JP2007281738A - Mobile phone and event notice method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile phone and an event notice method for facilitating a setting work for noticing of an event, surely informing a user about the event, and facilitating schedule management. <P>SOLUTION: The event notice method includes the steps of: registering the event to a telephone directory; registering an event notice period (count-down period) and memo information while making them correspond to the event registered in advance; judging whether or not a present date and time acquired from a clock section is within the count-down period; and consecutively displaying an icon 25 for noticing of the event on a standby display image 20 of a display section for the count-down period when the current date and time is within the count-down period, and displaying announcement contents 21 such as information associated with the event registered in advance to the telephone directory, the memory information, and a residual period up to the event on the standby display image 20 when the icon 25 is selected. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone and a notification method, and more particularly, to a mobile phone having an event notification function such as a birthday or a special anniversary, and an event information notification method using the mobile phone.

  Don't forget important days such as birthdays and anniversaries. However, when there are many friends and relatives, it is difficult to memorize the birthdays of all of them, and even if they remember for several years, they are often forgotten as the years pass. Anniversaries, weddings of friends, and other important people's promises can also be remembered and panicked the day before.

  There is a way to write notes on paper and notebooks so as not to forget the above events, but there are cases where paper etc. are lost, and if you write to notebooks, always carry notebooks with you. In addition, it is inconvenient to check the contents of the notebook frequently.

  On the other hand, in recent years, the ownership rate of mobile phones is high, many people use mobile phones instead of notebooks, and many mobile phones are equipped with a schedule function for such users. This schedule function is managed for each date and time. When the user selects a specific date and time and writes a schedule, the schedule function displays the schedule entered in advance on the screen at the time specified by the user. Or make a sound. As a result, the user can notice that the designated time has come.

  As a mobile phone using such a schedule function, for example, in Patent Document 1 below, date and time registration means for adding date and time information related to a predetermined communication partner in the phone book data, and date and time registered by the date and time registration means A communication terminal device is disclosed that includes notification means for performing a display for prompting communication with a corresponding communication partner when the communication terminal becomes the communication partner.

2000-341392 (page 2-5, FIG. 3)

  Here, in the case of an event that requires advance preparation such as the purchase of a present or a restaurant reservation such as a birthday or an anniversary, it is important to inform the user of the event early. In addition, it is important to always notify the event until the day in order not to forget the advance preparations.

  However, in the case of the conventional schedule function, in order to notify an event such as a birthday in advance, the date and time before the birthday must be set as the notification start date and time, and the notification end date and time (current day) ) Also has to be set, and it is necessary to write the name of the other party as “xx's birthday”, and there is a problem that it takes time to set the event notification.

  In addition, it is possible to notify the event between the notification start date and time and the notification end date and time, but the notification (such as notification display) is only at the set time, and when the notification display disappears, the notification content will be displayed until the next day. I can't confirm. Therefore, even if you can remember when you receive a notification, you may forget it after several hours, and you may miss a pre-preparation such as forgetting to buy a present or forgetting a restaurant reservation. Conceivable.

  In the case of the above-mentioned patent document 1, the trouble of registering the name of the other party can be saved because the phone book data is used. However, the display on the display unit is for urging communication with the other party, and the telephone or mail is displayed. When the transmission is completed, the display is erased from the screen. Therefore, when displaying an event that requires advance preparation, there is a problem that the advance preparation is neglected.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and a first object thereof is to provide a mobile phone and an event notification method capable of facilitating setting work for notifying an event. is there.

  A second object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone and an event notification method that can reliably notify an event to a user.

  A third object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone and an event notification method capable of facilitating schedule management.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a mobile phone having at least a display unit, an operation unit, a clock unit, and a storage unit for storing a phone book, in association with an event registered in advance in the phone book, A registration unit for registering an event notification period; a determination unit for determining whether the current date and time acquired from the clock unit is within the notification period; and the notification when the current date and time is within the notification period A notification means for continuously displaying an icon for notifying the event on the screen of the display section for a period of time, wherein the notification means is selected by the operation section. In such a case, information related to the event registered in advance in the telephone directory may be displayed on the screen of the display unit.

  According to the present invention, in a mobile phone having at least a display unit, an operation unit, a clock unit, and a storage unit for storing a telephone directory, the notification period of the event is associated with an event registered in advance in the telephone directory. A registration unit for registering, a determination unit for determining whether the current date and time acquired from the clock unit is within the notification period, and if the current date and time is within the notification period, during the notification period, And a notification unit for continuously displaying information related to the event registered in advance in the telephone directory on the screen of the display unit.

  In the present invention, the registration unit registers the memo information input by the operation unit in association with the event, and the notification unit displays the memo information in addition to the information related to the event. It can be set as the structure to do.

