JP2005333347A - Mobile wireless communication apparatus, and call termination notice method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide technology whereby a mobile phone or the like can execute an impressive and interesting call termination notice. <P>SOLUTION: Call termination notice data are downloaded and stored in a memory 6. At the arrival of an incoming call, a central control unit 4 reads the call termination notice data from the memory 6 and gives the data to a vibration control section 9 and an acoustic control section 7. By the control of a vibration control section 9, a vibrator 10 generates rhythmic vibration for about 5 seconds. After the end of the rhythmic vibration, by the control of the acoustic control section 7, a speaker generates a sound for about 0.5 second. A repetitiveness control section 11 controls repetitive generation of the rhythmic vibration and the sound to notify the arrival of the call. Thus, impressive call termination notice strongly attracting the attention of a user can be executed by combining the long rhythmic vibration and the short term sound in this way. Further, the processing above can be executed with a small amount of data and power consumption. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a portable wireless communication apparatus, an incoming call method, and a program for notifying a user of an incoming call using vibration of a vibrator and reproduced sound from a speaker.

  In the mobile phone device, a speaker is sounded when an incoming call is received, and an incoming melody is played to notify the incoming call. For example, music score format data stored in advance in a mobile phone memory is decoded and played using a CPU or the like. The volume of the incoming melody can be switched in stages. In the manner mode, the vibrator is vibrated to notify the incoming call. Some of them can select a vibration pattern at the time of incoming call from among a plurality of vibration patterns.

  Some have improved the effect of incoming call notification by combining vibrator vibration and incoming melody. In this case, for example, a performance channel or track dedicated to vibrator control is secured in advance in the sequence data file, and data for vibrator control is inserted in advance in any channel in the sequence data file. The ringing melody and vibration can be operated at regular intervals.

  An example of a conventional incoming call notification method will be described. The “wireless communication device” disclosed in Patent Document 1 is for notifying an incoming call with a ringing melody and vibration in a mobile phone. In accordance with the procedure shown in FIG. 5, the sound source pulse is output to the sounding drive based on the first to fourth sound source data of the incoming melody. Since the sound generation drive circuit drives the speaker based on the sound source pulse, the ringing melody having the first to fourth melody is output from the speaker. Based on the sound source data of the selected melody, a melody pulse is output to the vibration drive circuit. Since the vibration drive circuit drives the vibration part based on the melody pulse, the vibration part can vibrate according to the selected melody.

  The “communication terminal device” disclosed in Patent Document 2 accurately notifies an incoming call and improves the user's feeling of use due to a synergistic effect of sound reproduction and vibration operation. As shown in FIG. 6, the CPU performs melody ringing with a tone generator (GEN), a volume circuit (VOL), a speaker amplifier (SP-AMP), and a speaker (SP). The vibrator motor (M) starts and stops when the melody ringing starts and stops.

  The “vibrator control device” disclosed in Patent Document 3 performs vibrator control synchronized with a ringing melody without preparing dedicated control data in advance. As shown in FIG. 7, the vibrator is controlled by using a note lower than a designated threshold or turning on a designated note as a trigger for a designated channel of music data stored in the storage device.

  The “mobile phone terminal” disclosed in Patent Document 4 is a mobile phone terminal that allows the user to determine the type of incoming call based on the melody and vibration. As shown in FIG. 8, a loudspeaker and a vibrator are provided. The performance data includes musical sound data of a plurality of parts to be played by a speaker, and designation data for designating a musical sound of a part to be tuned by the vibrator. Based on the musical sound data, a musical sound is generated on the speaker. Based on the designated data, the vibrator is vibrated in synchronization with the musical sound.

  The “incoming notification device” disclosed in Patent Document 5 controls the vibration amount in accordance with the rhythm of the melody at the time of incoming notification of the mobile terminal. As shown in FIG. 9, an electromagnetic induction actuator that generates melody and vibration is electrically connected to an integrated circuit that outputs a melody generation signal and a vibration signal. A melody generation signal from the integrated circuit or a signal obtained by mixing the melody generation signal and the vibration generation signal is applied to the electromagnetic induction type actuator. An incoming call notification operation in which the vibration amount is controlled in accordance with the rhythm of the melody can be performed.

