JP2001212510A - Portable terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a portable terminal which generates sound without the use of a speaker or a sounder and informs a person carrying the terminal of an incoming with vibration. SOLUTION: This portable terminal is equipped with a vibrating motor 2-2 for vibration function which vibrates the body of the terminal upon receiving an incoming, and is characterized in that the terminal has striking mechanisms (1-3, 1-4, 1-5) fitted to the rotary shaft of the vibrating motor 2-2 and a singing device 1-1 which is incorporated in the body of the portable terminal and has a metallic sound plate 1-2 which generates a striking sound upon the striking effect of the striking mechanisms 1-3, 1-4, 1-5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable terminal having a function of notifying a person of an incoming call by sound and vibration.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a portable terminal, a portable telephone, a portable radio, or an information portable terminal in which a portable telephone and a personal computer are integrated has a function of notifying a person of an incoming call by sound and vibration.

[0003] Heretofore, conventionally, a sound is generated by using a speaker or a sounder, and vibration is generated by driving a vibrator motor.

[0004]

In a portable terminal, a battery is used as a power source, and thus, one important issue is to extend the life of the battery. From this point of view, conventionally, a device has been devised to reduce current consumption in a speaker or sounder drive circuit. However, as long as a speaker or sounder is used, there is an electric circuit to be driven, and there is a certain limit in reducing current consumption.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a conventional problem, and a portable terminal capable of generating a sound without using a speaker or a sounder and notifying a portable person of an incoming call together with vibration. The purpose is to provide.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following means and configuration. That is, the portable terminal according to the first aspect of the present invention is a portable terminal provided with a vibration motor for a vibration function for vibrating the terminal main body at the time of an incoming call, and a hitting mechanism attached to a rotating shaft of the vibration motor. And a sounding mechanism that is built in the terminal body and includes a sounding plate that emits a striking sound when hit by the striking mechanism.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the portable terminal according to the first aspect, the sounding mechanism sends the sounding plate and a striking sound generated by the sounding plate to a frame. It is an independent device having a sound outlet, and is detachably built in an arrangement room provided in the terminal body. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the portable terminal according to the first or second aspect, in the portable terminal according to the first or second aspect, the hitting mechanism includes a rotating shaft of the vibrating motor. , A leaf spring that rotates integrally with the rotor, and a pendulum that is attached to the tip of the leaf spring and that strikes the sounding plate. A portable terminal according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the portable terminal according to the second aspect, wherein the portable terminal is provided inside the placement room and pushes out the sounding mechanism inserted into the placement room. An urging mechanism for energizing, and a locking mechanism that is attached to the main body side wall on the insertion port side of the placement chamber so as to be able to protrude and retract from the insertion port and locks the sounding mechanism inserted into the placement chamber. It is characterized by having. A portable terminal according to the invention described in claim 5 is the portable terminal according to claim 2 or 4.
3. The portable terminal according to claim 1, further comprising: a lid that is detachably attached to the insertion port of the placement chamber and closes the insertion port. A portable terminal according to a sixth aspect of the present invention is the portable terminal according to the second or fourth aspect, wherein the portable terminal is reciprocally provided on a main body side wall of the placement chamber on the side of the insertion opening, and A shutter that opens and closes the shutter. A portable terminal according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is the portable terminal according to the third aspect, wherein the rotor is an eccentric rotor or a perfect circular rotor. The portable terminal according to the invention of claim 8 is the portable terminal of claim 1 or 2, wherein the sounding plate of the sounding mechanism is a metal plate or a plate member made of a hard and robust material. , Characterized in that.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 to 5 are configuration diagrams of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment corresponds to claims 1 to 8.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a portable terminal device (when a sound generator is attached) according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 1, a portable terminal according to the present embodiment has a portable terminal main unit 2-
In a portable terminal equipped with a vibration function vibrating motor 2-2 for vibrating 1 and notifying a person of an incoming call, a rotating shaft of the vibrating motor 2-2 is used instead of a speaker, a sounder and an electric circuit for driving them. Eccentric rotator 1-3, leaf spring 1-4 and pendulum 1-5, which are impact mechanisms mounted on a mobile terminal, and an arrangement chamber 2 provided in the portable terminal main body 2-1.
-6, which is provided with a sounding device 1-1 which is a sounding mechanism provided with a metal sounding plate 1-2 which emits a striking sound when hit by the striking mechanism.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the sounding device. As shown in FIG. 2, the sounding device 1-1 is a hollow sounding device frame 1.
On two sides facing each other in the -7 insertion direction, the metal sounding plate 1-2 is provided at one end, and the sound opening 1-6 is provided at the other end.

