JP3022835B2 - Mobile terminal, exchange, wireless base station and ringing type variable system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal that rings an incoming call. The present invention relates to a system including a mobile terminal, a radio base station, and a switch.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, setting of ringing of a mobile terminal is performed by a user of the mobile terminal operating the mobile terminal in advance. For example, the volume of ringing is set to high, medium, low, or no ring with vibration.

A related prior art is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open
The "mobile phone" described in -200300 and the "mobile phone" described in JP-A-9-251257 are
It controls the incoming notification sound in accordance with the ambient sound level detected by the microphone.

[0004] Further, the "mobile phone device" described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-116600 switches between incoming call notification by a sounder and an LED and incoming call notification by a vibrator in accordance with the environmental sound level detected by a microphone.

[0005]

However, since the setting of the ringing tone is the setting at the time when the user uses the environment and the usage condition, the setting of the ringing tone is appropriate when the setting is made. However, it is often found that the user sets a ringtone that is inappropriate for the environment after the movement due to the user forgetting to reset it after the movement.

[0006] For example, in a place where the volume of the incoming call is set to the maximum in a place with a little noise, the incoming call sounds in a concert hall or a museum where quiet music is played, or the volume of the incoming call is set to the minimum. And moved to a loud noise place. In the former case, an annoying situation may be given to the surrounding people, and in the latter case, the incoming call may not be recognized by the user.

[0007] The present invention provides a method for
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile terminal that prevents a ringing amount set in the past from being inappropriate for a new environment after moving and performs ringing according to an environment in which the mobile terminal is used.

[0008]

A mobile terminal according to the present invention has a radio section for receiving a radio signal and demodulating it to a baseband signal, and a signal processing section for separating the received baseband signal into control information and communication information. A mobile terminal comprising: an incoming speaker that emits a sound; and a speaker drive unit that drives the incoming speaker, wherein control is performed to control the drive strength of the speaker drive unit based on incoming ringing type information included in the control information. It is characterized by further comprising means.

Further, the mobile terminal according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned mobile terminal, further comprises a vibrating motor for generating vibration, and a motor control unit for driving the vibrating motor, wherein the control means further comprises the ringing type. On / off of the operation of the motor control unit is controlled based on the information.

An exchange according to the present invention stores a time-division switch for switching a communication path, a plurality of BS interfaces for controlling communication of a radio base station, and a ringing type of each of the plurality of BS interfaces. A control unit for transmitting the incoming call ring type to a called BS interface unit. The BS interface unit adds the input incoming call ring type to an incoming call request and adds the incoming call type to the radio base station. It is characterized by transmitting to a station.

[0011] The radio base station according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises means for adding an incoming call ringing type to the received incoming call ringing request and sending the result to the mobile terminal.

[0012] Also, the wireless base station according to the present invention includes a means for measuring a surrounding noise level, a means for selecting a ringing type according to the noise level, and adding the ringing type to the received ringing request. And sending means.

According to the present invention, there is provided an incoming call ringing type variable system including the above-mentioned mobile terminal, the above-mentioned exchange, and the above-mentioned radio base station.

[0014]

[First Embodiment] A first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3. FIG.

First, according to FIG. 3, reference numerals 51 and 52 denote mobile terminals, and a mobile terminal PS52 indicates that the mobile terminal PS51 has moved. 11 to 13 and 21 to 23 are wireless base stations. All wireless base stations are private branch exchanges PBX30
It is connected to the. The control of the private branch exchange PBX 30 controls the outgoing / incoming call of the mobile terminal PS51 or PS52 and the control of the call connection.

On the other hand, according to FIG. 3, the private branch exchange PBX3
There are six rooms on the premises where 0 is stored, and the rooms are divided into three zones (groups) according to the degree of noise. That is, zone 1 is a low noise area, zone 2 is a relatively high noise area, and zone 3 is a high noise area.

When performing the incoming call control on the mobile terminal, each of the radio base stations BS11 to BS13 and BS21 to BS23 adds the "incoming call request" command to the "incoming call type" indicating the incoming call type. The control information is simultaneously broadcast to the mobile terminal. “Ring type” indicates in the zone 61 that ringing should be set to the minimum, zone 62 indicates that ringing should be set to the maximum, and zone 63 indicates that ringing should be set to the maximum.
Is a control information command for instructing activation of the vibrator.

