JPH06224838A - Mobile telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reserve and set a dial number by a transmitting operation when this system is outside the speech area of a base station, and to automatically transmit a dial number when the system is within the speech area. CONSTITUTION:This system has a radio equipment 1 and a handset 6 connected to each other and is provided with a judging means which judges whether the system is within or outside the base station, a reserving means which reserves the inputted dial number of a called party in a memory 18 at the time of receiving an outside-area judgement signal from the judging means, and a transmitting means which automatically transmits the reserved dial number through the radio equipment 1 at the time of receiving a within-area judgement signal from the judging means in a handset control part 12 of the handset 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile telephone device mounted on a mobile body such as an automobile, a train, a ship, etc. for transmitting and receiving signals to and from a base station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a state in which a telephone device is mounted on a mobile body 51. This telephone device is connected to an antenna 52 for transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from a base station (not shown). It has a wireless device 53 and a receiver 54 connected to the wireless device 53, and the receiver 54 is placed on a cradle (stand) 55.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the structure of a conventional mobile telephone apparatus. A radio unit 53 receives a radio wave from an antenna 52 into a receiving section 56 for converting it into a voice signal and a control signal.
And the voice signal and the control signal are converted into radio waves and the antenna 5
Signals are transmitted and received between the transmitting unit 57, which outputs to 2, and the receiving unit 56 and the transmitting unit 57, and the code indicating the out-of-range display, the call termination, the call reception, etc. is transmitted to the outside, and the dial number, the call termination, and the call transmission from the outside. A radio control unit 58 for receiving a code indicating the above and outputting it to the transmission unit 57 is provided.

On the other hand, the handset 54 has a dial number /
An operation unit 59 having operation buttons such as call / end call, a display unit 60 for displaying that the mobile unit 51 is out of the communication range of the base station, and a voice signal from the reception unit 56 of the wireless device 53 are converted into voice. Speaker 61 and a microphone 62 that converts voice into a voice signal and outputs the voice signal to the transmitter 57 of the wireless device 53.
And a handset control unit 63 that outputs an operation signal from the operation unit 59 to the radio device control unit 58 and outputs a code signal from the radio device control unit to the display unit 60, and the handset 54 is the cradle 5.
5 and an on-cradle detection unit 64 for detecting whether or not it is housed in the vehicle.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the conventional mobile telephone apparatus shown in FIG. 7, and the operation will be described below with reference to FIG.

It is confirmed that the display unit 60 of the handset 54 does not display the out-of-range display, that is, the mobile unit is within the service area of the base station, and the call button of the operation unit 59 is operated to start the call operation. To do.

First, in step ST8-1, it is determined whether the cradle is an on cradle. If YES, the process proceeds to step ST8-2 and it is determined whether the call key is input. If yes,
In step ST8-3, the voice circuits of the receiving unit and the transmitting unit are turned on, and the function of performing switching control between the receiving unit and the receiving unit in correspondence with transmission and reception during the subsequent call (hereinafter referred to as circuit I).
If it is NO, the process proceeds to step ST8-4, the dial numbers are input and the dial numbers are sequentially stored in the memory, and after the storage is completed, the process returns to step ST8-2. .

On the other hand, if the determination in step ST8-1 is NO, after the line I / F switching is turned ON in step ST8-5, it is determined in step ST8-6 whether or not the call key is input. Then, the process proceeds to step ST8-7, it is judged whether the dial waiting timer is a predetermined value, and the judgment result is N.
In the case of O, the process proceeds to step ST8-8, the dial number is input, the dial numbers are sequentially stored in the memory, and after the storage is completed, the process returns to step ST8-6.

The handset control section 63 operates in step ST8-3.
Turn on the line I / F switch or step ST8-6, ST
If the decision result in 8-7 is YES, the dialed number is sent to the radio device control section 58 in step 8-9.

The radio control unit 58 sends the input dial number to the base station via the transmission unit 57 and the antenna 52 to establish a call state by connecting the line with the other party of the call.

In this call state, the handset control unit 63
Decides whether or not the call with the other party has ended (ST8-1)
If the answer is 0 and the answer is YES, the line I / F switch is turned off and on-hook transmission is performed in step ST8-11, and the call operation ends.

[0012]

Since the conventional mobile telephone device is constructed as described above, when the mobile device is out of the coverage area of the base station, even if the mobile device makes a dialing operation, No call line is formed.

Therefore, it is necessary to visually judge from the display contents of the display unit 60 that the base station is within the communication range, and perform the dialing operation of the dial number. Therefore, there is a problem that it is necessary to wait for the mobile unit 51 to enter the communication range, to judge this from the display content of the display unit 60, and to stop the vehicle to make a dial number transmission operation.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the invention of claim 1 brings the dial number input by a call operation outside the coverage area of the base station into the coverage area. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile telephone device that can reserve automatic transmission at times.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile telephone device capable of making an on-cradle reservation for automatically dialing a dialed number input by a dialing operation on an off-cradle when it is in a service area. To do.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile telephone device capable of easily canceling a reservation for making an automatic call when the mobile phone comes into a service area by a reservation canceling means.

[0017]

A mobile telephone device according to the invention of claim 1 is a means for judging whether or not the base station is out of the service area, and a call when a signal for judging the out-of-service area is received from this judgment means. Reservation means for reserving the dialed number of the other party input by operation and transmission means for automatically transmitting the reserved dialed number when receiving the area determination signal from the determination means are provided in the handset control section of the handset. It is a thing.

A mobile telephone device according to the invention of claim 2 is
Reservation means for reserving the dial number input by the off-cradle calling operation is provided in the handset control section of the handset.

