JP2005210516A - Portable communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide not only termination, but also more other information for a user, to realize a user interface which is more friendly and easy to know, and to realize even termination notice, corresponding to the user state of a terminal. <P>SOLUTION: A rotating hinge mechanism between an upper casing 1 and a lower casing 2 can be driven by a motor etc., to rotate on an axis of rotation. For example, when there is a telephone incoming call or electronic mail incoming, the angle of rotation of the rotating hinge mechanism is changed, according to the kind of the incoming to let the user know the kind of the incoming call. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal suitable for, for example, a mobile phone or a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) having a communication function.

  Conventionally, in a mobile communication terminal having a communication function such as a mobile phone, for example, when there is an incoming call or an incoming e-mail (hereinafter, collectively referred to as an incoming call), The user is notified of the incoming call by outputting sound from a speaker, vibration of a vibrator, light emission of an LED (light emitting diode), or the like.

  Further, as other methods for notifying the user of an incoming call to the mobile communication terminal, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-281116 (Patent Document 1) and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-319019 (Patent Document 2). A motor is provided in the folding hinge part of the folding type mobile phone, and when there is an incoming call when the mobile phone is folded, the motor is driven to control the phone to be in a fully opened state. Thus, there is disclosed a method capable of notifying a user that there is an incoming call regardless of sound or vibration of a vibrator.

JP 2002-281116 A (FIG. 1) JP 2003-319019 A (FIG. 1)

  Of the conventional methods for notification of incoming calls described above, in the case of the method of outputting sound from the speaker, a noisy sound will be heard at the same time as the incoming call. It will cause trouble to people. Also, in the case of a method of vibrating the vibrator, for example, if the mobile communication terminal is placed on a desk, the terminal vibrates vigorously on the desk due to the vibration of the vibrator, and thus a noisy and annoying sound will sound. . On the other hand, in the case of the method of causing the LED or the like to emit light, the above-mentioned sound does not sound, but conspicuous bright light blinks, and there is too much visual impact, which is very annoying.

  On the other hand, in the case of the method of automatically opening the folding-type mobile phone at the same time as the incoming call as in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the noisy sound does not sound and no annoying light is emitted. It is considered effective as a method for notifying the user of an incoming call. However, in the methods described in these Patent Documents 1 and 2, the only information that the user can know by automatically opening the mobile phone is that there is an incoming call to the mobile phone. For this reason, the advent of a mobile communication terminal that can provide a user with a lot of other information as well as simply notify the user that there has been an incoming call, and realize a user-friendly and easy-to-understand user interface. It is desired.

  In the case of the methods described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, since the mobile phone automatically opens simultaneously with the incoming call, for example, when the mobile phone is put in a pocket or in a bag. A large pressure is applied to the folding hinge portion, and there is a possibility that the folding hinge portion may be damaged in the worst case. In addition, for example, during a meeting, if there is an incoming call while the mobile phone is placed on a desk or the like, the mobile phone automatically opens, which may be annoying for other people. Because of this, it is possible to realize incoming call notification adapted to the usage status of the mobile communication device, such as when it is placed in a pocket or bag, or when it is placed on a desk during a meeting. New mobile communication terminals are desired.

  The present invention has been proposed in view of such circumstances, and can provide not only the presence / absence of an incoming call but also a lot of other information to the user, and can realize a user interface that is gentler and easier to understand. An object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal capable of realizing an incoming call notification according to the use state of the communication terminal.

  The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes a connecting portion that connects the first housing and the second housing and can change a relative arrangement state of the first housing and the second housing. An information acquisition unit that is a mobile communication terminal and acquires information to be notified to the user, and a relative relationship between the first casing and the second casing based on the notification information to the user acquired by the information acquisition unit. An arrangement setting means for setting an arrangement state; a coupling portion driving means for driving the coupling portion to change the relative arrangement of the first casing and the second casing; the first casing and the second casing; By having the drive control means for driving the connecting portion by controlling the connecting portion driving means so that the relative arrangement state of the housing of the housing becomes the arrangement state set by the arrangement setting means. Solve.

  Here, the connecting portion includes, for example, rotating hinge means that connects the first housing and the second housing so as to be rotatable around the rotation axis, and the rotating hinge means rotates around the rotation axis. The relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing is changed by moving, and the connecting portion driving means has a rotation driving means for rotating the rotation hinge means about the rotation axis, The arrangement setting means sets a relative rotation angle between the first casing and the second casing as an arrangement state, and the drive control means responds to the rotation angle set by the arrangement setting means. The rotation angle of the rotation driving means is controlled.

