JP2000354089A - Radio telephony equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new communication means for telephone call by utilizing vibration generating means of radio telephony equipment provided for notifying incoming calls. SOLUTION: A control circuit is constituted to transmit the drive control signal of a vibrator to the outside via a transmitting-receiving section (steps S1 and S4), and when the transmitting-receiving section receives the drive control signal transmitted from the outside, it controls the drive of the vibrator according to the received drive control signal (steps S2 and S5). Therefore, a calling person can cause vibrate the enclosure of a PHS(personal handy-phone system) used on the other side at arbitrary timings to vibrate, while the calling person talks over radio telephony equipment by transmitting the drive control signal to the other side from the PHS used by the calling person himself.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio telephone apparatus having a vibration generating means configured to transmit a vibration generated by itself to a housing.

[0002]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A portable telephone device such as such a wireless telephone device or a simplified portable telephone device (PHS: Person)
al Handyphone System) basically communicates with each other by transmitting voice to each other. Depending on the type of device, it is possible to send and receive text information such as so-called "mail". Has become.

In a portable telephone device or a PHS, instead of generating a ring tone when an incoming call is received, a vibrator (vibration generating means) disposed inside the housing is vibrated to generate the vibration. To inform a user carrying a mobile phone device of an incoming call by vibration of a housing.

The inventor of the present invention has focused on the function of the vibrator and made an object of the present invention. The purpose of the present invention is to use a vibration generating means provided for informing of an incoming call so that a new call can be made. To provide a means of communication.

[0005]

According to the wireless telephone device of the present invention, a driving control signal for the vibration generating means on the other side can be transmitted by the transmitting means.
When the receiving means receives the driving control signal transmitted from the outside, the control means drives and controls the vibration generating means in accordance with the received driving control signal. That is, the caller can transmit a drive control signal from the device used by the caller to the caller, and can vibrate the housing of the device used by the caller at an arbitrary timing during the call.

Therefore, for example, when the other party becomes sleepy during a call, the consciousness is disturbed, and there is a sense that the degree of concentration on the call is reduced, a drive control signal is transmitted to the other party. By transmitting and vibrating the housing,
Arouse the consciousness of the other party. Further, for example, in a configuration in which a battle-type game can be played in a call state, the housing is vibrated by transmitting a drive control signal at a predetermined timing according to the progress of the game. It can also be used as a means for producing a game. As described above, by using the existing vibration generating means generally provided for alerting the incoming call, it is possible to provide a new means of communication which has not existed conventionally.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the transmission means transmits the drive control signal using a part of the transmission area of the audio data. For example, when transmitting a drive control signal, a special indication that a drive control signal is included in a predetermined position of audio data transmitted in the next transmission slot in a slot in which the transmitting side transmits first during a call. Transmit a unique data pattern. Then, when the receiving means on the receiving side receives the special data pattern, it recognizes the drive control signal transmitted in the next transmission slot, and the control means drives and controls the vibration generating means.

That is, in each terminal device, a protocol for transmitting a drive control signal is set and transmitted using the transmission area of the voice data, and the drive control signal is transmitted as voice data on the existing protocol. Sent. Therefore, the system does not need to take any special measures to transmit the signal, and the signal can be transmitted easily.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the PHS. In FIG. 4, PHS (wireless telephone device)
Various keys such as a call start key, a call end key, a redial key, numeric keys of "0" to "9", an * (asterisk) key, a # (sharp) key, etc. And a display 6 for displaying a telephone number and the like. A telescopic rod antenna (hereinafter simply referred to as an antenna) 7 is arranged on the upper surface of the housing 2.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of PHS1. In FIG. 3, the PHS 1 is mainly configured with a control circuit (control means) 8 including a microcomputer or the like, and the control circuit 8 is supplied with an operation signal from the key operation unit 3. . The control circuit 8 controls display on the display 6.

When the audio signal input to the microphone 4 is supplied to the audio processing unit 9 and A / D converted, the data conversion unit 10 performs, for example, a π / 4 shift DQPSK (Differe
ntial Quadrature (Phase Shift Keying) signal. Then, the transmission data converted (digitally modulated) into a DQPSK signal is orthogonally modulated by a 1.9 GHz band carrier signal when supplied to the transmission / reception unit 11, and transmitted to the outside as a radio signal from the antenna 7. I have.

When the antenna 7 receives a radio signal, the received signal is transmitted to the transmitting / receiving unit 11 and the data converting unit 1.
The signal is demodulated at 0 and supplied to the audio processing unit 9. When D / A conversion is performed in the audio processing unit 9, the audio signal is output from the speaker 5 as an audio signal.

The control circuit 8 controls the voice processing unit 9, the data conversion unit 10, and the transmission / reception unit 11, and outputs ringtone data to the voice processing unit 9. The speaker 5 outputs a ringtone. On the other hand, information such as detection of an incoming signal and a detected value of a transmission signal or a reception signal level is given from the transmission / reception unit 11 to the control circuit 8. The control circuit 8 is connected to a storage unit 12 such as a RAM or an EEPROM, and the control circuit 8 writes and reads data to and from the storage unit 12 as necessary.

When an incoming call is received, the control circuit 8 controls the vibrator (vibration generating means) 14 via the drive unit 13.
Is driven to vibrate the housing 2. Although the vibrator 14 is not specifically illustrated,
Vibration is generated by rotating a weight attached eccentrically to the rotating shaft of the motor.

