KR20050077989A - Method for executing mobile phone's specific function in driving mode - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for executing a specific function of a mobile phone, such as sending and receiving text messages, making calls, and receiving calls in a driving mode. In the driving mode, the user recognizes the user's voice and executes a text message transmission or a call, and the phone number of the other party and the text message to be transmitted are also received by text conversion through voice recognition. In addition, when a text message is received in the operation mode, the received message is converted into voice and output to the speaker. If a call is received in the operation mode, if the current setting is the auto answer mode, voice recording is performed after the auto answer. If the call is not in the auto answer mode, the call is automatically connected after a certain number of ring back tones. The user can toggle between the current setting and the normal operation mode by pressing the shortcut key repeatedly.

Description

How to execute mobile phone specific function in driving mode {Method for executing mobile phone's specific function in driving mode}

The present invention provides a method of making a call by receiving the other party's phone number in voice in a driving mode, or receiving and transmitting a text message, and outputting a received message as a voice or receiving a call when a text message is received in a driving mode. When a call is answered automatically or the call is automatically connected.

Modern mobile phones are not only a means of communication, but also a necessity of life by providing various additional functions in addition to voice calls. However, when using a mobile phone in general, the user is often in a place where it is difficult to make a manual call or a call is often received in such a situation. For example, when driving a vehicle, a user has a difficulty in directly operating a mobile phone while stopping the vehicle or reducing the risk of a traffic accident. However, if you do not answer the phone blindly, you may be misunderstood as an absent or knowingly refusing to answer the call.

As a prior art to solve this problem there is a patent registration No. 2003-0373061, Patent Publication No. 2001-0059492.

Patent registration No. 2003-0373061 relates to a mobile phone having a rejection function during operation and a control method thereof, and is equipped with a button directly connected to the reception mode during operation in a single operation during operation. Allows the sender to listen to the announcement while driving with the reception sound interrupted, and enables the user to check the identity and delivery of the sender after the operation is completed by text calling or voice recording while driving, and adds an emergency call menu. In a situation, the voice of the sender is immediately transmitted through the driver's mobile phone speaker.

According to the above technology, the other party can hear the announcement that the user is driving, so that unnecessary misunderstanding can be reduced, but the text message and the voice message which arrived while driving can not be confirmed in the future and the method of confirming in real time cannot be presented. There is a problem.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2001-0059492 relates to a method for automatically notifying a mobile phone message, and when the driving mode is set, the caller stops the output of the incoming alarm and switches to the answering machine so that the caller cannot receive a call because the driver is in the driving mode. Send and end the call.

Even in the case of the above technique, the other party can hear the guidance message that the user is driving to reduce unnecessary misunderstanding, but the message that the other party wants to convey is merely ending the call immediately after the transmission of the guidance message for a certain time. There is a problem or inconvenience to be confirmed through a direct call in the future rather than real time.

The present invention has been devised to solve this problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a method for creating and transmitting a text message through voice recognition in a driving mode, or for executing a desired number.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for converting a received message into a voice and outputting it to a speaker when a text message is received in a driving mode.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a method for automatically answering a call or connecting a call to a user when a call is received in a driving mode.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a first step of checking whether the operation mode is set as a method for transmitting a text message and making a phone call. And a second step of converting the character string to a character string by a conversion algorithm, and executing the specific function if there is a specific function that matches the converted character string.

In this case, if the specific function is a text message transmission, executing the specific function in the third step includes steps 3-1 for receiving a recipient's telephone number, steps 3-2 for receiving a message content, and receiving the input. And sending the received message to a telephone number.

In addition, if the specific function is dialing, executing the specific function in the third step includes steps 3-1 of receiving a counterpart phone number and step 3-2 of connecting a call to the received phone number. It is executed by providing.

Receiving an input from the user in each step is based on a method of receiving a voice through a microphone and converting it into a string by a text conversion algorithm.

In addition, the present invention, the first step of storing the received message in the memory as a method for executing the text message, the second step of confirming whether the operation mode setting, and when it is confirmed that the operation mode in the above, And a third step of converting and storing the stored message into voice by a voice conversion algorithm.

In addition, the present invention, the first step of checking whether the operation mode setting and the answering machine mode setting when a call is received to the mobile phone as a method for executing a call, and if it is confirmed that the operation mode in the above, the current setting is automatically In response mode, a second step of transmitting a pre-stored announcement to the calling party and executing voice recording until the call is disconnected; and, if the current setting is not in the answering mode, a certain number of ring back tones. And after receiving the third step of automatically connecting the call.