Next, referring to FIG. 1, in the control unit 1 of the mobile terminal, the command data of "ringing request" notified from the radio base station and the "ringing type" added to this command data The data analysis of the control information command is performed.

The control unit 1 of the mobile terminal controls the incoming call ringing unit 6 or the motor control unit 8 of the vibrator based on the data of the "incoming call ringing type". ”To ring
Make the best ringing sound at the place of use.

Referring to FIG. 1, a mobile terminal includes a control unit 1,
It includes a radio unit 2, a signal processing unit 3, a transmitter 4, a receiver 5, an incoming call ringing unit 6, an incoming speaker 7, a motor control unit 8, a vibrating motor 9, a display unit 10, a key button unit 11, and an antenna 12.

The radio unit 2 demodulates a radio signal received from the antenna 12, extracts a baseband digital data signal, sends the digital data signal to the signal processing unit 3, and outputs the digital signal transmitted from the signal processing unit 3. Modulates the antenna 1
2 to make a radio signal and transmit it to the radio base station.

The signal processing unit 3 analyzes the type of the message contained in the digital data signal sent from the radio unit 2 and classifies the information into control information and communication information based on the analysis result. The information is sent to the control unit 1, and the call information is subjected to digital-to-analog conversion and transmitted from the receiver 5 as an audio signal.

The signal processing unit 3 converts the audio signal received from the transmitter 4 into a digital signal by analog-to-digital conversion, and then, together with the control information sent from the control unit 1, the type of the corresponding message. Are added, and these are combined and sent to the radio unit 2.

The control unit 1 analyzes the control information from the radio base station sent from the signal processing unit 3. For example, when the analyzed information is information indicating "ringing request". The incoming call ringing unit 6 is controlled to drive the incoming call speaker 7 to ring the incoming call;
Control for vibration and vibration motor 9
Operation control. Further, the control unit 1 detects the pressed information of the key button unit 11 pressed by the user, and displays the pressed button information (destination dial) in the case of an operation for making a call, for example. And dial data is sent to the signal processing unit 3 as call dial information.

Next, FIG. 2 will be described.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the mobile radio telephone system according to the present embodiment.

The private branch exchange PBX 30 is provided with a radio base station BS.
It includes a BS interface unit 34a to 38a for controlling communication of 34b to 38b, a TDSW 31 which is a time division switch for switching a communication path, and a control unit 32 for controlling the entire private branch exchange PBX 30. A data setting device 33 is connected to the control unit 32, and the “ringing type” can be set in the data storage part of the control unit 32 using the data setting device 33.

Reference numerals 34c to 39c denote mobile terminals PS. For example, the mobile terminal PS39c
Is pressed, the outgoing call information is transmitted to BS34.
b, sent to the control unit 32 through the BS interface unit 34a.

The control unit 32 controls the corresponding portable terminal PS39.
c, the BS interface unit 38a
Sends “Ring request” and “Ring type” to
The BS interface unit 38a transfers the “ringing request” and “ringing type” to the wireless base station 38b, and the wireless base station 38b transfers the “ringing request” and “ringing type” to the mobile terminal PS39c, The mobile terminal PS39c rings. When the user of the portable terminal PS39c responds,
The information of the “response” is sent to the control unit 32 through the wireless base station 38b and the BS interface unit 38a, and the connection control of the TDSW 31 is performed by the call control of the control unit 32.
The communication path between the interface units 34a and 38a is connected to enable communication.

Next, a description will be given with reference to FIG. 3 which is a conceptual diagram showing the configuration of the premises according to the present embodiment.

Using the data setting device PC33 connected to the private branch exchange PBX 30, the "ringing sound type" to be notified when there is an incoming call from the radio base stations BS11-13 and BS21-23 installed in each room is the private branch exchange. PBX3
0 is stored in the control unit 32. Referring to the figure, the radio base stations BS11 and BS21 installed in the room (zone 61) where the ambient noise is low are provided with a "ringing type" for minimizing the ringing tone level in the control unit 3 of the private branch exchange PBX30.
Store it in 2.

Similarly, the radio base stations BS12 and BS installed in the room (zone 62) where the ambient noise is relatively large.
22: "Ring type" to maximize the ring tone level
In the radio base stations BS13 and BS23 installed in the room (zone 63) where the ambient noise is large, the private branch exchange PBX30 sets the "ringing sound type" for making a vibrator incoming.
Is stored in the control unit 32.

