JP3430931B2 - Mobile terminal device - 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 device wirelessly connected to a base station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A portable terminal device of this type can make a call from any location within the range of radio waves from a base station to talk with the other party. Also, when receiving an incoming call, set the ringing volume to a low level, or vibrate the vibrator without ringing the ringing tone, especially in a place such as a train or a movie theater where the surrounding environment is disturbed. I'll let you know. On the other hand, in recent years, when such a mobile terminal device receives an incoming call, a number notification service has been started in which the telephone number of the caller is notified to the mobile terminal device side.

[0003]

When a conventional mobile terminal device receives an incoming call at a place where it causes a nuisance to the surroundings, the incoming call volume is reduced as described above or the incoming call is notified by the vibration of the vibrator. Therefore, there is a problem that the user may not notice the arrival of the incoming call even if the caller makes a continuous call for a short time due to an urgent need, and the user cannot answer the incoming call. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to accurately notify the user of incoming calls when continuous incoming calls are made due to urgent need and to enable the incoming call answering call of the user.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve such a problem, the present invention provides an incoming call notification based on at least a ring tone at the time of an incoming call and an outgoing call I indicating an identification number of a caller.
In the mobile terminal device to which D is notified, a receiving unit that receives the calling ID, a timer that is activated when the receiving unit receives the calling ID, and the same calling ID that is received by the receiving unit within a fixed time of the timer. Counting means for counting when received, and when the count value of the counting means does not reach a predetermined value.
It is provided with a the incoming call notifying changing means for changing the method of the incoming notification at the time it reaches the value. Also, the incoming call notification changing means increases the volume of the incoming call tone when the count value of the counting means reaches a predetermined value . Also, a detection means for detecting an optical signal is provided, when the detecting means detects an optical signal, incoming call notification changing means is for sending an incoming call notification information including ring tones. In addition, a vibrator is provided to
In the knowledge changing means, the count value of the counting means has exceeded a predetermined value.
If the caller abandons the call when the
While driving, you can set whether to ring the ringtone or stop ringing.
This is done alternately every predetermined time.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the base station 3 wirelessly connected to the mobile terminal device of the present invention. In the figure, a base station 3 includes a wireless transmission / reception unit 31 that performs wireless communication with a mobile terminal device, a modem demodulator 32 that demodulates received data from the mobile terminal device side, channel codecs 33 and 35, and digital audio signals. Voice codec 34 for performing analog / analog conversion and analog / digital conversion, and wireless transmission / reception unit 3 by modulating data from the exchange side (not shown)
1, a modem modulator 36 for outputting to 1, a wireless processing CPU 37 for controlling communication with a mobile terminal device, an I of a base station BS.
It is composed of an IDROM 38 for storing the D code, a memory 39, a line processing CPU 40 for controlling communication with the exchange, and a transmission circuit 41 for transmitting data with the exchange.

The radio transmitter / receiver 31 is connected to the receiving amplifier 3
11, the first mixer 312, the second mixer 313, the intermediate frequency generation unit 314, the quadrature modulator 315, the third mixer 316,
Receiving amplifier 317, antenna switch 318, and first
-Third mixer, quadrature modulator 315, intermediate frequency generator 31
It is composed of a synthesizer 319 for controlling the frequency of 4.

In the base station 3 configured as described above, the radio processing CPU 37 transmits control data such as dial operation information based on the transmission operation of the mobile terminal device to the radio transmitter / receiver 31, the modem demodulator 32 and the channel codec 3.
When it is received via 3, the control data is sent to the line processing C
It transmits to PU40. Upon receiving the control data, the line processing CPU 40 transmits the control data to the exchange side via the transmission circuit 41. This allows the call of the other party. Then, when the other party responds, a call is made between the other party and the mobile terminal device via the base station BS.

On the other hand, the line processing CPU 40 has the transmission circuit 4
When the control data such as the incoming data is received from the exchange side via 1, the control data is transmitted to the wireless processing CPU 37. The wireless processing CPU 37 sends the received control data to the channel codec 35. As a result, the control data is transmitted to the mobile terminal device side via the channel codec 35, the modem modulator 36, and the wireless transmission / reception unit 31, and the arrival of the incoming call is notified by the mobile terminal device ringing. Here, when the portable terminal device side responds to this incoming call, the response data is transmitted to the exchange side via the base station 3 and the incoming call response call via the base station 3 of the portable terminal device is started.

