JP4111904B2 - Communication device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a communication device having an alarm function.

  Recent communication devices (for example, mobile phone devices) are equipped with a large number of functions, and products including an image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) have been commercialized.

  Communication devices with an alarm function have also been commercialized, and the time when the user rings the alarm and the type of alarm (for example, beep or melody) are set in advance. It is possible to ring.

  Furthermore, while the alarm is sounding, it is possible to stop the alarm sounding by performing an operation such as a user pressing a key or opening the casing if the mobile phone is a foldable mobile phone.

Various proposals have been made regarding this alarm function. For example, Patent Document 1 describes a technique for automatically reproducing a message at a designated time.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-191803 (see pages 2 to 4 and FIG. 5).

  Such an alarm function is very convenient because a mobile phone can be used as an alarm clock, but the following problems may occur. For example, it is assumed that the user sets an alarm every morning at 8:30 and sends a rhythm of life to work from 9:00. However, when it becomes necessary to go to work from 8:20 on a certain day, it is sufficient to set an alarm in advance at, for example, 7:30 on the previous day, but forgetting to set it, and on the day before the alarm sounds Suppose you got up at 7:30. In such a case, the user can bring the mobile phone to the office and go to work at 8:20. At this time, the user can cancel the alarm. However, if the user forgets to cancel the alarm, it happens to happen at 8:30. If it is during a meeting, a loud alarm will sound during the meeting, which will annoy nearby people.

The present invention is for solving such a problem, and the invention according to claim 1 is a communication device that can be set to sound an alarm at a predetermined time. When detecting that the charge detecting means detects whether or not the charging apparatus is in a charged state and the charge detecting means detects that the communication device has changed from a charged state to a non-charged state, the alarm ringing setting is canceled or invalidated. And control means for controlling so as to achieve the above.
The invention according to claim 2 is a communication device that can be set to sound an alarm at a predetermined time, a charge detection means for detecting whether or not the communication device is in a charged state, Time measuring means for measuring time, and setting of the alarm sounding when the charge detecting means detects that the communication device has changed from the charged state to the non-charged state after the time measuring means has timed the predetermined time And control means for controlling to cancel or invalidate.
The invention according to claim 3 is a communication device that can be set to sound an alarm at a predetermined time, and the charge detection means for detecting whether or not the communication device is in a charged state; When the charging detection means detects that the communication device has changed from a charged state to a non-charged state within a predetermined time until a predetermined time elapses, the alarm ringing setting is canceled or disabled. And a control means for controlling to do so.

  In the present invention, the alarm is canceled or disabled when the communication device is disconnected from the charger or responds to an incoming call from when the user goes to bed until the alarm ringing time. For this reason, even if the user wakes up before the alarm ringing time, brings the communication device to the company, and forgets to cancel the alarm, the alarm does not sound and the surrounding people are not disturbed.

In this embodiment, the alarm function is automatically turned off by removing the communication device from the charger or responding to an incoming call so that the alarm is not sounded even at the set time.
Hereinafter, a device according to this embodiment (for example, a mobile phone device) will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the apparatus of this embodiment.
In FIG. 1, a CDMA communication unit 1 transmits a signal from a baseband unit 3 described later to a base station via an antenna 2 and receives a radio wave from the base station via an antenna 2.

  The baseband unit 3 includes a CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) processing circuit 31 and a voice codec processing circuit 32. The CDMA processing circuit 31 performs code division multiple access, scrambling, error control, timing detection, and the like. The voice codec processing circuit 32 compresses (encodes) and decompresses (decodes) the voice, converts an analog signal and a digital signal, and receives a sound volume and a microphone by an internal amplifier circuit (not shown). Change the sensitivity.

  The speaker 4 used for a call converts the electrical signal from the switching circuit 10 amplified by the amplifier 5 into an audio signal. The microphone 6 used for a call converts an audio signal into an electric signal and outputs it to the amplifier 7. The electric signal amplified by the amplifier 7 is output to the switching circuit 10. Further, the speaker 8 outputs a ringing tone or a melody amplified by the amplifier 9.

