JP2000253141A - Battery consumption reducing device and its method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a battery consumption reducing device and method for a portable telephone device whose display screen is turned off after the lapse of a fixed time and turned on at the incoming of call or button press. SOLUTION: A screen timer part 16 turns on the display screen of a portable telephone device via a switching part 18 at a display screen displaying part 20 according to the sensing of a button depress control part 10 or an incoming call processing controlling part 12, and turns off the display screen after the lapse of a fixed time. Moreover, the turn off time for the display screen is preliminarily stored in a screen deleting time setting part 14, so that the screen timer part 16 can turn off the display screen by referring to the stored time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for reducing battery consumption of a portable telephone device, in which the display on the display screen of the portable telephone device is turned off at a set time and turned on by an incoming call or a button press to reduce battery consumption. And methods.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An example of a conventional apparatus for turning on / off a display unit for a predetermined time is described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 10-304031. The portable wireless communication device described in this publication includes an LCD control unit that controls the LCD according to instructions from a key operation unit and a CPU, and a power supply to the LCD that is turned on / off.
It has a switch that is turned off and a timer that is reset by an output signal from the LCD control unit, counts time, and instructs the switch to turn on / off power supply to the switch at a predetermined time. When a predetermined time has elapsed since the power was turned on by the timer, the mode is set to the power consumption reduction mode, and the ON / OFF of the LCD is controlled at predetermined time intervals.

[0003]

The above-mentioned JP-A-10-3
The portable wireless communication device described in Japanese Patent No. 04031 turns on / off the display power of the LCD by entering a power consumption reduction mode after a certain period of time. After entering the power consumption reduction mode, the mobile phone device performs an ON operation at predetermined time intervals. However, activating the LCD by performing the ON operation at predetermined time intervals is insufficient to extend the usable time without increasing the capacity of the battery as a result. Further, the on operation may be performed in a place not desired by the user, and as a result, the power may be turned off.

[0004] Furthermore, considering how often the user of the portable telephone device looks at the display screen, no one will look at the display screen at night, for example. Even if the display screen is displayed, it is better to keep the useless power that will not be seen and to use it for the effective call waiting time power and the call power. By doing so, the standby time can be further extended without increasing the remaining battery power.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for reducing battery consumption, which can reduce battery consumption by turning on a display screen of a portable telephone device for a predetermined time or by receiving a call.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A battery consumption reduction device according to the present invention monitors a button press of all buttons of a mobile phone device and notifies a button press of the button, and monitors an incoming call.
An incoming call processing control unit that sends an incoming call notification by the incoming call;
A screen timer unit that turns on the screen according to the notification and turns off according to time, and a display screen display device that turns the screen on or off by a switch is provided.

A method for reducing battery consumption according to the present invention includes a button press control unit that monitors pressing of all buttons of a portable telephone device and notifies the user of the button pressing, an incoming call process that monitors incoming calls and sends out an incoming call notification based on the incoming call. A battery consumption reduction method in a battery consumption reduction device, comprising: a control unit, a screen timer unit that turns on the screen in accordance with the notification and turns off the screen according to time, and a display screen display device that turns on or off the screen by a switch. Upon receiving the button press notification of the button press control unit and the incoming call notification of the incoming call processing control unit, the screen display timer unit instructs the display screen display unit to turn on the screen display, and a predetermined fixed time. The screen display timer instructs the display screen display to turn off the screen display.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention can suppress the consumption of a battery by erasing the display on a display screen of a portable telephone device within a set time. The display screen is cleared during the set time. The time can be arbitrarily set by the user.
The screen display determination is to determine the screen erasure / screen display status by switching, and to cause the display screen display unit to perform screen display processing. Note that the screen display condition may be a case where an incoming call occurs on the mobile phone device or a case where any button of the mobile phone device is pressed. In the case of an incoming call, a mechanism for recognizing that the incoming call has been received by the incoming call processing control unit is provided. If the button is pressed,
The button press control unit has a mechanism for recognizing and sensing that the button of the mobile phone device is pressed.

It is to be noted that, even if an incoming call or a button press occurs, a function is provided for automatically erasing the screen after a lapse of time determined by the timer section. The display time can be arbitrarily set by the user of the mobile phone device.

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 battery consumption reduction device according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a button press control unit 10 that recognizes and senses the press of a dial button and a function button attached to a mobile phone device and notifies the user of the press of the button, and that the mobile phone device receives an incoming call Incoming call processing control unit 12 that recognizes and controls incoming calls, notifies incoming calls, screen erase time setting unit 14 that sets the time in which the user wants to turn off the screen display in advance, and presses a button from button press control unit 10. When the notification of the incoming call and the notification of the incoming call from the incoming call processing control unit 12 are received, an instruction to turn on the screen display is given. Screen display timer 16 for instructing off, and switching for screen display (on) / screen erase (off) in response to an instruction from screen display timer 16 18, a display screen display processing unit 20 for recognizing the screen display (ON) / screen erasure (OFF) of the switching unit 18 and turning on / off the display of the display screen. A transmission processing control unit 22 capable of transmitting a call while the unit 20 is displaying a screen (ON).