  In the present invention, the determination means calculates a remaining period until the event based on the current date and time acquired from the clock unit and the date and time of the event acquired from the telephone directory, and the notification The means may be configured to display the remaining period in addition to the information related to the event.

  Further, in the present invention, the mobile phone includes a speaker, and the notification means notifies the displayed information by voice at least once when displaying the information related to the event, or the mobile phone The information means may be configured to sound a sound for notifying the event at least once when displaying the icon or the information related to the event.

  The present invention is also an event notification method in a mobile phone having at least a display unit, an operation unit, a clock unit, and a storage unit for storing a phone book, and a first registration step of registering an event in the phone book; A second registration step of registering the notification period of the event in association with the event registered in advance, and a determination step of determining whether the current date and time acquired from the clock unit is within the notification period; A notification step of continuously displaying an icon for notifying the event on the screen of the display unit during the notification period when the current date and time is within the notification period. In the notification step, the event registered in advance in the telephone directory on the screen of the display unit when the icon is selected on the operation unit. It can be configured to display the relevant information.

  The present invention is also an event notification method in a mobile phone having at least a display unit, an operation unit, a clock unit, and a storage unit for storing a phone book, and a first registration step of registering an event in the phone book; A second registration step of registering the notification period of the event in association with the event registered in advance, and a determination step of determining whether the current date and time acquired from the clock unit is within the notification period; And a notification step of continuously displaying information related to the event registered in advance in the telephone directory on the screen of the display unit during the notification period when the current date and time is within the notification period. And at least.

  In the present invention, in the second registration step, the memo information input by the operation unit is registered in association with the event registered in advance in the telephone directory, and in the notification step, the event is related to the event. In addition to information, the memo information can be displayed.

  Further, in the present invention, in the determination step, a remaining period until the event is calculated based on the current date and time acquired from the clock unit and the date and time of the event acquired from the telephone directory, and the notification is performed. In the step, the remaining period may be displayed in addition to the information related to the event.

  In the present invention, a speaker is provided in the mobile phone, and in the notification step, at the time of displaying information related to the event, the displayed information is notified at least once by voice, or the mobile phone In the notification step, a sound for notifying the event may be generated at least once when displaying the icon or the information related to the event.

  Thus, in the present invention, since the phone book management function is used, it is only necessary to register the notification period in association with the event registered in advance in the phone book. Can be easily. Moreover, since an icon is always displayed on the standby screen during the notification period, the event can be notified to the user with certainty. Further, by registering memo information in the phone book in advance, when an icon is selected, the memo information is displayed and the remaining period until the event is displayed, so that schedule management can be facilitated.

  According to the mobile phone and the event notification method of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

  The first effect of the present invention is that a setting operation for notifying an event can be facilitated. The reason is that events such as birthdays and special anniversaries are managed in the phone book, so if an event for a specific partner is registered in the phone book, the notification period (countdown period) is registered in the phone book. This is because it is possible to omit the operation of inputting the name of the other party and setting the notification start date and time and the notification end date and time.

  The second effect of the present invention is that the event can be notified to the user with certainty. The reason for this is that if you make a note on paper so that you don't forget the event, you may lose the paper, and it is difficult to accurately remember the dates of everyone, such as the birthdays of multiple friends. However, in the present invention, an event is registered in the phone book, and when the day approaches, an icon for notifying the event is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone, so that the user can easily remember the event. . Also, by registering an event in the phone book, if it is desired to know the birthday or schedule of a specific partner, the event can be retrieved more easily than conventional schedule management. Also, if you check once and do not display on the screen until the next day's notification as in the notification notification in the conventional schedule function, you may have forgotten after a few hours even if you remember when notified However, in the present invention, the icon for notifying the event does not disappear from the screen until the day of the event, so that the user can remember the event every time he / she looks at the mobile phone.

  The third effect of the present invention is that schedule management can be facilitated. The reason is that events such as birthdays and special anniversaries need to be prepared up to the day in advance, and for that purpose it is important to inform the user of the event early, but in the present invention, the user By setting a notification period when registering birthdays or special anniversaries in the phone book, notification starts before the event. For example, if it is a birthday, it must be an early birthday This makes it possible to prepare presents with a margin. In addition, it is possible to easily know how many days are left until the current day by counting down and notifying the remaining period until the event every day.

  As shown in the prior art, in the case of the conventional schedule function, it is necessary to set the name of the other party, the notification start date / time, the notification end date / time, etc. in advance, and there is a problem that the setting operation takes time. Further, the notification of the notification is only at the set time, and when the operation is performed on the notification of the notification, the display disappears, and the content of the notification is forgotten. Hereinafter, a conventional notification operation will be described with reference to FIG.

