JP2005237029A - Cellular phone - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cellular phone for using other functions that do not require transmission of radio waves, even at a location where the transmission of radio waves is prohibited. <P>SOLUTION: A control section 102 in the cellular phone 10 sets a radio wave mode for indicating 'on' for permitting the transmission of radio waves and 'off' for prohibiting the transmission, and stores the set radio wave in the inside. When the radio wave mode in storage is 'off', the transmission of radio waves is prohibited, even if input such as transmission, and mail reception is accepted. Even at a location where the transmission of radio waves is prohibited, other functions can be used by setting the radio wave mode to 'off'. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone having a function of suppressing transmission / reception of radio waves.

The use of mobile phones is prohibited in hospitals and crowded trains due to the adverse effects of radio waves emitted from mobile phones on medical devices and the like. In such a place, a person who has a mobile phone (hereinafter referred to as a user) needs to turn off the power of the mobile phone.
On the other hand, recent cellular phones have various functions such as telephone directory management, schedule management, playback of downloaded music, images, and games, in addition to incoming and outgoing call functions and mail transmission / reception functions. Among these functions of the mobile phone, there are many functions that do not require transmission of radio waves.

As mentioned above, now that mobile phones have become multifunctional, even in places where the use of mobile phones is prohibited due to the effects of radio waves, browsing received emails, sent emails, etc. There is a desire to use functions that do not transmit and receive radio waves, such as management and games.
In order to meet the above-mentioned demand, the present invention can manage a schedule of browsing received emails, sent emails, etc., with the radio wave transmission function stopped, even in locations where radio wave transmission is prohibited. An object is to provide a mobile phone capable of using functions such as games.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a mobile phone that communicates using radio waves, and is either on indicating that radio wave transmission is permitted or off indicating suppressing radio wave transmission. Is set, and when the set radio flag is OFF, transmission of radio waves is suppressed.
Furthermore, the present invention provides a mobile phone having an automatic power-on function that supplies power when a specific event occurs with respect to a main part in a stopped state. When supplying power, a suppression flag indicating whether or not to suppress transmission of radio waves is set, the specific event occurs, and the suppression flag suppresses transmission of radio waves. When indicated, the radio wave flag is set to OFF.

  The cellular phone sets the radio wave flag to OFF when the user performs a power-on operation and a specific operation at the same time, and then the main part is supplied with power.

  According to the present invention, a radio wave flag indicating either “ON” indicating permission of radio wave transmission and “OFF” indicating suppression of radio wave transmission is set, and the set radio wave flag is “OFF”. If this is the case, the mobile phone does not emit radio waves, so even if the radio wave transmission is prohibited, turn on the mobile phone and use other functions that do not require radio wave transmission. I can do it.

As an embodiment according to the present invention, a mobile phone 10 will be described with reference to the drawings.
1. Configuration of Mobile Phone 10 FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile phone 10.
As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone 10 includes a transmission / reception unit 101, a control unit 102, a display unit 103, and an input unit 104.

The mobile phone 10 is a portable phone capable of mobile communication using radio waves, and specifically includes a microprocessor, ROM, RAM, a liquid crystal display unit, a key operation unit, a communication unit, an antenna, and the like. It is a computer system.
The transmission / reception unit 101 has communication functions for calling, mail transmission / reception, and Internet connection, and transmits / receives radio waves to / from a wireless base station.

The control unit 102 stores a control computer program, and when the microprocessor executes the control computer program, the mobile phone 10 has telephone calls, mail transmission / reception, Internet connection, phone book management, schedule management, multimedia content management, and the like. Control playback and game functions.
Further, the control unit 102 performs setting of a radio wave mode indicating “ON” that permits transmission / reception of radio waves and “OFF” that prohibits transmission / reception of radio waves as follows.