When the button press control section 10 senses and recognizes the button press, it notifies the screen display timer section 16.
The screen display timer unit 16 notifies the switching unit 1
8 is instructed to display a screen (ON). Switching section 18
When the screen display (ON) is switched, the display screen display unit 20 displays the screen. When the user tries to make a call, the user performs a call operation and performs a call processing control unit 22.
Performs outgoing call processing. Also, the incoming call processing control unit 12
When the incoming call is recognized, the screen timer section 16 is notified. The screen timer unit 16 instructs by the notification, and the display screen display unit 20 displays the screen by the switching of the switching unit 18.

Further, the screen timer section 16 switches the switching section 18 when a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the screen display.
To turn off the screen. Switching section 18
When the screen switching (off) is switched by an instruction, the display screen display unit 20 erases the screen. Further, the screen timer unit 18 monitors the time set in the screen erasing time setting unit 14, and automatically turns off the screen when the set time is reached.

Next, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention 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. It is assumed that the power of the mobile phone device is turned on. The incoming call processing control section 12 determines whether or not there is an incoming call (step A1). If the result of the determination is that there is an incoming call, the operation proceeds to step A3. If the result of the determination is that there is no incoming call, the button pressing control section 10 determines whether or not a button has been pressed (step A2).
If the result of determination is that there is no button press, the process returns to step A1. If the result of determination is that there is a button press, a display screen is displayed (step A3). It is determined whether a predetermined time has elapsed from the start of display on the display (step A4). If the result of the determination is that the certain time has not elapsed, the flow returns to step A3. If the result of the determination is that a certain time has elapsed, the display screen is turned off (step A).
5) End the operation.

If no incoming call has been received or a button on the portable telephone device has not been pressed, no particular operation is performed.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the above-described embodiment, the screen is displayed when the button press control unit 10 senses by pressing a button of the mobile phone device to display the screen. In this embodiment, the display screen is replaced with a touch panel. It is assumed that input means from a display screen is provided in the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and the operation is such that activation of the screen display timer unit 16 from the input means is added to the operation of the above-described embodiment.

[0016]

According to the battery consumption reduction apparatus of the present invention, the screen can be quickly displayed by the button pressing control section by pressing any button without selecting the button of the portable telephone apparatus. If the mobile phone device is a type that presses a number after pressing a function button (performed when using various functions)
The operation can be simplified if any one of the buttons of the mobile phone device can be pressed while the operation is troublesome and an erroneous operation can occur.

Further, the battery consumption reducing device notifies the incoming call by the incoming call processing control unit, so that if the current portable telephone device does not want to output a ringing tone, a vibrator (vibration) function, a silent (erasing) function, The incoming call display lamp function can be used as a function for notifying an incoming call, similarly to the function.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a battery consumption reduction 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 Button press control part 12 Incoming call processing control part 14 Screen erasing time setting part 16 Screen display timer part 18 Switching part 20 Display screen display part 22 Transmission processing control part

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] January 21, 2000 (2000.1.2
1)

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[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a device for reducing battery consumption, which comprises a touch panel constituting a display of a portable telephone device.
The touch panel that monitors the input to the
A call input control unit , an incoming call processing control unit that monitors an incoming call and sends an incoming call notification according to the incoming call, a screen timer unit that turns on the screen by the notification and turns off according to time, and turns the screen on or off by a switch And a display screen display device.

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A method for reducing battery consumption according to the present invention is directed to a portable telephone device.
PlaceMonitors the input to the touch panel that composes the display
Touch panel input control unit that notifies the user of the input
And monitor the incoming call and send an incoming call notification by the incoming call
When the screen is turned on by the incoming call processing control unit and the notification
Screen timer part that turns off between
Display screen display device to turn the screen on or off
And a method for reducing battery consumption in a battery consumption reduction device comprising:
The method, wherein saidTouch from touch panel input control unit
Panel inputNotification and the incoming call notification of the incoming call processing control unit.
Upon receipt, the screen display timer unit
Instruct the screen display unit to turn on the screen display, and
If the fixed time is exceeded, the screen display timer
Instructs the ray screen display to turn off the screen display
And

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When the button press control section 10 senses and recognizes the button press, it notifies the screen display timer section 16.
The screen display timer unit 16 notifies the switching unit 1
8 is instructed to display a screen (ON). Switching section 18
When the screen display (ON) is switched, the display screen display unit 20 displays the screen. When the user tries to make a call, the user performs a call operation and performs a call processing control unit 22.
Performs outgoing call processing. Also, the incoming call processing control unit 12
When the incoming call is recognized, the screen display timer unit 16 is notified. The screen display timer 16 is instructed by the notification, and the display screen display 2
0 displays the screen.