  Conventionally, there is a “schedule function” as a means of notifying an event such as a birthday or a special anniversary. The schedule function is to notify the user when the time is reached by registering the date and time to be notified and the contents. As the notification means, an alarm sound is sounded, a notification content is displayed, etc., and the method is immediately noticed by the user.

  When using the schedule function, the user registers the notification contents in the schedule function in advance. The schedule function is managed for each date. FIG. 8 shows an operation example in the case where registration is performed so that July 7 is a birthday every day from 5 days before. The contents of the schedule function to be registered here are as follows.

・ Notice start time: July 2 AM 8:00 (5 days before July 7)
・ Notice End Time: July 7 AM 8:00
・ Repetition setting: Daily ・ Notification contents: July 7 It is birthday of xxx.

  FIG. 8A shows a normal standby screen 30. When the time set as the notification start time is reached, the notification content 31 is displayed on the standby screen 30 as shown in FIG. When “alarm notification sound” is set in the registration by the schedule function, the alarm sound sounds at the same time as the notification content 31 of FIG. 8B is displayed. The notification content 31 can be returned to the standby screen 30 in FIG. 8C by pressing a specific key. When returning to the standby screen 30 in FIG. 8C, there is no notification of the notification content (birthday) until the next day as shown in FIG. I can not confirm that. Then, at the same time on the next day, as shown in FIG. 8E, the notification content 31 is displayed again on the standby screen 30 together with the alarm sound. This notification is repeated until the date of birthday.

  In this way, in the case of birthday notification using the conventional schedule function, the birthday is notified every day at a specific time, so it is less likely to forget an important birthday, but the standby screen 30 The notification content 31 notified above is not always displayed as it is, and the user presses a specific key when operating the mobile phone to display another screen. The notification screen 31 in FIG. 8E is rarely left as it is. Therefore, when the notification time is set to AM 8:00 as in the example, the user can remember that it is a birthday when the notification is received at AM 8:00, but the mobile phone is used again at noon on that day. Since the birthday notification is not displayed on the screen when the user does, it is assumed that if the user has completely forgotten about the birthday, the possibility of recollecting again is low.

  Also, when notifying events such as birthdays and special anniversaries using the schedule function, the registration of the schedule function has the following troubles.

1. Register the day you want to receive notifications (in the example, 2 days before July 2)
2. Register end date of notification (July 7 in the example)
3. Register requirements (for birthdays, anniversaries, etc., enter from the name of the other party, and for birthdays, state that the event is a birthday)
4). In addition, notification settings such as alarm sounds and icons are performed.

  In the above procedure, the registration of the third item is particularly troublesome because the user has to input the name of the other party, the date of birth, and the date of the event. Also, it is necessary to separately input the start date and end date for the notification dates 1 and 2. As described above, the conventional method of notifying events such as birthdays and special anniversaries has a drawback that it is not user-friendly because setting operations are troublesome and the notification content is displayed only for a special time. .

  Therefore, the present invention provides a mobile phone having the following characteristics and an event notification method in order to notify the user of events such as birthdays and special anniversaries registered in advance in the phone book of the mobile phone.

  First of all, a plurality of birthdays, event dates, etc. registered in the telephone directory are possible, for example, a maximum of five.

  Secondly, when registering a birthday or an anniversary, a period (hereinafter referred to as a countdown period) that is desired to be notified, such as how many days ago, is set. This countdown period can be set to a different value for each birthday or event.

  Third, an icon is displayed on the screen of the mobile phone at the same time as the current date and time is the registered countdown period. A plurality of types of icons are prepared in advance, and easy-to-understand icon displays such as birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and weddings are provided. The icon can be selected by the user in advance.

  Fourthly, when the above icon is selected, a notification content is displayed on the standby screen of the mobile phone, and the number of days until the birthday or event date is notified. In addition, since the icon is always displayed on the standby screen until the day, the user can confirm the notification content any number of times.

  Hereinafter, specific description will be given with reference to the drawings.

  First, a mobile phone and an event notification method according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the configuration of the mobile phone according to the present embodiment. FIGS. 2 to 4 are diagrams illustrating configuration examples of screens displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone according to the present embodiment. is there.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the cellular phone of this embodiment includes an antenna 1, a radio unit 2, a memory 3, an audio signal processing unit 4, a speaker 5, a microphone 6, a control unit 7, and an operation unit. 8, a display unit 9, a clock unit 10, and the like.

  The radio unit 2 is connected to the antenna 1 and performs transmission / reception processing of radio signals through the antenna 1.

  The memory 3 functions as a storage unit that stores data set by the user, and the telephone book registered by the user is also stored in the memory 3. This phone book manages the name, phone number, mail address, address, etc. of the other party in association with each other so that each information can be displayed on the screen of a mobile phone, or can be called or sent by a simple operation. It has become.

