JP4336896B2 - Mobile phone device, use restriction cancellation method used therefor, and program thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone device, a use restriction canceling method used therefor, and a program therefor, and more particularly, to canceling a use restriction in a place (such as a hospital) where use of the mobile phone device is not preferable.

  Even in places where the use of mobile phone devices is not preferable (hospitals, etc.) (hereinafter referred to as cell phone prohibited areas), the use of mobile phone devices has become possible except for very limited places. However, in the case of a place visited for the first time, it is often difficult to determine whether or not a place where the mobile phone device can be used.

  Conventionally, in a cellular phone device, as shown in FIG. 3, there are an antenna 31 for exchanging information with the network side, a radio unit 32, a control unit 33, a memory 34, and an audio input / output unit. A microphone 38 and a speaker 39, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display unit 35, a numeric keypad 36, a camera 37 for photographing, and a selection switch 40 for controlling the operation of the wireless unit 32 are configured.

  In the mobile phone device 3 described above, the selection switch 40 that allows the user himself to turn off the power and control the stop of the operation of the wireless unit 32 at a specific place (hospital etc.) where the power should be turned off. Is set.

  By setting the selection switch 40, the LCD display unit 35 and the numeric keypad 36 can be operated so as to stop the operation of the wireless unit 32, stop the transmission of unnecessary radio waves, and create and edit mail and phone book contents. Mode can be set. As described above, the user of the mobile phone device 3 voluntarily turns off the power at a specific place.

  Recently, it has become possible to use a mobile phone device, except for a very limited place in the mobile phone prohibited area. In this case, it is often difficult to determine whether the place is the first place visited or not. Furthermore, even if it is a place which can be used, the operation | movement which turns on and off a power supply by operating a power switch for every place is troublesome.

  Therefore, regarding the release of the use restriction in the cell phone prohibition area, a position indicator is provided in a place where the use of the cell phone device is not preferable, and the position indicator is a means for storing position information, a means for setting position information signals, and position information. There has been proposed a method including a signal transmission unit, a control unit, an antenna for transmitting a position information signal, and the like (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In this cellular phone device, a location information signal receiving antenna from a location alarm, a location information signal receiving means, a received signal judging means, a control content storage means, and a mobile phone operation control means according to the received content It has. When the mobile phone apparatus receives the position information signal, the determination means determines that the received signal is a signal indicating an unfavorable location, and the control means reads out the control content corresponding to the unfavorable place from the storage means, and the control means of the mobile phone apparatus And the power supply to the transmission / reception means is shut off.

  In addition, regarding other methods of canceling the use restriction in the mobile phone prohibited area, a receiver and an automatic notification device are provided in places where it is not preferable to use a mobile phone in the area of other radio base stations. When location registration information is received from a portable terminal in an unfavorable place, the portable terminal in a place where use is not preferred is temporarily stopped (incoming calls are suppressed), and use is not preferred for the caller. There has been proposed a method for releasing a pause state for a mobile terminal when the mobile terminal moves from a place where it is not preferable to use to an in-service area while issuing an announcement including contents related to the place (see, for example, Patent Document 2). .

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-41282 JP 2000-236572 A

  However, in the above-described conventional mobile phone device, in the case of the techniques described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 above, it is possible to limit in the mobile phone prohibited area, except for a very limited place in the mobile phone prohibited area, The operation for enabling a call in a place where the mobile phone device can be used cannot be resumed without troublesome operations.

  Further, in the case of the techniques described in Patent Documents 1 and 2 above, there is a problem in that the mobile phone prohibition area must be specified in order to manage outgoing call restrictions in the mobile phone device, and the equipment cost increases. is there.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems, and a mobile phone capable of resuming an operation that enables a call at a usable place provided in a mobile phone prohibited area without troublesome operations. It is an object to provide a device, a use restriction releasing method used therefor, and a program therefor.

