JP2006031622A - Cellular phone system and e-mail content discrimination method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cellular phone system and an e-mail content discrimination method in which a communication partner is associated with character information or image information to be displayed on a display part and a user easily and surely discriminates importance of an e-mail even when the e-mail is received from a communication partner who is neither set nor registered. <P>SOLUTION: The cellular phone system is constituted by having a display means 42 for displaying information, a light emission means 46 for performing the information displayed on the display means 42 to a predetermined color, a storage means 40B for storing predetermined information included in title characters of the e-mail or predetermined information included in an e-mail text and a control means 36 for discriminating whether or not the predetermined information stored in the storage means 40B is included in the title characters of the received e-mail or the e-mail text and when it is discriminated that the predetermined information stored in the storage means 40B is included in the title characters or the e-mail text, performing light emission control of the light emission means 46 so as to display the title characters of the e-mail or/and a line indicating the title characters in the predetermined color. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone device capable of sending and receiving e-mail, and more particularly to a mobile phone device and an e-mail content discrimination method capable of easily and reliably discriminating the importance of an e-mail.

As a conventional mobile phone device, text information such as a phone number or name and image information such as a photo of a partner or a portrait are displayed in a superimposed manner when performing a search confirmation using a telephone directory when making a call or a confirmation of a communication partner when receiving a call. By doing so, there is known a mobile phone device that does not require a confirmation operation and labor, and can perform an intuitive and excellent display (see Patent Document 1 below).
JP 2002-208994 A

  By the way, in the conventional mobile phone device, since it is necessary to previously set and register the communication partner and the character information or image information to be displayed on the display unit in association with each other, there is a problem that a complicated operation is required. .

  In addition, since text information and image information are displayed only when a call is received from a set / registered communication partner, predetermined character information or image information is displayed on the display unit when a call is received from a communication partner that has not been set / registered. Not. For this reason, there is a problem that it is not possible to call the user's attention when an electronic mail with important contents is received from a communication partner that has not been set or registered.

  Therefore, in consideration of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a mobile phone device and content of an e-mail that allows a user to easily and reliably determine the importance of an e-mail even when an e-mail is received from a communication partner that is not set or registered An object is to provide a discrimination method.

  The invention according to claim 1 is a display means for displaying information, a light emitting means for applying a predetermined color to the information displayed on the display means and / or a predetermined display area of the display means, And storing means for determining whether or not the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or the mail text of the received e-mail, and the predetermined information stored in the storage means When it is determined that it is included in the title character or the mail text, the light emitting means is provided so that a line displaying the title character or / and the title character of the electronic mail is applied to a predetermined color. And a control means for controlling light emission.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, there is provided display means for displaying information, storage means for storing predetermined information and a predetermined mark, and electronic mail received by the predetermined information stored in the storage means And the storage means when it is determined that the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or the mail text. Control means for displaying a predetermined mark stored in the display means at a predetermined position of the display means.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the determination step, the control unit determines whether or not the predetermined information stored in the storage unit is included in the title character or the mail text of the received e-mail. When the control means determines that the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or the mail text of the received electronic mail, the light emission means is controlled to emit light by the control means, and the electronic mail And a control step of applying a predetermined color to the title character or / and the line displaying the title character.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the determination step, the control unit determines whether or not the predetermined information stored in the storage unit is included in the title character or the mail text of the received electronic mail. When the control means determines that the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or mail text of the received e-mail, the predetermined mark stored in the storage means by the control means And a control step of displaying at a predetermined position of the display means.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the control means determines whether or not the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or the mail text of the received electronic mail. If the control means determines that the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the received e-mail title character or mail text, the light emitting means is controlled to emit light, and the e-mail title A line displaying characters or / and title characters is given a predetermined color. As a result, the user can easily and reliably determine the importance of the received e-mail content by visually recognizing the title character of the e-mail displayed on the display means and / or the color of the line displaying the title character. .

  In the present specification, “information” means information that can be displayed on the display means, such as characters, icons, images, and characters with a predetermined bracket (for example, [Emergency]).

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the control means determines whether or not the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or the mail text of the received electronic mail. When the control means determines that the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or mail text of the received e-mail, the predetermined mark stored in the storage means is displayed by the control means It is displayed at a predetermined position of the means. As a result, the user can easily and reliably determine the importance of the received e-mail content by visually recognizing the predetermined mark displayed at the predetermined position of the display means.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, in the determining step, it is determined by the control means whether or not the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or the mail text of the received electronic mail. When it is determined by the control means that the predetermined information stored in the storage means in the determination step is included in the title character or the mail text of the received e-mail, in the control step, the light emitting means is The light emission is controlled, and the title character of the e-mail or / and the line displaying the title character are given a predetermined color. As a result, the user can easily and reliably determine the importance of the received e-mail content by visually recognizing the title character of the e-mail displayed on the display means and / or the color of the line displaying the title character. .