  The audio signal processing unit 4 is connected to the speaker 5 and the microphone 6. The audio signal received via the radio unit 2, the antenna 1, and the control unit 7 is D / A converted and output from the speaker 5 as audio. The audio signal processing unit 4 performs A / D conversion on the audio input from the microphone 6 and transmits it to the other party via the control unit 7, the radio unit 2, and the antenna 1.

  The operation unit 8 includes a plurality of keys for inputting a memo, selecting an icon, selecting a menu, and the like.

  The display unit 9 is composed of an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), an organic EL (electroluminescence) display, etc., and displays icons and information on the standby screen, a phonebook registration screen, a memo registration screen, a menu screen, and a new mail. Display the creation screen, phone call screen, etc.

  The clock unit 10 has a function of managing the current date and time.

  The control unit 7 is connected to the radio unit 2, the memory 3, the audio signal processing unit 4, the operation unit 8, the display unit 9, and the clock unit 10, and the control unit 7 controls these units. In addition, the control unit 7 monitors the operation unit 8, detects a user operation, performs processing based on the operation, and controls the display unit 9 to perform various displays. The control unit 7 includes a CPU 10.

  The CPU 10 monitors the key press of the operation unit 8, and when the key press is recognized, performs specific processing and displays necessary information on the display unit 9. Further, the CPU 10 includes a registration unit 12, a determination unit 13, and a notification unit 14.

  The registration unit 12 has a function of registering information (name, telephone number, mail address, etc.) input by the user by operating the operation unit 8 in association with the telephone book provided in the memory 3. In addition, the date and time of events such as birthdays and anniversaries (called event dates and times) can also be recorded in the phone book, the number of days before notification (countdown period), icons for notifying events, etc. Also register. In addition, it has a function of registering information input from the user as a notification memo in the memory 3 in association with the telephone directory.

  The discriminating means 13 compares the event date and time such as a birthday or anniversary registered in the telephone directory with the countdown period, and determines whether or not the current date and time acquired from the clock unit 10 is the date and time for event notification (that is, , Whether or not the current date and time is within the countdown period), and further determines the period (remaining period) until the event date and time.

  The notification unit 14 displays an icon on the display unit 9 when it is time to notify the event. If an icon is specified in the phone book or the like, that icon is used. When the notification unit 14 displays a plurality of icons, the icons may be displayed together in the same type (for example, by birthday, anniversary, or by phone book registered user). . In addition, the notification unit 14 is operated by the user operating the icon displayed on the display unit 9 by using the operation unit 8, so that information (notification content) associated with the icon and registered in the telephone directory or the like is registered. It has a function to display. In addition to displaying on the display unit 9, an operation function for notification contents is provided as a menu. For example, when referring to the other party's phone number or e-mail address, a function is provided for making a call or e-mail to the referenced number or address, and for adding a new memo (creating a new memo) Function).

  Hereinafter, the operation of the mobile phone according to the embodiment will be described. First, with reference to FIG. 2, registration of birthdays and events in the phone book performed by the user in advance in order to notify the notification will be described.

  The phone book of the mobile phone manages the name, phone number, mail address, address, etc. of the other party, and can display each information on the screen of the mobile phone with a simple operation. In the present invention, birthdays and event dates can be registered in the telephone directory. When registering a phone book, as shown in FIG. 2A, a phone book registration screen 15 is displayed in which items such as “name”, “phone number”, “mail address”, etc. are separated for easy understanding by the user. . When the user selects each item and enters each item, the registration means 12 registers the entered information in association with the telephone book. In this embodiment, it is assumed that “birthday” and “notification date” can be added, and events other than the birthday are managed as “notification date”.

  In the “Birthday” item, enter the date of birth of the opponent. You can register multiple “announcement days”, and enter important events such as “anniversaries”, “weddings”, and “promises” here. Select the notification date requirement from the pull-down menu and register it. For each of “Birthday” and “Notification Date”, the notification setting is also made at the same time. Notification notification settings include “notification memo”, “countdown period”, “repetition setting”, “icon setting”, and the like.

  “Notification memo” is information to be displayed together with the name and event of the other party, and when the “notification memo” key is pressed, the memo registration screen 19 is displayed. You can fill in. For example, in the case of “concert”, when a notification notification is received by filling in the notification memo such as “concert of xx. Place is OO”, the user can understand the contents of the event at a glance. In the case of a birthday, a gift candidate or the like may be written in a notification memo.