  That is, according to the present invention, the content of notification to the user can be expressed by the relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing.

  In the present invention, the content of the notification to the user is expressed by the relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing, so that not only whether there is an incoming call, It is possible to provide a user interface that can be provided to the user more gently and easily, and an incoming call notification according to the usage state of the mobile communication terminal can be realized.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Here, a mobile phone terminal will be described as an embodiment of the mobile communication terminal of the present invention.

[External configuration of mobile phone terminal]
1 to 3 show the appearance of a mobile phone terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment includes an upper casing 1 provided with a display 3 and a numeric keypad or the like arranged on the lower side of the upper casing 1 and on the surface in the same direction as the display surface of the display 3. The lower casing 2 is a rotary open type mobile phone terminal that is rotatable in the horizontal direction around a rotating hinge mechanism (not shown) provided at one end of the casing. FIG. 1 shows a state in which the cellular phone terminal of the present embodiment is opened (hereinafter referred to as an open state), and FIG. 2 shows that the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 are rotated approximately 90 degrees around the rotary hinge mechanism. FIG. 3 shows a state when the mobile phone terminal is closed (hereinafter referred to as a closed state).

  In addition to the display 3, the upper housing 1 has a speaker 4, a mail function key used for creating and sending / receiving e-mails, various settings for the mail function, a call key 6 used for outgoing and incoming calls, a call Exit key 7 used for exiting application, running application, turning on / off power, clear key used for clearing (deleting) input information, disk type jog dial 5, character type conversion for character input, etc. Various control elements such as a switching key used in the above are provided. The display 3, the keys, the disc type jog dial 5 and the like provided in the upper casing 1 are one surface portion that is always outside even when the cellular phone terminal of the present embodiment is closed as shown in FIG. (One main surface portion, hereinafter, this housing surface portion is particularly referred to as a display installation surface).

  The display 3 includes a liquid crystal display panel and an EL (electroluminescence) display panel for displaying a telephone number, a standby image, an e-mail text, a screen during music playback, and the like. The speaker 4 is provided for outputting a call voice or the like. Note that a ring tone and a speaker for music playback are separately incorporated. Since the display 3 is provided on the display installation surface of the upper housing 1, the user can see the display on the display 3 even when the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment is closed. it can.

  The disc-type jog dial 5 is an operation device in which a rotary dial (rotary operation element), a cross key (direction indicating operation element), and a push button (pressing operation element) are integrated. The rotary dial is provided on the outermost peripheral portion of the disc type jog dial 5 and is configured to be rotatable around a rotation axis that is substantially perpendicular to the display installation surface of the upper housing 1. In addition, a rotation detection mechanism such as a Hall element (not shown) is provided inside. The mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment can detect how much the user has rotated the rotary dial in which direction based on a rotation detection signal (for example, a pulse signal output from the Hall element) from the rotation detection mechanism. It has been. The cross key is formed in a ring shape on the inner peripheral side of the rotary dial, and includes an inclining member (not shown) that can be elastically deformed, for example, and at least upward, downward, left, and right directions by the user And a tilt direction detecting mechanism (not shown) including four switches and the like that can detect the tilting operation. The push button is provided at the center of the disc type jog dial 5 and includes a push switch mechanism that detects a push operation in a direction substantially perpendicular to the display installation surface of the upper housing 1. . Since the disc-type jog dial 5 is provided on the display installation surface of the external housing 1, even when the cellular phone terminal of the present embodiment is closed, the user can use the rotary dial, the cross key, and the push key. Each button can be operated.

  The lower housing 2 includes a microphone 10, for example, in addition to a 12 key 9 composed of a numeric keypad of “0” to “9”, “*” and “#” keys used for inputting a telephone number and the like. A manner key that is operated when a ring tone is not generated at the time of an incoming call, for example, a memo key that is operated when recording a voice, an antenna storage unit 11 and the like are provided. Each key provided in the lower casing 2 is a surface portion (one main surface portion, hereinafter referred to as the surface of the casing) that is covered by the upper casing 1 when the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment is closed. The portion is particularly called a numeric keypad installation surface).

