JP2001308972A - Portable telephone set and caller identification method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone set provided with a function by which a caller can be identified without being limited by a scene in use in the scene to specify the caller at the arrival of an incoming call. SOLUTION: The portable telephone set is provided with a color display section 9 that displays many colors by each color or two colors or more in combination, a data memory 7 where telephone directory information with respect to callers and display colors are registered in cross-reference with each other, and a control section 2 that displays a corresponding color onto the color display section 9 at the arrival of an incoming call from a caller registered in the data memory 7 so as to report the caller.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone capable of identifying a caller and a caller identification method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Portable telephones have been reduced in size and weight and improved in functionality, and convenient ones have been provided to the market. As one of the functions, there is a function capable of identifying a caller. That is, in a conventional mobile phone, the telephone number of the caller and the incoming call for identification are stored in the telephone directory of the mobile phone so that the caller can be identified when receiving a voice call or a short mail. Sounds are linked and registered, and when an incoming call is from a registered specific caller, a notification is made using a ringtone for identification.

[0003]

However, for a user who adopts a method of replacing a ring tone, such as a vibrator, as a notification means at the time of an incoming call, or for a user who is used in a situation where the ring tone must be erased, However, there is a problem in that the identification of the caller only by the ring tone becomes meaningless, and the use scene is limited.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable telephone having a function of identifying a caller at the time of receiving an incoming call without being limited to a use scene. .

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention has the following constitution in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. The gist of the invention described in claim 1 is that a color display means capable of displaying a large number of colors one by one or a combination of two or more colors, and a telephone directory in which telephone directory information and a display color relating to a caller are registered in association with each other. A mobile phone comprising: a book memory; and a control unit for displaying a corresponding color on the color display unit to notify the caller when a call is received from a caller registered in the telephone directory memory. Be on the phone. The gist of the invention described in claim 2 is that a color display means capable of displaying a large number of colors for each color or a combination of two or more colors, and a telephone directory in which telephone directory information and display colors relating to the caller are registered in association with each other. A book memory, a first determining means for checking whether the incoming call is an incoming call from a public network or an incoming call from a mobile communication network, and an incoming call from the mobile communication network. A second determining means for examining whether or not the transmission information includes a color specification; and displaying the specified color on the color display means when the transmission information includes a color specification. While notifying the caller, when the color information is not included in the call information, or when the call is from the public network, the telephone directory memory is searched, and when the call is received from the registered caller. , Display the corresponding color on the color display means and send Resides in the mobile telephone, characterized in that it comprises a control means for notifying. The gist of the invention according to claim 3 is that the color display means includes:
3. A color liquid crystal display of a color filter system, wherein said control means displays one or more colors in combination when displaying a caller's name or telephone number. In the mobile phone described in the above. The gist of the invention according to claim 4 is that the color display means is a plurality of color light emitting members mounted on a main body part that can be visually recognized from the outside other than a display unit that displays a caller's name and a telephone number. 3. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the means drives at least one of the color light emitting members. The gist of the invention according to claim 5 is that in a portable telephone provided with color display means capable of displaying a large number of colors for each color or a combination of two or more colors, the telephone book information relating to the caller and the display color are associated with each other. A caller registered in the phonebook memory and displaying a corresponding color on the color display means to notify the caller when a call is received from the caller registered in the telephone directory memory. Be in the identification method. The gist of claim 6 is as follows.
2. Description of the Related Art In a mobile phone provided with a color display means capable of displaying a large number of colors for each color or in combination of two or more colors, telephone directory information relating to a caller and display colors are associated with each other and registered in a telephone directory memory. Investigate whether the incoming call is an incoming call from a public network or an incoming call from a mobile communication network, and if the incoming call is from the mobile communication network, the color information is included in the outgoing information. Investigate whether there is a color designation in the outgoing information, if the designated color is displayed on the color display means to notify the caller, while the outgoing information does not include the color designation Or, when the call is from the public network, the telephone directory memory is searched, and when the call is received from a registered caller, the corresponding color is displayed on the color display means to notify the caller. Mobile phone It resides in the kicking caller identification method. The gist of the invention according to claim 7 is that the color display means is a color filter type color liquid crystal display, and one color or a combination of two or more colors is displayed together with the display of the name and telephone number of the caller. 8. A method for identifying a caller in a mobile phone according to claim 6 or 7. The gist of the invention according to claim 8 is that the color display means is a plurality of color light-emitting members mounted on a body part that can be visually recognized from the outside other than a display unit that displays a caller's name and a telephone number. 8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the two color light emitting members are driven to be lit.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A portable telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile phone 1 according to the present embodiment controls each section of the mobile phone and implements a caller identification function according to the present embodiment, and a wireless unit having an antenna 3, a modem and the like. A communication unit 4, a speaker 5 for sounding a ring tone, a microphone 6, a data memory 7 in which a phone book is registered, a key input unit 8 for inputting phone book information and the like, and a display of an incoming call when receiving a call. And a display unit 9 for performing the operation.

