JP5657630B2 - Mobile communication terminal, incoming call notification method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for notifying an incoming call in a mobile communication terminal.

  In a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, it is known that when an incoming call is received, the incoming call is notified by sound or a vibrator.

  When a call is received, the missed call may not be answered by the user. In order to make the user aware that there was a missed call, there is a technique for notifying a user that a call has been received after a lapse of a certain time from the missed call (see Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-357146 A JP 2005-150817 A

  In the configuration disclosed in Patent Document 1, basically, notification is made again only with the passage of time. For this reason, there is a possibility that re-notification will be performed in a situation that the user is not likely to notice, for example, there is no user around the terminal, regardless of the situation around the mobile communication terminal. Such unnecessary re-notification causes waste of the battery and is to be avoided.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile communication terminal that can perform re-notification of an incoming call in a good opportunity.

  In order to solve the problem to be solved by the invention, the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention measures the notifying means for notifying an incoming call when receiving an incoming call, the measuring means for measuring a value related to the movement of the own device, And a notification control means for re-notifying the incoming call notified by the notification means when the value changes.

  Also, the incoming call notification method according to the present invention is an incoming call notification method in a mobile communication terminal having a communication unit, wherein a notification step of notifying an incoming call related to the communication unit and a value related to movement of the mobile communication terminal are measured. And a notification control step for re-notifying the incoming call notified by the notification means when the measured value changes.

  According to the configuration described in the means for solving the problem, it is possible to re-notify the incoming call notified by the notification means when the value related to the movement of the own device changes. Since the value related to the movement of the own device changes, for example, when the user carrying the mobile communication terminal performs some operation, the user exists in the vicinity of the own device and is easily aware of the notification. Therefore, since the re-notification when the value related to the movement of the own device changes is a re-notification in a situation where the user is likely to notice the notification, it is possible to notify the user of the missed call.

Further, the measuring means includes an acceleration sensor that measures an acceleration value as a value related to the movement of the own device, and determines whether the state of the own device is a moving state or a stationary state based on the measured acceleration value. The notification control means may perform the re-notification when the determined state changes.

  According to this configuration, since the state of the own device is determined on the basis of the acceleration value measured by the acceleration sensor and used as a trigger for re-notification, the occasional re-notification can be realized with a simple configuration.

  Further, the measured acceleration value may include a value of the vertical direction component, and the determination unit may determine the state of the own device based on a temporal change in the value of the vertical direction component.

  According to this configuration, for example, when the mobile communication terminal is housed in the bag, when the mobile communication terminal moves in accordance with the operation of lifting the bag, the mobile device is based on the acceleration value generated vertically upward. Can be determined to have changed to the moving state.

  In addition, the storage unit stores the notified incoming call and the state of the own device at the time of the incoming call in association with each other, and the notification control unit is different from the stored state of the own device at the time of the incoming call. You may make it alert | report again when it changes into a state.

  According to this structure, it can alert | report at the timing which a state changes between a movement state and a stationary state.

  In addition, after receiving a call, an operation receiving unit that receives a confirmation operation by a user may be provided, and the notification control unit may suppress the re-notification if the confirmation operation is received before the re-notification.

  According to this configuration, for example, under conditions where it is assumed that a confirmation operation has been performed and the user has noticed a missed call, unnecessary re-notification can be prevented by not performing re-notification thereafter.

  The notification control means may repeat the re-notification every time the determined state changes.

  According to this configuration, the user can be surely noticed that there is a missed call by repeating the re-notification of opportunity.

  Further, the notification control means compares the number of re-notifications already re-reported with a preset upper limit number of re-notifications, and repeats the re-notification when the number of re-notifications reaches the upper limit number. You can cancel it.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to prevent unnecessary re-notification from being repeated by not repeating re-notification exceeding the upper limit number of times.

