JP4418735B2 - Setting content control method and setting content control system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention automatically relates configure content control method, and setting the control system so as to perform change of setting and power permitting and blocking, depending on various circumstances.

  Conventionally, cellular phones have various functions, and various setting contents exist for such functions. For example, as settings related to notification of incoming calls from other devices, selection of the type of standby image to be displayed on the monitor when waiting for incoming calls, selection of ringtone output for incoming calls and occurrence of vibration related to manner mode, selection of ring volume level, There are contents such as the selection of the type of the ringtone, and these contents are generally set by the user of the mobile phone according to his / her preference.

  On the other hand, what has been developed to change the setting contents of the mobile phone according to the situation has been developed, for example, a mobile phone that changes the ring volume and ring tone type according to the time zone is disclosed. (See Patent Documents 1 and 2). In addition, a mobile phone device is disclosed in which a position detection function is provided in the mobile phone device so that the power is automatically turned off when the mobile phone device is located in a building such as a movie theater or a hospital (see Patent Document 3).

Furthermore, a mobile phone device is disclosed in which the type of standby image and the type of ringtone are changed according to the time zone (see Patent Document 4). Furthermore, a mobile phone having an imaging function is disclosed in which the imaging function is limited in an imaging prohibited area (see Patent Document 5). Also disclosed is an apparatus that automatically changes the ring volume and switches between ring tone output and vibration generation according to ambient brightness, ambient noise level, and the like (see Patent Documents 6 and 7). ).
JP-A-11-341111 JP-A-11-154959 JP 2001-160985 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-141982 JP 2000-152217 A JP-A-9-121236 JP 2001-36611 A

  In the mobile phone disclosed in each of the above-mentioned patent documents, the setting contents are changed based on one type of factor (condition) such as time, position, ambient brightness, and ambient noise. There is a problem that the setting contents of the device cannot be changed.

  For example, when the user of the mobile phone device according to Patent Document 7 is dozing in the house, if the house is quiet, the vibration is automatically generated (vibration mode), and the user receives an incoming call. Unaware. Also, if the user of the cellular phone device according to Patent Document 6 is sleeping in a dark room, if there is an incoming call, the cellular phone device notifies the incoming call at a high volume, thus preventing the user from sleeping. In addition, the cellular phone device according to each patent document has a problem that the processing load related to the determination is large because the processing related to the determination of the setting change is performed by itself.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, the ambient conditions, by sending to the current situation such as a central processing unit by communication, processing determination settings of the mobile phone central It is an object of the present invention to provide a setting content control method and a setting content control system which are performed by an apparatus and reduce the processing load of a mobile phone.

A setting content control method according to the present invention communicates between a position detecting means, a sound volume detecting means and a means for performing setting related to an incoming call, and a setting control device, and receives an incoming call from the mobile phone. A setting content control method for controlling the setting content, wherein the mobile phone detects a position by the position detection unit, detects a surrounding volume by the volume detection unit, and detects the detected position and volume by the position detection unit. Transmitted to the setting control device, the setting control device refers to the condition table storing the setting contents corresponding to the position and volume separately for each user of the mobile phone, and the position and volume transmitted from the mobile phone Based on the setting content transmitted from the setting control device, the setting content related to the incoming call of the mobile phone device is specified and the specified setting content is transmitted to the mobile phone device. Ringtone data and refers to the storage unit that stores standby image data, and performs the setting according to both incoming and setting change of the image for the standby and the setting change of the ringtone.
A setting content control system according to the present invention is a setting content control system for controlling a setting content related to an incoming call of the mobile phone by performing communication between the mobile phone and a setting control device. A position detecting means for detecting a position; a volume detecting means for detecting a surrounding sound volume; a means for transmitting the position detected by the position detecting means and the sound volume detected by the sound volume detecting means to the setting control device; And the setting control device refers to a condition table that stores setting contents corresponding to the position and the volume separately for each user of the mobile phone, and based on the position and the volume transmitted from the mobile phone Means for specifying the setting contents related to the incoming call of the device, means for transmitting the specified setting contents to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone is the setting transmitted from the setting control device. Depending on the volume refers to the ring tone data and a storage unit that stores standby image data, further comprising means for setting according to both incoming and setting change of configuration changes and waiting for image ringtone Features.

In the present invention, the mobile phone device detects the surrounding situation, transmits the contents related to the detection to the setting control device, and the setting control device specifies the setting content of the mobile phone device based on the received content. The specific contents are sent to the mobile phone, and the mobile phone sets the contents according to the received contents. Therefore, the mobile phone does not need to perform processing related to the determination of the setting contents, and reduces the processing load. It becomes possible to change to the setting contents that match the situation around. In addition, since the content of the mobile phone device is specified on the setting control device side, it is possible to change to the setting content recommended by a third party setting control device different from the user of the mobile phone device, The contents detected by the mobile phone can be accumulated on the setting control device side, and processing such as specifying appropriate setting contents by comparison with the past situation is also possible.

