JP2006050501A - Mobile telephone device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile telephone device, by which incoming and receiving information indicating that a communication means has received a call can be displayed in a display means, and at the same time, the communication destination can be specified. <P>SOLUTION: A mobile telephone device is provided with a communication means for transmitting/receiving a call and/or transmitting/receiving a mail, a display means 42 for displaying predetermined information, a storage means 40B associating data of a communication destination with a predetermined mark, corresponding to a communication destination respectively to be stored; and when the communication destination of the communication means having arrived or received is compared with the communication destination stored in the storage means 40B, and both are coincident with each other, a control means 36 for controlling the display means 42 so that the communication means displays incoming and receiving information indicating that the communication means has received, and concurrently so that a predetermined mark stored in the storing means 40B, corresponding to the communication destination having called or transmitted, is displayed on the display means 42. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone device.

  In a conventional mobile phone device, when a call is received from a partner registered in the phone book in advance, information such as the name and phone number of the partner is displayed on the display. Can know. Then, the user can talk with the other party by pressing the call key.

  On the other hand, if the call key is not pressed when an incoming call is received, incoming call information (for example, “1 incoming call”) is displayed on the display, and the user presses a predetermined function key to receive the incoming call history. Appears on the display. As a result, the user can know information such as the name and telephone number of the other party.

  Note that the above prior art is a public technique, and the present invention has been developed based on the public technique. For this reason, the applicant does not know the existence of a document known invention related to the present invention at the time of filing a patent application, and omits the description of the name of the document known invention and the location of other information related to the document known invention.

  By the way, in the above mobile phone device, it is impossible to specify who the incoming call is from only “one incoming call” displayed on the display. For this reason, in order to specify the other party, the user needs to press the function key from the state where “one incoming call” is displayed on the display.

  In addition, when a call is received from a plurality of (for example, five) destinations, “5 incoming calls” is displayed on the display, and information on the destination is displayed on the display when the user presses a function key. Due to space issues, it is not possible to display information such as the name and phone number of all five recipients at a time on the display. There is an inconvenience that the user must press the function key every time one is displayed.

  In view of the above circumstances, the present invention provides a mobile phone device capable of specifying a communication partner at the same time that incoming / reception information indicating that the communication means has received or received is displayed on the display means. For the purpose.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided communication means for making / receiving calls and / or sending / receiving mails, display means for displaying predetermined information, communication partner data and predetermined correspondence corresponding to the communication partner. The storage means capable of storing each of the marks in association with each other, comparing the communication counterpart of the communication means received or received with the communication counterpart stored in the storage means, and if both match, Incoming and received information indicating that the communication means has received or received is displayed on the display means, and at the same time, a predetermined mark stored in the storage means corresponding to the communication partner that has made or transmitted the call is displayed. Control means for controlling the display means to display on the means.
The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the control means controls the display means so that one predetermined mark is displayed on the display means for one incoming call or reception.
The invention according to claim 3 is characterized in that the control means controls the display means so that a plurality of predetermined marks are displayed on the display means in accordance with the type of incoming call or reception.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided communication means for making / receiving calls and / or sending / receiving mails, display means for displaying predetermined information, communication partner data, and corresponding communication partner. Storage means capable of storing the characters displayed on the display means and / or the display color of the background in association with each other, the communication partner of the communication means received or received and the communication partner stored in the storage means Compared with the destination, if both match, the communication means displays the incoming or received information indicating that the communication means has received or received, and simultaneously displays the received information and / or its background on the incoming call, And control means for controlling the display means so as to apply the received information to a predetermined color stored in the storage means in correspondence with the communication partner that made or transmitted the call.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication means for making / receiving calls and / or sending / receiving mails, a display means for displaying predetermined information, data of a communication partner, and a predetermined area within a display area of the display means. The storage means capable of storing the display color of the display area in association with each other and the communication counterpart of the communication means received or received and the communication counterpart stored in the storage means are compared. In this case, the incoming and received information indicating that the communication means has received or received is displayed on the display means, and at the same time, based on the display color stored in the storage means, a predetermined area within the display area of the display means Control means for controlling the display area to be displayed in a color corresponding to the communication partner.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the control unit compares whether the communication partner of the communication unit that has received or received matches the communication partner stored in the storage unit. As a result, if the two match, the display means is controlled by the control means, and the incoming / reception information indicating that the communication means has received or received is displayed on the display means, and at the same time, the call is made or transmitted. A predetermined mark stored in the storage means corresponding to the communication partner is displayed on the display means. Accordingly, the user can easily identify the communication partner without pressing a predetermined key by visually recognizing the predetermined mark displayed on the display means.