The control unit 102 receives an input of the radio wave mode from the user via the input unit 104, and when the received radio wave mode is different from the radio wave mode stored in advance, the radio wave stored in advance is stored. Instead of the mode, the newly received radio wave mode is stored.
When the control unit 102 receives input of “calling”, “mail transmission”, and “Internet connection” from the user via the input unit 104, the control unit 102 reads the radio wave mode stored therein and sets the radio wave mode. In the case of “OFF”, an instruction not to transmit / receive radio waves is output to the transmission / reception unit 101. When receiving the instruction, the transmission / reception unit 101 stops transmission / reception. In addition, when receiving an instruction to resume transmission / reception of radio waves from the control unit 102, the transmission / reception unit 101 resumes transmission / reception of radio waves.

The display unit 103 includes a liquid crystal display, and displays a plurality of screens generated by the control unit 102 on the liquid crystal display. The display unit 103 further displays the contents corresponding to the operation instruction received by the input unit 104 on each screen.
The input unit 104 includes “0”, “1”,..., “9”, “up arrow”, “down arrow”, “decision”, “power supply”, etc. provided on the operation surface of the mobile phone 10. In each screen composed of a plurality of buttons and displayed on the display unit 103, an operation is accepted from a person who owns the mobile phone 10 (hereinafter referred to as a user), and an operation signal corresponding to the accepted operation is transmitted to the control unit 102. Output to.

Here, the power-on state and the power-off state of the mobile phone 10 will be described. The power-off state indicates a state in which power is supplied only to the monitoring unit. The monitoring unit includes a clock function that is driven to manage alarms and a power button that receives an input when pressed by a user. Show.
The power-on state indicates a state in which power is supplied to the main part, and the main part includes all components that are driven to achieve normal functions of the mobile phone 10 such as a communication function and a display function. .

2. Operation of Mobile Phone 10 The operation of the mobile phone 10 will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 and the screens shown in FIGS.
<Power on by pressing the power button>
Here, the operation of the mobile phone 10 when power is supplied to the main part of the mobile phone 10 when the user presses the power button will be described.

The input unit 104 of the mobile phone 10 receives a power input from the user by pressing the power button (step S101), and simultaneously determines the button pressed by the user (step S102).
When the simultaneously pressed button is “1” (“1” in step S102), the control unit 102 sets the radio mode to “ON” and stores the set radio mode inside (step S103). . At this time, the screen displayed by the display unit 103 is, for example, a screen 202 shown in FIG. 5B, and the screen 202 is a normal standby screen. Here, “pressed simultaneously” refers to the case where the input of the power button is detected in the time zone in which the button “1” is pressed.

  When the simultaneously pressed buttons are “0” (“0” in step S102), the control unit 102 sets the radio wave mode to “off” and stores the set radio wave mode internally (step S104). . At this time, the screen displayed by the display unit 103 is a screen 201 shown in FIG. “OFF” is displayed on the antenna bar display. Here, “pressed simultaneously” refers to a case where the input of the power button is detected in the time zone in which the button “0” is pressed.

Next, the control unit 102 determines an operation signal indicated by the button that has accepted the input (step S105).
When the operation signal indicated by the button that has accepted the input is “radio wave mode” (“radio wave mode” in step S105), the control unit 102 accepts input of the radio wave mode via the input unit 104 (step S106). The received radio wave mode is rewritten and stored in the radio wave mode stored in advance (step S107). Next, the process returns to step S105 and continues.

  An example of the screen displayed by the display unit 103 at this time is shown in FIG. A screen 301 shown in FIG. 6A is a function setting screen displayed when the radio wave mode setting is selected, and the radio wave mode of the mobile phone is “ON” on the antenna bar display. An antenna bar indicating is displayed. A screen 302 illustrated in FIG. 6B is a screen that is displayed when either the radio wave mode “on” or “off” is selected. A screen 303 shown in FIG. 6C is a screen displayed for confirming the newly set radio wave mode “OFF” to the user. A screen 304 shown in FIG. 6D is a screen that is displayed after the radio wave mode is set. By displaying “OFF” on the antenna bar display unit, the radio wave mode of the mobile phone is “off”. Indicates. When the operation signal indicated by the received button is “end” (“end” in step S105), the control unit 102 measures the time during which the user presses the end button (step S108). It is determined whether the time is 3 seconds or longer (step S109). If the measured time is 3 seconds or more (YES in step S), the control unit 102 stops supplying power to the main unit and turns off the power (step S110). If the measured time is 3 seconds or less (NO in step S110), the process returns to step S105 and continues.