In addition, in order to facilitate the user, the operation mode switching hot key may be separately provided, and each time the operation mode switching hot key is pressed, the current setting may be set by toggling each other from the normal mode to the driving mode and vice versa.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a functional block diagram of a mobile phone for implementing the mobile phone specific function execution method in the inventor mode.

The controller 108 performs wireless communication or data processing of the entire terminal and controls each part of the terminal to be described later to smoothly perform its function. In the present invention, a text conversion algorithm (Speach To Text, STT) for converting a voice signal input through a microphone into a corresponding character string, and a voice conversion algorithm for converting a received text message into a corresponding voice signal (Text To Speach, TTS). It shall be particularly provided.

In addition, the key input unit 104 should be provided with a function of toggling the current setting with the normal mode and the operation mode each time the operation mode switching shortcut is detected. In addition, when a call is received by the mobile phone, if the current setting is an auto answering mode, a function of playing a guide sound prepared in advance and a function of recording the other party's voice should be provided. If the call is not answered, a function of counting a preset number of ringback tones is used. And then automatically connect the call.

The display unit 102 may be generally configured as a liquid crystal display (LCD), and receives various data to be displayed under the control of the controller 108 and displays various messages such as an operation state of the wireless terminal, dialed data, and the like. In the present invention, the interface to inform the result of the toggle of the current mode according to the input of the operation mode switch key, and the scene of receiving the voice input of the other party's phone number by number when executing a text message transmission or dialing, and in particular, the message to be transmitted voice by character It provides an interface that shows the input scene so that the user can know whether the function is properly performed in the driving mode. In addition, when a text message is received or a call is received, a scene in which the above-described steps are executed may also be displayed on the terminal screen to confirm whether the corresponding function is executed.

The memory unit 106 has an area for storing control program codes necessary for the operation of the controller 108, terminal setting data to be referred to by the control program, and data stored by the user. In the present invention, in particular, the area for setting the current mode (operation mode / normal mode, automatic response mode) and the area to store the sound source pattern DB matching each word or letter for voice conversion or character conversion, prepared in advance for automatic response It has an area for storing the sound source. In addition, an area for temporarily storing the received text message or the converted text and the voice data recorded by the automatic response is provided.

The key input unit 104 includes various keys including a digit / character key, a call key, an end key, and the like, and generates and provides a key signal corresponding to a key pressed by the user to the controller 108. In particular, in the present invention, since the operation mode switching key is assigned, a key signal corresponding to the key must be allocated.

The microphone converts the voice into an electrical voice signal during a voice call and provides the voice to the voice processor 116. In the present invention, in particular, in addition to the voice call, in the driving mode, the user's voice is input through the microphone and the converted electrical voice signal is provided to the controller 108 so that the character conversion can be executed.

The voice processing unit 116 converts the sound data received by the receiving unit 110 or the sound source prepared for the automatic response, and the received text message into the analog electric voice signal under the control of the controller 108. Output as (SPK). Then, the speaker SPK converts the electrical voice signal into an audible sound and outputs the audible sound.

2A is a flowchart for implementing a method of executing a call answering and text message receiving function in a driving mode of the present disclosure.

When the operation mode switch key is pressed in the current normal mode by the user, the operation mode is switched by the toggle function (S201).

When the call is received in the mobile phone (S203), the controller 108 determines the current mode and performs a general call answering function in the normal mode instead of the driving mode (S211). In other words, when the user waits for pressing a specific key assigned to answer a call and detects that the corresponding key is pressed, the call is connected with the counterpart.

If the current mode is the driving mode, it is determined whether the answering mode is automatic. In the answering mode, the pre-prepared announcement sound source is read from the memory unit 106, and the voice is recorded until the call is disconnected. (S209). If not in the auto answer mode, after receiving a preset number of ring back tones (ring back tone) automatically connects the call with the other party (S213).

When a text message is received in the mobile phone (S215), the received message is temporarily stored in the memory unit 106 (S217). If the current mode is determined by the voice mode, the voice message is temporarily stored by the voice conversion algorithm. It converts and outputs it to the speaker SPK (S211).

Figure 2b is a flow chart for implementing a method of executing a call and text message transmission function in the operation mode of the present invention.

