JP2002354078A - Portable telephone with remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone with a remote controller, which enables the telephone operation of sending a using remote controller without having to take a main unit of the portable telephone out of one's pocket even if the main unit of the portable telephone is in the pocket. SOLUTION: In the portable telephone with the remote controller which is composed of the remote controller and the main unit of the portable telephone, the remote controller is provided with an operation part which has a key for requesting a sending and arrival history, a display mode setting part for setting whether or not to display address information based on the sending and arrival history, and a display part for reading the sending and arrival history and displaying it to a display part, while the main unit of the portable telephone is provided with a sending and arrival history storage part for storing the sending and arrival history, and reads the sending and arrival history from the sending and arrival history storage part based on the display mode setting, making them to display on the display part of the remote controller, and thereby a sending is performed from the main unit of the portable telephone to an address selected by the operation part based on the display.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone with a remote controller (hereinafter, also referred to as a remote controller). More specifically, the present invention relates to a mobile phone with a remote controller that can perform a telephone call operation from a remote controller while playing content such as music and images on the mobile phone. More specifically, by operating the transmission / reception history request key and the transmission request key assigned to the existing keys of the operation unit, the transmission / reception history is read and displayed on the display unit,
The present invention relates to a mobile phone with a remote controller that performs a calling process based on the display contents.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A portable telephone with a music reproducing function having a remote controller has already been put on the market. In a mobile phone with a music playback function having this remote controller, when a call is received while music is being played, a call can be received by operating a transmission / reception key of the remote controller.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a conventional portable telephone with a remote controller. FIG. 7 includes a mobile phone main body 10, a remote controller 1, and an earphone 3. The remote controller 1 includes a display unit 23 for displaying an incoming call history, an operation unit 20 for operating voice reproduction and various functions of telephone, and a microphone 2 for inputting a user's voice. Various operations of the mobile phone main body 10 are performed by a control unit provided in the mobile phone main body 10 in accordance with an instruction from the operation unit 20 of the remote controller 1. Since these are the same as those of a normal mobile phone with a remote controller, the description is omitted.
The operation unit 20 includes a transmission / reception key 5, a stop key 6, a play key 7, a fast forward key 8, a rewind key 9, and the like.
Although the remote controller 1 has been described above as having a music playback function, the remote controller 1 may further have a function to play back images.

A conventional portable telephone with a music playback function having a remote controller is configured such that, when a call is received while music is being played, a call can be received by pressing a transmission / reception key 5 of the remote controller 1. Have been.

[0005]

However, the conventional portable telephone with a remote controller is not provided with a function of making a call operation in response to a user request during music reproduction. Therefore, when the user wants to make a call, it is necessary to make a call from the mobile phone body. When the mobile phone body is stored in the bag, it is troublesome to remove the mobile phone from the bag. In addition, when performing a telephone call operation from the mobile phone body, it is necessary to display destination information (destination number, destination name, mail address, etc.) on the display section of the mobile phone body. /
The key backlight turns on. Therefore, power for display is consumed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has as its object to make a remote control key for music operation provided on a remote controller multifunctional, and to make a portable telephone body in a pocket. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone with a remote controller that allows a user to make a telephone call from the remote controller without taking out the mobile phone main body even when the mobile phone is in such a state.

A remote controller capable of displaying a frequently used history in a communication history by using a music operation remote control key provided on the remote controller, selecting a calling number from the history, and performing a telephone call operation. The present invention provides a mobile phone with a tag.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a portable telephone with a remote controller having at least a display unit and an operation unit, wherein the remote controller has at least an existing operation key assigned to an operation key. An operation unit having an outgoing / incoming call history request key and an outgoing call request key, and a destination number,
A display mode setting section for setting whether or not to display destination information such as a destination name and an e-mail address, and a display for reading out and receiving the call history in accordance with the settings set in the display mode setting section and displaying the history on the display section. The mobile phone body includes a transmission / reception history accumulating section for accumulating the transmission / reception history, and the transmission / reception history of the mobile phone main body based on the display mode setting contents set by the display mode setting section of the remote controller. The outgoing / incoming call history read from the storage unit is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller, and based on the display contents, a calling process is performed from the mobile phone body to the destination selected by the operation unit.