  Further, since the predetermined mark can be displayed on the display means not only when the communication means is received or received, but also after the call is received or after reception, it is possible to prevent the user from failing to specify the communication partner.

  In this specification, “information” means all information displayed on the display means, such as letters, numbers, icons, images, marks, and the like.

  Further, in this specification, “communication means” means a telephone with a telephone function, an E-mail and a C-mail with an electronic mail function.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the control unit controls the display unit so that one predetermined mark is displayed on the display unit for one incoming call or reception. Alternatively, the display space for the predetermined mark displayed on the display means per reception can be kept to the minimum necessary. Further, one predetermined mark is displayed on the display unit for one incoming call or reception, so that the user can easily specify the communication partner.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, the control unit controls the display unit so that a plurality of predetermined marks are displayed on the display unit according to the type of incoming call or reception. Even when the communication means is received or received, the user can instantly specify a plurality of communication partners only by viewing the display means once.

  According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the control means compares whether or not the communication partner of the communication unit that has received or received matches the communication partner stored in the storage unit. As a result, when the two match, the character and / or background displayed on the display means is given a predetermined color, so that the user can know at a glance who the incoming call is from. For example, in the case of character information, when the character to be displayed is small or the character string is long, it may be difficult to immediately determine who the incoming call is from a glance. When an incoming call is received, it is possible to immediately determine who the incoming call is by applying it to pink characters and / or the background color.

  According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, since a predetermined color is applied to a predetermined area of the display area at the time of an incoming call, it is possible to determine at a glance who the incoming call is from the color.

  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 has a mail data storage unit 40A and a discrimination rule storage unit 40B.

  In the mail data storage unit 40A, the contents of the received e-mail (e-mail) and the contents of the C-mail (e-mail) are temporarily stored. In this specification, “e-mail” includes E-mail and C-mail, respectively.

  In the determination rule storage unit 40B, data of a specific communication partner (for example, the telephone number of the communication partner, an e-mail address) that triggers the LED element (details will be described later), the communication partner and the LED element. And data indicating the corresponding relationship with each of the colors.

  In addition, the control circuit 36 determines whether the telephone number of the incoming call or the received C-mail or the mail address of the received E-mail matches the data of the communication partner stored in the determination rule storage unit 40B. Judging.

  Further, when it is determined that the incoming telephone number or the received C-mail telephone number or the received E-mail mail address matches the data of the communication partner stored in the determination rule storage unit 40B, The control circuit 36 outputs a command for causing a predetermined LED element to emit light to the illumination unit 46 (described later).

  If it is determined that the telephone number of the incoming call or the received C-mail or the mail address of the received E-mail does not match the communication partner data stored in the determination rule storage unit 40B, The light emission command is not output to the illumination unit 46.

  A liquid crystal display 42 is connected to the control circuit 36. The display 42 displays predetermined information such as incoming call and reception information indicating that a call, E-mail or C-mail has been received or received. Examples of incoming and received information indicating that a telephone number, telephone call, E-mail or C-mail has been received or received include “incoming call”, “with E-mail”, and “with C-mail”.

  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 plurality of LED elements of each color such as “red”, “blue”, and “yellow”. The light emission of each LED element of the illumination unit 46 indicates that a telephone number, a telephone call, an E-mail or a C-mail has been received or received, and reception information (for example, “There is a call”, “E-mail”, “C-mail”) "Yes") is applied to each color corresponding to the communication partner.

  Next, a communication partner identification method using the mobile phone device 10 according to the present embodiment will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

  An example in which the mobile phone device 10 receives an e-mail will be described below.

  As shown in FIG. 2, specific communication partner data (for example, an e-mail address) that triggers the LED elements of each color to emit light, and data indicating the correspondence between the communication partner and each color of the LED elements; Is stored in the discrimination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40 (step 100).

