JP2018084883A - Communication device, control method of communication device, control program and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent unnecessary notification by a communication device.SOLUTION: The smartphone (1) for performing reception notification when a mail is received, comprising: the notification generation part (101) for transmitting notification information to the television (2); and the operation state determination part (103) that judges whether the smartphone (1) is in an operating state when a mail is received, and when it is determined that the notification generating part (101) is in an operational state, and, thus, does not transmit the notification information to the television (2).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present disclosure relates to a communication device that executes reception notification of information when the information addressed to the device is received.

  2. Description of the Related Art A technique for causing an external device to perform a mail reception notification when an information processing apparatus such as a smartphone receives mail is known as a conventional technique. Patent Document 1 below describes an electronic timepiece that notifies a reception at a predetermined time interval when a smartphone receives an email.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2015-195051 (released on November 5, 2015)

  However, in the technique of the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, even when a user receives a mail while operating a smartphone, the electronic timepiece gives a notification. Usually, since the notification of mail reception is also performed on a smartphone, the user operating the smartphone can recognize the reception of the mail by the notification on the smartphone. For this reason, there is a problem that the notification in the electronic timepiece becomes a useless notification. This problem applies not only to mail reception notification but also to incoming notification.

  An object of one embodiment of the present invention is to realize a communication device that prevents unnecessary notification from being performed by a notification device.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a communication device according to one aspect of the present invention is a communication device that executes a reception notification of information when the information addressed to the device is received. A transmission unit that transmits a notification execution instruction to the notification device that has received the notification by short-range wireless communication, and an operation state in which the communication device is operated when the information is received. An operation determination unit that determines whether the operation determination unit is in the operation state, the transmission unit does not transmit the execution instruction to the notification device.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a communication device control method according to an aspect of the present invention is a communication device control method that executes reception notification of information when the information addressed to the device is received. A notification step of notifying that the communication device has received the information, and a transmission step of transmitting an instruction to execute the notification by short-range wireless communication, and the communication device is operated when the information is received. An operation determination step for determining whether or not the operation state is an operation state, and when the operation determination step determines that the operation state is present, the notification device for the execution instruction by the transmission step Do not send to.

  According to one aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent useless reception notification from being performed by the notification device.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the principal part structure of the smart phone and television which are contained in the notification system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the external appearance of the smart phone and television which are shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the data structure and specific example of the emergency level setting which are memorize | stored in the smart phone shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process which the notification system shown in FIG. 1 performs. It is a block diagram which shows an example of the principal part structure of the smart phone and television which are contained in the notification system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the data structure and specific example of the emergency level setting which are memorize | stored in the smart phone shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the flow of the process which the notification system shown in FIG. 5 performs.

Embodiment 1
Hereinafter, Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. In this disclosure, a notification system 100 according to an aspect of the present invention will be described.

(Outline of the notification system 100)
First, an overview of the notification system 100 will be described based on FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the appearance of the smartphone 1 and the television 2 included in the notification system 100.

  The smartphone 1 is an example of a communication device that receives information addressed to the user of the own device via a network. The television 2 is an example of a notification device that notifies the user that information destined for the user has been received. Examples of the information addressed to the user include a mail addressed to the user, a text message using an SMS (short messaging service) or an instant messenger, an incoming call signal and a voice signal. Here, e-mail will be described as an example of information addressed to the user.

  When the smartphone 1 receives the mail, the smartphone 1 transmits notification information to the television 2 by short-range wireless communication. The notification information is information used to notify the user that mail has been received. The notification information is, for example, a text including at least a part of a transmission partner, a subject, and a body, voice data indicating reception of a mail, and the like. When the information addressed to the user is an incoming call signal, the text included in the notification information includes, for example, the name of the caller.

  The television 2 outputs a notification that the mail has been received based on the received notification information. For this reason, the notification information can also be expressed as an instruction (execution instruction) for causing the television 2 to execute the notification. For example, the television 2 displays a notification image 211 indicating that a mail has been received on the display unit 21 as illustrated. Further, the television 2 may output a voice indicating reception of the mail from the voice output unit 22 (see FIG. 1). The notification output method by the television 2 is not limited to these examples. For example, the television 2 may notify the reception of the mail by lighting or blinking a lighting unit (not shown) realized by an LED or the like. As described above, the notification by the television 2 allows the user to recognize the reception of the mail even when the smartphone 1 is not used.

