JP2002111788A - Communication terminal equipment, communication method and program storage medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To answer only a telephone call at the time of emergency even when a mode in which the telephone call can not be answered is set. SOLUTION: In a step S72, in the case that a call is terminated for the first time from a digital portable telephone set 2-1 with a built-in camera, the digital portable telephone set 2-2 with the camera for which a BUSY mode is set to be ON transmits a message for indicating that the call other than the emergency call can not be answered to a caller. Then, in the step S73, in the case that the call is terminated for the second time from the digital portable telephone set 2-1 with the camera, the digital portable telephone set 2-2 with the camera calculates a time difference between the time of the call termination of the second time and the time of the call termination of the first time. In the case of judging that the time difference is within 15 seconds, in the step S74, an incoming call tone is outputted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a communication terminal device, a communication method, and a program storage medium.
The present invention relates to a communication terminal device, a communication method, and a program storage medium that can only ring an emergency call in a mode in which a ring tone is not emitted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable telephones have become widespread. In this mobile phone, an incoming call is received regardless of the user's convenience. Therefore, when it is not possible to answer a call during a meeting or the like, an answering machine mode, a silent mode,
Alternatively, the drive mode is set.

[0003] However, when the above-mentioned mode is set, despite an emergency call,
I never knew it.

[0004] Therefore, a user who has set a portable telephone in the above mode and attended a conference, after finishing the conference, for example, plays a message recorded on an answering machine to confirm whether or not the call is an emergency telephone. Or by checking the incoming call history and making a call to the caller again to confirm whether it is an emergency call.

Therefore, when the portable telephone is set to a mode of transmitting an incoming call by vibration, the user receives the incoming call displayed on the display unit of the portable telephone every time the portable telephone vibrates even during a conference. You can check the phone number, judge the person, and answer the call.

[0006] However, in the above-mentioned mode, the user has to judge whether or not to answer the telephone every time the mobile phone vibrates, which is annoying.

Therefore, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-32125, when the answering service mode is set, the communication is not terminated even after the message recording is completed, and a predetermined period is set from the end time of the message recording period. It is disclosed that when the time elapses, the mode is shifted from the answering machine service mode to the emergency mode, and a ring tone is sounded.

[0008]

However, in the invention of the above publication, there is a problem that it takes time to shift to the emergency mode even though the caller is making an emergency call.

[0009] In addition, the user making an emergency call
The communication will be continued until the destination mobile phone is shifted to the emergency mode. If another user different from the user who is currently communicating calls the destination, it is determined that the user is simply talking on the phone. There is a problem that it takes time to know that the destination mobile phone is set to the answering service mode.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation. Even in a case where a mode in which it is impossible to answer a call is set, only an emergency call sounds a ring tone. Is to be able to get out.

[0011]

According to the present invention, there is provided a communication terminal device, comprising: a selector for selecting one of a mode in which a ring tone is not output and a mode in which a ring tone is output;
A setting unit for setting a predetermined time when a mode in which a ring tone is not output is selected by the selecting unit; and a setting unit for setting a predetermined time, and in a mode in which the ring tone is not output, when another communication terminal device receives an incoming call, And a ring tone output means for outputting a ring tone when another communication terminal device receives a call again within a predetermined time set by the setting means. Features.

The communication terminal device according to the present invention may further include storage means for storing a telephone number and an arrival time when an incoming call is received from another communication terminal apparatus. Is not notified, it is possible not to store the telephone number and the arrival time.

The communication terminal device of the present invention calculates the elapsed time from the arrival time when there is an incoming call from another communication terminal device and the incoming time when there is an incoming call again from another communication terminal device. Means, and a determining means for determining whether the elapsed time calculated by the calculating means is shorter than a predetermined time can be further provided, and the ringtone output means can be provided based on the determination result by the determining means. , A ringtone can be output.

[0014] The predetermined message may be a message notifying that a call other than an emergency cannot be received.

According to the communication method of the present invention, a selection step of selecting one of a mode in which a ringtone is not output and a mode in which a ringtone is output, and a mode in which a ringtone is not output by the processing of the selection step are selected. If
A setting step of setting a predetermined time, a transmission step of transmitting a predetermined message to another communication terminal apparatus when there is an incoming call from another communication terminal apparatus in a mode in which a ring tone is not output, and a processing of the setting step A ring tone output step of outputting a ring tone when another call is received from another communication terminal device within the predetermined time set by (1).