  When the e-mail is received by the communication unit 12 via the antenna 16 (step 110), the e-mail address of the sender of the received e-mail is sent to the communication partner's e-mail address stored in the discrimination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40. Whether or not they match is discriminated by the control circuit 36 (discrimination step, step 120). At this time, if the control circuit 36 determines that the mail address of the sender of the received e-mail matches the mail address of the communication partner stored in the determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40, the determination rule storage unit 40B A command to emit light from a predetermined LED element is output to the illumination unit 46 based on the correspondence relationship between the communication partner and each color of the LED element stored in the control unit (control step, step 130). By the light emission of each LED element of the illumination unit 46 (Step 140), reception information (for example, “E-mail is present”) indicating that the E-mail has been received is applied to each color corresponding to the communication partner. As a result, the user can easily identify the communication partner without pressing a predetermined key by visually recognizing the color of the received information displayed on the display 42.

  The received information can be displayed as it is on the display 42 not only when the e-mail is received but also after it is received unless the user presses a predetermined key, so that the user fails to specify the communication partner. Can be prevented.

  On the other hand, if the control circuit 36 determines that the mail address of the sender of the received E-mail does not match the mail address of the communication partner stored in the determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40, a command for causing the LED element to emit light. Is not output to the illumination unit 46.

  In the above embodiment, the description has been made based on the case where the mobile phone device 10 receives an email. However, the present invention is not limited to the case where the mobile phone device 10 receives an email. When displaying that there is an incoming call after receiving a call or when receiving C-mail, the incoming and received information displayed on the display 42 may be applied to a predetermined color corresponding to the communication partner, As will be described later, a predetermined mark corresponding to the communication partner may be displayed on the display 42 together with the incoming and received information.

  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 the control circuit 36 determines that the mail address of the sender of the received email matches the mail address of the communication partner stored in the determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40, A description will be given by taking, as an example, a configuration in which characters of reception information (for example, “Email exists”) indicating that an e-mail has been received are applied to each color corresponding to the communication partner by light emission of each LED element of the illumination unit 46. However, it is not limited to this.

  For example, a predetermined mark corresponding to each communication partner is stored in advance in the determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40, and the mail address of the sender of the received e-mail and the telephone number of the other party of the incoming call are stored. When the control circuit 36 determines that it matches the mail address or telephone number of the communication partner stored in the determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40, the display 42 is controlled by the control circuit 36 to indicate that the e-mail has been received. Displayed reception information (for example, an e-mail) or incoming information (for example, an incoming call) indicating that there is an incoming call may be displayed on the display 42, and at the same time, a predetermined mark may be displayed on the display 42. . For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the display 42 may be configured to display incoming / reception information indicating that a predetermined mark and an e-mail have been received or received. Specifically, for example, in the determination rule storage unit 40B of the RAM 40, a predetermined mark (for example, as shown in FIG. 4A) corresponding to the partner A (e.g., A's email address or telephone number). A smiley face icon), a predetermined mark corresponding to the partner B (for example, an angry face icon as shown in FIG. 4A), a predetermined mark corresponding to the partner C (for example, 4), and when there is an email from Mr. A, display the icon of Mr. A near the letter with the email. When there is an incoming call from Mr. B, the icon of Mr. B is displayed near the character with the incoming call. When there is a C mail from Mr. C, Mr. C's near the character with the C mail. An icon may be displayed.

  When there is no incoming call or C-mail reception and only one e-mail is received, one icon is displayed beside E-mail, and there is no C-mail and no incoming call. Further, only the data of one communication partner may be registered in the discrimination rule storage unit 40B, or the data of communication partners for a plurality of people may be registered.

  Also, as shown in FIG. 4B, when a plurality of emails are received, a plurality of icons corresponding to the communication partner side that has sent the email is displayed near the character with the email. It is good also as a structure, and it is good also as a structure which displays the icon corresponding to a communicating party side similarly, when there exists two or more incoming calls.

  Thus, the user can easily identify the communication partner without pressing a predetermined key by visually recognizing the display 42. In particular, by associating the type of mark with the communication partner and storing it in the determination rule storage unit 40B, a mark corresponding to the communication partner can be displayed on the display 42, and the user can easily identify the communication partner. Can be identified.

