JP2005269572A - Mobile telephone calling method and mobile telephone calling system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a mobile telephone call, while the user does not use fingers. <P>SOLUTION: A mounting member 211 to which an RFID tag 210 is attached and a mounting member 221 to which an RFID tag 220 is attached are placed to the right and the left temples of glasses 200. A reader module for reading the RFID is installed in a mobile telephone. If the user brings the mobile telephone to the vicinity of the right or the left ear, the mobile telephone reads the RFID from the RFID tag 210 or the RFID tag 220, and executes call processing, by using the telephone number stored in association with the read RFID. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone calling method and a mobile phone calling system used when a mobile phone user makes a call to a mobile phone, and more particularly, to a mobile phone that facilitates the user's operation when making a call. The present invention relates to a telephone calling method and a mobile telephone calling system.

  A mobile phone is equipped with various functions such as an e-mail function, a clock function, a memo pad function, and a game function as well as a call function, and the mobile phone is multifunctional. In addition, since mobile phones are always carried by users, models have been developed with a focus on being small and not bulky. As a result, when using a mobile phone, users can perform complicated operations such as reaching a screen for realizing a desired function by pressing many small buttons and inputting messages on the screen. Is required.

  Therefore, various ideas have been made to simplify the operation. As a typical example, a function key is provided as a button, and a function frequently used is realized by simply pressing the function key. For example, you can make calls from your office to your department by simply pressing a single function key.

  However, there is no change in the fact that a button must be pressed during operation. Therefore, when the fingertip is not free, an operation (calling operation) for making the mobile phone make a call is difficult. For example, it is difficult to press a small button on a mobile phone when wearing gloves, such as when going out in the winter or at a ski resort. It is also difficult to press a small button when wearing a cast with a wounded hand. As described above, there are unexpectedly many scenes in which it is difficult to perform a call operation of a mobile phone in daily life.

  Therefore, a method of inputting a telephone number by voice has been devised as a method for making a call regardless of the operation of a finger (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In the method described in Patent Document 1, when a user inputs a telephone number or a registered partner name into a mobile phone by voice, the mobile phone performs voice recognition and makes a call according to the recognition result. By such a method, it is possible to save the operation of fingers and to make a stool for a person who is in an automobile or who is blind.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-192852 (page 2-3, FIG. 2)

  However, in the method using voice input, the user needs to remember the phone number when inputting the phone number. Alternatively, it is necessary to make preparations such as taking notes in advance, and it is difficult to say that the user's convenience is being considered as a whole. Further, in the method using voice input, there is a possibility that erroneous recognition occurs as described in Patent Document 1. In the method described in Patent Document 1, the problem of misrecognition is solved by allowing the user to confirm the recognition result by the mobile phone, but when the mobile phone misrecognizes voice input, the user Again, you have to make an input. From this point, it is hard to say that the user's convenience is being achieved. In addition, when a phone number or destination name is input by voice in the public, the third party may know the phone number or the third party may know who to call. . Then, for example, a business partner who wants to keep secret on business negotiations may leak to a third party.

  Therefore, the present invention provides a mobile phone calling method and a mobile phone calling system that can cause a mobile phone to make a call without performing a finger operation without the possibility of being known to a third party. The purpose is to provide.

  In the mobile phone calling method according to the present invention, the mobile phone reads the ID information by wireless communication from the ID information storage means attached to the article worn by the user of the mobile phone, and corresponds to the read ID information. It is characterized by making a call using a telephone number.

  The mobile phone may be configured to read ID information by wireless communication from an ID information storage means attached to a vine of glasses worn by a user of the mobile phone.

  The mobile phone may be configured to read the ID information by wireless communication from any of the ID information storage means attached to the left and right vines of the glasses worn by the user of the mobile phone.

  For example, RFID is used as the ID information storage means.

  The mobile phone calling system according to the present invention includes an ID information storage means attached to an article worn by a user of the mobile phone and a mobile phone having the calling means. Conversion information storage means for storing information for associating ID information stored in the storage means with a telephone number, ID information reading means for reading ID information from the ID information storage means by wireless communication, and ID information reading means Calling control means for extracting a telephone number corresponding to the ID information from the conversion information storage means and outputting it to the calling means.

  The ID information storage means is preferably attached to a vine of glasses worn by the user of the mobile phone.

  More preferably, the ID information storage means is attached to the left and right vines of the glasses worn by the user of the mobile phone.

  The ID information storage means is, for example, an RFID tag.

  The mobile phone may be configured to have registration control means for storing the ID information read from the ID information storage means in the conversion information storage means in association with the telephone number input by the user.

