JP2008263287A - Mobile telephone terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically make temporary change of the output state of a notification means to an output state preset for each mobile phone opposite party nearby a user of a mobile phone terminal according to the opposite party. <P>SOLUTION: The user registers, in a telephone directory etc., of the mobile phone terminal 100, a desired output state of the notification means for incoming call as a special manner mode for each mobile phone opposite party. When an IC tag part 113 of an opposite-side terminal enters a range of a predetermined distance to the user's terminal, an IC tag reader 114 in the user's terminal reads out ID information stored in the IC tag part 113. When it is decided based upon the ID information that the opposite party for which the special manner mode is set matches the mobile phone opposite party who carries the terminal in which the IC tag part is incorporated, the registered output state of the notification means is forcibly selected. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone terminal having a function for setting a manner mode.

  Currently, mobile phone terminals are widely used as personal communication tools, but because ringtones of telephones and e-mails are annoying others, such as in trains, libraries, hospitals, etc. Instead, a so-called manner mode is provided as an indispensable function to notify the user of an incoming call by vibrations from the vibrator, to suppress the vibrator so that only the LED emits light, to stop the generation of radio waves, etc. Yes.

  Since the manner mode is normally set manually and consciously by the user, the setting may be forgotten if the user does not notice. Further, even when not forgetting, it is necessary to perform setting and releasing operations whenever necessary, which is troublesome.

  Conventionally, a technique for automatically setting the manner mode has been proposed for such a problem.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, an IC tag detection radio wave is periodically transmitted from a mobile phone terminal to an IC tag attached to clothes, accessories, or carry-on items worn by a terminal holder, and ranges from 1 to 2 m. Discloses a technique for switching an operation mode (setting a manner mode) by detecting an identification signal transmitted from an IC tag existing in the system.

  In Patent Literature 2, a manner signal of a weak radio wave is transmitted from a manner signal transmitter connected to a pacemaker, and a cellular phone that receives this signal autonomously sets an automatic manner mode and emits radio waves toward a base station. A technique for stopping is disclosed.

Patent Document 3 discloses a technique for automatically setting a mobile phone terminal to a forced transmission / reception stop mode or a mute mode by providing a command transmission means at the entrance of a hospital, a movie theater, etc., or at a ticket gate of a station. Yes.
JP 2006-94395 A JP 2005-277837 A JP 2002-27557 A

  By the way, in the conventional manner mode, the user can select and set a desired state from a plurality of state options such as vibrator ON and OFF. However, the conventional technology related to the manner mode cannot cope with a case where the setting contents of the manner mode are desired to be changed depending on who is around the user.

  The present invention has been made in such a background, and according to a partner in the vicinity of the user of the mobile phone terminal, the output state of the notification means can be automatically and temporarily changed to a preset output state for each partner. I intend to do so.

  A mobile phone terminal according to the present invention is a mobile phone terminal having a function for setting a manner mode, and at least a notification means for notifying a user of an incoming call or mail communication, and an output state of the notification means. Setting means for setting, registration means for registering the desired output state of the notification means as a special manner mode for each predetermined partner, and storing in the IC tag when the IC tag enters within a predetermined distance range of the own terminal When it is detected that the IC tag reader that reads the ID information that has been registered and the partner that holds the IC tag matches the partner that registered the special manner mode based on the ID information, And control means for controlling the setting means so as to forcibly set the output state of the notification means.

  The predetermined distance range is determined by the communicable range of the IC tag reader with respect to the IC tag, and is a range in the vicinity of the user.

  According to the present invention, when the registered partner is in the vicinity, regardless of the output state currently set for the notification means, the output state automatically set for the partner in the special manner mode is automatically set. Thereby, not the uniform manner mode but the output state of the notification means can be individually set for each partner.

  The mobile phone terminal originally has a phone book data registration means for registering at least one of the other party's telephone number and mail address. As the registration means, the phone book data registration means is used as necessary. The special manner mode can be registered for each opponent.