  Further, the control circuit 36 controls the display 42 so that one predetermined mark is displayed on the display 42 for one incoming call or reception, so that it is displayed on the display 42 for each incoming call or reception. The display space for the predetermined mark can be minimized. Further, one predetermined mark is displayed on the display 42 for one incoming call or reception, so that the user can easily specify the communication partner.

  Further, even when an e-mail or C-mail is received from a plurality of communication destinations or when a call is received, one predetermined mark is displayed on the display 42 for one incoming call or reception and a predetermined number is displayed. Since the display area of the mark can be made smaller than the display area of information such as the name of the communication partner, all the marks can be displayed on the display 42 at a time. As a result, the user can instantly identify a plurality of communication partners by merely viewing the display 42 once without performing any key operation.

  In the present invention, the example in which the title character of the e-mail or the line displaying the title character is applied in red by emitting light from a predetermined LED element of the illumination unit 26 has been described. The specific title character or the data of the line displaying the title character is transmitted to the display 42 as data with a color different from that of other display areas, and the colored character data or the like is displayed on the display 42. It is good also as a structure. With such a configuration, it is possible to display characters and lines of different colors on the display 42 even when only a white LED element is used as the backlight of the liquid crystal display device, that is, the illumination unit 46. The cost of the LED element can be reduced.

  For example, the telephone number or name of the other party and the color information to be displayed are stored in the memory in advance, and the telephone number corresponding to the calling party telephone number received at the time of the incoming call is stored in the memory. If there is, predetermined information displayed at the time of receiving or after receiving (for example, “receiving email”, “with email”, “receiving”, “receiving”, “receiving, Mr. Tanaka” Only the column displaying characters such as) may have a color different from the display color of the background. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to recognize at a glance who is receiving a call or receiving a mail.

  Similarly, it is also possible to display the background color to be displayed, the color of a predetermined character to be displayed, and the color of a predetermined area of the display area in a color corresponding to the calling party. It is.

  Even with such a configuration, the user can know at a glance who the incoming call is.

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, when the information of the communication partner stored in the discrimination rule storage unit 40B does not match the information on the calling side when receiving a mail or receiving a call, the illumination unit 46 is turned off. However, it may be configured to light up.

  The predetermined mark may be an icon as shown in FIG. 4, for example, and may be a photographic image, an animation image, a painting image or the like regardless of a moving image or a still image.

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. (A), (b) is a conceptual diagram of incoming and received information and a predetermined mark displayed on the display means of the mobile phone device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

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

Claims (5)

Communication means for making / receiving calls and / or sending / receiving mails;
Display means for displaying predetermined information;
Storage means capable of storing data of a communication partner and a predetermined mark corresponding to the communication partner in association with each other;
Comparing the communication partner of the communication means received or received with the communication partner stored in the storage means, and when the two match, the incoming and received information indicating that the communication means has received or received Control means for controlling the display means to display on the display means a predetermined mark stored in the storage means corresponding to the communication partner that made or transmitted the call. When,
A mobile phone device characterized by comprising:   The mobile telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display one predetermined mark on the display unit with respect to one incoming call or reception.   3. The mobile phone device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the display unit so that a plurality of predetermined marks are displayed on the display unit according to a type of incoming call or reception. Communication means for making / receiving calls and / or sending / receiving mails;
Display means for displaying predetermined information;
Storage means capable of storing the data of the communication partner, the character displayed on the display means corresponding to the communication partner, and / or the display color of the background in association with each other,
Comparing the communication partner of the communication means received or received with the communication partner stored in the storage means, and when the two match, the incoming and received information indicating that the communication means has received or received Is displayed on the display means, and at the same time, the received information and / or the background thereof is displayed in a predetermined color stored in the storage means corresponding to the communication partner that has called or transmitted the incoming or received information. Control means for controlling the display means to perform;
A mobile phone device characterized by comprising: Communication means for making / receiving calls and / or sending / receiving mails;
Display means for displaying predetermined information;
Storage means capable of storing the communication partner data and the display color of a predetermined display area in the display area of the display means in association with each other;
Comparing the communication partner of the communication means received or received with the communication partner stored in the storage means, and when the two match, the incoming and received information indicating that the communication means has received or received Is displayed on the display means, and at the same time, based on the display color stored in the storage means, a predetermined display area of the display area is controlled to be displayed in a color corresponding to the communication partner. Control means to
A mobile phone device characterized by comprising:

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