JP2002142253A - Mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile communication terminal in which a user can know presence of nonresponse reception without fairly increasing built-in memory capacitance. SOLUTION: A control unit 100 comprises, for example, a microcomputer as a main control unit, and further comprises: a function of counting time; a normal control function of controlling each part for transmitting and receiving a speech communication or image data; additionally a control function of recording in a data storage area 80a speech data or image data sent from an originator in automatic response to reception as a reception career along with information on dates or hours when a user does not respond to the reception; and a control function of requesting confirmation of data to be recorded in the data storage area 80a to the user in correspondence to use conditions of the data storage area 80a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to, for example, PHS
The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal used in a mobile communication system such as a (Personal Handyphone System) or a mobile phone system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, in a conventional mobile communication terminal used in a mobile communication system such as a PHS or a mobile phone system, when a user does not answer an incoming call, the fact is displayed on a display unit. In this way, the user is notified that there is an incoming call that did not respond (hereinafter, referred to as an unanswered incoming call).

Recently, the present inventors have been developing a mobile communication terminal that displays image data received at the time of an incoming call on a display unit and notifies the user of the incoming call. According to this, at the time of an incoming call, a display corresponding to the sender is made on the display unit, and the convenience is improved.

Then, the received image data is stored in a built-in memory as an incoming call history, or the user automatically responds to an incoming call that the user does not answer so that the user can know later that there is an unanswered incoming call. The voice message input by the user is stored in the memory.

[0005] However, assuming that the user never knows that an unanswered incoming call has occurred or that a voice message has accumulated, the incoming call history, image data,
It is necessary to increase the memory capacity for storing voice messages to some extent, which causes a problem that the cost and size of the mobile communication terminal increase.

[0006]

In the conventional mobile communication terminal, it is necessary to increase the memory capacity for storing the incoming call history, image data, and voice message to some extent, assuming that the user does not notice the unanswered incoming call forever. There is
There has been a problem that the cost and size of the mobile communication terminal are increased.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and provides a mobile communication terminal that allows a user to know the presence of an unanswered incoming call without significantly increasing the built-in memory capacity. The purpose is to:

[0008]

To achieve the above object, according to the present invention, there is provided a mobile communication terminal connectable to a network through a base station, the call for performing communication from the base station. A recording control unit that records information related to the call in the storage unit when the information is not responded to, and notifies the user when the amount of information recorded in the storage unit exceeds a preset amount. And a notifying means.

[0009] In the mobile communication terminal having the above configuration, when the mobile communication terminal does not respond to the call for performing the communication from the base station,
Information relating to the call is recorded in a storage means, and when the information recorded in the storage means becomes equal to or larger than a preset amount, the user is notified of the fact.

Therefore, according to the mobile communication terminal having the above-described configuration, information such as a received call history and a voice message relating to an unanswered call can be stored in a new unanswered incoming call without greatly increasing the capacity of the storage means. Before the overflow from the storage means due to the occurrence, the presence can be notified to the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a mobile communication terminal connectable to a network through a base station does not respond to a call for performing communication from the base station. The recording control means for recording the information related to the call in the storage means, and the amount of information not confirmed by the user among the information recorded in the storage means is equal to or more than a preset amount. And a notifying means for notifying the user of the fact.

[0012] In the mobile communication terminal having the above configuration, if the mobile communication terminal does not respond to the call for performing communication from the base station,
Record the information related to the above call in the storage means,
When the amount of information not confirmed by the user among the information recorded in the storage unit is equal to or larger than a preset amount,
This is reported to the user.

Therefore, according to the mobile communication terminal having the above-mentioned configuration, information such as a received call history and a voice message relating to an unanswered call can be stored in a new unanswered incoming call without greatly increasing the capacity of the storage means. Before the overflow from the storage means due to the occurrence, the presence can be notified to the user.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile communication terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention. 2 shows the appearance of the mobile communication terminal, wherein (a) is a front view and (b) is a side view.

The mobile communication terminal includes an antenna 10, a communication unit 20, a display unit 30, a voice input / output unit 40, a light emission notification unit 50, a sound notification unit 60, an operation unit 70, and a storage unit 80. And a control unit 100.

A radio frequency signal transmitted from a base station (not shown) via a radio communication channel is input to the communication unit 20 after being received by the antenna 10. The communication unit 20 performs frequency conversion into a baseband signal by mixing the radio frequency signal with a local oscillation signal generated by a built-in frequency synthesizer. The frequency of the local oscillation signal is controlled by a control unit 100 described later.

The communication section 20 performs demodulation processing on the baseband signal thus obtained, and then performs decoding processing, and extracts a signal addressed to itself according to an instruction from the control section 100.

Further, the communication unit 20 outputs the extracted signal to the audio input / output unit 40 when the extracted signal is audio data, and outputs it to the control unit 100 when the extracted signal is image data transmitted at the time of an incoming call. . When the user does not respond to the incoming call, communication unit 20 outputs the voice data to control unit 100.

