed to A call start instruction is given to the telephone number, and the call end key is pressed, thereby instructing the communication unit 51 to end the call.
(B) One or more telephone numbers stored in advance in the storage unit 53 are displayed on the front LCD 20 as a list, and the user selects one telephone number from the plurality of telephone numbers using the selection key. The communication unit 51 is controlled to make a call to the selected telephone number.
(C) One or more telephone numbers stored in advance in the storage unit 53 are displayed on the front LCD 20, and the user defaults one telephone number from the displayed plurality of telephone numbers using the selection key. The user is prompted to select a destination telephone number, and the storage unit 53 stores which of the plurality of telephone numbers is the selected default destination telephone number.

When a call is not made in the closed state and the bone conduction speaker is enabled, when the rear operation key 15 is pressed, the communication unit 51 is instructed to make a call to the default call destination telephone number. Instruct.
(D) When an incoming call is received during a call, the call is switched by instructing the communication unit 51 to switch the call in the same manner as a so-called call waiting operation by detecting the call start key again.
(E) A screen for allowing the user to select whether to enable or disable the bone conduction speaker 14 is displayed, and the user is prompted to select either enabled or disabled using the selection key. The result selected here is stored in the storage unit 53 as bone conduction speaker usage information.
(F) On the basis of the bone conduction speaker usage information, the volume indicated by the volume selection key in the surface operation key group 22 to which of the bone conduction speaker 14 and the loudspeaker the sound should be output to the signal processing unit 54 Instruct to output sound.

The storage unit 53 stores the opening / closing information, the plurality of telephone numbers, the default destination telephone number, and the bone conduction speaker usage information.
When the user is talking, the signal processing unit 54 amplifies the audio signal received from the communication unit 51, and then, based on the instructions of the control unit 52, In addition, the input sound collected by the microphone 19 is amplified and transmitted to the base station via the communication unit 51 and the antenna 17.
<2. Operation>
In the cellular phone 1, a call using the front surface operation key group 22 is not the essence of the present invention, and is equivalent to the operation of other cellular phones. explain.

FIG. 4 shows a process flow when the user makes a call using the back operation key 15 in the mobile phone 1.
The control unit 52 detects whether there is an incoming call, and the communication unit 51 notifies the control unit 52 when there is an incoming call (S101).
When there is no incoming call (S101: NO), the control unit 52 repeats S101 until there is an incoming call. When there is an incoming call (S101: YES), the control unit 52 determines whether or not the lid 11 is closed (S101: NO). S102).

When the open / close state indicates an open state (S102: NO), the process is terminated. When the open / close state indicates a closed state (S102: YES), it is determined whether there is an input from the back operation key 15 (S103).
When there is no input from the rear operation key 15 (S103: NO), the control unit 52 repeats S103 until there is an input from the rear operation key 15, and when there is an input from the rear operation key 15 (S103: YES). It is determined whether the bone conduction speaker 14 is effective based on the bone conduction speaker usage information (S104).

If the bone conduction speaker 14 is invalid (S104: NO), the process returns to S101. If the bone conduction speaker 14 is valid (S104: YES), a call using the bone conduction speaker 14 is started (S105). .
After starting the call in S105, the control unit 52 detects whether or not there is an input of the operation of the back operation key 15 (S106). If the back operation key 15 is not operated (S106: NO), S106 is repeated.

When the operation of the back operation key 15 is performed (S106: YES), it is determined whether or not the operation is a long press (S107).
If long press (S107: YES), the communication unit 51 disconnects the active call according to the instruction of the control unit 52 (S108). If not long press (S107: NO), the communication unit 51 It is determined whether there is a call in addition to an active call (S111).

When there is a call other than an active call (S111: YES), the control unit 52 instructs the communication unit 51 to start a call corresponding to the other call, and the communication unit 51 switches the call according to the instruction ( S112) When there is no call other than the active call (S111: NO), the process is terminated.
<3. Other variations>
Although the present invention has been described based on the above-described embodiment, it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment.
The following cases are also included in the present invention.
(1) The present invention may be the method described above. Further, the present invention may be a computer program that realizes these methods by a computer, or may be a digital signal composed of the computer program.

  The present invention also provides a computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk, hard disk, CD-ROM, MO, DVD, DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, BD (Blu-ray Disc). ), Recorded in a semiconductor memory or the like. Further, the present invention may be the computer program or the digital signal recorded on these recording media.

In the present invention, the computer program or the digital signal may be transmitted via an electric communication line, a wireless or wired communication line, a network represented by the Internet, or the like.
The present invention may be a computer system including a microprocessor and a memory, wherein the memory stores the computer program, and the microprocessor operates according to the computer program.

In addition, the program or the digital signal is recorded on the recording medium and transferred, or the program or the digital signal is transferred via the network or the like, and is executed by another independent computer system. It is good.
(2) The above embodiment and the above modifications may be combined.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the closed state of the mobile telephone of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the open state of the mobile phone. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of a configuration of the mobile phone. FIG. It is a figure which shows the processing flow in case a user makes a telephone call using the back operation key in the mobile phone.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile phone 10 Case 11 Lid 12 Hinge part 13 Rear LCD
14 Bone conduction speaker 15 Back operation key 16 Notch 17 Antenna 18 Loudspeaker 19 Microphone 20 Surface LCD
21 Opening / closing state detection unit 22 Surface operation key group 51 Communication unit 52 Control unit 53 Storage unit 54 Signal processing unit

Claims (3)

A foldable mobile phone equipped with a bone conduction speaker and operation keys for use in a closed state,
Detection means for detecting whether the lid is closed or open;
Acquisition means for acquiring operation information indicating whether or not the bone conduction speaker is operable;
Switching means for switching the operational state of the bone conduction speaker based on the operation information;
When there is an incoming call while detecting the closed state, if the operation information indicates that the operation is possible, the input by the operation key is treated as a valid input, and if the operation information indicates that the operation is not possible, the operation And a control means for handling an input by a key as an invalid input. A control method used in a foldable mobile phone equipped with a bone conduction speaker and operation keys used in a closed state,
A detection step for detecting whether the cover is closed or open;
An acquisition step of acquiring operation information indicating whether or not the operation of the bone conduction speaker is possible;
A switching step of switching the operation availability state of the bone conduction speaker based on the operation information;
When there is an incoming call while detecting the closed state, if the operation information indicates that the operation is possible, the input by the operation key is treated as a valid input, and if the operation information indicates that the operation is not possible, the operation A control step that treats input by keys as invalid input. A program used in a folding cellular phone equipped with a bone conduction speaker and operation keys used in a closed state,
A detection step for detecting whether the cover is closed or open;
An acquisition step of acquiring operation information indicating whether or not the operation of the bone conduction speaker is possible;
A switching step of switching the operation availability state of the bone conduction speaker based on the operation information;
When there is an incoming call while detecting the closed state, if the operation information indicates that the operation is possible, the input by the operation key is treated as a valid input, and if the operation information indicates that the operation is not possible, the operation A program that causes a computer to execute each step of a control step that treats key input as invalid input.

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