  According to the present invention, a mobile phone calling method and a mobile phone calling system are provided by means of wireless communication from an ID information storage means attached to an article worn by a user of a mobile phone. Is configured to make a call using a telephone number corresponding to the read ID information, so that the user can cause the mobile phone to make a call without using a finger, and the finger is inconvenient. Even in the state, the call operation can be performed.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a mobile phone to which the present invention can be applied. As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 100 includes a speaker 101 on the upper side (antenna unit 160 side) and a microphone 102 on the lower side. Furthermore, a display unit 140 such as an LCD and an operation unit (operation key) 190 including a number of keys (buttons) are provided. In the example shown in FIG. 1, a reader module 110 that reads information from an RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) tag is installed in the vicinity of the speaker 101. Note that here, an integrated mobile phone is taken as an example, but the present invention can also be applied to a foldable mobile phone.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing glasses with RFID tags attached. In the example shown in FIG. 2, the mounting member 221 to which the RFID tag 220 is attached and the RFID tag 210 are attached to the left and right vines of the glasses 200 (vine: between the lens mounting portion and the curved portion for hooking ears). A mounting member 211 is mounted. The mounting members 211 and 221 are, for example, flexible members that straddle the vines of the glasses 200. After installing the mounting members 211 and 221 so as to straddle the vines, the user can mount the mounting members 211 and 221 on the vines by pressing the mounting members 211 and 221 from the left and right. Such a structure is an example, and other structures may be used as long as the structure can be attached to the vine of the glasses 200 and cannot be easily removed.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration example of the mobile phone 100. In the example illustrated in FIG. 3, the mobile phone 100 includes a reader module 110, a main control unit 120 by an MPU that performs a control operation according to a program, a main storage unit 130 that stores programs and data, a display unit 140, a power supply unit 150, and an antenna unit. 160, a modulation / demodulation unit (communication unit) 170 that modulates and demodulates data and performs frequency conversion, an operation key 190, and an operation input control unit that detects the pressing of each button in the operation key 190 and analyzes the contents of instructions by the pressed button. 180 included.

  The reader module 110, for example, emits radio waves for reading RFID to the RFID tags 210 and 220 and receives radio waves from the RFID tags 210 and 220, and receives radio waves from the antennas according to instructions from the main control unit 120. A transmission unit that issues a transmission command and a reception unit that receives ID information from the RFID tags 210 and 220 via an antenna are included.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of the RFID tags 210 and 220. Each of the RFID tags 210 and 220 transmits a data via a memory 10 that stores ID information, a signal processing unit that reads the ID information from the memory, and a coiled antenna (not shown) and data via the antenna. And a data transmission / reception unit for receiving. The sensitivity of the antenna is set to be low so that an electromotive force is generated by radio waves for reading RFID when the mobile phone 100 is brought close to, for example, about 10 cm. Further, such sensitivity setting may be performed at an antenna in the reader module 110.

  Next, the operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5 and the explanatory diagram of FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing call processing using an RFID tag. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a conversion table stored in the main storage unit 130.

  When the user purchases the mobile phone 100, the seller of the mobile phone 100 attaches the mounting members 211 and 221 to which the RFID tags 210 and 220 are attached. The attachment members 211 and 221 as attachments may be paid optional items. Alternatively, the user may purchase separately after the mobile phone 100 is purchased.

  The main storage unit 130 of the mobile phone 100 also incorporates a conversion table registration program. The main control unit 120 displays a registration screen on the display unit 140 according to a conversion table registration program in accordance with a predetermined operation by the user. On the registration screen, for example, a telephone number corresponding to the first tag ID (corresponding to the right ear RFID) and a telephone number corresponding to the second tag ID (corresponding to the left ear RFID) are input. Is a screen requesting the user. The user inputs a telephone number on the registration screen. Here, an already registered speed dial may be input. The main control unit 120 stores the input telephone number in the main storage unit 130 in association with the right ear RFID and the left ear RFID as illustrated in FIG. Note that the tag ID is set in the main storage unit 130 from the time of shipment of the mobile phone 100. Further, the ID information set in the RFID tags 210 and 220 matches any tag ID set in the main storage unit 130.

  Further, the conversion table does not store the telephone number itself, but may store the serial number and the name of the other party in the telephone directory provided in the mobile phone 100. The serial numbers in the telephone directory are uniquely assigned and the telephone numbers are stored corresponding to the numbers, so that the telephone numbers can be specified by the serial numbers. Also, since the destination name should be set uniquely, the phone number can be specified by searching the phone book from the destination name.