The program stored in the program storage medium according to the present invention includes a selection step of selecting one of a mode in which no ringtone is output and a mode in which the ringtone is output, and the processing of the selection step, wherein the selection step is performed. When a mode in which no is output is selected, a setting step of setting a predetermined time, and in a mode in which a ring tone is not output, when a call is received from another communication terminal device, a predetermined message is sent to another communication terminal device. A transmitting step of transmitting, and a ringtone output step of outputting a ringtone when another communication terminal device receives an incoming call again within a predetermined time set by the processing of the setting step. .

In the communication terminal device, the communication method, and the program stored in the program storage medium according to the present invention, when a call is received from another communication terminal device in a mode in which a ring tone is not output, another communication terminal device may be used. A predetermined message is transmitted to the device, and if another communication terminal device receives a call again within a predetermined time, a ringtone is output.

[0018]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an embodiment of an emergency call notification system according to the present invention. In this emergency call notification system, the terminal 1-1 or 1-2 is connected to the public line network 4 respectively,
A digital mobile phone with camera 2-1 or 2-2 is connected to the public line network 4 via the base station 3-1 or 3-2, respectively.

The terminals 1-1 and 1-2 are connected to a public line network (an analog line or an ISDN line, etc.) 4, and can exchange large-capacity data with other terminals at high speed via the public line network 4. Can communicate.

Base stations 3-1 and 3-2 are camera-equipped digital mobile phones 2-1 and 2-, which are mobile radio terminals.
2, for example, W-CDMA (Wideband-Code Division Multi
pleAccess) and wirelessly connected by a code division multiple access called a digital mobile phone with a camera 2-1 and 2-2, which are mobile radio terminals, using a 2 GHz frequency band at a data transfer rate of up to 2 Mbps and a large amount of data. Can perform high-speed data communication.

The digital mobile phones with cameras 2-1 and 2-2 can perform high-speed data communication with the base station 3-1 or 3-2 using the W-CDMA system. Various types of data communication such as transmission and reception of mail, browsing of a simple homepage, transmission and reception of images, and the like can be executed.

Further, the base stations 3-1 and 3-2 are connected to a public line network 4 via a wired line. The public line network 4 is connected to the Internet 8, a computer network (not shown), a corporate network, and the like.

The access server 6 of the Internet service provider is connected to the public network 4 and further connected to a content server 7 owned by the Internet service provider.

In response to a request from the terminal 1-1 or 1-2 or the digital cellular phone with camera 2-1 or 2-2, the content server 7 converts content such as a simple homepage into a compact HTML ( HyperTex
t Markup Language) file.

The Internet 8 has many WWWs (World
Wide Web) servers 9-1 to 9-N are connected. The WWW servers 9-1 to 9-n use TCP / IP (Transmiss
The terminal is accessed from the terminals 1-1 and 1-2 and the digital mobile phones with cameras 2-1 and 2-2 according to the protocol of the Ion Control Protocol / Internet Protocol.

Incidentally, the digital cellular phone with camera 2-
1 and 2-2 are 2M to base station 3-1 or 3-2.
The base station 3-1 or 3-2 communicates with the Internet 8 and the WW
The W servers 9-1 to 9-N communicate with each other by TCP / IP.

The management control device 5 is connected to the terminals 1-1 and 1-2 and the digital mobile phones with cameras 2-1 and 2-2 via the public line network 4. And 1-2, and the authentication process or the billing process for the camera-equipped digital mobile phones 2-1 and 2-2.

Hereinafter, when it is not necessary to distinguish the terminals 1-1 and 1-2 individually, it is simply referred to as the terminal 1, and it is necessary to distinguish the digital cellular phones with cameras 2-1 and 2-2 individually. When there is no, it is simply referred to as a camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of terminal 1 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure,
The gateway 20 can exchange information with another terminal via the public line network 4. The gateway 20 includes a communication unit 21, a control unit 22, and an interface unit 23.

The input unit 24 includes, for example, a microphone, a button,
Alternatively, it is constituted by a jog dial or the like, and is operated when predetermined information is input to the gateway 20. The output unit 25 is, for example, a speaker or a CRT (Cathode
Ray Tube), and outputs received information (for example, the contents of a call) to a speaker, or displays information input from the input unit 24 or a processing result executed by the control unit 22 on a CRT. It has been made to be.