In the present invention, the mobile phone detects the surrounding situation and transmits the detected content to the setting control device, and the setting control device specifies the set content of the mobile phone based on the received content and specifies the specific content. Since the data is transmitted to the mobile phone, the mobile phone can reduce the processing load of the setting content and change the setting content based on the content specified by the determination of the setting control device.

  1A and 1B show the appearance of the mobile phone 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone 1 according to the first embodiment includes a position, time, ambient brightness, It has a function that can change the settings related to incoming calls according to the ambient volume and ambient temperature.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the mobile phone 1 includes a first speaker 7 that outputs the voice of the other party during a call in order from the top to the front surface 2a of the rectangular parallelepiped housing 2, characters, numbers, images, and the like. Are provided with a monitor unit 3 capable of displaying various contents of the user, a plurality of various buttons for receiving operations from the user, an operation unit 5 formed of a power switch and the like, and a microphone 6 for collecting the user's voice. In the cellular phone 1, a telescopic antenna 4 is protruded from the upper surface 2 b of the housing 2.

  On the other hand, on the back surface 2c side of the housing 2 of the cellular phone 1 shown in FIG. 1B, in order from the top, a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) 8, a second speaker 9 for ringtone output, and a contact target A temperature sensor 10 for detecting a state relating to the temperature of the battery 11 is provided, and a battery 11 is housed inside the lower cover portion 2d.

  FIG. 2 shows the internal configuration of the mobile phone 1, and the mobile phone 1 connects the control unit 12 that performs various controls to the units 13, 14... That perform processing related to various functions of the mobile phone 1. 23 is connected. What is connected to the internal bus 23 includes a communication unit 13, a display processing unit 14, a position detection unit 15, an imaging processing unit 16, a temperature measurement unit 17, a voice input / output unit 18, a ring tone output unit 19, and vibration generation. There are a unit 20, a storage unit 21, an operation unit 5, and a power supply control unit 22. Hereinafter, the above-described units 12, 13... Will be described.

  The control unit 12 controls each of the units 13, 14... When the functions of the cellular phone 1 are activated, and performs control processing for the call function, communication function, display function, and the like of the cellular phone 1. Is. The processing content performed by the control unit 12 is defined in the program 33 stored in the storage unit 21, and the control unit 12 performs predetermined processing based on the program 33. The control unit 12 has a built-in clock unit 12a for measuring time. Details of processing performed by the control unit 12 will be described later.

  The communication unit 13 is connected to the antenna 4, and transmits / receives call contents and communication contents via the antenna 4. The display processing unit 14 is connected to the monitor unit 3 and performs a process of adjusting the content displayed on the monitor unit 3. When the mobile phone 1 is receiving an incoming call, an incoming call waiting image is displayed on the monitor unit 3.

  The position detection unit 15 detects the position of the mobile phone 1 from an artificial satellite (not shown) using GPS (Global Positioning System), and transmits the detected position to the control unit 12. The imaging processing unit 16 is connected to the CCD 8 and performs processing on the content (image) captured by the CCD 8. In particular, in this embodiment, the brightness around the cellular phone 1 is based on external light entering the CCD 8. The detected brightness is transmitted to the control unit 12.

  The temperature measurement unit 17 is connected to the temperature sensor 10, specifies the temperature of the contact target based on the content detected by the temperature sensor 10, and transmits the specified temperature to the control unit 12. The voice input / output unit 18 is connected to the microphone 6 and the first speaker 7 and performs processing for sending the voice collected by the microphone 6 to the communication unit 13, and amplifies the content of the call received by the communication unit 13. Processing to output from one speaker 7 is performed. The voice input / output unit 18 also performs processing for transmitting sounds around the mobile phone 1 collected by the microphone 6 to the control unit 12.

  The ring tone output unit 19 is connected to the second speaker 9 and outputs a ring tone from the second speaker 9 when an incoming call is received based on the control of the control unit 12. The ring tone output unit 19 can output a ring tone at five levels of volume (“5” is the maximum and “1” is the minimum), and the volume level adjustment is controlled by the control unit 12. Yes. In the manner mode, the vibration generating unit 20 generates vibration for incoming calls based on the control of the control unit 12.

  The storage unit 21 is a storage medium that stores various data and programs. The contents stored in the storage unit 21 include, for example, a plurality of standby image data 30a to 30n related to an incoming standby image displayed on the monitor unit 3 during standby, and a plurality of ringtones output from the second speaker 9 when an incoming call is received. There are ring tone data 31a to 30n, a plurality of menu data 32a to 32n related to menus displayed on the monitor unit 3 when setting and selecting various functions, and a program 33 that defines the processing of the control unit 12.

  Note that the plurality of standby image data 30a to 30n and the ring tone data 31a to 31n stored in the storage unit 21 include those acquired by downloading by the user in addition to those stored in the storage unit 21 in advance. . Further, in addition to the various data and programs described above, the storage unit 21 includes location data of places where a ring tone such as a movie theater and a museum should not be output, brightness reference value data relating to brightness determination, volume Volume reference value data related to the determination of temperature, temperature reference value data related to temperature determination, and the like are also stored.

