JP2000083089A - Radio telephone device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable even a person who is not familiar with the radio telephone device such as an outside worker or operator using the radio telephone device in a workshop premises to communicate with a supervisor by registering a desired telephone number to be dialed, e.g. the extension number of the supervisor. SOLUTION: The radio telephone device is equipped with a radio part 1 which sends and receives data to and from a radio telephone service network, a memory part 4 in which a called subscriber is registered, a calling wait timer part 7 which counts a certain time after the power source is turned or before a call is made again in the case of a failure in calling, a control part 6 which is equipped with a calling request means for making a calling request the calling wait time later and performs total control over the radio telephone device, and a power button 5 for turning on and off the power source of the radio telephone device, and dials the telephone number registered in the memory part for re-calling with the power button ON.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio telephone device having improved operability of a radio telephone device, particularly, operability with respect to a method of calling a specific destination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, wireless telephone devices, such as automobile telephones, mobile telephones, and private telephones, have been rapidly spreading along with their improved convenience and economy. Along with this, not only will individuals use their own dedicated terminals, but also an unspecified number of people will use the terminals provided at the office. Sometimes there is no such thing. Therefore, it has become more important that the telephone terminal has a man-machine interface that can be easily used by anyone without error.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional wireless telephone device. 1 is a radio unit for transmitting and receiving to and from the wireless telephone service network, 2 is an operation unit for inputting a call telephone number to the wireless telephone device and other operations, and 3 is a call originating and receiving for the wireless unit 1 to perform transmission and reception. It is a control unit that performs overall control of a call, and includes a position registration unit that registers in which area the wireless telephone device is located. Reference numeral 4 denotes a memory unit for storing the telephone number of the other party, 5 a power button for turning on and off the power of the wireless telephone device, and 8 a display unit for displaying a button press from the control unit 2 or displaying the signal strength of the radio wave. It is.

[0004] Conventionally, when making a call from a wireless telephone device in a power-off state, although there are some differences depending on the model,
Generally, the following procedure was required. First, the power button 5 of the wireless telephone device is turned on. Next, position registration is performed by the control unit 3. After the position registration, the control unit 3 enters standby reception. When the user calls one of the destinations, the user inputs a telephone number to be called into the operation unit 2 or calls a telephone number registered in the memory unit 4 in advance. Next, the user presses the off-hook button on the operation unit 2 to send the called party's telephone number to the control unit 3, and the control unit 3 makes a call via the wireless unit 1. In the conventional method, in addition to the power button, at least one of a plurality of buttons on the operation unit 2 is arranged.
Alternatively, a call is made by pressing a plurality of buttons.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the invention] In the conventional method,
Even when the call destination is predetermined, an operation such as pressing a button in the control unit 2 is required to call the call destination.

[0006] Such an operation varies depending on the model, and the operation tends to be more complicated with the multifunctionality of the wireless telephone device. As a result, there is a problem that the operation method may not be understood or may be forgotten, and it becomes impossible to make an appropriate outgoing call when necessary.

[0007] Furthermore, even if a minimum operation such as pressing a numeric keypad can be performed in the call destination input section, a telephone call is made, for example, the operator has forgotten or does not know the telephone number to be called. There was a problem that can not be.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention turns off a radio unit for transmitting / receiving data to / from a radio telephone service network and a radio telephone device for registering a call destination. In any case, a memory part where the call destination is registered, a call wait timer part that counts for a certain time after the power is turned on or until the call fails and the call is re-issued, and a call is made after the call wait time has elapsed The wireless telephone device includes a control unit that includes call request means for making a request and performs overall control of the wireless telephone device, and a power button for turning on and off the power of the wireless telephone device.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a wireless telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 6 denotes a control unit having a call requesting unit in addition to a conventional location registering unit;
Is a wait timer unit that waits for a fixed time until an automatic call is made in response to a call request from the control unit 6. The wireless unit 1, the operation unit 2, the memory unit 4, the power button 5, and the display unit 8 are the same as those in the related art. It is.

There are several methods for registering a registered telephone number used for automatic calling. For example, when the wireless telephone device is in the ON state, an input is made by pressing a button on a numeric keypad of the operation unit 2 and registered in the memory 4 via the control unit 6. Alternatively, for example, another medium such as a personal computer is connected to the wireless telephone device, and the telephone number to be called is registered in the memory 4 in advance. When the wireless telephone device is shipped,
A method of registering the information in a memory using a personal computer or the like in advance corresponds to the method. Although illustration is omitted here, a telephone number to be called may be registered in advance in a ROM (read-only memory) such as a memory card, and the ROM may be mounted on the wireless telephone device.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a display example of a radio telephone device according to the operation of the present invention. The operation of the present invention is shown in the block diagram of FIG. 1, the flowchart of FIG. The operation will be described using a display example.

