JP5245230B2 - Status notification device, status notification control program for status notification device, and status notification control method for status notification device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a status notification device for notifying a communication partner of the current status of a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone or PHS or the status of the user, a status notification control program for the status notification device, and a status notification control method for the status notification device.

  Mobile terminals used by individuals such as mobile phones, PHS (Personal Handy-phone System), or PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) with communication functions are prevalent. Such a mobile terminal moves to various places or is placed in various situations by being carried by the user. As a result, even when a call is made to the mobile terminal, a situation in which the user does not answer the call often occurs. For example, a case where the user of the mobile terminal is in public transportation or is in a good sleep is a typical example of not answering a call. Even when the user of a mobile terminal is in a noisy place, the ringtone is often not noticed.

  When the called-side mobile terminal is in such a situation, it is highly possible that the caller cannot obtain a response from the called-side user even when calling the mobile terminal. When there is an urgent matter to be communicated, if a response cannot be obtained from the user on the called side, the caller repeatedly calls the mobile terminal. Again, if there is no response from the called user, the caller is worried about the safety of the called user, or stressed that this user has left the mobile terminal indefinitely. I often feel.

  Therefore, a proposal has been made so that when a user is unable to answer a call, the called mobile terminal notifies the calling party of the status of the device and the status of the user ( For example, see Patent Document 1).

  FIG. 11 shows the configuration of the proposed mobile terminal connected to the network. The mobile terminal 100 includes a situation detection unit 101 that detects various situations. The situation detection unit 101 includes a moving speed information acquisition unit 111 that calculates a moving speed of the apparatus using a gyro sensor (not shown), a voice information acquisition unit 112 that acquires a sound in a general human voice frequency band, In order to determine whether or not a person is present around the mobile terminal 100, a human information acquisition unit 113 that detects the ambient temperature and a sound other than a human voice (a sound having a frequency band other than 80 Hz to 4 kHz) A sound information acquisition unit 114 that measures the volume of the sound.

  Based on the movement speed calculated by the movement speed information acquisition unit 111, the situation detection unit 101 has a “Sitting” (sitting) situation, a “Walking” (walking) situation, a “Running” (running) situation, It is determined that the state is one of “On Ride” (in boarding). When the voice information is in the range of 0-50%, the voice information acquisition unit 112 associates with the “Quiet” (quiet) situation. When the voice information acquired by the voice information acquisition unit 112 is in the range of 50-100%, it is associated with the “Conversation” (conversation) status. When the human information is in the range of 0-50%, the human information acquisition unit 113 associates with the “Not Exist” (non-existing) situation, and the human information acquired by the human information acquisition unit 13 is 50-100. If it is in the% range, it is associated with an “Exist” status. When the sound information is in the range of 0-50%, the sound information acquisition unit 114 associates with the “Indoor” (indoor) situation. Further, when the sound information acquired by the sound information acquisition unit 114 is in the range of 50-100%, it is associated with the “Outdoor” (outdoor) situation.

The user situation information generation unit 115 generates user situation information based on the information output from the moving speed information acquisition unit 111, the voice information acquisition unit 112, the human information acquisition unit 113, and the sound information acquisition unit 114. . Then, in a situation where the incoming call detection unit 121 detects an incoming call and the call unit 122 has not started the call, the information generated by the user situation information generation unit 115 based on the detection output of the situation detection unit 101 is used as the mail data generation unit. In 123, the text of the electronic mail is edited, and the mail transmission unit 124 communicates with the network 131 via the wireless communication unit 125.
JP-A-2005-295337 (paragraphs 0018 to 0022, FIG. 1)

  According to the proposal shown in FIG. 11, it is possible to grasp to some extent the situation where the user of the called mobile terminal cannot answer the call. For example, if the user is “On Ride” (on board), it can be inferred that he / she cannot answer the phone because he / she is on a public transportation such as a train or bus. However, the caller cannot know when the user gets off the public transport. Therefore, when there is a message that needs to be transmitted immediately, the caller has to take a short time to call the user of the called mobile terminal again. However, if the called user is “On Ride” at this time as well, the caller repeats useless call processing until the user answers the call. Will be forced.

