JP2005094430A - Telephone set with incoming call status notifying function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone set with an incoming call status notifying function which can saving time and effort of setting blinking data of a light-emitting element such as an LED. <P>SOLUTION: The telephone set with an incoming status notifying function is provided with a ring tone generating means with which a user can select or arbitrarily set a ring tone from among melody patterns previously prepared, and a light-emitting element driving means having at least one light-emitting element (incoming call LED 6) for informing an incoming call status by a blinking state. This telephone set is constituted so that the light-emitting element (incoming call LED 6) is allowed to blink synchronously with the sound signal of the ring tone. With this configuration, the telephone set notifies a user of a caller, and the time and effort of setting blinking data of the light-emitting element can be saved. Moreover, since the light-emitting element blinks, even if the telephone set is set not to make a ring tone, the user can recognize the caller by viewing from a distant place. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone having a function of notifying an incoming state by sound and a light emitting element such as an LED (light emitting diode).

  The telephone is naturally provided with means for notifying the user that an incoming call has been received. In the old days, one type of ring tone was sounded by a bell or speaker when receiving an incoming call.In recent years, however, the type of ring tone or ringing melody is set to be different for each caller or caller group, and whoever takes the call. There is one that has a function of identifying whether it has been received without removing the handset (see, for example, Patent Document 1, paragraph 0002). In this way, confirmation by an LCD (liquid crystal) display or the like provided in the telephone body is unnecessary.

  In addition to the setting of this ring tone, there is one that has a function of selecting and setting an LED (light emitting diode) color and display pattern from several types prepared in advance in the mobile phone device (patent document, ibid.). 1, paragraph 0002).

Further, there has been proposed a method for setting an incoming call notification pattern for a mobile phone in which a user can arbitrarily set a pattern of change in lighting color due to a combination of blinking of a plurality of LEDs and a cycle of the change (see above-mentioned patent document). 1, paragraph 0016).
Japanese Patent No. 3395741 (paragraphs 0002 and 0016)

  In the above-described telephone device having a function for selecting and setting the LED color and display pattern from several types prepared in advance, in order to use this function, display is performed for each callee or each group. It is necessary to set the pattern. Further, the display pattern is limited only to the prepared pattern.

  In that respect, the above-described incoming call notification pattern setting method has an advantage that the user can arbitrarily set the display pattern. However, when the LED color and display pattern are set using the function, the user must set the ringer tone, the ring melody, and the LED in each caller data, and the setting operation is troublesome. There was a problem.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone with an incoming call state notification function that can save the trouble of setting blinking data of light emitting elements such as LEDs.

  The main feature of the present invention is that, in a telephone with an incoming call status notification function, a light emitting element is flashed in synchronization with a sound signal of a ringing tone to notify a caller to a user.

  Thereby, the flashing state of the light emitting element automatically changes for each caller only by setting the ring tone by the user.

  Here, the “telephone” includes a fixed telephone and a mobile telephone.

As described above, the telephone with an incoming call state notification function of the present invention can be made to blink in synchronization with the sound signal of the ringing tone, thereby eliminating the trouble of setting the blink data of the light emitting element.

  Further, since the light emitting element blinks, even if the setting is made so as not to emit a ring tone, the caller can be recognized by visual recognition from a distance.

  The present invention achieves the object of saving the trouble of setting the flashing data of the light emitting element in the telephone with an incoming call state notification function by flashing in synchronization with the sound signal of the ringing tone.

  The first invention made to solve the above-mentioned problem is that a ring tone is selectable from patterns prepared in advance or can be arbitrarily set, and a ring tone is notified by a blinking state. And a light emitting element driving unit having at least one light emitting element, wherein the light emitting element driving unit has a function of causing the light emitting element to blink in synchronization with an audio signal of the ringing tone. In this case, the light emitting element blinking pattern is automatically determined simply by selecting or setting a ring tone, so that the setting time can be saved.

  According to a second invention for solving the above-mentioned problems, in the first invention, the light emitting element driving means causes the light emitting element to blink according to the on / off pattern of the bell sound when the ring tone is a bell sound. In this way, simply by selecting or setting the ring tone, the blinking pattern of the light emitting element is automatically determined, so that the setting time can be saved.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In addition, as the “light emitting element”, use of a light bulb, a liquid crystal display, or the like is not prohibited, but the case where an LED is used will be described below.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of signal processing in the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 shows an example of ringing tone on / off and LED on / off in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a time chart.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the telephone with an incoming state notification function according to the present embodiment includes a CPU (central processing unit) 1 that controls each block and another telephone (between the master unit and the slave unit when it is a fixed phone). Wireless control unit 2 that performs transmission / reception to / from the CPU 1, key matrix 3 that transmits operation of numeric keys and function keys to CPU 1, key illumination 4, and temporary storage of signals and programs between CPU 1 and incoming calls RAM (Random Access Memory) and ROM (Read Only Memory) for storing sound patterns and the like, one incoming LED 6 for displaying the incoming state, and a predetermined pattern generated by the CPU 1 at the time of incoming call A bell circuit 7 that generates a bell signal analog signal, and a speakerphone 8 that outputs the signal generated by the bell circuit 7 as an audio signal; It is provided.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When there is an incoming call in step 1, the CPU 1 outputs a ringtone ringing start signal stored in the memory 5 in step S2. In step S3, it is determined whether or not an ON signal is output to the bell circuit 7. If the signal is an ON signal, control is performed so that the incoming LED 6 is lit in step S4. When the signal is an off signal, the incoming LED 6 is controlled to be turned off in step S5.

  In this way, the incoming LED 6 is driven by an on / off signal synchronized with the bell sound. The state is shown in FIG. FIG. 3A shows that when the bell sound rings continuously at a constant cycle, the incoming LED 6 also repeats blinking continuously at a constant cycle. FIG. 3B shows that when the bell sound repeats the on / off and pause periods in a certain cycle, the incoming LED 6 also repeats the on / off and pause periods in a certain cycle.

  According to this embodiment, since the blinking state of one incoming LED 6 and the incoming bell sound are synchronized, if the on / off pattern of the incoming bell sound is remembered, the incoming bell sound cannot be heard or turned off. It is possible to determine who is receiving the call even if the call is received.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used as a telephone with an incoming state notification function that can save the trouble of setting blinking data of light emitting elements such as LEDs.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the Example of this invention. Flowchart of signal processing in an embodiment of the present invention The time chart which shows the example of ON / OFF of the ringtone and the ON / OFF of LED in the Example of this invention

Explanation of symbols

1 CPU
2 Wireless control unit 3 Key matrix 4 Key illumination 5 Memory 6 Incoming LED
7 Bell circuit 8 Speakerphone

Claims (2)

A ring tone generation unit that can select a ring tone from patterns prepared in advance or can be arbitrarily set, and a light emitting element driving unit that has at least one light emitting element that notifies a ringing state by a blinking state. On the phone
A telephone with an incoming state notification function, wherein the light emitting element driving means has a function of causing the light emitting element to blink in synchronization with an audio signal of the ringtone. 2. The incoming light state notification function according to claim 1, wherein when the ringing tone is a bell sound, the light emitting element driving unit blinks the light emitting element according to an on / off pattern of the bell sound. Phone.

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