2 is a diagram showing an external appearance of a mobile phone 2. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the mobile phone 2. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing standby processing according to the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the re-notification process 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the log | history information table. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an operation example and effects of the mobile phone 2. 10 is a flowchart showing standby processing according to the second embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the re-notification process 2. FIG. It is a figure which shows the log | history information table. FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an operation example and effects of the mobile phone 2. 10 is a flowchart showing standby processing according to the third embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the re-notification process 3. FIG. It is a figure which shows the log | history information table. 10 is a flowchart showing re-notification processing 4 according to the fourth embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments will be described by taking a mobile phone as an example of a mobile communication terminal. (Embodiment 1)
<Configuration> FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of a mobile phone 2.

  The mobile phone 2 includes a housing 4, a display 6, and a key group 8.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the mobile phone 2.

  The cellular phone 2 includes a control unit 10, a wireless communication unit 24, an acceleration sensor 26, a speaker 28, a vibrator 30, a key operation unit 32, and a display unit 34 as functional blocks.

  The wireless communication unit 24 is a functional block that controls communication functions such as telephone calls and mobile mail, and includes, for example, a BB (baseband) unit and an RF (high frequency) unit.

  The acceleration sensor 26 is composed of an acceleration sensor chip built in the housing 4 and detects and outputs three components of orthogonal xyz axes.

  The speaker 28 outputs an audio signal as audio. Examples of the voice include a voice uttered by a call partner and a ring tone for notifying an incoming call.

  The vibrator 30 is composed of a motor having a weight attached to a shaft, and notifies the user of an incoming call or the like by generating vibration.

  The key operation unit 32 is an input interface that receives a key input from a user, and includes the key group 8.

  The display unit 34 includes the display 6 and performs various displays.

  The control unit 10 includes an operation reception unit 12, a display control unit 14, an incoming call notification control unit 16, a determination unit 18, and a storage unit 20.

  The operation receiving unit 12 transmits a signal indicating an operation corresponding to the key input in the key operation unit 32 to the incoming call notification control unit 16.

  The display control unit 14 performs display control of the display unit 34.

  The incoming call notification control unit 16 controls the incoming call notification timing and the notification pattern.

  That is, when the wireless communication unit 24 receives a call or mail, the incoming call notification control unit 16 controls the speaker 28 and the vibrator 30 using variables related to the notification pattern, and performs voice notification and vibration notification, respectively.

The variables related to the notification pattern are as follows: (1) Type of incoming melody, (2) Volume (for example, five levels of volume), (3) Length of notification time (for example, 3 seconds to It is about 120 seconds). In addition, as variables related to vibration notification, variables of (1) vibration period, (2) vibration intensity, and (3) length of notification time are included.

  In addition, the incoming call notification control unit 16 notifies the display unit 34 of a missed call via the display control unit 14 when a missed call in which the user does not respond to the incoming call notification (first notification). Display the message. Further, the determination result of the determination unit 18 is monitored, and when the determination result transits from the stationary state to the moving state, the incoming call notification (second notification) is performed again by controlling the speaker 28 and the vibrator 30.

  The determination unit 18 determines whether the mobile phone 2 is in a moving state or a stationary state based on the acceleration value output from the acceleration sensor.

This determination when it may be a known method, for example, three components (a _{x, a} y, _{a z)} acceleration value a calculated square root of the square sum of the outputs of exceeds a predetermined threshold value If it is in a moving state and within a predetermined threshold value, it is in a stationary state.

The storage unit 20 is composed of, for example, a nonvolatile memory, and stores a history information table 40.
<Operation> The operation of the mobile phone 2 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. Such an operation is basically performed mainly by the incoming call notification control unit 16.

First, the incoming call notification control unit 16 waits for an incoming call to the wireless communication unit 24 (S11), and if there is an incoming call, notifies the incoming call (S11: Yes, S12). This incoming call notification is performed in a preset notification pattern. Then, the incoming call notification control unit 16 registers the incoming call in the history information table 40 (see FIG. 5) as items of “type” 42, “destination” 44, and “date and time of incoming call” 46 (S13).