  The microphone 10 converts call sound into an electrical signal, and is provided in the vicinity of the rotary hinge mechanism in the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the microphone 10 is provided in the vicinity of the rotary hinge mechanism so that the microphone 10 and the speaker 4 do not overlap when the mobile phone terminal is in the closed state. This is because a call can be made in either the closed state or the open state.

  In the lower housing 2, a main circuit configuration is provided, and a detachable battery (not shown) and a power supply system for supplying power from the battery to each unit are provided.

  In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted in FIGS. 1-3, the mobile phone terminal of this embodiment is the sensor for an opening / closing detection for detecting an open state and a closed state, and the attitude | position and movement of a mobile phone terminal. Various sensors such as a gyro sensor for detecting, an acceleration sensor for detecting acceleration when the mobile phone terminal is moved, a temperature sensor for detecting temperature, a humidity sensor for detecting humidity, and an optical sensor for detecting light The sensor is equipped. Although details will be described later, the mobile phone terminal can control the operation of a housing opening / closing drive unit described later based on detection signals from the various sensors.

[Rotary hinge mechanism of mobile phone terminal]
FIG. 4 shows a schematic configuration of the rotary hinge mechanism of the mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment.

  The rotating hinge mechanism rotates the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 in the horizontal direction with respect to each other, and rotates the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 around the rotation shaft. And a housing opening / closing drive unit 21 for the purpose. The case opening / closing drive unit 21 includes, for example, a ring-shaped ultrasonic motor for rotating the upper case 1 and the lower case 2 around the rotation axis, and the rotation angle of the rotary hinge mechanism, that is, the upper case 1. And a rotary encoder for detecting the relative angle of the lower housing 2. Note that the ultrasonic motor and the rotary encoder are examples, and other actuators such as a motor and a rotation angle detection mechanism may be used. The casing opening / closing drive section 21 rotates the upper casing 1 and the lower casing 2 by a predetermined amount in the direction around the rotation axis under the control of the control section 41 described later. That is, in the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment, the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 is provided inside the rotary hinge mechanism, and the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 is driven and controlled under the control of the control unit 41, thereby The body 1 and the lower housing 2 can be automatically opened and closed, and the relative angle between the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 can be set to an arbitrary angle.

[Internal circuit configuration of mobile phone terminal]
FIG. 5 shows a schematic internal circuit configuration of the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment.

  The antenna 42 is, for example, a built-in antenna for transmitting and receiving signal radio waves, and is provided in the antenna storage unit 11 of FIGS. The communication circuit 43 performs frequency conversion, modulation and demodulation of transmission / reception signals, spectrum spreading and despreading, discrimination of transmitted / received data as call voice data or other data, and the like. The data other than the call voice data is image data, e-mail, program data, and other data. The received call voice data is sent to the voice signal processing unit 44 via the data line.

  The voice signal processing unit 44 decodes the call voice data and sends the decoded voice data to the speaker 48 via the data line. The speaker 48 corresponds to the speaker 4 of FIGS. 1 to 3 described above, includes a digital / analog converter and an amplifier, and outputs audio data after digital / analog conversion and amplification. As a result, a call voice can be obtained from the speaker 48.

  The microphone 49 corresponds to the microphone 10 of FIG. 2 described above, and includes an analog / digital converter and an amplifier. The call voice signal input via the microphone 49 is amplified to a predetermined level by an amplifier, then converted to digital voice data by an analog / digital converter, and sent to the voice processing unit 44 via a data line. And then sent to the communication circuit 43.

  The display unit 45 includes the display 3 described above and a driving circuit for displaying an image or the like on the display 3. In the case of this embodiment, the display 3 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device, and therefore the drive circuit is composed of a circuit for driving each liquid crystal cell and a circuit for driving the backlight to be lit.

  The operation unit 46 is an operation device operated by a user such as the 12 key 9, the call key 6, the end key 7, and the disk type jog dial 5 described above. When each key, the disk type jog dial 5 or the like is operated by the user, the operation unit 46 generates an operation signal corresponding to the user operation and sends it to the control unit 41.