When an incoming call event occurs in the control unit 32 of the private branch exchange PBX 30, each of the radio base stations BS11 to BS13, BS2 based on the previously stored incoming call type.
From 1 to 23, “Ring request type” and “Ring type”
Is added and data of the “ringing type” is added and reported as control information.

Referring to FIG. 3, for example, when the portable terminal 51 is within the service area of the wireless base station 21 in the small conference room of the zone 61, when the portable terminal 51 receives an incoming call, the wireless base station BS21 outputs " Incoming ringing request "
A command of “small incoming call type” “small incoming call level” is added and notified.

Next, this incoming call control will be described with reference to the control flow chart at the time of incoming call in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 4, after receiving the "ringing request" at the mobile terminal (step S701), the data of "ringing type" added to the data is analyzed (step S702).

All bits of "ringing type" are "0"
If so, it is determined that the incoming call is a normal incoming call, and the incoming call is ringed by the incoming call ringing set in advance in the mobile terminal as before.

All bits of "ringing type" are "0"
8th bit (2 to the 7th bit), except when
Is "1", the vibrator is ringing, the 4th bit (2 @ 3 bits) is "1", the ringing is large, and the 3rd bit (2 @ 2 bits) is "1". Is ringing,
When the second bit (2 to the first power bit) is "1", the incoming call ringing is reduced, and when the first bit (2 to the 0th power bit) is "1", no ringing control is performed. 1 executes (step S704).

In the example of the mobile terminal PS51 shown in FIG. 3, the ringing type stored in the control unit 32 of the private branch exchange PBX 30 is "low ringing tone level". Since the "low incoming call level" is notified, the mobile terminal PS51 rings the incoming call at a low level. Since the small meeting room in zone 1 has low ambient noise, the user of the mobile terminal can sufficiently recognize the incoming call, and an appropriate incoming call level volume sounds to the surrounding people.

Mobile terminal PS in small conference room in zone 1
When 51 moves to the factory in the loud zone 3, that is, when it moves to the location of PS 52, it receives a ringing type of “vibrator incoming” from the radio base station BS 13 at the time of incoming call. The incoming call is ringed by the vibrator, and the incoming call is suitable for an environment with a large noise.

[Second Embodiment] In the first embodiment, the ringing type suitable for each environmental condition is registered in advance in the control unit 32 of the private branch exchange, and is notified from the radio base station. A similar effect is obtained by attaching a microphone to the wireless base station, measuring the noise amount of the surrounding environment of the wireless base station, automatically determining the type of ringing according to the measured noise level, and reporting. It becomes possible.

In the above embodiment, the exchange has been described as a private branch exchange taking the use in a premises such as a company or a factory as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be used in a general public area. Is possible. For example,
The present invention can be applied to a PHS system. In this case, the exchange becomes a PHS exchange, and the "ringing type"
In the options area. Assignment of information to the option area is unified with the line of the infrastructure company, and each manufacturer manufactures mobile terminals with specifications that match it, so setting the "ringing type" to a specific option area is a practical problem Absent.

[0043]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By making the ringing tone optimal for the environment and situation in which the mobile terminal is used, the effect of improving the service function in using the mobile terminal is achieved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile radio telephone system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing a configuration of a campus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a control flow diagram at the time of an incoming call according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 to 13, 21 to 23, 34b to 38b, wireless base station 30 private branch exchange 33 data setting device 34c to 39c, 51, 52 mobile terminal

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A means for measuring a surrounding noise level, a means for selecting a ringing type according to the noise level, and a means for adding the ringing type to a received ringing request and transmitting the ringing type. A wireless base station comprising: 2. The radio base station according to claim 1, and Radio that receives radio signals and demodulates them to baseband signals
Department, Divide the received baseband signal into control information and communication information
Signal processing unit, Incoming speaker that emits sound, A speaker driving unit for driving the incoming speaker, and Based on the incoming call ring type included in the control information,
Control means for controlling the drive strength of the speaker drive unit.
Mobile terminal, A ringing type variable system characterized by comprising: 3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the incoming call ring type is variable.
In the system, the mobile terminal generates a vibration
Motor and motor control for driving the vibrating motor
And the control means further comprises:
ON / OFF of the operation of the motor control unit based on the
An incoming call ring type variable system characterized by controlling.