  If no signal indicating the key input operation is received from the operation reception unit 12 during the notification time of the notification pattern during the notification pattern notification time, the incoming notification control unit 16 determines that there is no response (S14: No).

  Then, the incoming call notification control unit 16 causes the display control unit 14 to display a missed display including the number of missed calls, the destination, the date and time of incoming call on the standby screen of the display 6.

Next, the incoming call notification control unit 16 acquires the state from the determination unit 18, and if it is stationary (S16: “stationary state”), the re-notification flag for the incoming call registered in step S13 in the history information table 40. The item 48 is turned on (0 → 1), and the re-notification process 1 is started (S17, S18). If it is not a stationary state but a moving state (S16: “moving state”), it returns to standby.

  Subsequently, the re-notification process 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, the incoming call notification control unit 16 monitors the state of the mobile phone 2 via the determination unit 18 and monitors the key operation on the key operation unit 32 via the operation reception unit 12 (S22).

When reception of a key operation is detected as an event (S23: “operation reception”), the re-notification flag is turned off, and the absence display is terminated (S25, S26). The reason why re-notification is not performed when an operation is accepted is that when a key operation is accepted, it is assumed that the user has noticed a missed call and noticed a missed call, and the necessity of re-notification is considered to be reduced.

When a transition from a stationary state to a moving state is detected as an event (S23: “Detect terminal movement”)
) Referring to the history information table 40, the incoming call with the re-notification flag turned on is re-notified (S24).
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The re-notification in step S24 may be the same as the notification pattern in step S12. However, it may be changed to make it easier for the user to notice. As an example of the change, in the case of voice notification, (1) change the type of incoming melody, for example, re-notification, change to a melody that is more likely to call attention (2) increase the volume level (3 ) Increase the notification time. In the case of vibration notification, (1) change the vibration cycle,
For example, there is an example in which the vibration is changed so as to vibrate at shorter intervals (2) the vibration intensity is increased.

  As described above, according to the mobile phone 2 according to the first embodiment, re-notification is performed at the timing of transition from the stationary state to the moving state. Re-notification can be expected, and re-notification without waste in an opportunity can be realized.

  FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an operation example and effects of the mobile phone 2 according to the first embodiment.

  (A) The mobile phone 2 accommodated in the bag 32 receives an incoming call, and the mobile phone 2 notifies that there is an incoming call with a predetermined incoming melody (FIG. 6A).

  (B) As a result of a missed call with no response because the user A of the mobile phone 2 is not on the side, the display of the mobile phone 2 is a missed display screen indicating that there is a missed call (FIG. 6B).

  (C) When the user A lifts the bag 32, the determination unit 18 changes the determination from the stationary state to the moving state, and re-notification is performed using the incoming melody (FIG. 6C).

  Thus, since the user A performs the re-notification at the timing when the bag 32 is lifted, the user A can easily be notified of the missed call. The user A can notice a missed call by simply lifting the bag 32 without opening the bag 32 and viewing the display of the mobile phone 2.

  As shown in FIG. 6C, the mobile phone 2 tends to increase the acceleration in the G-axis direction upward (vertically upward) particularly significantly by the operation of lifting the bag 32. For this reason, only the value of the vertical direction component can be extracted from the three component values output from the acceleration sensor 26, and the increase / decrease per unit time of the vertical direction upward component can be used as the determination criterion of the state transition.

Specifically, for example, when the vertical component a _g acceleration value exceeds a predetermined threshold value, may be determined that the moving state.
(Embodiment 2) In Embodiment 1, re-notification was performed in response to the transition of the state of stationary state → moving state, but in Embodiment 2, the state changed to a state different from the state at the time of incoming call. Re-notification at the opportunity. Hereinafter, the second embodiment will be described with a focus on differences from the first embodiment.
<Operation> The operation of the mobile phone 2 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, as shown in FIG. 7, a standby state is monitored by monitoring a moving state or a stationary state (S31),
If there is an incoming call (S32), the incoming call is notified (S33), and the incoming call is registered in the history information table in association with the state at the time of the incoming call (S34).