  Of course, if the caller does not make such calls frequently and makes a call after a relatively long period of time such as one hour or two hours later, the user of the called mobile terminal can make an incoming call. The possibility of responding is increased. However, in this case, even when the user of the called mobile terminal gets off the train immediately after the first incoming call and can answer the incoming call, the call is answered for a long time. There is no opportunity to do. Therefore, it becomes impossible to respond to urgent requirements.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a status notification device and a status notification device for performing notification to the calling side that can increase the probability of response to a subsequent call when there is no response to the call at the time of an incoming call. A notification control program and a status notification method are provided.

In the present invention , (b) schedule management means for managing a schedule by associating a specific notification destination with a content that allows notification for each date and time period, and (b) specific notification destination registration for registering the specific notification destination A table, (c) incoming call detection means for detecting an incoming call, and (d) when the incoming call is detected by the incoming call detection means, the caller of the incoming call is stored in the specific notification destination registration table. A specific person match determination means for determining whether or not the registered specific notification destination is, and (e) when the specific person match determination means determines that the caller of the incoming call matches the specific notification destination A time measuring means for starting time measurement for a predetermined length of time , (f) a calling means for making a call for responding to an incoming call, and ( g ) a response even if the calling means makes a call for a predetermined length of time. when there is no, the call hand Exit by calling, is provided in the management status notification apparatus and a status notification means for notifying the contents of the time zone corresponding to the time of the called in the schedule to the calling party that the that the schedule management unit described above.

In the present invention, the schedule includes a schedule management means for managing the schedule by associating the specific notification destination and the content allowing the notification for each date and time period, and a specific notification destination registration table for registering the specific notification destination, The computer of the status notification device that notifies the status of the own device that has called the calling side device that has made a call, as a status notification control program of the status notification device, (a) an incoming call detection process for detecting an incoming call ; (B) a specific person matching determination process for determining whether the caller of the incoming call is a specific notification destination registered in the specific notification destination registration table when the incoming call is detected; ) When it is determined that the caller of the incoming call matches the specific notification destination, a time measurement process for starting time measurement for a predetermined length of time, and (d) a call process for making a call to respond to the incoming call , said to (e) When there is no response even if the predetermined length of time calls in call processing, the call processing is finished. The contents of the time zone corresponding to the time of the called in the schedule managed by the schedule management means to the origination It is characterized by executing status notification processing for notifying a caller.

Further, in the present invention, the schedule includes a schedule management means for managing the schedule in association with the specific notification destination and the content allowing the notification for each date and time period, and a specific notification destination registration table for registering the specific notification destination. In the status notification control method of the notification device , (b) an incoming call detection step for detecting an incoming call, and (b) when the incoming call is detected, the caller of the incoming call is in the specific notification destination registration table. A specific person match determination step for determining whether or not the specific notification destination is registered, and (c) when it is determined that the caller of the incoming call matches the specific notification destination, A timing step to be started; (d) a calling step for making a call for responding to an incoming call; and ( e ) when no call is made for a predetermined length of time in the calling step, the call And a status notification step of notifying the caller of the contents of the time zone corresponding to the incoming call in the schedule managed by the schedule management means .

As described above , according to the present invention , the caller is notified of the relevant time zone portion in the schedule instead of the caller's response, so that the caller can analyze the situation and notify the status notification device. It becomes possible to make a call at a time convenient for the side, and the probability of answering the call can be increased.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples.

  FIG. 1 shows an outline of the configuration of a mobile phone as a status notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone 200 according to the present embodiment includes a control unit 207 including a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 201, a program storage medium 202, a work memory 203, a specific notification destination registration table 204, and a situation definition storage unit 205. The control unit 207 not only performs normal control as the mobile phone 200 using various circuit components connected to the CPU 201 by the CPU 201 executing the control program stored in the program storage medium 202. A process for notifying a predetermined situation is performed.

  The main components connected to the control unit 207 are as follows. The transmission / reception unit 211 has a built-in wireless device 213 to which an antenna 212 is connected, and transmits / receives data for a call or communication with a base station (not shown). The operation unit 214 as a user interface is provided with a plurality of input keys (not shown), and code information corresponding to the pressed input key is input to the control unit 207. The display unit 215 includes one or more displays (not shown) and a display control circuit. The display includes a liquid crystal display device or an organic EL (Electro Luminescence) display device, and displays visual information such as characters and images.