  Further, the operation unit 5 is connected to the internal bus 23, thereby transmitting the contents of the operation instruction received from the user to the control unit 12 through the internal bus 23. Furthermore, the power supply control unit 22 is connected to the battery 11 and controls the supply and cutoff of the electric power stored in the battery 11. Although not shown in FIG. 2, there is a power supply line connected from the power supply control unit 22 to each of the above-described units 12, 13 and the like, and the power of the battery 11 is supplied to each unit 12, 13 through the power supply line. Is done. Further, the power supply control unit 22 performs a process of cutting off the power supply based on the control of the control unit 12 and switching from the power-on state to the power-off state (power off).

  As described above, the position detected by the position detection unit 15, the brightness detected by the imaging processing unit 16, the temperature measured by the temperature measurement unit 17, and the sound volume detected by the audio input / output unit 18 are respectively controlled by the control unit 12. The control unit 12 performs a process of determining the current status of the mobile phone 1 based on the transmitted content and the time measured by the clock unit 12a. In order to accept setting inputs such as time zones and places related to the user's life as a preparatory stage before the control unit 12 determines the status of the mobile phone 1, the monitor unit 3 is required to It is necessary to display a menu.

  FIG. 3A shows a first setting menu 35 displayed on the monitor unit 3 for inputting the setting of the user's bedtime. When the first setting menu 35 is displayed, the user operates the operation unit 5 to input the user's bedtime. FIG. 3B shows a second setting menu 36 displayed on the monitor unit 3 for setting and inputting the user's work time. When this second setting menu 36 is displayed, the user can set the work time. You will enter the band. Further, the position data other than the time is input according to a setting menu (not shown), such as home position data and company position data as a user's living base. These input data are stored in the storage unit 21.

  Through the above-described preparation stage, the control unit 12 makes a determination on the status of the mobile phone 1 and automatically switches the mobile phone 1 from the power-on state to the power-off state according to the determination result. Processing for switching sound output and vibration generation (switching to manner mode), processing for changing the volume when outputting a ringtone, and the like are performed.

  Specifically, the control unit 12 compares the time measured by the clock unit 12a with the data of the user's bedtime stored in the storage unit 21, and when the time measured by the clock unit 12a belongs to the bedtime, Determined to be sleeping. In this case, the control unit 12 controls the power supply control unit 22 so as to switch the mobile phone 1 from the power-on state to the power-off state so as not to disturb the user's sleep.

  In addition, the control unit 12 compares the position detected by the position detection unit 15 with the position data of a place where the ring tone stored in the storage unit 21 should not be output (hereinafter referred to as “sound output prohibited area”). When the detected position belongs to the sound output prohibited area, control is performed to switch the ringtone output for the incoming call of the mobile phone 1 to the vibration generation at the vibration generating unit 20. Furthermore, the control unit 12 compares the volume detected by the microphone 6 and the voice input unit 18 with the volume reference value stored in the storage unit 21, and if the detected volume is equal to or higher than the volume reference value, the control unit 12 Is determined to be noisy, and the ring tone output unit 19 is controlled to output the ring tone at the maximum volume “5” so that the user of the mobile phone 1 can receive the incoming call.

  Furthermore, the control unit 12 compares the brightness detected by the CCD 8 and the imaging processing unit 16 with the brightness reference value stored in the storage unit 21, and based on this comparison, whether the surroundings of the mobile phone device 1 are binaryly bright. Judging whether or not. Specifically, if the detected brightness is equal to or higher than the brightness reference value, it is determined to be bright, and if the detected brightness is less than the reference value, it is determined to be dark. When it is dark, it is considered that the mobile phone 1 is housed in the user's bag or the like, so the control unit 12 outputs the ring tone with the second largest volume “4” so that the ring tone reaches the user. The ring tone output unit 19 is controlled as described above.

  Further, the control unit 12 compares the temperature detected and measured by the temperature sensor 10 and the temperature measurement unit 17 with the temperature reference value stored in the storage unit 21, and when the measured temperature falls below the temperature reference value, the cellular phone 1 Controls the ring tone output unit 19 to output the ring tone at the normal volume “3”, assuming that it is located away from the user. On the other hand, when the measured temperature is equal to or higher than the temperature reference value, the control unit 12 determines that the measured temperature has risen due to the mobile phone 1 being worn by the user, and the incoming call can be transmitted to the user even at a low volume. The ring tone output unit 19 is controlled so as to output the ring tone at a volume “2” that is smaller than normal.

  In addition to such control, the control unit 12 performs various control processes based on the operation from the user received by the operation unit 5, and when the power switch of the operation unit 5 is turned off, The controller 22 is controlled to cut off the power supply from the battery 11, and the mobile phone 1 is turned off (power is cut off).

  The first flowchart shown in FIG. 4 is an arrangement of the processing procedure related to the control unit 12 of the mobile phone 1 described above, and the processing flow of the control unit 12 will be described below along the first flowchart 1. In the first flowchart, it is assumed that, before the first processing step (S1), in order to transmit an incoming call to the user, it is set to perform ringtone output.