  However, the registration means may separately prepare a plurality of manner sets that are combinations of different output states of the notification means. In this case, a partner is assigned and registered for each manner set as necessary.

  The registration means registers a priority for each partner who has registered the special manner mode, and the control means has a plurality of IC tags of a plurality of opponents registered with the special manner mode within the predetermined distance range. In this case, it is possible to adjust the competition between the output states of the notification means registered for the plurality of opponents according to the priority.

  In addition, when the plurality of IC tags of a plurality of opponents registered with the special manner mode are within the predetermined distance range, the control unit is configured to set a priority set in advance between a plurality of output states of each notification unit. You may make it adjust the competition of the output state of the said alerting | reporting means registered about the said other party according to the degree.

  Preferably, storage means for storing a current setting state of the setting means is provided, and the control means stores the current output state of the notification means when the IC tag enters a predetermined distance range of the terminal. In addition to retreating to the means, the state is changed to the output state of the special manner mode, and thereafter, when the IC tag goes out of the predetermined distance range, the setting by the setting means is returned to the retreated output state. As a result, the automatically switched output state is automatically switched back to the original state again when the situation where the switching is necessary is removed.

  The present invention not only prevents the ringer from sounding even when the manner mode is not set in a situation where the ringtone should not be sounded, but also the manner mode depending on who is around. The contents of can be different. Therefore, depending on the other party, there is no possibility of ringing when you do not want ringtones to be heard or receiving incoming calls that you do not want to be known. As a result, it is possible to avoid problems related to human relationships related to the mobile phone terminal.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic hardware configuration of the mobile phone terminal according to the present embodiment.

  The mobile phone terminal 100 includes a control unit 101, a communication unit 103, a display unit 104, an operation unit 105, a memory 106, a light emitting unit 107, a vibrator 108, an audio processing unit 110, and an IC tag unit 113 that are connected to each other via a bus 120. , An IC tag reader 114, and a speaker 111 and a microphone 112 connected to the audio processing unit 110.

  The control unit 101 includes a CPU and the like, and controls each unit of the mobile phone terminal 100. The registration means and setting means in the present invention are realized by the function of the control unit 101.

  The communication unit 103 includes an RF unit, a modulation circuit, and the like, and performs wireless communication for communication and mail communication with the base station via the antenna 102.

  The display unit 104 includes a display device such as an LCD and an organic EL, and a display drive circuit, and displays display information such as text and images.

  The operation unit 105 includes various keys such as a control key and a numeric keypad, and accepts an instruction and data input by a user.

  The memory 106 includes a ROM, a RAM, and the like, and stores programs and data such as an OS executed by the CPU and various applications. The ROM may include a rewritable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory. The phone book data and the like in the present embodiment are also stored in the memory 106.

  The light emitting unit 107 includes a light emitting element such as an LED, and performs an incoming call notification by light to the user. Vibrator 108 notifies the user of incoming calls or mails by vibration. The audio processing unit 110 includes an audio encoder, decoder, DA converter, AD converter, and the like, and performs audio output to the speaker 111 (including earphones) and audio input from a microphone. Generation of sound by the speaker 111, generation of light by the light emitting unit 107, and generation of vibration by the vibrator 108 constitute a notification means for the user. When the manner mode (including the special manner mode) is used, the generation of sound by the speaker 111 is suppressed, and the vibrator is selected to be ON or OFF as necessary. Since the generation of light by the light emitting unit 107 does not directly disturb others, it is usually set regardless of the manner mode setting.

  The IC tag unit 113 includes an IC chip that stores information, and information is read from the IC chip by radio (radio wave) by an external reader. ID information that can identify the user of the mobile phone terminal is stored in the IC chip. This ID information is arbitrary data such as a telephone number, a mail address, a terminal ID, etc. that can identify the other party. The IC tag is also called an RD tag, RFID, wireless tag or the like, and is usually used accompanying an object for managing the object.