  Moreover, the notification system 100 can make non-notification of mail reception by the television 2 depending on the situation. Specifically, the smartphone 1 does not transmit notification information to the television 2 when the device itself is being operated by the user when the mail is received (hereinafter referred to as “operation state”). Thereby, the television 2 does not notify the user of the reception of the mail.

  As an existing function, the smartphone 1 has a function of performing notification using its own hardware when receiving information such as an email. For example, the smartphone 1 displays a notification image on the display unit 16 or outputs a notification sound from a sound output unit (not shown). For this reason, when the user is operating the smartphone 1, the user can recognize the reception of information such as an email. Therefore, when the user is operating the smartphone 1, the notification system 100 can prevent useless notification output by preventing the smartphone 1 from transmitting notification information to the television 2.

  Note that the communication device is not limited to the smartphone 1. For example, a future phone, a tablet terminal, or a notebook computer may be used. Further, the notification device is not limited to the television 2. For example, a smart watch or a bracelet-type activity meter may be used.

(Configuration of main part of smartphone 1)
Next, a configuration of main parts of the smartphone 1 will be described based on FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a main configuration of the smartphone 1 and the television 2. In FIG. 1, in the smartphone 1 and the television 2, description of members that are not highly related to the feature points of the present invention is omitted. Further, description of these members is omitted in this specification.

  The smartphone 1 includes a control unit 10, a network communication unit 11, a call unit 12, a near field communication unit 13, an operation unit 14, a storage unit 15, and a display unit 16.

  The control unit 10 controls each unit of the smartphone 1 in an integrated manner. The network communication unit 11 transmits / receives information to / from an external device via the network. The call unit 12 receives an incoming signal, transmits a call signal, and transmits and receives an audio signal after a call is started. The short-range communication unit 13 transmits / receives information to / from an external device (TV 2) by short-range wireless communication. The operation unit 14 receives an input of an operation by a user. For example, the operation unit 14 is realized by a touch panel and a physical button, but is not limited to this example. The storage unit 15 stores various data used by the smartphone 1. The display unit 16 displays a display target in the display area. The display unit 16 is realized by, for example, an LCD (liquid crystal display), but is not limited to this example.

  The control unit 10 includes a notification generation unit 101 (transmission unit), an urgency level determination unit 102 (urgency determination unit), and an operation state determination unit 103 (operation determination unit). In addition, the storage unit 15 stores at least notification device information 151 and an urgency level setting 152.

  The notification generation unit 101 generates notification information. Further, the notification generation unit 101 transmits the generated notification information to the television 2 via the short-range communication unit 13. Thereby, the television 2 can output a notification based on the notification information. In addition, the notification generation unit 101 outputs a notification based on the generated notification information to the hardware of the smartphone 1. For example, the notification generation unit 101 causes the display unit 16 to display a notification image.

  Here, specific processing of the notification generation unit 101 will be described by taking as an example the case where the smartphone 1 receives an email. The notification generation unit 101 acquires mail data from the network communication unit 11. Subsequently, the notification generation unit 101 outputs mail data to the urgency determination unit 102, and determines whether or not the received mail is a highly urgent mail. Moreover, the notification production | generation part 101 makes the operation state determination part 103 determine whether the smart phone 1 is an operation state.

  When the operation state determination unit 103 determines that the smartphone 1 is in the operation state, the notification generation unit 101 ends the process. The notification generation unit 101 also ends the process when the urgency determination unit 102 determines that the mail is not highly urgent. That is, in these cases, the notification generation unit 101 does not transmit notification information to the television 2.

  On the other hand, the notification generation unit 101 generates notification information when the operation state determination unit 103 determines that the smartphone 1 is not in the operation state and the urgency determination unit 102 determines that the mail is highly urgent. To do. Specifically, the notification generation unit 101 generates text data to be transmitted as notification information (hereinafter referred to as “notification text”) from text included in the acquired mail data. For example, the notification generation unit 101 includes a part of the text of the sender's email address, subject, and email body in the notification text.

  The notification generation unit 101 determines the number of text characters to be included in the notification text based on the notification device information 151. The notification device information 151 is information of a notification device (for example, the television 2) that allows the smartphone 1 to transmit notification information. For example, the notification device information 151 includes information indicating the presence / absence of a display unit and a voice output unit of the notification device. The notification device information 151 includes information on the size of the display unit of the notification device. These pieces of information are associated with identification information for identifying the notification device. The notification generation unit 101 acquires the identification information of the notification device that has established communication via the short-range communication unit 13. Then, the notification generation unit 101 determines the number of characters to be included in the notification text based on the size information of the display unit of the notification device associated with the identification information.