  The number of days before the “countdown period” is determined according to the content. For example, if you are a person who is thinking about presents on your birthday, you want to be notified early on for the convenience of buying presents. In that case, by setting the countdown period setting field 16 to “10 days”, the notification content is displayed by counting down from the 10th day before the birthday to the current day. For a partner who wants to write a mail on the day of his / her birthday, if the countdown period setting field 16 is set to “1 day”, the contents of the notification can be confirmed on the previous day, and forgetting to write a mail is reduced.

  In “Repetition setting”, it is selected whether or not to notify repeatedly every year. For example, since birthdays and wedding anniversaries are on the same day every year, they are set to repeat (check the repeat setting column 18). This setting saves you the trouble of setting each time. If no repeat is set in “Repeat Setting”, when the notification of the day ends, a mark indicating “End” is added to the item column of the phone book. This makes it easier for an opponent who has many events to delete information items that are not necessary, even if all of the notification date items are filled.

  In “icon setting”, an icon to be displayed on the screen is selected from the icon setting column 17. It is assumed that various icons are prepared in advance and that the user can easily understand at a glance such as a birthday or a wedding anniversary. The icon may be created by the user, or an image file such as a photo may be used as the icon.

  As an example of the above event, registered contents of “birthday” and “wedding” are shown below. Further, the content of the notification memo of “birthday” is shown in the memo registration screen 19 of FIG. 2B, and the content of the notification memo of “wedding” is shown in the memo registration screen 19 of FIG.

(1) Birthday item <Countdown date / time> 5th <Repetition setting> Yes <Icon> Birthday mark <Notice memo> Gift candidates are flowers. Arrange for home delivery 3 days in advance.

(2) Notification Date Item <Countdown Date / Time> 10th <Repetition Setting> None <Icon> Life Mark <Notification Memo> xx wedding. The venue is XX. Make your hair salon appointment early.

  As mentioned above, you do not need to fill in the name of the other party when filling in what you want to be notified of. In addition, by separating the birthday and other announcement dates, there is no need to bother to write “xx birthday” in the birthday notification memo. Therefore, it is possible to save time and labor for registering birthdays and event dates compared to the conventional case.

  Next, an operation example of the notification function of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Here, as in the above example, the birthday is July 7th, and an example of the operation when notification is given five days before is shown.

  FIG. 3A shows a standby screen 20 displayed on the display unit 9. The state when there is no notification message is always the standby screen 20 in FIG.

  Next, when the determination unit 13 determines that the current date and time acquired from the clock unit 10 is 5 days before the birthday date (July 2), the notification unit 14 waits for the date as shown in FIG. An icon 25 is displayed on the receiving screen 20. The icon 25 is registered in advance by the user, and is displayed as an icon that is easy to understand at a glance. By displaying the icons 25 in this way, the limited space on the standby screen 20 can be used effectively, and a plurality of icons 25 can be displayed simultaneously. Further, there is an advantage that the contents of the special day can be intuitively grasped by the pattern of the icon 25. The arrangement, size, and form of the icon 25 are arbitrary and are not limited to the configuration shown in the figure.

  Next, when the user notices that there is an icon 25 on the standby screen 20, the user places the cursor 26 on the icon 25 as shown in FIG. 3C and presses the enter key. Then, the notification means 14 displays the notification content 21 on the standby screen 20 as shown in FIG. This notification content 21 describes the name and birthday date of the other party registered in the phone book, and also describes the content of the memo registered on the memo registration screen 19 in FIG. The remaining period until the event calculated by the discriminating means 13 is described based on the event date and time.

  The notification content 21 returns to the standby screen 20 by pressing a specially assigned key. Here, the “OK” key is assigned on the standby screen 20 in FIG. 3D, and when the “OK” key is pressed in the state of FIG. 3D, the standby screen in FIG. Return to 20. Here, since the notification unit 14 always displays the icon 25 on the standby screen 20 even after the notification content 21 is closed, the user can confirm the notification content 21 by pressing the icon 25 again. is there.

  Next, the countdown notification for notifying the remaining period until the event day in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As in FIG. 3, FIG. 4 is an example of July 7th birthday notification.

  FIG. 4A shows a display when the icon 25 is pressed on July 2, 5th before the birthday, as in FIG. Since July 2 has five days until the current day, the notification content 21 displays a countdown period indicating how many days until the birthday, such as “It is five days left!”. The user receives the birthday notification for the first time on this day and recalls that it is a birthday. In the example, only the date is counted down, but it may be counted down to the time.

  When one day has passed and July 3rd is reached, the determination means 13 again calculates the remaining period until the event based on the current date and time and the event date and time, and when the icon 25 is pressed, as shown in FIG. In the notification content 21, the date and time are counted down and displayed as "4 days left!" The only change from FIG. 4A is the “countdown period”. When one day has elapsed, the number of days until the birthday is counted down, so the countdown period is “4 days”.