When the operation signal indicated by the received button is “Mail Browsing” (“Mail Browsing” in Step S105), the control unit 102 reads a screen of received mail, sent mail, etc. from the inside, and reads each screen. Is displayed on the display unit 103 and browsing processing is performed (step S121). Next, the process returns to step S105 and continues.
When the operation signal indicated by the received button is “play” (“play” in step S105), the control unit 102 downloads multimedia contents such as games, animations, and music that are downloaded in advance and stored therein. Reading, outputting to the display unit 103 and the speaker, and performing a reproduction process (step S122). Next, the process returns to step S105 and continues.

When the operation signal indicated by the received button is any one of “outgoing”, “mail transmission”, and “Internet connection” (“outgoing”, “mail transmission”, “Internet connection” in step S105), the control unit 102 Determines the radio wave mode stored inside (step S123).
When the radio wave mode is “ON” (“ON” in step S123), the control unit 102 performs transmission, mail transmission, and Internet connection processing via the transmission / reception unit 101 in response to the operation signal (step S124). ). Next, the process returns to step S105 and continues.

  When the radio wave mode is “off” (“OFF” in step S123), the process returns to step S105 and continues. An example of the screen displayed on the display unit 103 at this time is shown in FIG. A screen 401 illustrated in FIG. 7A is a screen displayed by the display unit 103 when the operation signal is “transmission”. A screen 402 illustrated in FIG. 7B is a screen displayed by the display unit 103 when the operation signal is “mail transmission” or “Internet connection”.

If the operation signal indicated by the received button is other (other in step S105), other processing is performed in accordance with the operation signal (step S125), and then the process returns to step S105 to continue the processing.
<Auto power on>
Here, a specific time is set in advance, and when the set specific time is reached, the control unit 102 instructs the power supply unit to supply power to the main unit. When power is supplied to the mobile phone 10 that is in the power-off state, the power-on setting for turning on the mobile phone 10 that is in the power-off state, or at the set time, the mobile phone 10 that is in the power-off state is turned on. In addition, in the mobile phone 10 that is set to alarm power-on that outputs an alarm sound through a speaker, the control unit 102 stores the power-on state from the power-off state at the set specific time. The operation of the mobile phone 10 in which the radio wave mode is set to “off” regardless of the radio wave mode will be described.

First, as described above, FIG. 8 shows an example of a setting method in which the mobile phone 10 is set to the power-on state by the auto power-on setting or the alarm power-on setting and the radio wave mode is set to “off”.
A screen 501 shown in FIG. 8A is a main menu screen. When the input unit 104 detects a long press of the power button in the time zone in which the display unit 103 displays the screen 501, the control unit 102 performs the cellular phone 10 by auto power-on setting or alarm power-on setting. When is turned on, a suppression flag indicating that the radio wave mode is set to OFF is set, and the set suppression flag is stored. Next, the display unit 103 displays a screen 502 shown in FIG. 8B to indicate to the user that the mobile phone 10 is to be powered off, and subsequently displays a screen 503 shown in FIG. When the auto power is turned on or the alarm power is turned on, the radio mode is set to “off” and the power is turned on. Thereafter, the control unit 102 turns off the mobile phone 10.

Hereinafter, the operation of the mobile phone 10 in which the auto power-on setting or the alarm power-on setting is set and the suppression flag is set will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.
The control unit 102 determines whether or not the current time is a preset time (step S151). When the current time is a preset time (YES in step S151), the control unit 102 outputs an instruction to supply power to the main unit to the power supply unit, and the power supply unit By supplying power to the main part, the cellular phone 10 is turned on (step S152). Next, the control unit 102 reads the radio wave mode stored therein, and if the radio wave mode is “OFF”, the process is continued as it is. If the radio wave mode is “ON”, the radio wave mode is changed to “OFF” and stored (step S153).