  As shown in the history information table 50 in FIG. 9, this registration is performed by registering a variable value of either a moving state or a stationary state in the item of “state upon arrival” 52.

  If there is no response (S35: No), the absence notification is displayed, the re-notification flag is turned on, and the re-notification process 2 is started (S36-S38).

As shown in FIG. 8, in the re-notification process 2, if there is a change in the moving state being monitored (S42: Yes),
With reference to the history information table, re-notification is performed for an incoming call with a re-notification flag on in which the changed moving state is different from the incoming state (S43).

  Taking the history information table 50 as an example, the call (012-345-6789) on the second line is in the “moving” state at the incoming call, so if there is a change in state from the moving state to the stationary state, Notification will be performed.

  The processes in steps S42 to S44 are repeatedly performed until there is no incoming re-notification flag (S45). When there is no incoming call with the re-notification flag ON (S45: Yes), the absence display is terminated (S46).

  As described above, according to the mobile phone 2 according to the second embodiment, re-notification is performed at the timing when the state at the time of incoming call is changed. When such a state is changed, it is considered that the user is likely to be carrying the mobile phone 2, and therefore it can be expected that the user will be notified of a missed call by an occasional re-notification.

  In the second embodiment, the operation acceptance may be set as a condition for turning off the re-notification flag as in step S23 of the first embodiment.

  FIG. 10 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an operation example and effects of the mobile phone 2 according to the second embodiment.

  (A) The mobile phone 2 accommodated in the bag 32 receives an incoming call, and the mobile phone 2 notifies the user that there has been an incoming call by vibration (FIG. 10A).

  (B) Although the user A is on the mobile phone 2 side, the user A is in a situation where the vibration is difficult to notice because the user A is moving. As a result of the missed call not responding to the notification, the display of the mobile phone 2 becomes a missed display screen indicating that there is a missed call (FIG. 10B).

  (C) When the user A puts the bag 32 on the bench 34 and sits down, the determination unit 18 changes the determination from the moving state to the stationary state, and re-notification by vibration is performed (FIG. 10C).

  Thus, since the user A performs the re-notification at the timing when the bag 32 is placed, the user A can easily be notified that there was a missed call.

  The re-notification at the timing of the transition from the moving state to the stationary state is particularly effective when the first notification is a vibration notification that tends to be less noticeable during movement than the voice notification.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, the state at the time of incoming call is stored for each incoming call, but it is sufficient to hold the state only for the latest incoming call.

Also, instead of dividing the incoming call status as “moving” or “still”, the acceleration value at the incoming call is stored as it is, and if the change amount from that exceeds the predetermined threshold value, it is determined that there is a change and is re-notified. It doesn't matter. Furthermore, the acceleration value at the time of re-notification may be stored again and the determination / notification may be repeated.
(Embodiment 3) In Embodiment 2, it has been described that re-notification is performed only once. However, in this embodiment, re-notification is performed a predetermined upper limit number of times.

In the third embodiment, the storage unit 20 stores an upper limit number list including an item of an incoming call destination and an upper limit number of items for each destination set in advance by the user.
<Operation> The operation of the mobile phone 2 according to the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 11, FIG. 12, and FIG.

  The standby processing of the third embodiment shown in FIG. 11 is basically similar to the standby processing shown in FIG.

  If there is an incoming call, the incoming call is notified and registered in the history information table (S11, S12, S131). In this registration, the upper limit number corresponding to the destination of the incoming call is registered with reference to the upper limit number list stored in the storage unit 20.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 13, in the history information table 60, in addition to the number of “type” 42, “destination” 44, “incoming call date / time” 46, and “re-notification flag” 48, 54 and an “upper limit number” 56 item are added.

  If there is no response, the absence notification is displayed, and the re-notification flag is turned on for the incoming call registered in step S131 in the history information table 60. In the re-notification process 3, if the movement state is changed (S52: Yes), the history information table , The incoming call with the re-notification flag turned on is re-notified (S53).