  The audio input / output unit 216 includes a speaker 217 for external output, a speaker 218 for calling, and a microphone 219. The microphone 219, the acceleration sensor unit 221, the camera unit 222, and the illuminance sensor unit 223 of the audio input / output unit 216 constitute a sensor unit 224 for detecting the situation of the mobile phone 200 and its user in this embodiment. Yes.

  Here, as the acceleration sensor unit 221, it is possible to use, for example, a three-dimensional acceleration sensor using a piezo effect in a product of HAAM series manufactured by Hokuriku Electric Industry Co., Ltd. Of course, other three-dimensional sensors can be used. The acceleration sensor unit 221 is used to detect whether the mobile phone 200 is in a stationary state or a moving state by detecting the acceleration of the mobile phone 200. The camera unit 222 outputs an image that has passed through a lens of a camera (not shown). The camera itself constituting the camera unit 222 may be of a fixed focus type in which the shooting direction and the angle of view of the subject are fixed, or the optical axis of the camera has a predetermined angle range around a rotation axis (not shown). It may be a structure that can turn. The illuminance sensor 223 is a sensor that outputs illuminance information according to the sensed illuminance. The illuminance sensor 223 is a sensor that senses the illuminance around the mobile phone 200, and performs discrimination between low illuminance and other non-low illuminance.

  The control unit 207 according to the present embodiment detects the current state of the mobile phone 200 or a change in the state of the mobile phone 200 even when the user as the owner of the mobile phone 200 cannot make a call when an incoming call is received. It is supposed to be. Then, when the caller's telephone set has a predetermined condition for answering the call, the fact that the caller's telephone set is a specific notification destination is notified of the fact that this call can be made. The specific notification destination is registered in advance in the specific notification destination registration table 204.

  As a result, if the calling telephone corresponds to a specific notification destination such as a family member or a best friend, even if the user of the called mobile telephone 200 does not directly answer the incoming call, this situation can be specified to some extent. The notification destination can be notified, and accumulation of stress due to lack of communication between the two can be prevented. The reason that the notification destinations are limited to those registered in the specific notification destination registration table 204 is from the viewpoint of privacy protection. The situation definition storage unit 205 defines a standard for notifying a specific notification destination. Next, notification processing for the telephone on the calling side according to this embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 2 shows an outline of processing when the mobile phone of this embodiment receives a call. This will be described with reference to FIG. When the control unit 207 detects an incoming call by the reception process of the transmission / reception unit 211 (step S301: Y), the control unit 207 determines whether or not the calling party is a person registered in the specific notification destination registration table 204 (step S301). S302). If the person is not registered in the specific notification destination registration table 204 (N), a normal call handling process that has been performed conventionally is executed (step S303). That is, the mobile phone 200 outputs a ringing tone from the external output speaker 217 or the speaker 218, and if the user responds to this, a call is performed.

  FIG. 3 shows a part of the specific notification destination registration table. The specific notification destination registration table 204 has registered telephone numbers and user names. The user name is like an explanatory description at the time of registration, and it is not always necessary to input it. The registration of the specific notification destination may be such that the user directly inputs data such as a telephone number by operating the operation unit 214, or among the data such as a telephone number registered in a telephone book (not shown). The user may select a desired method from a simplified method. Further, the phone book may be used as the contents of the specific notification destination registration table 204 as it is, or an item such as “whether or not a specific notification destination is provided” is provided in the phone book, and a specific notification destination is set as “Yes”. You may make it process as.

Returning to FIG. In the case of an incoming call from a specific notification destination that matches the registered telephone number existing in the specific notification destination registration table 204 shown in FIG. 3 (step S302: Y), the clock count output from a clock generator (not shown) is counted. The timer starts counting by starting (step S304). Then, the output of the ringing tone is started from the external output speaker 217 or the speaker 218 (step S305), and it is monitored whether or not the user responds before the predetermined time t ₁ elapses (step S306, step S305). S307). The time t ₁ can be arbitrarily set by the user from the operation unit 214. The default value of time t ₁ is set to 15 seconds, for example.

If the user operates the operation unit 214 and makes a response for a call before the time t ₁ has elapsed (step S306N, step S307: Y), the timer timing operation ends (step S308). Then, the output of the ringing tone is stopped (step S309), and a call process is performed between the user and the caller (step S310).

