JPH08181743A - Portable communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To avoid call reception from giving trouble on other parties by allowing the user carrying the portable communication equipment in a bag or the like to notice the arrival of the call without fail. CONSTITUTION: A reception signal from an antenna 1 is fed to a modem section 3 via a radio section 2, in which the signal is demodulated, a TDMA processing section 4 demultiplexes compressed voice data, a voice codec section 6 decodes the data and a received voice signal is fed to a speaker 7. After the transmission voice signal from a microphone 8 is coded by the voice codec section 6 and multiplexed by the TDMA processing section 4, modulated by the modem section 3 and the modulated signal is sent from the antenna 1 via the radio section 2. A microcomputer 5 detects call data from the control data demultiplexed by the TDMA processing section 4 to detect an incoming call. When a key entry section 11 uses a call mode setting key to set the vibration/tone call mode, a vibration generating section 16 executes vibration call to vibrate the telephone set main body at first at the arrival of an incoming call. When the call from the caller is not stopped and no replay by depression of a talking key 12 is made within a prescribed time, an incoming call tone output section 15 provides an output of an incoming call tone to execute the tone call.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable communication device suitable for application to, for example, a simple mobile phone (PHS: Personal Handyphone System).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Cellular phones, which are capable of talking by being wirelessly connected to a base station, have become widespread. By using a mobile phone, the user can make a phone call anytime and anywhere in the service area, which is very convenient. However, on the other hand, since such a mobile phone can call at any time, a ring tone may be output during a conference, for example, and this may disturb the conference.

Therefore, conventionally, there has been proposed a mobile phone having a function of a vibration call (vibration call) for vibrating the body of the mobile phone in addition to a so-called sound call for outputting a ring tone. With a mobile phone equipped with a vibrating call function, you can set it to vibrate calling during a conference.
The incoming call can be known without being noticed by others, and it is possible to avoid disturbing the conference.

[0004]

By the way, in the portable telephone having the function of vibrating call as described above, when the user forgets that it is set to vibrating call and carries it in a bag or the like, the user receives an incoming call. May not notice.

In view of this, the present invention provides a portable communication device in which the user is made aware of an incoming call when the user carries it in a bag, for example.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable communication device, which comprises an incoming call detecting means for detecting receipt of a ringing signal, and an incoming call tone outputting means for outputting an incoming call tone to notify an incoming call. When the communication device body is vibrated to notify an incoming call by vibrating the communication device body and the incoming signal detecting means detects the receipt of the calling signal, when the vibration generation device vibrates the communication device body and there is no response within a predetermined time. Is provided with call control means for controlling the ring tone output means to output the ring tone.

The portable communication device according to a second aspect of the present invention is the portable communication device according to the first aspect of the invention, wherein when the call control means causes the ring tone output means to output the ring tone, the communication device body is vibrated by the vibration generating means. It is a control to stop things.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the portable communication device according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the ring tone is output from the ring tone output means, the communication generator body is vibrated in parallel by the vibration generating means. To control.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the invention, when the incoming call detecting means 5 detects the reception of the ringing signal, first the vibration generating means 1 is used.
Since the communication device main body is vibrated in 6 to make a vibrating call, it is possible to know an incoming call without being noticed by others during the conference, for example, and it is possible to prevent the conference from being disturbed. Moreover,
In the invention of claim 1, when there is no response within a predetermined time, a ring tone is output from the ring tone output means 15 and a ringing is made. Therefore, for example, it is used even when being carried in a bag or the like. It becomes possible for the person to notice the incoming call.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the ring tone is output from the ring tone output means 15 and the ringing is performed,
Since the vibration calling that vibrates the communication device main body is stopped by the vibration generating means 16, it is possible to suppress power consumption.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when the ring tone is output from the ring tone output means 15 and a ringing is made,
At the same time, the vibration generation means 16 vibrates the communication device main body to make a vibration call. Therefore, it is possible to increase the probability that the user notices the incoming call.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIG. This example is a simple mobile phone (PH
This is an example applied to S).

In the figure, a signal from a base station received by an antenna 1 is transmitted via a radio section 2 to a digital modulation / demodulation section 3
And is subjected to π / 4 shift QPSK demodulation processing. The signal demodulated by the modulation / demodulation unit 3, that is, the time division multiplexed signal of slots for a plurality of channels is a TDMA (Time Divis).
Ion Multiple Access: time division multiple access) is supplied to the processing unit 4. In the TDMA processing unit 4, under the control of the microcomputer 5, a preset slot is selected from a multiplexed signal of slots for a plurality of channels, and compressed audio data and control data are separated from the selected slot.

