JP2002314648A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone set that notifies speech communication time by sound (speaker output) in a portable telephone, etc. SOLUTION: In this telephone set, the main circuit system 100 of the telephone set is provided with a speech communication time notifying circuit system 200 having a speech communication time measuring circuit 210 for measuring speech communication time according to a start signal of speech communication from a controlling part 140 of the main circuit system 100, and a speech communication time notifying circuit 220 for outputting a speech communication time notification signal to a speaker 131 side of the main circuit system according to a particular speech communication elapse signal from the speech communication time measuring circuit 210, and therefore, a user can hear speech communication time notification during conversation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone, particularly a portable telephone, which is capable of appropriately notifying a call time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, there has been a remarkable spread of mobile phones and cordless phones. Especially for mobile phones,
It has become an explosive spread. And, compared with the time of the initial spread, the call charges are also gradually decreasing. However, call rates are still higher than ordinary telephones.

[0003] For this reason, depending on the model, a display having a function of appropriately displaying the talk time on a display (liquid crystal display) of a mobile phone has been proposed. In some cases, a call charge is calculated from the call time and displayed. Therefore, the user can confirm the call time by looking at the display unit in anticipation of the time of the call. In this way, for example, measures such as suppressing long talk or, in the case of a long distance, shortening the talk shortly can be taken. In other words, it is possible to save the call charge, and to continue the call without worrying about the time unnecessarily.

[0004]

However, the method of displaying the call time on the display unit as described above has the following drawbacks in terms of usability. (1) With a mobile phone or a cordless phone, if the user tries to look at the display unit, the receiver part is naturally separated from the ear, making it difficult to hear the voice and temporarily making the telephone call difficult. Therefore, in this method, the user cannot see the call time as needed during the call. For example, if the receiver is separated from the ear, the other party may miss the speech and sometimes need to listen again, which may cause discomfort to the other party. Also, due to repeated listening and overlapping conversations,
There is a concern that the call time will be longer.

On the other hand, in a cordless telephone of the type displayed on the display unit on the main unit of the installation type, it is possible to watch the call time while talking, but in this case, the user from the main unit can use it. Since the user cannot leave the cordless telephone, there is a problem that the original function of the cordless telephone cannot be obtained.

(2) Further, as described above, since the telephone charge is still high in the mobile phone, the user pays attention to his / her contract charging time (for example, 30 seconds, 45 seconds, 60 seconds, etc.) during the telephone call. Then, it is desired to know the turning point (breakpoint of the integration). However, there is a problem that the method of displaying the above-mentioned call time on the display unit cannot know this.

[0007] The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances. In other words, according to the present invention, it is possible to know the elapsed time of the call time at a specific interval during a call, and in the case of a mobile phone, it is also possible to know the change of the contract billing time of the user. We will not provide equipment.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone time measuring circuit for measuring a telephone call time by a telephone call start signal from a control unit of the main circuit system. A talk time notification circuit system having a talk time notification circuit for outputting a talk time notification signal to a speaker side of the main circuit system according to a specific talk time elapsed signal from the talk time measurement circuit. On the phone.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the telephone according to the first aspect, an alarm interval storage unit for selecting a specific alarm time interval is provided in the call time measuring circuit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the telephone according to the second aspect, wherein the alarm interval storage section is provided with a contract content storage section for selecting a contract charging time.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a pre-alarm interval storage unit for inputting a notice signal before a specific talk time elapses is provided in the talk time measuring circuit. Or, in the telephone described in 3.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the communication time notification circuit is provided with a notification signal storage unit for selecting a specific notification signal type. On the phone.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the communication time notification circuit is provided with a pre-notification signal storage unit for selecting a specific advance notification signal type.
The telephone according to 3, 4 or 5.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the setting operation in the talk time notification circuit system is performed by an operation panel of the main circuit system.
The telephone according to 4, 5, or 6.

[0015]

1 and 2 show an embodiment of a telephone body and an internal circuit system according to the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows a main part of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a telephone main body (mobile telephone main body), 2 is an operation panel on its surface, 3 is a display unit (liquid crystal), 4 is an antenna, and 100 is a telephone main body 1.
The main circuit system built in the inside, 200 is the main circuit system 1
This is a communication time notification circuit system attached to 00 and forming a main part of the present invention.

The main circuit system 100 has a transmission circuit system 120 and a reception circuit system 130 connected to the antenna 4 via an antenna duplexer 110, and controls various operations. The control unit 140 includes the operation panel 2 and the display unit 3.
Is connected to Therefore, normal call (communication)
Is performed by the main circuit system 100.

The call time notification circuit system 200, when a specific time set in advance for the user elapses during a call,
This is a circuit system for notifying the elapse of time by using a buzzer sound (electronic sound), voice, or ringtone (ringtone melody).

This circuit system includes a talk time measuring circuit 210 and a talk time notification circuit 220.
10 includes an alarm interval storage unit 211 and a contract content storage unit 21
2, a pre-alarm interval storage unit 213 is connected,
The call time notification circuit 220 includes a notification signal storage unit 221,
The pre-notification signal storage unit 222 is connected.