  Thus, even if the user forgets the birthday after several days from the notification start date, the user can remember the birthday by displaying the icon 25 when viewing the mobile phone. . In addition, by pressing the icon 25 and confirming the notification content 21, it is possible to know how many days until the birthday. A user who knows that there are only a few days left and rushes to buy presents may be considered. It is also conceivable that the user notices the notification icon 25 when he / she happens to look at the mobile phone during shopping and buys a present along with the shopping.

  When the birthday date is July 7th, the discriminating means 13 calculates the period until the event again based on the current date and time and the event date and time, and when the icon 25 is pressed, notification is made as shown in FIG. The content 21 displays that today is a birthday, such as “It is the day!”. If the user notices that it is the birthday, he or she could contact the other party, such as making a phone call or e-mail, and forgetting the important day for the user. Things will be less. Note that the notification means 14 erases the icon 25 from the standby screen 20 as shown in FIG.

  When there are a plurality of notifications on the same day, all icons 25 are displayed on the standby screen 20. Alternatively, the same icon 25 or the same notification content 21 or the same partner may be displayed together by one icon 25 and the notification content 21 may be displayed as a list by pressing the icon 25. In FIG. 4, the remaining period until the event is displayed by selecting the icon 25, but the remaining period is simultaneously displayed in the vicinity of the icon 25, and the date and time until the birthday can be grasped from the standby screen 20. You may do it. In addition to the display of the remaining period, the form of the icon 25 may be changed, for example, the icon 25 may be darker as the birthday approaches or the size of the icon 25 is increased. Thus, the user can easily understand how close the birthday is without pressing the icon 25.

  As described above, in the mobile phone and the event notification method according to the present embodiment, since the phone book management function is used, it is only necessary to register the countdown period in association with the event stored in advance in the phone book. Can be easily set. Further, since the icon 25 is always displayed on the standby screen 20 during the notification period, the event can be reliably notified to the user. In addition, when the icon 25 is selected by registering the notification content 21 in advance in the telephone book, the notification content 21 is displayed and the remaining period until the event is displayed, so that schedule management can be facilitated. .

  Next, a mobile phone and an event notification method according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment.

  FIG. 5A shows the notification content 21 on the standby screen 20, and after the notification content 21 is notified, there are cases where the user wants to make a note of the event. For example, if it is a birthday, there is a user who wants to make a note so as not to forget what he bought for a gift every year. Also, for events such as parties, I would like to fill in what I need by that day. Therefore, in this embodiment, a function for writing notes to the notification content 21 is provided.

  Specifically, a “menu” key is displayed on the standby screen 20 in FIG. 5A, and when the user selects the “menu” key, the notification unit 14 displays the FIG. 5 on the standby screen 20. The menu screen 22 as shown in (b) is displayed. When “new memo” is selected from the menu screen 22, the notification unit 14 displays a memo registration screen 19 as shown in FIG. The new memo can be entered arbitrarily by the user, and the entered information is stored in association with the telephone book by the registration means 12. FIG. 5 (d) shows an example of making a note of what was purchased on this year's birthday. If you plan to purchase a tie and give it to your birthday this year, enter it in a way that makes it easier for the user to see it later, such as “buy a tie”. A new memo can be entered any number of times and is stored with the date and time information entered.

  The notes entered by the user can be viewed later. For example, when “memo list” is selected on the menu screen 22 of FIG. 5B, the notification unit 14 displays all the lists of memos created so far. Notes written before this notice are all valid, and you can always check the gift list you have given so far by writing down the gifts you bought on your birthday every year. These memos may be referred to not only from the menu screen 22 but also from the telephone directory.

  As described above, the schedule management can be further facilitated by displaying the menu screen 22 when the notification content 21 is displayed and allowing the memo to be added.

  Next, a mobile phone and an event notification method according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone according to the third embodiment.

  In the present embodiment, a function is provided that supports processing such as sending a direct mail or making a call to the other party of the notification content 21.

  FIG. 6A is a display screen of the notification content 21 similar to FIG. When the user looks at the notification contents 21 and wants to send a birthday congratulatory mail to the other party, a new mail creation screen is opened through a predetermined key operation. In addition, it is necessary to write the address directly in the destination or select the other party's mail address from the phone book.

  However, in this embodiment, when the “menu” key is selected on the standby screen 20 in FIG. 6A, the notification means 14 displays the menu screen 22 in FIG. 6B, where “Create Mail” is displayed. When selected, the new mail creation screen 23 of FIG. 6C is directly displayed on the screen. In this new mail creation screen 23, it is assumed that the other party's mail address has already been entered in the destination. Therefore, the user does not need to perform an operation such as calling the mail function or selecting a destination. In addition, if a template such as a text “Happy Birthday” or an image relating to a birthday is already incorporated in the text, the user can easily create an email. In addition, since the user may want to write a sentence directly by himself / herself, the presence / absence of a template can be selected by the user in advance.

