JP2001036456A - Mobile radio and controlling method for mobile radio - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide mobile radio and a controlling method for a mobile radio a capable of referring to and editing data even at a specified place where there is a possibility that transmitted radio waves affect ambient electronic equipment. SOLUTION: A user discriminates whether a place needs radio part control off setting (step 25), and when the user discriminates that the place needs the radio part control off setting, the user sets radio part control off by performing a prescribed key operation (step 26). A controlling part forcedly stops the operation of the radio by disconnecting the power feeding from a power supply part to the radio part (step 27). Thus, even though transmission and reception using the radio part can not be performed in a place where mobile radio equipment is prohibited from transmitting radio waves such as in a hospital and when an airplane takes off and lands, a telephone directory and a schedule can be referred to and edited because power is supplied to each of the other parts (step 28).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile radio apparatus and a control method of the mobile radio apparatus, and more particularly to a mobile radio apparatus having a function of referring to and editing data such as a telephone directory and a schedule, and a control method of the mobile radio apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Mobile radio devices such as portable telephones, digital cordless telephones (PHS: Personal Handyphone System), and portable information terminals are devices having a radio communication function excellent in portability and portability. In recent years, it has become widespread and can be used basically in any place where radio waves can reach, but places where radio waves transmitted by mobile wireless terminals may have some effect on surrounding electronic devices, such as hospitals and For airplanes during takeoff and landing, it is required to turn off the power.

In view of the above, there has been proposed a mobile radio apparatus in which transmission of a radio wave is stopped in a place where radio communication is not allowed without the user being conscious (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-098765). ). The conventional mobile radio device includes an application unit that executes various processes,
A radio wave transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting / receiving predetermined information based on information from an application unit or information received from outside,
The radio wave transmission / reception unit monitors information received from the outside and includes an application unit and a radio wave reception / transmission control unit that controls the radio wave reception / transmission unit based on the received information. When the received information is information indicating a specific situation, the control unit controls the application unit and the radio wave transmitting / receiving unit based on the preset control method. In a specific situation such as a building such as a building, a hospital, etc. or a specific place such as a vehicle such as an airplane or a car, receiving and using information transmitted from the above-mentioned building or vehicle to indicate a specific situation. Was set in advance without being aware of
Controls for specific situations, such as stopping transmission of radio waves.

[0004]

However, the current mobile radio apparatus has been multifunctional, and has not only a radio communication function but also a memory function for storing personal data such as a telephone directory, a schedule function, and the like. In such a mobile radio device, if the power is cut off at a specific place where radio waves transmitted by the mobile radio device may have some influence on surrounding electronic devices, it may be used as a notebook. Many of the above memory functions and schedule functions cannot be used, and data cannot be referenced or edited, which is inconvenient.

In the conventional mobile radio device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-098765, the transmission operation is stopped when a specific transmission stop signal transmitted from a hospital or an aircraft is received. , A transmission facility for transmitting a specific signal called a transmission stop signal is required in a specific place such as a hospital or an aircraft, and the system becomes expensive, and a specific building which does not have a facility for transmitting such a specific signal. There is a drawback that it cannot be applied to vehicles and vehicles. Also,
In the case where the above-mentioned transmission stop is realized by turning off the power of the mobile radio apparatus, the memory function and the schedule function cannot be used as described above.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile wireless device and a control method of a mobile wireless device that can refer to and edit data even in a specific place where a transmitted radio wave may have some influence on surrounding electronic devices.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile radio apparatus and a control method of a mobile radio apparatus capable of stopping radio wave transmission at a specific place without using a transmission facility for a specific signal such as a transmission stop signal. To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mobile radio apparatus and a control method of the mobile radio apparatus, which can reduce power consumption.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile radio apparatus according to the present invention performs radio transmission / reception by a radio unit and stores data such as a telephone directory and a schedule stored in a storage unit. In a mobile wireless device having a reference and editing function, at least a power supply unit for supplying power to each unit except the wireless unit by turning on a power key to put the device in a standby state, a power key, and a key for reference and editing are provided. A key operation unit having, input means for inputting a control off setting of the radio unit by a user, and in a standby state, when the control off setting of the radio unit is not set, supply power from the power supply unit to the radio unit, And a control unit for shutting off the power supply from the power supply unit to the wireless unit when control of the wireless unit is turned off by the input unit.

In the present invention, when the control of the radio unit is set to off in the standby state, the power supply from the power supply unit to the radio unit is cut off, so that the operation of the radio unit is forcibly stopped. Since power is supplied to each unit such as a storage device except the wireless unit, the storage device can be used.

Further, the storage unit in the present invention stores information as to whether or not the control of the radio unit was set to OFF when the power key was turned off last time. The power supply from the power supply unit to the wireless unit may be cut off when information indicating that the control off setting of the wireless unit has been performed last time is obtained. In this case, the operation at the time of the previous control off setting can be continued.