  The IC tag unit 113 of the present embodiment is assumed to be a passive IC tag that does not require a power source, but may be an active type if the power source of the mobile phone terminal 100 is used.

  The IC tag reader 114 is a reader for reading ID information stored in the IC tag unit 113 of another mobile phone terminal by radio (radio wave). In the present embodiment, when the partner terminal enters within a few meters, preferably within about 1.5 meters of the user's own mobile phone terminal 100, the IC tag portion 113 of the partner terminal is detected.

  In recent years, non-contact IC cards that can be used as electronic money and electronic tickets and mobile phone terminals equipped with the functions have become widespread. The non-contact IC card also has an IC chip that can read and write information by radio (radio wave), and is similar to an IC tag in that information can be written and read by an external reader / writer. Although the communication distance of the current non-contact IC card is relatively short, a non-contact IC card may be used as long as it can be detected by the communication distance in the application of the present embodiment. Therefore, the “IC tag” in the present invention includes a non-contact IC card.

  FIG. 2 shows a display screen (registration screen) 200 of one person of the telephone directory function of the mobile phone terminal. On this screen, the name (or name) 201, mobile phone number 202, mobile phone mail address 203, personal computer mail address 204, address 205, group name 206, registered image file 207, special manner mode setting item 208 are shown. The operation guide 209 is included. In the present embodiment, a special manner mode setting item 208 is added to registered items in the existing telephone directory. If the special manner mode setting item 208 is “OFF” for the partner, the special manner mode is “not set”, and if it is “ON”, the special manner mode is “set”. The user can set or change each item from this screen.

  FIG. 3 shows a setting screen 300 when the special manner mode setting item 208 is selected on the display screen 200 of FIG. This screen includes a special manner mode setting field 301, a priority setting field 302, a menu field 303 for selecting the output state of the notification means when a call is received, and a menu field 304 for selecting the output state of the notification means when a mail is received. , An operation guide 309 is included. The special manner mode setting field 301 is an input field for selectively setting ON or OFF. When the setting field 301 is set to ON, the following fields can be set. The priority order setting field 302 is an input field for determining the priority when the output state of the special manner mode competes for a plurality of opponents. Here, the priority order is set to 1 to 10 for up to 10 opponents. An example of selective setting is shown. The lower the number, the higher the priority. However, the number of registered partners is not limited to 10 people. The same priority may be assigned to a plurality of opponents. In that case, when the output status of the other party with the same priority is in conflict, the output status to be set is selected according to the priority between a plurality of predetermined output statuses, or the priority is set according to the order of registration in the phone book. It is possible to judge.

  The menu column 303 and the menu column 304 are columns for selectively setting the output state of means (in this case, a vibrator) for notifying the user when a call or mail is received. As for the menu column 303 and the menu column 304, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, when the user selects these columns, the options of “vibrator ON” and “vibrator OFF” are presented, and one of the options is selected. Can be set. Although an example has been shown in which only the vibrator can be selected ON or OFF, when the vibrator is ON, any pattern may be selected from the plurality of vibration patterns. In addition, an item such as radio wave output OFF may be added as another option.

  As for the priority for the output state competition adjustment, a method other than setting the priority order for each partner as described above may be considered. One of the methods is to predetermine priorities among the plurality of output states themselves. Thereby, for example, “vibrator ON” and “vibrator OFF” are determined in advance that “vibrator OFF” has higher priority. Therefore, when a plurality of opponents registered in the special manner mode, for example, Mr. A and Mr. B are within a predetermined distance range, Mr. A's incoming call is “vibrator ON”, and Mr. B ’s incoming call is “vibrator OFF "" Vibrator OFF "has a higher priority, so the vibrator is set to the OFF state. When such priority setting is adopted, the special manner mode setting screen does not require an input column of “priority” as can be seen from the screen 500 as shown in FIG.