  The memory 47 includes a RAM and a ROM. The ROM is a control program for the control unit 41 to control each unit, various initial setting values, a telephone number of the mobile phone terminal, font data, predictive conversion at the time of character input. Stores dictionary data including candidate words, user schedule data, program codes for various applications such as application programs for realizing mail functions and schedule functions, identification information (ID) of the mobile phone terminal, etc. ing. This ROM includes a rewritable ROM such as an EEPROM, and includes e-mail data, a telephone directory and e-mail address set by the user, downloaded photo data and ringtone data, registration data of candidate words for predictive conversion, It is also possible to store prediction conversion learning data, compression-encoded music data, outgoing / incoming history data, and other various user setting values. In particular, in the mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment, information on priority and importance (hereinafter collectively referred to as priority) set by the user for each telephone number or e-mail address, and the control unit 41 is driven to open and close the housing. A rotation angle at the time of driving and controlling the unit 21, rotation angle information indicating the current rotation angle, a correspondence table between a telephone number, an e-mail address, priority information, rotation angle information, and the like are registered in the ROM. The RAM stores data as needed as a work area when the control unit 41 performs various types of data processing or as a work area during decompression / decoding processing of compression-encoded music data.

  The camera unit 50 includes an optical lens, an image sensor, and the like for taking still images and moving images.

  The clock unit 51 generates current date / time information.

  The housing state detection unit 53 includes various sensors such as the aforementioned open / close detection sensor, gyro sensor, acceleration sensor, temperature sensor, humidity sensor, and optical sensor.

  The control unit 41 controls each component of the mobile phone terminal through the control line, performs various arithmetic processes, and performs processes and calculations in accordance with operation signals from the operation unit 46. Although details will be described later, particularly in the case of this embodiment, the control unit 41 also has functions as information acquisition means, arrangement setting means, and drive control means according to the present invention. Based on the type of incoming call, the telephone number or e-mail address of the incoming call, the priority set and registered by the user, the rotation angle information of the rotary hinge mechanism, various detection signals from the case state detection unit 53, etc. The operation of the drive unit 21 is also controlled.

  In addition, although not illustrated, the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment is a short-range wireless communication unit for communicating various information wirelessly (including infrared communication) with other electronic devices, A GPS (Global Positioning System) unit, which is a positioning device for detecting the current position of the mobile phone terminal, is provided.

[Control of enclosure opening / closing drive by control unit]
Hereinafter, the control unit 41 opens / closes the case based on the type of incoming call when there is an incoming call, the telephone number or e-mail address of the incoming call, priority, rotation angle information, and a detection signal from the case state detection unit 53 The flow when controlling the operation of the drive unit 21 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When in the standby state, the control unit 41 determines whether the mobile phone terminal is in the open state or the closed state based on the detection signal from the open / close detection sensor of the housing state detection unit 53 as the processing in step S1. In the open state, it is detected from the rotation angle information from the rotary encoder of the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 which angle the relative angle between the upper casing 1 and the lower casing 2 is. . Further, the control unit 41 determines the attitude of the mobile phone terminal based on the detection signal from the gyro sensor of the housing state detection unit 53, and determines whether the mobile phone terminal is spatially moved. Similarly, the control unit 41 detects an acceleration or the like when the mobile phone terminal is spatially moved based on a detection signal from the acceleration sensor of the housing state detection unit 53. In addition, the control unit 41 recognizes the temperature and humidity from the detection signals from the temperature sensor and humidity sensor of the housing state detection unit 53, and determines whether the light is bright by the detection signal from the optical sensor of the housing state detection unit 53, etc. And the current date / time, time, daytime or night, which season is determined based on the date / time information from the clock unit 51.

  Furthermore, in the standby state, the control unit 41 always monitors whether there is an incoming call as the process of step S2. And if an incoming call is detected, the control part 41 will advance a process to step S3.

  When the process proceeds to step S3, the control unit 41 determines the type of incoming call whether the incoming call is an incoming call or an incoming e-mail, and then, as a process in step S4, An incoming call source search is performed as to whether or not the telephone number or e-mail address is registered in the telephone book or address book of the memory 47. Then, the control unit 41 determines whether or not a priority level (priority level) is set for the incoming caller telephone number or e-mail address as the process of step S5.

  Next, in step S6, the control unit 41 determines the state of the terminal detected in step S1, the type of incoming call determined in step S3, the telephone number or e-mail address of the incoming call searched in step S4. Based on the priority determined in step S5, the rotation angle of the rotary hinge mechanism is set, that is, the relative angle between the upper casing 1 and the lower casing 2 is set. Then, in step S7, the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 is driven and controlled so that the relative angle between the upper casing 1 and the lower casing 2 becomes the angle set in step S6.