  Moreover, the notification production | generation part 101 reads the audio | voice data (not shown) which shows reception of mail from the memory | storage part 15, when the notification apparatus which is a transmission destination of notification information is provided with the audio | voice output part, and includes it in notification information.

  The urgency determination unit 102 determines whether or not the received information addressed to the user is highly urgent based on an instruction from the notification generation unit 101. Specifically, the urgency determination unit 102 determines whether the received information is information satisfying the urgent condition based on the information addressed to the user acquired from the notification generation unit 101 and the urgent level setting 152. To do. The emergency condition is a predetermined condition indicating that the urgency is high. Then, the urgency determination unit 102 outputs information indicating whether or not the urgency is high as a response to the instruction from the notification generation unit 101.

  Here, the details of the urgency level setting 152 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of the urgency level setting 152. As illustrated, the urgency level setting 152 according to the present embodiment is a table in which urgency levels and conditions are associated with each other. Note that the data structure of the urgency level setting 152 is not limited to the illustrated table.

  The “urgent” column stores “emergency” indicating that the urgency is high and “normal” indicating that the urgency is not high. Note that the information stored in the “Urgent Level” column is not limited to text as illustrated. That is, the information may be information indicating that urgency is high and urgency is not high. For example, the information may be a number or an alphabet.

  The “condition” column stores an emergency condition and a condition indicating that the urgency is not high (hereinafter referred to as “non-emergency condition”). The emergency condition is associated with “emergency”, and the non-emergency condition is associated with “normal”. The non-emergency condition may be “not corresponding to the emergency condition” as illustrated.

  The emergency conditions according to the present embodiment are “Email subject includes“ Emergency ”or“ Urgent ”, and“ Telephone source is Mr. A ”. That is, the urgency determination unit 102 determines that the received mail is a highly urgent mail when the subject of the acquired mail data includes the text “urgent” or “urgent”. Further, when the telephone number included in the acquired incoming signal is Mr. A's telephone number, the emergency level determination unit 102 determines that this incoming call is a highly urgent incoming call. The urgency level setting 152 preferably includes Mr. A's phone number in the emergency condition cell. Thereby, the urgency determination unit 102 can determine whether the incoming call is a highly urgent call using only the acquired telephone number and the urgency level setting 152.

  The operation state determination unit 103 determines whether or not the smartphone 1 is in the operation state when receiving information addressed to the user. The operation state determination unit 103 outputs information indicating whether or not the operation state is in response to an instruction from the notification generation unit 101. The operation state determination unit 103 detects that an operation on the operation unit 14 has been input. When it is detected that an operation is input, the operation state determination unit 103 starts measuring for a predetermined time. And the operation state determination part 103 raises the flag which shows an operation state until predetermined time passes. The operation state determination unit 103 resets the measurement for a predetermined time each time it detects that an operation has been input. That is, the operation state determination unit 103 maintains a state in which the flag indicating the operation state is set when the operation on the operation unit 14 is continuously input at intervals within a predetermined time.

  On the other hand, the operation state determination unit 103 sets a flag indicating a non-operation state when a predetermined time has elapsed without detecting that an operation has been input. The non-operation state is a state where the smartphone 1 is not operated by the user.

  When the operation state determination unit 103 receives an instruction from the notification generation unit 101, the operation state determination unit 103 determines which flag is set. Based on the determination result, information indicating the operation state or information indicating the non-operation state is output to the notification generation unit 101.

(Main components of TV 2)
Next, the main configuration of the television 2 will be described with reference to FIG. The television 2 includes a control unit 20, a display unit 21, an audio output unit 22, and a short-range communication unit 23.

  The control unit 20 controls each unit of the television 2 in an integrated manner. The display unit 21 displays a display target in the display area. The display unit 21 is realized by, for example, an LCD (liquid crystal display), but is not limited to this example. The sound output unit 22 outputs sound based on the sound data. The audio output unit 22 is realized by, for example, a speaker, but is not limited to this example. The short-range communication unit 23 transmits and receives information to and from an external device (smart phone 1) by short-range wireless communication.

  The control unit 20 includes a notification control unit 201. The notification control unit 201 outputs a notification based on the notification information. Specifically, the notification control unit 201 generates a notification image using the notification text included in the notification information and causes the display unit 21 to display the notification image. In addition, the notification control unit 201 causes the audio output unit 22 to output audio based on the audio data included in the notification information.