Further, in the present invention, the display mode setting section is set so as to display the call history stored in the call history storage section in order of use frequency.

Further, in the present invention, the portable telephone body further includes an attribute storage unit, and when the use of the attribute of the destination is set by the display mode setting unit in addition to the use frequency, the attribute is added in the use frequency order. And displaying destination information in accordance with the contents of the attribute.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a mobile phone with a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 includes a mobile phone main body 10, a remote controller 1, and an earphone 3. The remote controller 1 has a display unit 23 for displaying the incoming call history,
Operation unit 2 for playing voice and operating various functions of the telephone
0, a microphone 2 for inputting a user's voice.
The operation unit 20 includes a transmission / reception key 5, a stop key 6, a play key 7, a fast forward key 8, a rewind key 9, and the like. FIG.
1A is a diagram when the display unit of the mobile phone is opened, and FIG. 1B is a diagram when the display unit of the mobile phone is closed. The remote controller is the same in both figures. Although the remote controller 1 has been described above as having a music playback function, the remote controller 1 may further have a function to play back images.

A method of adding a telephone operation function to a remote controller of a mobile phone with a music playback function at present is as follows.
There are two methods of increasing the number of operation keys and a method of increasing the number of functions while keeping the current number of operation keys.
In the first method, a function key can be added by increasing the size of the remote controller itself or downsizing the key size. However, in consideration of design constraints and operability, the second key is multi-functional. It is.

In the present invention, from the viewpoint of operability, a function has been added for displaying the most frequently received incoming calls and outgoing histories. By limiting these incoming histories and outgoing histories to appropriate predetermined numbers, operability can be prevented from being sacrificed.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the remote controller. The remote controller 1 includes an operation unit 20,
It comprises a voice control unit 21, an I / O control unit 22, a display unit 23, a RAM 24 for storing display contents and operation contents, and a display mode setting unit 25. The remote controller 1 includes a voice control connection line 26 and an operation control connection line 2
7 and is connected to the mobile phone main body 10.

In FIG. 2, an audio control unit 21 transmits a reproduction signal from the portable telephone set 10 to the earphone 3 via an audio control connection line 26, and transmits an audio signal from the microphone 2 to the audio control connection line 26. It has a function of transmitting the information to the mobile phone main unit 10 via the mobile phone. The display unit 23 displays an outgoing / incoming call history described later, and the I / O control unit 22 operates the outgoing / incoming key 5, stop key 6, play key 7, fast forward key 8, rewind key 9 Is transmitted to the mobile phone main body 10 via the operation control connection line 27. The display mode setting unit 25 sets whether or not to display the destination information based on the frequency of use of the call history.

In the present invention, the stop key 6 in FIG. 1 functions as a transmission command key, and the fast-forward key 8
May function as a transmission history data request key, and the rewind key 9 may be set to function as a reception history key.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the portable telephone body 10 according to one embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a mobile phone body 10 includes an antenna 31 for receiving a radio wave from a base station, a reception processing unit 32 for demodulating a radio wave received by the antenna and converting it to a baseband signal, and a transmission audio signal and a control signal. It is composed of a transmission processing unit 33 that modulates into a radio wave and transmits from the antenna 31, a system control unit 34 that processes audio signals and control signals, and a liquid crystal display that displays an incoming telephone number and an image related to the telephone number. Display unit (LCD) 38, an audio processing unit 35 that outputs audio information from a speaker 36 or processes audio information input from a microphone 37, an input device 39 such as a numeric keypad or a function button, and a transmission / reception history storage unit 4.
0, an attribute storage unit 41.

The operation of the present invention will be described below. In the present invention, the display unit 23 of the remote controller 1
The display mode is set in advance as to how the destination information is displayed above. The display mode can be set, for example, by setting a mode for displaying the destination information in the order of the use frequency of the transmission / reception history. Also,
For example, when the destination information is displayed on the display unit 23, the destination information is a mode for selecting an attribute such as a person belonging to a friend group, a person belonging to a company group, or a person belonging to a relative. Settings can be made. After this setting, remote control transmission processing is performed. Hereinafter, these processes will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a display mode setting process according to one embodiment of the present invention. First, in FIG. 4, a display mode key not displayed is operated to
The display mode setting is started (step S1). As a result, a setting mode in which the mode can be set is set. Step S
2 determines whether to display the destination information on the display unit 23 based on the attribute of the destination information. If the attribute order is not desired in step S2 (No in step S2), in step S3, it is determined whether or not to display in the order of call frequency.

