JP2003046635A - Hands-free device, incoming call processing method and program for incoming call processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To effectively protect privacy or secret by changing a call class such as presence/absence of call originator display or hands-free call in accordance with a caller. SOLUTION: On the basis of presetting, a controller 15 selects whether the call originator is to be displayed on a display device 18 and a call class such as hands-free call or non-speaking on the basis of at least one of a call originating source telephone number reported from the outside in the case of call incoming and the internal status of a vehicle.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of a technique relating to hands-free calling used in a vehicle or the like, and in particular, by changing the presence or absence of a destination display and a call type such as hands-free calling depending on the called party. It is designed to effectively protect privacy and secrets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the development of automobiles and communication technology,
Although telephone technology that can be used in automobiles such as automobile phones and mobile phones is becoming widespread, hands-free devices are used for automobiles in terms of safety and usability. This hands-free device is a device that uses a microphone and a speaker provided in the vehicle and enables communication without holding a mobile phone terminal or a handset.

Here, regarding an example of a conventional hands-free device, its configuration is shown in a block diagram of FIG. 4, and a flowchart showing a processing procedure is shown in FIG. In this example, in the passenger compartment,
Telephone 10, external microphone 12, external speaker 1
3 are installed, where the telephone 10 is a car telephone,
The external speaker 13 is a mobile phone or the like, and the external speaker 13 is an in-vehicle audio speaker, a dedicated speaker, or the like.

In this example, first, a call is made (step 51 in FIG. 5) by a normal hands-free call (step 5).
5). In this hands-free call, the voice of the speaker is input from the external microphone 12 to the telephone 10, and the voice of the other party is output from the telephone 10 via the external speaker 13.

On the other hand, when an incoming call is received (step 52), the control device 105 which has received the caller's telephone number, that is, the called number from the telephone 10 is stored in the storage device 20 in advance in association with the called number or the called number. The recipient's name is output to the display device 18 (step 53).

When answering an incoming call and making a call (step 54), the answer key provided on the telephone 10 or the key input device 19 is pressed to perform a hands-free call (step 5).
Execute 5). Further, such a response may be automatically made by a timer or the like after a predetermined time has elapsed.
When the call is not received or when the call ends (step 54), the disconnection key provided on the telephone 10 or the key input device 19 is pressed to disconnect the telephone line.

[0007]

However, in the conventional hands-free device as described above, when there is an incoming call, the called number, that is, the telephone number or name of the calling party is displayed, and the hands-free call uses a speaker. Therefore, if there are passengers, there is a problem in terms of privacy and protection of secrets. Note that Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-203257 discloses a technique of switching between displaying and hiding a telephone number depending on the presence or absence of a passenger. However, in the past, depending on the situation inside the vehicle such as when the vehicle is open with a window open, or depending on the person who is calling, it is possible to handle No technology was known to change the handling, including call types such as free calls, and privacy and confidentiality protection was insufficient.

The present invention has been proposed in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and its purpose is to determine the presence or absence of the display of the other party and the call type such as hands-free call depending on the called party. It is an object of the present invention to provide a hands-free call technology, that is, a hands-free device, an incoming call processing method, and an incoming call processing program that effectively protect privacy and secrets by changing them.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 provides a means for making and receiving a call and a display of the other party of the call in a hands-free device to be installed in a vehicle. Means for performing, means for making a hands-free call with a speaker and a microphone, and based on presetting, based on at least one of the source telephone number notified from the outside when a call is received and the in-vehicle situation to be detected, Selection means for selecting whether or not to display the destination, and to select either hands-free call or non-call.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is obtained by considering the first aspect of the invention as a method. In the incoming call processing method in a hands-free device which is mounted on a vehicle and performs a hands-free telephone call by a speaker and a microphone, In relation to the process of displaying the other party and the detection process of detecting the in-vehicle situation of the vehicle, based on the preset, the sender's telephone number notified from the outside when a call is received and the in-vehicle situation of the detected in-vehicle situation. It is characterized by including a selection process of selecting whether or not to display the destination, and whether to perform the hands-free call or non-call based on at least one of them.