(Flow of processing executed by the notification system 100)
Next, the flow of processing executed by the notification system 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of processing executed by the notification system 100. In this flowchart, e-mail will be described as an example of information addressed to the user.

  The notification generation unit 101 waits until the network communication unit 11 receives a mail (step S1, hereinafter, “step” is omitted). When the network communication unit 11 receives the mail and acquires the mail data (YES in S1), the notification generation unit 101 determines whether the operation state determination unit 103 has a user operation, that is, whether the smartphone 1 is in the operation state. (S2, operation determination step). When the operation state determination unit 103 determines that the smartphone 1 is in the operation state (YES in S2), the notification generation unit 101 ends the process. In this case, notification of mail reception by the television 2 is not performed.

  On the other hand, when the operation state determination unit 103 determines that the smartphone 1 is not in the operation state (YES in S2), the notification generation unit 101 causes the urgency determination unit 102 to determine whether the mail is highly urgent. (S3). When the urgency determination unit 102 determines that the mail is not highly urgent (NO in S3), the notification generation unit 101 ends the process. Also in this case, notification of mail reception by the television 2 is not performed.

  On the other hand, when the urgency determination unit 102 determines that the mail is highly urgent (YES in S3), the notification generation unit 101 generates notification information (S4). And the notification production | generation part 101 transmits notification information to the television 2 by near field communication (S5, transmission step).

  The short-range communication unit 23 of the television 2 receives the notification information (S11). Then, the near field communication unit 23 outputs the received notification information to the notification control unit 201. The notification control unit 201 outputs a notification based on the acquired notification information (S12). Above, the process which the notification system 100 performs is complete | finished.

[Embodiment 2]
The following will describe another embodiment of the present invention with reference to FIGS. For convenience of explanation, members having the same functions as those described in the embodiment are given the same reference numerals, and descriptions thereof are omitted.

  The notification system 100a according to the present embodiment includes a smartphone 1a instead of the smartphone 1. When the smartphone 1a receives information destined for the user and the mobile device is not in an operating state, the smartphone 1a specifies a waiting time according to the urgency of the information. And the smart phone 1a transmits notification information to the television 2, when an own machine is not operated until the specified standby | waiting time passes. The urgency level is information indicating the urgency level of information addressed to the user. The standby time is the time that the smartphone 1a waits until it is determined whether to generate notification information.

(Main part configuration of the smartphone 1a)
Next, a configuration of main parts of the smartphone 1a will be described based on FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of main parts of the smartphone 1 a and the television 2. In the present embodiment, only the differences from the smartphone 1 will be described with respect to the smartphone 1a.

  The smartphone 1a includes a control unit 10a and a storage unit 15a instead of the control unit 10 and the storage unit 15. In addition, the smartphone 1 a is newly provided with a timer 17.

  The timer 17 is controlled by the control unit 10a and measures time. The control unit 10a controls each unit of the smartphone 1a. The storage unit 15a stores various data used by the smartphone 1a.

  The control unit 10a includes a notification generation unit 101a (transmission unit), an urgency determination unit 102a, and an operation state determination unit 103a (operation determination unit). The storage unit 15 a stores an emergency level setting 152 a instead of the emergency level setting 152.

  The difference between the notification generation unit 101a and the notification generation unit 101 is that the notification generation unit 101a determines whether or not to generate notification information based only on information from the operation state determination unit 103a. Specifically, when the notification generation unit 101a acquires information indicating a non-operation state from the operation state determination unit 103a, the operation unit 14a waits until the standby time specified by the operation state determination unit 103a elapses. It waits for information indicating whether or not an operation has been detected. And the notification production | generation part 101a produces | generates notification information, when the information which shows that operation was not detected is acquired. On the other hand, when the notification generation unit 101a acquires information indicating that an operation has been detected, the notification generation unit 101a ends the process.

  The urgency level determination unit 102a is different from the urgency level determination unit 102 in that the standby time is specified by an instruction from the operation state determination unit 103a. Specifically, the urgency level determination unit 102a identifies the urgency level of the received information based on the information addressed to the user acquired from the notification generation unit 101 and the urgency level setting 152a. And the waiting time according to the specified urgency level is specified. The urgency determination unit 102a outputs the specified standby time to the operation state determination unit 103a.

