JP2000188629A - Communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication terminal with satisfactory user friendliness by allowing a user to assign operating method to a desired key. SOLUTION: When an external key 39 is depressed at the arrival of an incoming call, the communication terminal can receive the incoming call, and when the key 39 is depressed during a speech, the terminal can interrupt the phone call. When the user depresses the external key 39 for one second or longer, the function set by the user can be executed. The function set by the user can be selected from an incoming call tone silencing mode, a mobile mode or a message memo setting or the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device capable of assigning a user's favorite function to an operation button, and more particularly to a communication device used for a flipper type mobile phone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, telephone apparatuses such as telephone apparatuses, portable telephone apparatuses, and PHS telephone apparatuses used in homes and offices are provided with "0 to 9" for inputting a telephone number to be called into the telephone apparatus. , *, #, Etc., and an operation unit including a plurality of keys, such as function keys for executing various other control processes.

[0003]

The functions assigned to the respective keys are fixed and assigned by the manufacturer. Further, since the functions used are larger than the number of keys, some functions are realized by continuous operation of a plurality of keys. For this reason, the number of times the button is pressed is increased, which may be inconvenient, and it may take time to call a function that the user wants to use.

The functions of a mobile phone and the like are different in functions frequently used and functions not used depending on individuals. Therefore, it is desirable for a user to be able to easily call a frequently used function.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a user-friendly communication device by assigning an operation method to a desired key by a user.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention
According to the described communication apparatus of the present invention, the user can arbitrarily set the operation at the time of pressing the operation key by the key operation setting means.

[0007] Therefore, it is possible to assign any operation to be used by the user with good confidence to the operation key, thereby making it easy for the user to use.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication apparatus having a flipper unit, wherein the key operation setting means is configured to operate when the second operation key operable when the flipper is closed is pressed by the key operation setting means. Operation can be set arbitrarily.

Therefore, in the same manner as in the communication device according to the first aspect of the present invention, any operation used by the user with good confidence can be assigned to the operation key, and the user can use the device easily. Can be.

[0010] Further, with the configuration according to the third aspect of the present invention, the user can arbitrarily set the operation when the operation keys are continuously pressed, so that one operation key is continuously pressed. The operation can be different between when the button is pressed and when the button is pressed for a short time, and the setting can be made by effectively using limited operation keys.

[0011]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a mobile phone as one embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the mobile phone when a flipper is opened. FIG. It is a perspective view at the time of closing.

2 and 3, which show the overall structure of the mobile phone 40, an antenna 33,
A speaker (receiver) 35, a microphone (transmitter) 36, a display section 37 for displaying a telephone number and a setting state, a "start" key 3
8a, "end" key 38b, "menu" key 38c,
A key operation unit 38 (corresponding to an operation key of the present invention) including a “redial” key 38 d and including “0” to “9”, “*”, and “#”, and is provided on the housing to be openable and closable. A flipper unit 41 and an incoming lamp 42 are provided.

Further, as shown in FIG.
An external key 39 (second operation key of the present invention) provided to be operable from the front side is provided. This foreign key 3
When the key 9 is pressed, the redial key 38d is pressed, and the closed state of the flipper portion can be detected to detect the key operation at the time of closing.
The external key 39 can receive a call during an incoming call or hang up during a call, and, as described later, changes a function when the key is pressed for a long time according to the user's preference. be able to.

Next, the electrical configuration of the mobile phone 40 will be described with reference to FIG.

The control section 31 is mainly composed of a microcomputer. The control section 31 is connected to a radio section 32 and an audio processing section 34, and the display section 37 and the key operation section 38 described above. , An external key 39 is connected.

The radio section 32 transmits or receives communication data from the antenna 7 as a transmission signal and a reception signal by modulating and demodulating a carrier wave.

The audio processing unit 34 is provided with the above-described speaker 35.
And the microphone 36. And the microphone 36
In addition to generating speech data by encoding the reception signal given from, the speech data is decoded and output from the speaker 35 as a transmission signal.