On the other hand, if the user does not respond to the call even after the time t ₁ has elapsed (step S306: Y), the timer timing operation ends (step S311), and the ringing tone output stops (step S311). S312). Thereafter, a reservation process (hereinafter referred to as a notification reservation process) for notifying the caller of the call timing is performed (step S313). This is because when there is a possibility that the user of the mobile phone 200 can answer the call due to a change in the current situation, the caller is mechanically notified of the change in the situation, and the call is made. This is a service that allows a person to make a call to a user in a timely manner. With this notification reservation process, there is no guarantee that the user of the mobile phone 200 will answer the call when the caller calls again. However, since a call is made by catching a change in the situation, there is a possibility that the user will answer the call rather than repeatedly calling the mobile phone 200. Therefore, in the present embodiment, a notification service for notifying the timing at which the caller calls again in a predetermined case in the notification reservation process is executed.

  FIG. 4 specifically shows the operation of the notification reservation process for the caller. This will be described with reference to FIG. In the notification reservation process for the caller shown in step S313 in FIG. 2, first, the control unit 207 receives the sensing information of each sensor constituting the sensor unit 224 (step S331 in FIG. 4). Specifically, sensing information obtained from the microphone 219, the acceleration control unit 221, the camera unit 222, and the illuminance sensor 224 is received. However, it is not necessary to start collecting the sensing information from the start of the notification reservation process. For example, the latest information may be always stored in the work memory 203 by obtaining and updating at a relatively short cycle, and the latest information may be read out when sensing information is required.

  Based on the sensing information of each sensor received in this way, the control unit 207 edits a sentence representing the current situation (step S332). At this time, the control unit 207 refers to the definition of each piece of sensing information stored in the situation definition storage unit 205. Definitions are set as default values in the situation definition storage unit 205. The user can modify these definitions using the operation unit 214 and the display unit 215. This is because the mobile phone 200 and the criteria for determining the user's situation may differ depending on the user's age and living environment.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of the contents stored in the situation definition storage unit. In the situation definition storage unit 205, the sensing conditions and definition contents of each sensor constituting the sensor unit 224 shown in FIG. 1 are recorded. That is, with respect to the microphone 219, a sound of 80 dBSPL (Sound Pressure Level) or higher is defined as high noise regardless of the frequency of the input sound, and less than 80 dBSPL is defined as non-high noise. In general, it is said that a normal conversation is 70 dBSPL, a busy street is 80 dBSPL, a nearby scream is 90 dBSPL, and a rock group with a loud sound is 100 dBSPL.

  Since the acceleration sensor unit 221 can detect the accelerations of the three axes x, y, and z, the square root of the sum of the squares of the acceleration components of these axes is calculated, and when this is less than 100 mG of gravitational acceleration , Defined as quiescent status. Further, when the gravity acceleration of 100 mG is exceeded, it is defined that the mobile phone 200 is not stationary, that is, moving.

  The camera unit 222 defines a case where a predetermined change appears in a video region of a predetermined range such as a center portion of the captured video as a change in the surrounding scene, and defines other cases as no change in the surrounding scene. Yes. As a specific example, it is defined that there is a change in the surrounding scene when there is a change in which the image information within the 1 cm square frame in the center of the photographed image has a discrepancy of 10% or more. Such a technique for recognizing changes in the surrounding scene is widely used as a discrimination technique for determining a recording time point at which a suspicious person appears or moves in a time-series video output from a security camera, for example. .

  The illuminance sensor unit 223 defines 10 lux or less as low illuminance, and if this is exceeded, the illuminance sensor unit 223 assumes non-low illuminance. Here, 10 lux is the brightness of the sunset. For reference, the moonlight is about 0.1 lux, the starlight is about 0.001 lux, and the sunlight is about 10,000 lux.