  The “vibration actuator driving method” disclosed in Patent Document 6 is a method for enhancing the calling function without increasing the amplitude of the vibration output. As shown in FIG. 10, a vibration actuator is mounted on a portable device, and a plurality of melody patterns are prepared. Assign a melody pattern to the other party that calls the mobile device. According to the melody pattern, the vibration output frequency of the vibration actuator is varied in the range of 100 Hz to 250 Hz.

The “mobile phone” disclosed in Patent Document 7 accurately notifies an incoming call without inconvenience to the surroundings and without consuming unnecessary power when notifying the mobile phone user of the incoming call. , To make the user aware of incoming calls. A ring tone generation unit, a volume control unit for controlling the volume level of the ring tone generated by the ring tone generation unit, and a table in which the ringing sound ringing time is set are provided and controlled according to the procedure shown in FIG. In the table, the first time and the information indicating the volume level and the ON / OFF of the vibrator corresponding to the first time are set as the state change parameters. When there is an incoming call, the CPU drives the ring tone generator for the ringing time set in the table to generate the ring tone. The volume control unit controls the ringtone to a predetermined volume level to notify the incoming call. When the ringing time elapses, during the first time of the table, the CPU performs control based on the state change parameter and notifies an incoming call.
JP 2001-268171 A JP 2002-16672 A JP 2002-135366 JP Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-159066 JP 2002-300231 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-275681 JP 2003-348190 A

  However, the conventional incoming call notification device has a problem that it is not interesting because the incoming melody is not surprising. In addition, since the speaker is mainly operated, there is a problem in that the surrounding people become noise and annoyance and cannot be used in a quiet place. Since the amount of incoming melody data is large, there is a problem that communication charges for downloading data are increased. Furthermore, since the vibrator and the speaker are operated simultaneously, there is a problem that the power consumption is large.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, effectively perform an incoming call notification that is impressive and interesting, and reduce the amount of data and the amount of power consumption.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention includes a memory for storing incoming notification signal data including rhythm vibration data and acoustic data, a vibrator for generating incoming notification vibration, and a speaker for generating incoming notification sound. And a vibration control unit for generating a rhythm vibration in the vibrator according to the rhythm vibration data, and an acoustic control unit for generating sound in the speaker according to the acoustic data after the end of one cycle of the rhythm vibration so as not to overlap the rhythm vibration And a repeat control unit that repeatedly generates a set of rhythm vibration and sound. Also, the duration of the rhythm vibration is three times longer than the duration of the sound, and the rhythm vibration is a non-monotonous intermittent vibration composed of a combination of two or more types of on periods and three or more types of off periods.

  In the present invention, as described above, it is possible to effectively perform an impressive and interesting incoming call notification. Furthermore, by combining the long rhythm vibration and the short sound, it is possible to perform incoming call notification that draws the user's attention strongly. Also, less data and less power are consumed.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

  In the embodiment of the present invention, when a mobile phone receives an incoming call, the vibrator generates a rhythm vibration for about 5 seconds, and after the end of the rhythm vibration, the speaker generates a sound for about 0.5 seconds, and the rhythm vibration and the sound are repeatedly generated. This is a mobile phone device that notifies an incoming call.