The voice input / output unit 40 controls the voice data obtained by the decoding process in the communication unit 20 or the control unit 10.
After converting the voice data input from 0 into an analog call signal, the voice data is output from a built-in speaker 41.

The voice input / output unit 40 includes a microphone 42. The voice input / output unit 40 encodes a transmission voice input through the microphone 42, and uses the encoding result to modulate a carrier signal. . Then, the result of the modulation process is input to the communication unit 20.

The communication unit 20 converts the modulation processing result into a radio frequency signal of a radio channel frequency specified by the control unit 100 by mixing the modulation processing result with the transmission local oscillation signal generated by the frequency synthesizer. The radio frequency signal thus obtained is transmitted to the communication unit 2
At 0, the signal is amplified to a predetermined transmission power level, and then transmitted from the antenna 10 to the base station.

The display section 30 is a liquid crystal display (LC).
D) for displaying the image data received at the time of the incoming call, in addition to the status of the own device (the setting status of various modes and the receiving status of radio waves), the time, and the telephone number of the called party.

The light emission notifying section 50 includes a light emitting element such as an LED, and emits light under the control of the control section 100. The sound notification unit 60 includes a sound element such as a diaphragm, and performs a sound operation under the control of the control unit 100.

The operation unit 70 includes various keys such as a ten-key, an on-hook key, an off-hook key, a directional scroll key, a confirmation key for allowing the user to respond to an inquiry from the terminal, and a clear key. A function key is provided for the user to input data and register various mode settings.

The storage unit 80 uses a semiconductor memory such as a ROM or a RAM as a storage medium. The storage medium stores a control program of the control unit 100, ID data previously assigned to itself by the system, In addition to storing various control data such as various setting information, a data storage area 80a for storing image data received at the time of an incoming call is provided.

The control unit 100 includes, for example, a microcomputer as a main control unit. The control unit 100 has a function of controlling time, a normal control function of controlling the above-described units for performing voice communication and transmission / reception of image data, in addition to a normal control function. A control function of recording voice data and image data sent from a caller automatically in response to an incoming call in the data storage area 80a together with date and time information as an incoming call history when the user does not answer the incoming call; A control function is provided for requesting the user to confirm data recorded in the data storage area 80a in accordance with the usage status of the area 80a.

Next, in the mobile communication terminal having the above configuration,
The operation when an incoming call occurs during incoming call waiting will be described. The processing operations described below are performed by the control unit 100, respectively.

First, in step 3a, the pronunciation notifying section 60
Is driven to output a ringtone, and the drive of the light emission notifying unit 50 is controlled to blink the LED. At the same time, the display unit 30 performs control to display the telephone number of the caller included in the incoming signal from the base station, and proceeds to step 3b.

In step 3b, it is determined whether or not the user has operated the keys of the operation unit 70 to perform an operation for answering an incoming call. Here, when the operation for responding to the incoming call is performed, the process proceeds to step 3c, the normal call control is performed, and the processing operation is terminated at the same time as the end of the call, and a standby state is set.

On the other hand, if the operation for answering the incoming call has not been performed for a predetermined time or more, the process proceeds to step 3d. In step 3d, when the user operates a key of the operation unit 70 to request to record the voice message of the caller, or when the response operation is not performed for the predetermined time or more, the voice message of the caller is recorded. It is determined whether the setting has been made.

If the request is made or the setting is made, the process goes to step 3g. If the request is not made and the setting is not made, step 3e is executed. Move to

In step 3e, incoming call history data is created and recorded in the data storage area 80a, and the process proceeds to step 3f. Note that the incoming call history data includes the time at which the incoming call occurred, the telephone number of the caller, and image data received via an incoming signal from the base station.

In step 3f, based on the incoming call history data recorded in step 3e, the time at which the incoming call occurred and the telephone number of the source of the incoming call are displayed on the display unit 30 to generate an unanswered incoming call. And the process proceeds to step 3i.

On the other hand, in step 3g, as in step 3e, incoming history data is created and the data storage area 8 is stored.
0a, and responds to the incoming call and reproduces and outputs a message prompting the caller to input a voice message.

Then, voice data corresponding to the voice message input by the caller is fetched from the communication unit 20 and recorded in the data storage area 80a, and the process proceeds to step 3h.

In step 3h, based on the incoming call history data recorded in step 3g, the display unit 30 displays the time at which the incoming call occurred, the telephone number of the source of the incoming call, and the fact that voice messages are stored. Then, the occurrence of the unanswered incoming call is notified, and the process proceeds to step 3i.

In step 3i, the data storage area 80
It is determined whether the amount of data that has not been confirmed by the user among the data recorded in a is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

If the amount of data that has not been confirmed by the user is equal to or more than the predetermined value, the process proceeds to step 3j. If not, the process ends. I do.

In step 3j, the data storage area 80
Among the data recorded in “a”, for the data not confirmed by the user, a notifying operation for urging the user to confirm is performed, and the process proceeds to step 3k.