  In addition, when it is desired to directly call the other party other than the mail, when the “telephone number” is selected on the menu screen 22 in FIG. 6B, the notification means 14 directly displays the telephone call screen 24 in FIG. Display on the screen. This phone call screen 24 already displays the other party's phone number and can be sent to the other party with a single key operation. No need to search for.

  By supporting the operation of the communication means to the other party by using the menu key in this way, it is possible to make contact with an important other party without trouble and to improve user convenience.

  Next, a mobile phone and an event notification method according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention are described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the mobile phone according to the fourth embodiment.

  In the first embodiment, the icon 25 as shown in FIG. 3B is displayed on the screen when the notification date and time is reached. However, the standby screen 20 in FIG. Since the entire screen may be viewed as being displayed or an image is being displayed, the notification notification is made a small icon 25 so as not to take up much space on the screen.

  However, some users may want to confirm the notification content 21 just by looking at the mobile phone. In particular, for a user who does not use the screen as an ornament, the icon need not be small. Therefore, in FIG. 7, a function of directly displaying the notification content 21 on the screen is provided.

  FIG. 7A shows the standby screen 20. When the determination unit 13 determines the notification date and time, the notification unit 14 displays the notification content 21 on the standby screen 20. Since the user does not need to select the icon 25 as in the first embodiment, the notification content 21 can be confirmed immediately. However, it is preferable that another screen is displayed when the user operates the mobile phone. FIG. 7B is a screen on which the user performs an operation to change the ring tone. In FIG. 7B, the notification means 14 erases the notification content 21 from the screen, but the operation ends and the screen is restored to the original. By returning to the standby screen 20, the notification unit 14 displays the notification content 21 again as shown in FIG.

  In this way, by directly displaying the notification content 21 on the standby screen 20, the notification content 21 can be confirmed immediately just by looking at the screen of the mobile phone, and no user operation is required. 21 can be further facilitated.

  Next, a mobile phone and an event notification method according to the fifth embodiment of the present invention are described.

  In the first to fourth embodiments described above, the notification content 21 is only displayed on the screen, whereas in this embodiment, a function for reading the notification content 21 by voice is provided. The function of reading out the mail text or the like by voice is already known, and here, the notification content 21 is read out using the same technique.

  Specifically, when the icon 25 in FIG. 3B is selected, the notification content 21 in FIG. 3D is displayed, and at the same time, the notification means 14 reads out the text of the notification content 21 at least once by voice. . Thus, by adding the function of reading out by voice, the user can check the notification content 21 while doing another thing. In addition, the frequency | count and timing read-out by an audio | voice are not specifically limited, When the notification content 21 is displayed, you may read out once, and may read out at fixed intervals (for example, every hour). Also, all of the notification content 21 may be read out, or a part of the notification content 21 such as the name of the other party and the name of the event may be read out.

  Next, a mobile phone and an event notification method according to the sixth embodiment of the present invention are described.

  In the present embodiment, a function is provided in which a notification sound is added to the notification in the first to fourth embodiments described above. The notification sound means that the speaker 25 is notified by sound using the speaker 5. The notification sound can be selected in advance by the user.

  Since mobile phones in recent years are mainly foldable, a notification sound is generated using the folding function. When the CPU 10 detects that the folding cellular phone has been opened and the icon 25 is on the screen, the notification sound is emitted at least once. By adding this notification sound, the user can notice the presence of notification at the same time as opening the mobile phone.

  Moreover, you may make it a notification sound ring on the day. For example, when the countdown period is set to 10 days, there is a user who thinks that it is not necessary to sound a notification sound every time the mobile phone is opened for 10 days. Conversely, there may be some users who want to be notified by sound only on the day. In that case, it is only necessary to be able to set “daily” and “only on the day” in the notification sound ringing setting.

  In each of the above-described embodiments, the case where the icon 25 is displayed to notify the event is shown. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the user can be notified that there is an event. For example, the name of the event may be displayed small on the standby screen 20, the design of the standby screen 20 may be changed, or the operation unit 8 may be blinked. Further, the icon 25 may be displayed not only on the standby screen 20 but also on other screens. When the display unit is also provided on the back side of the mobile phone, the icon 25 is also displayed on the back display unit. May be. In each of the above embodiments, the name of the other party, the date and time of the event, the memo, and the remaining date and time until the event are exemplified as the information displayed in the notification content 21, but at least the information is registered in the telephone directory in association with the event. Information only needs to be displayed.

  The present invention is not limited to a mobile phone, and can be applied to an arbitrary device having a phone book function such as a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a fixed phone, and a personal computer.

