JP2001168956A - Ringer notice device for portable phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a ringer notice device, that visually notifies a user of the portable phone of the arrival of an incoming call to the portable phone and that can inform the user visually of the incoming call in various modes and enhance decorative direction. SOLUTION: A casing 12B of a connector 12 connected to an external connection terminal 102 of the portable phone 100 contains a light emitting circuit unit 14, that emits light by utilizing a high frequency current produced in an antenna 104 at the arrival of an incoming call to the portable phone 100, so as to inform the user visually about the arrival of the incoming call to the portable phone 100 in various modes. That is, a connecter 12 is made of a translucent resin molded part so as to light up the casing 12B nearly uniformly over a wide range at the arrival of an incoming call. Moreover, a plural light guide fibers 16 are mounted to the casing 12B in such a way that its base end face is close to the light-emitting circuit unit, so as to light a tip face 16b in a scattered state with the light from the light emitting circuit unit 14 via each light guide fiber 16.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an incoming call notifying device for visually notifying an incoming call to a portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a portable telephone such as a portable telephone or a PHS, an incoming call is notified to a user by voice or vibration, and a visual notification is made by emitting light from an LED. This LED is provided in the casing of the portable telephone, and the small window-shaped light-transmitting portion formed on the casing is illuminated when an incoming call is received.

[0003] The appearance of the small window-shaped translucent portion like a pilot lamp as described above is not enough to visually inform the user of an incoming call, and lacks a decorative effect. ing.

[0004] For this reason, a cap-type incoming call notification device which is used by being attached to the tip of an antenna of a portable telephone has been proposed. This incoming call notifying device is a cap in which an LED light emitting circuit is incorporated, and makes the LED emit light using a high-frequency current generated in an antenna at the time of incoming call.

[0005]

By adopting such a cap-type incoming call notifying device, it is possible to improve the visual notifying effect of the incoming call and the effect on the decoration to some extent. Since only light emission is performed, light emission in other modes cannot be performed. For this reason, there is naturally a limit in enhancing the visual alertness of the incoming call and the effect of decoration.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and in an incoming call notification device that visually notifies an incoming call to a portable telephone, it is possible to visually notify an incoming call in various modes. It is an object of the present invention to provide a ring tone generating device capable of performing the above.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention achieves the above object by focusing on the external connection terminal of a portable telephone and making a visual notification of an incoming call using the external connection terminal. It is like that.

That is, an incoming call notifying device for a portable telephone according to the present invention is an incoming call notifying device for visually notifying an incoming call to the portable telephone, and a connector connected to an external connection terminal of the portable telephone; And a light emitting means which is housed in a casing of the connector and emits light by utilizing a high-frequency current generated in an antenna of the portable telephone when receiving an incoming call to the portable telephone.

The "connector" may be simply connected to an external connection terminal of a portable telephone, or may be configured to be connected to another external device via the connector. It may be. In the former case,
The “connector” may be configured to be electrically connected to the external connection terminal, or may be configured to be simply mechanically connected to the external connection terminal. It may be.

The "light emitting means" may be one that emits light only by the high-frequency current, as long as it emits light by using a high-frequency current generated in the antenna at the time of an incoming call to the portable telephone. It may emit light by a current obtained by amplifying a high-frequency current. In the case of adopting the latter configuration, a power supply may be provided together with the amplifier circuit in the casing of the connector, or the connector may be electrically connected to the external connection terminal to receive power from the mobile phone. Is also good.

[0011]

The incoming call notification device according to the present invention emits light in a casing of a connector connected to an external connection terminal of the portable telephone by utilizing a high-frequency current generated in an antenna of the portable telephone when receiving an incoming call. Since the light-emitting means is accommodated in the portable telephone, the light-emitting means can visually notify the user of the incoming call to the portable telephone in various modes.

For example, if at least a part of the casing of the connector is made of a translucent member, the casing itself can be illuminated at the time of an incoming call to the portable telephone, whereby the visual notification of the incoming call is decoratively performed. be able to.
Here, the “translucent member” is a member made of a material that can transmit light generated by the light emitting unit to an external space.
It may be a transparent member or a translucent member.