The metal sounding plate 1-2 emits a metal striking sound when struck by the pendulum 1-5. The sound opening 1-6 is a hole for sending out a metal sound emitted when the metal sounding plate 1-2 is hit by the pendulum 1-5. Further, the sound opening 1-6 is closed by a net that functions as a filter for preventing foreign substances from entering from outside.

The sounding device frame 1-7 has a rectangular shape in the illustrated example, but has a shape that fits in a placement room 2-6 provided in the portable terminal main unit 2-1.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of the vibrating motor 2-2. As shown in FIG. 3, the vibrating motor 2-2 includes an eccentric rotor 1-3 which is a rotor mounted on a rotating shaft of the vibrating motor 2-2, and an integral part of the eccentric rotor 1-3. A rotating leaf spring 1-4 and a pendulum 1-5 attached to the tip of the leaf spring 1-4 and for hitting the metal sounding plate 1-2 are provided.

Since the eccentric rotator 1-3 is not a perfect circle, it can generate vibration of a vibration function. The leaf spring 1-4 and the pendulum 1-5 can hit the metal sounding plate 1-2 to make a sound.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing details of the arrangement room when the sounding device is attached and the positional relationship between the sounding device and the vibrating motor 2-2. As shown in FIG. 4, the disposition position of the sounding device 1-1 is such that a pendulum 1-5 swinging by the rotation of the vibrating motor 2-2 hits the metal sounding plate 1-2.

FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the arrangement room 2-6 of the portable terminal main unit 2-1 and the sounding device 1-1. In the placement room 2-6, a metal sounding plate 1-
2 is provided with a hole 2-7 in which the pendulum 1-5 is engaged, and a through hole 2-8 through which the coil spring 2-3 is inserted.
Is provided.

One end of the coil spring 2-3 is fixed to the main body 2-1 of the portable terminal, and a push plate 2-4 is fixed to the other end of the coil spring 2-3 which enters the placement chamber 2-6 through the through hole. Push plate 2
-4 is urged toward the insertion opening by the coil spring 2-3.

A hook 2-5 is attached to the side wall of the portable terminal main unit 2-1 on the side of the insertion opening of the arrangement chamber 2-6 so as to be able to protrude and retract from the insertion opening. That is, hook 2-5
Is slidably mounted on the upper end side of the insertion slot of the placement chamber 2-6 in the illustrated example, and slides downward when pulled downward from the state shown in the figure to jump out to the upper end opening side of the insertion slot. When it is pushed up, it slides back to its original position and can be removed from the insertion slot.

In short, if the hook 2-5 is slid upward, the sounding device 1-1 can be pushed into the placement chamber 2-6 from the insertion opening. When the sounding device 1-1 is housed in the arrangement room 2-6, the coil spring 2-
3. A force is always applied in a direction to be pushed out of the arrangement chamber 2-6 by the push plate 2-4. Then, when the hook 2-5 is slid downward and popped out of the insertion slot, the pushed sound device 1-1 is hooked on the hook 2-5. Thereby, the sounding device 1-1 is housed and fixed in the arrangement room 2-6.

Next, FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the portable terminal (when the sounding device 1-1 is removed) according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 shows the arrangement room 2-6 when the sounding device 1-1 is removed.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing details of the position and a positional relationship between the vibration motor 2-2.

As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG.
Is removed from the placement chamber 2-6, the push plate 2-4 is pushed by the coil spring 2-3 and comes near the insertion opening of the placement chamber 2-6. That is, when the sounding device 1-1 is taken out of the arrangement chamber 2-6, the hook 2-5 is slid upward to release the engagement with the sounding device 1-1, and the compressed coil spring 2-3 is released. Is extended, the sounding device 1-1 is pushed by the push plate 2-4 and comes out.

