JP2002135367A - Information communication unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information communication unit that communicates information with a phone able to make wireless transmission/reception and can obtain ringer information even at a place apart from the phone. SOLUTION: The information communication unit 1 has a short-range wireless interface section 6 provided with a module compatible with e.g. the Bluetooth and sends/receives information to/from a mobile phone or the like compatible with the Bluetooth via an ancillary antenna 8. Furthermore, the information communication unit 1 has a notice section 4 that informs of information that is transmitted/received and an input section 10 that receives the information. The information received from the input section 10 is given to the notice section 4 via a control section 2 and transmitted to an external mobile phone via the short-range wireless interface section 6. The control section 2 totally controls the input section 10, the notice section 4 and the near distance wireless interface section 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an information communication apparatus for exchanging information with a telephone capable of wireless transmission and reception.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of portable telephones, their functions have been remarkably improved, so that not only voice communication but also transmission and reception of e-mails and access to homepages on the Internet have become possible. Also, connect the mobile phone and headset with a communication cable,
You can also talk hands-free. More recently, mobile phones and headsets capable of transmitting and receiving data by wireless communication instead of cable connection have been developed. For these devices, Bluetooth (Bluetooth: trademark of Ericsson), which is becoming a standard for short-range wireless data communication technology, is used. Bluetooth aims at transmitting and receiving data by wirelessly connecting a plurality of devices within a radius of about several meters using radio waves in the 2.4 GHz band.

[0003]

[0005] By the way, Bluet
Since the mobile phones and headsets that support oth are excellent in portability, they can be stored in a clothing pocket or the like and moved with the user, so that if there is an incoming call, the mobile phone can be taken out and answered immediately. it can.

[0004] However, while a mobile phone or headset is always kept in a pocket, it is often kept in a bag or placed on a desk. In such a case, even if there is an incoming call on the mobile phone, if the volume for notifying the incoming call is low or the incoming call notification by vibration is set, the user cannot know the incoming call and cannot answer the call. The problem arises.

[0005] Further, in a normal telephone (hereinafter, referred to as a fixed telephone) using a general public line (wired), a similar problem occurs in a situation where it is difficult to hear a ring tone at a position away from both the main unit and the slave unit. appear.

Further, when an incoming call arrives at a fixed telephone or a mobile telephone on which the telephone number of the caller is displayed, the caller cannot be immediately confirmed from a place away from the telephone, and the caller must move to the telephone. It is necessary to check the display on the phone. For this reason, there arises a problem that the timing of deciding whether to answer or not answer the call and the timing of switching to hold or answering machine are missed.

An object of the present invention is to provide an information communication apparatus which can obtain information such as an incoming call to a telephone even when the telephone is away from the telephone.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a short-range wireless interface unit for transmitting and receiving information to and from a telephone capable of transmitting and receiving information by wireless communication, and the information transmitted and received by the short-range wireless interface unit. And a notifying unit for notifying the information communication.

[0009] In the information communication apparatus according to the present invention, the notifying unit includes a speaker that emits a sound based on the information. The notification unit includes a light emitting element that emits light based on the information. Further, the notifying unit has a vibration generator that generates vibration based on the information. Further, the notifying section has a display section for displaying the information. Still further, the information communication apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the information communication apparatus further includes an input unit for inputting the information.

[0010] Further, the information includes information on an incoming call to the telephone. The incoming call information includes information on a source telephone number. Further, the incoming call information includes destination name / name information corresponding to the caller telephone number obtained by searching a database section stored in the telephone.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a telephone capable of transmitting and receiving information by wireless communication, comprising a short-range wireless interface unit for transmitting incoming information to the information communication apparatus of the present invention. Achieved by the featured telephone.