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Further, the screen display timer section 16 instructs the switching section 18 to erase the screen (turn off) when a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the screen display. Switching unit 1
8, when the screen erase (off) is switched according to the instruction, the display screen display unit 20 erases the screen. Further, the screen display timer unit 16 includes a screen erasing time setting unit 14.
The time set in is monitored, and the screen is automatically turned off when the set time is reached.

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[0016]

According to the battery consumption reduction apparatus of the present invention, the screen can be quickly displayed by the button pressing control section by pressing any button without selecting the button of the portable telephone apparatus. If the mobile phone device is a type that presses a number after pressing a function button (performed when using various functions)
The operation can be simplified if any one of the buttons of the mobile phone device can be pressed while the operation is troublesome and an erroneous operation can occur. Replace display screen with touch panel
The operation is also simplified when the input means is provided.
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[Submission date] June 26, 2000 (2006.2.
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[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for reducing battery consumption, which monitors an incoming call of a portable telephone device and sends an incoming call notification upon receiving the incoming call. and the screen timer to turn off, the battery drain reduction device that includes a display screen display device to turn on or off the screen by the switch, the
Monitors all button presses on the mobile phone device
Button is pressed, the button is pressed on the screen timer section.
A button press control unit for notifying, and the button press control is provided.
It is characterized in that the screen is quickly displayed by the unit .

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A method for reducing battery consumption according to the present invention includes an incoming call processing control unit for monitoring an incoming call of a portable telephone device and sending out an incoming call notification in response to the incoming call; And a display screen display device for turning on or off the screen by a switch.
Monitor the pressing of all buttons of the mobile phone device,
When the notification of the button press when any one of the buttons is pressed and any one of the incoming notification of the incoming call processing control unit is received, the screen display timer unit instructs the display screen display unit to turn on the screen display, When a predetermined time period is exceeded, the screen display timer unit instructs the display screen display unit to turn off the screen display.

Claims (6)

[Claims] A button press control unit that monitors pressing of all buttons of the mobile phone device and notifies the user of the button press; a call processing control unit that monitors an incoming call and sends an incoming call notification based on the incoming call; A device for reducing battery consumption, comprising: a screen timer unit for turning on the screen and turning off the screen according to time; and a display screen display device for turning on and off the screen by a switch. 2. A button press control unit for recognizing and sensing presses of all buttons attached to a portable telephone device, and notifying the press of the buttons, and recognizing that the portable telephone device has received an incoming call. An incoming call processing control unit that controls the incoming call and notifies the incoming call; a screen erasing time setting unit that sets a time in which the user wants to turn off the screen display in advance; and a notification of a button press from the button press control unit. Receiving a notification of an incoming call from the incoming call processing control unit, instructs to turn on the screen display, has a timer, and turns off the screen display when the time set in the screen erase time setting unit or a predetermined time elapses. A switching unit for displaying or erasing a screen according to an instruction from the screen display timer unit; Recognizing a face view or screen blanking, battery drain reduction apparatus characterized by comprising: a display screen display processing unit that turns on or off the display screen, the. 3. Upon receiving a button press notification from the button press control unit and an incoming call notification from the call processing control unit, the screen display timer unit turns on the screen display on the display screen display unit via the switching unit. 3. The battery consumption reduction device according to claim 2, wherein the screen display timer unit instructs the display screen display unit to turn off screen display when a predetermined time period is exceeded. 4. The battery consumption reduction according to claim 2, wherein the screen timer monitors a time set in the screen erase time setting section, and turns off the screen when the set time is reached. apparatus. 5. A button press control unit that monitors pressing of all buttons of the mobile phone device and notifies the user of the button press; a call processing control unit that monitors an incoming call and sends an incoming call notification based on the incoming call; A battery consumption reduction method in a battery consumption reduction device comprising: a screen timer unit that turns on the screen and turns off the screen according to time; and a display screen display device that turns on and off the screen by a switch. Upon receiving the button press notification and the incoming call notification of the incoming call processing control unit, the screen display timer unit instructs the display screen display unit to turn on the screen display, and when a predetermined time period is exceeded, the screen display timer unit A unit instructing the display screen display unit to turn off the screen display. 6. a) a step of judging whether or not there is an incoming call; and b) if there is an incoming call as a result of the judgment of step a, proceed to step c, and if there is no incoming call as a result of the judgment of step a. C) determining whether or not a button is pressed; and c) returning to step a if no button is pressed as a result of the determination in step b, and displaying a screen if a button is pressed as a result of the determination in step b. And d) a step of determining whether a predetermined time has elapsed since the start of the display of the screen. E) If the result of determination in step d is that the predetermined time has not elapsed, return to step c. , As a result of the determination in step d,
Turning off the screen if a predetermined time has elapsed, and ending the operation.