  More specifically, for example, in step S1, it is detected by a detection signal from a gyro sensor or an acceleration sensor that the mobile phone terminal is not moving spatially, and the terminal is detected by a detection signal from an optical sensor. When it is detected that the surrounding area is bright, the control unit 41 determines that the terminal is not placed in a pocket or a bag, for example, placed on a desk or the like, and receives an incoming call in step S2. Is detected, the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 is driven and controlled to open the terminal. Thereby, the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment can notify the user that there is an incoming call regardless of sound or vibration.

  On the other hand, even if it is detected in step S1 that the mobile phone terminal is spatially moved by a detection signal from the gyro sensor or acceleration sensor, the mobile phone terminal is detected by the detection signal from the optical sensor. When it is detected that the surrounding area is in a bright state, the control unit 41 is not in a state where the terminal is put in a pocket, bag, etc. When it is determined that the terminal is placed on a console or the like and an incoming call is detected in step S2, the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 is driven and controlled so that the terminal is opened. As a result, the mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment can notify the user that there is an incoming call even when the mobile phone terminal is moving in a car or the like.

  In step S1, it is detected that the mobile phone terminal is spatially moved by the detection signal from the gyro sensor or the acceleration sensor, and the surroundings of the mobile phone terminal are dark by the detection signal from the optical sensor. In the case where it is detected that the daytime is detected by the date / time information from the clock unit 51, the control unit 41 causes the user to put the mobile phone terminal in the pocket or Even if it is determined that the mobile phone is moving in a bag and an incoming call is detected in step S2, control is performed such that the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 is not driven or the terminal is opened only slightly. Thereby, the cellular phone terminal according to the present embodiment can prevent the rotating hinge mechanism from being damaged due to a large opening in a pocket or a bag. In particular, when control is performed so that the terminal is opened only slightly, it is possible to notify the user that there has been an incoming call by opening the terminal while preventing damage to the rotating hinge mechanism.

  In step S1, the detection signal from the gyro sensor or acceleration sensor detects that the mobile phone terminal is not moving spatially, and the detection signal from the optical sensor makes the surroundings of the terminal bright. For example, the temperature sensor detects a temperature close to body temperature, the humidity sensor detects a certain level of humidity, and the current season is determined by the date / time information from the clock unit 51. For example, when it is generally detected that the season is lightly worn, such as early summer, midsummer, and late summer, the control unit 41 puts the terminal in a pocket made of a material that allows light to pass through, such as a shirt. Even when the incoming call is detected in step S2, it is controlled not to drive the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 or to open the terminal only slightly. Thereby, the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment can prevent the rotation hinge mechanism from being damaged by being greatly opened in a pocketed state, and in particular, when the terminal is controlled to open only slightly, The user can be notified of an incoming call by opening the terminal.

  In step S1, the detection signal from the gyro sensor or acceleration sensor detects that the mobile phone terminal is not moving spatially, and the detection signal from the optical sensor makes the surroundings of the terminal bright. Even if it is detected that the user is currently in a meeting from the date and time information from the clock unit 51 and the schedule data registered in the memory 47, the control unit 41 Even when an incoming call is detected in step S2, control is performed so that the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 is not driven or the terminal is opened only slightly. Thereby, the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment can prevent an annoying state due to the opening of the terminal during a meeting or the like.

  On the other hand, when driving the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 so as to open the mobile phone terminal so as to notify the user of an incoming call, the control unit 41 determines that the incoming call type determined in step S3 is an incoming call. Depending on whether there is an incoming e-mail or not, the rotation angle of the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 is also controlled. That is, when the incoming call is an incoming call, the control unit 41 drives the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 so that the relative angle between the upper casing 1 and the lower casing 2 is a narrow angle such as 30 degrees. On the other hand, when it is an incoming e-mail, drive control of the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 is performed so that the relative angle between the upper casing 1 and the lower casing is, for example, 180 degrees (completely open state). Do. As described above, since the cellular phone terminal according to the present embodiment changes the degree of opening according to the type of incoming call, the user can determine whether the incoming call is an incoming call or an incoming e-mail. Can be easily known. When the incoming call is an incoming call, the user rotates the upper casing 1 or the lower casing 2 so as to be closed immediately after picking up the mobile phone terminal opened at the narrow angle. You will be able to answer the call immediately. On the other hand, when an incoming e-mail is received, the mobile phone terminal is in a fully opened state, so the user immediately operates the 12 key 9 etc. of the lower housing 2 and inputs an e-mail reply message. It becomes possible to do.