[0012] Further, the object is to provide a telephone having a short-range wireless interface unit for transmitting incoming information by wireless communication, a short-range wireless interface unit for receiving the incoming information from the telephone, and transmitting the received incoming information. An information communication device having a notifying unit for notifying is provided.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An information communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, a schematic configuration of the information communication apparatus according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The information communication device 1 according to the present embodiment has a short-range wireless interface unit 6 for transmitting and receiving information to and from a telephone capable of transmitting and receiving information by wireless communication. The short-range wireless interface unit 6 is, for example, Bl
A Bluetooth compatible module is provided so that information can be transmitted and received to and from a Bluetooth compatible mobile phone via an attached antenna 8.

The information communication device 1 has a notifying unit 4 for notifying information transmitted and received by the short-range wireless interface unit 6. Further, the information communication device 1 has an input unit 10 for inputting information. The information input from the input unit 10 is notified to the notification unit 4 via the control unit 2 and is transmitted to an external mobile phone via the short-range wireless interface unit 6. The control unit 2
The input unit 10, the notification unit 4, and the short-range wireless interface unit 6 are controlled overall.

The notification unit 4 can take various modes. For example, a speaker that emits a sound based on information transmitted and received may be provided. Further, a light-emitting element which emits light based on information transmitted and received may be included. Or you may have the vibration generator which produces a vibration based on the information transmitted / received. Furthermore, a display unit for displaying transmitted / received information in characters, symbols, or graphics may be provided. Further, a configuration in which a plurality of these information transmitting means are combined may be adopted.

The information received by the information communication apparatus 1 from / to a telephone capable of transmitting / receiving information by wireless communication includes incoming call information of a telephone call to the telephone. When an incoming call arrives at the telephone, the control unit of the telephone sets the Bluetooth.
The incoming information is transmitted to the information communication device 1 using the th function. The short-range wireless interface unit 6 of the information communication device 1 receives the incoming information by the antenna 8 and sends the incoming information to the control unit 2. The incoming information is notified to the user from the notification unit 4 via the control unit 2. When the incoming call information merely indicates the presence or absence of an incoming call, the notification unit 4
What is necessary is just to provide at least one of a speaker, a light emitting element, a vibration generator, or a display part.

When the incoming call information includes the information of the source telephone number, the notifying unit 4 needs to have at least a display unit for displaying the telephone number. When the incoming information includes the source telephone number, the information communication device 1 further searches the address book of the database unit stored in the telephone set for the destination name / name corresponding to the source telephone number. Is received from the notification unit 4 and displayed.

Next, the information communication apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment
Will be described with reference to an example shown in FIG. The information communication device 1 shown in FIG. 2 has a cylindrical external appearance as a whole. A clip 12 for attaching the information communication device 1 body to an arbitrary position of the user's clothes is provided on the cylindrical side surface. In addition, for example, a liquid crystal display device is provided as the notification unit 4 on the side surface of the cylinder.

A number setting knob 14 and a response setting knob 16 are provided as input units 10 at the end of the cylinder on the left side of FIG. The bottom of the cylinder on the left side in FIG. 2 is a setting switch that allows predetermined information to be input by pressing down with a finger.

On the response setting knob 16, symbols such as “、”, “「 ”,“ △ ”, and“ × ”are drawn in order around the cylinder, and the setting position is rotated by rotating the cylinder around the axis. By pressing a setting switch with a desired symbol set (position of the mark in the figure), information associated with the symbol is transmitted to the notification unit 4.
Is displayed.

For example, “◎” indicates that the user confirms the caller's telephone number or the caller's name displayed on the notification section 4 and decides to talk, and puts the telephone in the “off-hook” state. To choose. Similarly, "○"
The user confirms the caller's telephone number or the caller's name / name displayed on the notification section 4 and decides to talk, and puts the telephone into a "hold" state until the user answers the call. To make the other party (source) wait.

"@" Is selected when it is decided not to talk, and the telephone set is set to switch to "message recording service". “X” is selected when the response setting knob 16 is locked to enable the numeric setting knob 14.