In contrast to the flow of control data via the control channel of the wireless line as described above, the flow of voice data via the call channel is as follows. That is, the wireless transceiver 31, the modem demodulator 32, and the channel codec 3
Call voice data from the mobile terminal device via 3 is sent to the voice codec 34. Then, it is converted into an analog signal by the voice codec 34 and transmitted to the exchange side. On the other hand, the analog voice signal from the exchange side is converted into a digital signal by the voice codec 34, and the channel codec 35, the modem modulator 36, and the wireless transmission / reception unit 31.
Is transmitted to the mobile terminal device side via. In the base station 3, the voice signal with the exchange side can be directly transmitted / received as a digital signal without being converted into an analog signal.

Next, FIG. 1A is a block diagram showing the configuration of the portable terminal device of the present invention wirelessly connected to the base station 3. In the figure, the mobile terminal device 1 includes a wireless transceiver 11 having the same configuration as the wireless transceiver 31 of the base station 3, a modem demodulator 12, channel codecs 13, 15, a voice codec 14, and a modem demodulator 16. ing. A timer 17A is provided in the CPU 17 that controls the mobile terminal device 1.
Is built in. The CPU 17 has an IDROM 18 for storing its own ID code, an operation unit 19 including various keys such as a call key and a dial key, a display unit 20 including an incoming lamp 20A and an LCD 20B, an optical sensor 21,
A buzzer 22 that sounds at the time of an incoming call, an amplifier 23 for adjusting the volume of the buzzer 22, a vibrator 24 that notifies the incoming call by the vibration of the incoming call, and a memory 25 are connected. A receiver 26, which is a receiver, and a microphone 27, which is a transmitter, are connected to the voice codec 14.

FIG. 1 (b) is a diagram showing the structure of the memory 25. The memory 25 has a continuous incoming call detection timer 25A1.
25An, a pseudo incoming call interval timer 25B, a pseudo incoming call ringing timer 25C, and a continuous incoming call detection counter 25D are provided. Each timer 25A-2 in the memory 25
5C is counted every time the built-in timer 17A times up, with the built-in timer 17A of the CPU 17 as a reference timer, and when each reaches a predetermined count value, it is determined that the time is up. Here, one continuous incoming call detection counter 25 is provided for each outgoing call ID described later, and a plurality of continuous incoming call detection timers 25A are provided for one outgoing call ID.

In the wireless terminal device 1 configured as described above, when the dial key is operated after the call key of the operation unit 19 is operated, the CPU 17 detects each of these operations and outputs the operation data. Is sent to the wireless transmission / reception unit 11 via the channel codec 15 and the modem modulator 16. The wireless transmission / reception unit 11 transmits this operation data to the base station 3 via the control channel of the wireless line. This calls the other party. Then, when the other party answers the call, a call through the call channel is started.

On the other hand, when incoming data arrives from the side of the base station 3 through the control channel, the incoming data is transmitted to the CPU 17 through the radio transmitter / receiver 11, the modem demodulator 12 and the channel codec 13. In this case, the CPU
Reference numeral 17 drives the buzzer 22 via the amplifier 23 to ring the incoming call. When the user notices this ringing, the operation unit 19
When the call key is operated, the CPU 17 sends it as incoming call response data to the wireless transmission / reception unit 11 via the channel codec 15 and the modem modulator 16. Wireless transmitter / receiver 11
Then, this response data is transmitted to the base station 3 via the control channel. As a result, an incoming call answering call via the call channel is started. When the mobile terminal device 1 receives a call, the telephone number (hereinafter, called ID) of the caller is notified from the exchange side via the base station 3.

The user of the portable terminal device 1 usually sets the volume of the buzzer 22 to a low level when receiving an incoming call in a place such as a train or a movie theater that causes annoyance to the surroundings, or The incoming call notification by the buzzer 22 is stopped and switched to the incoming call notification by the vibrator 24. Therefore, for example, the user does not notice the incoming call because the buzzer 22 sounds at a low volume when the incoming call arrives or the vibrator 24 vibrates only when the incoming call arrives while such setting is made. Therefore, it may not be possible to answer the incoming call. Therefore, the present invention enables the user to be notified of an incoming call accurately.

The operation of the main part of the present invention will be described below with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. First, the CPU 17 of the mobile terminal device 1 first determines whether or not there is an incoming call in step S11 of FIG. Here, when the incoming data arrives from the base station 3 and the determination in step S11 becomes "Y", it is determined in step S12 whether or not the calling ID indicating the caller's telephone number is received from the incoming data. . Then, the calling ID is received from the incoming data and the step S
When the determination of 12 is "Y", the CPU 17 then determines in step S13 whether or not the same calling ID as this receiving calling ID has already been received at the time of the previous incoming call. It is determined according to whether or not the continuous incoming call detection timer 25A for a predetermined time corresponding to is activated.