  Returning to FIG. 4, the description will be continued. The editing of the sentence in step S332 may simply create a sentence in which terms representing the detected sensing conditions such as “under high noise” and “still” are enumerated. Alternatively, a plurality of sentences combining respective definitions corresponding to each sensing condition may be prepared in advance as editing results, and a sentence that matches the current sensing condition may be selected. In the next step S333, the edited text is output as a synthesized sound to the caller currently in a call state, and the mobile phone 200 makes a mechanical response on behalf of the user. Thereby, the other party is notified of the reason why the user side of the mobile phone 200 cannot answer the call. For example, “It seems that the user is not aware of incoming calls due to the presence of a mobile phone in a dark place where there is a lot of ambient noise.” “The mobile phone has now changed from a stationary state to a moving state. A synthesized sound like this is notified.

  After the voice output, the control unit 207 guides the caller that there is a notification service with the same synthesized sound (step S334). Then, the caller uses this notification service to perform an operation for requesting notification of a change in the situation (step S335), or the notification service is not used, so notification is unnecessary (non notification). It is monitored whether a call is performed (step S336) or whether the caller unilaterally disconnects the line without performing any of these operations (step S337). When the caller performs an operation for requesting a notification service (step S335: Y), the control unit 207 shown in FIG. 1 turns on a notification flag stored in a predetermined area of the work memory 203 (step S338). , Make notification service reservation status (end).

  On the other hand, if the notification is not desired even when the situation on the user side of the mobile phone 200 changes, the caller returns a response not to use the notification service (step S336: Y). ). In this case, the control unit 207 turns off the notification flag stored in the predetermined area (step S339). Then, the process ends (END). In this case, even if the situation on the user side of the mobile phone 200 changes, the notification is not made to the caller. When the caller hangs up without performing these operations (step S337: Y), it is considered that the notification service is not desired. Accordingly, the notification flag is turned off (step S339) as in the case where an operation indicating that notification is unnecessary (non notification) is performed, and the processing ends (end). In this case, the notification service is not reserved.

  FIG. 6 shows the process performed when the caller reserves the notification service. When the caller reserves the notification service in step S338 in FIG. 5 and the notification flag is turned on, the state of each sensor at that time is stored in a non-illustrated nonvolatile memory area of the work memory 203 shown in FIG. (Step S351). That is, the statuses of the sensing information obtained from the microphone 219, the acceleration sensor unit 221, the camera unit 222, and the illuminance sensor unit 224 are stored. In this situation, the control unit 207 of the mobile phone 200 checks whether or not a change in the situation in the direction of answering the telephone has occurred (step S353) before entering the monitoring end situation (step S352: N). If the situation changes in the direction of answering the call (step S353: Y), the situation change is notified to the other party's telephone by e-mail (step S354).

  Thereafter, the new status change is stored in the non-volatile memory area (step S355), and the monitoring status of step S353 or step S352 is restored. This is to store a change in the situation each time the environment changes to the environment where the user of the mobile phone 200 is called up, thereby making it possible to more reliably detect the situation where the user can be called up.

  FIG. 7 specifically shows the processing from step S352 to step S354 in FIG. In steps S353A to S353D, it is checked whether or not the change in the state of each sensor is in the direction in which the telephone should be answered, as seen from each situation stored in step S351 in FIG. For example, if the microphone 219 shown in FIG. 1 recognizes the current situation as “high noise” and changes to “non-high noise” (step S353A: Y), “the ambient sound is quiet. An e-mail notification is made with the sentence “Now,” (step S354A). When “non-high noise” is stored in step S351 of FIG. 6, notification of a change in situation is not performed even if the state changes to “high noise”. In the case of this example, it is assumed that the ambient sound is quiet and the user of the mobile phone 200 notices the ringing tone.

  Similarly, when the acceleration sensor unit 221 shown in FIG. 1 recognizes the current state as “non-stationary” and changes to “stationary” (step S353B: Y), “high-speed moving” An e-mail notification is made with the sentence “No longer” (step S354B). If “still” is stored in step S351 in FIG. 6, notification of a change in situation is not made even if the state changes to “non-stationary”. In the case of this example, for example, it is assumed that the user of the mobile phone 200 cancels the manner mode and notices the ringing tone because he / she gets off the transportation and stops moving at high speed.

  However, in the case of detecting the situation change in step S353B, in this embodiment, “stationary” is detected for the first time when it becomes “stationary” for at least 5 minutes. This means that when a train stops at a station, it is notified that it has switched from “non-stationary” to “stationary”, a passenger car waits for a signal, or temporarily decelerates due to traffic jams. This is to prevent a situation in which the switching from “non-stationary” to “stationary” is notified. The user of the mobile phone 200 can arbitrarily set and change the time until switching from “non-stationary” to “stationary”.