The communication unit 21 receives a signal (analog signal) from the public network 4 so that information can be exchanged between the public network 4 and a control unit 22 described later (ie, When a call is received, the event is converted into a signal (digital signal) in the control unit 22.

The control unit 22 includes a CPU 22a, a ROM 22b, a clock 22c, and a RAM 22d.

The CPU 22a executes various calculations and controls each unit of the apparatus. ROM22
“b” stores a program executed by the CPU 22a, data necessary for processing, and the like. Clock (timer) 2
2c measures the current time and outputs it. The RAM 22d is configured to temporarily store data and the like generated when the CPU 22a executes the arithmetic processing.

The interface unit 23 manages the input unit 24 and the output unit 25.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the external appearance of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 includes a display section 42 and a main body 43, and is formed to be foldable by a central hinge section 41.

The display section 42 has a transmitting / receiving antenna 51 which can be pulled out or housed in the upper left portion. The camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 transmits and receives radio waves via the antenna 51 to or from any of the base stations 3-1 and 3-2, which are fixed wireless terminals.

The display section 42 has approximately 1 at the center of the upper end.
The camera unit 52 has a camera unit 52 that is rotatable in an angle range of 80 degrees.
The camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 has a CCD
An image of a desired imaging target is captured by the camera 53.

The camera section 52 is set to approximately 180 by the user.
When positioned by being rotated by degrees, the display unit 42 is in a state where the speaker 54 provided at the center of the back side of the camera unit 52 is located on the front side, as shown in FIG. As a result, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 switches to the normal voice communication state.

Further, a liquid crystal display 55 is provided in front of the display section 42. The liquid crystal display 55
In addition to the reception status of the radio wave, the remaining battery level, the destination name and telephone number registered in the telephone directory, the transmission history, etc., the content of the e-mail, the simple homepage, the image captured by the CCD camera 53 of the camera unit 52, or A wait time setting screen and a BUSY (busy) mode setting screen, which will be described later, are displayed.

On the other hand, on the main body 43, operation keys 61 such as numeral keys of "0" to "9", a call key, a redial key, an end and power key, a clear key and an e-mail key are provided. Have been. Various instructions corresponding to the operation of the operation keys 61 are input to the digital mobile phone with camera 2.

A memo button 62 and a microphone 63 are provided below the operation keys 61 of the main body 43. The camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 has a memo button 62
Record the voice of the other party during a call when is operated. The camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 uses the microphone 63 to collect the user's voice during a call.

Further, a rotatable jog dial 64 is provided above the operation keys 61 of the main body 43 so as to slightly protrude from the surface of the main body 43. The camera-equipped digital cellular phone 2 performs a scroll operation of a telephone directory list or an e-mail displayed on the liquid crystal display 55, a page turning operation of a simple homepage, an image sending operation, and the like in response to a rotating operation on the jog dial 64. Perform various operations.

For example, the main body 43 is provided with a liquid crystal display 55 in response to a rotation operation of the jog dial 64 by a user.
The user selects a desired telephone number from a plurality of telephone numbers in the telephone directory list displayed on the
When pressed inward, the selected telephone number is determined, and the calling processing is automatically performed on the determined telephone number.

The main body 43 has a battery pack (not shown) mounted on the rear side, and when the end / power key is turned on, power is supplied from the battery pack to the respective circuit sections so that the main body 43 can operate. Start in state.

A memory stick slot 65 for mounting a removable memory stick 71 is provided on the upper left side of the main body 43. When the memo button 62 is pressed, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 records the voice of the other party on the call on the mounted Memory Stick 71. Digital mobile phone with camera 2
Records an e-mail, a simple homepage, and an image captured by the CCD camera 53 on the mounted Memory Stick 71 in response to a user operation.

The memory stick 71 is a type of flash memory card developed by Sony Corporation, the present applicant. This memory stick 71
Is an EEPROM (Electrically Erasable and PROM), a non-volatile memory that can be electrically rewritten and erased in a small and thin plastic case measuring 21.5 x 50 x 2.8 [mm].
It stores a flash memory element, which is a type of a programmable read only memory (RAM), and enables writing and reading of various data such as images, sounds, and music via a 10-pin terminal.

Further, the memory stick 71 can be used in response to a change in the specification of the built-in flash memory due to a large capacity or the like.
Adopts a unique serial protocol that can ensure compatibility with the device used, with a maximum writing speed of 1.5 [MB / S]
It achieves high-speed performance with a maximum read speed of 2.45 [MB / S] and secures high reliability by providing an erasure prevention switch.

