JP2003152823A - Mobile telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile telephone that can revise settings of a ringer tone volume or the like without any artificial operation and the need for revising the facility of a base station. SOLUTION: The mobile telephone is provided with a database 103 that registers a couple of information items about a position at which the mobile telephone is placed and a ringer tone volume to be set at the position, information about whether or not the mobile telephone is to be vibrated at the arrival of a call, information about whether or not a message from a caller is to be recorded at the arrival of a call, and information about whether or not mail transmission reception is to be permitted in pairs, a searching means 101 that searches the position at which the mobile telephone is actually located on the basis of radio waves from at least three of GPS (global positioning system) satellites or base stations or more, a data control means 102 that references the database 103 on the basis of the position searched by the searching means 101 to read a ringer tone volume registered in the database corresponding to the position, and a setting means 104 that sets the ringer tone volume to that read by the data control means 102.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile phone device, and more particularly to a mobile phone device for setting the volume of a ringing tone and turning on / off a vibrator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a workplace or a public facility, a user of a mobile phone device has changed the ringing volume of the mobile phone device or turned on a vibrator. If these operations are forgotten, the surroundings will be annoying, so it is desirable to be able to change the volume of the incoming call volume without artificial operation.

Therefore, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-1609
Japanese Patent Publication No. 85 (mobile phone system using GPS and its usage) and Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-18159 (GP).
S-device-equipped mobile phone) describes a technique for forcibly blocking an incoming call to the mobile phone device.

Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-224661 discloses a GPS receiving means in a mobile terminal and a means for transmitting the current location information to a base station via a network when the current location information is input from the GPS receiving means. The base station has a database for storing the area in which the function of the mobile terminal is desired to be controlled, and means for transmitting a function control signal such as a use restriction to the terminal side, thereby limiting the use of the mobile terminal in the area. It describes a method of controlling the function of a mobile terminal that enables such function control as described above.

[0005]

However, in the conventional technique, in order to forcibly block the incoming call of the portable telephone device,
In addition, it is necessary to change the equipment of the base station in order to enable the function control such as the usage restriction of the mobile terminal, which necessitates a new equipment investment.

In some cases, it is sufficient not only to forcibly cut off the incoming call to the portable telephone device, but also to reduce the incoming call volume or turn on the vibrator.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable telephone device capable of changing the ringing tone volume setting and the like without changing the equipment of the base station without artificial operation.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the portable telephone device of the present invention is a database for registering a pair of a position where the device is placed and a ringing tone volume to be set at the position. A search means for searching a position where the own device is actually placed, and a setting for setting a ringing tone volume registered corresponding to the position by referring to the database based on the position searched by the searching means And means.

Further, in the ringing tone volume setting method of the present invention, the position where the own device is placed and the ringing tone volume which should be set at that position are registered as a pair, and the position where the own device is actually placed is searched. At this time, the database is referred to based on the search result and the ringing tone volume registered corresponding to the position is set.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

(Embodiment 1) [Description of Configuration] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a portable telephone device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 1 shows the position where the device is placed, the incoming call volume to be set at the position, information on whether to vibrate the device at the time of incoming call, and information on whether to record a message from the caller at the time of incoming call. And a database 103 for registering a pair of information as to whether or not to prohibit calls and to allow only sending and receiving of mail, and radio waves from at least three or more Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and base stations. Searching means 101 for searching the position where the device is actually placed based on the radio wave from
Database 10 based on the position retrieved by 1.
3, the data control means 102 for reading the ring tone volume registered corresponding to the position, and the data control means 1
Setting means 104 for setting the ring tone volume read in 02
Is shown.

[Explanation of Operation] FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the portable telephone device of FIG.

For example, a user of the mobile phone device records in advance a position where he / she frequently stays, a ring tone volume to be set at that position, information as to whether or not the device should be vibrated when receiving a call, and a message from a caller when receiving a call. Information on whether or not it is registered as a pair in the database 103 (step S2).
01).

Then, the search means 101 searches the current position information of its own device at predetermined time intervals such as 5 minutes in response to a request from a request means described later based on radio waves from a GPS satellite or the like. , And outputs the search result to the data control means 102 (step S202).