In step S151, when the current time is not a specific time set in advance (NO in step S151), the control unit 102 repeats step S151.
3. Summary As described above, according to the present invention, the control unit 102 of the mobile phone 10 has a function of setting and storing a radio wave mode that indicates whether radio wave transmission is on or off. When the radio wave mode stored therein is read and the radio wave mode is off, the radio wave transmission function of the transmission / reception unit 101 is suppressed.

Although the present invention has been described based on the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and the following cases are also included in the present invention.
(1) In the above embodiment, the radio wave mode is set by the control unit 102 receiving an input of the radio wave mode setting via the input unit 104 on the various function setting screens displayed on the display unit 103. The setting method is not limited to this. For example, the input unit 104 may include a “radio wave button” similar to a conventional “manner button”, and the radio mode may be switched on and off when the user presses the “radio wave button”.

  (2) In the above embodiment, the radio wave mode is set to “off” when the power is turned on by pressing and holding the button “0” simultaneously with the power button of the mobile phone 10, and the button “1” is simultaneously pressed with the power button. The radio wave mode is set to “on” when the power is turned on by long pressing, but the setting method is not limited to this. Of course, buttons other than “0” and “1” may be pressed simultaneously with the power button.

  (3) In the above embodiment, as a setting method for setting the radio wave mode to “off” when the mobile phone 10 is automatically powered on, the power button is pressed and held on the menu screen to turn the power off. Of course, the setting method is not limited to this. As an example, the screen for setting the auto power-on time may be configured so that the radio wave mode is turned off when the auto power is on.

(4) Even if the radio wave mode of the mobile phone 10 is set to “off”, the input unit 104 is an emergency call phone such as “110”, “119”, “118”, etc. When the transmission of the number is accepted, the control unit 102 may be configured to switch the radio wave mode to “ON” and perform the transmission process.
(5) The present invention may be the method described above. Further, the present invention may be a computer program that realizes these methods by a computer, or may be a digital signal composed of the computer program.

  Further, the present invention assumes that the computer program or the digital signal is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium, for example, a flexible disk, a hard disk, a CD-ROM, an MO, a DVD-ROM, a DVD-RAM, a semiconductor memory, or the like. Also good. Further, the computer program or the digital signal recorded in these recording media may be transmitted via an electric communication circuit, a wireless or wired communication circuit, a network represented by the Internet, or the like.

Further, the present invention may be a computer system including a microprocessor and a memory, the memory storing the computer program, and the microprocessor operating according to the computer program.
In addition, the program or the digital signal is recorded on the recording medium and transferred, or the program or the digital signal is transferred via a network or the like, and executed by another independent computer system. It is good.

(6) The above embodiment and the above modifications may be combined.
4). As described above, the present invention is a mobile phone that communicates using radio waves, and is either on indicating that transmission of radio waves is permitted or off indicating suppressing transmission of radio waves. A flag setting unit for setting a radio wave flag indicating the above, and a radio wave suppression unit for suppressing transmission of radio waves when the radio wave flag set by the flag setting unit is off.

  According to this configuration, a radio wave flag indicating either “ON” indicating that radio wave transmission is permitted and “OFF” indicating that radio wave transmission is suppressed is set, and the set radio wave flag is “OFF”. If this is the case, the mobile phone does not emit radio waves, so even if the radio wave transmission is prohibited, turn on the mobile phone and use other functions that do not require radio wave transmission. I can do it.

  Here, the present invention provides the mobile phone having an automatic power-on function for supplying power when a specific event occurs with respect to the main part in the stopped state, and further by the automatic power-on function, When supplying power to the main part, including a suppression flag setting means for setting a suppression flag indicating whether to suppress the transmission of radio waves, the flag setting means, the specific event occurs, And when the said suppression flag shows suppressing transmission of an electromagnetic wave, you may comprise so that an electromagnetic wave flag may be set to OFF.