As described above, when the operation mode switch key is pressed in the current normal mode by the user, the operation mode is switched by the toggle function (S240).

When the current mode is the driving mode (S250), when the user inputs a specific function name by voice through a microphone (MIC), the controller 108 converts the received function name into a string by a text conversion algorithm (S252). .

If the converted character string is a phone call or equivalent name (S254), the user inputs a telephone number by the voice of the user and this is also converted by the control unit to a corresponding string by a character conversion algorithm (S256), and then calls the telephone number. Attempt to connect (S258).

If the converted string is a text message transmission or equivalent name (S260), likewise receives a phone number and a message to be transmitted to the user's voice and this is also converted by the control unit to the corresponding string and string by the character conversion algorithm (S262) ), And transmits the message received to the telephone number (S264).

Here, before the steps S252, S256, S258, S262, and S264, a comment is set in advance to guide the contents to be taken by the user for the corresponding step, so that the user has completed the previous step and has reached the next step. It would be desirable to be aware and to know the next action to take.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by those equivalent to the scope of the claims.

As described above, according to the present invention, a text message transmission and dialing function is executed through voice recognition in a driving mode, and at this time, a method for receiving a desired phone number and text message contents by voice recognition is provided. In addition, when a text message is received in the driving mode, a method of converting the received message into voice and outputting the same is provided. Finally, when a call is received in the operation mode, a method is provided for making an automatic answer or an automatic telephone connection. This eliminates the inconvenience of having to operate the phone directly to use certain functions of the mobile phone while driving the vehicle. In addition, it is possible to stop using the existing method and simply end the call. Has the effect of running.

1 is a functional block diagram of a mobile phone for implementing the mobile phone specific function execution method in the inventor mode.

Figure 2a is a flow chart for implementing a method of executing a call and text message receiving function in the operation mode of the present invention.

Figure 2b is a flow chart for implementing a method of executing a call and text message transmission function in the operation mode of the present invention.

Claims (9)

Step 1 to check whether the operation mode is set, If it is confirmed that the operation mode in the above, A second step of receiving a voice through a microphone and converting the voice into a string by a text conversion algorithm; A third step of executing the specific function if there is a specific function matching the converted string; Characterized in that it comprises a, mobile phone specific function execution method in the driving mode. The method of claim 1, If the specific function is a text message transmission, the third step, Step 3-1, receiving the receiver's phone number; Step 3-2 receiving the message content; Step 3-3 of transmitting the received message to the received telephone number; How to run, characterized in that the mobile phone specific function running in the driving mode. The method of claim 1, When the specific function is dialing, the third step is Step 3-1 of receiving the other party's phone number; Step 3-2 of connecting a call to the received phone number; How to run, characterized in that the mobile phone specific function running in the driving mode. The method according to any one of claims 2 to 3, Receiving an input in each step, Receiving a voice through a microphone and converting it into a character string by a character conversion algorithm, characterized in that the mobile phone specific function execution mode. The method of claim 1, When the input of the driving mode switching hot key is detected, the method further comprises the step of setting the current mode to the normal mode and the driving mode to each other, characterized in that the mobile phone specific function execution method in the driving mode. If you receive a text message on your phone, A first step of storing the received message in a memory, Step 2 to check whether the operation mode is set, A third step of converting the stored message into a voice by a voice conversion algorithm and outputting the voice when it is determined that the driving mode is performed; Characterized in that it comprises a, mobile phone specific function execution method in the driving mode. The method of claim 6, When the input of the driving mode switching hot key is detected, the method further comprises the step of setting the current mode to the normal mode and the driving mode to each other, characterized in that the mobile phone specific function execution method in the driving mode. If a call arrives on your phone, The first step of checking whether the operation mode is set and the auto answer mode is set; If it is confirmed that the operation mode in the above, If the current setting is an answering machine, the second step of transmitting a pre-stored announcement to the calling party and executing voice recording until the call is disconnected; A third step of automatically connecting a call after receiving a certain number of ring back tones if the current setting is not in the answering machine mode; Characterized in that it comprises a, mobile phone specific function execution method in the driving mode. The method of claim 8, When the input of the driving mode switching hot key is detected, the method further comprises the step of setting the current mode to the normal mode and the driving mode to each other, characterized in that the mobile phone specific function execution method in the driving mode.