  The basic configuration of the mobile phone device according to the embodiment of the present invention is the same as that of a conventional mobile phone device that notifies an incoming call by sound reproduction and vibration operation. Incoming notification signal data composed of rhythm vibration data and voice data is downloaded from the WEB server via the Internet, and stored in the memory of the mobile phone device in association with the caller. When an incoming call is received, the incoming call notification signal data corresponding to the caller is read, and the speaker and the vibrator are driven. These points are also the same as the conventional mobile phone device. Therefore, detailed description is omitted.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a mobile phone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The embodiment is directed to a mobile phone device, but can be applied to a general mobile radio communication device. The mobile wireless communication device includes a mobile phone device, a PHS, and a wireless pager (pager). In FIG. 1, an antenna 1 is an antenna for wireless transmission / reception with a mobile phone base station. The wireless unit 2 is a circuit for wireless transmission / reception. The display unit 3 is a liquid crystal display device. The central control device 4 is a CPU that comprehensively controls the functions of each unit of the mobile phone device. The key input unit 5 is various input keys such as numeric keys for inputting telephone numbers. The memory 6 is a ROM, RAM, flash memory or the like that stores programs and data. The acoustic control unit 7 is a circuit that outputs an acoustic signal such as an incoming call notification voice or melody. The speaker 8 is a device that converts an acoustic signal into sound. The vibration control unit 9 is a circuit that outputs a rhythm signal. Vibrator 10 is a device that generates vibration. The repetition control unit 11 is means for controlling repetition of rhythm vibration and sound generation. The acoustic control unit 7, the vibration control unit 9, and the repetition control unit 11 may realize part or all of the functions by the central control device 4 and a program. In FIG. 1, portions not related to incoming call notification are omitted.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an outline of the procedure of incoming call notification processing. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the vibrator driving period and the speaker driving period. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a time relationship among the vibrator on / off signal, the vibrator driving period, and the speaker driving period. FIG. 4A shows a part of the theme music of the TV program “smile point” on an imitation. The last “Huho” is voice. FIG. 4 (b) shows only the rhythm obtained by removing the melody from the music. FIG. 4 (c) shows the rhythm with vibrator on / off data. FIG. 4D shows the driving period of the vibrator in correspondence.

  Rhythm vibration is such intermittent vibration that is not monotonous. Non-monotonic means that it is not periodic, has two or more on periods and three or more off periods. As in this example, it is optimal to use a rhythm extracted from one verse of rhythmic music. A rhythm with changes is more preferable than a monotonous two-beat or three-beat rhythm. FIG. 4 (e) shows the driving period of the speaker in correspondence. The speaker output is audio in this example, but may be general sound. In the case of a general sound, the sound data is referred to as acoustic data. Something like a short shout is optimal, but it may be a bon or ton. It is more preferable to use a comfortable natural sound rather than a stimulating electronic sound that can be felt by people around you. The format of the incoming notification signal data is a set of rhythm vibration data in which data indicating on-time and off-time of rhythm vibration are arranged, sound data representing sound information, and control signal data indicating switching between rhythm vibration and sound output. Format. Other forms having the same function may be used.

  An incoming call notification operation of the cellular phone device in the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described. First, an outline of the incoming call notification operation will be described with reference to FIG. The incoming call notification signal data is downloaded in advance from a server device (not shown) and stored in the memory 6 of the mobile phone device. The incoming notification signal data includes rhythm vibration data, voice data, and control signal data for switching. When there is an incoming call to the mobile phone, the central control device 4 reads incoming notification signal data from the memory 6 and passes it to the vibration control unit 9 and the acoustic control unit 7. Under the control of the vibration control unit 9, a rhythm vibration is generated by the vibrator 10 for about 5 seconds. This time is determined by the rhythm vibration data. After the end of one cycle of the rhythm vibration so as not to overlap with the rhythm vibration, the sound is generated from the speaker 8 for about 0.5 seconds under the control of the acoustic control unit 7. This time is determined by the audio data. The repeat control unit 11 controls the rhythm vibration and the sound to be repeatedly generated to notify the incoming call.

  Next, the procedure of the incoming call notification operation will be described with reference to FIG. In the standby state, the mobile phone device checks whether there is an incoming call at regular intervals (step 1). If there is no incoming call, the standby state is continued. When there is an incoming call (YES at step 1), the central control device 4 retrieves the incoming notification signal data corresponding to the caller from the memory 6, reads it, and passes it to the vibration control unit 9 and the acoustic control unit 7. The vibration control unit 9 controls the vibrator 10 according to the rhythm vibration data to generate rhythm vibration for about 5 seconds (step 2). When the rhythm vibration ends, the vibration control unit 9 notifies the repetition control unit 11 of the end of the rhythm vibration. The repeat control unit 11 instructs the sound control unit 7 to generate a sound from the speaker 8 for about 0.5 seconds (step 3). When the sound generation ends, the acoustic control unit 7 notifies the repetition control unit 11 of the end of the sound. The repeat control unit 11 instructs the vibration control unit 9 to generate rhythm vibration. This is repeated until there is an incoming call response (step 4). When there is an incoming call response, the central controller 4 instructs the repeat control unit 11 to stop the incoming call notification process. The repeat control unit 11 instructs the vibration control unit 9 and the sound control unit 7 to stop rhythm vibration generation and sound generation.

