KR20000067419A - power automatic on and off method in unused long time of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

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KR20000067419A
KR20000067419A KR1019990015213A KR19990015213A KR20000067419A KR 20000067419 A KR20000067419 A KR 20000067419A KR 1019990015213 A KR1019990015213 A KR 1019990015213A KR 19990015213 A KR19990015213 A KR 19990015213A KR 20000067419 A KR20000067419 A KR 20000067419A
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PURPOSE: A method for automatically turning on/off a mobile communication terminal when not used for many hours, is provided to additionally have built-in timer and charger and operate only the timer with little power of the charger when the terminal is turned off, and to turn on the power in an end point of set not-using time to be synchronized with the time information of a base station. CONSTITUTION: A mobile communication terminal has built-in timer and charger. When a power-saving mode of the charger is set up(S1), the timer is synchronized with time information received from a base station(S2). If the terminal is not used for many hours, power is turned off and the timer is operated. If the time on the terminal is not used is ended, the power is turned on and the timer is synchronized with time information(S6).

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이동통신 단말기의 장시간 미사용시 전원 자동 온/오프방법{power automatic on and off method in unused long time of mobile communication terminal}Power automatic on and off method in unused long time of mobile communication terminal}

본 발명은 충전지를 사용하는 이동통신 단말기에 관한 것으로, 특히 수면시간 등으로 단말기를 장시간 사용하지 않을 경우 사용자가 미사용시간의 시작과 종료를 임의로 설정하여 전원을 온/오프시킬 수 있도록 함으로써 배터리의 전원낭비를 방지하고 불필요한 채널점유의 제거로 무선자원을 효율적으로 운용할 수 있도록 한 이동통신 단말기의 장시간 미사용시 전원 자동 온/오프방법에 관한 것이다.The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal using a rechargeable battery, and in particular, when the user does not use the terminal for a long time, such as sleep time, the user can arbitrarily set the start and end of the non-use time to turn on / off the power supply of the battery The present invention relates to a method of automatically turning on / off a power when a mobile terminal is not used for a long time to prevent waste and to efficiently manage radio resources by eliminating unnecessary channel occupancy.

현재 널리 사용되고 있는 이동통신 단말기에 있어서는 단말기의 배면에 충전지가 장착되어 있어 단말기에 전원을 공급하여 줌으로써 단말기의 사용이 가능하도록 하고 있다.In the currently widely used mobile communication terminal, a rechargeable battery is mounted on the back of the terminal to supply power to the terminal so that the terminal can be used.

종래의 단말기에는 사용을 원하는 시간과 사용을 원치 않는 시간을 구별하여 전원을 온/오프시킬 수 있는 기능이 구비되어 있지 않았다.Conventional terminals do not have a function to turn on / off power by distinguishing a desired time from a desired time from use.

통상 단말기를 장시간 사용하지 않을 경우 사용자가 단말기의 전원을 오프하여 두었다가 필요로 할 때 전원을 온하여 충전지의 사용시간을 연장시킴으로써 단말기를 오래 사용할 수 있도록 하고 있으나, 이 경우 사용자가 일일이 전원을 온/오프시켜 주어야 하는 번거로움이 있다.In general, when the user does not use the terminal for a long time, the user can turn off the terminal power and turn on the power when needed to extend the use time of the rechargeable battery, so that the user can use the terminal for a long time. There is a hassle to turn off.

따라서, 종래에는 단말기의 전원을 계속 온시켜 둠으로써 불필요한 충전지 전원이 소모됨과 함께 충전지의 충전횟수가 잦아져 충전지 사용기간이 짧아지는 문제가 있었다.Therefore, in the related art, by continuously turning on the power of the terminal, unnecessary rechargeable battery power is consumed, and the number of charges of the rechargeable battery is increased, resulting in a shorter use period of the rechargeable battery.

또한, 단말기의 미사용시간 동안에도 단말기와 기지국과의 시간정보 및 제어정보등 서로 통신을 하지 않으므로써 불필요한 채널점유를 하여 무선자원의 효율적인 운용을 하지 못하게 되는 문제가 있었다.In addition, even when the terminal is not in use, there is a problem in that it is not possible to efficiently operate radio resources by occupying unnecessary channels by not communicating with each other such as time information and control information between the terminal and the base station.

