JP2002345034A - Portable telephone device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone device, with which speaking or automatic recording can be performed as it is by utilizing operation to be performed in the case of call incoming, complicated operation is not required and operability is improved. SOLUTION: This portable telephone device is provided with a casing opening/closing detecting circuit for detecting opening/closing of first and second casings, an antenna elongating/contracting detecting circuit for detecting elongating/contracting of an antenna, a radio circuit part for modulating/ demodulating a received signal from the antenna and performing data processing and a control circuit part for performing an incoming response from the radio circuit part when there is output from both the casing opening/closing detecting circuit and the antenna elongating/contracting detecting circuit and when the first and second casings are opened and the antenna is elongated in the case of call incoming, speaking is enabled by immediately responding to call incoming.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone device using wireless communication, and more particularly to a portable telephone device with improved incoming call response operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of portable telephone device receives a call signal from a radio base station, and an operator of the portable telephone device performs a predetermined specific operation from a key operation unit to make a call. State or answering machine.

[0003]

In recent years, a so-called foldable portable telephone device having a large display unit and a form in which at least a part of a key operation unit is hidden by folding a housing is widely used. Have been doing. However, in this foldable portable telephone device, when an incoming call is received, the housing must be opened and then the antenna is extended, in addition to the two operations, and in addition to the predetermined response of the incoming call response, Specific key operation is required,
The incoming call response operation was complicated. In some cases, such as during a meeting or when you receive a call and you cannot answer the call, you can open the housing and operate the keys to answer the call. There was a problem that it had to be in a state.

Accordingly, the present invention is to solve such a problem, and a telephone call or answering machine can be performed as it is by using a basic operation inevitably performed at the time of an incoming call. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone device which is excellent in operability and does not need to be performed.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a portable telephone device according to the present invention comprises a housing opening / closing detecting circuit for detecting opening and closing of a first housing and a second housing. And an antenna expansion and contraction detection circuit that detects expansion and contraction of the antenna, a radio circuit unit that modulates and demodulates a signal received from the antenna and performs data processing, and outputs from the housing opening and closing detection circuit and the antenna expansion and contraction detection circuit together. When a control circuit is provided for responding to an incoming call from the wireless circuit unit when there is an incoming call, when the first housing and the second housing are opened and the antenna is extended upon receiving an incoming call,
It is characterized in that a call can be immediately answered and a call can be made.

[0006] With this, it is possible to use the basic operation that is inevitably performed at the time of an incoming call to perform a telephone call or answering machine as it is,
It is possible to provide a mobile phone device excellent in operability that does not require a complicated incoming call response operation.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention comprises a first housing and a second housing, and a first housing and a second housing are provided between the first housing and the second housing. A mobile phone device foldable by a provided hinge portion, wherein a housing open / close detection circuit detects opening and closing of a first housing and a second housing, and detects expansion and contraction of an antenna. Antenna expansion and contraction detection circuit,
The wireless circuit that modulates and demodulates the signal received from the antenna and performs data processing, and the detection results of the housing open / close detection circuit and antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit indicate that the antenna is “extended” and the housing is “open”
A control circuit for responding to an incoming call from the wireless circuit unit when the first case and the second case are opened and the antenna is extended when an incoming call is received, the incoming call can be answered and a call can be made. Since the intention of the operator of the mobile phone device to make or receive a call at the time of an incoming call is tied to the opening and closing operation of the housing, the housing is open. If this is detected, it is possible to specify that the subsequent processing is to make a call, and at the same time, by extending the antenna and opening the housing, the basic operation at the time of entering the call, it is possible to immediately answer the call and make the call Therefore, the operability in answering the incoming call is improved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first housing and a second housing, and the first housing and the second housing are folded by a hinge provided between the first housing and the second housing. A flexible mobile phone device, a housing open / close detection circuit for detecting opening and closing of the first housing and the second housing, an antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit for detecting expansion / contraction of the antenna, A radio circuit unit that modulates and demodulates a received signal from the antenna and performs data processing, a storage device unit for storing user data, and a detection result of the antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit that has no output from the housing opening / closing detection circuit and has an antenna “ When the case is “extended” and the case is “closed”, a control circuit unit that responds to the incoming call from the wireless circuit unit, performs an answering machine process, and records the recorded data in the storage device unit is provided. With the housing and the second housing closed, Since the mobile phone is characterized by answering the call and answering the phone, the intention of the operator of the mobile phone to answer the call is linked to the opening and closing operation of the housing. Therefore, if it is detected that the casing is in the closed state, it is possible to specify that the subsequent processing is the answering machine processing, and it is possible to omit the key operation of opening the casing and shifting to the predetermined answering machine state. Therefore, the operability for answering at the time of answering the incoming call is improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a first housing and a second housing, wherein the first housing and the second housing are folded by a hinge provided between the first housing and the second housing. A flexible mobile phone device, a housing open / close detection circuit for detecting opening and closing of the first housing and the second housing, an antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit for detecting expansion / contraction of the antenna, A radio circuit unit that modulates and demodulates a signal received from an antenna and performs data processing, a storage unit for storing user data, and determines an antenna state based on an output from an antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit, and the antenna is extended. When it is determined that the antenna is extended by opening the first housing and the second housing when an incoming call is received, the control circuit unit performs a housing state determination based on an output from the housing open / close detection circuit when it is determined that You can answer the call and talk. When the antenna is extended with the first housing and the second housing closed, an answering process is performed in response to an incoming call and recorded data is recorded in the storage device. Therefore, since the intention of the operator of the mobile phone device to make a call at the time of an incoming call is linked to the opening / closing operation of the housing, the subsequent processing can be specified by detecting the open / closed state of the housing. The control circuit unit determines whether to extend the antenna or not, and if the intention to extend the antenna is confirmed, the housing state judgment determines whether to talk or answer by the open / closed state of the housing. By using an ordinary basic operation for entering and exiting a call, such as opening and closing the housing, it is possible to shift to a call or an answering machine, and the operability of the foldable mobile phone device when answering a call is improved.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, a display unit is provided in the first housing, and a key operation unit is provided in the second housing. Since the mobile phone device is a mobile phone device, in a mobile phone device in which the key operation unit is hidden when the housing is closed, the operability at the time of answering an incoming call is improved.