  According to the invention described in claim 4, in the determination step, it is determined by the control means whether or not the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or the mail text of the received electronic mail. When the control unit determines that the predetermined information stored in the storage unit in the determination step is included in the title character or the mail text of the received e-mail, the control unit stores the information in the storage unit in the control step. The predetermined mark is displayed at a predetermined position on the display means. As a result, the user can easily and reliably determine the importance of the received e-mail content by visually recognizing the predetermined mark displayed at the predetermined position of the display means.

  Next, a mobile phone device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the mobile phone device 10 includes a communication unit 12 connected to an antenna 16. The communication unit 12 transmits a signal from a baseband unit 14 to be described later to the base station via the antenna 16 or receives radio waves from the base station via the antenna 16.

  The communication unit 12 is connected to the baseband unit 14. The baseband unit 14 includes a CDMA processing circuit 18 and an audio codec 20. Here, the CDMA processing circuit 18 performs code division multiple access, scrambling, error control, and timing detection. The audio codec 20 compresses (encodes) and decompresses (decodes) the audio, performs analog and digital conversion, and changes the received sound volume and microphone sensitivity by an internal amplifier circuit (not shown). .

  In addition, a switching circuit 22 is connected to the baseband unit 14. A first speaker 26 is connected to the switching circuit 22 via an amplifier circuit 24. The first speaker 26 converts the electric signal of the baseband unit 14 amplified by the amplifier circuit 24 into sound. This first speaker 26 is applied to the user's ear and used for a call.

  Further, the microphone 30 is connected to the switching circuit 22 via the amplifier circuit 28. The microphone 30 is used for a call and converts sound into an electrical signal. The electrical signal output from the microphone 30 is amplified by the amplifier circuit 28 and output to the baseband unit 14.

  Further, a second speaker 34 is connected to the switching circuit 22 via an amplifier circuit 32. The second speaker 34 converts the electric signal of the baseband unit 14 amplified by the amplifier circuit 32 into sound. The second speaker 34 is a loudspeaker for listening to the surrounding people of the received sound. The second speaker 34 also sounds an incoming call notification. Note that the gains of these three amplifier circuits 24, 28, and 32 are fixed, and the volume of the first speaker 26 and the second speaker 34 and the sensitivity of the microphone 30 cannot be changed.

  The switching circuit 22 is connected to the baseband unit 14 on the side of the amplifier circuit 24 for the first speaker 26 and the amplifier circuit 28 for the microphone 30, or the amplifier circuit 32 for the second speaker 34 for loud sound. And switching to the amplifying circuit 28 side for the microphone 30.

  A control circuit 36 is connected to each of the communication unit 12, the baseband unit 14, and the switching circuit 22. Switching by the switching circuit 22 described above is performed under the control of the control circuit 36. The control circuit 36 controls the audio codec 20 of the baseband unit 14, and the audio codec 20 changes the volume of the first speaker 26 and the second speaker 34 and the sensitivity of the microphone 30. The control circuit 36 is connected to the ROM 38 and controls each unit based on a system program stored in the ROM 38. The control circuit 36 is connected to a RAM 40 in which predetermined information necessary for the operation of the control circuit 36 is stored.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 3, the RAM 40 includes an e-mail data storage unit 40A and an importance determination rule storage unit 40B.

  The e-mail data storage unit 40A temporarily stores the received e-mail.

  The importance level discriminating rule storage unit 40B stores important information that triggers the LED element (details will be described later) to emit light. For example, character information or / and image information such as specific characters, icons, images, characters with predetermined parentheses (for example, [Emergency], etc.) are stored.

  Further, the control circuit 36 determines whether or not the predetermined information stored in the importance determination rule storage unit 40B is included in the title character or the mail text of the received electronic mail.

  Furthermore, when the control circuit 36 determines that the predetermined information stored in the importance determination rule storage unit 40B is included in the received e-mail title character or mail text, for example, “red” A command for the LED element to emit light is output to the illumination unit 46 (described later).

  When the control circuit 36 determines that the predetermined information stored in the importance determination rule storage unit 40B is not included in the received e-mail title character or mail text, the light emission command is sent to the lighting unit. 46 is not output.

  A liquid crystal display 42 is connected to the control circuit 36. The display 42 displays predetermined information such as the current time, telephone number, e-mail title characters, and mail text.

  An input unit 44 is connected to the control circuit 36. The input unit 44 includes a numeric keypad 48 for inputting a telephone number and the like, a call key 50 for operating a call start, a cut key 52 for operating a call end, a function key 54 for setting various functions, have.

  The control circuit 36 is connected to an illumination unit 46 including a “red” LED element. By the light emission of the LED element of the illumination unit 46, the title character of the e-mail or the line displaying the title character is given in red.

  Note that the color of the LED element is not limited to “red”, and may be other colors such as “blue” and “yellow” as long as it is a color that alerts the user.

  Further, by providing LED elements of a plurality of colors in the illumination unit 46, the title character of the e-mail and the row displaying the title character may be provided in different colors.

  Next, an e-mail content determination method using the mobile phone device 10 according to the present embodiment will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 2, important (predetermined) information that triggers the LED element of the illumination unit 46 to emit light is stored in the importance determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40 (step 100). In step 100, specifically, character information such as specific characters, icons, images, characters with predetermined parentheses (for example, [Emergency], etc.) or / and image information are stored.