Further, if a plurality of light guide fibers are attached to the casing of the connector so that one end faces thereof are close to the light emitting means, the light from the light emitting means causes the front end faces thereof to pass through each light guide fiber. It is possible to illuminate in a scattered manner, so that a visual notification of an incoming call can be made decoratively. At this time, a plurality of light reflecting strips may be appropriately mixed into each light guide fiber, and in this way, the middle part of each light guide fiber can be scattered. If the casing itself is illuminated in addition to illuminating the front end face and the middle part of each light guide fiber, visual notification of the incoming call can be performed more reliably and decoratively.

The plurality of light guide fibers may be provided such that their ends on the tip end surface side extend naturally, or may be provided so as to be bundled. .

Alternatively, instead of this, a transparent tube may be attached to the casing of the connector, and a plurality of light guide fibers may be accommodated in the tube such that one end surface thereof is close to the light emitting means. . that time,
By displacing the positions of the end faces of the light guide fibers from each other, the end faces of the light guide fibers can be scattered in the tube by the light from the light emitting means, thereby providing a visual notification of the incoming call. Can be done decoratively. At this time, it is also possible to mix a plurality of light-reflective strips into each light-guiding fiber as appropriate, and to illuminate the middle of the light-reflective strips in a dispersed manner.

As described above, according to the present invention, in an incoming call notification device that visually notifies an incoming call to a portable telephone,
Visual notification of an incoming call can be made in various modes. Moreover, by appropriately selecting the mode, the effect of decoration can be enhanced.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an incoming call notifying device 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention together with a portable telephone 100, and FIG. 2 is a detailed view of a main part thereof.

As shown in these figures, an incoming call notifying device 10 according to the present embodiment is a device for visually notifying an incoming call to the portable telephone 100, and the portable telephone 1
00 is used.

The incoming call notification device 10 includes a connector 12
, A light emitting circuit unit 14 (light emitting means), a plurality of light guide fibers 16, and a holder 18.

The connector 12 is a translucent resin molded product in which a terminal connection portion 12A and a casing 12B are integrally formed.

The terminal connection section 12A is connected to the portable telephone 1
00 is fitted and connected to the external connection terminal 102 provided at the lower end. This fitting connection is merely mechanically connected to the external connection terminal 102, and is not electrically connected.

The casing 12B is a portable telephone 1
Along the lower end surface 100a of the second member 00, the shape is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped. The light emitting circuit unit 14 and one ends of the plurality of light guide fibers 16 are accommodated in the internal space of the casing 12B via a holder 18.

The light emitting circuit unit 14 includes two LEs.
It comprises a closed circuit unit 28 composed of D20, 22 and two diodes 24, 26, and a coil 30.

The closed circuit unit 28 includes two LEDs 20 arranged in opposite directions (outward).
22 are two diodes 2 arranged in the forward direction with respect to each other.
4 and 26 are connected. The closed circuit unit 28 is disposed inside the coil 30 and is connected to the coil 30 via the conductor piece 32. The closed circuit unit 28 is disposed so as to extend in the horizontal direction in the internal space of the casing 12B, and is supported by the holder 18 at one end.

Each of the plurality of light guide fibers 16 is formed of a thin wire made of a transparent resin, and has substantially the same diameter and the same length. The light guide fibers 16 are bundled at one end thereof and supported by the holder 18, while the other ends naturally extend as free ends.

The holder 18 is made of a flexible tubular member such as rubber, and is press-fitted and fixed to the internal space of the casing 12B from the side. A condenser lens 34 composed of a plano-convex lens is fitted into a substantially central portion of the holder 18. A plurality of bundled light guide fibers 16 are arranged on the flat side of the condenser lens 34 in the holder 18.
The base end surface (one end surface) 16a of the light emitting circuit unit 14 is fixed to the holder 18 in a state where the base end surface (one end surface) 16a of the light emitting circuit unit 14 is It is fixed to the holder 18 with one end inserted to a position close to the condenser lens 34.