  Next, the relationship between the vibrator driving period and the speaker driving period will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 3, the vibrator 10 is driven for about 5 seconds after the start of the incoming call notification period. During this time, the speaker 8 is off. While the vibrator 10 is stopped, the speaker 8 is driven for about 0.5 seconds. Repeat this. As shown in FIG. 4, the vibrator 10 is finely turned on / off according to the rhythm vibration data during the driving period of the vibrator 10. During the driving period of the speaker 8, a voice “HU” is generated according to the voice data.

  In this way, when the rhythm vibration ceases and the sound is suddenly heard, the person pays attention to what has changed, so the attention can be effectively drawn even with a short sound. Since the rhythm vibration is interrupted and a short voice is emitted, it is surprising and interesting, and an impressive incoming call notification can be made. The duration of the rhythm vibration is about 5 seconds and the duration of the voice is about 0.5 seconds. However, the duration of the rhythm vibration is about 3 to 10 seconds, and the duration of the voice is from 0.3 seconds. About 1 second is appropriate. It is appropriate that the duration of the rhythm vibration is at least three times the duration of the voice. Since most of the time of the incoming call notification period is notified by the rhythm vibration of the vibrator 10, there is no noise for the surrounding people. In addition, the amount of rhythm vibration data is inherently smaller than that of voice, and the amount of short voice data is also small. Therefore, the amount of incoming call notification data can be reduced, and the communication fee for downloading is also small.

  In the above description, a typical example is shown, but the configuration can be appropriately changed according to the purpose. When the mobile phone is away from the body, the incoming call may not be noticed by vibration, so that it may be switched to a normal ringing melody after a certain number of repetitions. When an incoming mail is notified, it is not necessary to repeat until there is an incoming call response, so the number of repetitions should be limited to once, two, or three times. The repetition is not limited to one set of vibration data and acoustic data, and two or more sets of data can be used. The incoming call notification signal data may correspond to the caller, or all incoming calls may be notified using the same incoming call notification signal data.

  The incoming call notification signal data may be stored in the memory of the mobile phone device by other means without being downloaded. The voice data may be changed to a user's voice, a caller's voice, a third party's voice, a favorite sound, or the like. The rhythm vibration data may be changed to the rhythm of the user's favorite pattern. Instead of controlling to output rhythm vibration and sound alternately, the data of the rest period of rhythm vibration and sound are set to 0 so that they do not overlap each other, and the respective data are output continuously, Audio may be output substantially alternately.

  As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, the cellular phone device generates a rhythm vibration for about 5 seconds by the vibrator, and generates a sound for about 0.5 seconds by the speaker after the end of the rhythm vibration, and repeats this rhythm vibration and the sound. Since the incoming call is notified and the incoming call is notified, it is possible to perform an interesting incoming call notification that is interesting by combining a long rhythm vibration and a short voice.

  Since the mobile phone device of the present invention can reliably notify an incoming call even in a quiet place, it is most suitable as a mobile phone device that can be used during a meeting or a theater. It can also be applied to portable wireless communication devices such as PHS, PDA, and wireless pager (pager). A sound effect of the portable game device can be generated by a combination of rhythm vibration and sound.