After the sounding device 1-1 is removed, a lid 4-1 is attached to the insertion opening of the arrangement chamber 2-6 so as to close the insertion opening. This is to prevent such contact with the outside since the vibrator motor 2-2 located inside the arrangement chamber 2-6 is located at a position where a finger or the like can reach from the insertion slot.

The correspondence between the above configuration and the claims is as follows. The entirety of the eccentric rotor 1-3, the leaf spring 1-4, and the pendulum 1-5 corresponds to the impact mechanism. The sounding device 1-1 corresponds to the sounding mechanism. The sounding plate corresponds to the metal sounding plate 1-2. The frame includes a sounding device frame 1-
7 corresponds. The sound outlet 1-6 corresponds to the sound outlet.
The entirety of the coil spring 2-3 and the pressing plate 2-4 corresponds to the biasing mechanism. The hook 2-5 corresponds to the locking mechanism.
The lid corresponds to the lid 4-1.

Next, the operation of the portable terminal according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a sounding operation by the vibrating motor 2-2.

First, with the hook 2-5 sliding upward, the sounding device 1-1 is moved to the push plate 2-
4 is pushed from the insertion slot while being pushed, the hook 2-5 is slid downward, and the sounding device 1-1 is hooked, thereby fixing the sounding device 1-1 in the arrangement room 2-6. 1 and 4
The state shown in FIG.

Next, when there is an incoming call and the vibrating motor 2-2 rotates in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 7 by a control system (not shown), the eccentric rotor 1-3 rotates, and at the same time, the leaf springs 1-4 rotate.
And the pendulum 1-5 rotates. The pendulum 1-5 rotates while hitting the metal sounding plate 1-2 of the sounding device 1-1 every time the pendulum 1 turns. Then, the metal sound generated by the metal sounding plate 1-2 intermittently is output to the outside through the sound opening 1-6.

When the sounding device 1-1 is to be removed from the portable terminal main unit 2-1, the hook 2-5 is slid upward, and when the hook is released, the push plate 2-4 and the coil spring 2-3 are used. , Since the sounding device 1-1 is pushed out,
Easy to take out.

After removal, the lid 4-1 is inserted into the insertion slot.
Insert Thereby, contact between the vibrating motor 2-2 and the outside can be avoided.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, a ringing tone can be emitted in a manner that does not involve current consumption, and the incoming call can be notified to the carrier. Therefore, a speaker and a sounder which consume current and an electric circuit for driving the speaker and the sounder can be eliminated, and the power consumption of the portable terminal can be reduced, so that the life of the power supply battery can be extended.

At this time, the vibration function for vibrating the portable terminal main unit 2-1 is performed as in the conventional case.
That is, in the present embodiment, the leaf spring 1-4 and the pendulum 1-5 are attached to the eccentric rotator 1-3, which normally has only the function of simply rotating, so that Along with the vibration of the main body 2-1, it is possible to notify by sound different from a sounder or the like.

In this embodiment, the sounding device 1-1 is used.
Since it has a structure to be attached from the outside, by replacing the sounding device 1-1 with the material and thickness of the sounding plate changed,
The type of sound to be output can be changed.

The material of the sounding plate is not limited to the metal plate of the present embodiment, and it is needless to say that wood may be used as long as it is hard and hard to break.

Further, the present embodiment is not limited to the one in which the sounding device 1-1 is detachable, but it is needless to say that the sounding device 1-1 may be of a type that cannot be detached.

Further, a shutter structure for automatically opening and closing the insertion opening may be used without using the lid 4-1, as shown in FIG. 8, for example. In FIG. 8, the shutter structure
The sliding amount 8-2 of the hook 2-5 is increased to the size of the shutter 8-1, and the hook 2-5 and the shutter 8-1 are increased.
Are connected by a connecting part 8-3, so that the hook 2-5 and the shutter 8-1 slide in the same direction at the same time. As a result, as in the case where the lid 4-1 is used, contact between the vibrator motor 2-2 and the outside can be avoided.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 9, the eccentric rotor 1-3 of the vibrating motor 2-2 is replaced with a perfect circular rotor 9-1.
You may do it. As shown in FIG. 9, two sets of a leaf spring 9-2 and a pendulum 9-3 are attached to the perfect circular rotator 9-1. Moreover, it is mounted close to one side of the perfect circular rotator 9-1. Then, the center of gravity is shifted from the center of the perfect circle due to the rotation of the leaf spring 9-2 and the pendulum 9-3 at the deviated positions.