Therefore, the camera-equipped digital cellular phone 2
Is configured to be able to mount such a memory stick 71, so that data can be shared with other electronic devices via the memory stick 71.

As shown in FIG. 5, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 has a power supply circuit 85 and an operation input control unit 82 in contrast to a main control unit 81 which controls the display unit 42 and the main unit 43 in an integrated manner. , Image encoder 83, camera interface (I / F) unit 84, LCD (Liquid Crystal Displ)
ay) control unit 86, image decoder 87, demultiplexing unit 88,
The storage / reproduction unit 93, the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 89, and the audio codec 90 are connected to each other via the main bus 91, and the image encoder 83, the image decoder 87, the demultiplexing unit 88, the modulation / demodulation circuit unit 89, and the audio codec 9
0 are connected to each other via a synchronous bus 92.

The power supply circuit section 85 can operate the camera-equipped digital cellular phone 2 by supplying power from a battery pack to each section when the end / power key is turned on by a user operation. Start in state.

The digital mobile phone with camera 2 includes a CPU, an R
Based on the control of the main control unit 81 including the OM and the RAM,
In the voice call mode, the voice signal collected by the microphone 63 is converted into digital voice data by the voice codec 90. The camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2
The digital audio data is subjected to spectrum spread processing by the modulation / demodulation circuit section 89, subjected to digital / analog conversion processing and frequency conversion processing by the transmission / reception circuit section 94, and then transmitted via the antenna 51.

The camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 comprises:
In the voice communication mode, the received signal received by the antenna 51 is amplified, subjected to frequency conversion processing and analog-to-digital conversion processing, subjected to spectrum despreading processing by the modulation / demodulation circuit section 89, and converted to an analog voice signal by the voice codec 90. The camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 causes the speaker 54 to output audio corresponding to the analog audio signal.

Further, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2
When transmitting an e-mail in the data communication mode, the e-mail sends text data of the e-mail input by operating the operation keys 61 and the jog dial 64 to the main control unit 81 via the operation input control unit 82.

The main control section 81 performs spread spectrum processing on the text data in the modulation / demodulation circuit section 89,
After performing the digital-to-analog conversion processing and the frequency conversion processing in step 4, the base station 3-1 or 3
-2.

On the other hand, the digital mobile phone 2 with a camera, when receiving an electronic mail in the data communication mode, receives the base station 3-1 or 3 via the antenna 51.
-2, the received signal received from -2 is subjected to spectrum despreading processing in the modulation / demodulation circuit section 89 to restore the original text data, and then displayed as an electronic mail on the liquid crystal display 55 via the LCD control section 86.

Thereafter, the digital mobile phone with camera 2
It is also possible to record an e-mail received in response to a user operation on the memory stick 71 via the recording / reproducing unit 93.

When transmitting image data in the data communication mode, the camera-equipped digital cellular phone 2 supplies the image data picked up by the CCD camera 53 to the image encoder 83 via the camera interface unit 84.

By the way, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2
When the image data is not transmitted, the CCD camera 53
Image data captured by the camera interface unit 8
4 and the liquid crystal display 55 via the LCD controller 86.
It is also possible to display directly on.

The image encoder 83 converts the image data supplied from the CCD camera 53 into, for example, an MPEG (Moving Pic).
The compression image data is converted into encoded image data by compression-encoding using a predetermined encoding method such as MPEG2 or MPEG4 and transmitted to the demultiplexing unit 88.

At this time, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 simultaneously operates the microphone 6
The voice collected in step 3 is transmitted to the demultiplexing unit 88 as digital voice data via the voice codec 90.

The demultiplexing section 88 multiplexes the coded image data supplied from the image encoder 83 and the audio data supplied from the audio codec 90 in a predetermined system, and multiplexes the resulting multiplexed data into a modulation / demodulation circuit section. After the spread spectrum processing is performed at 89 and the digital-analog conversion processing and the frequency conversion processing are performed at the transmission / reception circuit unit 94, the transmission is performed via the antenna 51.

On the other hand, in the data communication mode, for example, when receiving data of a moving image file linked to a simple homepage or the like, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 transmits the base station 3-1 via the antenna 51. Alternatively, the modulation / demodulation circuit 89 performs spectrum despread processing on the received signal received from 3-2, and sends the resulting multiplexed data to the demultiplexing unit 88.