Hereinafter, a portable telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

(Embodiment 1) The portable telephone device of Embodiment 1 responds immediately when an antenna is extended in a state where a casing is opened at the time of an incoming call. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the mobile phone device of the mobile phone device according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the mobile phone device of the mobile phone device according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention.

An antenna 1 transmits and receives radio waves to and from a radio base station (not shown). 2 is a wireless circuit unit,
It demodulates the received signal from the antenna 1, modulates the transmission signal to be output to the antenna 1, and performs data processing (for reception, synchronous data detection, error check, and reception validity of the received data obtained by demodulating the received signal). Data is extracted, and at the time of transmission, error checking data and synchronization data are added to transmission effective data to assemble into transmission data according to the protocol). Reference numeral 3 denotes a control circuit, which determines the valid data received from the wireless circuit 2 and outputs valid data to the wireless circuit 2. In addition, data is written to the storage unit 4, data is read from the storage unit 4, an output of an antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit 12 described later is detected to detect an antenna expansion / contraction state, Housing open / close detection circuit 5 for detection
, And controls the incoming notification circuit 6, the key operation unit 7, the display unit 8, and the audio circuit unit 9. Reference numeral 4 denotes a storage unit which stores user data such as a telephone directory and recorded data in addition to program data. Reference numeral 5 denotes a housing open / close detection circuit that detects the open / closed state of the housing. Reference numeral 6 denotes an incoming call notifying circuit unit usually constituted by a speaker, a ringer, or a vibrator, and notifies the operator of the mobile phone device of the incoming call at the time of the incoming call. Reference numeral 7 denotes a key operation unit, and an operator of the mobile phone device operates the key operation unit 7 to operate the mobile phone device. Reference numeral 8 denotes a display unit which is usually constituted by an LCD, and an operator of the mobile phone device visually enjoys information from the mobile phone device by displaying on the display unit 8. Reference numeral 9 denotes an audio circuit unit, which is composed of a receiving unit composed of a normal speaker and an amplifier, and a transmitting unit composed of a normal microphone and an amplifier. Reference numeral 12 denotes an antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit for detecting the expansion / contraction state of the antenna.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 51 denotes a first housing, 52 denotes a second housing, and 53 denotes a hinge provided between the first housing 52 and the second housing 2. The first housing 51 and the second housing 52 are configured to be foldable by a hinge 53. In the first embodiment, the first housing 51
Has a display unit 8 mounted thereon, and the second housing 52 has a key operation unit 7 mounted thereon. Note that part or all of the key operation unit 7 may be arranged on the first housing 51.

Next, the actual operation of the portable telephone device configured as described above will be described. The antenna 1 receives a radio wave from a wireless base station (not shown) and outputs a received signal to the wireless circuit unit 2 to the wireless circuit unit 2. The radio circuit unit 2 demodulates the received signal, performs data processing, and outputs reception valid data to the control circuit unit 3. The control circuit unit 3 determines valid data received from the wireless circuit unit 2. At this time, if the signal is an incoming signal, after a series of processing according to the protocol, the control circuit unit 3 controls the incoming call notifying circuit unit 6 to notify the operator of the mobile phone device of the incoming call and to open and close the casing. The open / close state of the housing is detected through the detection circuit 5. There is no restriction on the timing for detecting the open / closed state of the housing, and the detection may be always performed.