Here, if the calling ID is received for the first time, or if the continuous incoming call detection timer 25A corresponding to the calling ID is received, the determination in step S13 becomes "N". In such a case, this calling ID is stored in the memory 25 in step S14. Next, the corresponding continuous incoming call detection counter 25D in the memory 25 is set to 1 in step S15.
To store. Further, in step S16, the continuous incoming call detection timer 25A corresponding to this calling ID is started in step S16. After that, a normal incoming call process such as displaying the incoming call lamp 20A and ringing the buzzer 22 is performed in step S17. After the normal incoming call processing is performed in this manner, it is determined in steps S18 and S20 that the user's response operation and the caller's abandonment of the outgoing call are stopped. , Resets the corresponding continuous incoming call detection counter, and performs various processes such as stopping the ringing tone and displaying during a call. When the incoming call is stopped, processing such as stopping the ringing tone and erasing the incoming call display is performed, and the continuous incoming call detection timer 25A being activated continues to operate until a predetermined time elapses.

Here, the continuous incoming call detection timer 25D in the memory 25 is provided corresponding to each calling ID as described above. Further, as shown in FIG. 1B, a plurality of the continuous incoming call detection timers 25A correspond to the same caller ID (timer 2
5A1 to 25An) are provided. That is, the time count of the continuous incoming call detection timer 25A is set to, for example, 30 minutes,
When it is determined that there are five incoming calls from the same caller within the 30 minutes, it is determined that at least four continuous incoming call detection timers are provided. Then, each continuous incoming call detection timer 25 is different for each incoming call from the same caller.
Each of A1 to 25An is activated. Here, each time the continuous incoming call detection timers 25A1 to 25An activated based on an incoming call from the same caller time up, the continuous incoming call detection counter 25 corresponding to the caller (that is, the calling ID) 25
D is subtracted one by one as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 described later.

Next, returning to the flowchart of FIG. 3 again, when the calling ID is received, the same calling ID as this receiving calling ID has already been received at the previous incoming call, and at this time, the receiving calling ID is set. If the corresponding continuous incoming call detection timer 25A1 is being activated, the determination in step S13 is "Y". In this case, the continuous incoming call detection counter 25D corresponding to the calling ID is incremented by 1 in step S21, and the count value is input in step S22 to determine whether or not it is equal to or larger than a predetermined value. That is, it is determined whether or not the number of incoming calls from the same caller is a predetermined number or more while the continuous incoming call detection timer 25A1 is activated. Then, if the predetermined number of times is not reached, step S1
6, the new continuous incoming call detection timer 25A2 different from the activated timer 25A1 is activated. Then, the processes after step S17 are similarly executed.

On the other hand, if there is a predetermined number of incoming calls from the same caller while the continuous incoming call detection timer 25A1 is running and the determination in step S22 is "Y", then in step S23 each continuous incoming call detection corresponding to this outgoing call ID is detected. Stop the timer 25A and reset the continuous incoming call detection counter 25D,
Special incoming call processing is performed in step S24.

Here, in the special incoming call processing of step S24, the CPU 17 displays the incoming call of the incoming call lamp 20 as well as the normal incoming call, and controls the gain of the amplifier 23 to set the incoming call volume of the buzzer 22 to the normal incoming call. Increase over time. The execution of the special incoming call processing is performed until the incoming response operation is detected and the determination in step S25 becomes "Y", or the termination of the incoming call due to the caller's abandonment of the call is detected and the determination in step S31 is "Y". Will continue until. In this way, if the same caller receives a predetermined number of times or more in a predetermined time, the special incoming call process is performed and the buzzer 22 is activated.
The volume of is set to be higher than that of a normal incoming call. As a result, the user of the mobile terminal device 1 on the receiving side can notice the outgoing call and easily respond to the incoming call.

During such a special incoming call, the CPU 17 sequentially determines whether the user of the portable terminal device 1 responds to the incoming call in step S25 or stops the incoming call due to the caller's abandonment in step S31. If an incoming call response operation is detected, the CPU 17 performs a call process such as setting a call channel in step S26, and stops the ring tone of the buzzer 22. Then, in step S27, the call-end determination is performed, and when the call-end operation is detected, step S30 is performed.
End the call with.