The display unit 37 is provided with various display signals such as an incoming call display signal from the control unit 31.
Various display messages such as an incoming message are displayed in response to the various display signals.

The key operation section 38 and the external key 39 output a key operation detection signal to the control section 31 in response to the operation of any one of the various keys. , The control section 31 decodes and identifies the key operation detection signal given from the key operation sections 38 and 39.

The external key 39 is pressed for a predetermined time (one second).
If a long press operation is performed continuously, the call can be received during a call or the call can be cut off during a call, and the function set by the user during standby is realized. It is configured to be.

Next, the key operation unit 3 which is a feature of the present invention.
8. Regarding the operation of the external key 39 relating to arbitrary function assignment, the external key 3 provided in the flipper unit 41
An example of key setting 9 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, by depressing the key operation section 38,
When "menu", "*", "4", and "9" are successively pressed, a screen shown in FIG. 4A is displayed. As shown in FIG. 4A, “E button setting” is displayed, and the currently set function is displayed. In this example, the ringtone erasing mode is set.

Then, in this state, the "menu" key 3
When the user presses 8c, a list of functions that can be set with the external key 39 is displayed as shown in FIG.

For example, the functions that can be set are selected from predetermined functions, such as a ringtone erasing mode, a moving mode, a message memo setting, and a dial call, but are not limited to these. No, mobile phone 40
All functions owned by may be selected.

Here, the ring tone erasing mode is to mute the ring tone of the mobile phone and to vibrate the vibrator at the time of an incoming call. The movement mode is a mode in which a message indicating that driving is being performed is transmitted to the other party who made a call when a call is received. The message memo setting is for setting an answering machine function in a mobile phone. In addition, the dial transmission is to automatically transmit a predetermined telephone number.

In the state shown in FIG. 4B, when the function to be set is selected with the up and down arrow keys and the menu key 38c is pressed, the setting is made as shown in FIG. 4C. Is displayed, and after two seconds, the screen automatically returns to the screen in FIG.

Thereafter, when the "end" key 38b is pressed, the screen returns to the standby screen.

By making the setting in this way, the function at the time of pressing the key can be arbitrarily set by the user, and the convenience for the user can be improved.

In the above-described embodiment, in order to prevent malfunction, nothing is operated when the button is shortly pressed, and the function is set to operate only when the button is pressed for a long time. Is also good. In that case, foreign key 3
It is preferable that a setting can be made so that a call can be received when a short press of 9 is received during an incoming call, and that the call is disconnected when a short press is performed during a call.

In this example, the time when the button is continuously pressed is
Detected in two stages of short press and long press, and realized two different actions, but not limited to this, short press of less than 1 second, middle press of 1 second or more and less than 3 seconds, 3 seconds As in the case of the long press described above, three or more stages may be used, and the operation may be different depending on each stage.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an appearance of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention, showing a state where a flipper unit is opened.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an appearance of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention, showing a state in which a flipper unit is closed.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a setting screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 38 key operation unit (operation key) 39 external key (second operation key) 40 mobile phone 41 control unit (control means)

Claims (3)

[Claims] A display means for displaying various messages, a transmission / reception means for transmitting / receiving voice, a plurality of operation keys, and a key operation setting means for setting an operation when the operation key is pressed. Communication device provided. 2. A plurality of operation keys having a flipper portion and provided inside the flipper portion and operable when the flipper portion is opened, and a second operation key provided through the flipper portion and operable when the flipper is closed. And a key operation setting means for setting an operation when the second operation key is pressed. 3. A continuously depressed detecting means for detecting that the operation key is continuously depressed for a predetermined time or more, wherein the key operation setting means performs a continuous depressing operation for setting an operation when the operation key is continuously depressed. 3. The communication device according to claim 1, further comprising a key operation setting unit.