본 발명은 이와같은 종래의 문제점을 해결하기 위하여 안출한 것으로, 본 발명의 목적은, 기지국으로부터 수신된 시간정보에 동기를 맞추는 타이머와 그 타이머를 동작시키는 충전지를 단말기 내부에 부가적으로 구비하고, 단말기의 전원이 오프될 때 충전지의 미소전력을 사용하여 타이머만 계속 동작되게 하다가 설정된 미사용시간 종료 시점에 전원을 온시켜 다시 기지국의 시간정보에 동기를 맞추도록 하는 이동통신 단말기의 장시간 미사용시 전원 자동 온/오프방법을 제공하는데 있다.The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, an object of the present invention is to provide a timer for synchronizing with the time information received from the base station and a rechargeable battery for operating the timer in the terminal, When the terminal is powered off, only the timer continues to operate using the small power of the rechargeable battery, and the power is automatically turned on when the mobile terminal is not used for a long time to turn on the power at the end of the set unused time and synchronize the time information of the base station again. An on / off method is provided.

도 1은 일반적인 단말기의 블록도1 is a block diagram of a typical terminal

도 2는 충전지 절전모드의 설정과정을 나타낸 도면2 is a view illustrating a procedure of setting a rechargeable battery power saving mode

도 3은 본 발명의 동작흐름도3 is a flow chart of the present invention.

〈도면의 주요 부분에 대한 부호의 설명〉<Explanation of symbols for main parts of drawing>

1:전원스위치 2:타이머1: power switch 2: timer

3:충전지 4:메인 콘트롤러3: rechargeable battery 4: main controller

5:ASIC 6:RF부5: ASIC 6: RF Part

이와같은 목적을 달성하기 위한 본 발명은 충전지 절전 모드를 설정시 타이머가 기지국으로부터 수신된 시간정보에 동기를 맞추는 제1단계, 단말기 미사용일 경우 전원을 오프시키면서 타이머가 작동되는 제2단계, 미사용 종료시간일 경우 전원을 온시키면서 타이머가 시간 정보에 동기를 맞추어 다음날 같은 시간에 전원을 오프시키도록 하는 제3단계로 이루어짐을 특징으로 한다.In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a first step in which a timer synchronizes time information received from a base station when setting a rechargeable battery power saving mode, and a second step in which a timer is operated while the terminal is turned off when the terminal is not in use. In the case of time, the timer is turned on while the timer is synchronized with the time information so that the power is turned off at the same time the next day.

이하, 본 발명의 실시예를 첨부된 도면을 참고로 하여 상세히 설명하면 다음과 같다.Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

도 1은 일반적인 이동통신 단말기의 블록도로, 단말기의 동작전원을 온/오프하기 위한 전원스위치(1)와, 상기 전원 온/오프 스위치(1)온시 기지국으로부터 수신된 시간 정보에 동기를 맞추는 타이머(2)와, 상기 타이머(2)에 의해 전원을 공급하여 주는 충전지(3)와, 상기 타이머(2)에 시간정보를 주기 위한 메인 콘트롤러(4)와, 무선으로 신호를 전달하기 위한 RF부(6)와 상기 메인 콘트롤러(4)와 RF부(6)사이에 접속되는 ASIC(Application Specific Integrated Circuit:주문형 반도체)로 구성된 것이다.1 is a block diagram of a general mobile communication terminal, comprising a power switch 1 for turning on / off an operating power of a terminal, and a timer for synchronizing time information received from a base station when the power on / off switch 1 is turned on ( 2), a rechargeable battery 3 for supplying power by the timer 2, a main controller 4 for giving time information to the timer 2, and an RF unit for transmitting a signal wirelessly ( 6) and an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) connected between the main controller 4 and the RF unit 6.

이와같이 구성된 하드웨어에 따른 본 발명의 작용을 도 2와 도 3을 참고로 하여 상세히 설명하면 다음과 같다.The operation of the present invention according to the hardware configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

먼저, 사용자가 충전지의 시작과 종료시간을 설정하면, 단말기에서는 수신한 시간정보에 동기를 맞춘다(S1,S2단계).First, when the user sets the start and end times of the rechargeable battery, the terminal synchronizes with the received time information (steps S1 and S2).

즉, 사용자가 도 2의 (A)와 같이 충전지 절전모드의 설정/해제를 지정하고, (B)와 같이 시작시간과 종료시간을 설정한다.That is, the user designates on / off of the rechargeable battery power saving mode as shown in Fig. 2A, and sets the start time and end time as shown in (B).

예를들어, 일상적으로 사용하지 않는 수면시간인 오후 11시를 시작시간으로 설정하고, 오전 7시를 종료시간으로 설정한다.For example, 11 pm, which is not used normally, is set as a start time, and 7 am as an end time.