  First, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the current time is the user's bedtime (S1). If it is determined that it is bedtime (S1: YES), the control unit 12 controls the power supply control unit 22 to turn off the power (power off) (S2), and performs processing so as not to disturb the user's sleep by incoming call. finish.

  When it is determined that the current time is not the bedtime (S1: NO), the control unit 12 next determines whether or not the mobile phone 1 is located in the sound output prohibited area (S3). When the mobile phone 1 is located in the sound output prohibited area (S3: YES), the mode is switched to the manner mode so that the incoming call notification to the user is performed by the vibration generation by the vibration generating unit 20 (S4). When the mobile phone 1 is not located in the sound output prohibited area (S3: NO), the control unit 12 determines whether or not the detected surrounding volume is equal to or higher than the volume reference value (S5).

  When the surrounding sound volume is equal to or higher than the sound volume reference value (S5: YES), the maximum sound volume "5" is set for the ring tone output unit 19 (S6), and the user receives an incoming call with a loud sound of the ring tone among the noises. To be able to communicate. Further, when the surrounding volume is not equal to or higher than the volume reference value (S5: NO), the control unit 12 determines whether or not the surrounding of the mobile phone 1 is bright (S7), and when it is not bright (S7: NO), The second largest volume “4” is set to the ring tone output unit 19 so that the user can be notified of the incoming call even from the inside (S8).

  On the other hand, when the surroundings are bright (S7: YES), the control unit 12 determines whether the measured temperature is equal to or higher than the temperature reference value (S9). When the temperature is not higher than the temperature reference value (S9: NO), the user The normal volume “3” is set assuming that it is away from the mobile phone 1 (S10), and when the temperature is equal to or higher than the temperature reference value (S9: YES), the user holds or wears the mobile phone 1 The volume “2”, which is smaller than normal, is set considering that the state is attached (S11).

  Then, the control unit 12 determines whether or not a power-off operation has been performed on the operation switch of the operation unit 5 after the vibration generation switching (S4) and various volume settings (S6, 8, 10, 11). (S12) When there is no power-off operation (S12: NO), the process returns to the step (S1) for determining whether or not it is the first bedtime. When there is an operation for turning off the power (S12: YES), the control unit 12 controls the power supply control unit 22 to cut off the power supply from the battery 11 and turn off the power to end the processing.

  As described above, the cellular phone device 1 according to the first embodiment changes the volume related to the ringtone according to the five factors such as the current time, position, ambient volume, ambient brightness, and ambient temperature. The volume setting can be performed by analyzing in detail the conditions related to the mobile phone 1 as compared with the conventional case. Note that the processing procedure of the mobile phone 1 shown in the first flowchart of FIG. 4 is merely an example, and settings different from the contents of the first flowchart are considered in consideration of different factors from those described above. It is also possible to do this.

  For example, when the temperature in the first flowchart in FIG. 4 is equal to or higher than the temperature reference value (S9: YES), the mobile phone 1 contacts the user. Therefore, the ring tone output may be switched to vibration generation (manner mode). When the temperature is not equal to or higher than the temperature reference value (S9: NO), the mobile phone 1 is away from the user, so the power protection of the battery 11 may be prioritized and switched from the power-on state to the power-off state. By doing so, switching of vibration generation and switching to the power-off state can be performed according to the current time, position, ambient volume, ambient brightness, and ambient temperature.

  In addition, the factors (conditions) for specifying the settings of the mobile phone 1 are not limited to the current time, position, ambient volume, ambient brightness, and ambient temperature. Four factors such as ambient brightness and ambient temperature may be used. In this case, as an example of the processing content and procedure of the control unit 12, the determination process (S1) relating to the bedtime is omitted in the first flowchart of FIG. Therefore, in this case, the cellular phone device 1 can perform at least one of the ring tone volume change, switching from ring tone output to vibration generation, and power-off according to the above four factors.

  Further, there may be three factors for specifying the setting: current time, position, and ambient brightness. In this case, as an example of the processing contents and procedure of the control unit 12, the determination process (S5, 9) relating to the volume and temperature is omitted in the first flowchart of FIG. Depending on the above-mentioned three factors that are important in specifying, it is possible to change at least one of the ringtone volume change, switching from ringtone output to vibration generation, and power-off. In the case of the above three factors, the function relating to the sound volume detection can be omitted from the voice input / output unit 12 shown in FIG. 2, and the temperature sensor 10 and the temperature measuring unit 17 itself can be omitted. The configuration of 1 can be simplified.

  Furthermore, there can be only two factors for specifying the setting, namely the position and the surrounding volume. In this case, as an example of the processing contents and procedure of the control unit 12, the determination process (S1, 7, 9) relating to the bedtime, brightness, and temperature is omitted in the first flowchart of FIG. Depending on the two limited factors, it is possible to change the volume of the ringtone, switch from ringtone output to vibration generation, and at least one of power-off. In the case of the two factors described above, it is possible to omit the CCD 8 and the imaging processing unit 16 itself, the temperature sensor 10 and the temperature measuring unit 17 themselves shown in FIG. 2, and the configuration of the mobile phone 1 is further simplified. it can.