  The switching circuit 10 turns on / off the connection between the three amplifiers 5, 7, 9 and the baseband unit 3 under the control of the control circuit 11 described later. Note that these amplifier circuits have fixed gains, and the received sound volume, key click sound volume, and microphone sensitivity cannot be changed. The voice codec 32 of the baseband unit 3 changes the reception volume, key click volume, and microphone sensitivity under the control of the control circuit 11.

  A control circuit 11 composed of a microprocessor controls each unit based on a system program stored in a first storage unit 12 composed of, for example, a ROM (Read Only Memory). The control circuit 11 also has a function of measuring time.

  The second storage unit 13 is composed of, for example, an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), and data of the other party's telephone number and mail address, sent / received mail data, various data such as received image data, and an alarm sounding time. And melody data, flag data indicating whether or not to sound an alarm at a set time, and the like are stored.

  The display unit 14 includes a liquid crystal display device, for example, and displays a telephone number, image data, and the like.

  The input unit 15 includes a call key, a cut key, a function key, a numeric keypad, and the user operates the input unit 15 to set whether to sound an alarm, a melody, or whether to sound an alarm at a set time. Is possible.

  The charge detection unit 16 detects whether or not the battery is charged from a charger (not shown).

  The battery 17 is a battery for supplying power to each circuit inside the communication device.

The time measuring unit 18 measures time.
Next, the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described below.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the apparatus of this embodiment.

  In FIG. 2, when the control circuit 11 determines in step S1 that there is an operation for turning on the alarm function from the input unit 15, the process proceeds to step S2. Specifically, when the control circuit 11 determines that there is an operation for turning on the alarm function from the input unit 15 and an operation for setting an alarm sounding time and an alarm type (for example, beep sound or melody), these operations are performed. Corresponding data (flag data indicating whether an alarm is set at a specified time, that is, whether the alarm is on, time data, alarm type data) is stored in the second storage unit, and S2 Proceed to the step.

  In step S2, the control circuit 11 proceeds to step S4 when detecting a signal from the charge detection circuit 16 indicating that the communication device has changed from the non-charged state to the charged state. Otherwise, the control circuit 11 proceeds to step S3. To proceed.

  In step S3, the control circuit 11 advances the process to step S7 when it is determined that the timer 18 has counted 1 o'clock at night, and returns to step S1 if not.

  In step S4, when the control circuit 11 determines that the timekeeping unit is measuring the time from 10:00 to 1 o'clock in the night, the process proceeds to step S6, and if not, the process proceeds to step S5.

  In step S5, the control circuit 11 controls the battery 17 to be charged, and returns the process to step S1 after the end of charging.

  In step S6, the control circuit 11 performs control to charge the battery 17, and proceeds to step S7.

  It should be noted that, in steps S2 to S4, the processing step is changed depending on whether it is from 10:00 to 1 o'clock at night, because the charging starts from 10 o'clock to 1 o'clock at night. In this case, it is highly likely that the user will go to sleep. In this case, when the communication device is detected as being disconnected from the charger in step S7 and later, the alarm is turned off. In such a case, it is highly likely that the operation is only for charging.In such a case, if the alarm is turned off each time the communication device is removed from the charger after charging starts, the user can set the alarm on before going to sleep. This is because the operation must be performed and the usability is poor.

  In step S3, it is determined whether or not it is 1 o'clock because the time of 1 o'clock is the time when many people will be sleeping.

  In step S7, the control circuit 11 advances the process to step S10 when detecting a signal indicating that the charge detection unit 16 has changed from the charged state to the non-charged state, otherwise advances the process to step S8.

  In step S8, if the control circuit 11 detects a signal indicating that there is an incoming call from the baseband unit 3, the process proceeds to step S9, and if not, the process proceeds to step S12.

  In step S9, if the control circuit 11 determines that there is an operation for responding to an incoming call from the input unit 15, the process proceeds to step S10, and if not, the process proceeds to step S12.

