JP2003008696A - Portable telephone unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable telephone unit enabling smooth conversation with the opposite party without speaking. SOLUTION: The portable telephone unit includes a response message generation means 10 which generates a response message containing a plurality of choices, a response message storage means 11 which stores the response message as a text data, a voice data conversion means 12 which reads out the text data of the stored response message and converts the text data to a voice data, a voice data output means 13 which outputs voice to the opposite party by the use of the converted voice data, and a response message selection means 14 which selects an appropriate response message from the choices by a predetermined key operation during communication.

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 which does not cause inconvenience to other people when used in a public place.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a portable telephone device is equipped with a manner button function so as not to disturb other people in a public place. The conventional manner button function operates the function of switching off the ring tone and switching to the vibrator mode and the message memo function.

[0003]

In the conventional portable telephone device equipped with the manner button function, in order to deal with an emergency call, it is necessary for the user to answer the telephone and talk.

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a portable telephone device which can make a smooth conversation with a callee without speaking by himself so as not to bother other people in a public place. To aim.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the portable telephone device of the present invention stores a response message, which is created by selecting one of the options by a predetermined key operation during a call, as text data. Read the text data of the stored response message and convert it to voice data,
The voice data is configured to be output to the call destination as voice.

According to the present invention, a user can send a response to a callee as a voice by a key operation, and can communicate with the callee without calling himself / herself so as not to disturb others in a public place. It becomes possible to have a smooth conversation.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The invention according to claim 1 is a means for creating a response message including a plurality of options, a means for selecting from the options by a predetermined key operation during a call, and the response message. Is stored as text data, a unit for reading the stored text data of the response message and converting it into voice data, and a unit for outputting the voice data to the destination by voice. Can send a response to the other party as voice by key operation.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone device according to the first aspect, which comprises means for recognizing the voice of the callee and converting it into text data, and means for displaying the converted text data. Thus, both the voice content from the callee and the response to the callee can be handled as text data.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a hardware configuration diagram of a mobile phone device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the mobile phone device of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 1, a portable telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention has a CPU 1 as a control unit for controlling the portable telephone device, LCDs 2 and 2 as display units for displaying messages and operation instructions. Video RAM as a first storage unit for holding image data to be displayed on the screen
(VRAM) 3, flash memory 4 as a second storage unit for storing programs and data of the mobile phone device,
RAM 5 as a third storage unit used for storing and reading data during program execution, keypad 6 as an input unit used for dialing and character input, and voice transmission / reception to / from a wireless base station via an antenna The transmitter / receiver 7 as a transmitter / receiver, a microphone 8 as a voice input unit for inputting voice data to be transmitted, and a speaker 9 as a voice output unit for outputting received voice data are provided.

As shown in FIG. 2, the CPU 1 stores a response message creating means 10 for creating a response message when the user selects the response message creating function, and stores the created response message in the flash memory 4 as text data. Response message storage means 11 for
When the incoming call is in the manner mode, the response data stored in the message storage unit 11 is read out and converted into voice data, and the voice data converted by the voice data conversion unit 12 is transmitted and received by the handset device 7.
Voice data output means 13 for outputting voice to the call destination by
Also, in the case of a response message including options, the user functions as the response message selection means 14 for selecting a message by inputting the number assigned to each option from the keypad 6.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a response message sending procedure of the mobile phone device of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 4 and 5 are diagrams showing examples of screen display of the response message.

In S1 of FIG. 3, the user waits for an event of pressing the keypad 6 or an incoming call by the user. If any event is handled, the process proceeds to S2.

In step S2, it is determined whether or not the manner button arranged on the keypad 6 has been pressed by the user. If the manner button is pressed, the process jumps to S13, and if the manner button is not pressed, the process proceeds to S3.

In S3, it is determined whether or not the response message creating function is selected by the user operating the function button arranged on the keypad 6. When the response message creating function is selected, the process jumps to S14, and when the response message creating function is not selected, the process proceeds to S4.

In S4, it is determined whether or not there is an incoming call. If there is an incoming call, move to S5, if there is no incoming call, S
Jump to 15.

At S5, it is determined whether the manner mode is set or released. When the manner mode is set, the steps S6 to S12 are performed as the manner mode processing. If the manner mode is canceled,
As a normal incoming call process, the incoming call sound is emitted through the speaker 9 and the process returns to the S1 event wait.