  In addition, the factors for specifying the setting may be two different factors from the above, that is, the position and the brightness of the surroundings. In this case, as an example of the processing contents and procedure of the control unit 12, the determination processing (S1, 5, 9) relating to the bedtime, volume, and temperature is omitted in the first flowchart of FIG. Depending on the two factors, at least one of the volume change of the ringtone, the switching from ringtone output to vibration generation, and the power-off can be performed. In this case, the function relating to the sound volume detection can be omitted from the voice input / output unit 12 shown in FIG. 2, and the temperature sensor 10 and the temperature measurement unit 17 themselves can be omitted, so that the mobile phone 1 can be configured simply.

  Further, the factor for specifying the setting can be removed from the position and can be set to the current time and ambient brightness. In this case, as an example of the processing contents and procedure of the control unit 12, the judgment process (S3, 5, 9) relating to the sound output prohibited area, volume, and temperature is omitted in the first flowchart of FIG. Depending on two factors that are important in specifying the status of the cellular phone 1, at least one of changing the volume of the ringtone, switching from ringtone output to vibration generation, and turning off the power can be performed. In this case, the position detection unit 15 shown in FIG. 2 can be omitted, the sound input / output unit 12 can be omitted from the function relating to volume detection, and the temperature sensor 10 and the temperature measurement unit 17 can be omitted. 1 can be further simplified.

  Furthermore, there are three factors for specifying the setting: current time, ambient brightness, and ambient volume. In this case, as an example of the processing contents and procedure of the control unit 12, the judgment process (S3, 9) relating to the sound output prohibited area and the temperature is omitted in the first flowchart of FIG. Depending on the three factors that make it easy to identify the situation, at least one of changing the volume of the ringtone, switching from ringtone output to vibration generation, and turning off the power can be performed. In this case, the position detection unit 15 shown in FIG. 2 can be omitted, and the temperature sensor 10 and the temperature measurement unit 17 can be omitted.

  Further, it is possible to set the factors for specifying the setting to four such as current time, ambient brightness, ambient volume, and temperature. In this case, as an example of the processing contents and procedure of the control unit 12, the determination process (S3) related to the sound output prohibited area is omitted in the first flowchart of FIG. Depending on the four factors that can be specified, at least one of changing the ringtone volume, switching from ringtone output to vibration generation, and turning off the power can be performed. In this case, the position detector 15 shown in FIG. 2 can be omitted.

  Further, there may be two factors for specifying the setting: ambient brightness and ambient volume. In this case, as an example of the content and procedure of the process of the control unit 12, the determination process (S1, 3, 9) relating to the bedtime, the sound output prohibited area, and the temperature is omitted in the first flowchart of FIG. Thus, at least one of the ringtone volume change, the ringtone output switching to the vibration generation, and the power cut-off can be performed according to two factors that make it easy to specify the status of the mobile phone 1. In this case, the position detection unit 15 shown in FIG. 2 can be omitted, and the temperature sensor 10 and the temperature measurement unit 17 can be omitted.

  Further, the factors for specifying the setting can be two different factors from the above, such as ambient brightness and temperature. In this case, as an example of the processing contents and procedure of the control unit 12, the determination process (S1, 3, 5) relating to the bedtime, the sound output prohibited area, and the volume is omitted in the first flowchart of FIG. Accordingly, at least one of changing the volume of the ringtone, switching from ringtone output to vibration generation, and turning off the power according to two factors can be performed. In this case, the position detection unit 15 shown in FIG. 2 can be omitted, and the function related to sound volume detection from the voice input / output unit 12 can be omitted.

  Furthermore, there are three factors for specifying the setting: ambient brightness, ambient volume and temperature. In this case, as an example of the processing contents and procedure of the control unit 12, the determination process (S1, 3) related to the bedtime and the sound output prohibited area is omitted in the first flowchart of FIG. Depending on the three factors that can efficiently identify the situation 1, it is possible to change at least one of volume change of the ringtone, switching from ringtone output to vibration generation, and power-off. In this case, the position detector 15 shown in FIG. 2 can be omitted.

  In addition to the cases described above, two or more factors other than the above are combined from the five factors such as the current time, position, ambient volume, ambient brightness, and ambient temperature, and depending on the combined factor. Then, it is possible to change at least one of volume change of the ringtone, switching from ringtone output to vibration generation, and power-off.

  On the other hand, for changing the type of ring tone related to the plurality of ring tone data 31a to 31n stored in the storage unit 21 shown in FIG. 2, the user registers in advance the ring tone to be output depending on the case, and this registration is performed. The mobile phone 1 automatically selects a user-designated ring tone according to the situation based on the contents, and outputs it when a call is received.

  The ring tone registration according to the case is performed in the ring tone registration mode provided in the main menu. In the ring tone registration mode, a menu (registration setting menu) as shown in FIGS. Select what the user desires from among the ring tone data 31a to 31n displayed on the monitor unit 3 of the cellular phone 1 and stored in the storage unit 21 based on the conditions and cases shown in the displayed menu. Will be registered. The control unit 12 performs control so that the registered ringtones are stored in the storage unit 21 in a state of being organized as a table.

