JP2002164970A - Mobile phone terminal and external memory connector used for it - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile phone terminal that can simply store data whose capacity exceeds an internal storage permissible capacity without giving the effect on the size of the mobile phone. SOLUTION: An external device 2 can be connected to the mobile phone terminal 1 via an external connection terminal 15. The external device 2 is provided with an external connection terminal 21 connected to the external connection terminal 15 of the mobile phone terminal 1 and a card type memory read/write section 22 applies data read/write processing to a card type memory 3 loaded to a loading port 23. The card type memory 3 can freely be attached to/detached from the loading port 23.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone terminal and an external memory connection device used for the same, and more particularly, to a method for storing data in the portable telephone terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the functions of portable telephone terminals have been increased,
Accompanying this, user data such as telephone directory data, original ring tones, various mails, images, and moving images are inevitably increasing. However, in a conventional mobile phone terminal, the storage capacity of data is limited, and a user cannot operate the upper limit of the storage capacity.

For this reason, when attempting to store user data exceeding the storage capacity, a portable telephone terminal is connected to a personal computer using a dedicated connection cable,
The only option is to transfer / save user data to the storage medium of the personal computer using dedicated software.

[0004]

However, in the conventional portable telephone terminal, when the portable telephone terminal is connected to a personal computer to transfer / store user data, the personal computer, the portable telephone exclusive connection cable, and the dedicated software are used. The system must be prepared, the cost becomes extremely high, and a system that is not suitable for carrying must be constructed.

[0005] Further, in recent years, there has been a problem that the size and weight of mobile phone terminals, which are becoming smaller and lighter, are unavoidable when a device for reading / writing a card-type memory is built in.

A technique for mounting an external storage device between a battery and a main body of a portable telephone terminal is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-1550.
Although disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 33, even with this technique,
Similar to the above, there is a problem that the mobile phone terminal is inevitably increased in size and weight.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a portable telephone terminal and a portable telephone terminal capable of easily storing data exceeding the internal storage capacity without affecting the size of the portable telephone. An external memory connection device to be used is provided.

[0008]

A portable telephone terminal according to the present invention is a portable telephone terminal including a built-in memory for storing user data created in response to an external operation, wherein the data exceeds the storage capacity of the built-in memory. An external connection terminal for connecting an external device in which a storage medium capable of storing is detachable,
Reading of data from / to the storage medium by the external device /
It is configured to have a writing function.

An external memory connection device according to the present invention is an external memory connection device of a portable telephone terminal including a built-in memory for storing user data created according to an external operation, wherein the data exceeds the storage capacity of the built-in memory. And a connection port for connecting to the mobile phone terminal, and a read / write for reading / writing data from / to the storage medium mounted on the mounting port. Means.

That is, the portable telephone terminal of the present invention provides user data (telephone directory data, original ringtones, various mails, images, moving pictures, etc.) to be stored by the portable telephone user.
Can be easily stored in a card-type memory.
By using this, it is possible to store data exceeding the storage capacity of the mobile phone.

Further, by connecting the card type memory read / write device to an external device, the card type memory can be used without affecting the size of the portable telephone terminal, and the external connection device can be used. By limiting the functions, the external device itself can be easily reduced in size.

[0012]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a mobile phone terminal 1 includes a key 11 and a control unit (Logi).
c) It is composed of 12, a display unit 13, a built-in memory 14, and an external connection terminal 15, and the external device 2 can be connected through the external connection terminal 15.

A key 11 is used by a user of the mobile phone to operate user data, and a control unit 12 operates / controls each unit in the mobile phone terminal 1 according to the input. The display unit 13 displays user data and operation messages, and the internal memory 14 stores the user data. The external connection terminal 15 connects a dedicated connection cable of a personal computer (not shown), the external device 2 and the like to the control unit 12.
This is a terminal to connect to.

The external device 2 includes an external connection terminal 21 connected to the external connection terminal 15 of the portable telephone terminal 1, a card-type memory 3 in which the card-type memory 3 is detachable, and a card-type memory 3 mounted in the card-in port 23. And a card type memory read / write unit 22 for reading / writing data from / to the memory.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the processing operation of the control unit 12 in FIG. The overall operation of the mobile phone 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, when starting a process of creating / selecting user data to be saved / transferred, the control unit 12 checks whether the external device 2 in which the card type memory 3 is normally mounted is connected to the external connection terminal 15. It is checked whether it is (step S1 in FIG. 2).

When the external device 2 is connected to the external connection terminal 15, the control unit 12 selects a storage destination of the user data (the built-in memory 14 or the card-type memory 3) (step S2 in FIG. 2). 3 is selected, the free space of the card type memory 3 is checked (step S2 in FIG. 2).
3) If there is free space and storage is possible, a security check (such as input of a password) is performed (step S in FIG. 2).
4), the created user data is stored in the card type memory 3 (step S5 in FIG. 2).

The control unit 12 stores user data in the internal memory 14 when the external device 2 is not connected to the external connection terminal 15, when the internal memory 14 is selected, or when there is no free space and storage is not possible. Attempt to save (Figure 2
Step S6).

As described above, the user data (telephone directory data,
By storing original ringtones, various mails, images, moving images, etc.) in an external storage medium, data exceeding the storage capacity of the built-in memory 14 of the mobile phone terminal 1 can be stored.

Further, since the card type memory 3 is detachably attached to the external device 2 connected to the external connection terminal 15, a plurality of card type memories 3 can be used.
User data can be easily arranged.

