JP2010021849A - Mobile phone, call termination notification method in the mobile phone and program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely notify a user of call termination, in a case where vibration is applied from the outside, with a simple configuration, even while a silent mode is set during which the user is notified of the call termination by vibration. <P>SOLUTION: A mobile phone is configured to set, as a call termination notification mode for notifying a user of call termination, a first mode for notifying the user of call termination through a ringtone and a second mode for notifying the user of call termination through vibration, wherein if the call termination notification mode is set to the second mode and a strength of vibration applied to the mobile phone from the outside is equal to or more than a threshold, the call termination notification mode is switched from the second mode to the first mode. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone, an incoming call notification method and a program for a mobile phone, and more particularly to an incoming call notification technique in a mobile phone having a mode for notifying an incoming call by a ring tone and a mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration.

  In recent years, not only young people and businessmen, but also housewives and elderly people own mobile phones, and mobile phones for children are also sold from the standpoint of child safety. ing. In such a mobile phone, in order not to bother other people when receiving an incoming call in a public place such as a train, in addition to a mode for notifying an incoming call by a ring tone like a general phone, incoming calls are received by vibration. A so-called manner mode for notification can be set.

  Then, by forcibly giving vibration to the mobile phone at the time of the incoming call, the vibration is detected by the vibration detecting means built in the mobile phone, and when the strength and frequency of the vibration are within a certain range, It is considered that the ringtone is controlled by the control unit (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  By the way, recently, there are many cases in which measures for preventing loss of mobile phones are taken from the viewpoint of security. For example, in many cases, a mobile phone is devised so as not to leave the body using a neck strap or the like. When the mobile phone is carried around using the neck strap in this way, the mobile phone is not fixed to the body and is carried while shaking slightly apart. Therefore, if the user receives an incoming call with the mobile phone set to the manner mode, the mobile phone is carried in an unstable state by the neck strap, so the user may not notice the vibration. There is.

In view of this, a technique has been considered in which when the incoming call is received, the volume of the ringtone and the amount of vibration are controlled according to the movement state of the user (see, for example, Patent Document 2). In this technology, when there is an incoming call in a mode in which the incoming call is notified by the ring tone and vibration, the incoming call operation pattern is selected according to the position and vibration of the user, and the ring tone and vibration are selected according to the incoming call operation pattern. The size changes, and the user can be surely notified of the incoming call.
JP 2000-174852 A JP 2007-300346 A

  However, in the technology as described above, it is necessary to set in advance an incoming call operation pattern according to the position and vibration of the user, and particularly when a large number of incoming call operation patterns are set, the processing is complicated. In addition, there is a problem that a storage area such as a memory is used more than necessary.

  When the manner mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration is set, it is difficult to say that the user can recognize the incoming call only when the magnitude of the vibration is increased and the mobile phone shakes greatly.

  The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the above-described technology. Even when the manner mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration is set, vibration can be generated from the outside with a simple configuration. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone that can reliably notify an incoming call when a call is added.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides:
In a mobile phone configured to be able to set a first mode for notifying an incoming call by a ring tone and a second mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration as an incoming call notification mode for notifying an incoming call,
When the incoming call notification mode is set to the second mode, and the strength of vibration applied to the mobile phone from the outside is equal to or greater than a threshold, the incoming call notification mode is changed from the second mode to the second mode. The mode is switched to the first mode.

In addition, there is an incoming call notification method in a mobile phone configured to be able to set a first mode for notifying an incoming call by a ring tone and a second mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration as an incoming call notification mode for notifying an incoming call. And
Processing to measure the intensity of vibration applied from the outside,
Determining whether the measured vibration intensity is greater than or equal to the threshold;
When the incoming call notification mode is set to the second mode, and it is determined that the intensity of vibration is equal to or higher than the threshold, the incoming call notification mode is changed from the second mode to the second mode. And switching to the first mode.