도 2의 (C)는 아침 기상시간 알람이나 스케쥴 알람시간이 미사용시간 안에 있을 경우 즉, 아침 기상알람 시간 설정을 먼저 오전 6시에 설정해 놓을 경우 (B)와 같이 미사용시간을 설정하면 설정 오류 메시지가 표시되는 경우를 나타낸 것이다.2 (C) shows an error message when the unused time is set as (B) when the morning wake-up time alarm or the schedule alarm time is within the unused time, that is, when the morning wake-up alarm time is set to 6 am first. It is a case where is displayed.

여기서, 상기 기지국이 송신하는 시간정보란 시계기능 또는 알람설정이나 스케쥴 설정의 부가기능을 위한 현재의 시간을 말하며, 여기서 타이머(2)의 동작전원은 별도로 구성되어 있는 충전지(3)를 말한다.Here, the time information transmitted by the base station refers to a current time for a clock function or an additional function of alarm setting or schedule setting, and the operation power of the timer 2 refers to the rechargeable battery 3 configured separately.

이 충전지(3)는 단말기의 전원이 켜져 있을 경우에는 충전하고 단말기의 전원이 꺼져 있을 경우에는 방전한다.The rechargeable battery 3 charges when the power of the terminal is turned on and discharges when the power of the terminal is turned off.

만일, 단말기의 미사용시간이 되면 타이머(2)에 의해 자동적으로 전원스위치(1)가 오프되면서 타이머(2)가 동작하게 되는데 이때, 타이머(2)에는 충전지(3)의 미소전원이 공급된다(S3,S4단계).If the terminal is not in use, the timer 2 is automatically turned off by the timer 2 and the timer 2 is operated. At this time, the minute power of the rechargeable battery 3 is supplied to the timer 2 ( Step S3, S4).

이후, 단말기의 미사용 종료시간이 되면 다시 타이머(2)의 제어에 의해 전원스위치(1)가 온되어 단말기를 사용할 수 있게 되며, 이때 타이머(2)는 기지국의 시간정보에 동기를 맞추게 되어 다음날에도 전원을 온/오프 시킬 수 있도록 작동하게 된다(S5-S7단계).Thereafter, when the terminal is not in use end time, the power switch 1 is turned on again by the control of the timer 2 so that the terminal can be used. At this time, the timer 2 synchronizes with the time information of the base station and the next day. It operates to turn on / off the power (steps S5-S7).

따라서, 충전지(3)를 절전도 할 수 있고 충전지(3) 자체 또한 그만큼 충전회수가 감소하므로 더욱 오래 사용할 수 있다.Therefore, the rechargeable battery 3 can be saved as well, and the rechargeable battery 3 itself can also be used longer because the number of charges is reduced.

또한, 설정된 미사용 시간동안에는 불필요한 채널이 점유되지 않으므로 무선자원의 효율적인 운용도 가능하다.In addition, since unnecessary channels are not occupied during the set unused time, efficient management of radio resources is also possible.

이상에서 설명한 바와같은 본 발명은 충전지의 전체적인 충전횟수 감소로 사용기간이 증가하므로 다른 단말기에 비해 경제적으로 사용할 수 있으며, 설정된 미사용 시간동안에는 단말기와 기지국과의 시간정보 및 제어정보등 서로 통신을 하지않으므로 불필요한 채널 점유가 제거되어 무선자원의 효율적인 운용이 가능한 효과가 있다.As described above, the present invention can be used more economically than other terminals because the usage period is increased due to the decrease in the total number of charges of the rechargeable battery, and during the set unused time, time information and control information between the terminal and the base station are not communicated with each other. Unnecessary channel occupancy is eliminated, which makes it possible to efficiently operate radio resources.

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이동통신 단말기에 타이머와 충전지를 내장하여 충전지의 절전 모드 설정시 타이머가 기지국으로부터 수신된 시간정보에 동기를 맞추는 제1단계,A first step in which a timer synchronizes with time information received from a base station when a power saving mode of a rechargeable battery is set by embedding a timer and a rechargeable battery in a mobile communication terminal; 단말기 미사용 시간인가를 판단하여 미사용 시간일 경우 전원을 오프시키면서 타이머가 작동되는 제2단계,A second step of determining whether the terminal is in an unused time and turning off the power when the unused time is used, 미사용 종료시간인가를 판단하여 미사용 종료시간일 경우 전원을 온시키면서 타이머가 시간 정보에 동기를 맞추는 제3단계로 이루어져 계속하여 충전지 절전 모드를 수행하도록 함을 특징으로 하는 이동통신 단말기의 장시간 미사용시 전원 자동 온/오프방법.When the non-use end time is determined and the power-on time is unused, the timer has a third step of synchronizing with the time information while turning on the power to continuously perform the power saving mode of the rechargeable battery. Auto on / off method.
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