The invention of claim 9 is obtained by considering the inventions of claims 1 and 6 as a computer program.
In a program for processing an incoming call in a hands-free device that performs a hands-free telephone call by a speaker and a microphone by controlling a computer mounted on the vehicle, the program causes the computer to display the other party of the telephone call. Whether or not to display the destination based on at least one of the caller's telephone number notified from the outside when a call is received and the in-vehicle situation to be detected based on the preset setting. It is characterized in that either the hands-free call or the non-call is selected.

[0012] In these aspects, based on the presetting, the telephone number of the other party and the corresponding name are displayed / hidden, the call type, ie Hands-free calling / non-calling can be selected in advance and automatically determined and switched accordingly, so privacy and confidentiality can be effectively protected even when there is a passenger. It should be noted that the situation inside the vehicle includes a case where the vehicle is stopped by opening a window, and in such a case, it may be considered that the hands-free call is not performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the hands-free device according to the first aspect, the detecting means is configured to detect the presence or absence of a passenger as the in-vehicle condition.

In this mode, privacy and secret can be effectively protected by detecting the presence / absence of a passenger in the vehicle by using a weight switch, an infrared sensor or the like.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the hands-free device according to the first or second aspect, the destination display displays a caller telephone number or a character string stored in advance in association with the caller telephone number. It is characterized by

According to this aspect, it is possible to freely use a character string such as a telephone number of a sender and a registered name of an electronic telephone directory stored in advance corresponding thereto as a destination display.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the hands-free device according to the first to third aspects, the selecting means further has an automatic response in which the caller hears a voice message prepared in advance in association with the call type. , And at least one of an answering machine recording for recording a voice message by a caller is also selectable.

The invention of claim 7 is obtained by considering the invention of claim 4 as a method. In the incoming call processing method of claim 6, the selection process is further prepared in advance in relation to the call type. It is characterized in that at least one of an automatic response for allowing the caller to hear the voice message and a voicemail recording for recording the voice message by the caller can be selected.

In these modes, various responses can be facilitated depending on the situation and the other party by utilizing the automatic response and the recorded message.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the hands-free device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the selecting means can further select a handset call as the call type.

The invention of claim 8 is obtained by considering the invention of claim 5 as a method, and in the incoming call processing method according to claim 6 or 7, the selection process further includes handset call as the call type. It is characterized by being selectable.

In these modes, the handset call can also be selected, which facilitates flexible handling according to the in-vehicle situation and the other party.

[0023]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as "embodiments") will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. Here, the present embodiment relates to a hands-free device (referred to as this device), an incoming call processing method corresponding thereto, and an incoming call processing program, and can be realized by controlling a computer with software. However,
Various implementations of hardware and software in this case can be changed. Therefore, in the following description, a virtual circuit block that implements each function of the present invention and this embodiment will be used.

[1. Configuration] This device is a hands-free device to be mounted on a vehicle, and includes the following respective elements shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. That is, the telephone set 10 is a means for making and receiving telephone calls, the handset 11 is a handset with number buttons, the microphone 12 and the speaker 13 are devices for hands-free communication, and, for example, the speaker 13 is an audio speaker installed in the vehicle. Is also possible.

The voice synthesizing device 14 is a part for synthesizing voices of various guidance and response messages, the control device 15 is a control part for controlling each part, and the voice recording device 16 is a part for recording voices such as answering machine voice recording. .

The passenger detection device 17 is means for detecting the presence / absence of a passenger as the inside condition of the vehicle, and the display device 18 is means for displaying the other party of the call, and a liquid crystal display panel or the like is used. The key input device 19 is an input device through which a user inputs an instruction or the like. The destination display may be a source telephone number or a character string such as a name stored in advance in association with the source telephone number. Such a character string is stored using a flash memory, a hard disk drive, or the like. It is stored in the device 20.