In this notification operation, the light emission notification section 50
And the sounding notification unit 60 is driven to generate a sound different from that at the time of the occurrence of the incoming call, to blink the LED, and to display on the display unit 30 a request to confirm the unconfirmed data.

In step 3k, the user issues a request to stop the notification operation started in step 3j.
It is determined whether or not it has been performed. Here, if the above request has been made, the process proceeds to step 31 and if not, the process proceeds to 3j to continue the notification operation.

In step 31, the user operates the operation unit 70 to determine whether a request has been made to confirm data that has not been confirmed by the user among the data recorded in the data storage area 80a. Here, if the above request has been made, the process proceeds to step 3m, and if not, the process proceeds to 3i.

In step 3m, the data requested in step 3l is output, and the process ends. When the voice message recorded in the data storage area 80a is reproduced and output, the voice data of the specified voice message is read out from the data storage area 80a, output to the voice input / output unit 40, and converted into an analog voice signal. After that, the speaker 41 outputs a loudspeaker.

When the incoming call history data is output, the designated incoming call history data is stored in the data storage area 80.
a from the display unit 30 based on this data.
, The time at which the incoming call occurred, the telephone number of the sender of the incoming call, and image data are displayed.

As described above, in the mobile communication terminal having the above configuration, when the amount of data that has not been confirmed by the user among the data recorded in the data storage area 80a is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the data that has not been confirmed by the user. To ask for confirmation.

Therefore, according to the mobile communication terminal having the above configuration, the built-in memory capacity can be increased without greatly increasing
The user can know the existence of the incoming call history and voice message related to the unanswered call before the new unanswered call overflows from the memory.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, when the unconfirmed amount of the data related to the unanswered incoming call is equal to or more than the predetermined value, the user is prompted to confirm the data related to the unanswered incoming call. When the data related to the incoming call is equal to or greater than the predetermined value, the user may be allowed to check the data related to the unanswered incoming call, and the confirmed data may be deleted. Such control can also be realized by control by the control unit 100, and the same effects as in the above embodiment can be obtained.

Further, for the data storage area 80a,
It is supposed that fragmentation of the empty area progresses while data recording and deletion are repeated. However, the number of recording and deletion is counted, and when the number of times exceeds a predetermined value, the data storage area 80a May be arranged to unify the empty areas.

Further, in the above embodiment, the data relating to the unanswered incoming call is stored in the mobile communication terminal. However, instead of this, for example, the base station and the system concerned are stored on the network side such as the control station. It is also possible to apply when performing. It goes without saying that various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0050]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a call for performing communication from the base station is not answered, information relating to the call is recorded in the storage means. When the amount of information to be recorded exceeds a predetermined amount, the user is notified of the fact.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even if the capacity of the storage means is not greatly increased, information such as the incoming call history and voice message related to the unanswered call can be stored.
It is possible to provide a mobile communication terminal capable of notifying the user of the presence of a new unanswered incoming call before overflowing from the storage unit due to occurrence of the unanswered incoming call.

Further, according to the present invention, when a call for performing communication from the base station is not answered, information relating to the call is recorded in the storage means, and among the information recorded in the storage means, When the amount of information not confirmed by the user is equal to or larger than a preset amount, the user is notified of the fact.

Therefore, according to the present invention, even if the capacity of the storage means is not greatly increased, information such as the incoming call history and the voice message related to the unanswered call can be stored.
It is possible to provide a mobile communication terminal capable of notifying the user of the presence of a new unanswered incoming call before overflowing from the storage unit due to occurrence of the unanswered incoming call.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an appearance of the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Antenna 20 ... Communication part 30 ... Display part 40 ... Voice input / output part 41 ... Speaker 42 ... Microphone 50 ... Light emission notification part 60 ... Sounding notification part 70 ... Operation part 80 ... Storage part 80a ... Data storage area 100 ... Control part

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A mobile communication terminal connectable to a network through a base station, wherein, when a call for performing communication from the base station is not answered, recording control for recording information related to the call in a storage unit. A mobile communication terminal, comprising: means for notifying a user when the amount of information recorded in the storage means exceeds a preset amount. 2. A mobile communication terminal connectable to a network through a base station, wherein, when a call for performing communication from the base station is not answered, recording control for recording information related to the call in a storage unit. Means, and, when the amount of information not confirmed by the user among the information recorded in the storage means is equal to or greater than a preset amount, a notifying means for notifying the user of the fact. A mobile communication terminal characterized by the above-mentioned. 3. The recording control means, when not responding to a call for performing communication from the base station, identifies a time of the call and a caller as information related to the call. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein information is recorded in the storage unit. 4. The recording control means, when not responding to a call for performing communication from the base station, as information relating to the call, the image data received from the base station at the time of the call, The mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the mobile communication terminal is recorded in a storage unit. 5. The recording control means, when not responding to a call for performing communication from the base station, stores voice data sent from the caller as information relating to the call in the storage means. The mobile communication terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the mobile communication terminal records. 6. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein said notifying means performs at least a visual notification to a user. 7. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit performs at least an audible notification to a user.