JP2000196715A - Portable telephone terminal and method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically switch an incoming call from a ringer mode to a vibration mode and to prevent bothering the neighboring people by providing a specified frequency transmitter and a portable telephone set which automatically switches a call mode to a user from a ringer tone mode to a vibration node when a specified frequency is received. SOLUTION: When a portable telephone set 16 moves to a highly public area (a theatre, a movie theatre, a museum and the like), the portable telephone set 16 receives a specified frequency transmitted from a transmitter 14 installed in an area through a specified frequency receiver 20 through an antenna 18. A communication control part 34 judges whether the specified frequency is received or not. When the specified frequency is received as the result of judgment, a communication control part 34 controls a mode switch 28 and automatically switches the incoming mode to a vibration generator 26 from a call ringer generator 24. Thus, the incoming call can be informed without bothering neigh boring people by switching the mode from a ringer to a vibrator.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone terminal device and a method for automatically switching an incoming call notification to a portable telephone terminal from a ringing mode to a vibration mode to prevent trouble to surroundings.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a mobile phone terminal is used in an area having high publicity (for example, a theater, a movie theater, a museum, and the like), an incoming call notification in a ringing mode may cause trouble to the surroundings. It was necessary to turn off the power of the mobile phone terminal or switch from the ringing mode to the vibration mode in advance.

An example of a conventional switching mode switching method is described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-262280. The wireless communication device described in this publication includes a setting memory in which a plurality of operation states corresponding to a mode suitable for an environment used by a user are stored in advance, and an operation in which a selected mode is stored in the setting memory. A switching control unit for switching to a state, and a mode selection button for the user to select a mode according to the environment from a plurality of modes, so that the user can easily operate the operation state corresponding to the mode suitable for the environment. Can be switched.

[0004]

The above-described radio communication apparatus requires the user to select from a plurality of modes, and has a troublesome operation for the user to change. In addition, when the power is turned off, it is not possible to provide an incoming call. Even in the case of the vibration mode, if the user responds to the reception, there is a possibility that the call may cause trouble to the surroundings. In addition, a call prevention device used in some theaters (in order to prevent the mobile phone terminal from ringing during a performance, the surrounding mobile phone terminals are forcibly moved out of range by transmitting jamming radio waves from the call prevention device. In the case of (2), both outgoing and incoming calls of the mobile phone terminal may become unavailable.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone having an incoming call notification mode and a voice recording mode automatic switching system by installing a specific frequency transmitter in a highly public area and providing a mobile phone terminal with a specific frequency receiver. It is to provide a telephone terminal device and a method.

[0006]

A portable telephone terminal device according to the present invention comprises a specific frequency transmitter for transmitting a specific frequency, and when the specific frequency is received, a calling mode for a user is automatically switched from a ringing tone to a vibration. And a mobile phone.

A portable telephone terminal method according to the present invention is a portable telephone comprising a specific frequency transmitter for transmitting a specific frequency, and a mobile telephone for automatically switching a calling mode to a user from a ringing tone to a vibration upon receiving the specific frequency. A mobile phone terminal method in a telephone terminal device, wherein upon receiving the specific frequency, automatically switches an incoming call notification mode of the mobile phone to a vibration mode, and notifies a user of an incoming call by vibration in response to an incoming call from a caller. If the user does not respond, the caller is automatically notified of difficulty in answering, voice recording is started, and after the voice recording, the caller is notified of an incoming call and the presence or absence of voice recording is notified. And