  In the above description, an example in which the special manner mode can be set for each partner as one item of the registration items of the phone book data has been shown. On the other hand, instead of using the phone book data directly and setting the special manner mode setting item for each partner's setting screen in it, the special manner mode is set on another setting screen. It is also possible to make it. For example, the manner mode can be set on the screen 600 shown in FIG. As shown in the manner set table 701 in FIG. 7A, a plurality of manner sets having different combinations of output states of notification means are prepared in advance for each type of communication (telephone, mail, etc.). It is something to keep. Thereafter, as shown in the manner set assignment table 702 in FIG. 7B, the other party is assigned to each manner set and registered as necessary. The number of opponents assigned to one manner set may be 0, 1, or plural. When assigning the other party, telephone directory data, outgoing data, incoming data, etc. can be used. The “partner” data registered in the manner set allocation table 702 may be any data such as a telephone number, an e-mail address, a terminal ID, etc. that can identify the partner, and preferably an ID stored in the IC tag unit 113. It corresponds to information.

  In the screen 500 of FIG. 5, there is no input field for setting the generation of speakers as other notification means, but in the special manner mode, as in the normal manner mode, the speakers are always turned off.

  6 includes a special manner mode setting field 601, a manner set selection field 602, a partner designation field 603, an assigned party display field 604, and a display guide 609 similar to the special manner mode setting field 301. When the special manner mode setting field 601 is set to “ON”, the user designates a partner in the partner designation field 603 for the manner set selected in the manner set selection field 602, and sends the partner to the manner set. Can be assigned. Those opponents (plurality) are displayed in the assigned partner display field 604.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure related to the special manner mode in the cellular phone terminal 100 according to the present embodiment.

  The cellular phone terminal 100 periodically checks whether an IC tag to be detected by the IC tag reader 114 exists in the vicinity (S10). In the present embodiment, the communicable distance is about 1.5 m. When the IC tag is detected (S10, Yes), it is checked whether or not the special manner mode is set to ON for the other party (S11). If it is set to ON (S11, Yes), it is checked whether or not the special manner mode has already been set for another partner (S12). If it has already been set (S12, Yes), the competition of the output state of the notification means in the special manner mode is adjusted for the plurality of opponents (S15). The contention adjustment is performed based on the priority as described above.

  If the special manner mode is not being set for another partner in step S12, the current setting contents related to the manner mode are saved in the memory 106 (S13). For the partner whose special manner mode is set to ON, the contents of the set special manner mode are confirmed (S14).

  After step S14 or step S15, the special manner mode is set (if already set, it is changed when necessary) (S16).

  After that, if it is detected that the IC tag is out of the communicable range based on the output of the IC tag reader 114 (S17, Yes), it is checked whether or not all the IC tags are out of the communicable range ( S18). If so, the special manner mode is canceled, and the original manner state is restored based on the manner mode-related setting contents previously saved in step S13 (S19), and the process returns to step S10.

  If there is an IC tag remaining in the communicable range in step S18 (S18, No), the number of IC tags being detected is checked (S20). If the number is single (S20, Yes), the content of the special manner mode for the partner is confirmed (S21). If it is not single, competition adjustment is performed for a plurality of opponents in the same manner as in the previous step S15 (S22).

  After step S21 or step S22, the special manner mode is reset (S23), and the process returns to step 10.

As a specific example of the setting of the special manner mode in the present embodiment, for example, the following can be considered.
・ When talking to boss A, turn off the vibrator (silent) for both incoming calls and mails.
・ When you are in Lover B, the vibrator is turned on for incoming calls and the vibrator is turned off for incoming mail.
・ When you are with friend C, turn on the vibrator for both incoming calls and mails.

  In such a special manner mode setting state, for example, when a lover B and a friend C are in the vicinity, the output state set for incoming mail differs between vibrator OFF and ON. In such a case, in the example of FIG. 3, the output state with the higher priority set is selected. Further, in the example of FIG. 5, one (for example, vibrator OFF) is selected according to the priority between predetermined output states.