A mobile phone device according to the present invention is a mobile phone device including an image pickup device capable of acquiring a moving image and a wireless means for wirelessly communicating with a base station, and a mobile phone prohibited area where use of the own device is not preferable. Storage means for storing the map information including the position information, comparison means for comparing the position information of the own device obtained from the base station and the position information of the map information stored in the storage means, and the comparison means Power supply control means for stopping power supply to the wireless means when a match is detected, and search means for searching whether or not a preset predetermined mark appears in the moving image acquired by the image sensor. ,
When the power control means detects that the predetermined mark appears in the moving image by the search means, the power supply to the wireless means is resumed.

The use restriction release method according to the present invention is a use restriction release method used for a mobile phone device including an imaging device capable of acquiring a moving image and wireless means for wirelessly communicating with a base station,
The mobile phone device stores in the storage means map information including location information of a mobile phone prohibited area where the use of the mobile phone device is not preferable, the location information of the mobile phone device obtained from the base station, and Obtained by the imaging device, a comparison process for comparing the position information of the map information stored in the storage means, a power supply control process for stopping power supply to the wireless means when a match is detected in the comparison process, and A search process for searching whether a predetermined mark set in advance appears in the recorded video,
In the power control process, when the search process detects that the predetermined mark appears in the moving image, the power supply to the wireless unit is resumed.

  A use restriction release method program according to the present invention is a use restriction release method used in a mobile phone device including an imaging device capable of acquiring a moving image and wireless means for wirelessly communicating with a base station. , Storing the map information including the position information of the cell phone prohibited area where the use of the cell phone device is not preferable, the position information of the cell phone device obtained from the base station, and the memory means storing the map information. A comparison process for comparing the position information of the map information, a power control process for stopping the power supply to the wireless means when a match is detected in the comparison process, and a moving image acquired by the image sensor in advance. A search process for searching whether or not the set predetermined mark appears, and the power control process detects that the predetermined mark has appeared in the moving image by the search process And restarts the power supply to the radio unit when the.

  That is, the mobile phone device of the present invention records map information including location information of places where use of the mobile phone device is not preferable in the memory, and stores the location information from the base station on the network side in the memory. Compared with the location information of the map information, as a result, when it is determined that the use of the map information is unfavorable, the power to the radio unit is shut off, and the use is not preferred based on the information taken by the camera The power supply to the radio unit is resumed when it is determined that the provided operable area.

  In the cellular phone device of the present invention, the map information including the location information of the place where the use is not preferable is downloaded and recorded in the memory, or the location information of the own device obtained from the base station on the network side At the same time, map information including location information of a place where use in the service area belonging to the base station is not preferable may be obtained and recorded in the memory.

  In this case, the position information of the place where the use of the mobile phone device is not preferable may be information having range information centered on the position information. At that time, in the mobile phone device of the present invention, the location information of the mobile phone device in the service area obtained from the base station is compared with the range information centered on the location information of the map information in the memory of the mobile phone device. is doing.

  Furthermore, the specific location of the map information is an area indicated by the range information centered on the location information of the map information held in the memory of the mobile phone device. In that case, the mobile phone device of the present invention shuts off the power of the wireless unit when it is determined that the location information of the device is in the area indicated by the range information centered on the location information of the map information held in the memory. ing.

  Furthermore, in the mobile phone device of the present invention, when the means for determining the operable area even in the specific location detects the usable location indicated by a predetermined mark or the like in the shooting information (moving image) shot by the camera, the wireless unit The power supply to is resumed.

  As a result, the mobile phone device of the present invention automatically searches for whether or not a predetermined mark appears in the shooting information (moving image) from the camera 17 even in the mobile phone prohibited area where the power needs to be turned off. In addition, by controlling the stop and restart of the power supply to the wireless processing side, there is no need to perform troublesome operations to turn on and off the power. Therefore, in the mobile phone device of the present invention, it is possible to resume the operation for enabling a call at a usable place provided in the mobile phone prohibited area without troublesome operations.