The number setting knob 14 is provided with 0 to
Numeral 9 is drawn in order, and by rotating the cylindrical portion about the axis, aligning the desired number with the set position (the position of the mark in the figure) and pressing the setting switch, the determined number is displayed in the notification section. 4 is displayed. For example, when the information communication device 1 is compatible with Bluetooth, it is necessary to notify the master of a four-digit PIN number in order to establish a communication procedure. By using the numeral setting knob 14, a PIN number can be easily set and notified.

A battery insertion cover 19 is provided at the cylindrical end on the right side in FIG. For example, an AA battery is used as a power source for an electric circuit built in the information communication device 1, and the information communication device 1 can accommodate one AA battery in a cylinder. By removing the battery insertion cover 19 from the main body of the information communication device 1, it is possible to easily replace AA batteries.

Next, a schematic configuration of the mobile phone used in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 3 is a short-range wireless interface unit 26 that transmits and receives information to and from the information communication device 1 according to the present embodiment.
have. The short-range wireless interface unit includes, for example, a Bluetooth-compatible module, and can transmit and receive information to and from the Bluetooth-compatible information communication device 1 via an attached antenna 28.

The portable telephone 20 has a control unit 22 for controlling information transmitted and received by the short-range wireless interface unit 26. Further, the mobile phone 20 has a line interface unit 24 for receiving an incoming call from an external calling station or transmitting an incoming call from the mobile phone 20 to the outside.

The mobile telephone 20 includes a telephone number input interface unit 30 for inputting a telephone number for making a call to the outside, a database unit 32 storing a telephone directory and an address book, and a microphone and a speaker used for a telephone call. The microphone / speaker unit 34 is provided.

When the line interface unit 24 receives a call from an external calling station, the control unit 22 transmits the incoming information to the information communication device 1 via the short-range wireless interface unit 26. If the incoming information includes the source telephone number, the mobile phone 20 searches the address book in the database unit 32, and also transmits the information of the name / name of the destination corresponding to the source telephone number. It has become.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the short-range wireless interface unit 26 for transmitting incoming information by wireless communication.
An incoming call notification system comprising: a mobile phone 20 having the following configuration; an information communication apparatus 1 having a short-range wireless interface unit 6 for receiving incoming information from the mobile phone 20 and a notifying unit 4 for notifying the received incoming information; It is configured.

Next, the information communication apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment
4 and 5 regarding the connection procedure between the telephone and the mobile phone 20.
This will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows a connection procedure when a connection request is made from the mobile phone 20 to the information communication apparatus 1.
As shown in FIG. 4, the mobile phone 20 is connected to the mobile phone 20 via a short-range wireless interface 26.
A search for a Bluetooth-compatible device is performed (step S4).
0). When there is a response from the information communication device 1 (step S
41), the control unit 22 and the short-range wireless interface 26 of the mobile phone 20
A connection request including transmission of a number or the like is performed (step S4).
2). The information communication device 1 sends a PIN number and other necessary data to the mobile phone 20 in response to the connection request (step S43). The mobile phone 20 performs a plurality of Bluetooth operations around itself through these connection confirmation procedures.
It is possible to find a desired information communication device 1 from the device corresponding to ooth and establish a connection state.

FIG. 5 shows the information communication device 1 to the mobile phone 20.
4 shows a connection procedure when a connection request is made to the server. As shown in FIG. 5, the information communication device 1 is connected to the Bluetooth device around the information communication device 1 via the short-range wireless interface 6.
A search is made for the other device (step S50). When there is a response from the mobile phone 20 (step S51), the control unit 2 and the short-range wireless interface 6 of the information communication device 1 make a connection request including transmission of a PIN number or the like to the mobile phone 20 (step S52). ). The mobile phone 20 responds to the connection request by transmitting the PIN number and other necessary data to the information communication device 1 (step S5).
3). The information communication device 1 can find a desired mobile phone 20 from a plurality of Bluetooth-compatible devices around the information communication device 1 and establish a connection state by these connection confirmation procedures.