In addition, as an incoming call notification mode for notifying an incoming call, a mobile phone configured to be able to set a first mode for notifying an incoming call by ringtone and a second mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration,
A procedure to measure the intensity of vibration applied from the outside;
Determining whether the measured vibration intensity is greater than or equal to the threshold;
When the incoming call notification mode is set to the second mode, and it is determined that the measured vibration intensity is equal to or higher than the threshold, the incoming call notification mode is changed to the second mode. To execute the procedure for switching to the first mode.

  As described above, in the present invention, as an incoming call notification mode for notifying an incoming call, the first mode for notifying an incoming call by a ring tone and the second mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration can be set. In the mobile phone, when the incoming call notification mode is set to the second mode and the intensity of vibration applied to the mobile phone from the outside is equal to or greater than the threshold, the incoming call notification mode is changed from the second mode to the first mode. Because it is configured to switch to this mode, even if it is set to the second mode for notifying incoming calls by vibration, it is possible to reliably notify incoming calls when vibration is applied from the outside with a simple configuration. Can do.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, a radio unit 11 for performing transmission / reception using a radio line and a program for operating the mobile phone 1 are not possible to rewrite by a normal user operation. A ROM unit 19 which is a nonvolatile memory written in, a control unit 12 for operating the cellular phone 1 by a program written in the ROM unit 19 in advance, and an LCD unit for displaying various message information and user data 13, the key input unit 14 which is an input means for inputting various information by inputting information from the outside by the user, and when the manner mode setting is OFF, that is, the incoming call notification mode of the mobile phone 1 is a ring tone. When the mobile phone 1 is in the first mode for notifying of an incoming call, the ringtone sounding unit 15 that rings a ringtone when the mobile phone 1 receives a call, and the mobile phone 1 The vibration measurement unit 16 that measures the intensity of external vibration, the vibration generation determination unit 17 that determines whether the vibration intensity measured by the vibration measurement unit 16 is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and the manner mode setting is ON. In other words, when the incoming call notification mode of the mobile phone 1 is the second mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration, the vibration generating unit 18 that generates vibration when the mobile phone 1 receives an incoming call, and the control unit 12 includes a RAM unit 20 that is a volatile memory for temporarily storing work data when various operations are performed, and a ROM unit 21 that stores manner mode settings selected by the user. In the vibration generation determination unit 17, the threshold value for determining the vibration intensity measured by the vibration measurement unit 16 indicates a limit value of the intensity of vibration applied to the mobile phone 1 from the outside. When vibration is applied from the outside, the manner mode setting is ignored and the incoming call notification mode for the user is determined as the first mode for notifying the incoming call by the ring tone or the second mode for notifying the incoming call by the vibration. It is a value for.

  Further, in the mobile phone 1, a voice call function via a wireless communication line, a function of notifying a user of the mobile phone 1 by vibration instead of a ring tone at the time of incoming call, and a user of the mobile phone 1 at the time of incoming call The incoming call notification mode has three functions: a first mode in which an incoming call is notified by a ring tone and a second mode in which an incoming call is notified by vibration, and a function of saving in the ROM unit 21. These functions and communication procedures (protocols) are not particularly mentioned in this specification, and known techniques are used.

  The cellular phone 1 configured as described above has a manner mode setting. The manner mode setting determines an incoming notification mode for the user of the mobile phone 1 at the time of incoming. When the manner mode setting is ON, the incoming call notification mode is a second mode in which an incoming call is notified by vibration. When the manner mode setting is OFF, the incoming call notification mode is a first mode in which an incoming call is notified by a ring tone. It becomes.

  Hereinafter, an incoming call notification method in the mobile phone 1 configured as described above will be described.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining an incoming call notification method in mobile phone 1 shown in FIG.

  First, the manner mode setting is ON, that is, the incoming call notification mode to the user is set to the second mode in which an incoming call is notified by vibration, and a large vibration exceeding the threshold is applied to the mobile phone 1 at the time of the incoming call. The operation in the case of failure will be described. It is assumed that the incoming call notification mode setting is stored in the ROM unit 21.

  When the mobile phone 1 is in a waiting state where the function is not particularly operated (step S1), when an incoming call occurs from a certain partner (step S2), the control unit 12 detects that the incoming call has occurred, and then the ROM unit 21 The manner mode setting stored after the setting is copied to a predetermined area of the RAM unit 20 (step S3).