  Further, when driving the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 so as to open the mobile phone terminal to notify the user of an incoming call, the control unit 41 determines the incoming call source searched in step S4 and the determination in step S5. The rotation angle of the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 is controlled according to the priority set for the incoming call source. That is, for example, when the caller has a low priority, the control unit 41 performs drive control of the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 so that the terminal opens at a narrow angle. When the degree is set high, the drive control of the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 is performed so that the terminal is largely opened (for example, in a fully opened state). As described above, since the cellular phone terminal according to the present embodiment is configured to change the degree of opening according to the incoming call source and the priority thereof, the user can determine who is the incoming call source depending on the degree of opening of the terminal. In addition, it is possible to easily know whether the caller is a priority person or an important person. In particular, if the caller is the president of a company where the user is enrolled or someone from an important business partner, and the priority of the phone number or email address of those people is set high, the terminal will open greatly. Therefore, the user can easily know that the incoming call is from a person with high priority based on the degree of opening of the terminal, and therefore responds to the incoming call even during a meeting, for example. Will be able to. On the other hand, when the incoming call source is a person who is not so important, the terminal is hardly opened, so that the user can not respond to the incoming call during a meeting, for example.

[Summary]
As described above, in the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment, it is possible to notify the user of an incoming call without depending on sound or vibration, and at the same time, from whom the incoming call is from, the type of incoming call, Since various types of information such as priority can be notified by the degree of opening of the terminal, it is possible to realize a user interface that is easier, smooth, and intuitive to the user and easy to understand. In addition, in the mobile phone terminal of the present embodiment, an incoming call notification according to the use state of the mobile communication terminal, such as when placed in a pocket or bag, or placed on a car center console or desk, etc. It is feasible.

  In this embodiment, the case opening / closing drive unit 21 is controlled to be driven in the direction in which the terminal is opened. However, the control unit 41 is, of course, in the direction in which the terminal is opened from the open state. It is also possible to control the drive of the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 so as to repeat the closing and opening continuously. Therefore, the mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment can automatically close the terminal when, for example, a call or an e-mail transmission is completed.

  In addition, the mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment can open the terminal not only when an incoming call is received, but also at a date and time registered in advance in the schedule, for example. It is possible to set the degree of opening according to the schedule and the degree of opening according to the contents of the schedule. That is, in this example, the control unit 41 refers to the schedule data registered (stored) in the memory 47 and the date / time information from the clock unit 51 to confirm that the predetermined date / time registered in the schedule has come. When it is detected, it is possible to open the terminal by controlling the drive of the housing opening / closing drive unit 21.

  In addition, the mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment notifies the user of the remaining battery capacity, for example, by opening the terminal, and notifies the user of the volume level set in the mobile phone terminal by opening the terminal. It is also possible. That is, in the case of this example, the control unit 41 monitors the capacity of the battery, and controls the drive of the casing opening / closing drive unit 21 according to the capacity of the battery, or the volume level set in the terminal. Recognizing and controlling the housing opening / closing drive unit 21 according to the volume level.

  In addition, the mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment may be configured to change the volume of the mobile phone terminal or to control whether to accept or reject an incoming call based on, for example, rotation angle information obtained from a rotary encoder of a rotary hinge mechanism. It is possible. That is, for example, when the user is in the volume setting mode, the control unit 41 sets the volume of the mobile phone terminal to be large when the user operates in the direction to open the terminal, and conversely operates in the direction to close the terminal. In this case, it is possible to perform control such that the volume is set to be small. Further, for example, when there is an incoming call in a standby state, the control unit 41 permits the incoming call when the user operates in the direction to open the terminal, and conversely, operates in the direction to close the terminal (or closes it completely). It is possible to control such that the incoming call is rejected when the operation is performed.

  In addition, in this embodiment, an example in which the rotating hinge mechanism is driven by an ultrasonic motor or the like is given. For example, a spring is provided in the rotating hinge mechanism, and the repulsive force stored in the spring when the terminal is manually closed It is also possible to drive the terminal in the direction of opening the terminal.

  The above description of the embodiment is an example of the present invention. For this reason, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and it is needless to say that various modifications can be made according to the design or the like as long as the technical idea according to the present invention is not deviated.

  For example, the present invention can be applied not only to a rotary open type mobile phone terminal as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 but also to a so-called folding type mobile phone terminal, and an upper case and a lower case. In a slide type mobile phone terminal that slides horizontally along the slide rail, the present invention can also be applied to a case where the terminal is automatically slid by a predetermined amount in response to an incoming call.

  Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to a mobile phone terminal, and can also be applied to various mobile communication terminals such as a PDA and a notebook personal computer that are a folding type, a rotary open type, a slide type, and a communication function.

It is an external view of the state which opened the mobile telephone terminal of embodiment of this invention. It is an external view of the mobile phone terminal of the embodiment of the present invention when the upper housing and the lower housing are rotated 90 degrees around the rotary hinge mechanism. It is an external view of the state which closed the mobile telephone terminal of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows schematic structure of the rotation hinge mechanism of the mobile telephone terminal of this embodiment, and the housing | casing opening / closing drive part provided in the inside. It is a block diagram which shows the schematic internal circuit structure of the mobile telephone terminal of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow at the time of a control part controlling operation | movement of a housing | casing opening / closing drive part when there exists an incoming call in the mobile telephone terminal of this embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Upper housing | casing, 2 Lower housing | casing 3, Display, 4,48 Speaker, 5 Disc type jog dial, 6 Call key, 7 End key, 912 Key, 10, 49 Microphone, 11 Antenna storage part, 21 Housing opening / closing drive , 22 Rotating shaft of rotating hinge mechanism, 41 Control unit, 42 Antenna, 43 Communication circuit, 44 Audio signal processing unit, 45 Display unit, 46 Operation unit, 47 Memory, 50 Camera unit, 51 Clock unit, 53 Case status Detector

Claims (11)

In a mobile communication terminal including a connecting portion that connects the first housing and the second housing and can change a relative arrangement state of the first housing and the second housing,
Information acquisition means for acquiring information to be notified to the user;
An arrangement setting unit configured to set a relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing based on notification information to the user acquired by the information acquisition unit;
Connecting portion driving means for driving the connecting portion to change the relative arrangement of the first housing and the second housing;
The connecting portion driving means is controlled to drive the connecting portion so that the relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing is the arrangement state set by the arrangement setting means. A portable communication terminal comprising drive control means. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,
The connecting portion includes rotating hinge means that connects the first housing and the second housing so as to be rotatable about the rotation axis, and the rotation hinge means is rotated about the rotation axis. Changing the relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing,
The connecting portion driving means has rotation driving means for rotating the rotating hinge means around the rotation axis,
The arrangement setting means sets a relative rotation angle between the first casing and the second casing as the arrangement state,
The mobile communication terminal characterized in that the drive control means controls the rotation angle of the rotation drive means in accordance with the rotation angle set by the arrangement setting means. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,
The information acquisition means determines the type of incoming call to the terminal, acquires the type information as notification information to the user,
The arrangement setting unit sets a relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing in accordance with the incoming call type information acquired by the information acquisition unit. Communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,
The information acquisition means determines the priority of the incoming call to the terminal, acquires the priority information as notification information to the user,
The arrangement setting unit sets a relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing in accordance with the priority information acquired by the information acquisition unit. Communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,
Having detecting means for detecting spatial movement of the terminal,
Whether or not the arrangement setting means sets a relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing based on the notification information to the user according to the motion detection information by the detection section. A mobile communication terminal characterized by determining whether or not. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,
Having detection means for detecting the brightness around the terminal,
Whether the arrangement setting unit performs setting of a relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing based on information notified to the user according to brightness detection information by the detection unit. A mobile communication terminal characterized by determining whether or not. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,
Having a detecting means for detecting the temperature around the terminal,
Whether or not the arrangement setting means sets a relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing based on the notification information to the user according to the temperature detection information by the detection section. A mobile communication terminal characterized by determining whether or not. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,
Having a detecting means for detecting the humidity around the terminal,
Whether or not the arrangement setting means sets a relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing based on the notification information to the user according to the humidity detection information by the detection section. A mobile communication terminal characterized by determining whether or not. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,
Having schedule storage means for storing user schedule information;
The arrangement setting unit sets a relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing based on the user's schedule information stored in the schedule storage unit. Communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,
Sound output means for outputting sound;
Volume setting means for setting the volume output by the sound output means,
The arrangement setting means sets the relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing based on the volume information set by the volume setting means. Communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1,
A battery for supplying power;
Detecting means for detecting the capacity of the battery,
The portable communication terminal, wherein the arrangement setting unit sets a relative arrangement state of the first casing and the second casing based on detection information of a battery capacity by the detection unit.

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