On the other hand, if the setting is made in the order of the outgoing / incoming frequencies in step S3, the process proceeds to step S10, where the display based on only the outgoing / incoming frequency without using the attribute is registered as a "display setting mode". Thereafter, it is checked whether the registered display setting mode is sufficient (step S1).
1) If the display setting mode is not possible, the process returns to step S2, and if the display setting mode is sufficient, the display mode setting process ends.

On the other hand, if the display in the attribute order is selected in step S2 (Yes in step S2), an attribute to be displayed with priority is selected in step S5. A step S6 checks whether or not to select the next priority attribute. When selecting the next priority attribute, the process returns to step S5 again, and further selects the next attribute. Thus, the attributes such as first, second, etc. are determined. Next, in step S7, it is determined whether or not to display the histories in the selected attribute in the order of the outgoing and incoming frequencies. If the display in the order of the transmission / reception frequency is selected, the process proceeds to step S8, and the attribute and the transmission / reception frequency are registered as “display setting mode”. On the other hand, if the call frequency is not set in step S7 (No in step S7), the attribute is used, but the call frequency is not used, and the display in the normal call order is displayed. Mode "(step S9)

In the above description, the user's operation is performed by the remote controller 1, and the substantial processing is performed by the mobile phone main body 10. However, these are not divided in the flowchart.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing remote control transmission processing according to one embodiment of the present invention. Next, a remote control transmission process for actually performing a call process based on the "display setting mode" set based on the display mode setting process flowchart shown in FIG. 4 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in step S21, it is checked whether or not the transmission / reception key 5 has been pressed for a long time. If it is determined that the outgoing / incoming key 5 has been pressed for a long time, the process proceeds to the outgoing call mode (the processing in step S22 and subsequent steps). At this time,
It is checked whether the user is currently listening to music, that is, whether music is being reproduced (step S22). If the user is listening to music, the music reproduction is stopped and a pause flag is set (step S22). Step S23). In step S24, as will be described later, the destination information is displayed on the display unit 23 of the remote controller based on the display setting mode set by the user (see FIG. 6). When the user selects the displayed destination information, next, a step S25 checks whether or not the user has performed the calling process. If the user has not performed the calling process, the process proceeds to step S
Fly to 29. When the user has performed the calling process, the mobile phone performs the calling process and enters the talking state (step S2).
6). Then, the step S27 is again performed for the transmission / reception key 5
Check if is long pressed. When it is detected that the outgoing / incoming key is pressed for a long time, the mobile phone performs a call termination process (step S28).

In step S29, the state of the pause flag is checked. If the pause flag is set, it is known that the music reproduction has been interrupted. Therefore, the music is reproduced again and the pause flag is set. Reset to end the remote control transmission process (step S4
0). If the flag is not set (step S2
9 (No), the remote control transmission process ends.

In the above description, the operation of the user is performed by the remote controller 1, and the substantial processing is performed by the mobile phone main body 10. However, in the flowchart, they are not separated.

Next, the remote control display process in step S24 in FIG. 5 will be described. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing remote control display processing according to the embodiment of the present invention. This flowchart performs the process of displaying the destination information on the display unit 23 of the remote controller 1 described above.

In FIG. 6, a step S41 checks whether or not the fast-forward key 8 has been pressed. When the fast-forward key 8 is pressed, it means that the display based on the transmission frequency is performed, so that steps S8, S9, S1 in FIG.
Based on the “display setting mode” set at “0”, the attribute and the transmission history are read from the attribute storage unit 41 and the transmission / reception history storage unit 40 of the mobile phone body 10, respectively (step S42). On the other hand, if the rewind key 9 is pressed (step S43), it means that the display is based on the frequency of incoming calls. The attribute and the incoming call history are read from the attribute storage unit 41 and the outgoing / incoming call history storage unit 40 of the mobile phone body 10, respectively. As described above, the destination information read under the control of the system control unit 34 is displayed on the display unit 23 of the remote controller 1 via the operation control connection line 27.