  Here, details of the urgency level setting 152a will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a data structure and a specific example of the urgency level setting 152a. As illustrated, the urgency level setting 152a according to the present embodiment is a table in which urgency levels, standby times, and conditions are associated with each other. The data structure of the urgency level setting 152a is not limited to the illustrated table.

  In the “urgent level” column, a numerical value indicating the urgency level is stored. The numerical value indicates that the greater the numerical value, the higher the degree of urgency. That is, in the illustrated example, “100” is a numerical value indicating the highest urgency level. On the other hand, “0” is a numerical value indicating the lowest urgency level. The “standby time” column stores information indicating the standby time. The information is associated with a numerical value indicating that the degree of urgency is high, and the waiting time is shortened. The “condition” column stores a condition for the standby time of the notification generation unit 101a to become each standby time of the urgency level setting 152a.

  For example, when the subject of the acquired mail data includes the text “Emergency” or “Urgent”, the urgency level determination unit 102a identifies the urgency level of the mail as 100 and sets the waiting time to 0 seconds. Identify. On the other hand, when the received incoming number is registered in the telephone book (not shown) stored in the storage unit 15a, the urgency level determination unit 102a specifies the urgency level of the mail as 90, and sets the waiting time. Specify 5 seconds. As described above, the urgency level determination unit 102a identifies the standby time according to the urgency level from a plurality of predetermined standby times.

  In addition, when the urgency level determination unit 102a acquires information that satisfies each condition associated with different urgency levels, the urgency level determination unit 102a specifies a higher urgency level as the urgency level of the information. For example, the urgency determining unit 102a includes the text “emergency” or “urgent” in the subject of the acquired mail data, and the sender included in the mail data is the mail address of Mr. A. In this case, the urgency is specified as 100.

  The operation state determination unit 103a is different from the operation state determination unit 103 in that, when it is determined that the non-operation state is received when the information addressed to the user is received, the emergency level determination unit 102a is instructed to specify the standby time. It is. When the operation state determination unit 103a acquires the standby time from the urgency determination unit 102a, the operation state determination unit 103a starts measuring the time by the timer 17. Then, the operation state determination unit 103a continues to detect operations on the operation unit 14 until the standby time has elapsed. When the operation state determination unit 103a detects an operation on the operation unit 14 before the standby time elapses, the operation state determination unit 103a outputs information indicating that to the notification generation unit 101a. On the other hand, when the operation state determination unit 103a does not detect an operation on the operation unit 14 until the standby time elapses, the operation state determination unit 103a outputs information indicating that to the notification generation unit 101a.

(Flow of processing executed by the notification system 100a)
Next, the flow of processing executed by the notification system 100a will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a flow of processing executed by the notification system 100a. In this flowchart, e-mail will be described as an example of information addressed to the user. In FIG. 7, steps that execute the same processes as those in FIG. 4 are assigned the same numbers as in FIG. 4. Further, the description of steps having the same numbers as those in FIG. 4 is omitted here.

  When the operation state determination unit 103a determines that the smartphone 1 is not in the operation state (YES in S2), the operation state determination unit 103a causes the emergency level determination unit 102a to specify the standby time. Specifically, the urgency level determination unit 102a identifies the urgency level based on the information addressed to the user acquired from the notification generation unit 101 and the urgency level setting 152a (S21). Subsequently, the urgency determination unit 102a specifies a standby time according to the specified urgency (S22). When the operation state determination unit 103a acquires the standby time specified by the urgency determination unit 102, the operation state determination unit 103a controls the timer 17 to start time measurement (S23). Then, the operation state determination unit 103a detects a user operation on the operation unit 14 (S24). If the operation state determination unit 103a detects a user operation before the standby time elapses (YES in S24), the operation state determination unit 103a outputs information indicating that to the notification generation unit 101a. When the notification generation unit 101a acquires the information, the notification generation unit 101a ends the process. In this case, notification of mail reception by the television 2 is not performed.

  On the other hand, when no user operation is detected (NO in S24), the operation state determination unit 103a determines whether or not the time measured by the timer 17 has exceeded the standby time (S25). If it is determined that the standby time has not been exceeded (NO in S25), the operation state determination unit 103a executes the process of step S23 again. On the other hand, when it is determined that the standby time has been exceeded (YES in S25), the operation state determination unit 103a outputs information indicating that no user operation has been detected until the standby time has elapsed to the notification generation unit 101a. To do. When the notification generation unit 101a acquires the information, the notification generation unit 101a generates notification information (S4).