The operator of the portable telephone device opens the first housing 51 and the second housing 52 and extends the antenna 1 in order to talk in response to an incoming call. The control circuit unit 3 indicates that the output of the antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit 12 indicates the antenna extension state,
The output of the housing opening / closing detection circuit 5 is the same as that of the first housing 51 and the second housing 51.
Detecting that the housing 52 is open, outputs the incoming response data to the wireless circuit section 2 as transmission valid data, and further activates the voice circuit section 9 to shift to a call state.

As described above, in the portable telephone device according to the first embodiment, the intention of the operator of the portable telephone device at the time of receiving an incoming call is linked to the opening / closing operation of the housing. If it is detected that the first housing 51 and the second housing 52 are in the open state, the subsequent processing can be specified as a call,
The operability in answering an incoming call is improved by a normal basic operation when entering a telephone call by extending the antenna and opening the housing.

(Embodiment 2) A portable telephone device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the mobile phone device according to the second embodiment, when the incoming call is received, the answering machine is immediately recorded when the antenna is extended with the housing closed.

The antenna 1 receives a radio wave from a radio base station (not shown) and outputs a reception signal to the radio circuit unit 2 to the radio circuit unit 2. The radio circuit unit 2 demodulates the received signal, performs data processing, and outputs reception valid data to the control circuit unit 3.
The control circuit unit 3 determines valid data received from the wireless circuit unit 2. At this time, if it is an incoming signal, after a series of processing according to the protocol, the control circuit unit 3
And notifies the operator of the mobile phone device of the incoming call, and detects the open / closed state of the housing through the housing open / close detection circuit 5. There is no restriction on the timing of detecting the open / closed state of the housing, and the detection may be performed at all times.

The operator of the portable telephone device has a first housing 51 and a second housing 52 for answering an incoming call and answering the call.
Is closed, and the antenna 1 is extended. The control circuit section 3 detects that the output of the antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit 12 indicates the antenna extension state and the output of the housing open / close detection circuit 5 indicates the closed state, and sends the response data to the radio circuit section 2. Is output as transmission effective data. Further, the control circuit unit 3 performs an answering machine process after receiving the incoming call, and writes and saves the reception valid data input from the wireless circuit unit 2 to the storage device unit 4 to enter the answering machine state.

As described above, in the mobile phone device according to the second embodiment, the intention of the operator of the mobile phone device to answer a call at the time of an incoming call is linked to the opening / closing operation of the housing. If it is detected that the first housing 51 and the second housing 52 are in the closed state, it is possible to specify that the subsequent process is an answering machine, and it is very difficult to extend the antenna and close the housing. With the basic operation, you can easily answer a call when answering a call and improve operability.

(Embodiment 3) A portable telephone device according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
In the mobile phone device according to the third embodiment, when an incoming call is received, the control circuit unit determines the antenna state, determines the housing state based on the result, and automatically enters the call state or performs answering machine. , To enter a standby state. The detailed description of each operation is the same as that of the mobile phone device according to the first embodiment and the mobile phone device according to the second embodiment, and will not be repeated. Therefore, the state transition will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The portable telephone device in the incoming call state S1 performs an antenna state determination S2. If the result of the antenna state determination S2 is not “extended” as represented by “shrinkage”, the apparatus enters a standby state in which the antenna state determination S2 is repeatedly performed. There is no restriction on the timing and number of times of this repetition.
When the result of the antenna state determination S2 is “extended”, the next step, a housing state determination S3, is performed.
Although there is no limitation on the time for the housing state determination S3, the number of times, and the timing of repetition, the operator of the mobile phone device performed the incoming call response operation by extending the antenna.
It is desirable to execute it in a short time or number of times. When the result of the housing state determination S3 is “open”, the mobile phone device is in the call state S.
4 and the call becomes possible. When the result of the housing state determination S3 is "closed", the mobile phone device shifts to the answering machine state S5, and the answering machine can be made.

As described above, in the portable telephone device of the third embodiment, the opening / closing operation of the first casing 51 and the second casing 52 at the time of an incoming call may or may not be performed by the operator of the portable telephone apparatus. That will be linked. Then, first, the control circuit unit performs an antenna state determination of whether or not to extend the antenna, and if the intention to extend the antenna is confirmed, it is to perform a call or answering machine, whether to talk by the housing state determination, It is determined whether or not to record the message. The transition to a call or answering machine is made by a normal basic operation when entering a call, such as whether or not the antenna is extended and whether or not the housing is opened, and operability when answering a call is improved.