  Next, the control unit 12 reads the manner mode setting (copied) from the RAM unit 20 again (step S4).

  In this example, since the manner mode setting is ON, that is, the incoming call notification mode is the second mode in which an incoming call is notified by vibration, the process proceeds to step S6 (step S5-1).

  Since the manner mode setting of the mobile phone 1 is ON, that is, the incoming call notification mode is the second mode by vibration, the control unit 12 measures the intensity of vibration applied to the mobile phone 1 by the vibration measuring unit 16 ( Step S6).

  Next, the vibration occurrence determination unit 17 determines whether or not the intensity of vibration measured by the vibration measurement unit 16 is equal to or greater than a specified amount (ie, a threshold value) (step S7). It is determined that 1 is vibrated (or greatly). Therefore, the process proceeds to step S8 (step S7-1).

  In this example, since the cellular phone 1 is vibrated violently, the manner mode setting is ON, that is, the user does not notice the incoming call in the second mode in which the incoming call notification mode notifies the incoming call by vibration. It will be judged. Therefore, the manner mode setting is forcibly turned OFF only at this time in order to make the user notice the incoming call, that is, the incoming call notification mode is switched to the first mode in which the incoming call is notified by the ring tone. Specifically, the control unit 12 writes the manner mode setting of the RAM unit 20 as OFF (step S8).

  Thereafter, in order to actually notify the user of the incoming call, the control unit 12 reads the manner mode setting again from the RAM unit 20 (step S9). As a result, since the manner mode setting is OFF in this example, the control unit 12 changes the notification mode of the incoming call to the user from the second mode in which the incoming call is notified by vibration to the first mode in which the incoming call is notified by the ring tone. (Step S10-1), the ringtone sounding unit 15 sounds a ringtone and notifies the user of the incoming call (step S11-1).

  The user who notices the ring tone shifts to a call with the other party after the off-hook operation (step S12).

  Next, the operation when the manner mode setting is OFF, that is, when the incoming notification mode to the user is set to the first mode for notifying the incoming call by the incoming ring tone will be described.

  The operations from steps S1 to S4 are the same as described above.

  Since the manner mode setting read from the RAM unit 20 by the control unit 12 in step S4 is OFF, the process does not proceed to the measurement of the vibration intensity in step S6 (step S5-2), and the ring tone is used as it is. The person is notified of the incoming call (step S11-1).

  Finally, the manner mode setting is ON, that is, the incoming call notification mode to the user is set to the second mode in which the incoming call is notified by vibration, but the mobile phone 1 is not subjected to vibration exceeding the threshold at the time of the incoming call. The operation in the case of failure will be described.

  Although the operations from Steps S1 to S6 are the same, since the vibration intensity measured in Step S6 is less than a predetermined amount, that is, less than a threshold value, it is determined that the mobile phone 1 is not vibrating. And step S8 is skipped and it transfers to step S9. In this case, since the mobile phone 1 is not vibrating, it is not necessary to switch the incoming notification mode to the user to the first mode in which the incoming call is notified by the ringing tone, and the manner mode setting remains ON. Even if the incoming call notification mode remains in the second mode in which an incoming call is notified by vibration, it is determined that the user is aware of the vibration in the second mode.

  Therefore, the manner mode setting is forcibly turned off, that is, the incoming call notification mode is not switched to the first mode for notifying the incoming call by the ring tone (step S7-2), and the user actually receives the incoming call. To notify the manner mode setting from the RAM unit 20 again (step S9).

  As a result, since the manner mode setting is ON in this example, the control unit 12 selects the second notification mode for notifying the user of the incoming call by the vibration (step S10-2), and the vibration is generated. A vibration is generated from the unit 18 to notify the user of an incoming call (step S11-2).