Next, the data control means 102, based on the position information retrieved by the retrieval means 101, the database 1
03 (step S203).

The position information is stored in the database 10.
It is judged whether or not it is registered in 3 and the database 10
If it is determined that the position information is registered in 3, the data such as the ringing tone volume registered correspondingly is read out,
It is output to the setting means 104 (step S204).

The setting means 104 is a data control means 102.
The ring tone volume or the vibrator setting that is currently set is changed according to the data such as the ring tone volume read in (step S205).

When referring to the database 103, if the data corresponding to the position information is not registered, the process returns to step S202 to search for the position information after a predetermined time.

Further, a detecting means for detecting whether or not the own device is moving, and a search means 101 for searching the position of the own device when the detecting means detects that the own device is not moving. It is also possible to provide a requesting means for making a request to the device, and wait for a request from the requesting means to search the position information of the present device.

(Embodiment 2) [Description of Configuration] FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a portable telephone device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In order to prevent the data control unit 102 from unnecessarily referring to the database 103, FIG. 3 is provided with a memory 105 for storing the position information of its own device searched by the searching unit 101.

In FIG. 3, the same parts as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, but the data control means 102
A comparison unit that compares the search result stored in the memory 105 when the search unit 101 searches the actual position of the device, and the contents of the memory 105 after the comparison by the comparison unit. And an updating means for updating to a new search result.

[Explanation of Operation] FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the portable telephone device of FIG.

Similar to the first embodiment, the user of the portable telephone device is made to register in advance the data such as the ring tone volume to be set in the database 103 (step S40).
1) The search means 101 searches the current position information of its own device at predetermined time intervals and outputs the search result to the data control means 102 (step S402).

Next, the data control means 102 refers to the memory 105 based on the position information retrieved by the retrieval means 101 and reads out the location information of its own device at the time of the previous retrieval (step S403).

Then, it is determined whether or not the position information searched by the searching means 101 and the position information stored in the memory 105 match (step S404).

As a result of the discrimination, when the position information searched by the searching means 101 and the position information stored in the memory 105 match, the current position is stored in the memory 105 without referring to the database 103. The information and the time are stored and the process returns to step S402 (step S40).
5).

On the other hand, if the position information searched by the searching means 101 and the position information stored in the memory 105 do not match, the current position information and the time are stored in the memory 105 ( Step S406), search means 1
Database 10 based on the location information searched in 01
3 (step S407), the database 10
If it is determined that the position information is registered in 3, the data such as the ringing tone volume registered correspondingly is read out,
Output to the setting means 104.

The setting means 104 is the data control means 102.
According to the data such as the ringing tone volume read in step 3, the currently set ringing tone volume or vibrator setting is changed (step S408).

When referring to the database 103, if the data corresponding to the position information is not registered, the process returns to step S402, and after a predetermined time, the position information is searched.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to change the ring tone volume setting without changing the equipment of the base station and without any artificial operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the mobile phone device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a mobile phone device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the mobile phone device of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols] 101 Search method 102 data control means 103 database 104 setting means 105 memory

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A database in which a position at which the device is placed and a ringing tone volume to be set at the position are registered as a pair, a search means for searching a position at which the device is actually placed, and the search. A mobile phone device comprising: a setting unit that refers to the database based on the position searched by the unit and sets the ringing tone volume registered corresponding to the position. 2. The searching means searches for a position where the own device is actually placed based on a radio wave from a global positioning system satellite or a radio wave from a base station. Mobile phone device. 3. The mobile phone device according to claim 1, wherein the database is capable of registering information as to whether or not the device itself is vibrated when an incoming call arrives. 4. The mobile phone device according to claim 1, wherein the database is capable of registering information as to whether or not to record a message from a caller when an incoming call arrives. 5. A detecting means for detecting whether or not the own device is moving, and a position of the own device is searched for by the searching means when the detecting means detects that the own device is not moving. 5. The mobile phone device according to claim 1, further comprising requesting means for making the request. 6. A memory for storing a search result of the search means, and a search result and the memory stored in the memory when the search means searches a position where the own device is actually placed. 5. A comparison means for comparing the search result of 1. with the search result of claim 5, and an update means for updating the content of the memory with a new search result after the comparison by the comparison means. The described mobile phone device.