For a re-notified incoming call, the number of re-notifications is incremented (S54), the number of re-notifications is compared with the upper limit number, and the re-notification flag is changed to OFF for an incoming call whose number has reached the upper limit number (S55, existing number). If the number of re-notifications is the upper limit number, the re-notification flag is off).

  If there is no incoming call with the re-notification flag on (S56: No), the absence display is terminated (S57).

  Therefore, according to the mobile phone 2 according to the third embodiment, it is possible to flexibly set the number of re-notifications according to the destination of the incoming call. For this reason, it is advantageous in terms of user customization.

  In addition, according to the third embodiment, for example, for the call (012-345-6789) in the history information table 54, if there are four state transitions of movement → stationary → movement → stationary → movement, Re-notification is repeated each time. For this reason, it becomes possible to make the user notice the missed call with an opportunity.

  As in the second embodiment, the incoming state is registered in the history information table (FIG. 7: S34), and re-notification may be performed only when the incoming state is changed. Absent. For example, if the incoming state is moving, in the state transition of movement → stationary → movement → stationary → movement, re-notification is performed twice at the timing of the state transition from movement to stationary.

In the third embodiment, an example in which an individual upper limit number is set according to the other party has been described. For example, “call” has an upper limit number of three, “mail” has an upper limit number of one, and so on. You may set uniformly according to.
(Embodiment 4) In Embodiment 4, re-notification is repeated until the user notices a missed call. Since the processing flow is basically the same as that of the third embodiment, different portions will be mainly described.
<Operation> As shown in FIG. 14, while the key operation is not accepted (S62: “Accept Operation” or S64: Yes), the re-notification of the re-notification flag on is repeated every time the state of the own device is changed. (S62: “Status change”, S63, S64: No).

  According to the fourth embodiment, re-notification is repeated until a key operation is performed, so that the user can be surely made aware of a missed call.

In addition, as a judgment of step S62, you may make it transfer to re-notification to step S63 by adding the event of the time passage from the last re-notification by the said time passage. For example, the elapsed time can be set to several minutes.
(Supplement) As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to said content, It can implement also in the various form for achieving the objective of this invention, its related or incidental object. For example, it may be as follows.

  (1) Determination of state transition Although details have not been described in each embodiment, the determination of whether the moving state or the stationary state can be basically performed using a known method.

  For example, when the acceleration a exceeds a predetermined threshold value A, it can be determined that the vehicle is in the moving state (if a> | A |, the moving state).

  Further, the temporal change of the acceleration a can be monitored, and when the time differential Δa exceeds a predetermined threshold B, it can be determined that the vehicle is in the moving state (if Δa> B, the moving state).

  Alternatively, a user learning method may be used. In other words, it is possible to store the acceleration related to a typical pattern of movement and use it for the determination by having the user lift the bag containing the mobile phone or perform a walking motion while wearing the mobile phone. Conceivable.

  (2) Sensor for Measuring Movement In each embodiment, the acceleration sensor 26 is described as an example of a sensor that detects the movement state of the mobile phone 2. The acceleration sensor 26 is suitable because it can easily detect the movement state of the mobile phone 2 and can realize a simple configuration.

  However, the sensor is not limited to this as long as the sensor can acquire a value related to the moving state of the mobile phone 2. For example, a speed sensor may be used.

  In addition, for example, the moving state may be determined based on temporal changes in latitude and longitude acquired by GPS, or the moving state may be determined by monitoring changes in radio wave intensity in the wireless communication unit 24.

  Alternatively, in the case of a mobile phone equipped with a wireless LAN antenna, a change in the number of access points to be detected or a change in radio wave intensity with respect to a specific access point may be monitored and determined.