  In addition, the user attaches the attachment member 211 to the right vine of the glasses 200 and attaches the attachment member 221 to the left vine of the glasses 200. When the above processing by the user is completed, the mobile phone 100 using RFID can be placed in a state where the user can wear the glasses 200.

  When the mobile phone 100 is powered on, the main control unit 120 checks whether the modem unit 170 is operating (step S101). That is, it is confirmed whether it is during communication or when an incoming / outgoing call operation has already started. If the modem unit 170 is not operating, the main control unit 120 checks whether the operation input control unit 180 is operating (step S102). That is, it is confirmed whether or not an operation is performed with the operation key 190.

  The main control unit 120 instructs the reader module 110 to read RFID when the operation input control unit 180 is not operating. The reader module 110 emits radio waves according to the instruction (step S103).

  When the mobile phone 100 is brought close to the right or left vine of the glasses 200 worn by the user, the RFID 210 tag for the right ear or the RFID 220 for the left ear sends the ID information (RFID) to the mobile phone 100. Send to. In that case, the reader module 110 can receive any RFID. If no ID information has been received, the process returns to step S101.

  When the RFID can be received from the RFID 210 tag for the right ear or the RFID 220 for the left ear, the reader module 110 outputs the received RFID to the main control unit 120. The main control unit 120 collates the input RFID with the tag ID in the conversion table stored in the main storage unit 130. When the input RFID matches any tag ID in the conversion table, the RFID reading is successful and the process proceeds to step S105. If they do not match or if the reader module 110 does not receive the RFID within a predetermined period, the process returns to step S101.

  In step S <b> 105, the main control unit 120 reads out the telephone number corresponding to the tag ID that matches the RFID tag input from the reader module 110 from the main storage unit 130. Then, the read telephone number is output to the operation input unit 180 to instruct a call. The operation input unit 180 causes the modem unit 170 to transmit a call signal including the telephone number based on the input telephone number (step S106). In this embodiment, all call instructions are made via the operation input unit 180, but the main control unit 120 is operated via the operation input unit 180 when making a call based on a finger operation. When the main control unit 120 is configured to recognize the button and give a call instruction to the modulation / demodulation unit 170 according to the recognition result, when the call is made based on the RFID, the main control unit 120 directly outputs the telephone number read from the main storage unit 130 to the operation input unit 180 to instruct a call.

  In the above description, when the determination result in steps S101 and S102 is negative, the process in step S103 is always executed. However, on the condition that the determination result in steps S101 and S102 is negative. Alternatively, the process of step S103 may be executed intermittently (for example, at intervals of 1 second). In such a case, power saving of the mobile phone 100 can be achieved.

  Further, the process shown in FIG. 5 may be executed when a predetermined mode is set for the mobile phone 100 by the user. In that case, for example, the user can put the mobile phone 100 into a state in which a call based on the RFID is made by setting a predetermined mode before going to the slope at a ski resort. Then, by canceling the mode, it is possible to prevent the mobile phone 100 from being inadvertently brought close to the glasses 200 and making an unexpected call.

  As described above, in this embodiment, since the mobile phone 100 makes a call only by bringing the mobile phone 100 close to one of the left and right ears wearing the glasses 200, Even when freedom is not available, call processing can be performed. In addition, it is possible to perform call processing for each of two different call destinations instead of a single call. Note that the present invention is established even when the mounting member is mounted on only one of the left and right vines of the glasses 200.

  In the above embodiment, the calling means is realized by the modem unit 170 and the antenna unit 160. The conversion information storage means for storing the information that associates the ID information stored in the ID information storage means (for example, the RFID tags 210 and 220) and the telephone number is realized by a conversion table stored in the main storage unit 130. . ID information reading means for reading ID information by wireless communication from ID information storage means attached to an article worn by a mobile phone user (concept integrated with the article by pasting, printing, embedding, etc.) This is realized by the reader module 110. Call control means for extracting the telephone number corresponding to the ID information from the conversion information storage means and outputting it to the call means is realized by the main control unit 120 (or the main control unit 120 and the operation input control unit 180). The registration control means for storing the ID information read from the ID information storage means in the conversion information storage means in association with the telephone number input by the user is realized by the main control unit 120 operating according to the tag ID registration program. The