  As described above, when the smartphone 1a according to the present embodiment is in a non-operation state when receiving the information addressed to the user, the smartphone 1a is connected to the television 2 until the standby time corresponding to the urgency of the information has elapsed. Wait for notification information to be sent. Thereby, the notification system 100a according to the present embodiment can perform reception notification to the user at an appropriate timing according to the urgency of the information addressed to the user.

[Modification]
In the first and second embodiments described above, the operation state determination unit 103 and the operation state 103a are configured to raise a flag indicating the operation state by detecting that an operation on the operation unit 14 is input. However, the trigger for setting the flag indicating the operation state is not limited to this example. For example, the operation state determination unit 103 and the operation state 103a may be configured to raise a flag indicating the operation state when the backlight of the display unit 16 is lit. For example, the smartphone 1 and the smartphone 1a may include a grip sensor (not shown) that detects gripping of the user's own device. In this example, the operation state determination unit 103 and the operation state 103a may be configured to raise a flag indicating the operation state when the grip sensor detects the user's own grip. In addition, it is preferable that the holding | grip sensor is provided in the both sides | surfaces of the long side in the housing | casing of the smart phone 1 and the smart phone 1a.

  In addition, the smartphone according to one embodiment of the present invention may be configured to always generate notification information when it is determined that the own device is not in an operating state. This configuration will be described using the smartphone 1 according to the first embodiment as an example. The control unit 10 of the smartphone 1 according to this modification does not include the urgency determination unit 102. That is, the notification generation unit 101 generates notification information when the operation state determination unit 103 determines that the smartphone 1 is not in the operation state. Then, the notification generation unit 101 transmits the notification information to the television 2.

[Embodiment 3]
(Example of software implementation)
The control blocks (particularly the control unit 10, the control unit 10a, and the control unit 20) of the smartphone 1, the smartphone 1a, and the television 2 are realized by a logic circuit (hardware) formed in an integrated circuit (IC chip) or the like. Alternatively, it may be realized by software using a CPU (Central Processing Unit).

  In the latter case, the smartphone 1, the smartphone 1a, and the television 2 include a CPU that executes instructions of a program that is software that realizes each function, and a ROM in which the program and various data are recorded so as to be readable by a computer (or CPU) (Read Only Memory) or a storage device (these are referred to as “recording media”), a RAM (Random Access Memory) for expanding the program, and the like. And the objective of this invention is achieved when a computer (or CPU) reads the said program from the said recording medium and runs it. As the recording medium, a “non-temporary tangible medium” such as a tape, a disk, a card, a semiconductor memory, a programmable logic circuit, or the like can be used. The program may be supplied to the computer via an arbitrary transmission medium (such as a communication network or a broadcast wave) that can transmit the program. Note that one embodiment of the present invention can also be realized in the form of a data signal embedded in a carrier wave, in which the program is embodied by electronic transmission.

[Summary]
The communication device (smart phone 1, smart phone 1a) according to aspect 1 of the present invention is a communication device that executes a reception notification of the information when the information addressed to the device is received, and the communication device receives the information. A transmission unit (notification generation unit 101, notification generation unit 101a) that transmits an instruction to execute the notification to the notification device (television 2) that notifies that the information has been received, and the communication when the information is received. An operation determination unit (operation state determination unit 103, operation state determination unit 103a) that determines whether or not the apparatus is in an operation state, and the transmission unit includes the operation determination unit. When it is determined that the operation state is set, the execution instruction is not transmitted to the notification device.

  According to the above configuration, the communication device does not transmit a notification execution instruction to the notification device even if the communication device receives information addressed to the user when the device is in an operating state. Thereby, since the user is using the communication device, when the notification from the communication device can be confirmed, the notification from the notification device is not performed. Therefore, the user who has confirmed the notification from the communication device is not notified again from the notification device. For this reason, the communication apparatus can prevent performing useless notification by the notification apparatus.

  Note that “information addressed to the own device” includes mail addressed to the user of the communication device, text message using SMS (short messaging service), instant messenger, etc., incoming call signal and voice signal.

  The communication apparatus according to aspect 2 of the present invention further includes an urgency determining unit (urgent degree determining unit 102) that determines whether the received information is highly urgent in the aspect 1, and the transmitting unit Transmits the execution instruction to the notification device when the operation determination unit determines that the operation state is not set and the urgency determination unit determines that the urgency is high.