Further, since the user data can be stored in the card type memory 3, a program memory for controlling the operation of the portable telephone terminal 1 and a RAM (random access memory) for temporarily saving data during data processing. ) Can easily secure large amounts of user data such as images and moving images.

Further, reading / reading of the card type memory 3 is performed.
Since the external device 2 having the writing unit 22 is provided externally, the size of the mobile phone terminal 1 can be reduced because the size of the mobile phone terminal 1 can be reduced as compared with a mobile phone terminal having a built-in device. It doesn't affect it.

On the other hand, by limiting the function of the external device 2 to reading / writing of data from / to the card type memory 3, the size of the external device 2 can be reduced, so that the portability can be improved. .

In addition, by employing the card type memory 3 as the external storage device, it is not necessary to prepare the electric power required for holding the user data in the portable telephone terminal 1, so that the power consumption can be reduced. Can be.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable telephone terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, the mobile phone terminal 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 except that an external keyboard device 4 can be connected through an external connection terminal 15 is shown.
And the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The external keyboard device 4 is used for facilitating character input using the external connection terminal 41 connected to the external connection terminal 15 of the portable telephone terminal 1, the attachment opening 43 to which the card type memory 3 is detachable, and the key 11. Keyboard mechanism 44
And a data processing unit 42 that reads / writes data from / to the card-type memory 3 mounted in the mounting port 43 and transfers the input contents from the keyboard mechanism 44 to the control unit 12.

In this embodiment, a keyboard mechanism 44 for connecting to the portable telephone terminal 1 and creating an e-mail message is provided.
And a data processing unit 42 for reading / writing data from / to the mounting slot 43 and the card-type memory 3 are provided.
The data processing unit 42 has a function of transferring the operation contents of the keyboard mechanism 44 to the control unit 12.

Thus, in addition to the above effects, the sentence of the e-mail created by operating the keyboard mechanism 44 can be stored in the card-type memory 3 and the e-mail template can be stored in the card-type memory 3. The effect that can also be stored in the. It is assumed that the keyboard mechanism 44 has at least 26 alphabetic keys or 50 keys.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a portable telephone terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 4, the mobile phone terminal 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 1 is different from the mobile phone terminal 1 according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. And the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The mobile phone digital camera 5 is connected to an external connection terminal 15 of the mobile phone terminal 1.
1, an attachment port 53 in which the card type memory 3 is detachable, an imaging element 54 for photographing a desired image, and an attachment port 53
And an image processing unit 52 that reads / writes data from / to the card type memory 3 mounted on the image processing unit, processes an image input from the image sensor 54, and transfers the processed image to the control unit 12.

In the present embodiment, in addition to the image pickup device 54 of the digital camera 5 for a portable telephone for photographing an image to be attached to an electronic mail and connected to the portable telephone terminal 1, a mounting port 53 and an image pickup device 54 are provided. And an image processing unit 52 for processing an image input from the PC. The image processing unit 52 has a function of reading / writing data from / to the card-type memory 3.

As a result, in addition to the above-described effects, an effect that an image input from the image sensor 54 can be stored in the card type memory 3 is obtained. in this case,
The card-type memory 3 can be used in the same manner as the built-in memory 14, for example, display processing on the display unit 13 can be performed without transferring image data stored in the card-type memory 3 to the built-in memory 14.

Further, by using the card type memory 3 as a RAM required for processing data, for example, moving image processing can be performed. Note that it is possible to combine another embodiment of the present invention with another embodiment of the present invention.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a portable telephone terminal including a built-in memory for storing user data created in response to an external operation, data exceeding the storage capacity of the built-in memory can be stored. An external connection terminal for connecting an external device to which a storage medium is detachable is provided.
Providing the function of reading / writing data from / to the storage medium has an effect that data exceeding the internal storage allowance can be easily stored without affecting the size of the mobile phone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of a control unit in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 mobile phone terminal 2 external device 3 card type memory 4 external keyboard device 5 digital camera for mobile phone 11 key 12 control unit 13 display unit 14 built-in memory 15, 21, 41, 51 external connection terminal 22 card type memory read / write unit 23, 43, 53 Mounting port 42 Data processing unit 44 Keyboard mechanism 52 Image processing unit 54 Image sensor

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone terminal including a built-in memory for storing user data created in response to an external operation,
A storage medium capable of storing data exceeding the storage capacity of the internal memory has an external connection terminal for connecting a detachable external device, and the external device has a function of reading / writing data from / to the storage medium. A mobile phone terminal characterized in that: 2. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein said storage medium is a card-type memory. 3. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein the user data includes at least one of telephone directory data, original ringtone, various mails, images, and moving images. 4. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein the external device is an external keyboard device provided with keys for at least 26 letters of the alphabet. 5. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein the external device is a digital camera including an image sensor for capturing a desired image. 6. An external memory connection device for a mobile telephone terminal including a built-in memory for storing user data created in response to an external operation, wherein the storage medium is capable of storing data exceeding a storage capacity of the built-in memory. It has a detachable mounting port, an external connection terminal for connecting to the mobile phone terminal, and read / write means for reading / writing data from / to the storage medium mounted on the mounting port. External memory connection device. 7. The external memory connection device according to claim 6, wherein said storage medium is a card type memory. 8. The external memory connection device according to claim 6, wherein the user data includes at least one of telephone directory data, original ringtone, various mails, images, and moving images. 9. The external memory connection device according to claim 6, wherein the external memory device is an external keyboard device provided with keys for at least 26 alphabetical characters. 10. The external memory connection device according to claim 6, wherein the digital camera includes an image pickup device for photographing a desired image.