First, when the power button 5 of the wireless telephone device is turned on (step (a) in FIG. 2: display example D1 in FIG. 3), the control unit 6 performs a location registration process required for a cellular wireless telephone (FIG. 2). Two steps (b): display example D2 in FIG.
The strength of the received radio wave is displayed on the radio wave state display in the display unit, and the position is displayed if the wireless communication is possible.

When the position registration is determined (step (c) in FIG. 2: display example D3 in FIG. 3), a call waiting time is set by the wait timer unit 7 (step (d) in FIG. 2), and the control unit 6
Causes the wireless unit 1 to perform a standby process (step (e) in FIG. 2),
During that time, the wait timer 7 counts the wait time (step (f) in FIG. 2). The strength of the radio wave is displayed in the radio wave state display area in the display unit 8, and if the wireless communication is possible, the position is registered. During the call waiting time, the control unit 6 performs a normal standby process.

After the wait timer unit 7 detects the elapse of the calling wait time and sends a signal to the control unit 6,
(Step (g) in FIG. 2), whether the number of calls made by the control unit 6 is within the set number (Step (h) in FIG. 2), whether automatic calling is set (Step (i) in FIG. 2), and memory Part 4
The phone number you want to call automatically is registered (Fig. 2
Step (j)) is detected.

Here, as for the number-of-calls count in step (g) of FIG. 2, if nothing is normally set, the initial set number is set to, for example, "3".

The aforementioned steps (g), (h), (i), and (j)
If any of the above determinations apply, the call requesting means of the control unit 6 issues a call request for the registered telephone number registered in the memory unit 4 and starts calling via the wireless unit 1 (step in FIG. 2). (J): display example D4 in FIG. At this time, the control unit 6 counts the number of outgoing calls by one (step (l) in FIG. 2). When the connection is established, the state is shifted to the call state (step (m) in FIG. 2: display example D5 in FIG. 3).

If the call is unsuccessful, the process returns to the above step (d), and after the wait time set by the wait timer unit 7 has elapsed, the registered telephone number of the memory unit 4 is called from the control unit 6 again. Then, a call is started via the wireless unit 1 by a call requesting unit in the control unit 6.

Conversely, if the number of calls made by the control unit 6 is equal to or greater than the set number (step (h) in FIG. 2), there is no automatic call setting, or explanation will be given in the flowchart of FIG. If not, but there is an operation for canceling the automatic call setting by the operation unit 2 (step (i) in FIG. 2),
If there is no telephone number registration for automatic calling (step (j) in FIG. 2), the apparatus enters a normal standby mode.

Since the calling telephone number registered in the memory unit 4 is retained even when the power of the wireless telephone device is turned off, the number of calls set by the control unit 6 fails, and the standby reception state is set. In this case, once the power is turned off and then turned on, the above-mentioned calling operation is repeated with the same registered telephone number.

[0021]

As described above, it is possible to make a call to a pre-registered destination by pressing only the power and without pressing another button, and to make a call. Therefore, since there is no mistake in pressing the button, anyone can handle the wireless telephone device.

By using the present invention in, for example, a local wireless telephone system, by registering in advance the telephone number to be called, for example, the extension number of a supervisor, a subcontractor, a worker, etc. used in the workplace premises Even a person who is not familiar with the wireless telephone device can talk with the supervisor.

Further, if the group call number is registered in the memory unit, the user can join the group call if the group call has already been started by simply turning on the power of the wireless telephone device, and the group call can be performed. If not, the wireless telephone devices registered as the group call destinations can be called all at once.

Similarly, for a meet-me telephone call (for a certain set call number, the number of connectable telephones is set in advance, and if the set call number is dialed, the set number can be freely participated in a telephone conference). By registering the number, it is possible to participate in a Meet-Me conference call only by turning on the power.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an example of a block diagram of a wireless telephone device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of calling a wireless telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a display example of a display window of the wireless telephone device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of a block diagram of a conventional wireless telephone device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Radio | wireless part 2 Operation part 3 Control part (with a position registration means) 4 Memory part 5 Power button 6 Control part (with a position registration means and a call request means) 7 Wait timer part 8 Display part

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A wireless unit for transmitting and receiving data to and from a wireless telephone service network, a memory unit for registering a call destination, a call wait timer unit for counting a predetermined time after the power to the wireless telephone device is turned on, A control unit for controlling call origination for the wireless telephone service network, comprising a call request means for making a call request after the elapse of a call wait time, and a memory unit for calling in advance by turning on the power A radio telephone device for calling a telephone number registered in a telephone. 2. The wireless telephone device according to claim 1, wherein when the calling operation fails, a predetermined calling wait time is counted by a wait timer, and the calling operation is performed again after the elapse of the calling wait time. 2. A wireless telephone device wherein, if a call fails, the call operation of claim 1 is repeated up to a set number of times.