  According to the above configuration, when the received information addressed to the user is highly urgent, the communication device transmits a notification execution instruction to the notification device. Thereby, the notification from the notification device is performed to the user. As described above, the communication apparatus can promptly notify the notification apparatus in case of an emergency. Therefore, the user can take prompt action in an emergency.

  In the communication device according to aspect 3 of the present invention, in the above aspect 1, when the operation determination unit determines that the communication device is not in the operation state when receiving the information, after receiving the information, Until the standby time corresponding to the degree of urgency of the received information elapses, the operation of the communication device is continuously detected, and the transmission unit performs the operation until the standby time elapses. When an operation on the communication device is not detected by the determination unit, the execution instruction is transmitted to the notification device.

  According to said structure, a communication apparatus sets the standby | waiting time according to the emergency degree, when an own machine is not an operation state, when the information addressed to a user is received. Then, the communication device transmits an execution instruction to the notification device when an operation on the own device is not detected until the standby time elapses. Thereby, the notification from the notification device is performed to the user. As described above, when the user is not operating the device, the communication device can cause the notification device to notify after the standby time corresponding to the degree of urgency has elapsed after receiving the information addressed to the user. . Therefore, the communication device can notify the user of reception at an appropriate timing according to the received information.

  A communication device control method according to aspect 4 of the present invention is a communication device control method that executes reception notification of information when receiving information addressed to a user of the device, wherein the communication device receives the information. The notification device notifying that it has been received includes a transmission step (step S5) of transmitting an instruction to execute the notification through short-range wireless communication, and the communication device is operated by the user when the information is received An operation determination step (step S2) for determining whether or not the operation state is a state, and when it is determined in the operation determination step that the operation state is present, the execution instruction in the transmission step is Do not send to the notification device. According to said structure, there exists an effect similar to the communication apparatus which concerns on aspect 1. FIG.

  The communication apparatus according to each aspect of the present invention may be realized by a computer. In this case, the communication apparatus is realized by a computer by causing the computer to operate as each unit (software element) included in the communication apparatus. A control program for the communication apparatus and a computer-readable recording medium on which the control program is recorded also fall within the scope of the present invention.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications are possible within the scope shown in the claims, and embodiments obtained by appropriately combining technical means disclosed in different embodiments. Is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. Furthermore, a new technical feature can be formed by combining the technical means disclosed in each embodiment.

1 Smartphone (communication device)
1a Smartphone (communication device)
2 Television (notification device)
100 Notification System 101 Notification Generation Unit (Transmission Unit)
101a Notification generator (transmitter)
102 Urgency determination unit (urgent determination unit)
103 Operation state determination unit (operation determination unit)
103a Operation state determination unit (operation determination unit)
S2 operation determination step S5 transmission step

Claims (6)

A communication device that executes reception notification of information when receiving information addressed to the device,
A transmitter that transmits an instruction to execute the notification to the notification device that notifies that the communication device has received the information;
An operation determination unit that determines whether or not the communication apparatus is in an operation state when the information is received,
The transmission device does not transmit the execution instruction to the notification device when the operation determination unit determines that the operation state is in the operation state. The information received further includes an urgency determination unit that determines whether the urgency is high,
The transmission unit transmits the execution instruction to the notification device when the operation determination unit determines that the operation state is not set and the urgency determination unit determines that the urgency is high. The communication apparatus according to claim 1. If the operation determination unit determines that the communication device is not in the operation state when the communication device receives the information, a standby time corresponding to the degree of urgency of the received information has elapsed since the reception of the information. Until then, continue to detect operations on the communication device,
The said transmission part transmits the said execution instruction to the said notification apparatus, when operation with respect to the said communication apparatus is not detected by the said operation determination part until the said standby | waiting time passes. The communication apparatus according to 1. A method of controlling a communication device that executes reception notification of information when receiving information addressed to the device,
A transmission step of transmitting an instruction to execute the notification by short-range wireless communication to a notification device that notifies that the communication device has received the information;
An operation determination step of determining whether or not the communication device is in an operation state when the information is received;
A method of controlling a communication device, wherein, when it is determined in the operation determination step that the operation state is set, the transmission instruction is not transmitted to the notification device in the transmission step.   A control program for causing a computer to function as the communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control program causes the computer to function as the transmission unit and the operation determination unit.   A computer-readable recording medium on which the control program according to claim 5 is recorded.

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