The demultiplexer 88 separates the multiplexed data into coded image data and audio data, supplies the coded image data to the image decoder 87 via the synchronous bus 92, and converts the audio data into an audio codec. 90.

The image decoder 87 converts the encoded image data
Decoding is performed by a decoding method corresponding to a predetermined encoding method such as MPEG2 or MPEG4 to generate reproduced moving image data, and the reproduced moving image data is supplied to the liquid crystal display 55 via the LCD control unit 86. Thereby, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 displays, for example, the moving image data included in the moving image file linked to the simplified homepage.

At this time, simultaneously, the audio codec 90
After converting the audio data into an analog audio signal, this is supplied to the speaker 54. Thereby, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 reproduces, for example, audio data included in the moving image file linked to the simplified homepage.

Also in this case, similarly to the case of the electronic mail, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 records the received data linked to the simplified homepage or the like on the memory stick 71 via the recording / reproducing unit 93 by the operation of the user. It is possible to

The ROM of the main control unit 81 stores B
Incoming call control program for controlling incoming call processing when set to USY (busy) mode, communication control program for controlling communication performed via antenna 51, CCD camera 5
Camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 such as an imaging control program for controlling the imaging of images by the Internet 3 and a browser for controlling the operation of accessing each server via the Internet 8.
Stores programs necessary for executing various processes.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

First, the operation of the main controller 81 of the camera-equipped digital cellular phone 2 controlling the LCD controller 86 to display the incoming call history screen on the liquid crystal display 55 will be described.

When the user wants to display the incoming call history (the caller's telephone number and the time of the incoming call) of the incoming telephone number on the liquid crystal display 55, a predetermined key command is issued using the operation keys 61. input. Thereby, for example, an incoming call history screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 55.

In the example of FIG. 6, the incoming call history screen displays the telephone number of the caller who has received the call and the time of the call. The information displayed on the incoming call history screen is not limited to this, and for example, the name of the sender may be displayed.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The waiting time setting process executed by the main control unit 81 of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 will be described.

In step S1, the main control unit 81 of the digital cellular phone with a camera 2 executing the incoming call control program determines whether or not the user has performed an operation for displaying the waiting time setting screen. It waits until it is determined that an operation for displaying the waiting time setting screen has been performed.

If it is determined in step S1 that an operation for displaying the waiting time setting screen has been performed by the user, the process proceeds to step S2, where the main control unit 81 sets the LCD.
The controller 86 is controlled to display a wait time setting screen as shown in FIG.

When the waiting time setting screen as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed, the user selects “0” of the operation keys 61.
A desired waiting time is input using the numerical keys of "1" to "9". In this case, when the user presses “1” of the operation key 61 and subsequently presses “5” of the operation key 61, the waiting time is set to 15 seconds.

Returning to FIG. 7, in step 3, the main control unit 81 determines whether or not a waiting time has been input by the user, and waits until a waiting time is input. When the waiting time (15 seconds in the example of FIG. 8) is input in step S3, the process proceeds to step S4, where the RAM of the main control unit 81 stores the waiting time (15 seconds) input in the processing of step S3. Seconds), and the process ends.

Next, referring to the flowchart of FIG.
The BUSY mode setting process executed by the main control unit 81 of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 will be described. Where BUSY
In the (busy) mode, when the user cannot answer a normal call to the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 due to, for example, a meeting, only an emergency call can sound a ringtone. Mode.

In step S11, the main control unit 81 of the digital mobile phone with a camera 2 executing the incoming call control program determines whether or not the BUSY mode has been set by the user, and determines that the BUSY mode has been set by the user. Wait until

In step S11, the user sets the BU
When it is determined that the SY mode has been set, the main control unit 81
Controls the LCD control unit 86, and controls B as shown in FIG.
A USY mode setting screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display 55.

When the BUSY mode setting screen as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed, the user turns ON or OFF the BUSY mode using the operation keys 61 or the jog dial 64. In the example of FIG. 10, the BUSY mode is set to ON.

Returning to FIG. 9, in step S12,
The main control unit 81 determines whether or not the BUSY mode has been set to ON by the user. If the main control unit 81 determines that the BUSY mode has been set to ON by the user, the process proceeds to step S13.

