JP2000278395A - Communication apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a communication apparatus improved in convenience by exactly reporting the telephone number of a caller. SOLUTION: When a caller telephone number '090356×××××' is received, portable telephone equipment 1 displays that caller telephone number on a display 4 and outputs electronic tone signals (sounds of '0', '9', '0', '3', '5', '6'...) corresponding to respective numbers as the components of the caller telephone number from a speaker 8. Even when the back light of the display 4 is broken, the portable telephone equipment 1 is housed in a bag or caller telephone number is not registered in a memory dial, a user identifies the electronic tone signals outputted from the speaker 8 so as to exactly recognize the telephone number of the caller.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a communication device such as a portable telephone device.

[0002]

In recent years, with the advance of telecommunication technology, various communication devices such as portable telephone devices have become widespread, and accordingly, various communication services have been provided in communication networks. Provided. By the way, for example, if the mobile phone device on the calling side supports the caller telephone number notification service, which is one of the various communication services, the mobile phone device on the receiving side receives The telephone number is displayed on the display of the mobile telephone device, so that the user can recognize the caller telephone number before answering the incoming call. In some cases, if the caller telephone number is a telephone number registered in the memory dial, the registered name (for example, a person's name) registered is displayed on a display.

However, in these methods, as a method of notifying the caller's telephone number and the caller, a method of displaying the caller's telephone number and the registered name registered in the memory dial on a display as described above. So that
For example, when the backlight of the display is broken, there is a problem that the user cannot recognize the caller telephone number or the caller.

In this case, the user needs to perform an operation of looking at the display. For example, when the portable telephone device is stored in a jacket pocket or a bag, an operation of taking out the portable telephone device is required. Is required, and the operation is troublesome.

Therefore, as another method of notifying the caller, on the condition that the caller telephone number is a telephone number registered in the memory dial, the registered name is output from a speaker. There are those that have been configured. According to this, even if the backlight of the display is out of order or the mobile phone device is stored in a jacket pocket or bag, for example, the user can register the registered registration. By outputting the name from the speaker, the caller can be recognized without troublesome operation.

However, this is based on the premise that the caller telephone number is a telephone number registered in the memory dial, so that the case where the caller telephone number is a telephone number not registered in the memory dial is considered. However, the problem described above, that is, the problem that the user cannot recognize the caller telephone number, has not been solved yet.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a communication device capable of accurately notifying a caller's telephone number and thereby improving usability. To provide.

[0008]

According to the communication apparatus of the present invention, when the receiving means receives the caller telephone number, the identification means recognizes each number which is a component of the received caller telephone number. And the control means causes the sound signal output means to output the sound signal such that each number identified by the identification means and the output pattern of the sound signal individually correspond to each other. That is, in this device, the sound signal output means outputs a sound signal according to an output pattern individually corresponding to each number which is a component of the caller's telephone number. If you do,
Even when the communication device is stored in a jacket pocket or bag, or when the caller's telephone number is a telephone number not registered in the memory dial, the sound signal output unit outputs the sound signal. By identifying the sound signal, it is possible to accurately recognize the caller's telephone number, thereby improving usability.

According to the communication device of the second aspect, the sound signal output means outputs an electronic sound signal as a sound signal. That is, in this case, since the sound signal output means outputs an electronic sound signal as a sound signal, the user can accurately identify the caller telephone number by identifying the electronic sound signal output by the sound signal output means. Can be recognized.

According to the communication device of the third aspect, the electronic sound signal generating means generates an electronic sound signal based on the sound when the sound input means inputs the sound, and the sound signal output means generates the sound signal based on the sound. The electronic sound signal generated by the sound signal generation means is output. That is, this device generates an electronic sound signal based on the sound by inputting the sound, and the sound signal output means outputs the generated electronic sound signal. By identifying the electronic sound signal based on the input voice, it is possible to accurately recognize the caller telephone number. Also, by encrypting and inputting the voice, it is possible to provide confidentiality.

According to the communication device of the fourth aspect, the sound signal output means outputs a DTMF (multi-frequency) signal as a sound signal. That is, in this device, the sound signal output means outputs a DTMF signal as a sound signal, so that the user can convert the electronic sound signal output by the sound signal output means into a DTMF signal.
By identifying the signal in accordance with the frequency configuration of the signal, it is possible to accurately recognize the caller telephone number.