Next, at step S45, it is checked whether or not there is a read outgoing / incoming call history, and if there is no outgoing / incoming call history, no outgoing / incoming call history is displayed (step S46).
The remote control display process ends. On the other hand, if there is an outgoing / incoming call history, step S47 proceeds to step S47.
The data of the call history read from 0 is sorted according to the contents set in the display setting mode. Step S4
8 stores the sorted data in the transmission / reception history accumulation unit 4
0, and the data is sent to the memory 24 and displayed as needed.

Thereafter, in step S49, the fast-forward key 8
Is checked, and if the fast-forward key 8 is pressed, a step S50 checks whether or not the next data exists. If there is the next data, the step S51 reads the next data from the transmission / reception history accumulation unit 40 and sends it to the memory 24, and the display unit 23 of the remote controller
And the remote control display process ends.

On the other hand, if the fast-forward key 8 has not been pressed in step S49, the flow advances to step S52 to check whether the rewind key 9 has been pressed. Rewind key 9
Is pressed, step S53 checks whether or not there is previous data. If there is previous data, the previous data is read from the transmission / reception history accumulation unit 40 and sent to the memory 24. The image is displayed on the display unit 23 of the remote controller, and the remote controller display process ends (step S54). Further, in step S50 and step S53, when there is neither the next data nor the previous data, that is, when the address of the transmission / reception history accumulation unit 40 is the last or the first, the first data and the last data of the memory are read, respectively. The display is sent to the memory 24 and displayed on the display unit 23 of the remote controller, and the remote controller display process is terminated (step S55).

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A telephone call operation can be performed during music playback, and a telephone call can be made without taking out the mobile phone main body while the headphones are being worn.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to make a telephone call without taking out the main body of the portable telephone, so that the mechanical operation of the main body of the portable telephone and the lighting of the LCD backlight / key backlight become unnecessary, and the current consumption is suppressed. Can be

Further, according to the present invention, when the frequency of use of the remote controller increases, the frequency of operation of the portable telephone body is reduced, the number of mechanical operations can be reduced, and the mechanical life can be expected to be improved.

Further, according to the present invention, since the attribute, the transmission frequency history, the reception frequency history, and the like can be specified from the remote controller, easy-to-understand operability can be obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, by making the keys of the remote controller multifunctional, a large change in the design of the remote controller is unnecessary, so that the development cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a mobile phone with a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a remote controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a mobile phone main body according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a display mode setting process according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing remote control transmission processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing remote controller display processing according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a mobile phone with a remote controller according to the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Remote controller 2 ... Microphone 3 ... Earphone 5 ... Send / receive key 6 ... Stop key 7 ... Play key 8 ... Fast forward key 9 ... Rewind key 10 ... Mobile phone main body 26 ... Voice control connection line 27 ... Operation control connection line 34 ... System control unit 40 ... Outgoing / incoming call history storage unit 41 ... Attribute storage unit

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone with a remote controller comprising a remote controller and a mobile phone main body, wherein the remote controller has at least an outgoing / incoming call history request key and an outgoing call request key assigned to existing operation keys. And, based on the history of incoming and outgoing calls, the destination number, destination name,
A display mode setting unit for setting whether or not to display destination information such as an email address, according to the setting contents set in the display mode setting unit,
A display unit that reads out the call history and displays the call history on a display unit; the mobile phone body includes a call history storage unit that stores the call history; and a display mode setting unit of the remote controller sets the display mode. Based on the display mode setting contents, the call history read from the call history accumulation unit of the mobile phone main body is displayed on the display unit of the remote controller, and the destination selected by the operation unit based on the display contents. To
A mobile phone with a remote controller, which performs a calling process from the mobile phone body. 2. The mobile phone with a remote controller according to claim 1, wherein the display mode setting unit sets the call history stored in the call history storage unit to be displayed in order of use frequency. . 3. The mobile phone main body further includes an attribute storage unit, wherein the display mode setting unit adds
3. The mobile phone with a remote controller according to claim 2, wherein when the use of the destination attribute is set, the destination information is displayed according to the content of the attribute in addition to the use frequency.