The display unit 9 is provided with a color LCD (liquid crystal display) so that the sender can be identified by color in addition to the character display of the sender information. This color LCD includes a color filter. One color or a combination of two or more colors can be arbitrarily displayed.

In the data memory 7 for registering telephone directory information, a large number of telephone directory information for one case is stored. This one
The structure of the telephone directory information for each case is different depending on the model of the mobile phone. In the present embodiment, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, in one telephone directory information, in addition to the index, the name (kanji), the reading, the telephone number, and the color of the incoming call color. Information is also included.

Next, the operation of the portable telephone according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, when there is an incoming call (step S1), it is checked whether the incoming call is from a public network or an incoming call from a mobile communication network (step S2).

In the case of an incoming call from the public network, the data memory 7 is searched and, for example, as shown in FIG. The color prepared in advance for caller identification is displayed using the entire area (background) of the display unit 9 (step S3). FIG. 4 shows that the caller “Ichiro Sato” is displayed with the pseudonym “Satoichirou”, the telephone number “090XXXXXYYYY” is displayed, and the background for displaying these is displayed in one color.

On the other hand, if the incoming call is from the mobile communication network, it is checked whether or not the outgoing information has a color designation (step S4). If the caller has specified the color, the data memory 7 is searched and the telephone directory information matched from the telephone number of the caller is displayed on the display unit 9, and the color specified by the caller is displayed on the display unit. 9 is displayed using the entire area (background) (step S5). Also in this case, it is displayed by the method shown in FIG.

[0012] Such a function can be realized if it is at least a mobile communication network by the same carrier. In addition, it is necessary for the mobile phone to have a function capable of including color designation information in transmission information and decoding the color information. This function is also feasible.

On the other hand, in step S4, if the sender has not specified the color (including the case where the color cannot be decoded and the case where the operator is different), the data memory 7 is searched as described above and the transmission is performed. In addition to the telephone directory information matched from the telephone number of the caller, a color prepared in advance for identifying the searched caller is displayed (step S3).

[0014] Thus, even a user who adopts a method of replacing a ring tone, such as a vibrator, as a notification means at the time of an incoming call, or a user who is used in a situation where the ring tone must be erased, can easily identify the caller. Can be performed.

There is also a type of color LCD in which a multicolor emission lamp is provided as a backlight and a color filter is omitted. In such a multicolor light emitting backlight type color LCD, the number of light emitting colors is limited. In contrast, in the present embodiment, since a color LCD having a color filter is used, any display color can be adopted, and any number of caller identification colors can be registered and displayed. .

In the above-described embodiment, the display is performed using the entire area (background) of the display unit 9. However, since a color LCD having a color filter is used, for example, a three-color flag is used. Such as displaying multiple colors simultaneously,
Color display in a mode that matches the user's preference is possible.