The control data output from the TDMA processing unit 4 is supplied to the microcomputer 5. In addition, the TDMA processing unit 4
The compressed audio data output by the above is supplied to the audio codec unit 6 and subjected to compression / decoding processing (including error correction processing) and then converted into an analog signal. Then, the received voice signal output from the voice codec section 6 is supplied to the speaker 7 which constitutes the handset.

The voice signal output from the microphone 8 constituting the transmitter is supplied to the voice codec section 6 and subjected to compression coding processing (including error correction coding processing), and then the TDMA processing section 4 Is supplied to. In the TDMA processing unit 4, the compressed audio data supplied from the audio codec unit 6 is time-division multiplexed as a preset slot. In this case, the control data output from the microcomputer 5 is also multiplexed in that slot. The signal multiplexed by the TDMA processing unit 4 is supplied to the modulation / demodulation unit 3 and is subjected to π / 4 shift QPSK modulation processing. The modulated signal output from the modulation / demodulation unit 3 is supplied to the antenna 1 via the wireless unit 2 and transmitted to the base station.

Even if not mentioned above, when entering the area of a predetermined base station in the power-on state, wireless communication is performed with the base station, and the location registration of being in the area of the base station is performed. This position registration is performed using the communication frequency and slot position determined as the control channel. That is, in this case, the transmission / reception frequency of the radio unit 2 and the TDM
The position of the slot selected by the A processing unit 4 is controlled so as to match the communication frequency of the control channel and the position of the slot. After the location registration, the control channel is controlled to stand by in the reception state on the control channel. In addition, the transmission and reception of the above-mentioned audio signal is performed using a communication channel as described later.

The microcomputer 5 is provided with a numeric keypad for inputting a telephone number and the like, a key input section 11 provided with a call mode setting key for setting a call mode, and an off-hook state to an on-hook state or vice versa. The call key 12 is connected. In this case, one of the three calling modes is set by the calling mode setting key of the key input unit 11. The three types of call modes are a sound call mode for making a call by outputting a ring tone, a vibration call mode for making a call by vibrating the phone body, and a call by vibrating the phone body at the same time as a predetermined When there is no response within the time, it is a vibration / sound call mode in which a ring tone is output to make a call. Information on the calling mode set by the calling mode setting key of the key input unit 11 is stored in the nonvolatile memory 13 connected to the microcomputer 5.

Reference numeral 14 is a timer composed of a counter. The count operation of the timer 14 is performed by the microcomputer 5
And the count output is supplied to the microcomputer 5. Reference numeral 15 is a ringtone output unit configured to have a speaker, a buzzer, etc., for outputting a ringtone, and its operation is controlled by the microcomputer 5. Further, 16 is a vibration generator configured to have a motor or the like and vibrates the telephone body, and its operation is controlled by the microcomputer 5.

In the above configuration, the telephone number of the other party is input by the key operation of the key input unit 11 and then the call key 12
When is pressed, first, the telephone number data or the like is supplied as control data from the microcomputer 5 to the TDMA processing unit 4 and transmitted to the base station through the control channel. As a result, a line connection is established with the other party and a call becomes possible.

Here, the call is performed using the call channel, but during the line connection processing, the control channel is used to transmit the communication frequency and slot position data of the call channel from the base station as control data to perform the TDMA processing. It is supplied to the microcomputer 5 from the section 4. The microcomputer 5 controls the wireless unit 2 based on the communication frequency data so that the transmission / reception frequency matches the communication frequency of the communication channel, and sets the slot selected by the TDMA processing unit 4 based on the slot position data. To do. Therefore, the call is made using the call channel notified from the base station.

When call data is transmitted from the base station as control data using the control channel, and the call data is supplied from the TDMA processing unit 4 to the microcomputer 5 and an incoming call is detected, the ring tone is sent by the microcomputer 5. Output unit 15
The vibration generator 16 is controlled to perform the calling operation. When the call key 12 is pressed while the call operation is being performed, the microcomputer 5 supplies the response data as control data to the TDMA processing unit 4 and transmits the control data to the base station through the control channel. As a result, a line connection is established with the other party and a call becomes possible.
Also in this case, the call is made using the call channel notified from the base station. The control channel is used when call data is transmitted as control data from the base station as described above. Since the call data has identification data such as telephone number data, the microcomputer 5
Can recognize that the call data is for itself.

In this example, when the calling data is supplied from the TDMA processing unit 4 to the microcomputer 5 as control data and an incoming call is detected, the microcomputer 5 performs the calling operation in the calling mode set according to the flowchart of FIG. Run.

First, in step ST1, it is determined by referring to the mode setting information stored in the non-volatile memory 13 whether or not the sound calling mode is set. When the ringing mode is set, the ringing tone output unit 15 is controlled in step ST2 to start ringing to output a ringing tone such as an electronic sound or a buzzer sound.