  In the above embodiment, the case where the tag ID is written in advance in the main storage unit 130 of the mobile phone 100 has been described. However, the user who purchased the mobile phone 100 can write the tag ID into the mobile phone 100. It may be. In order to realize such a form, for example, a tag ID registration program may be built in the main storage unit 130 of the mobile phone 100. The main control unit 120 displays an instruction to bring the mobile phone 100 closer to the RFID tags 210 and 220 on the display unit 140 according to a tag ID registration program in accordance with a predetermined operation by the user. Then, a reading instruction is issued to the reader module 110. The reader module 110 reads the RDID according to the instruction and outputs the read RFID to the main control unit 120. The main control unit 120 displays a screen for inputting a telephone number on the display unit 140. When the user inputs a telephone number, the main control unit 120 uses the RFID input from the reader module 110 as a tag ID and associates the tag ID with the input telephone number in the conversion table in the main storage unit 130. Store.

  By incorporating a mechanism that enables tag ID registration after the purchase of the mobile phone 100 as described above, when the user separately purchases and uses the mounting members 211 and 221 after the purchase of the mobile phone 100, etc. The tag ID and the telephone number in the mobile phone 100 can be easily associated with each other. In addition, if a mechanism that enables tag ID registration after the purchase of the mobile phone 100 is incorporated, RFID 210 and 220 are attached at a spectacle store instead of using the mounting members 211 and 221 distributed by the mobile phone seller. You can also sell eyeglasses. In that case, the design of the glasses does not collapse, and the wearing feeling is not impaired.

  In the above-described embodiment, an example in which an RFID is attached to or attached to spectacles has been described, but the present invention can also be applied using other than spectacles. For example, RFID may be incorporated into a batch and the batch may be attached to clothes. Alternatively, an RFID may be incorporated into an armband and the user may wear an armband. Furthermore, RFID may be incorporated into a tie pin or pendant, and a user may wear them.

  In other words, the present invention can be utilized when the user wears the article by incorporating the RFID into the article worn by the user.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the RFID tags 210 and 220 are used to store ID information and wirelessly transmit the ID information to the mobile phone 100 has been described. However, it is incorporated into what the user wears. Other devices may be used as long as they can store ID information and wirelessly transmit the ID information to the mobile phone 100.

  The present invention relates to a method of using a mobile phone, and is an invention that can simplify the call operation of the mobile phone.

It is a perspective view which shows an example of a mobile telephone. It is a perspective view which shows the spectacles with which the RFID tag was mounted | worn. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structural example of a mobile telephone. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of a RFID tag. It is a flowchart which shows the calling process using an RFID tag. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the conversion table memorize | stored in the main memory part.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Memory 20 Signal processing part 30 Data transmission / reception part 100 Mobile telephone 101 Speaker 102 Microphone 110 Reader module 120 Main control part 130 Main memory part 140 Display part 150 Power supply part 160 Antenna part 170 Modulation / demodulation part (communication part)
180 Operation Input Control Unit 190 Operation Key 200 Glasses 210, 220 RFID Tags 211, 221 Mounting Member

Claims (9)

A mobile phone calling method used when a user calls a mobile phone,
Mobile phone
The ID information is read by wireless communication from the ID information storage means attached to the article worn by the user of the mobile phone,
A mobile phone calling method characterized by making a call using a telephone number corresponding to the read ID information. Mobile phone
The mobile phone calling method according to claim 1, wherein ID information is read by wireless communication from an ID information storage means attached to a vine of glasses worn by a mobile phone user. Mobile phone
The mobile phone calling method according to claim 2, wherein ID information is read by wireless communication from any of ID information storage means attached to the left and right vines of the glasses worn by the user of the mobile phone. The mobile phone calling method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein RFID is used as the ID information storage means. A mobile phone calling system used when a user calls a mobile phone,
ID information storage means attached to an article worn by a mobile phone user;
A mobile phone having a calling means,
The mobile phone is
Conversion information storage means for storing information associating the ID information stored in the ID information storage means with a telephone number;
ID information reading means for reading ID information from the ID information storage means by wireless communication;
Calling control means for extracting a telephone number corresponding to the ID information read by the ID information reading means from the conversion information storage means and outputting the same to the calling means. . The mobile phone call system according to claim 5, wherein the ID information storage means is attached to a vine of glasses worn by a user of the mobile phone. The mobile phone calling system according to claim 6, wherein the ID information storage means is attached to the left and right vines of the glasses worn by the user of the mobile phone. The mobile phone calling system according to any one of claims 5 to 7, wherein the ID information storage means is an RFID tag. The mobile phone has registration control means for storing the ID information read from the ID information storage means in the conversion information storage means in association with the telephone number input by the user. 2. The mobile phone calling system according to claim 1.

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