It is a block diagram which shows typically the structure of the mobile telephone based on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows registration to the telephone directory of the mobile telephone based on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the notification notification of the mobile telephone which concerns on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the countdown notification of the mobile telephone based on 1st Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the notification notification function of the mobile telephone which concerns on 2nd Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the notification notification function of the mobile telephone which concerns on 3rd Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the notification notification function of the mobile telephone based on 4th Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the schedule function of the conventional mobile telephone.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Antenna 2 Radio | wireless part 3 Memory 4 Audio | voice signal processing part 5 Speaker 6 Microphone 7 Control part 8 Operation part 9 Display part 10 Clock part 11 CPU
12 Registration means 13 Discrimination means 14 Notification means 15 Phonebook registration screen 16 Countdown period setting field 17 Icon setting field 18 Repeat setting field 19 Memo registration screen 20 Stand-by screen 21 Notification content 22 Menu screen 23 New mail creation screen 24 Telephone call screen 25 Icon 26 Cursor 30 Stand-by screen 31 Information

Claims (14)

In a mobile phone having at least a display unit, an operation unit, a clock unit, and a storage unit for storing a phone book,
A registration means for registering a notification period of the event in association with an event registered in advance in the telephone book;
Determining means for determining whether the current date and time acquired from the clock unit is within the notification period;
In the case where the current date and time is within the notification period, at least a notification unit that continuously displays an icon for reporting the event on the screen of the display unit during the notification period. A featured mobile phone.   The notification means displays information related to the event registered in advance in the telephone directory on the screen of the display unit when the icon is selected by the operation unit. Item 2. The mobile phone according to Item 1. In a mobile phone having at least a display unit, an operation unit, a clock unit, and a storage unit for storing a phone book,
A registration means for registering a notification period of the event in association with an event registered in advance in the telephone book;
Determining means for determining whether the current date and time acquired from the clock unit is within the notification period;
Informing means for continuously displaying information related to the event registered in advance in the telephone directory on the screen of the display unit during the informing period when the current date and time is within the informing period. A mobile phone comprising at least The registration means registers the memo information input by the operation unit in association with the event,
4. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein the notifying unit displays the memo information in addition to the information related to the event. The determination means calculates a remaining period until the event based on the current date and time acquired from the clock unit and the date and time of the event acquired from the phone book,
The mobile phone according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the notification unit displays the remaining period in addition to information related to the event. The mobile phone is provided with a speaker,
6. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein the notification unit notifies the displayed information by voice at least once when displaying information related to the event. The mobile phone is provided with a speaker,
The said alerting | reporting means rings the sound for alerting | reporting the said event at least once at the time of the display of the information relevant to the said icon or the said event, The Claim 1 thru | or 6 characterized by the above-mentioned. Mobile phone. An event notification method in a mobile phone having at least a display unit, an operation unit, a clock unit, and a storage unit for storing a phone book,
A first registration step of registering an event in the telephone book;
A second registration step of registering a notification period of the event in association with the event registered in advance;
A determination step of determining whether the current date and time acquired from the clock unit is within the notification period;
When the current date and time is within the notification period, at least a notification step of continuously displaying an icon for notifying the event on the screen of the display unit during the notification period. A characteristic event notification method.   In the notification step, when the icon is selected by the operation unit, information related to the event registered in advance in the telephone directory is displayed on the screen of the display unit. Item 9. The event notification method according to Item 8. An event notification method in a mobile phone having at least a display unit, an operation unit, a clock unit, and a storage unit for storing a phone book,
A first registration step of registering an event in the telephone book;
A second registration step of registering a notification period of the event in association with the event registered in advance;
A determination step of determining whether the current date and time acquired from the clock unit is within the notification period;
A notification step of continuously displaying information related to the event registered in advance in the telephone directory on the screen of the display unit during the notification period when the current date and time is within the notification period; , At least an event notification method. In the second registration step, the memo information input through the operation unit is registered in association with an event registered in advance in the phone book,
The event notification method according to claim 9 or 10, wherein, in the notification step, the memo information is displayed in addition to the information related to the event. In the determining step, based on the current date and time acquired from the clock unit and the date and time of the event acquired from the phone book, a remaining period until the event is calculated,
The event notification method according to any one of claims 9 to 11, wherein in the notification step, the remaining period is displayed in addition to information related to the event. The mobile phone is provided with a speaker,
The event notification method according to any one of claims 9 to 12, wherein in the notification step, the displayed information is notified by voice at least once when the information related to the event is displayed. The mobile phone is provided with a speaker,
14. The notification step according to claim 8, wherein a sound for notifying the event is sounded at least once when displaying the icon or the information related to the event. Event notification method.

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