According to the communication apparatus of the fifth aspect, when the receiving means receives the caller telephone number, the identification means identifies each number which is a component of the received caller telephone number, and the control means. Operates the vibration means so that each number identified by the identification means and the vibration pattern individually correspond to each other. That is, in this case, the vibration means operates according to a vibration pattern individually corresponding to each number which is a component of the caller's telephone number. Even when the communication device is stored in a jacket pocket or bag, or when the caller's telephone number is a telephone number not registered in the memory dial, the vibration pattern of the vibration means By the identification, it is possible to accurately recognize the caller's telephone number in the same manner as in the above-described claim 1, thereby improving usability.

According to the communication device of the sixth aspect, the vibrating means operates according to the vibration pattern based on the Morse code. That is, in this apparatus, the vibration means operates according to the vibration pattern based on the Morse code, so that the user can identify the vibration pattern in which the vibration means operates in correspondence with the Morse code to identify the caller telephone number. Can be accurately recognized.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a portable telephone device will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 2 shows an appearance of a mobile phone device. On the front side of the housing 2 in the mobile phone device 1, a call start key
Redial key, call end key, number keys "0" to "9", * (asterisk) key, # (sharp) key,
A keypad 3, on which various keys such as F (function) keys are arranged, a display 4, a microphone 5 (voice input means in the present invention), a receiver 6, and an LED 7 are provided. On the side, a speaker 8 (sound signal output means in the present invention) is provided. An antenna case 2a is integrally provided on the upper side of the housing 2 so as to protrude upward, and an antenna 9 (FIG. 3) for radiating and capturing radio waves is provided inside the antenna case 2a. See also). Further, a vibrator 10 (vibration means in the present invention) is provided inside the housing 2.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an electric configuration of the portable telephone device 1. As shown in FIG. Control unit 1
1 (identification means and control means in the present invention) is mainly configured by a microcomputer,
1 includes a wireless communication unit 12 (reception means according to the present invention), a voice input / output unit 13, a key operation detection unit 14, and a display control unit 1.
5, the speaker drive unit 16, the vibrator drive unit 17, and the memory unit 18 are connected.

When the transmission voice is input, the microphone 5 converts the transmission voice from a voice signal to an electric signal to generate a transmission signal, and outputs the transmission signal to the voice input / output unit 13. When a transmission signal is provided from the microphone 5, the voice input / output unit 13 performs amplification processing and A / D conversion processing on the supplied transmission signal, and performs wireless communication via the control unit 11. Output to the unit 12. Then, the wireless communication unit 12 sends the control unit 1
1, a baseband process, a radio process, and the like are performed on the given transmission signal, and a predetermined frequency band (for example, 1.5 G
(Hz band).

When the antenna 9 captures a radio wave in a predetermined frequency band, the radio communication unit 12 performs radio processing and baseband processing on the radio wave to generate a reception signal, and the reception unit controls the reception signal. The data is output to the audio input / output unit 13 via the input / output unit 11. When receiving a reception signal from the wireless communication unit 12 via the control unit 11, the voice input / output unit 13 converts the received reception signal into a D / A signal.
The receiver 6 performs conversion processing, amplification processing, and the like, and outputs the received reception signal from the audio input / output unit 13 to the audio signal. To generate a received voice, and output the received voice.

The key operation detecting section 14 outputs a key operation detecting signal corresponding to the key operation to the control section 11 in response to the user performing a key operation with the keypad 3. The unit 11 is a key operation detecting unit 1
When a key operation detection signal is given from 4, the given key operation detection signal is identified, and a predetermined process corresponding to the identification result is executed. Display control unit 15
When a display command signal is given from the control unit 11, the display unit 4 displays display information corresponding to the given display command signal.

When an output command signal is given from the control section 11, the speaker drive section 16 sends an electronic sound signal to the speaker 8 according to an output pattern corresponding to the given output command signal.
Output. Vibrator drive unit 17 receives an operation command signal from control unit 11,
The vibrator 10 is operated by a vibration pattern corresponding to the given operation command signal.
In this case, the vibrator 10 is configured to operate according to a vibration pattern based on the Morse code.

The memory section 18 stores predetermined storage information (for example, a telephone number as a memory dial, a registered name, etc.) in a predetermined storage area. The storage information corresponding to the read signal is output to the control unit 11.

The control section 11 includes an electronic sound signal generation section 19 (electronic sound signal generation means in the present invention) and a DTMF (multi-frequency) signal generation section 20. The electronic sound signal generation unit 19 generates an electronic sound signal based on the sound input to the microphone 5, and specifically, the user inputs “0”, “1”, “2”,. , "8", "9"
, “Zero”, “one”, “d”,…,
When you input voices such as "bee" and "kyu", "zero", "ichi", "d",
., "Bees" and "kyu" are generated as electronically synthesized telegraph sound signals. The memory unit 18 stores the electronic sound signal generated in this manner as storage information.