On the other hand, if the caller abandons the call without receiving an incoming call response from the user of the portable terminal device 1 during the special incoming call, the termination of the incoming call in step S31 becomes "Y".
In this case, the CPU 17 stops the ringing tone of the buzzer 22 in step S32, and the pseudo incoming call interval timer 25
B is activated in step S33, and in step S34, the vibrator 24 is driven to vibrate to notify the pseudo incoming call. That is, at the time of the pseudo incoming call, the pseudo incoming call interval timer 25B and the pseudo incoming call ringing timer 25C in the memory 25 are alternately activated as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4 described later, while the pseudo incoming call interval timer 25B is activated. Stop ringing of the ring tone of the buzzer 22 and start the pseudo ringing
During the activation of 5C, a process of ringing a ring tone from the buzzer 22 is performed. In this way, special incoming call processing is performed when there are more than a predetermined number of incoming calls from the same caller within a predetermined time, and if the called party abandons the call with no response during this special incoming call, the called party will A certain mobile terminal device 1 activates the pseudo incoming call interval timer 25B and activates the vibrator 24 during this period to notify the user of the mobile terminal device 1 of the pseudo incoming call.

During such a pseudo incoming call, the portable terminal device 1
When the user notices an incoming call and operates the call key of the operation unit 19, the CPU 17 proceeds to step S35 through “Y” of “during pseudo incoming call” and “Y” of step S36 of “press call key” and then to step Each timer 25B, 25 in S37
C is stopped and the corresponding continuous incoming call detection counter is reset. Then, in step S38, the pseudo incoming call mode is canceled,
Further, the driving of the vibrator 24 is stopped in step S39. After that, the CPU 17 automatically makes a call to the caller in step S40 based on the caller ID of the caller who has continuously received the call to the apparatus 1 (the sender of the continuous call). Here, when the other party (caller) responds, a call is started between the user of the apparatus 1 and the caller. When the call ends and the user performs an end call operation, the determination in step S41 becomes "Y". In this case, the end call process is performed in step S42.

As described above, the operation unit 1 is operated during the pseudo incoming call mode.
When the call key 9 is operated, the caller (that is, the sender of the continuous incoming call) is called. By the way, when the mobile phone device 1 is housed in, for example, the user's bag, the optical sensor 21 cannot detect an optical signal. When the optical signal is not detected by the optical sensor 21 as described above, the CPU connected to the optical sensor 21
17 does not notify the incoming call by the buzzer 22 or the vibrator 24 at the time of the pseudo incoming call, but the buzzer 2 does not start until the user opens the bag or the like and the optical sensor 21 detects an optical signal.
2 or the vibrator 24 is used to notify the incoming call. With this configuration, the power consumption of the device 1 can be reduced. As another method of reducing the power consumption, instead of continuously vibrating the vibrator 24 during the pseudo incoming call, the vibrator 24 is vibrated instead of the buzzer 22 during the ringing of the pseudo incoming call, and the user opens a bag or the like and lights up. The buzzer 22 when the sensor 21 detects an optical signal
Alternatively, the incoming call may be notified by the vibrator 24. When the optical signal is not detected by the optical sensor 21, the buzzer 22 and the vibrator 24 notify the incoming call, and when the user notices the incoming call, the user detects the incoming call from the bag or the like.
It is also possible to configure so that when the is taken out, only the incoming call is displayed by the incoming call lamp 20A and the incoming call notification by the buzzer 22 or the vibrator 24 is stopped. When the incoming call notification is performed in this way, various modes can be considered.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the processing operation of each of the above-mentioned timers 25A to 25C when the time is up. As described above, when each incoming call from the same caller sequentially arrives, a plurality of different continuous incoming call detection timers 25A1 to 25An corresponding to the caller's caller ID are sequentially activated, and at this time, the caller ID is responded to. The continuous incoming call detection counter 25D is counted one by one. Then, when one timer 25A1 activated first out of the activated continuous incoming call detection timers 25A has timed out after a predetermined time has elapsed, the determination in step S51 becomes "Y". In this case, the CPU 17 stops the continuous incoming call detection timer 25A1 in step S52, and further sets the continuous incoming call detection counter 25D corresponding to the outgoing call ID to -1 in step S53.
To do. Then, when the next continuous incoming call detection timer 25A2 corresponding to the same calling ID similarly times up and the determination in step S51 becomes "Y", this timer 25A2 is similarly stopped in step S52 and corresponds to the same calling ID. The continuous incoming call detection counter 25D is similarly set to -1 in step S53.
To do.