  A user who notices the vibration of the mobile phone 1 shifts to a call with the other party after an off-hook operation. (Step S12).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when some vibration is applied to the mobile phone 1 from the outside, the acceleration and the strength of the vibration are detected from the vibration, and if the acceleration and the strength of the vibration are equal to or greater than a predetermined amount, the user The incoming call notification mode is switched from the second mode in which an incoming call is notified by vibration to the first mode in which an incoming call is notified by a ring tone. For this reason, even in an environment where the manner mode setting is enabled and when it is difficult to notice vibrations such as walking, the user will be forcibly notified of the incoming call with a ring tone, and the user will surely notice and respond to the incoming call. Is possible.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and is applicable not only to the mobile phone 1 but also to mobile information terminals in general. Further, in this embodiment, a threshold value that is a predetermined amount is provided for measuring the vibration applied to the mobile phone 1 and determining its strength. However, the threshold value is made variable so that the strength can be adjusted by menu setting or the like. May be. For example, when a user specifies a threshold value via the key input unit 14 using a menu displayed on the LCD unit 13, the specified threshold value is set in the vibration occurrence determination unit 17.

  In the present invention, the processing in the mobile phone 1 is recorded on a recording medium readable by the mobile phone 1 in addition to the above-described dedicated hardware. The program recorded in the recording medium may be read into the mobile phone 1 and executed. The recording medium that can be read by the cellular phone 1 refers to an HDD or the like built in the cellular phone 1 in addition to a removable recording medium such as a floppy disk, a magneto-optical disk, a DVD, or a CD. The program recorded on this recording medium is read by a control block, for example, and the same processing as described above is performed under the control of the control block.

It is a figure which shows one Embodiment of the mobile telephone of this invention. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an incoming call notification method in the mobile phone shown in FIG. 1;

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular phone 11 Radio | wireless part 12 Control part 13 LCD part 14 Key input part 15 Ringtone sound part 16 Vibration measurement part 17 Vibration generation judgment part 18 Vibration generation part 19,21 ROM part 20 RAM part

Claims (6)

In a mobile phone configured to be able to set a first mode for notifying an incoming call by a ring tone and a second mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration as an incoming call notification mode for notifying an incoming call,
When the incoming call notification mode is set to the second mode, and the intensity of vibration applied to the mobile phone from the outside is equal to or greater than a threshold, the incoming call notification mode is changed from the second mode to the second mode. A cellular phone characterized by switching to a first mode. The mobile phone according to claim 1,
Vibration measuring means for measuring the intensity of vibration applied from the outside;
Vibration generation determination means for determining whether the intensity of vibration measured by the vibration measurement means is equal to or greater than the threshold;
When the incoming call notification mode is set to the second mode, and the vibration occurrence determination means determines that the vibration intensity is greater than or equal to the threshold, the incoming call notification mode is set to the And a control means for switching from the second mode to the first mode. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein
Having an input means for inputting information from outside,
The vibration generation determining means is a mobile phone that sets the threshold value using information designated via the input means. The mobile phone according to claim 2 or claim 3,
The control means manages the incoming call notification mode in a nonvolatile memory, copies the incoming call notification mode to a volatile memory when an incoming call is detected, and reads the copied incoming call notification mode from the volatile memory. Accordingly, the mobile phone determines that the incoming call notification mode is set to the second mode. An incoming call notification method in a mobile phone configured to be able to set a first mode for notifying an incoming call by a ringing tone and a second mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration as an incoming call notification mode for notifying an incoming call,
Processing to measure the intensity of vibration applied from the outside,
Determining whether the measured vibration intensity is greater than or equal to the threshold;
When the incoming call notification mode is set to the second mode, and it is determined that the intensity of vibration is equal to or higher than the threshold, the incoming call notification mode is changed from the second mode to the second mode. An incoming call notification method in a mobile phone having a process of switching to one mode. As an incoming call notification mode for notifying an incoming call, a mobile phone configured to be able to set a first mode for notifying an incoming call by ring tone and a second mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration,
A procedure to measure the intensity of vibration applied from the outside;
Determining whether the measured vibration intensity is greater than or equal to the threshold;
When the incoming call notification mode is set to the second mode, and it is determined that the measured vibration intensity is greater than or equal to the threshold, the incoming call notification mode is changed to the second mode. For executing the procedure for switching to the first mode.

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