The DTMF signal generator 20 outputs "0",
DTMF signals corresponding to the numbers "1", "2",..., "8" and "9" are generated. FIG.
Indicates the frequency configuration of the DTMF signal.

The control unit 11 sets one of the "electronic sound signal notification mode", the "DTMF signal notification mode" and the "vibrator notification mode" as the caller telephone number notification mode. When the wireless communication unit 12 receives the caller telephone number, the received caller telephone number is output by various methods according to the set notification mode.

That is, when the "electronic sound signal notification mode" is set as the caller telephone number notification mode, the control section 11 displays the caller telephone number on the display 4 and displays the constituent elements of the caller telephone number. The electronic sound signal corresponding to each number is read from the memory unit 18 and the read electronic sound signal is output from the speaker 8.

When the "DTMF signal notification mode" is set as the caller telephone number notification mode, the control section 11 displays the caller telephone number on the display 4 and uses the components of the caller telephone number. A DTMF signal corresponding to a certain number is generated from the DTMF signal generator 20, and the generated DTMF signal is output from the speaker 8.

Further, when the "vibrator notification mode" is set as the caller telephone number notification mode, the controller 11 displays the caller telephone number on the display 4 and is a component of the caller telephone number. The vibrator 10 is operated by the vibration pattern of the Morse code corresponding to each number.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, the description will be made assuming that the caller telephone number is, for example, "090356xxxxxx". First, when receiving an incoming call, that is, when detecting that an incoming signal is received from the communication network 21, the control unit 11 shifts to a caller telephone number notification process shown in FIG.

The control section 11, which has shifted to the caller telephone number notification process, determines whether or not the caller telephone number has been received from the communication network 21 (step S1). Here, assuming that, for example, the mobile telephone device on the transmitting side supports the caller telephone number notification service, the caller telephone number is transmitted from the communication network 21 to the mobile telephone device 1 on the receiving side, and the mobile telephone device 1 Has received the caller telephone number, the control unit 11 determines “YES” in step S1.

Next, the control unit 11 determines which of the caller telephone number notification modes is set (steps S2 to S4). Here, when the caller telephone number notification mode is set to the “electronic sound signal notification mode”, the control unit 11 determines in step S2 that “YE
S ". Then, the control unit 11 causes the display 4 to display the display information “090356 × XXX ×”, which is the caller telephone number, and outputs an electronic sound signal corresponding to each number that is a component of the caller telephone number. The data is read out from the memory unit 18, and in this case, "" zero ",""kyu","zero","sun","go","lo",
.., "Is output from the speaker 8 (step S5).

Thus, the user can recognize the caller's telephone number by identifying the display information displayed on the display 4, and in addition, generate an electronic sound signal output from the speaker 8. The identification also makes it possible to recognize the caller telephone number.

When the caller telephone number notification mode is "DT
When the mode is set to the “MF signal notification mode”, the control unit 11 determines “NO” in step S2 and determines “YES” in step S3. Then, the control unit 11 transmits the caller telephone number “090356xx”
The display information “xxx” is displayed on the display 4, and the DTMF signal corresponding to each number which is a component of the caller telephone number is generated from the DTMF signal generator 20. In this case, “0” ”,“ 9 ”,“ 0 ”,
D corresponding to each number of “3”, “5”, “6”,.
A TMF signal is output from the speaker 8 (step S
6).

Thus, the user can recognize the caller's telephone number by identifying the display information displayed on the display 4, and in addition, identify the DTMF signal output from the speaker 8. By doing so, it becomes possible to recognize the caller telephone number.

If the caller telephone number notification mode is set to "vibrator notification mode", control unit 11 determines "NO" in step S2 and determines "NO" in step S3. , "YES" is determined in step S4. And the control part 11
Display information “090356 × XXX ×”, which is a caller telephone number, is displayed on the display 4, and in this case, “0”, “9” of each number which is a component of the caller telephone number ”,“ 0 ”,“ 3 ”,“ 5 ”,
The vibrator 10 is operated by the vibration pattern of the Morse code corresponding to “6”,.
7).

Thus, the user can recognize the caller telephone number by identifying the display information displayed on the display 4, and additionally, by identifying the vibration pattern of the vibrator 10. Can also recognize the caller telephone number.