  FIG. 5 shows an example of table contents related to the registered ringtone. In this table, when the current time is other than work hours, “ringtone M1” is registered from a plurality of ringtones. Hereinafter, when the mobile phone 1 is located in the office, “ringtone M2” is registered. “When the surroundings of the mobile phone 1 is equal to or higher than the volume reference value,“ ringing tone M3 ”, when the surroundings of the mobile phone 1 are bright,“ ringing tone M4 ”, and the surroundings of the mobile phone 1 are less than the temperature reference value. In this case, “ringing tone M5” is registered, and when the surroundings of the mobile phone 1 are equal to or higher than the temperature reference value, “ringing tone M6” is registered.

  2 controls the time measured by the clock unit 12a, the position detected by the position detection unit 15, the volume detected by the microphone 6 and the voice input unit 18, the CCD 8 and the like. And a process of changing the ringtone type set for the incoming call according to the contents of the table shown in FIG. 5 according to the brightness detected by the imaging processing unit 16 and the temperature detected and measured by the temperature sensor 10 and the temperature measuring unit 17. Do.

The second flowchart of FIG. 6 shows a processing procedure of the control unit 12 related to the ring tone type change processing. The ring tone type changing process will be described below along the second flowchart.
First, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the current time is the user's work time registered in advance in the storage unit 21 (S20). If it is determined that the current time is not work time (S20: NO), the control unit 12 selects “ringtone M1” based on the table shown in FIG. 5 (S21). If it is determined that the current time is work time (S20: YES), then the control unit 12 determines whether or not the mobile phone 1 is located in the company based on the company position data stored in the storage unit 21. Is determined (S22).

  When the mobile phone 1 is located in the company (S22: YES), the control unit 12 selects “ringtone M2” based on the table of FIG. 5 (S23). When the mobile phone 1 is not located in the company (S22: NO), the control unit 12 next determines whether or not the volume around the mobile phone 1 is equal to or higher than the volume reference value (S24). When it is equal to or higher than the volume reference value (S24: YES), the control unit 12 selects “ringtone M3” based on the table of FIG. 5 (S25). If it is not equal to or higher than the volume reference value (S24: NO), the control unit 12 next determines whether or not the surroundings of the mobile phone 1 are bright (S26).

  When the surroundings are not bright (S26: NO), the control unit 12 selects “ringtone M4” based on the table of FIG. 5 (S27). If the surroundings are bright (S26: YES), the control unit 12 determines whether or not the ambient temperature of the mobile phone 1 is equal to or higher than the temperature reference value (S28). When the temperature is not equal to or higher than the temperature reference value (S28: NO), the control unit 12 selects “ring tone M5” based on the table of FIG. 5 (S29). When the temperature is equal to or higher than the temperature reference value (S28: YES), the control unit 12 selects “ringing tone M6” based on the table of FIG. 5 (S30).

  Then, the control unit 12 selects each of the ring tones M1 to M6 (S21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 30), and then determines whether or not the user has performed a power-off operation on the operation unit 5 (S31). ), When there is no power-off operation (S31: NO), the process returns to the first stage (S20), and when the power-off operation is performed (S31: YES), the process is terminated. The control unit 12 performs the processing as described above, so that the mobile phone 1 can automatically change the setting of the ring tones M1 to M6 desired by the user according to time, position, volume, brightness, and temperature. Become.

  Regarding the change of ringtone type, factors other than the combination of time, position, volume, brightness, and temperature are the same as the above-mentioned change in ringtone volume, switching from ringtone output to vibration generation, and power off. Can be done according to.

  For example, three combinations of position and brightness, position and volume, position, time, and brightness, four combinations of position, brightness, volume, and temperature, time and brightness, and time , Brightness, volume, three combinations, time, brightness, volume, and temperature, four combinations, brightness and volume, brightness and temperature, brightness, volume, and temperature 3 The ring tone type setting may be changed according to the combination of the two. In addition to the combinations described above, it is also possible to change the setting of the ring tone type by combining two or more required ones among time, position, volume, brightness, and temperature.

  Note that the number of ring tones that can be changed varies depending on the number of factors that are combined. When there are basically two factors that are combined, the number of types of ring tones that can be changed is three and the factors that are combined are three. The number of types of ring tones that can be changed is four, and if the factors to be combined are four, the number of types of ring tones that can be changed is five.

  In addition to the ring tone type, an incoming call waiting image can be applied to the object whose setting is to be changed. The process for changing the incoming call waiting image is the same as that for changing the incoming call tone type described above, and various standby images related to the standby image data 30a to 30n stored in the storage unit 21 shown in FIG. Are registered in advance, and then various factors relating to the cellular phone 1 are determined, and what is set as a standby image is appropriately changed under the control of the control unit 12.

  It should be noted that the processing related to the setting change of the incoming call waiting image and the processing related to the setting change of the ringtone can be performed simultaneously. In addition, either or both of the processing related to the setting change of the incoming call waiting image and the processing related to the setting change of the ringtone, the above-described ringtone volume change, switching from ringtone output to vibration generation, and power-off It is also possible to perform processing simultaneously with at least one of them.