At step S13, the main control unit 81
Controls the recording / reproducing unit 93 to cause the memory stick 71 to store that the BUSY mode is ON. Step S
At 14, the main control unit 81 reads the waiting time stored in the RAM by the process of step S4 in FIG.
In step S15, the main control unit 81 controls the recording / reproducing unit 93 to cause the memory stick 71 to store the waiting time read in the processing in step S14.

In step S12, the user sets the BU
If it is determined that the SY mode is not set to ON, that is, it is determined that the BUSY mode is set to OFF, step S1
6, the main control unit 81 controls the recording / reproducing unit 93,
Make sure that the BUSY mode is OFF.
To memorize.

In step S17, the main control unit 81
Controls the recording / reproducing unit 93 and the memory stick 71
Deletes the telephone number stored in. Step S1
In 8, the main control unit 81 controls the recording / reproducing unit 93 to delete the waiting time stored in the memory stick 71.

The waiting time setting process shown in FIG. 7 and the BUSY mode setting process shown in FIG. 9 have been described as individual operations. For example, in step S12 in FIG. 9, the BUSY mode is turned on. If it is determined that it has been set,
The waiting time setting process of FIG. 7 may be performed.

Next, an incoming call process executed by the main control unit 81 of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG.

In step S31, the main control unit 8 of the digital mobile phone 2 with a camera (for example, the digital mobile phone 2-1 with a camera) executing the incoming call control program.
1 is another terminal (for example, terminal 1-1 or 1-2,
Alternatively, it is determined whether or not there is an incoming call from the digital mobile phone with camera 2-2), and the process waits until it is determined that there is an incoming call from another terminal. Then, when it is determined that there is an incoming call from another terminal (for example, the terminal 1-1), the process proceeds to step S32, and the main control unit 81 sets the recording / reproducing unit 93
To read the BUSY mode stored in the memory stick 71 by the processing of step S13 or S16 in FIG. The main control unit 81 stores the read BUSY
It is determined whether or not the mode is ON, and if it is determined that the BUSY mode is ON, the process proceeds to step S33.

At step S33, the main controller 81
Determines whether the telephone number received in the process of step S31 is non-notification, and if it is determined that the telephone number is non-notification, proceeds to step S34.

In step S34, the main control unit 81
Is a transmission source (in this case, the terminal 1-1) via the modulation / demodulation circuit 89, the transmission / reception circuit 94, and the antenna 51.
In 1), a message "I cannot answer the phone now" is notified (transmitted).

In step S33, step S31
If it is determined that the incoming telephone number is not a non-notification, that is, it is a notification, the process proceeds to step S35.

In step S35, the main control unit 81
Determines whether or not the telephone number received in the process of step S31 is the telephone number stored in the memory stick 71, and if it is determined that the telephone number is stored in the memory stick 71, the process proceeds to step S36. Proceed to.

In step S36, the main controller 81
Calculates the time difference between the time of the incoming call history of the telephone number received in the process of step S31 and the current time stored in the memory stick 71. That is, the main control unit 81 calculates the elapsed time from when the first incoming call is made to when the second incoming call is made.

In step S37, the main control unit 81
Determines whether or not the time difference calculated in the process of step S36 is within 15 seconds. If it is determined that the time difference is within 15 seconds, the process proceeds to step S38. Step S32
In, if it is determined that the read BUSY mode is not ON, that is, it is OFF, the process proceeds to step S38.

In step S38, the main control unit 81
Performs normal incoming call processing. That is, the main control unit 81
Controls the audio codec 90 to cause the speaker 54 to output a ringtone. This allows the user to answer an emergency call from another terminal.

In step S35, in step S31
The phone number received in the process of
If it is determined that the phone number is not stored in
Proceed to step S39. If it is determined in step S37 that the time difference calculated in the processing in step S36 is not within 15 seconds, the process proceeds to step S39.

In step S39, the main control unit 81
Is a transmission source (the terminal 1-1 in this case) via the modulation / demodulation circuit 89, the transmission / reception circuit unit 94, and the antenna 51.
In addition, a message "I am busy now, please give me a call other than an emergency call later. In the case of an emergency, please make a call within 15 seconds".

The user of the terminal 1-1 having heard this message can know that the user of the camera-equipped digital cellular phone 2-1 cannot answer the call (it is in the BUSY mode). Then, if there is an urgent business, the user of the terminal 1-1 can call the digital mobile phone with camera 2-1 again within 15 seconds to easily determine that the call is an emergency call. I can let you know.