Next, an operation procedure between the mobile phone 20 and the information communication apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment when an incoming call is received from the outside will be described with reference to FIGS. First,
Dial-up (calling) is performed from the external calling station 50 to the mobile phone 20 (step S1), and the mobile phone 20 receives a call (step S2).

The mobile phone 20 issues a bell in response to the incoming call (step S3), and the mobile phone 20 and the information communication device 1
If the connection operation of the wireless communication between the mobile phone 20 and the mobile phone 20 has already been completed (step S5), the mobile phone 20 sends a bell signal to the information communication device 1 (step S5).
6). As a result, the notification unit 4 of the information communication device 1 notifies the user of an incoming call by sound, light, vibration, display, or the like (step S4). If the mobile phone 20 and the information communication device 1 are not in the connected state (step S5), the mobile phone 20 proceeds to the determination of the presence / absence of the source telephone number information without sending the bell command to the information communication device 1. (Step S7).

If the caller telephone number information is not obtained in step S7, the mobile phone 20 determines off-hook (answers the call) without transmitting further incoming call information to the information communication apparatus 1 (step S7). Move to S15).

When the source telephone number information is obtained in step S7, the database unit 32 is referred to based on the source telephone number information (step S8), and the name corresponding to the source telephone number information is obtained. It is determined whether or not there is a name (step S9). If there is no corresponding name / name, the incoming call information to be transmitted to the information communication device 1 is only the source telephone number (step S11). If there is a corresponding name / name, the incoming information to be transmitted to the information communication device 1 is the source telephone number and the name / name (step S10). After the incoming information is obtained as described above, the mobile phone 20 determines the connection state with the information communication device 1 (step S12), and if connected, transmits the incoming information to the information communication device 1 together with a display command. (Step S13). If it is not connected to the information communication device 1, the process proceeds to step S15 (step S12).

When the incoming call information is transmitted to the information communication device 1, the mobile phone 20 performs steps S15 to S20. First, it is determined whether or not there is an off-hook in step S15. If it is off-hook, it is processed so that a call can be made (step S16). If it is not off-hook, it is determined whether or not it is in a "hold" state (step S17). If the call is in the “hold” state, the mobile phone 20 performs processing to output a hold voice to the caller (step S).
18) If it is not in the "hold" state, it is determined whether or not it is in the "message recording service" state (step S19). If it is in the "message recording service" state, the process proceeds to a process of prompting the caller to record a message (step S20).

On the other hand, the information communication device 1 that has received the incoming call information together with the display command from the mobile phone 20 displays the incoming call information on the notification unit 4 (step S14). When a user's selection with respect to the displayed incoming information is input from the input unit 10, the processes of steps S21 to S26 are performed. When "◎" is selected on the response setting knob 16 of the information communication apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 2, it is determined that off-hook processing is to be performed (step S21). Thereby, the “call command” is transmitted via the short-range wireless interface unit 6.
Is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 (step S22), and a call can be made with the mobile phone 20 (step S1).
6).

When "O" is selected on the response setting knob 16 of the information communication apparatus 1, the mobile phone 20 is set to the "hold" state until the user answers the call, and the other party (source) waits. Is determined (step S23). As a result, the "hold voice command" is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 via the short-range wireless interface unit 6 (step S24), and the mobile phone 20 performs processing to output the hold voice to the caller (step S18). ).

When "@" is selected by the response setting knob 16 of the information communication apparatus 1, the user cannot answer the telephone, so the portable telephone 20 is set to the "message recording service" state, and the other party (source) The process proceeds to the process of prompting the user to record a message (step S25). Thereby, the “message recording command” is transmitted via the short-range wireless interface unit 6.
Is transmitted to the mobile phone 20 (step S26), and the mobile phone 20 performs a process of prompting the caller to record a message (step S20).