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The configuration of an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile phone terminal device according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile telephone 10 on the caller side is used in a mobile network terminal device.
A mobile network 12 that relays and exchanges wireless communication with the mobile phone 10, a specific frequency transmitter 14 that is installed in a highly public area and transmits a predetermined frequency,
A mobile network terminal device including a user's mobile phone 16. The mobile phone 16 transmits and receives wireless data to and from the mobile network 12 and receives an antenna 18 that receives wireless data from the specific frequency transmitter 14.
And a specific frequency receiver 20 that receives a radio wave of a specific frequency from the specific frequency transmitter 14 via the antenna 18.
And the mobile network 1 including the specific frequency receiver 20
A transmission / reception unit 22 for transmitting / receiving a radio wave to / from the mobile phone 10; a ring tone generator 24 for generating a ring tone for notifying the user of the incoming call from the mobile phone 10;
A vibration generator 26 for generating a vibration for notifying the user of an incoming call from an incoming call, a mode switching unit 28 for switching to the ringing tone generator 24 in the ringing mode and the vibration generator 26 in the vibration mode, An incoming call notifying unit 30 including a ringing tone generator 24 and a vibration generator 26, and after sending out an announcement to notify the caller of a state in which it is difficult to respond to the reception after a certain period of time without receiving and responding to the caller, A voice response / recording unit 32 for starting voice recording, a communication control unit 34 for instructing switching of the incoming call notification unit 30 by a specific frequency, controlling voice recording from the mobile phone 10 and controlling communication, and a mobile phone 16 And a terminal status display section 36 for displaying the status of the terminal by information from the communication control section 34.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flowchart of the operation of the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, when the mobile phone 16 moves to a highly public area (for example, a theater, a movie theater, a museum, or the like), the mobile phone 16 is transmitted from a specific frequency transmitter 14 installed in the area. The specific frequency is received by the specific frequency receiver 20 via the antenna 18 (step S1). Communication control unit 34
Determines whether a specific frequency is received (step S2). If the result of determination is that the specific frequency has not been received, processing returns to step S1 (step S3). As a result of the determination, when a specific frequency is received, the communication control unit 34 controls the mode switching unit 28 and the voice response and recording unit 32 to automatically switch the incoming call notification mode from the ring tone generator 24 to the vibration generator 26. , And automatically switches to a mode for prompting voice recording (voice recording mode) after an announcement is sent out to notify the user of a state in which reception and response are difficult, and the communication control unit 34 controls the terminal status display unit 36 to Is displayed (step S4). The communication control unit 34 periodically monitors the reception level of the specific frequency,
It is determined whether the value has fallen below the critical value (step S5).
As a result of the determination, if the value falls below the critical value, the incoming call notification mode and the voice recording mode are automatically switched again to the original state (step S6), and the process returns to step S1. It is determined whether or not the caller has received a call to the mobile phone terminal 16 via the mobile network 12 (step S7). If the result of determination is that there is no incoming call, the process returns to step S5. If the result of the determination is that there is an incoming call, it is determined whether or not the mobile phone 16 can be received in the service area (step S8). If the result of the determination is that reception is not possible, mobile network 1
It is determined whether or not the voice recording service 2 is set (step S9). If so, the voice recording of the caller is started (step S10), and the operation ends. If not set, an announcement that the mobile phone 16 is out of the service area or the power is off is sent to the caller (step S10).
11) End the operation. After that, the user enters the mobile phone 1
When the mobile phone 6 becomes available for reception, the mobile network 12 is notified of the presence of voice recording, and the user accesses the mobile network 12 at the discretion of the user to check the voice recording content. If the result of the determination in step S8 indicates that reception is possible, the vibration generator 26 notifies the user of an incoming call (step S8).
12). The communication control unit 34 determines whether or not the incoming call has been answered (step S13). If the result of the determination is that there is an incoming call response, a normal incoming call operation is performed (step S14) and the process returns to step S1. As a result of the judgment, if you do not answer the call,
The voice response / recording unit 32 sends an announcement to the mobile phone 10 to notify the user that the reception and response are difficult.
Voice recording of the caller is started from 0 (step S1).
5). After disconnecting the caller or completing the voice recording, the communication control unit 34 controls the terminal status display unit 36 to display an incoming call notification and the presence / absence of voice recording (step S16), and ends the operation.