Here, the input means in the present invention is a voice recognizing means for recognizing a user's voice input and inputting a control-off setting of the radio unit even if a specific key is provided on the key operation unit. You may.

[0013] In order to achieve the above object, the mobile radio apparatus of the present invention, in a standby state, when the control section of the radio section is not set to off, causes the radio section to perform transmission / reception operations, and the radio section is operated by the input means. When the control is set to OFF, the control unit performs only the reception operation of the radio unit and prohibits the transmission operation. In the present invention,
In a place where the transmission is prohibited, the incoming call operation can be performed without the radio waves generated by the transmission affecting nearby electronic devices.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, a method of controlling a mobile radio apparatus according to the present invention performs radio transmission / reception by a radio unit and refers to data such as a telephone directory and a schedule stored in a storage unit. In a control method for a mobile wireless device having a wireless unit and an editing function, in a standby state, when a user performs a wireless unit control off operation in a place where transmitted radio waves may affect surrounding electronic devices, power is supplied to the wireless unit. And shutting off the operation of the radio unit.

Further, the method of the present invention is a method for controlling a mobile radio apparatus having a function of referring to and editing data such as a telephone directory and a schedule stored in a storage unit, while performing radio transmission and reception by a radio unit. In this state, the transmission operation of the wireless unit is prohibited by the user turning off the control of the wireless unit in a place where the transmission radio wave may affect the surrounding electronic devices.

[0016]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a mobile radio apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, this embodiment modulates a signal to be transmitted, further converts the signal into a high-frequency signal, wirelessly transmits the signal to an unillustrated base station via an antenna 11, and transmits a signal wirelessly transmitted from the base station. Antenna 1
1, a radio unit 12 for demodulating the received signal and converting it to a baseband signal, and controlling or controlling the radio unit 12 by supplying power to the radio unit 12 or shutting off the power. The control unit 13 controls the processing unit 14.

Further, the demodulated audio signal from the radio section 12 is amplified and supplied to the speaker 15 for sound generation, and the audio signal collected by the microphone 16 is amplified and supplied to the radio section 12. A processing unit 14, a speaker 15 for converting sound signals from electric to acoustic, a microphone 16 for converting sounds from sound to electric, and a storage unit 1 for storing control data, setting data, telephone directory data and schedule data.
7 and a key operation unit 1 for the user to input the setting
8, a display unit 19 for displaying a setting state as a wireless device and a telephone directory / schedule data, and a power supply unit 20 for applying a power supply voltage to each unit.

In this embodiment, the control unit 13 has a function of supplying or interrupting power from the power supply unit 20 to the wireless unit 12. The power supply unit 20 can use a battery or the like, and the wireless unit 12
Power is supplied or cut off to other parts by turning on / off a power key of the key operation unit 18.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In a state where the power is off (step 21), when the user presses (turns on) the power key of the key operation unit 18 (step 22), the power is supplied from the power unit 20 to the control unit 13, the voice processing unit 14, and the storage device 17. Then, the state transits to a standby state input to the display unit 19 or the like (step 23). In this standby state, the control unit 13 supplies power to the wireless unit 12, so that the wireless unit 12 is in the operating state.

Subsequently, the control unit 13 determines from the setting information stored in the storage unit 17 whether or not the radio unit control was turned off the last time and the power key was turned off (step 24). When the wireless unit control is ON (power supply mode to the wireless unit 12), it is monitored whether the setting of the wireless unit control OFF is performed by a predetermined key operation of the key operation unit 18 by the user.

That is, it is determined whether or not the user needs to set the radio unit control off (step 25). If the user does not need to set the radio unit control off, the key operation unit 1 is determined.
8, the key-on operation is not performed, and the power-on standby state is maintained (step 23). However, as described above, transmission of radio waves from a mobile wireless device is prohibited in a hospital, at the time of takeoff and landing of an aircraft, etc., and when the user determines that the radio unit control off setting is necessary, The user performs a predetermined key operation of the key operation unit 18 to set the radio unit control off (step 2).
6).

When the radio unit control is set to off in step 26, or when it is determined in step 24 that the radio control unit is off, the control unit 13 supplies power from the power supply unit 20 to the radio unit 12. By interrupting the supply, the operation of the wireless unit 12 is forcibly stopped (step 27). As a result, transmission / reception using the wireless unit 12 cannot be performed in a place where transmission of radio waves from the mobile wireless device is prohibited, such as in a hospital or at the time of takeoff and landing of an aircraft.

On the other hand, even when the control of the radio unit is off, the power key is pressed in step 22, so that
From the control unit 13, the audio processing unit 14, the storage device 1
7. The data is continuously input to the display unit 19 and the like, so that the user uses the data stored in the storage unit 17 and refers to a telephone directory, a schedule, and the like while displaying the data on the display unit 19. And edit (step 28).