  FIG. 7 shows the overall configuration of the setting content control system 50 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the setting content control system 50, the mobile phones 60a to 60n can communicate with the central device 51 (corresponding to the setting control device) via the radio relay base stations 53a to 53n and the network 52. It is characterized in that the setting content of 60n is specified by the central device 51.

  The internal hardware configuration of the cellular phones 60a to 60n is the same as that of the cellular phone 1 shown in FIG. 2 of the first embodiment, and a part of the software processing related to the setting is the cellular phone of the second embodiment. The telephone devices 60a to 60n are different from the mobile phone device 1 of the first embodiment. Since the hardware configuration of the mobile phone devices 60a to 60n of the second embodiment is the same as that of the mobile phone device 1 of the first embodiment, the components in the mobile phone devices 60a to 60n are denoted by the reference numerals shown in FIG. This will be described below.

  The control unit 12 of the mobile phones 60a to 60n of the second embodiment also performs detection and determination of various current situations, and the time is measured by the clock unit 12a of the control unit 12 with respect to time. Whether it belongs to bedtime or work time is determined, and the result of determination regarding time is transmitted from the communication unit 13 to the central device 51. Further, regarding the position, the control unit 12 determines whether it is in the sound output prohibited area or in the company based on the position detected by the position detection unit 15, and transmits the determination result regarding the position from the communication unit 13 to the central device 51. To do.

  Further, regarding the brightness, it is determined whether the control unit 12 is bright or dark based on the brightness detected by the CCD 8 and the imaging processing unit 16, and the determined result is transmitted from the communication unit 13 to the central device 51. Furthermore, regarding the temperature, the control unit 12 determines whether the ambient temperature is equal to or higher than the temperature reference value based on the temperature detected and measured by the temperature sensor 10 and the temperature measurement unit 17, and the determined result is transmitted from the communication unit 13. Transmit to the central device 51. Finally, with respect to the volume, the control unit 12 determines whether or not the surrounding volume is equal to or higher than the volume reference value based on the volume detected by the microphone 6 and the voice input / output unit 18, and the determined result is transmitted from the communication unit 13 to the central device. To 51. Note that the mobile phone devices 60a to 60n perform the above-described determination at a required time interval and transmit to the central device 51.

  Moreover, when the mobile phone 60a-60n receives the specific content with respect to various settings in the communication part 13, the control part 12 controls so that a setting may be changed based on the content. For example, when receiving the specific content instructing to turn off the power, the control unit 12 controls the power supply control unit 22 so as to cut off the power supply from the battery 11. Furthermore, when receiving the specific content instructing switching from ringtone output to vibration generation, the control unit 12 performs control so that the vibration generation unit 20 is activated for the incoming call. Furthermore, when receiving the specific content instructing to set the volume to “5”, “4”, etc., the control unit 12 controls the ring tone output unit 19 so that the volume is instructed by the specific content. I do.

  On the other hand, FIG. 8 shows the internal configuration of the central device 51. A server computer is applied to the central device 51 of the second embodiment, and a control unit 51a, a communication unit 51b, a RAM 51c, a ROM 51d, and a storage device 51e are provided therein. The communication unit 51b is connected to the network 52, and communicates with the mobile phones 60a to 60n based on the control of the control unit 51a. The RAM 51c temporarily stores the processing contents of the control unit 51a, and the ROM 51d stores a program that defines the basic processing contents performed by the control unit 51a. A hard disk device is applied to the storage device 51e, and a program P for the control unit 51, a condition table T, various data, and the like are stored.

  The control unit 51a performs various processes based on the program P stored in the storage device 51e. In the present embodiment, processing for specifying the setting contents of the mobile phone devices 60a to 60n is performed based on the determination result transmitted from the mobile phone devices 60a to 60n.

  The processing content specified by the control unit 51a is basically the same as the processing flow shown in the first flowchart of FIG. For example, for the determination result that it is bedtime, an instruction to turn off the power is specified. In addition, for the judgment result that it is a sound output prohibition area, specify an instruction to switch to vibration generation, and for the judgment result that it is above the volume reference value, set the volume to “5” For the result of the determination that the brightness is bright, an instruction to set the volume to “4”, and an instruction to set the volume to “3” for the determination result that the temperature is not equal to or higher than the temperature reference value. And an instruction to set the volume to “2” is specified in the determination result that the temperature is equal to or higher than the temperature reference value. Furthermore, the control unit 51a performs control so that the content specified as described above is transmitted from the communication unit 51b to the mobile phones 60a to 60n that are the transmission sources of the determination results.

The third flowchart of FIG. 9 shows the processing of the setting content control method according to the setting content control system 50 having the above-described configuration.
That is, first, the cellular phones 60a to 60n detect surrounding conditions such as time, position, volume, brightness, and temperature (S40), determine the surrounding conditions based on the detected contents, and determine the determination result in the center. It transmits to the apparatus 51 (S41).