In step S40, the main controller 81
Controls the recording / reproducing unit 93 and the memory stick 71
Check the storage capacity of In step S41, the main control unit 81 determines whether the storage capacity of the memory stick 71 is full based on the check result of the processing in step S40.
If it is determined that the storage capacity of No. 1 is full, step S
Proceed to 42.

In step S42, the main control unit 81
Controls the recording / reproducing unit 93 and the memory stick 71
Deletes the oldest data (incoming call history) stored in.

When it is determined in step S41 that the storage capacity of the memory stick 71 is not full,
Step S42 is skipped.

In step S43, the main controller 81
Controls the recording / reproducing unit 93 to store the currently received telephone number and the current time (incoming time) on the memory stick 71.

After the processing in step S34, S38 or S43, in step S44, the main control unit 81
The call is disconnected from the terminal 1-1 that was in the talking state.

As described above, when the BUSY mode of the camera-equipped digital cellular phone 2 is set to ON, it is possible to notify other terminals that have received a call of the emergency contact method by a message. The user who hears this message calls back within 15 seconds in an emergency,
The user can talk with the user of the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2.

In the above description, the case where the waiting time is set to 15 seconds has been described. However, this waiting time can be set arbitrarily.
If the time is set to 0 seconds, in the process of step S39 in FIG. 11, the message to the caller is "Currently busy, so please give me a call other than an emergency call later.
Please call again within 0 seconds. "

By the way, the user who hears this message makes a call again to notify the user that the call is urgent, and reconsider whether his or her call is urgent. Be a trigger.

Further, by setting the BUSY mode to ON, the user of the camera-equipped digital cellular phone 2 can answer only an emergency call, for example, even when a call cannot be answered during a meeting. Will be possible.

Next, the operation of the digital cellular phone with camera 2-1 for making a call to the digital cellular phone with camera 2-1 in an emergency will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S71, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2-2 receives a command from the user and
Set BUSY mode to ON. Here, the waiting time is 15
It is assumed to be set to seconds.

In step S61, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2-1 receives a command from the user to
The destination (in this case, a digital mobile phone with a camera 2-
Call 2).

In step S72, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2-2 sends a message to the caller (in this case, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2-1) to the message "Currently busy. In the case of an emergency, please call back within 15 seconds. "(Notification) and store the current incoming call history (caller's phone number and incoming time) on the Memory Stick 71.

In step S62, the digital cellular phone with a camera 2-1 is connected to the digital cellular phone with a camera 2
-2, the message transmitted (notified) is received, and a call is made again to the call destination (digital mobile phone with camera 2-2 in this case) within 15 seconds based on the instruction of the user.

In step S73, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2-2 stores the time of the first (first) incoming call and the current (second) incoming call stored in the memory stick 71 in the processing of step S72. The time difference between the times is calculated, and it is determined whether the time difference is within 15 seconds. In step S73, if it is determined that the time difference between the time of the first incoming call and the time of the current incoming call is within 15 seconds (if it is determined that the call is an emergency call),
Proceed to step S74.

In step S74, the digital cellular phone with a camera 2-2 performs a normal incoming call process (outputs a ring tone to the speaker 54).

If it is determined in step S73 that the time difference between the time of the first incoming call and the time of the current incoming call is not less than 15 seconds (if it is determined that the call is not an emergency call), the flow advances to step S75 to proceed to step S75. The attached digital mobile phone 2-2 sends the message “Digital mobile phone with camera 2-1 in this case” to the message “Since it is currently busy,
Please give me a non-emergency call later. In the case of an emergency, please call back within 15 seconds. "(Notification), and store the current call history (telephone number and call time of camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2-1) on Memory Stick 71, The process ends.

As described above, when there is a second incoming call from another terminal, the camera-equipped digital mobile phone 2 calculates (measures) the time difference between the second incoming time and the first incoming time. This makes it possible to easily identify whether or not the call is an emergency call.

The present invention is not limited to the terminal 1 and the digital mobile phone 2 with a camera, but is applicable to a PHS (Personal Handyphone S).
The present invention can be applied to all devices that can talk, such as a terminal device of the system.

The series of processes described above can be executed by hardware, but can also be executed by software. When a series of processing is executed by software, a program constituting the software can execute various functions by installing a computer built into dedicated hardware or installing various programs. It is installed from a program storage medium to a possible general-purpose personal computer or the like.