When the user starts a call when there is an outgoing call or incoming call from the telephone main unit 1, the call time measuring circuit 210 receives a call start signal from the control unit 140 of the main circuit system 100. From this point, time measurement is started.

In the call time measuring circuit 210, the alarm time interval set in the alarm interval storage unit 211, for example, 3 minutes, 5 minutes, any other set value, or every 30 seconds, every 45 seconds, When the contract charging time such as every 60 seconds elapses, a call time elapse signal is sent to the call time notification circuit 2.
Emitted to the 20 side. The setting of the contract charging time to the call time measuring circuit 210 is performed by input from the contract content storage unit 212.

In the call time measuring circuit 210,
The advance notice time data set in the pre-alarm interval storage unit 213, for example, the above-described contract billing time of 3 minutes, 5 minutes, any set value, or every 30 seconds, 45 seconds, 60 seconds, etc. A notice notification signal is issued to the call time notification circuit 220 based on notice time data such as seconds before and seconds before.

In the call time notification circuit 220, a notification signal type set in the notification signal storage unit 221 or the pre-notification signal storage unit 222 based on a communication time elapsed signal or a notice signal from the call time measurement circuit 210, for example, A signal such as a buzzer sound, voice, or ringtone is output to the speaker 131 of the receiving circuit system 130.

Therefore, for example, the alarm time interval is set to 3
When the minute and the notice time data are 5 seconds and the notification signal type is a buzzer sound, the user hears the warning notification of the buzzer sound 5 seconds before the lapse of 3 minutes during the call with the other party,
You can hear the call time notification of the buzzer sound after the minute.
The same applies to ringtones. Of course, the voice says, "It's 5 seconds before 3 minutes have passed." Or "3 minutes have passed."
You can announce it. In the case of voice, when the next 3 minutes have elapsed, the total is added and "is now 5 seconds before 6 minutes have elapsed."
Or, it can be announced that "6 minutes have passed."

These notifications can be activated both when the user makes a call (when the user is charged) and when the user receives a call and talks. However, the former case is more meaningful,
In the former case alone, the notification may be made. Of course, in the latter case, there is a merit that a call taking into account the other party can be performed. This selection can be appropriately made by a call time notification system setting menu described later. One or several modes may be set in advance as default values.

In the present invention, the notification signal storage unit 221
And the pre-notification signal storage unit 222 are provided independently, so that the above-described notification signal types can be freely combined as appropriate. For example, a warning notification such as 5 seconds ago is an extremely short momentary buzzer sound, and a call time notification after 3 minutes is
Voice and ringtones can also be used.

In particular, in the case of the mobile phone such as this example, since the telephone charge is still high, if the user knows 5 seconds before the contract charging time elapses, such as every 30 seconds, the user can immediately enter the next charging time. It is possible to take measures such as rounding up calls.
Also, unfortunately, if you enter the next billing time,
It is also possible to effectively use 0 seconds. In any case, these allow the user to make economical calls without waste.

The above various settings are not particularly limited.
Preferably, for example, a call time notification system setting menu is incorporated in a part of the call operation program stored in the storage unit of the main circuit system 100, and the user looks at this menu on the display unit 3, It is preferable that the setting can be appropriately made from the operation panel 2.

FIG. 4 shows an example of such a call time notification system setting menu. The user operates the operation panel 2 to first display this menu on the display unit 3.
To be displayed.

Thereafter, the order is not particularly limited. For example, on the operation panel 2 shown in FIG.
By the operation 1, first, the “setting of presence / absence of notification” column 310 of the menu screen is selected. And in the up and down key part,
"Only when calling", "When calling", "Only when receiving",
4 Select any "number" of "time notification release". The selection of “numerals” is performed using the ten keys 22. After this selection, if the enter key 21 is pressed, a specific notification mode is determined. That is, the user may select "only when calling" or, if unnecessary, "cancel time notification".

Next, when a time notification is required, the "alarm interval setting" column 320 on the menu screen is selected. Then, in the up / down key portion, any one of the following numbers: 1 “3 minutes (fixed)”, 2 “5 minutes (fixed)”, 3 “□ 1 minute (arbitrary setting)”, Select ". The selection of “numerals” is performed using the ten keys 22. When the column of every minute (arbitrary setting) is selected, for example, the integrated number corresponding to the □□ portion is displayed in correspondence with the number of times of pressing the asterisk (*) key 23 or the like.
A corresponding numerical value may be directly input to the part using the numeric keypad 22. After this selection, if the enter key 21 is pressed, a specific alarm interval is determined.

In the same manner as described above, the "pre-alarm interval setting" column 330 and the "notification signal type setting" column 34 of the menu screen are set.
0, the desired setting may be made in the “pre-notification signal type setting” column 350 as well. In addition, when the column of every 1 second (arbitrary setting) of the pre-alarm interval is selected, for example, the integrated number corresponding to the □□ portion is displayed in accordance with the number of times the asterisk (*) key 23 or the like is pressed. Or □□
A numerical value corresponding to the part may be directly input by the ten keys 22.