In this embodiment, since the power supply to the radio unit 12 is cut off when the radio unit control is turned off, power consumption by the radio unit 12 is eliminated, and the power consumption of the entire apparatus is reduced. Thus, the life of the battery constituting the power supply unit 20 can be extended.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the setting of the radio unit control off can be made by a user's voice input using a voice recognition function instead of a key operation. It is. Also, instead of setting the radio unit control off, the function of the radio device is not disabled at all (power is supplied) and the radio wave is not affected by surrounding radio equipment at the time of taking off or landing of a hospital or airplane. The wireless device may be operated to enable reference / edit of a telephone directory or the like. However, in this case, since there is a possibility that the transmitted radio waves may affect the surrounding electronic devices at the time of takeoff and landing of a hospital or an airplane, the control unit 13 enables only incoming calls,
Response (outgoing) must be disabled. in this case,
The mobile wireless device can be used as a pager or a mail receiving terminal.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the control of the wireless unit is set to OFF in the standby state, the operation of the wireless unit is forcibly stopped by shutting off the power supply from the power supply unit to the wireless unit, and the operation of the storage device and the like excluding the wireless unit is stopped. Since power is supplied to each part of the device and the storage device can be used, transmission and reception can be performed without receiving a specific signal such as a transmission stop signal in an environment where the transmission radio wave of the mobile radio device becomes a problem. In addition to being forcibly prohibited, reference and editing of a telephone directory, a schedule, and the like can be performed as usual, so that usability can be improved as compared with the related art.

Further, according to the present invention, the power supply to the radio unit is cut off, so that the power consumption of the entire apparatus can be reduced.

Further, according to the present invention, the radio wave transmission at a specific place can be stopped without using a transmission facility for a specific signal such as a transmission stop signal, so that the change of the existing system can be minimized. it can.

Further, according to the present invention, a call receiving operation can be performed in a place where transmission is prohibited without affecting the surrounding electronic devices by a radio wave generated by the transmission. Can be used as a pager or e-mail receiving terminal.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG. 1;

[Description of Signs] 12 Radio unit 13 Control unit 14 Voice processing unit 17 Storage unit 18 Key operation unit 19 Display unit 20 Power supply unit

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. While wirelessly transmitting and receiving by a wireless unit,
In a mobile wireless device having a function of referring to and editing data such as a telephone directory and a schedule stored in a storage device, power is supplied to each unit except the wireless unit by turning on a power key to put the device in a standby state. A power supply unit, the power key, a key operation unit having at least a key for reference and editing, an input unit for inputting a control off setting of the wireless unit by a user, and the wireless unit in the standby state. When the control off is not set, the power from the power supply is supplied to the wireless unit, and when the control of the wireless unit is set off by the input unit, the power from the power supply to the wireless unit is A mobile wireless device, comprising: a control unit that cuts off power supply. 2. The storage device unit stores information as to whether control of the wireless unit was set to off when the power key was turned off last time, and the control unit, in the standby state, When information indicating that the control-off setting of the wireless unit has been performed last time is obtained from the storage device,
The mobile wireless device according to claim 1, wherein power supply from the power supply unit to the wireless unit is shut off. 3. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the input unit is a specific key provided on the key operation unit. 4. The mobile radio apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said input means is a voice recognition means for recognizing a voice input of a user and inputting a control off setting of said radio unit. 5. A radio transmission / reception by a radio unit,
In a mobile radio apparatus having a function of referring to and editing data such as a telephone directory and a schedule stored in a storage unit, a power supply unit for supplying power to each unit of the apparatus by turning on a power key to put the apparatus in a standby state; A key operation unit having at least a key for reference and editing; an input unit for inputting a control off setting of the wireless unit by a user; and a control off setting of the wireless unit in the standby state. When not performed, the wireless unit operates to transmit and receive,
A mobile radio device, comprising: a control unit that performs only a reception operation of the radio unit and prohibits a transmission operation when control of the radio unit is turned off by the input unit. 6. While wirelessly transmitting and receiving by a wireless unit,
In a control method of a mobile wireless device having a function of referring to and editing data such as a telephone directory and a schedule stored in a storage device unit, in a standby state, in a place where transmitted radio waves may affect surrounding electronic devices. A control method for a mobile wireless device, comprising: shutting off power supply to the wireless unit and stopping operation of the wireless unit when a user performs a wireless unit control off operation. 7. Radio transmission and reception by a radio unit,
In a control method of a mobile wireless device having a function of referring to and editing data such as a telephone directory and a schedule stored in a storage device unit, in a standby state, in a place where transmitted radio waves may affect surrounding electronic devices. A control method for a mobile wireless device, wherein a transmission operation of the wireless unit is prohibited by a user turning off a wireless unit control.