As described above, according to the information communication apparatus 1 and the mobile phone 20 according to the present embodiment and the incoming call notification system using the same, an incoming call to the mobile phone 20 is received at a position away from the mobile phone 20. Incoming call information can be obtained even when the call is received, and a call, a hold, a message response, or the like can be quickly selected and dealt with depending on the situation at the time of incoming call and the transmission source.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, even if a mobile phone or a headset is placed in a bag or placed on a desk, an incoming call to the mobile phone can be received. You will surely be able to know.

Further, even in the case of a fixed telephone, it is possible to reliably receive an incoming call to the fixed telephone even in a situation where it is difficult to hear a ring tone because it is located at a position away from both the main unit and the slave unit.

Further, according to the present embodiment, when an incoming call is received on a fixed telephone or a portable telephone on which the originating telephone number is displayed, the origin can be immediately confirmed even if the telephone is away from the telephone. Become like For this reason, there is no need to move to the telephone side to check the display on the telephone, and the timing for deciding whether to answer or not answer the call and the timing for switching to hold or answering machine are not lost.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be variously modified. For example, in the above-described embodiment, a Bluetooth compatible model has been described as an example of the incoming call notification system using the information communication device 1 and the mobile phone 20. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, IrDA (wireless communication system using infrared rays) ) The same can be applied to compatible models.

In the above embodiment, the Bluetooth
Although the mobile phone 20 having the oth function has been described as an example, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be similarly applied to a fixed telephone having a wireless communication function.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the information communication apparatus 1 having a cylindrical outer shape has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the information communication apparatus 1 is not limited to this.
Of course, the outer shape may be, for example, a card shape.

Further, in the above embodiment, the notifying section 4 of the information communication device 1 mainly displays the caller's telephone number as the incoming call information and its name / name, but the present invention is not limited to this. I can't. For example, whether or not the power of the mobile phone 20 is turned on, or by making available a control command to operate various functions of the mobile phone 20,
The notification unit 4 may display various information regarding the mobile phone 20 other than the incoming call information.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, information such as an incoming call to the telephone can be obtained even when the telephone is away from the telephone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of an information communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific appearance of the information communication apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile phone used in the information communication device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a connection procedure between the information communication device 1 and the mobile phone 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a connection procedure between the information communication device 1 and the mobile phone 20 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an operation procedure between the mobile phone 20 and the information communication device 1 according to the present embodiment when an incoming call is received from outside.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an operation procedure between the mobile phone 20 and the information communication apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment when an incoming call is received from outside.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 information communication device 2, 22 control unit 4 notification unit 6, 26 short-range wireless interface unit 8, 28 antenna 10 input unit 12 clip 14 number setting knob 16 response setting knob 18 battery insertion cover 20 mobile phone 24 line Interface unit 30 Telephone number input interface unit 32 Database unit 34 Microphone / speaker unit

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Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A short-range wireless interface unit for transmitting and receiving information to and from a telephone capable of transmitting and receiving information by wireless communication, and a notifying unit for notifying the information transmitted and received by the short-range wireless interface unit. An information communication device, comprising: 2. The information communication device according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit includes a speaker that emits a sound based on the information. 3. The information communication device according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit includes a light emitting element that emits light based on the information. 4. The information communication device according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit includes a vibration generator that generates a vibration based on the information. Information communication device. 5. The information communication device according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit has a display unit that displays the information. . 6. The information communication device according to claim 1, further comprising: an input unit for inputting the information. 7. The information communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said information includes information on an incoming call to said telephone. 8. The information communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein said incoming information includes information on a source telephone number. 9. The information communication apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the incoming call information is a destination name / name corresponding to the caller telephone number obtained by searching a database section stored in the telephone. An information communication device comprising information. 10. A telephone capable of transmitting and receiving information by wireless communication, comprising a short-range wireless interface unit for transmitting incoming information to the information communication apparatus according to claim 1. Telephone. 11. A telephone having a short-range wireless interface for transmitting incoming information by wireless communication, a short-range wireless interface for receiving the incoming information from the telephone, and a notification for notifying the received incoming information. And a data communication device having a communication unit.