The control device 15 has two roles. The first is a means for making a hands-free call by the microphone 12 and the speaker 13, and the second is a call that is notified from the outside when a call is received based on presetting. Whether or not to display the destination on the display device 18 based on at least one of the original telephone number and the in-vehicle situation of the vehicle, and
It is a selection means for selecting a call type. It should be noted that the information indicating the presence / absence of a fellow passenger (referred to as fellow passenger presence / absence information) is used for the in-vehicle situation serving as a selection criterion here.

The call types include hands-free call using the speaker 13 and the like, handset call using the handset 11, and non-call. Automatic call and answering machine recording (called answering recording) are used for non-calling. Options can be added. Among them, the automatic response is to let the caller hear a prepared voice message, and the absence recording is to record the voice message by the caller. It is desirable to use both in combination, but the combination is not essential. You may use only.

[2. Operation] The present embodiment configured as described above operates as follows. Here, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in the present embodiment. In the following operations, operations other than operations to be performed by the user, such as operations, are performed by the operations of the controller 15. Further, in the present embodiment, the control device 15 selects the presence / absence of the display of the other party and whether the call type is non-call, hands-free call, or handset call based on the caller telephone number and the presence / absence of a fellow passenger. The user can select the selection contents for each combination of the source telephone number and the presence / absence of a passenger.
It is preset from No. 9 and is stored in the storage device 20 or the like as shown in FIG.

Then, as shown in FIG. 2, in the case of making a call (step 01), a normal hands-free call is executed (step 08). On the other hand, if there is an incoming call (step 0)
2) The control device 15, which has received the caller's telephone number, that is, the called number from the telephone set 10, receives the called number and the passenger detection device 1
The following selection is made based on the passenger presence / absence information detected by 7 or the passenger presence / absence information input by the key input device 19 and stored in the storage device 20 in advance. In this selection, for example, whether or not the other party can be displayed, that is, display settings and call type information is acquired from the information table stored in the storage device 20 in advance as shown in FIG. 3 (step 03).

In this way, if the destination can be displayed based on the information obtained in step 03 (step 04), the control device 1
Reference numeral 5 denotes a called number or a character string such as a called party name stored in advance in an electronic telephone directory or the like in association with the called number, on the display device 1
8 (step 05).

On the other hand, when the call type information acquired in step 03 indicates a hands-free call (steps 06 and 07), the call is automatically answered by a response timer or the like after a certain period of time to execute the hands-free call ( Step 0
8). In this case, the response is the telephone 10 or the key input device 19
Alternatively, a predetermined response operation such as pressing the response key may be performed.

If the call type information acquired in step 03 indicates a handset call (step 06, step 07), if the user is traveling, stop at a safe place such as the side of the road and make a handset call with the handset 11. (Step 09). During a call, it is possible to switch from a hands-free call to a handset call, or vice versa.

Furthermore, when the information on the call type acquired in step 03 indicates non-call (step 6), the control device 1
The voice synthesizer 14 sends a message indicating that the call cannot be made from the voice synthesizer 14 (called a call disabling message) to the caller (step 10), and the voice recording device 16 records the voice of the caller by the absence recording ( Step 1
1), disconnect the line. Here, in the case of non-call, it may be sufficient to only send the call disallowed message, or the telephone line may be disconnected immediately.

[3. [Effect] As described above, in the present embodiment, based on the preset, the display / non-display of the other party's telephone number and the corresponding name based on the originator's telephone number when receiving a call and the in-vehicle situation Since the call type, that is, handsfree call / non-call, can be selected in advance and automatically determined and switched according to the preset, privacy and secret can be effectively protected even when there is a passenger.

Further, in the present embodiment, privacy or secret can be effectively protected by detecting the presence / absence of a passenger in the vehicle by a weight switch, an infrared sensor or the like.