In the above embodiment, various settings are set from the menu screen as described above as a desirable case. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as the simplest example, the alarm interval time is 3 minutes, and the pre-alarm interval notice time data is 5 minutes.
For example, before the second (default value), it may be incorporated in the call time measurement circuit 210 in advance and stored and stored.
The contract billing time is also determined by the main circuit system 10 depending on the contract.
Since it is stored and stored in any one of 0, the control unit 140 may automatically input the call time to the call duration measurement circuit 210. Alternatively, by automatic setting by the telephone company, when the user contracts with the telephone company, the request of the user is heard, and the telephone of the contractor incorporating the talk time notification circuit system 200 according to the present invention, It is also possible to transmit and set the above various setting data.

Even with the notification signal type and the pre-notification signal type of the call time notification circuit 220, since various sound sources (buzzer sound, ringtone sound) are prepared in the main circuit system 100, a special signal is generated. It is also possible to use these sound sources without providing a storage unit. of course,
This function can be used depending on the model in which the sound generation function is prepared.

Further, in the above embodiment, the notification of the call time after the lapse of the specific time and the warning notification before the lapse of the time have
Although the notification is given at the stage, the present invention is not limited to this, and only one of them may be used.
Therefore, for example, it is also possible to stop the notification of the talk time and to perform only the warning notification. Specific time (3 for local calls)
If the warning notice, such as 5 minutes before the minute or the mobile phone contract time 30 seconds, elapses, is known, the actual elapsed time (after 5 seconds) can be sufficiently predicted, and at the same time, the next billing time This is because a change can be recognized, and even this alone makes it possible to make an economical call without waste.

Further, in the above embodiment, the case of the portable telephone was used, but the present invention is not limited to this. As described above, the present invention can be applied to a cordless telephone in a situation similar to that of a portable telephone. Furthermore, it can be incorporated into ordinary home and office phones and other phones from the viewpoint of saving call time.

[0036]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the telephone of the present invention, a telephone call for measuring a telephone call time in accordance with a telephone call start signal from a control unit of the telephone main circuit is provided to the telephone main circuit system. The communication time notification circuit system includes a time measurement circuit and a communication time notification circuit that outputs a communication time notification signal to the speaker side of the main circuit system based on a specific communication time elapsed signal from the communication time measurement circuit. , The user does not see the display (liquid crystal) at all during a call,
You can know the progress of the call time.

Further, since the communication time notification circuit system is a separate circuit system independent of the reception circuit system and the transmission circuit system of the main circuit system, the communication time notification and the warning notification are almost heard by the other party. There is no fear.

Further, according to such a speaker output system, it is not necessary to separate the receiver from the ear when checking the elapsed time unlike the related art, so that there is no concern that the conversation of the other party is missed. As a result, there is no need to listen again, and there is no danger of giving the other party any discomfort. In addition, there is no concern that the conversation time will be further increased due to re-listening and overlapping conversations.

Further, in this speaker output system, since a talk time notification and a warning notification can be confirmed in parallel with the conversation without interrupting the conversation, the display portion is temporarily viewed as in the conventional visual confirmation system. There is no action (time), and the call time can be reduced accordingly. In other words, a more economical call can be made. Furthermore, recently, in many cases, a person talks while walking as bad manners of a mobile phone. In such a case, the user can pay attention to the talk time and display the line of sight as in the conventional method (LCD). ) Can be a temporary but serious danger, such as hitting other pedestrians or obstacles. This point is completely solved by the speaker output method of the present invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the whole of a telephone main body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a blog diagram showing a circuit system inside the telephone main body of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view showing a communication time notification circuit system in the circuit system of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 shows various alarm intervals in the telephone main body of FIG.
It is an explanatory view of an example of a notice signal type setup menu screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone main body 2 Operation panel 3 Display part (liquid crystal) 100 Main circuit system 120 Transmission circuit system 130 Receiving circuit system 131 Speaker 200 Talk time notification circuit system 210 Talk time measurement circuit 211 Alarm interval storage part 212 Contract contents storage part 213 Alarm interval storage unit 220 Talk time notification circuit 221 Notification signal storage unit 222 Pre-notification signal storage unit

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A call time measuring circuit for measuring a call time based on a call start signal from a control unit of the main circuit system in a main circuit system of a telephone, and a specific call time elapse from the call time measuring circuit. A telephone having a talk time notification circuit system having a talk time notification circuit for outputting a talk time notification signal to a speaker side of the main circuit system by a signal. 2. The telephone set according to claim 1, wherein an alarm interval storage unit for selecting a specific alarm time interval is provided in said call time measuring circuit. 3. The telephone set according to claim 2, wherein said alarm interval storage section is provided with a contract content storage section for selecting a contract charging time. 4. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein said call time measuring circuit is provided with a pre-alarm interval storage unit for inputting a notice signal before a specific call time elapses. 5. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the communication time notification circuit is provided with a notification signal storage unit for selecting a specific notification signal type. 6. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein said call time notification circuit is provided with a pre-notification signal storage unit for selecting a specific notice notification signal type. 7. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the setting operation in the communication time notification circuit system is performed by an operation panel of the main circuit system.