Next, in step ST3, it is determined whether or not there is a response by pressing the call key 12, and in step ST4, it is determined whether or not the calling of the other party is stopped. When there is a response in step ST3, or in step ST
When the calling of the other party is stopped in step 4, the calling is ended in step ST5.

When the sound ringing mode is not set in step ST1, the vibration generator 1 is set in step ST6.
6 is controlled to start a vibrating call for vibrating the telephone body, and at the step ST7, the counting operation of the timer 14 is started. Then, in step ST8, it is determined whether or not the vibration calling mode is set by referring to the mode setting information stored in the non-volatile memory 13. When it is set to the vibration calling mode, the process proceeds to step ST3, and the subsequent operation is the same as when the sound calling mode is set.

If the vibration calling mode is not set in step ST8, that is, if the vibration / sound calling mode is set, it is determined in step ST9 whether or not there is a response by pressing the call key 12, and step ST10 is selected. It is determined whether or not the calling of the other party has stopped, and then step ST
At 11 it is determined whether a predetermined time (for example, 15 seconds) has elapsed by referring to the count output of the timer 14. In addition,
The predetermined time may be set arbitrarily by operating the keys of the key input unit 11. If there is a response in step ST9, or if the calling of the other party is stopped in step ST10, the call is terminated in step ST5.

In step ST11, when the predetermined time has elapsed, the process proceeds to step ST2, and the subsequent operation is the same as in the case where the above-mentioned sound calling mode is set. That is, in step ST2, the ringing tone output section 15 is controlled to start a ringing tone that outputs a ringing tone such as an electronic sound or a buzzer sound, and the call key 12 is pressed to give a response, or the calling side of the other party Continue vibrating and ringing until stops.

In this example, when the vibration / sound call mode is set by the call mode setting key of the key input unit 11, when the incoming call is detected, the vibration generator 16 is first controlled to vibrate the telephone body. Since a vibrating call is made, for example, an incoming call can be known without being noticed by others during the conference, and it is possible to avoid disturbing the conference. And
Call key 12 within a predetermined time without the call from the other party stopping
When there is no response by pressing the button, the ringtone is output from the ringtone output unit 15 and the ringing of the ring starts, so that the user can be notified of the incoming call, for example, even when carrying the phone in a bag. . Further, since the vibration call and the sound call are made in parallel after the lapse of the predetermined time, the probability that the user notices the incoming call can be increased. Note that, in order to suppress power consumption, the vibration call may be stopped at the same time when the sound call is started.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the simple type portable telephone (PH
Although it is applied to S), the present invention can of course be applied to other portable communication devices such as mobile phones and transceivers that perform a calling operation when an incoming call is detected.

[0030]

According to the invention of claim 1, when the reception of the call signal is detected by the incoming call detecting means, the vibration generating means first vibrates the communication device main body to make a vibration call. The incoming call can be known without being noticed by others, and it is possible to avoid disturbing the conference. Moreover,
When there is no response within a predetermined time, a ring tone is output from the ring tone output means and a ringing is performed, so that the user can be made aware of the incoming call, for example, even when carrying it in a bag. .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the ring tone is output from the ring tone output means and the ringing is performed, the vibration ringing for vibrating the communication device body is stopped by the vibration generating means. The power consumption can be suppressed.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the ring tone is output from the ring tone output means and the ringing is performed, the vibration calling means vibrates the communication device main body in parallel. It is possible to increase the probability that the user will notice an incoming call.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing an embodiment of a portable communication device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an operation of calling an incoming call according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Antenna 2 Radio Section 3 Digital Modulation / Demodulation Section 4 TDMA Processing Section 5 Microcomputer 6 Voice Codec Section 7 Speaker 8 Microphone 11 Key Input Section 12 Call Key 13 Nonvolatile Memory 14 Timer 15 Ringtone Output Section 16 Vibration Generation Section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An incoming call detecting means for detecting reception of a ringing signal, an incoming call sound output means for outputting an incoming call sound to notify an incoming call, and a vibration generating means for vibrating a main body of the communication device to notify an incoming call. When the incoming call detecting means detects the reception of the ringing signal, the vibration generating means vibrates the communication device main body, and when there is no response within a predetermined time, the ringing tone output means outputs the ringing tone. A portable communication device comprising: a call control unit that controls to output. 2. The call control means controls, when the ring tone is output from the ring tone output means, to stop vibrating the communication device body by the vibration generating means. The portable communication device according to claim 1. 3. The calling control means controls, when the ring tone is output from the ring tone output means, to vibrate the communication device main body by the vibration generating means in parallel. Item 1. The portable communication device according to Item 1.