  In step S10, when the control circuit 11 determines that the time measuring unit 18 is measuring the time from 5:00 am to the alarm ringing time stored in the second storage unit 13, the process proceeds to step S11. Otherwise, the process returns to step S7.

  In step S11, the control circuit 11 turns off the alarm flag stored in the second storage unit 13, and returns the process to step S1.

  In steps S10 to S11, the alarm flag is turned off at the alarm ringing time from 5:00 in the morning. This operation is performed immediately after the charging is started in step S2, for example. This is because if there is an incoming call and the user answers the incoming call, the alarm flag is automatically turned off. In such a case, the user must set the alarm on again, which is inconvenient.

  In step S12, if the control circuit 11 determines that there is an alarm OFF operation from the input unit 15, the process proceeds to step S11, and if not, the process proceeds to step S13.

  In step S13, the control circuit 11 advances the process to step S14 when the timer 18 determines that the time set in the second storage unit 13 has been measured, and returns the process to step S7 if not.

  In step S14, the control circuit 11 sounds an alarm from the speaker 8.

  In the subsequent step S15, if the control circuit 11 determines from the input unit 15 that there is an operation for instructing the stop of the alarm, the control circuit 11 proceeds to step S17, and otherwise proceeds to step S16.

  In step S16, the control circuit 11 proceeds to step S17 when determining that the alarm has been sounded for a predetermined time from the start of alarm sound in step S14, and returns to step S14 if not.

  In step S17, the control circuit 11 stops the alarm from the speaker 8 and returns the process to step S1.

  In this way, in steps S7 to S17, after the user places the communication device on the charger (after the user goes to sleep), the user removes the communication device from the charger (when the user brings the communication device to the company If you answer the incoming call, the alarm setting is automatically turned off, so even if the user forgets to come to the company earlier than usual to cancel the alarm, the alarm setting is automatically set. Therefore, even when a meeting is held at a time when an alarm is always sounded, it is possible to avoid a situation where the alarm sounds and annoying other people.

  In this embodiment, it is determined whether it is from 10:00 to 1 o'clock in step S4, whether it is 1 o'clock in step S3, and further, in the step S10, from 5 am It is determined whether or not it is time, but these times may be settable by the user.

  In the present embodiment, in steps S8 to S11, the alarm is turned off when the user responds to the incoming call. However, the alarm may be turned off when the user performs any key operation at the time of the incoming call. If it is a telephone, it is good also as a structure which turns off an alarm, if a housing | casing is opened at the time of an incoming call. Further, it may be configured to cancel the alarm setting only for the detection of an incoming call.

  Furthermore, the communication device is automatically turned off at a preset time (for example, 12:00 in the night) and the communication device is automatically turned on at a preset time (for example, 7:00 in the morning). In the communication apparatus having the function as described above, it may be configured to automatically determine whether or not it is from the power-on time to the alarm ringing time in step S10.

It is a block diagram of the Example apparatus formed by applying this invention. It is a flowchart of a present Example apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

11 Control Circuit 13 Second Storage Unit 15 Input Unit 16 Charge Detection Unit 18 Timekeeping Unit

Claims (3)

A communication device that can be set to sound an alarm at a predetermined time, charging detection means for detecting whether the communication device is in a charged state, and the communication device from a charged state to a non-charged state And a control unit that controls to cancel or disable the alarm ringing setting when it is determined that the charging detection unit detects that the change has occurred. A communication device that can be set to sound an alarm at a predetermined time, a charge detection means for detecting whether or not the communication device is in a charged state, a time measuring means for measuring the current time, Control is performed to cancel or disable the alarm ringing setting when it is determined that the charging detection unit detects that the communication device has changed from a charged state to a non-charged state after the time measuring unit has timed a predetermined time. And a control means. A communication device that can be set to sound an alarm at a predetermined time, charging detection means for detecting whether the communication device is in a charged state, and until the predetermined time elapses Control means for controlling to cancel or invalidate the alarm sound setting when the charge detection means detects that the communication device has changed from a charged state to a non-charged state within a predetermined time of A communication apparatus comprising:

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