Further, in the present embodiment, it is possible to freely use a character string such as a source telephone number or a registered name of an electronic telephone directory stored in advance corresponding thereto as a destination display. Further, in the present embodiment, various responses according to the situation and the other party can be facilitated by utilizing the automatic response and the recorded message. In addition, in the present embodiment, since a handset call can also be selected, it becomes easy to flexibly respond to the situation in the vehicle and the other party.

[4. Other Embodiments] The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and includes other embodiments as illustrated below. For example, the handset is not essential, and the call disallowed message is not limited to the synthetic voice and may be preliminarily inhaled by the user. Also,
The situation inside the vehicle includes other situations such as when the vehicle is stopped with the window open, and in such a case, it may be possible not to make a hands-free call.

[0039]

As described above, according to the present invention, a hands-free call that effectively protects privacy and confidentiality by changing the presence or absence of the display of the other party and the call type such as hands-free call depending on the called party. That is, it is possible to provide a hands-free device, an incoming call processing method, and an incoming call processing program.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of information according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional hands-free device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure in a conventional handsfree device.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Telephone 11 ... Handset 12 ... External microphone 13 ... External speaker 14 ... Speech synthesizer 15, 105 ... Control device 16 ... Voice recording device 17: Passenger detection device 18 ... Display device 19 ... Key input device 20 ... Storage device

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Gen Fukaya             5-35-2, Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Clari             On Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Ryuichi Yamada             5-35-2, Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo Clari             On Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 5K027 AA16 HH03 HH23                 5K036 AA05 DD11 JJ04 JJ12 KK09                 5K067 AA34 BB03 DD13 DD16 DD23                       EE02 EE10 FF07 FF23 FF31                       FF38 GG11 HH22

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A hands-free device to be installed in a vehicle, means for making and receiving a call, means for displaying a destination of a call, means for making a hands-free call using a speaker and a microphone, in advance. Based on the setting, whether or not to display the other party and whether to perform the hands-free call based on at least one of the caller's telephone number and the in-vehicle situation of the vehicle notified from the outside when the call is received. A hands-free device comprising: a selection unit for selecting either non-call or non-call. 2. A means for detecting the presence / absence of a fellow passenger as the vehicle interior condition of the vehicle is provided.
Hands-free device as described. 3. The hands-free device according to claim 1, wherein the destination display is a source telephone number or a character string stored in advance in association with the source telephone number. 4. The selecting means further selects at least one of an automatic response to make a caller hear a voice message prepared in advance and an answering machine recording voice message recorded by the caller, in association with the call type. The hands-free device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which is possible. 5. The hands-free device according to claim 1, wherein the selecting unit further selects a handset call as the call type. 6. An incoming call processing method in a hands-free device for carrying out a hands-free phone call using a speaker and a microphone mounted on a vehicle, a process of displaying the other party of the call and a notification from the outside when an incoming call is received based on a preset. Whether to display the destination based on at least one of the source telephone number and the in-vehicle situation of the vehicle,
And an incoming call processing method comprising a selection process of selecting either hands-free call or non-call. 7. The selecting process further selects at least one of an automatic response for making a caller hear a voice message prepared in advance and an answering machine recording a voice message by the caller, in association with the call type. The incoming call processing method according to claim 6, wherein the incoming call processing is possible. 8. The incoming call processing method according to claim 6, wherein in the selection process, a handset call is further selectable as the call type. 9. An incoming call processing program in a hands-free device for performing a hands-free telephone call using a speaker and a microphone by controlling a computer mounted on a vehicle, the program displaying the destination of the telephone call on the computer. Whether or not to display the other party based on at least one of the source telephone number and the in-vehicle situation of the vehicle that are notified from the outside when a call is received, based on presetting.
And a program for processing an incoming call, which allows the user to select either hands-free calling or non-calling.