In step S6, if there is an incoming call while the manner mode is set, the call goes off-hook to establish a call.

At S7, the response message stored in the flash memory 4 is read out to the RAM 5. And
Using the read response message, display data as shown in FIG. 4 is created on the VRAM 3 and displayed on the LDC 2 to inform the user that a response is being made in the manner mode. In the example of FIG. 4, “now [1. train, 2. bus,
3. It is in [Taxi]. After [1.5 minutes, 2.10
Minutes, 3.30 minutes, 4.1 hours]. I'll call you when I arrive. The part "" is the response message.

In step S8, the response message read in step S7 is searched for a bracket "[". here,
If the bracket "[" is present, the process jumps to S10, and if the bracket "[" is not present, the process proceeds to S9.

At S9, there is no more bracket "[" in the response message. Therefore, the response message registered as the text data is converted into voice data by the voice data conversion means 12, the converted voice data is output by the voice data output means 13 via the handset device 7, and the wait for the event of S1. Return to.

On the other hand, in S10, there is a bracket "[" in the response message. The voice data converting means 12 converts the message data before the bracket "[" into voice data, and the converted voice data is output by the voice data output means 9 via the transmitter / receiver 7. Then, as shown in FIG. 5, in order to notify the user that the user is waiting for a key operation, the message enclosed by the brackets '[' and ']' is blinked.

In S11, the response message selecting means 14
Depends on which message the user selects between the bracketed '[' and ']' bracketed keys.

In S12, when the user depresses an appropriate key, the voice data conversion means 12 converts the message selected by the user into voice data, and the voice data output means 13 transmits / receives the converted voice data. Output through the device 7. After changing the start position of the response message after the bracket "]", the process returns to S8. In the example of FIG. 5, when the user presses the dial button '2', the voice data "bus" is output via the handset device 7, and the start position of the response message is next to the bracket "]". It is changed to the position of "in" of "inside".

At S13, the manner button is pressed. Here, if the manner mode is canceled, the manner mode is set, and the process returns to the event waiting in S1.
If the manner mode is set, the manner mode is released and the process returns to the S1 event wait.

In S14, the user has selected the response message creating function. By operating the keypad 6, the user can create a response message by the response message creating means 10. The data enclosed by the brackets '[' and ']' is judged to be option data. Therefore, when making a choice, the user may enclose the message to be selected with the brackets '[' and ']'. Further, since the commas “,” are used as message delimiters, the user can have as many options as the maximum number of dial buttons (0 to 9). When the response message creating process is completed, the message created by the response message storing means 11 is saved in the flash memory 4 and the process returns to the event waiting in S1.

In S15, the event handled in S1 is a case where the manner button is not pressed, the response message creating function is not selected, and there is no incoming call.
Here, processing according to each event is performed, and S1
Return to the event waiting list.

[0029]

According to the present invention, a response message created by selecting from the options by a predetermined key operation during a call is stored as text data, and the stored text data of the response message is read and converted into voice data. However, by configuring this voice data to be output to the callee as a voice, the user can have a smooth conversation with the callee without disturbing others in public places without speaking by himself. It becomes possible.

Further, by recognizing the voice of the callee and converting it into text data and displaying the converted text data, both the message to be sent to the other party and the content of the other party's call are converted to text data. It can be handled and the user can perform consistent operations.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the mobile phone device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a response message sending procedure of the mobile phone device of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a screen display example of a response message.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a screen display example of a response message.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 CPU 2 LCD 3 VRAM 4 flash memory 5 RAM 6 keypad 7 Handsets 8 microphone 9 speakers 10 Response message creating means 11 Response message storage means 12 Voice data conversion means 13 Audio data output means 14 Response message selection means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A means for creating a response message including a plurality of choices, a means for selecting from the choices by a predetermined key operation during a call, a means for storing the response message as text data, and the storage. A mobile telephone device comprising means for reading the text data of the response message and converting it into voice data, and means for outputting the voice data to the destination by voice. 2. The mobile phone device according to claim 1, further comprising: a unit for recognizing the voice of the callee and converting it into text data; and a unit for displaying the converted text data.