  By adopting the configuration and operation as described below, the present invention can resume the operation to enable a call at a usable place provided in the mobile phone prohibited area without troublesome operations. The effect is obtained.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a cellular phone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a cellular phone device 1 includes an antenna 11 for exchanging information with a network side, a radio unit 12, a radio processing side A including a microphone 18 and a speaker 19 which are audio input / output units, and a control. A terminal processing side B including a unit 13, a memory 14, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display unit 15, a numeric keypad 16, and a camera 17 capable of photographing the outside, and a power source for the wireless processing side A and the terminal processing side B It comprises a power supply control unit 20 and a power supply 21 for supplying.

  In the present embodiment, the mobile phone device 1 is connected in advance to a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer), and map information including location information of a place where the use of the mobile phone device 1 is not preferred is stored from a database built in the personal computer. It is assumed that it has been downloaded to the map information storage area 14a of the memory 14 of the mobile phone device 1.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a use restriction release operation in a place (hospital or the like) where the use of the mobile phone device is not preferable in the mobile phone device 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as a mobile phone prohibited area). . With reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the operation of canceling the use restriction in the cell phone prohibited area in the cell phone device 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

  The processing shown in FIG. 2 is realized by the control unit 13 executing a program in the memory 14. In the following description, a mode key for setting a mode for canceling the use restriction in the cell phone prohibition area (hereinafter referred to as a cell phone prohibition release mode) is assigned to any key of the numeric keypad 16. Shall.

  When the mode key of the numeric keypad 16 is pressed to set the mobile phone prohibition release mode (step S1 in FIG. 2), the control unit 13 of the mobile phone device 1 is sent from a network side base station (not shown). The position information of the device itself is compared with the position information of the map information stored in the map information storage area 14a (position information of the cell phone prohibited area) (step S2 in FIG. 2).

  When the position information of the own device matches the position information of the map information, the control unit 13 instructs the power supply control unit 20 to turn off the power so as to stop the power supply from the power supply 21 to the wireless processing side A ( 2 (step S3 in FIG. 2), the camera 17 is turned on, and shooting information (moving image) is acquired from the camera 17 (step S4 in FIG. 2).

  The control unit 13 searches whether or not a predetermined mark set in advance appears in the shooting information (moving image) acquired from the camera 17 (step S5 in FIG. 2). Here, the predetermined mark is a mark indicating an operable area provided in the cell phone prohibition area, and may be a graphic mark, an illustration, a QR (Quick Response) code, or a barcode.

  When the control unit 13 detects that a predetermined mark appears in the shooting information (moving image) acquired from the camera 17 (step S6 in FIG. 2), the power supply from the power source 21 to the wireless processing side A is resumed. The power supply control unit 20 is instructed to turn on the power (step S7 in FIG. 2). As a result, the mobile phone device 1 is in a state where wireless telephone communication is possible.

  After that, when the mode key of the numeric keypad 16 is pressed again to cancel the mobile phone prohibition release mode (step S8 in FIG. 2), the control unit 13 ends the process and does not cancel the mobile phone prohibition release mode (FIG. 2). 2 Step S8), returning to Step S2, the above process is repeated.

  As described above, in this embodiment, even in a mobile phone prohibited area where it is necessary to turn off the power, wireless communication is automatically performed by searching for whether or not a predetermined mark appears in the shooting information (moving image) from the camera 17. By controlling the stop and restart of the power supply to the processing side, there is no need to perform troublesome operations to turn on and off the power.

  In this embodiment, the map information including the location information of the cell phone prohibited area is downloaded from an external database (not shown) and stored in the map information storage area 14a of the memory 14, but the network side base station In addition to the position information of the own device obtained from the above, map information including the position information of the cell phone prohibited area in the service area belonging to the base station may be acquired and stored in the map information storage area 14a.

  Further, the position information of the mobile phone prohibited area may be position information having range information centered on the position information. In this case, the control unit 13 compares the position information of the own device within the service area obtained from the base station with the range information centering on the position information of the map information, and when they match, the control unit 13 returns to the wireless processing side A. The power supply may be stopped.