  Similarly to the above, when the camera unit 222 shown in FIG. 1 recognizes the current situation as “change in scene” and changes to “no scene change” (step S353C: Y), “ The notification that the image has been stopped is sent by e-mail (step S354C). If it is recognized that “the scene has not changed” and this is changed to “the scene change”, the notification by the e-mail that “the image is moving” is similarly performed. That is, for the camera unit 222, it is possible to grasp that a change in either direction of “field change” and “no scene change” can be answered, so both changes are targeted for notification, and The contents of e-mail notifications are changed according to the direction of changes in the situation.

  Similarly to the above, when the illuminance sensor unit 223 shown in FIG. 1 recognizes the current state as “low illuminance” and changes to “non-low illuminance” (step S353D: Y), A notification by a synthesized sound “Ambient has become brighter” is performed (step S354D). If “non-low illuminance” is stored in step S351 in FIG. 6, notification of a situation change is not performed even if the “non-low illuminance” is changed. In the case of this example, it is assumed that, for example, a change in the situation where the room is turned off for going to bed and the room is turned off and turned on or the sun shines brightens. Even in this example, when the state of “non-low illumination” is maintained even after a certain period of time after becoming “non-low illumination”, the caller side is notified by e-mail that enables calling. User settings may be made as follows. This is a measure for when it is difficult to get a phone call when going to the bathroom at night.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when there is no response even if a call is made to the user of the mobile phone 200, the change of the situation from the mobile phone 200 occurs when there is a change in the situation on the user side that leads to a response. Is now notified to the caller by e-mail. As a result, the caller can grasp the situation change and make a call to the mobile phone 200 and answer the call with high probability if it is determined that it is time to make a call. Of course, it is also possible to refrain from making a call by comparing the notified status change with the behavior pattern of the user.

  As described above, since the mobile phone 200 according to the embodiment automatically notifies the caller of the change in the situation, it is possible to eliminate or reduce the user operation related to the exchange of the situation information between the telephone users. . Therefore, power is demonstrated in the case of communication such as safety confirmation at the time of disaster between specific persons such as family members.

  <First Modification>

  In the embodiment, when a change occurs in one type of sensing information, the caller side is notified by e-mail so that the call can be considered again. However, the present invention is not limited to this. That is, when two or more types of sensing information become a predetermined specific situation, the caller may be notified of a call again. In this case, it is not always necessary to store the sensing status of each sensor when an incoming call is received.

  FIG. 8 corresponds to FIG. 6 and shows the contents of notification service processing in an example in which notification is performed by combining sensing information as a first modification of the present invention. First, the control unit 207 shown in FIG. 1 reads each of the current sensing information from the work memory 203 (step S401). Then, it is checked whether or not the microphone 219 shown in FIG. 1 determines the current state as “non-high noise” (step S402). In the case of determining “high noise” (N), there is a high possibility that the user of the mobile phone 200 will not respond as before because the noise is loud even if a call is made. Therefore, in this case, the process is terminated, and the same check is performed at the next timing (return).

  When it is determined as “non-high noise” in step S402 (Y), it is checked whether or not the acceleration sensor unit 221 determines that the current state is “still” (step S403). If it is determined as “non-stationary” (N), there is a possibility that the user of the mobile phone 200 does not respond as before because there is a possibility that the user is moving by transportation. Therefore, in this case, the process is terminated, and the same check is performed at the next timing (return).

  When it is determined as “still” in step S403 (Y), there is a possibility that the user is not on a transportation facility. Therefore, it is further checked whether or not the illuminance sensor unit 223 determines the current state as “non-low illuminance” (step S404). When it is determined as “low illuminance” (N), there is a possibility that the user of the mobile phone 200 does not respond as before because there is a case of sleeping. Therefore, in this case, the process is terminated, and the same check is performed at the next timing (return).

  When it is determined as “non-low illumination” in step S404 (Y), it is checked whether the camera unit 222 has switched the situation between “field change” and “no scene change” (step S405). In the case of switching (Y), it is likely that the user has the mobile phone 200 in his / her hand or immediately after he / she has taken his / her hand out, and he / she has the mobile phone 200 or is there. Therefore, in this case, this new situation is notified to the caller by e-mail (step S406). If there is no change in the situation between “scene change” and “no scene change” (step S405: N), the process ends and the same check is performed at the next timing (return).