A vibration key 3a is arranged on the key operation unit 3. Then, the control circuit 8 controls the vibration key 3a during the call.
Is turned on, a control signal (drive control signal) for vibrating the vibrator 14 of the PHS 1 on the other side of the call.
To the data conversion unit 10, the transmission / reception unit 11, and the antenna 7
To be sent via The antenna 7,
The data conversion unit 10 and the transmission / reception unit 11 include a transmission unit 15a
And the receiving means 15b.

FIG. 2 shows a slot configuration of an information channel TCH (Traffic CHannel) for transferring user information. Voice data during a call is transferred using a 160-bit area allocated to the information channel TCH. For example, the control circuit 8 supplies a control signal to the data conversion unit 10 and transmits a data pattern “1010101010” to the last 10 bits of audio data as a drive control signal DCS.

When the control circuit 8 receives the drive control signal transmitted from the outside, the control circuit 8 transmits the vibration signal to the vibrator 14 via the drive unit 13 for a fixed time (for example, 3 seconds).
Is driven to vibrate the housing 2.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing the control contents of the control circuit 8 during a call. During a call, the control circuit 8 determines in step S1 whether the vibration key 3a on its own side has been turned ON, and determines in step S2 whether a drive control signal has been transmitted from the other party. If it is determined “NO” in any of the steps, a normal call process is performed (step S3), and the process proceeds to step S1.

Here, it is assumed that the other party of the call also uses the same PHS1. Then, for example, when the talk time becomes longer, it may be felt that the degree of concentration of the other party's call on the call is reduced based on the voice of the other party during the call. When the vibration key 3a is turned ON in such a case, the control circuit 8 proceeds to step S
1 to determine “YES” and change the drive control signal to P
The data is transmitted to the HS 1 (step S4).

In this case, the control circuit 8 sets, for example, all the audio data of the slot to be transmitted at the beginning of one frame to "F (HEX)". The data of all “F” is a special data pattern corresponding to the silent state, and the control circuit 8 of the PHS 1 that has received the data of “F” includes the drive control signal DCS in the slot to be transmitted next. Recognize that you may be Then, when the transmission-side control circuit 8 transmits the data pattern indicating the drive control signal DCS to the last 10 bits of the audio data in the next transmission slot, the process proceeds to step S2.

The control circuit 8 of the PHS 1 on the receiving side receives the drive control signal DCS from the audio data in the transmission slot.
Is extracted, the determination is "YES" in step S2, and a control signal is given to the drive unit 13 to drive the vibrator 14 for a predetermined time (step S2).
5). Then, since the housing 2 vibrates, the other party is surprised by the vibration of the housing 2 which occurs unexpectedly during the call, and the consciousness is aroused. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S3.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the control circuit 8 is configured to be able to transmit the drive control signal of the vibrator 14 to the outside via the transmission / reception unit 11.
1 receives a drive control signal transmitted from the outside, the drive of the vibrator 14 is controlled in accordance with the received drive control signal.
By transmitting the drive control signal from 1 to the other party, the housing 2 of the PHS 1 used by the other party can be vibrated at an arbitrary timing during the call.

Therefore, for example, when the other party becomes sleepy during a call, the consciousness is disturbed, and a sign that the degree of concentration on the call is reduced is felt, the case of the PHS 1 on the other side is felt. By vibrating 2, it is possible to surprise the other party and raise awareness. That is, the existing vibrator 1 generally provided for incoming call notification.
The use of No. 4 makes it possible to provide a new means of communication that has not existed conventionally.

According to this embodiment, the drive control signal is transmitted using a part of the transmission area of the audio data.
The drive control signal is transmitted as audio data on an existing protocol. Therefore, the system does not need to take any special measures to transmit the signal, and the signal can be transmitted easily.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above and shown in the drawings, and the following modifications or extensions are possible. The vibrator 14 is not limited to driving the vibrator 14 for a certain period of time when the vibration key 3a is turned on, and the driving start and driving stop of the vibrator 14 may be alternately performed every time the vibration key 3a is turned on. Even when the wireless telephone device is a portable telephone device, the drive control signal can be transmitted using a part of the transmission area of the audio data in the same manner. The data of the drive control signal defined in the channel USPCH may be transmitted by using a channel USPCH (USer PacketCHannel) that can be optionally used during a call. In this case, it is necessary for the system to cope with using the channel USPCH.

During a call, for example, when the transmitting side operates a specific numeric key of the key operation section 3 to perform ONN operation, the tone signal of the specific numeric key is transmitted, and the receiving side receives the tone signal of the specific numeric key. , Vibrator 14
May be driven. Alternatively, for example, if the wireless telephone system is configured to use two channels at the same time, the channel for transmitting voice data is a channel for transmitting a special control signal that can be separately used as an option. And a drive control signal may be transmitted using the channel. For example, in a wireless telephone device configured to be able to play a competitive game in a call state, a drive control signal is transmitted at a predetermined timing according to the progress of the game, so that the opponent's casing is transmitted. The body can be vibrated, and it can also be used as a game production means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing control contents during a call of a control circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a frame configuration of an information channel TCH.

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

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a PHS.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a PHS (wireless telephone device), 2 is a housing, 8 is a control circuit (control means), 14 is a vibrator (vibration generating means),
Reference numeral 15a denotes a transmitting unit, and 15b denotes a receiving unit.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A wireless telephone device comprising a vibration generating means configured to transmit a vibration generated by itself to a housing, and receiving a drive control signal of the vibration generating means transmitted from the outside. Means, transmitting means configured to be capable of transmitting the drive control signal, and control means for controlling the drive of the vibration generating means in accordance with the drive control signal received by the receiving means. Wireless telephone device. 2. The wireless telephone device according to claim 1, wherein said transmission means transmits said drive control signal using a part of a transmission area of audio data.