  When the control unit 13 determines that a predetermined mark is detected in the shooting information (moving image) from the camera 17 and is in a usable location, the control unit 13 restarts the power supply to the wireless unit 12 to turn the power on and off. Thus, it is possible to resume the operation that enables a call at a usable place provided in the cell phone prohibition area without performing a troublesome operation.

  Further, in this embodiment, the mode key is assigned to any key of the numeric keypad 16 in order to set the mobile phone prohibition release mode. However, a dedicated key for setting the mobile phone prohibition release mode may be provided. .

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone apparatus by one Example of this invention. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a use restriction release operation in a cell phone prohibited area in the cell phone device according to the embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the mobile telephone apparatus by a prior art example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cellular phone apparatus 11 Antenna 12 Radio | wireless part 13 Control part 14 Memory 15 LCD display part 16 Numeric keypad 17 Camera 18 Microphone 19 Speaker 20 Power supply control part 21 Power supply A Wireless processing side B Terminal processing side

Claims (11)

A mobile phone device including an imaging device capable of acquiring a moving image and wireless means for wirelessly communicating with a base station, wherein map information including location information of a mobile phone prohibited area where use of the device is not preferable Storage means for storing, comparison means for comparing the position information of the own device obtained from the base station with the position information of the map information stored in the storage means, and the wireless when the match is detected by the comparison means Power supply control means for stopping power supply to the means, and search means for searching whether or not a predetermined mark set in advance appears in the moving image acquired by the imaging device,
The mobile telephone device, wherein the power control means restarts the power supply to the wireless means when the search means detects that the predetermined mark appears in the moving image.   The mobile telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the storage means stores map information downloaded from an external database.   The storage means stores map information obtained from the base station together with location information of the device itself and including location information of the mobile phone prohibited area in a service area belonging to the base station. The mobile phone device described.   4. The mobile phone device according to claim 1, wherein the location information of the mobile phone prohibited area is location information including range information centered on the location information. 5.   5. The mobile phone device according to claim 4, wherein the comparison means compares the position information of the own device obtained from the base station with the range information of the map information stored in the storage means. A usage restriction cancellation method used for a mobile phone device including an imaging device capable of acquiring a moving image and wireless means for wirelessly communicating with a base station,
The mobile phone device stores in the storage means map information including location information of a mobile phone prohibited area where the use of the mobile phone device is not preferable, the location information of the mobile phone device obtained from the base station, and Obtained by the imaging device, a comparison process for comparing the position information of the map information stored in the storage means, a power supply control process for stopping power supply to the wireless means when a match is detected in the comparison process, and A search process for searching whether a predetermined mark set in advance appears in the recorded video,
In the power supply control process, when the search process detects that the predetermined mark appears in the moving image, the power supply to the wireless unit is resumed.   The use restriction releasing method according to claim 6, wherein the storage means stores map information downloaded from an external database.   The storage means stores map information obtained from the base station together with location information of the mobile phone device itself and including location information of the mobile phone prohibited area in a service area belonging to the base station. The use restriction releasing method according to claim 6.   The use restriction releasing method according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the position information of the cell phone prohibited area is position information including range information centered on the position information.   The use restriction cancellation according to claim 9, wherein the comparison processing compares position information of the mobile phone device itself obtained from the base station with range information of the map information stored in the storage means. Method.   A use restriction release method used for a mobile phone device including an imaging device capable of acquiring a moving image and a wireless means for wirelessly communicating with a base station, wherein the mobile phone device is not preferably used in a computer. A process of storing map information including position information of the prohibited telephone area in the storage means and a comparison comparing the position information of the mobile phone device obtained from the base station and the position information of the map information stored in the storage means Processing, power control processing for stopping power supply to the wireless means when a match is detected in the comparison processing, and whether a predetermined mark set in advance appears in the moving image acquired by the image sensor. A search process for searching, and when the power control process detects that the predetermined mark appears in the moving image in the search process, the power supply to the wireless unit is resumed. Because of the program.

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