(3) Re-notification target person list In each embodiment, it has been described that the re-notification flag is turned on regardless of the destination of the incoming call. For example, the re-notification target person list set in advance by the user is stored in the storage unit 20. The re-notification flag may be turned on and each re-notification process may be started only when the other party is included in the re-notification target person list. By using the re-notification target list, the user can realize re-notification rich in customizability, for example, by setting to re-notify only the person who wants to contact quickly.

  (4) When there are a plurality of incoming calls to be re-notified Although details have not been described in each embodiment, when there are a plurality of incoming calls with the re-notification flag turned on at the time of re-notification, the following re-notification mode Can be considered.

For example, three re-notifications of a call (012-345-6789, voice notification of melody A), mail (bbb@example.com, voice notification of melody B), and mail (ccc@example.com, vibration pattern A) When there is an incoming flag on, only one incoming call is re-notified. For example, the call (012-345-6789) with the earliest incoming date is re-notified using melody A.

  Or at the time of one re-notification, you may alert | report three incoming calls in order of melody A-> melody B-> vibration pattern A in order.

  (5) Mobile communication terminal In the embodiment, a mobile phone has been described as an example of the mobile communication terminal. However, the mobile communication terminal is not limited to this and may be a mobile communication terminal such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). Absent.

  (6) Method and Program The mobile phone according to each embodiment can be applied as an incoming call notification method, and can also be applied as a program for realizing this method.

  Examples of the program include magnetic recording media such as magnetic tape and flexible disk, optical recording media such as DVD, CD-ROM, CD-R, MO, and PD, and flash memory recording media such as Smart Media (registered trademark). It can be recorded on various computer-readable recording media, and may be produced, transferred, etc. in the form of the recording medium, wired and wireless various networks including the Internet in the form of programs, In some cases, the data is transmitted and supplied via broadcasting, telecommunication lines, satellite communications, or the like.

  Further, the program need not include all modules for causing the computer to execute the processing described above. For example, a communication program, a program included in an operating system (OS), or the like may be separately installed on a PC. It is also possible to cause the PC to execute each process of the present invention using various general-purpose programs that can be used. Accordingly, it is not always necessary to record all the modules on the recording medium of the present invention, and it is not always necessary to transmit all the modules. Further, there are cases where predetermined processing can be executed using dedicated hardware.

  The mobile communication terminal according to the present invention can notify a user of a missed call at an opportunity and contributes to improvement of the user interface.

  2 Cellular Phone 4 Case 6 Display 8 Key Group 10 Control Unit 12 Operation Accepting Unit 14 Display Control Unit 16 Incoming Notification Control Unit 18 Determination Unit 20 Storage Unit 24 Wireless Communication Unit 26 Acceleration Sensor 28 Speaker 30 Vibrator 32 Key Operation Unit 34 Display Part

Claims (5)

A notification means for notifying an incoming call when an incoming call is received;
A measuring means for measuring a value related to the movement of the own machine;
Control means for re-notifying that there is an incoming call notified by the notification means when the measured value changes,
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the control means does not perform re-notification when the number of re-notifications of the incoming call reaches an upper limit number set according to a destination of the incoming call . The measurement means includes an acceleration sensor that measures an acceleration value as a value related to the movement of the own machine,
Based on the measured acceleration value, provided with a determination means for determining whether the state of the own machine is a moving state or a stationary state,
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1, wherein the notification control unit causes the re-notification to be performed when the determined state changes. The measured acceleration value includes the value of the vertical component,
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 2, wherein the determination unit determines the state of the own device based on a temporal change in the value of the vertical direction component. An operation receiving means for receiving a confirmation operation by the user after receiving an incoming call,
The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the notification control unit suppresses re-notification if the confirmation operation is accepted before re-notification. An incoming call notification method in a mobile communication terminal having a communication unit,
A notification step of notifying an incoming call related to the communication unit;
A measurement step for measuring a value related to movement of the mobile communication terminal;
A control step for re-notifying that there is an incoming call notified by the notification means when the measured value changes,
In the control step, when the number of times of re-notification of the incoming call reaches an upper limit number set according to the destination of the incoming call, the re-notification method is not performed.