The conceptual diagram of the mobile telephone apparatus in the Example of this invention, The flowchart which shows the procedure of the incoming call alerting | reporting process of the mobile telephone apparatus in the Example of this invention, The figure which shows the relationship between the vibrator drive period and speaker drive period of the mobile telephone apparatus in the Example of this invention, The figure which shows the relationship of the vibrator drive signal of the mobile telephone apparatus in the Example of this invention, a vibrator drive period, and a speaker drive period, Operational flow diagram of a conventional mobile phone that alerts incoming calls with ringtones and vibrations, Conceptual diagram of a conventional communication terminal device that notifies an incoming call by sound reproduction and vibration operation, Conceptual diagram of a conventional vibrator control device that performs vibrator control in synchronization with the incoming melody, System conceptual diagram of a conventional mobile phone terminal that can distinguish the incoming call type by melody and vibration, Conceptual diagram of a conventional incoming call notification device that controls the vibration amount according to the melody rhythm, Conceptual diagram of a conventional vibration actuator drive device with enhanced call function, It is a flowchart of the incoming call alerting | reporting operation | movement procedure of the conventional mobile telephone.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Antenna 2 Radio | wireless part 3 Display part 4 Central controller 5 Key input part 6 Memory 7 Acoustic control part 8 Speaker 9 Vibration control part
10 Vibrator
11 Repeat control section

Claims (10)

In a mobile phone device comprising a memory for storing incoming notification signal data including rhythm vibration data and acoustic data, a vibrator for generating incoming notification vibration, and a speaker for generating incoming notification sound, the mobile phone device according to the rhythm vibration data A vibration control unit for generating a rhythm vibration in a vibrator; an acoustic control unit for generating sound in the speaker according to the acoustic data after the end of one cycle of the rhythm vibration so as not to overlap the rhythm vibration; A portable wireless communication apparatus comprising: a repeat control unit that repeatedly generates a set of sounds. The portable radio communication device according to claim 1, wherein the duration of the rhythm vibration is three times or more longer than the duration of the sound. 2. The portable wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein the rhythm vibration is a non-monotonous intermittent vibration composed of a combination of two or more types of on periods and three or more types of off periods. A method for informing an incoming call by driving a vibrator for generating a vibration for incoming call notification and a speaker for generating a sound for incoming call notification, and storing incoming call notification signal data comprising rhythm vibration data and acoustic data when an incoming call is detected The rhythm vibration is generated in the vibrator according to the rhythm vibration data, the sound is generated in the speaker according to the acoustic data after one cycle of the rhythm vibration so as not to overlap the rhythm vibration, and the rhythm vibration An incoming call notification method for a portable wireless communication device, wherein the set of sounds is repeatedly generated. 5. The incoming call notification method for a portable wireless communication device according to claim 4, wherein the duration of the rhythm vibration is three times longer than the duration of the sound. 5. The incoming call notification method for a portable wireless communication device according to claim 4, wherein the rhythm vibration is a non-monotonous intermittent vibration comprising a combination of two or more types of on periods and three or more types of off periods. A reading step of reading out incoming notification signal data consisting of rhythm vibration data and acoustic data from a memory when an incoming call to the portable wireless communication device is detected; a vibration generating step of generating a rhythm vibration in a vibrator according to the rhythm vibration data; A sound generation step for generating sound in a speaker according to the sound data after the end of one cycle of the rhythm vibration so as not to overlap with the rhythm vibration, and the sound generation step when no incoming response is detected by the end of the sound generation step A computer program for notifying an incoming call of a portable radio communication device, characterized in that the step of returning to the vibration generating step after the completion of the step and the repeated step of repeatedly generating the rhythmic vibration and the sound are described. 8. The computer program according to claim 7, wherein the duration of the rhythm vibration is three times longer than the duration of the sound. The computer program according to claim 7, wherein the rhythm vibration is a non-monotonous intermittent vibration composed of a combination of two or more types of on periods and three or more types of off periods. A portable wireless communication device for notifying an incoming call according to incoming call notification signal data comprising rhythm vibration data for generating incoming call notification rhythm vibration in a vibrator, acoustic data for generating incoming call notification sound in a speaker, and control signal data The rhythm vibration data is composed of a combination of two or more types of vibration on data and three or more types of vibration off data having different lengths, and the acoustic data includes the duration of the sound of the rhythm vibration. The control signal data is data for instructing switching between the rhythm vibration and the generation of the sound so as to generate the sound after the rhythm vibration ends. A portable wireless communication device comprising:

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