  On the other hand, the central device 51 receives the determination result (S42), specifies the setting content based on the received determination result (S43), and transmits the specific content to the mobile phones 60a to 60n that are the transmission source of the determination result (S43). S44). Then, the cellular phones 60a to 60n receive the specific content from the central device 51 (S45), and perform a process of changing the setting according to the received specific content (S46).

  As described above, in the setting content control system 50 of the second embodiment, since the central device 51 determines how to change the setting content, the processing load on the mobile phones 60a to 60n is reduced, and the central device 51 is reduced. However, it is possible to comprehensively change the settings and status of the cellular phones 60a to 60n in consideration of various circumstances. Note that the above-described determination processing in the central device 51 is merely an example, and it is possible to specify the setting contents different from the above-described case with respect to the determination results of the mobile phones 60a to 60n, and the power-off Further, switching to vibration generation may be specified for different determination results.

  In addition to the time, position, volume, brightness, and temperature, the objects that the mobile phones 60a-60n detect and determine include combinations of position and brightness, combinations of position and volume, position, time, and Three combinations of brightness, four combinations of position, brightness, volume, and temperature, three combinations of time and brightness, time, brightness, and volume, time, brightness, volume, and The ambient situation is judged by detecting the four combinations of temperature, the combination of brightness and volume, the combination of brightness and temperature, the three combinations of brightness, volume and temperature. Also good.

  Furthermore, it is possible to change the setting of the type of ringtone and the type of incoming call waiting image of the mobile phone devices 60a to 60n. In this case, a table as shown in FIG. 5 is provided on the mobile phone devices 60a to 60n side. The table is created in advance and transmitted to the central device 51. The central device 51 distinguishes the received table for each user and stores it as a condition table T in the storage unit 51e. Therefore, the central device 51 specifies the type of the ring tone to be changed and the type of the incoming call waiting image based on the determination result and the condition table T when receiving the determination result from each of the mobile phones 60a to 60n, and the specified contents Is sent to the sender of the determination result. As a result, in the cellular phones 60a to 60n, it is possible to set either or both types of ringtones and incoming call waiting images according to the received specific contents.

  By performing the above-described processing, it is possible to change the setting for the type of ringtone and the setting for the type of incoming call waiting image. In the central device 51, the processing related to the setting change of the type of the ring tone and the incoming call waiting image is classified according to two or more of the five factors such as time, position, volume, brightness, and temperature. Can be specified.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a mobile telephone which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention, (a) is a perspective view from a front direction, (b) is a perspective view from a back direction. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of a mobile telephone. (A) (b) is the schematic which shows the setting menu displayed on a monitor part. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the process sequence which concerns on a power-off and a change of a setting. It is a graph which shows the table which prescribed | regulated the kind of ringtone according to conditions. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows the process sequence which concerns on the kind selection of a ringtone. It is the schematic which shows the setting content control system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of a central apparatus. It is a 3rd flowchart which shows the process sequence which concerns on the setting content control method.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 60a-60n Mobile phone 2 Case 3 Monitor part 5 Operation part 6 Microphone 7 1st speaker 8 CCD
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 9 2nd speaker 10 Temperature sensor 11 Battery 12 Control part 12a Clock part 15 Position detection part 16 Imaging processing part 17 Temperature measurement part 18 Voice input / output part 19 Ringing tone output part 20 Vibration generating part 21 Storage part 22 Power supply control part 50 Setting Content control system 51 Central unit 52 Network

Claims (2)

A setting content control method for communicating between a position detecting means, a sound volume detecting means, and a means for performing settings related to incoming calls, and a setting control device, and for controlling the setting contents related to incoming calls of the mobile phone Because
The mobile phone is
Detecting the position by the position detecting means;
The surrounding volume is detected by the volume detecting means,
Send the detected position and volume to the setting control device,
The setting control device includes:
Referring to the condition table that stores the setting contents corresponding to the position and volume separately for each user of the mobile phone, the setting contents related to the incoming call of the mobile phone are specified based on the position and volume transmitted from the mobile phone And
Send the specified settings to the mobile phone,
The mobile phone is
Depending on the setting contents sent from the setting control device, the ringtone data and refers to the storage unit that stores standby image data, according to both incoming and setting change of the standby image and setting change ringtone A setting content control method characterized by performing setting. A setting content control system that performs communication between the mobile phone and the setting control device, and controls the setting content related to the incoming call of the mobile phone,
The mobile phone is
Position detecting means for detecting the position;
Volume detecting means for detecting the surrounding volume;
Means for transmitting the position detected by the position detection means and the volume detected by the volume detection means to the setting control device;
The setting control device includes:
The setting contents related to the incoming call of the mobile phone are specified based on the position and the volume transmitted from the mobile phone with reference to the condition table storing the setting contents corresponding to the position and the volume separately for each user of the mobile phone Means to
Means for transmitting the specified setting content to the mobile phone;
The mobile phone is
Depending on the setting contents sent from the setting control device, the ringtone data and refers to the storage unit that stores standby image data, according to both incoming and setting change of the standby image and setting change ringtone A setting content control system, further comprising means for setting.

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