[0025]

As described above, the portable telephone device according to the first aspect of the present invention responds to an incoming call when the first housing and the second housing are opened and the antenna is extended during an incoming call. Because the intention of whether or not the operator of the mobile phone device can answer the call when receiving a call is linked to the opening and closing operation of the housing, if the opening state of the housing is detected, Since it is possible to specify that the process is for making a call, and to extend the antenna and open the housing together with the basic operation at the time of entering the call, it is possible to answer the incoming call and make the call possible,
Operability when answering a call is improved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the antenna is extended in a state where the first housing and the second housing are closed at the time of an incoming call, the answering machine responds to the incoming call and performs voicemail. Since the intention of the operator of the mobile phone device to answer a call upon receiving a call is tied to the opening / closing operation of the casing, if the closed state of the casing is detected, the subsequent processing is performed. Can be specified to be an answering machine process, and the operability for answering machine at the time of answering an incoming call is improved by a normal basic operation at the time of entering a telephone call by extending the antenna and closing the housing.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the portable telephone device, an antenna state is determined based on an output from an antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit, and when it is determined that the antenna is extended, the housing is detected based on an output from the housing open / close detection circuit. A control circuit unit for performing a body state determination; if the first and second housings are determined to be open by the housing state determination, the control circuit unit responds to the incoming call from the wireless circuit unit; When a transition is made to the call state, and it is determined that the first housing and the second housing are closed, the control circuit unit performs an incoming call response from the wireless circuit unit and then performs an answering service. Since the recording data is recorded in the storage unit, the open / close state of the housing is detected because the intention of the operator of the mobile phone device to talk on the occasion of an incoming call is linked to the opening / closing operation of the housing. Then, subsequent processing can be specified. The control circuit unit determines whether to extend the antenna or not, and if the intention to extend the antenna is confirmed, the housing state judgment determines whether to talk or answer by the open / closed state of the housing. By using an ordinary basic operation for entering and exiting a call, such as opening and closing the housing, it is possible to shift to a call or an answering machine, and the operability of the foldable mobile phone device when answering a call is improved.

In the portable telephone device according to the present invention, the display unit is provided in the first housing, and the key operation unit is provided in the second housing. In a mobile phone device in which a key operation unit is hidden, operability when answering an incoming call is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a mobile phone device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a mobile phone device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart at the time of an incoming call response of the mobile phone device according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 antenna 2 wireless circuit section 3 control circuit section 4 storage device section 5 housing open / close detection circuit 6 incoming call notification circuit section 7 key operation section 8 display section 9 audio circuit section 12 antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit 51 first housing 52 second Housing 53 hinge part

Claims (4)

[Claims] A first case and a second case, wherein the first case and the second case are provided.
A portable telephone device that is foldable by a hinge portion provided between the first housing and the second housing, and detects opening and closing of the first housing and the second housing. A housing open / close detection circuit, an antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit for detecting expansion / contraction of the antenna, a radio circuit unit for modulating / demodulating a signal received from the antenna and performing data processing, the housing open / close detection circuit, and the antenna A control circuit for responding to the incoming call from the wireless circuit unit when the detection result of the expansion / contraction detection circuit indicates that the antenna is “extended” and that the housing is “open”; The mobile phone device is characterized in that when the case is opened and the antenna is extended, a call can be answered and a call can be made. A first housing and a second housing, wherein the first housing and the second housing are connected to each other;
A portable telephone device that is foldable by a hinge portion provided between the first housing and the second housing, and detects opening and closing of the first housing and the second housing. A housing open / close detection circuit, an antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit for detecting expansion / contraction of the antenna, a radio circuit unit for modulating / demodulating a signal received from the antenna and performing data processing, and a storage device for storing user data And, when there is no output from the housing open / closed detection circuit and the detection result of the antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit is “extended” and the housing “closed”, an incoming call response is made from the wireless circuit unit and an answering process is performed. And a control circuit for recording the recorded data in the storage unit. When the antenna is extended with the first casing and the second casing closed when an incoming call is received, the incoming call is answered and the absence is answered. Recording Mobile telephone device according to claim. A first housing and a second housing;
A portable telephone device that is foldable by a hinge portion provided between the first housing and the second housing, and detects opening and closing of the first housing and the second housing. A housing open / close detection circuit, an antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit for detecting expansion / contraction of the antenna, a radio circuit unit for modulating / demodulating a signal received from the antenna and performing data processing, and a storage device for storing user data A control circuit unit that determines an antenna state based on an output from the antenna expansion / contraction detection circuit, and determines a housing state based on an output from the housing open / close detection circuit when it is determined that the antenna is extended. When the first housing and the second housing are opened and an antenna is extended at the time of an incoming call, the incoming call can be answered and a call can be made. At the time of an incoming call, the first housing and the Close the case 2 When extending the antenna in the state, the mobile telephone apparatus characterized by recording the recording data in the storage device unit performs message recording process incoming response. 4. A display according to claim 1, wherein said first housing is provided with a display unit, and said second housing is provided with a key operation unit.
The mobile phone device according to any one of the above.