Therefore, although it is a perfect circular rotator 9-1, it can be a pseudo eccentric rotator, and the vibration of the portable terminal main body 2-1 occurs with the rotation of the vibrating motor 2-2. Hitting the sounding plate also produces a sound.

Further, in the present embodiment, a portable terminal having a vibration function vibrating motor 2-2 for vibrating the terminal body at the time of an incoming call, for example, a portable telephone, a portable radio, a portable information terminal (for example, It can be applied to mobile phones and personal computers.

[0038]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Just by adding simple parts to the vibrator motor and adding a simple sounding mechanism, the incoming call can be notified to the wearer by both vibration and sound as in the case of the conventional mobile terminal.

Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the need for a sounder, a speaker, and an electric circuit for driving the sounder and speaker used in the conventional portable terminal device, so that current consumption can be reduced and cost can be reduced by reducing the number of parts. It is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a portable terminal (when a sounding device is attached) according to an embodiment of the present invention, where (1) is a partial cross-sectional side view and (2) is a perspective view.

FIG. 2 is a detailed view of a sound generator, (1) is a front view,
(2) is a side view, and (3) is a cross-sectional view.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are detailed views of a vibrating motor, wherein FIG. 3A is a side view and FIG.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view showing details of an arrangement chamber when the sounding device is attached and a positional relationship between the sounding device and the vibrating motor.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are configuration diagrams of the portable terminal device (when the sounding device is removed) according to the embodiment of the present invention, where (1) is a side view of the removed sounding device, and (2) is a perspective view of the terminal device main body. FIG.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view showing details of an arrangement chamber when the sounding device is removed and a positional relationship with the vibration motor.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a sounding operation by a vibrating motor.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view in the case of a shutter structure.

FIG. 9 is a front view when the rotor of the vibrator motor is a perfect circle rotor.

[Description of Signs] 1-1 Sounding device 1-2 Metal sounding plate 1-3 Eccentric rotor 1-4 Leaf spring 1-5 Pendulum 1-6 Sound passage 1-7 Sounding device frame 2-1 Main body of mobile terminal 2-2 Vibrator motor 2-3 Coil spring 2-4 Push plate 2-5 Hook 2-6 Placement chamber 2-7 Hole where metal sounding plate and pendulum engage 2-8 Through hole through which coil spring is inserted 4-1 Lid 8-1 Shutter 8-2 Sliding amount 8-3 Contact part 9-1 Round rotor 9-2 Leaf spring 9-3 Pendulum

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A portable terminal device comprising a vibration motor for a vibration function for vibrating a terminal main body at the time of an incoming call, comprising: a striking mechanism attached to a rotation shaft of the vibrating motor; A sounding mechanism including a sounding plate that emits a striking sound when the mechanism is hit. 2. The sounding mechanism is an independent device having a frame formed with the sounding plate and a sound outlet for sending out a striking sound generated by the sounding plate to an outside, and an arrangement chamber provided in a terminal body. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the portable terminal is detachably built in the portable terminal. 3. The striking mechanism includes: a rotor mounted on a rotating shaft of the vibrating motor; a leaf spring that rotates integrally with the rotor; and a sound plate attached to a tip of the leaf spring. The portable terminal device according to claim 1, further comprising: a pendulum for hitting the mobile terminal. 4. An urging mechanism, which is provided inside the arrangement chamber and urges the sounding mechanism inserted into the arrangement chamber so as to push it out, and wherein the insertion mechanism is inserted into a side wall of the main body on the insertion opening side of the arrangement chamber. The mobile terminal according to claim 2, further comprising: a locking mechanism that is attached to the mouth so as to be able to protrude and retract, and locks the sounding mechanism inserted into the placement chamber. 5. The portable terminal according to claim 2, further comprising: a lid detachably attached to an insertion opening of the placement chamber, and closing the insertion opening. 6. The portable terminal according to claim 2, further comprising: a shutter reciprocally provided on a side wall of the main body on the insertion port side of the placement chamber, for opening and closing the insertion port. Machine. 7. The mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein the rotator is an eccentric rotator or a perfect circular rotator. 8. The portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the sounding plate of the sounding mechanism is a metal plate or a plate member made of a hard and strong material.