On the other hand, if the caller telephone number notification mode is not one of the above-mentioned "electronic sound signal notification mode", "DTMF signal notification mode" and "vibrator notification mode", the control unit 11 , "NO" is determined in step S2, "NO" is determined in step S3, and "NO" is determined in step S4. Then, the control section 11 causes the display 4 to display the display information "090356XXXXXX" which is the caller telephone number (step S8). At this time, the caller telephone number is displayed as an electronic sound signal as described above. , DTMF signal or vibration.

Thereafter, the control section 11 shifts to an incoming call response determining process for determining whether or not the user has answered the incoming call, and furthermore, if the user has answered the incoming call, the communication line connection is established. Move to processing.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, upon receiving the caller telephone number, the portable telephone device 1 displays the caller telephone number on the display 4 and responds to the setting of the caller telephone number notification mode. Then, an electronic sound signal or a DTMF signal corresponding to each number which is a component of the caller telephone number is output from the speaker 8, or a vibration pattern of a Morse code corresponding to each number which is a component of the caller telephone number. Is configured to operate the vibrator 10, the user can, for example, if the backlight of the display 4 has failed, or if the mobile phone device 1 is stored in a jacket pocket or bag, Even if the caller's telephone number is a telephone number not registered in the memory dial, the electronic sound signal output from the speaker 8 or the DTMF No., or by identifying the vibration patterns of the vibrator 10, it is possible to recognize accurately the caller's telephone number, which makes it possible to usability of.

Further, the portable telephone device 1 is configured such that when a user inputs voice, an electronic sound signal is generated based on the input voice, and the generated electronic sound signal is output from the speaker 8. Therefore, it is possible to provide confidentiality by encrypting and inputting the voice.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, but can be modified or expanded as follows. The communication device is not limited to a mobile phone device, and may be a vehicle-mounted phone device or a PHS (Personal Handyphone System)
Or a home telephone device installed in a house, for example. The configuration is not limited to the configuration in which the electronic sound signal and the DTMF signal are output from the speaker, and may be the configuration in which the electronic sound signal and the DTMF signal are output from the receiver.

When the caller telephone number notification mode is set to the “electronic sound signal notification mode” or the “DTMF signal notification mode”, a ring tone for notifying an incoming call and an electronic sound indicating the caller telephone number are set. A signal or DTMF signal may also be output, or a ringtone for notifying an incoming call may be output for a predetermined time, and then an electronic sound signal or DTMF signal indicating the caller's telephone number may be output. A configuration in which the signal is output separately from the ringtone may be used.

When the caller telephone number notification mode is set to the "vibrator notification mode", the configuration may be such that the ring tone is output and the vibrator is operated at the same time, or the ring tone is output for a predetermined time. And then operate the vibrator.

In the "electronic sound signal notification mode", the "DTMF signal notification mode", and the "vibrator notification mode", the display of the caller's telephone number on the display may be omitted. DTMF
A configuration in which the signal output and the operation of the vibrator are combined may be employed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 schematically shows an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a frequency configuration of a DTMF signal;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing control contents.

[Explanation of symbols]

In the drawings, 1 is a mobile phone device (communication device), 5 is a microphone (voice input means), 8 is a speaker (sound signal output means),
10 is a vibrator (vibration means), 11 is a control unit (control means, identification means), 12 is a wireless communication unit (reception means), 1
Reference numeral 9 denotes an electronic sound signal generation unit (electronic sound signal generation means).

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means capable of receiving a caller's telephone number, an identification means capable of identifying each number which is a component of the caller's telephone number received by the receiving means, and a plurality of output patterns different from each other. A sound signal output unit capable of outputting a signal, and in response to the reception unit receiving the caller telephone number, each number identified by the identification unit and the output pattern of the sound signal correspond individually. A communication device comprising: a control unit that causes the sound signal output unit to output a sound signal. 2. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said sound signal output means outputs an electronic sound signal as a sound signal. 3. An audio input means for inputting a voice, and an electronic sound signal generating means for generating an electronic sound signal based on the sound input by the audio input means, wherein the sound signal output means comprises: 3. The communication device according to claim 2, wherein the electronic sound signal generated by the signal generation means is output. 4. The sound signal output means outputs a sound signal as D
2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device outputs a TMF (multi-frequency) signal. 5. A receiving means capable of receiving a caller's telephone number, an identification means capable of identifying each number which is a component of the caller's telephone number received by the receiving means, and operated by a plurality of different vibration patterns. Possible vibration means, and control means for operating the vibration means so that each number identified by the identification means corresponds to the vibration pattern in response to the reception means receiving the caller telephone number. A communication device comprising: 6. The communication apparatus according to claim 5, wherein said vibration means operates according to a vibration pattern based on Morse code.