[0010]

According to the present invention, the portable telephone terminal according to the present invention automatically switches from the ringing mode to the vibration mode when using the portable telephone in an area having high publicity, thereby causing trouble to the surroundings. The user can be notified of the incoming call without being notified, and can also prompt the caller to make a voice recording after announcing and transmitting a situation in which the user has difficulty receiving and responding. Since the user automatically switches the incoming call mode without worrying about the operation of the mobile phone, the operation is simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile phone terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of an operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile telephone 12 Mobile network 14 Specific frequency transmitter 16 Mobile telephone 18 Antenna 20 Specific frequency receiver 22 Transmitter / receiver 24 Ringing tone generator 26 Vibration generator 28 Mode switching part 30 Incoming notification part 32 Voice response and recording part 34 Communication Control unit 36 Terminal status display unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] A specific frequency transmitter for transmitting a specific frequency; a mobile phone for automatically switching a call mode to a user from a ringing tone to a vibration upon receiving the specific frequency;
A mobile phone terminal device comprising: 2. A mobile phone, comprising: a specific frequency receiver for receiving the specific frequency and notifying the reception; and a ring tone for generating a ring tone for notifying a user of an incoming call from a caller. A vibration generator that generates vibration to notify a user that there is an incoming call from a caller; a mode switching unit that can switch between the ringer generator and the vibration generator by a control signal; The mobile phone terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: a communication control unit configured to transmit the control signal that switches a mode of an incoming call notification to a user to the vibration mode when the notification of reception is received. 3. The mobile telephone, a voice response / recording unit for responding to the caller by voice and recording by voice from the caller; a receiving mode state of the mobile phone; And a terminal status display unit for displaying the presence or absence of the voice recording. The mobile phone, when receiving the specific frequency, switches an incoming call notification to a user to the vibration mode by the mode switching unit, and makes the call. When there is an incoming call from the caller, the call is notified in the vibration mode, and if the user does not respond, the caller is automatically notified that it is difficult to answer and starts voice recording. 3. The mobile phone terminal device according to claim 2, wherein a notification of the incoming call and presence / absence of the voice recording are displayed. 4. A specific frequency transmitter for transmitting a specific frequency, a mobile phone which automatically switches a call mode to a user from a ringing tone to a vibration upon receiving the specific frequency,
A mobile phone terminal method in a mobile phone terminal device comprising: receiving the specific frequency, automatically switching an incoming call notification mode of the mobile phone to a vibration mode, and receiving an incoming call from a caller with a vibration. Notifying the caller automatically if the user does not respond,
A mobile phone terminal method, wherein voice recording is started, and after the voice recording, the caller is notified of the incoming call and the presence or absence of the voice recording is notified. 5. The portable telephone terminal method according to claim 4, wherein the incoming call mode is automatically switched to the mode before the switching when the specific frequency falls below the critical value. 6. A step of determining whether or not a specific frequency is being received, and b) If the result of the determination is that the specific frequency has not been received, the procedure returns to step a. Automatically switching from a ringing tone to a vibration and automatically switching to a mode in which the caller is notified of difficulty in answering and prompts voice recording; c) whether the specific frequency is a reception level critical value And d) automatically switching back to the normal standby state when the value falls below the critical value as a result of the determination in step c, and returning to step a). E) maintaining the critical value as a result of the determination in step c. Determining whether there is an incoming call from the caller if there is a call; f) returning to step c if there is no incoming call as a result of step e; and g) receiving an incoming call as a result of step e. If so, H) notifying the user in a vibration mode to determine whether the user has responded; and h) as a result of the determination in step g, performing a normal incoming call operation when responding, and responding to the caller when not responding. A mobile phone terminal method, comprising: a step of giving a notification of difficulty and starting voice recording; and i) a step of notifying a user of an incoming call notification and the presence / absence of voice recording after the voice recording ends.