Since the light emitting circuit unit 14 is provided close to the lower end face 100a of the portable telephone 100, the antenna 10 is used when the portable telephone 100 receives an incoming call.
4, the light emitting circuit unit 14
An induced current is generated in the coil 30 of the light emitting device, and accordingly, a current flows through the closed circuit unit 28 of the light emitting circuit unit 14, and the two LEDs 20, 22 emit light. At this time, a current flows through the closed circuit unit 28 only in the forward direction of the diodes 24 and 26, so that the LEDs 20 and 22 emit blinking light.

Since the connector 12 is a translucent resin molded product, the casing 1
When 2B is illuminated, the casing 12B looks almost uniformly shiny over a wide range.

On the other hand, when the LED 22 emits light, the light is converted into substantially parallel light by the condenser lens 34 and efficiently enters the base end face 16a of each of the plurality of light guide fibers 16. Then, these lights are guided inside each light guide fiber 16 along the light guide fiber 16 to the other end, and then emitted from the front end face (the other end face) 16b to the external space.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing light emitting parts of the portable telephone 100 and the incoming call notification device 10 when the portable telephone 100 receives a call.

As shown in FIG.
0, the LED incorporated therein emits light, and the small window-shaped translucent portion 106 appears to shine, while in the incoming call notification device 10, the casing 12B of the connector 12 thereof
Illuminates almost uniformly over a wide range, and the distal end surfaces 16b of the plurality of light guide fibers 16 appear to shine scatteredly.

As described in detail above, the incoming call notification device 10 according to the present embodiment is provided in the casing 12B of the connector 12 connected to the external connection terminal 102 of the portable telephone 100 when the portable telephone 100 receives an incoming call. Its antenna 10
The light emitting circuit unit 14 that emits light using the high-frequency current generated in the device 4 is accommodated, so that the light emitting circuit unit 14 visually notifies the user of an incoming call to the portable telephone 100 in various modes. can do.

That is, in the present embodiment, since the connector 12 is made of a translucent resin molded product, the casing 12B of the connector 12 can be made to illuminate substantially uniformly over a wide range when arriving at the portable telephone 100. Thus, the visual notification of the incoming call can be made decoratively.

In the present embodiment, the plurality of light guide fibers 16 are attached to the casing 12B such that the base end surfaces 16a thereof are brought close to the LEDs 22 of the light emitting circuit unit 14. Through the light guide fiber 16 by the light of the
6b can be illuminated in a scattered manner, so that the visual notification of the incoming call can be made more decorative.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the incoming call notifying device for visually notifying the incoming call to the portable telephone, the incoming call can be visually notified in various modes, and the effect of decoration can be obtained. Can also be enhanced.

In this embodiment, the antenna 1
The above operation is achieved by an extremely simple and inexpensive configuration in which the connector 12 in which the light emitting circuit unit 14 capable of emitting light only by the high frequency current generated in the terminal 04 is mechanically connected to the external connection terminal 102 of the portable telephone 100. The effect can be obtained.

Next, a modification of the above embodiment will be described.

FIG. 4 shows an incoming call notification device 10 according to the present modification.
1 is a front view showing the portable telephone 100 together with the portable telephone 100.

As shown, the incoming call notification device 10 'according to this modification also has the same structure of the connector 12 as that of the above embodiment, but the mounting structure of the plurality of light guide fibers 16 to the casing 12B is the same as that of the above embodiment. The form is different.

That is, in this modification, the connector 1
One end of a transparent resin tube 42 is attached to the second casing 12B via a holder 18. In the tube 42, a plurality of light guide fibers 16 are arranged such that their base end surfaces are close to the light emitting circuit unit 14. Housed.

In this modification, the light guide fibers 16 have different lengths from each other.
As a result, the positions of the distal end surfaces 16b of the light guide fibers 16 are set to positions that are appropriately shifted from each other.