In these cases, the data amount of the display color is smaller than the data amount of the ring tone, so that when the number of identifications is increased, the data amount can be easily reduced without worrying about the remaining capacity of the resources. Can be increased. That is, there is an advantage that resources can be effectively used.

On the other hand, in the above-described embodiment, the case where color display is performed on the display unit 9 has been described. However, in this case, it is difficult to understand that a portable telephone having a folding structure needs to be expanded. Therefore,
For example, a component capable of emitting multicolor light, such as a color LED, may be mounted on a main body portion visible from the outside other than the display unit. In this case, the number of luminescent colors is limited, but it is possible to confirm the sender without increasing the number of luminescent colors, so that convenience is improved.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Since the caller identification at the time of the incoming call of the mobile phone can be distinguished by the display color, it can be used in a situation where the ring tone cannot be sounded, and the convenience of the user can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration example (configuration example of a data memory) of telephone directory information in the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an example of color display of caller identification.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Mobile telephone 2 Control part 3 Antenna 4 Wireless communication part 5 Speaker 6 Microphone 7 Data memory 8 Key input part 9 Display part

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A color display means capable of displaying a large number of colors for each color or in combination of two or more colors, a telephone directory memory in which telephone directory information and display colors relating to a caller are registered in association with each other, A mobile phone, comprising: a control means for displaying a corresponding color on the color display means to notify the caller when a call is received from a caller registered in the telephone directory memory. 2. A color display means capable of displaying a large number of colors one by one or a combination of two or more colors; a telephone directory memory in which telephone directory information and display colors relating to a caller are registered in association with each other; A first determining means for checking whether the incoming call is an incoming call from a public network or an incoming call from a mobile communication network; and if the incoming call is an incoming call from the mobile communication network, Second determining means for investigating whether or not the information includes a color designation; and, when the transmission information includes a color designation, displaying the designated color on the color display means to notify the caller. on the other hand,
When the color designation is not included in the outgoing information, or when there is an incoming call from the public network, search the phonebook memory,
A mobile phone, comprising: control means for displaying a corresponding color on the color display means to notify the caller when a call is received from a registered caller. 3. The color display means is a color filter type color liquid crystal display, and the control means displays one or more colors in combination when displaying a caller's name or telephone number. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein
A mobile phone according to claim 1. 4. The color display means is a plurality of color light emitting members mounted on a main body part that can be visually recognized from the outside other than a display unit that displays a caller's name and a telephone number. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the two color light emitting members are driven to light. 5. A portable telephone equipped with a color display means capable of displaying a large number of colors one by one or a combination of two or more colors, wherein telephone book information relating to a caller and display colors are stored in a telephone book memory in association with each other. A caller identification method for a mobile phone, wherein when a caller registered in the telephone directory memory receives an incoming call, a corresponding color is displayed on the color display means to notify the caller. 6. A portable telephone equipped with a color display means capable of displaying a large number of colors one by one or a combination of two or more colors, wherein telephone directory information relating to a caller and display colors are registered in a telephone directory memory in association with each other. When there is an incoming call, it is checked whether the incoming call is an incoming call from a public network or an incoming call from a mobile communication network. Investigate whether the designation is included, and when the transmission information includes the color designation, the designated color is displayed on the color display means to notify the caller,
When the color designation is not included in the outgoing information, or when there is an incoming call from the public network, search the phonebook memory,
A caller identification method in a mobile phone, wherein when a call is received from a registered caller, a corresponding color is displayed on the color display means to notify the caller. 7. The color display means is a color liquid crystal display device of a color filter system, wherein one color or a combination of two or more colors is displayed together with a display of a caller's name and a telephone number. A caller identification method in a mobile phone according to claim 6. 8. The color display means is a plurality of color light-emitting members mounted on a main body part that can be visually recognized from the outside other than a display unit that displays a caller's name and a telephone number.
8. The caller identification method for a mobile phone according to claim 6, wherein the two color light emitting members are driven to be lit.