  Normally, even if there is an incoming call notification due to vibration of the vibrator, it will be recognized by the person in the vicinity of the terminal, so by setting the vibrator to OFF by the other party, it will not be recognized that there was an incoming call only for that other party be able to.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, but various modifications and changes other than those mentioned above can be made.

It is a block diagram which shows the schematic hardware constitutions of the mobile telephone terminal which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display screen (registration screen) of one other party of the telephone directory function of the mobile telephone terminal of FIG. It is a figure which shows a setting screen when the special manner mode item is selected on the display screen of FIG. It is the figure which showed a mode that an option is shown when a user selects the menu column in the screen of FIG. It is a figure which shows the modification of the display screen of FIG. It is a figure which shows the setting screen regarding the other setting method different from the setting screen of the special manner mode shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the manner set table and manner set allocation table in embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of a process sequence regarding the special manner mode in the mobile telephone terminal shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Mobile phone terminal 101 ... Control part 102 ... Antenna 103 ... Communication part 104 ... Display part 105 ... Operation part 106 ... Memory 107 ... Light emission part 108 ... Vibrator 110 ... Audio | voice processing part 111 ... Speaker, 112 ... Microphone, 113 ... IC tag part, 114 ... IC tag reader, 120 ... Bus, 200 ... Display screen, 202 ... Mobile phone number, 203 ... Mail address for mobile phone, 204 ... Mail address for personal computer, 205 ... Address, 206 ... Group name, 207 ... Registered image file, 208 ... Special manner mode setting item, 209 ... Operation guide, 300 ... Setting screen, 301 ... Special manner mode setting field, 302 ... Priority order setting field, 303 ... Menu field , 304 ... Menu column, 309 ... Operation guide, 500 ... Screen, 600 ... Screen, 601 ... Special Manner mode setting column, 602 ... manners set selection column, 603 ... partner designation column, 604 ... assigned partner display column, 609 ... display guide, 701 ... manners set table, 702 ... manners set allocation table

Claims (7)

A mobile phone terminal with a function for setting the manner mode,
Informing means for notifying the user of at least an incoming call or mail communication;
Setting means for setting the output state of the notification means;
Registration means for registering a desired output state of the notification means as a special manner mode for each predetermined partner;
An IC tag reader that reads ID information stored in the IC tag when the IC tag enters the predetermined distance range of the terminal;
Based on the ID information, when it is detected that the partner holding the IC tag matches the partner registered in the special manner mode, the output state of the registered notification means is forcibly set. And a control means for controlling the setting means.   2. The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein the notification means is at least vibration generation means.   The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein the registration means is a telephone directory data registration means for registering at least one of the telephone number and mail address of the other party, and registers the special manner mode for each party as necessary.   The said registration means prepares the several manner set which is a different combination of the output state of the said alerting | reporting means, and allocates and registers a partner with respect to each manner set as needed. Mobile phone terminals. The registration means registers the priority for each partner who registered the special manner mode,
When the plurality of IC tags of a plurality of opponents registered with the special manner mode are within the predetermined distance range, the control means outputs an output state of the notification means registered for the plurality of opponents according to the priority The mobile phone terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which adjusts the contention.   The control means, when a plurality of IC tags of a plurality of opponents registered with the special manner mode are within the predetermined distance range, according to a priority set in advance between a plurality of output states of the notification means. The mobile phone terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which adjusts the competition of output states of the notification means registered for the plurality of opponents.   Storage means for storing the current setting state of the setting means; and the control means saves the current output state of the notification means to the storage means when the IC tag enters a predetermined distance range of the terminal itself. And changing to the special manner mode output state, and then returning the setting by the setting means to the retracted output state when the IC tag goes out of a predetermined distance range. The mobile phone terminal described in Crab.

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