FIG. 5 shows the portable telephone 100 and the incoming call notification device 10 'at the time of an incoming call to the portable telephone 100.
FIG.

As shown in the figure, also in this modification, the small window-like light transmitting portion 106 and the connector 1 of the portable telephone 100 are provided.
The two casings 12B appear to shine, and the distal end faces 16b of the plurality of light guide fibers 16 are
At a plurality of points within the area.

Thus, in this modified example,
Similar to the above embodiment, the casing 12B of the connector 12
In addition, visual notification of an incoming call can be performed by the plurality of light guide fibers 16, and the effect of decoration can be enhanced in a mode different from the above embodiment.

In the above embodiments and modifications, a plurality of light-reflecting strips may be appropriately mixed into each light-guiding fiber 16. Can also be scattered.

As in the above-described embodiment and modified examples, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which only the casing 12B of the connector 12 emits light without providing a plurality of light guide fibers 16. In this case, the incoming call notifying device can be made more compact, and the holder 18 is not required, so that the entire casing 12B can be made to almost uniformly shine. In this case,
It is also possible to omit one of the LEDs 22 to form the closed circuit unit 28, thereby making the incoming call notification device 10 more compact.

Instead of doing so, it is also possible to omit the LED 20 to form a closed circuit unit 28 so that only the plurality of light guide fibers 16 emit light. Also in this case, the incoming call notification device 10 can be made compact.

By the way, the light emitting circuit unit 14 in the above-described embodiment and the modified example is configured so that the LEDs 20 and 22 emit light only by the high-frequency current generated in the antenna 104 when the portable telephone 100 receives an incoming call. It is also possible to incorporate a power supply and an amplification circuit in the light emitting circuit unit 14 so as to increase the light emission intensity of the LEDs 20 and 22 at the time of an incoming call.

In the above embodiment and the modified example, the terminal connection portion 12A of the connector 12 is merely mechanically connected to the external connection terminal 102 of the portable telephone 100. It may be configured to be electrically connected.

In this case, the power of the amplifier circuit for increasing the light emission intensity of the LEDs 20 and 22 at the time of an incoming call can be supplied from the portable telephone 100. Also, a predetermined code and the second
Can be connected to another external device (for example, a personal computer, a charger, or the like) via the second connector. In this case, if the above-described cord is configured using the tube 42 of the above-described modified example, the cord can be illuminated upon receiving an incoming call.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an incoming call notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention together with a portable telephone.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of a main part of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a light emitting portion of the portable telephone and the incoming call notification device when an incoming call arrives at the portable telephone.

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 1, showing a modification of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 3, showing the above modification.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 10 'Incoming call notification device 12 Connector 12A Terminal connection part 12B Casing 14 Light emitting circuit unit (light emitting means) 16 Light guide fiber 16a Base end face (one end face) 16b Tip end face (other end face) 18 Holder 20, 22 LED 24, 26 Diode 28 Closed circuit unit 30 Coil 32 Conductor piece 34 Condenser lens 42 Tube 100 Portable telephone 100a Lower end surface 102 External connection terminal 104 Antenna 106 Small window-shaped light transmitting portion

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An incoming call notification device for visually notifying an incoming call to a portable telephone, a connector connected to an external connection terminal of the portable telephone, and a portable telephone housed in a casing of the connector. And a light emitting unit that emits light by using a high-frequency current generated in an antenna of the mobile phone when an incoming call arrives at the mobile phone. 2. The portable telephone according to claim 1, wherein at least a part of the casing is formed of a translucent member that transmits light generated by the light emitting means to an external space. Incoming call notification device. 3. The portable device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of light guide fibers are attached to the casing such that one end faces of the light guide fibers are close to the light emitting means. Incoming call notification device for mobile phones. 4. A transparent tube is attached to the casing, and a plurality of light guide fibers are housed in the tube such that one end face of the light guide fiber is close to the light emitting means. The incoming call notification device for a portable telephone according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: