JP2003333131A - Mobile telephone equipment, battery charger and battery charging system therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To arbitrarily set a status of an incoming tone from the side of a battery charger even when mobile telephone equipment is set on the battery charger. <P>SOLUTION: While mobile telephone equipment 1 is set on a battery charger 1, the incoming tone is set to the same status as an incoming tone setting status which is set on the side of the battery charger 2 by an external incoming tone setting part 12. In the battery charger 2, incoming tone valid and invalid times are set by incoming tone valid and invalid time setting parts 24 and 25, and whether the incoming tone is made valid or invalid is set by a manual valid/ invalid switch 22/23 preferentially regardless of valid/invalid time setting. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

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, a charger therefor, and a charging system, and more particularly to a method of setting a ringing tone during charging.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mobile phone device can enable or disable the ring tone depending on the usage condition thereof. Therefore, the user can change the ring tone setting state each time. Need to change. For example, if you are using a transportation system such as a train or bus, or if you are using a public facility such as a theater or movie theater, you can disable the ring tone by selecting the manner mode. Is able to.

[0003]

As described above, in the case of returning home and charging with the charger without noticing that the ring tone is invalidated, even if there is an incoming call, it is necessary to know the incoming call. Will not be possible. Therefore, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-205473
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-261307, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000
JP-A-2242271, JP-A-2000-358085 and the like disclose a technique of forcibly validating a ring tone and notifying a user of an incoming call while the mobile phone device is set in a charger and charged. Has been done.

In all of the techniques disclosed in the above-mentioned publications, a mobile phone device detects that it is set in a charger and forcibly activates a ring tone within the mobile phone device. Therefore, there is a problem that the ringing tone is played even when the ringing tone is unnecessary in the middle of the night.

It is an object of the present invention to enable or disable the ring tone on the charger side, and to set the ring tone on the charger side regardless of the setting state of the ring tone on the portable telephone device side. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone device, a charger thereof, and a charging system capable of complying with specifications.

[0006]

The portable telephone device according to the present invention has means for detecting whether or not it is set in the charger, and when it is set in the charger, it is set by the charger. Means for controlling the ring tone according to the ring tone setting state.

The battery charger for a mobile phone device according to the present invention is characterized by including means for setting the valid / invalid state of the ring tone of the mobile phone device. Further, the means for setting the valid / invalid state has a time setting means for setting a time for validating or invalidating the ring tone. Further, the means for setting the valid / invalid state has a manual switch for validating or invalidating the ring tone, and the setting by the manual switch is prioritized over the setting of the time setting means. It is characterized by being.

The charging system according to the present invention is provided in a mobile phone device and is set in the charger,
And a means for controlling the ring tone according to the ring tone setting state set in the charger, and a means provided in the charger for setting the valid / invalid state of the ring tone of the mobile phone device. Is characterized by.

The operation of the present invention will be described. When the mobile phone device is set in the charger, the ring tone setting state of the mobile phone device is configured to follow the ring tone setting state specified on the charger side. In the charger, the ringing tone can be turned off in the middle of the night by setting the time for validating / invalidating the ringing tone. In addition, even during the time when the ring tone is enabled / disabled, the user manually disables / disables it.
It is also possible to forcefully switch to valid.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile phone device 1 is
It has an internal ringtone setting unit 11, an external ringtone setting unit 12, and a charger set detection unit 13.

The internal ring tone setting unit 11 controls the valid / invalid state of the ring tone, and the external ring tone setting unit 12 detects that the portable telephone device 1 is set in the charger 2. In this case, the ring tone setting control is performed according to the ring tone setting state set externally, that is, on the charger 2 side. The charger set detection unit 13 detects whether the mobile phone device 1 is set in the charger 2.

The mobile phone charger 26 includes a ring tone designating section 2
1, manual enable switch 22, and manual disable switch 23
It has a ringtone valid time setting unit 24, a ringtone invalid time setting unit 25, and a clock unit (timer) 26.

The ring tone designating section 21 is for notifying the incoming call state set on the charger 2 side to the portable telephone device 1 side set on the charger 2. The clock unit 26 is a timer and supplies time to the ringing tone valid time setting unit 24 and the ringing tone invalid time setting unit 25.

The ringtone valid time setting unit 24 is for setting the time for which the ringtone is valid, and the ringtone invalid time setting unit 25 is for setting the time for invalidating the ringtone. Is. The manual valid switch 22 and the manual invalid switch 23 are switches for manually setting valid / invalid of the ring tone, and the setting of the switches of these switches 22 and 23 is the ring tone valid time setting unit 24 and The priority is given to the setting of the ringtone invalid time setting unit 25.

When the mobile phone device 1 is set in the charger 2, the external ring tone setting section 12 is set to the same setting as the ring tone designating section 21 of the charger 2.
When the mobile phone 1 receives an incoming call, if it is set in the charger 2, the ringing tone is controlled according to the setting of the external ringing tone setting unit 12. On the other hand, when there is an incoming call to the mobile phone device 1 and if it is not set in the charger 2, the ring tone is controlled according to the setting of the internal ring tone setting unit 11.

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail below with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. First, referring to FIG. 2, there is shown an operation flow of the ring tone control of the mobile phone device 1. When the mobile phone device 1 is not set in the charger 2 (“N” in step S1), it is designated inside the device. The ring tone is controlled according to the ring tone setting state (step S2). That is, the setting state in the internal ringtone setting section 11 is followed.

On the other hand, the portable telephone device 1 is provided with the charger 2
If it is set to (Y in step S1), incoming control is performed according to the ring tone setting state designated by the charger (step S3).

Next, referring to FIG. 3, there is shown an operation flow of the ring tone control of the charger 2. When the manual valid switch 22 is on (“Y” in step S11), the ring tone is forcibly validated. (Step S12). This designation is transmitted to the mobile phone device 1 via the ring tone designating section 21, and the same applies hereinafter. If the manual invalidation switch 23 is on (“Y” in step S13), the ring tone is designated to be forcibly invalidated (step S1).
4).

When both the manual valid switch 22 and the manual invalid switch 23 are off (“N” in steps S11 and S13), the ring tone is set according to the settings of the ring tone valid time setting section 24 and the ring tone invalid time setting section 25. Will be controlled (step S15).

The charger set detection unit 1 shown in FIG.
3 does not need to be provided if the external ringtone setting unit 12 has a charger set detection function.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the portable telephone device is set in the charger, it is forcibly set to the ring tone setting state set on the charger side.
The mobile phone device side has an effect that it is not necessary to perform the operation of setting the ring tone each time. In addition, regardless of the ring tone setting state on the charger side, it is possible to temporarily forcibly control the validity or invalidity of the ring tone.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart of the mobile phone device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation flow diagram of the charger in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Mobile phone device 2 charger 11 Internal ringtone setting section 12 External ringtone setting section 13 Charger set detector 21 Ringtone Designator 22 Manual enable switch 23 Manual override switch 24 Ring tone valid time setting section 25 Ring tone invalid time setting section 26 Clock Department

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A means for detecting whether or not it is set in a charger, and when it is set in a charger, it controls the ring tone according to the ring tone setting state set in the charger. A mobile phone device comprising means. 2. A charger for a mobile phone device, comprising: means for setting a valid / invalid state of a ring tone of the mobile phone device. 3. The charger according to claim 2, wherein the means for setting the valid / invalid state has a time setting means for setting a time for validating or invalidating the ring tone. 4. The charger according to claim 3, wherein the means for setting the valid / invalid state has a manual switch for validating or invalidating the ring tone. 5. The charger according to claim 4, wherein the setting by the manual switch has a priority over the setting by the time setting means. 6. A charging system including a mobile phone device and a charger for charging the mobile phone device, wherein the mobile phone device is set to the charger when the mobile phone device is set in the charger. Has a means for controlling the ring tone according to the ring tone setting state set in, the charger,
A charging system comprising means for setting a valid / invalid state of a ring tone of the mobile phone device.