A program storage medium for storing a program installed in a computer and made executable by the computer includes a magnetic disk (including a floppy disk), an optical disk (CD-ROM (Compact Disc-
Read-Only Memory), DVD (including Digital Versatile Disc), magneto-optical disk (including MD (Mini-Disc)), package media such as semiconductor memory, etc., or temporarily or permanently stored programs To
It is composed of Flash ROM and hard disk.
The storage of the program in the program storage medium is performed using a wired or wireless communication medium such as a public line network 4, a local area network, the Internet 8, or digital satellite broadcasting via an interface such as a router or a modem as necessary. Done.

In this specification, the step of describing a program stored in a program storage medium is not limited to processing performed in chronological order according to the described order, but is not necessarily performed in chronological order. , And also includes processes executed in parallel or individually.

In this specification, the system is defined as:
It represents the entire device composed of a plurality of devices.

[0121]

The communication terminal device and the communication method of the present invention,
According to the program stored in the program storage medium, in a mode in which a ringtone is not output, when an incoming call is received from another communication terminal device, a predetermined message is transmitted to the other communication terminal device, and a predetermined time is transmitted. When another incoming call is received from another communication terminal device, the ring tone is output, so even if the mode is set so that you cannot answer the phone, only the emergency phone will sound the ring tone So that you can answer the call.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an embodiment of an emergency call notification system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the terminal shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an appearance of the digital mobile phone with camera in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an appearance of a display unit of the digital mobile phone with a camera shown in FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the digital mobile phone with camera in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of an incoming call history screen.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a waiting time setting process.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example of a waiting time setting screen.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a BUSY setting process.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example of a BUSY setting screen.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an incoming call process.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in which the digital mobile phone with camera 2-1 makes a call to the digital mobile phone with camera 2-1 in an emergency.

[Explanation of symbols]

1-1, 1-2 terminal, 2-1 and 2-2 digital mobile phone with camera, 3-1 and 3-2 base station,
4 Public line network, 5 Management and control device, 6 Access server, 7 Content server, 8 Internet, 9-1 to 9-n WWW server, 54 Speaker, 55 Liquid crystal display, Operation keys 66, 7
1 Memory Stick, 81 Main Control Unit, 86
LCD control unit, 90 audio codec, 93 recording and playback unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A mode in which a ring tone is not output, or
Selecting means for selecting one of the modes for outputting the ring tone; setting means for setting a predetermined time when the mode for not outputting the ring tone is selected by the selecting means; outputting the ring tone In a mode in which communication is not performed, when there is an incoming call from another communication terminal device, a transmitting unit that transmits a predetermined message to the other communication terminal device; and within the predetermined time set by the setting unit, the other A communication terminal device comprising: a ringtone output unit that outputs the ringtone when a call is received again from the communication terminal device. 2. When there is an incoming call from the other communication terminal device, the communication device further comprises storage means for storing the telephone number and the time of the incoming call. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal device is configured not to store the call arrival time. 3. A calculating means for calculating an elapsed time from an incoming time when there is an incoming call from the other communication terminal device and an incoming time when there is an incoming call again from the other communication terminal device; The apparatus further includes a determination unit configured to determine whether the elapsed time calculated by the calculation unit is shorter than the predetermined time. The ringtone output unit outputs the ringtone based on a determination result by the determination unit. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal device outputs. 4. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined message is a message notifying that a call other than an emergency cannot be received. 5. A mode in which a ring tone is not output, or
A selection step of selecting one of the modes for outputting the ring tone; a setting step of setting a predetermined time when a mode in which the ring tone is not output is selected by the processing of the selection step; In a mode in which no is output, when there is an incoming call from another communication terminal device, a transmission step of transmitting a predetermined message to the other communication terminal device, and within the predetermined time set by the processing of the setting step A ring tone output step of outputting the ring tone when an incoming call is received again from the other communication terminal device. 6. A program for controlling a communication terminal device, comprising: a selection step of selecting one of a mode in which a ringtone is not output and a mode in which the ringtone is output; A setting step of setting a predetermined time when a mode in which a ring tone is not output is selected; and in a mode in which the ring tone is not output, when there is an incoming call from another communication terminal apparatus, the other communication terminal apparatus A transmission step of transmitting a predetermined message; and a ringtone output step of outputting the ringtone when another call is received from the other communication terminal device within the predetermined time set by the processing of the setting step. And a program storage medium storing a computer-readable program.