  When an e-mail is received by the communication unit 12 via the antenna 16 (step 110), predetermined information stored in the importance determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40 is included in the received e-mail title character or mail text. It is determined by the control circuit 36 (determination step, step 120). At this time, if the control circuit 36 determines that the predetermined information stored in the importance determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40 is included in the title character or the mail text of the received email, the LED element is A command to emit light is output to the illumination unit 46 (control process, step 130). Thereby, the title character of the electronic mail or the line displaying the title character is given in red.

  If the lighting unit 46 is provided with a plurality of color LED elements, the title character of the e-mail and the line displaying the title character may be provided in different colors.

  On the other hand, when the control circuit 36 determines that the predetermined information stored in the importance determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40 is not included in the received e-mail title character or mail text, the LED element emits light. The command is not output to the illumination unit 46. For this reason, the title character of an electronic mail or / and the line which displays the title character are not given in red.

  As a display method of the title characters on the display 42, one title character may be displayed on one line, or a plurality of title characters may be displayed in a list.

  As described above, according to the mobile phone device 10 of the present embodiment, when important information stored in the importance determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40 is included in the title character or the mail text of the received email. In addition, since the title character of the e-mail or the line displaying the title character is given in red, the user can recognize the important e-mail instantly by viewing the display 42.

  In particular, unlike a conventional cellular phone device, it is not necessary to set and register a communication partner and character information or image information to be displayed on the display in association with each other.

  Further, when important information stored in the importance determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40 is included in the received e-mail title character or e-mail body, the e-mail title character or title character is displayed. Since the row is given in red, all important e-mails can be distinguished regardless of the communication partner of the received e-mail.

  Next, a modification of the mobile phone device 10 of the above embodiment will be described.

  In the mobile phone device 10 of the above embodiment, when important (predetermined) information stored in the importance determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40 is included in the received title character or email text, Although the example in which the title character of the mail or the line displaying the title character is given in red has been described, the present invention is not limited to this.

  For example, the user previously stores a predetermined mark in the importance determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40, and the important character stored in the importance determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40 receives the title character of the received email or When included in the mail text, the control circuit 36 may control the display 42 to display the mark at a predetermined position on the display 42. Specifically, the user can be alerted by displaying the mark at the beginning of the title character of an e-mail or in the vicinity of an important character.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment demonstrated the example in which the line which displays the title character or title character of an email is given in red by light-emitting the predetermined | prescribed LED element of the illumination part 46, the control circuit 36 was demonstrated. However, the specific title character or the data of the line displaying the title character is sent to the display 42 as data with a different color from the other display areas, and the colored character data or the like is displayed on the display 42. It is good also as composition to do. By adopting such a configuration, even when only the white LED element is used as the illumination unit 46, it is possible to display characters and lines having different colors on the display 42, thereby realizing cost reduction of the LED element. be able to. Further, attention may be drawn by changing the background color of the character display.

  Furthermore, it is good also as a structure which displays a predetermined image, a character, etc. as a background when displaying the title and the text of a received mail, and mail which asks whether it is an urgent mail by having such a structure. It is possible to immediately know the importance of. It should be noted that such a configuration can be performed when a predetermined character, icon, or the like is included in the title or text of the mail, or when a mail is received from a specific destination. It is also possible to do.

1 is a block diagram of a mobile phone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the effect | action of the mobile telephone apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram of RAM which comprises the mobile telephone apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

10 Mobile phone device 36 Control circuit (control means)
40B Importance determination rule storage unit (storage means)
42 Display (display means)
46 Illumination part (light emitting means)

Claims (4)

Display means for displaying information;
Light emitting means for applying a predetermined color to the information displayed on the display means and / or a predetermined display area of the display means;
Storage means for storing predetermined information;
It is determined whether or not the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or mail text of the received e-mail, and the predetermined information stored in the storage means is the title character or the mail text Control means for controlling light emission of the light emitting means so that the title character of the e-mail or / and the line displaying the title character are applied to a predetermined color when it is determined that
A mobile phone device characterized by comprising: Display means for displaying information;
Storage means for storing predetermined information and a predetermined mark respectively;
It is determined whether or not the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or mail text of the received e-mail, and the predetermined information stored in the storage means is the title character or the mail text Control means for displaying a predetermined mark stored in the storage means at a predetermined position of the display means when it is determined that
A mobile phone device characterized by comprising: A determining step of determining by the control means whether or not the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or mail text of the received e-mail;
When the control means determines that the predetermined information stored in the storage means in the determination step is included in the title character or mail text of the received email, the light emission means controls the light emission by the control means. A control step of applying a predetermined color to the title character of the email or / and the line displaying the title character;
An e-mail content determination method characterized by comprising: A determining step of determining by the control means whether or not the predetermined information stored in the storage means is included in the title character or mail text of the received e-mail;
When the control means determines that the predetermined information stored in the storage means in the determination step is included in the title character or the mail text of the received email, the control means stores the information in the storage means. A control step of displaying a predetermined mark at a predetermined position of the display means;
An e-mail content determination method characterized by comprising:

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