  The user can notify the caller that the situation has changed to a high probability that he / she can answer the call in a combination other than the example shown in FIG. 8 according to his / her living environment. For example, in the case of a user who does not get on a bus or train as a public institution and moves exclusively by a dedicated vehicle, the determination result by the acceleration sensor unit 221 may be excluded from the conditions for notification.

  <Second Modification>

  FIG. 9 shows the contents of the notification service process in the second modification of the present invention. 9, the same parts as those in FIG. 8 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted as appropriate. In the second modified example, the result of determination by the illuminance sensor unit 223 in step S404 in FIG. 8 is changed from 9 o'clock on weekdays to 18 o'clock by a clock mechanism (not shown) of the mobile phone 200 shown in FIG. This is replaced with the use of the determination result (step S421) as to whether or not by time.

  In other words, when an attempt is made to notify a caller of a change to a new situation by e-mail, if this does not apply from 9:00 to 18:00 on weekdays (step S421: N), notification is not performed. In the case where the mobile phone 200 is a device used mainly for work, a change to a new situation is notified to the caller who has called during the time of work by e-mail on the condition that it is during that time. The caller is notified (step S406). Accordingly, in this example, it is not necessary to provide the illuminance sensor unit 223 in the mobile phone 200.

  <Third Modification>

  FIG. 10 shows the contents of the cellular phone processing for an incoming call in the third modification of the present invention. 10, the same parts as those in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted as appropriate. In the third modification, the mobile phone 200 shown in FIG. 1 uses a scheduler (not shown) that manages the user's schedule as an application program. For example, when a meeting is scheduled to occur, the user sets the date and time zone for the “conference” to the scheduler. In addition, the scheduler can be set as a schedule that is repeated every day for a time zone in which public transportation is used for commuting on weekdays.

  When the incoming call of the mobile phone 200 shown in FIG. 1 is detected (step S301: Y), the control unit 207 refers to the specific notification destination registration table 204, and the caller is the corresponding part of the user's scheduler. It is determined whether or not the specific notification destination allows the notification (step S302). If the person is not registered in the specific notification destination registration table 204 (N), a normal call handling process conventionally performed is executed (step S303). That is, the mobile phone 200 outputs a ringing tone from the external output speaker 217 or the speaker 218, and if the user responds to this, a call is performed.

On the other hand, if the calling party is a person registered in the specific notification destination registration table 204 (step S302: Y), timer counting is started (step S304), and output of the ringing tone is started. (Step S305), on condition that the user has not responded before the predetermined time t ₁ has passed (Step S306: Y), the timer timing operation ends (Step S311), and the ringing tone is output. Stops (step S312). Thereafter, the corresponding part corresponding to the current time of the scheduler is read out to the calling party (step S441). If there is no schedule at the location corresponding to the scheduler's current time, a synthesized sound message such as "There is no special schedule now. Please try again later." Is returned to the caller as a response tone. In this case, the next scheduled time is searched, and a voice message such as "There is no special schedule until 11:00. Please try again in the past." Is returned to the caller. May be.

  In addition, combining this third modification and the previous example, “There is no special schedule until 11 o'clock, but there is a possibility that it is currently moving by train or bus. Then, you can send a voice message back to the caller, like "Do you want to be notified by e-mail?" On the other hand, when the caller requests notification by e-mail, the notification service process as shown in FIG. 6 of the embodiment is started.

  In the embodiment and the modification described above, the microphone 219, the acceleration sensor unit 221, the camera unit 222, and the illuminance sensor 223 are used as sensors for collecting the sensing information. However, these may be omitted as appropriate, and the pulse sensor, Sensing information may be collected by newly adding other sensors such as a thermometer, an inclinometer, a human sensor using infrared rays, and a simple voiceprint recognition device. In the embodiment, the outputs of these sensors are classified into two situations with one threshold value, but the output of each sensor is classified into three or more situations and output as sensing information. Good.

  In the embodiment and the modification, the mobile phone 200 has been described, but the situation notification device is not limited to this. Of course, the present invention can be applied to any mobile terminal that notifies the calling party of the status of the called user when another person calls by communication.