  According to this configuration, when the mobile phone is turned off in a place where the use of the mobile phone is prohibited, when the power is turned on by an auto power on function or the like, the radio wave stored in the mobile phone is stored. Regardless of the flag, since the radio wave flag is set to “off”, even when the user does not notice that the power of the mobile phone is turned on, the transmission of the radio wave can be suppressed.

Here, the flag setting means is configured to set the radio wave flag to OFF when the user performs a power-on operation and a specific operation at the same time, and then the main part is supplied with power. May be.
According to this configuration, when the user presses the power button, the radio wave flag is set to “off”, so when using the mobile phone in a place where radio wave transmission is prohibited, after turning on the power, Transmission of radio waves can be suppressed during the time period until the radio wave mode is set to “off”.

Here, the flag setting means may be configured to set the radio wave flag to ON when the power-on operation by the user and a specific operation are performed at the same time, and then the main part is supplied with power. Good.
According to this configuration, when the mobile phone is turned off and the stored radio wave flag is “off”, the radio wave flag can be set to “on” at the same time as the power is turned on. Immediately after the input, radio waves can be transmitted.

1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone 10. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone 10 and continues to FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone 10, continuing from FIG. 2 and returning to FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation when the mobile phone 10 is turned on automatically. (A) It is the figure of the screen 201 which the display part 103 displays, when button "0" is pressed with a power button.

(B) It is a figure of the screen 202 which the display part 103 displays, when button "1" is pressed with a power button.
(A) It is the figure of the screen 301 which is various function setting screens which the display part 103 of the mobile telephone 10 by which radio wave mode is set to "on" displays.

(B) It is a figure of the screen 302 which the display part 103 displays, and the screen 302 is used in order to set either radio | wireless mode "on" and "off".
(C) It is a figure of the screen 303 which the display part 103 displays, and the screen 303 is used in order to confirm a set radio wave mode with a user.
(D) It is the figure of the screen 304 which is various function setting screens which the display part 103 of the mobile telephone 10 by which radio wave mode is set to "off" displays.
(A) In cellular phone 10 in which the radio wave mode is set to “off”, screen 401 is displayed on display unit 103 when an input of “call” is accepted.

(B) In the mobile phone 10 in which the radio wave mode is set to “off”, it is a diagram of a screen 402 displayed on the display unit 103 when receiving an input of “mail transmission” or “Internet connection”.
(A) It is a figure of the screen 501 which is a main menu screen which the display part 103 displays.

(B) It is a figure of the screen 502 which the display part 103 displays.
(C) It is a figure of the screen 503 which the display part 103 displays, and the screen 503 is a screen which shows that a radio wave mode is set to "off" at the time of auto power-on.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Mobile phone 101 Transmission / reception part 102 Control part 103 Display part 104 Input part

Claims (4)

A mobile phone that communicates using radio waves,
Flag setting means for setting a radio wave flag indicating either on indicating permission of radio wave transmission and off indicating suppression of radio wave transmission;
And a radio wave suppression unit that suppresses transmission of radio waves when the radio wave flag set by the flag setting unit is off. In the mobile phone having an automatic power-on function for supplying power when a specific event occurs with respect to the main part in the stopped state,
Further, the automatic power-on function includes a suppression flag setting means for setting a suppression flag indicating whether to suppress transmission of radio waves when supplying power to the main part.
The said flag setting means sets an electromagnetic wave flag to OFF, when the said specific event generate | occur | produces and the said suppression flag shows suppressing transmission of an electromagnetic wave. Mobile phone.   2. The flag setting means sets a radio wave flag to OFF when a user turns on a power-on operation and a specific operation at the same time, and thereafter the main part is supplied with power. The mobile phone described in 1. The flag setting means sets a radio wave flag to ON when a power-on operation by a user and a specific operation are performed at the same time, and then the main part is supplied with power. The mobile phone described in 1.

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