In this way, each continuous incoming call detection timer 25A
By operating 1 to 25An and the continuous incoming call detection counter 25D in association with each other, if there are three incoming calls from the same caller within a predetermined time defined by the time of any one continuous incoming call detection timer 25A, for example, three consecutive calls will occur. The value of the incoming call detection counter 25D can be set to 3. Then, when the value of the continuous incoming call detection counter 25D reaches a predetermined value, for example, 3 within the predetermined time, the special incoming call processing as described above is performed.

Next, the pseudo incoming call interval timer 25B is activated in the pseudo incoming call mode as described above. Then, after the timer 25B is activated, when the time is up and the determination in step S54 of FIG. 4 becomes "Y", the CPU 17 stops the pseudo incoming call interval timer 25B in step S55 and activates the pseudo incoming call ringing timer 25C. It starts in step S56. Then, in step S57, the pseudo incoming call flag is set, and in step S58, the buzzer 22 is driven to produce a pseudo incoming call sound.

On the other hand, the pseudo incoming call ringing timer 25C activated in the above step S56 is timed out and the step S
When the determination at 59 becomes "Y", the CPU 17 proceeds to step S
At 60, the driving of the buzzer 22 is stopped to stop the pseudo incoming call tone, and at step S61, the pseudo incoming call incoming flag is cleared (reset). Further, this time, the pseudo incoming call interval timer 25B is restarted in step S62. After that, when the pseudo incoming call interval timer 25B restarted in step S62 times up and becomes "Y" in step S54, the processes after step S55 are similarly reexecuted, and the pseudo incoming call tone is sounded again. In this way, the pseudo incoming call interval timer 25
By sending the ringing tone while B is activated and sending the ringing tone while the dummy ringing timer 25C is running, the ringing tone is transmitted for a predetermined time during the special incoming call and the pseudo incoming call. It is possible to notify an incoming call by a ring tone for each.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the incoming call is notified at least based on the ring tone at the time of an incoming call, and the calling ID indicating the identification number of the caller is notified, the calling ID is set. Receiving means for receiving, a timer activated when the receiving ID receives the calling ID, and the same calling ID by the receiving means within a fixed time of the timer.
When the number of incoming calls from the same caller reaches a predetermined number within a fixed time, a counting means for counting when is received is provided,
Since the above-mentioned incoming call notification is changed to perform the incoming call notification different from the normal incoming call notification, when the incoming call from the caller arrives, the user of this device is accurately notified of the incoming call. It is possible to make a reliable call. Further, when the incoming call notification is changed, the volume of the ringing tone is increased, so that the user can easily recognize the incoming call. Further, when the incoming call notification is changed, the incoming call notification information including the ring tone is periodically sent, so that the user can easily recognize the incoming call as well. Further, since the incoming call notification information including the incoming call tone is sent when the optical signal is detected, the power consumption of the device can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a base station wirelessly connected to the mobile terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a main part operation of the mobile terminal device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a main part operation of the mobile terminal device.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Portable terminal device, 3 ... Base station, 11, 31 ... Radio transmission / reception part, 14 ... Voice codec, 17, 37, 40 ... C
PU, 17A ... Timer, 19 ... Operation part, 20 ... Display part,
20A ... incoming lamp, 22 ... buzzer, 23 ... amplifier, 2
4 ... Vibrator, 25 ... Memory, 25A1 to 25An
… Continuous incoming call detection timer, 25B… Pseudo incoming call interval timer,
25C ... Pseudo incoming call ringing timer, 25D ... Continuous incoming call detection counter.

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Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A mobile terminal device which, when receiving an incoming call, at least notifies an incoming call based on a ring tone and is notified of an outgoing call ID indicating an identification number of a caller. A timer which is started when an ID is received, a counting means which counts when the same calling ID is received by the receiving means within a fixed time of the timer, and a count value of the counting means is set to a predetermined value. When not reached and the specified value
Mobile terminal device is characterized in that a incoming call notification changing means for changing the method of the incoming notification at the time it reaches the. 2. The incoming call notification changing means according to claim 1, wherein the count value of the counting means is a predetermined value.
A mobile terminal device , wherein the volume of the ringing tone is increased when the number reaches . 3. The detecting means for detecting an optical signal according to claim 1 , wherein the incoming call notification changing means detects the optical signal.
A mobile terminal device, which transmits incoming call notification information including the ringtone when the mobile terminal device does. 4. The method of claim 1 or 2, provided with a vibrator, prior Symbol incoming notification changing means, the count value is a predetermined value or more of the counting means
If the caller abandons the call when the above occurs,
Drives the vibrator and sounds the ringtone.
A mobile terminal device, characterized in that the operation and the stoppage of the ringing are alternately performed at predetermined time intervals .