  In addition, in the embodiment, the change of the situation is notified by e-mail, but if it is in time, the change of the situation may be notified by using a synthesized sound in response to the call of the caller. Of course.

  Further, in the embodiment, the output of each sensor is compared with a threshold value to notify the change of the situation. For example, the sensing information of each component of the acceleration sensor is sampled, quantized, and integrated with the temporal displacement amount. Alternatively, simple position information of a status notification device such as a mobile phone may be obtained, and a status associated with the determined location may be notified.

It is a block diagram showing the outline | summary of a structure of the mobile telephone as a condition notification apparatus in one Example of this invention. It is a flowchart showing the outline | summary of a process when the mobile telephone of a present Example carries out an incoming call. It is explanatory drawing showing a part of specific notification destination registration table of a present Example. 5 is a flowchart specifically showing an operation of a notification reservation process for a caller in the present embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which showed an example of the storage content of the condition definition storage part in a present Example. It is a flowchart showing the mode of the process performed when a caller reserves a notification service in a present Example. 7 is a flowchart specifically showing processing from step S352 to step S354 in FIG. 6. It is a flowchart showing the content of the notification service process in which the notification information in the 1st modification of this invention is combined and a notification is performed. It is a flowchart showing the content of the notification service process in the 2nd modification of this invention. It is a flowchart showing the content of the process of the mobile telephone with respect to the incoming call in the 3rd modification of this invention. It is a block diagram showing the structure of the conventional proposed mobile terminal.

Explanation of symbols

200 mobile phone 201 CPU
202 Program storage medium 203 Work memory 204 Specific notification destination registration table 205 Situation definition storage unit 207 Control unit 219 Microphone 221 Acceleration sensor unit 222 Camera unit 223 Illuminance sensor unit

Claims (4)

A schedule management means for managing a schedule by associating a specific notification destination with a content that allows notification for each date and time period; and
A specific notification destination registration table for registering the specific notification destination;
An incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call;
Specific person match determination means for determining whether the caller of the incoming call is a specific notification destination registered in the specific notification destination registration table when an incoming call is detected by the incoming call detection means;
The specific person match determination means, when it is determined that the caller of the incoming call matches the specific notification destination, time counting means for starting the time measurement of a predetermined length;
A call unit that makes a call in order to respond to the incoming call,
When said call means no response even if the predetermined length of time call, terminates the call by the calling means, the contents of the time zone corresponding to the time of the called managed in schedule of the schedule management means A status notification device comprising status notification means for notifying the caller.   2. The status notification device according to claim 1, wherein the calling means is means for outputting a calling sound or light. Calling side that has a schedule management means for managing a schedule in association with a specific notification destination and contents that allow notification for each date and time period, and a specific notification destination registration table for registering the specific notification destination, The computer of the status notification device that notifies the status of the own device that has called the device
An incoming call detection process for detecting an incoming call;
A specific person match determination process for determining whether the caller of the incoming call is a specific notification destination registered in the specific notification destination registration table when the incoming call is detected;
A timing process that starts timing a predetermined length of time when it is determined that the caller of the incoming call matches the specific notification destination;
A call process for making a call to respond to the incoming call;
When there is no response even if the predetermined length of time calls in the call processing, the call processing ends, said onset contents of time zone corresponding to the time of the called among schedules the schedule managing means A status notification control program for a status notification device, which executes status notification processing for notifying a caller. Status notification of a status notification device comprising schedule management means for managing a schedule by associating a specific notification destination with a content that allows notification for each date and time period, and a specific notification destination registration table for registering the specific notification destination A control method,
An incoming call detection step for detecting an incoming call;
A specific person matching determination step of determining whether the caller of the incoming call is a specific notification destination registered in the specific notification destination registration table when the incoming call is detected;
A timing step of starting timing a predetermined length of time when it is determined that the caller of the incoming call matches the specific notification destination;
A calling step for making a call to respond to the incoming call;
When there is no response even if the predetermined length of time call in the call step, the call step Exit, the onset of the contents of the time zone corresponding to the time of the called among schedules the schedule managing means A status notification control method for a status notification device, comprising: a status notification step for notifying a caller.

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