A mobile telephone device according to the invention of claim 3 is
Reservation canceling means for canceling a reservation to automatically make a call when the mobile phone is within the communication range is provided in the handset control section of the handset.

[0020]

According to the invention of claim 1, the handset control unit reserves the dial number input by the calling operation if it is out of the communication range of the base station, and automatically transmits the reserved dial number when it is in the communication range. By doing so, it is possible to perform dialing operation anywhere in the dialed number and wait for the call to be connected.

The receiver control section in the invention of claim 2 is
By reserving the dial number input by the off-cradle calling operation on the on-cradle, it is as easy to use as receiving a call (calling from the other party) without any special operation.

The receiver control section in the invention of claim 3 is
By making it possible to cancel the reservation for automatic dialing of dialed numbers, it is possible to prevent calls from being made when forgetting that a reservation has been made.

[0023]

EXAMPLES Example 1. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile telephone apparatus showing an embodiment of the invention of claim 1. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a radio connected to an antenna 2, and the radio 1 is a receiving unit 3 and a transmitter. It has a unit 4 and a radio device control unit 5.

Reference numeral 6 is a receiver connected to the wireless device 1,
The handset 6 has an operation unit 7, a display unit 8, a speaker 9, a microphone 10, and an on-cradle detection unit 11, which are the same as those in the conventional device shown in FIG. To do.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a handset control unit of the handset 6. The handset control unit 12 is composed of a program for operating the handset control unit, a counter 13 for counting the number of receptions, and a predetermined unit of the program. A timer 14 for measuring time, “out-of-range display ON” transmitted from the receiving unit 3 of the wireless device 1 configured by the above program,
Out-of-range detection means 15 for detecting a signal of "out-of-range display OFF"
Is provided.

Reference numeral 16 is a display means such as an LED which operates in response to an output signal from the handset control section 12, and indicates whether or not the reservation dial is set and its state by lighting, blinking or turning off.

Reference numeral 17 is a notification means such as a buzzer which operates in response to an output signal from the handset control unit 12, and starts transmission by reservation status ("set" or "cancel") or reservation. Notify that you will

Reference numeral 18 denotes a writable and readable memory, which is constituted by a program for operating the radio equipment control section 5, and has a count number of the counter 13 and a timer 14.
, The dial number and the like input by the operation unit 7 are stored.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the mobile telephone device of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
The operation will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in step ST2-1, it is determined whether the cradle is an on cradle. If YES, the process proceeds to step ST2-2 to determine whether the call key is input. If yes,
In step ST2-3, the line interface (hereinafter, abbreviated as line I / F) switching is turned ON, and if NO, the process proceeds to step ST2-4 to input the dial number and sequentially store the dial number in the memory. After storing, and after the storage is completed, the process returns to step ST2-2.

On the other hand, if the determination in step ST2-1 is NO, after the line I / F switching is turned ON in step ST2-5, it is determined in step ST2-6 whether or not the transmission key is input. For example, the process proceeds to step ST2-7, and it is determined whether the dial waiting timer has a predetermined value. If the determination result is NO, the process proceeds to step ST2-8, the dial number is input, and the dial number is sequentially stored in the memory. After the storage, the process returns to step ST2-6.

The handset control unit 12 performs step ST2-3.
Switch line I / F ON or step ST2-6, ST
If the determination result in 2-7 is YES, step ST2-
At 9, it is judged whether the base station is out of the service area (hereinafter referred to as "out of service area"). If YES, that is, out of service area, the dial number is written in the memory 18 and the reservation state is set.

When the result of the determination in step ST2-9 is NO, that is, when the vehicle is in the service area, the dial number stored in the memory 18 is read out and sent to the radio equipment control section 5.

The radio control unit 5 sends the input dial number to the base station via the transmission unit 4 and the antenna 2 (step ST2-10), and establishes a call by connecting the line with the other party of the call. .

In this call state, the handset control unit 12
Decides whether or not the call with the other party has ended. Step ST2-1
If the answer is YES in step 1, the line I / F switching is turned off and on-hook transmission is performed in step ST2-12, and the call operation ends.

Example 2. FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the invention of claim 2, and in this embodiment, the call key is input by the on-cradle and the line I / F switching is turned on.
Thus (steps ST3-1 to ST3-3), the process immediately proceeds to step ST3-11 and the dial number is transmitted. If it is not a call key input, the input dial numbers are sequentially stored in the memory, and after the storage is completed, the process returns to step ST3-2.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST3-1 that the cradle is not the on-cradle, step ST3-5
After the line I / F switch is turned on in step ST3-6, it is determined whether or not the call key is input. If the result of the determination is NO, it is determined in step ST3-7 whether the dial waiting timer has a predetermined value. In step 3-8, the dial number is input, the dial numbers are sequentially stored in the memory, and after the storage is completed, the process returns to step ST3-6.

The result of the determination in step ST3-6 or ST3-7 is YES, and step ST3-9
When the on-cradle is turned on, the process proceeds to step ST3-10 and it is determined whether or not the service area is out of the service area. If the result of the determination is YES, that is, if the service area is out of the service area, the dial number is written in the memory 18 and the reservation state is set.

When the result of the determination in step ST3-10 is NO, that is, when the vehicle is in the service area, the dial number stored in the memory 18 is read out and automatically sent to the radio equipment control section 5 (step ST3-11).

The radio control unit 5 sends the inputted dial number to the base station via the transmission unit 4 and the antenna 2 to establish a call state by connecting the line with the other party of the call.

In this call state, the handset control unit 12
Decides whether or not the call with the other party has ended. Step ST3-1
If the answer is YES in step 2, the line I / F switching is turned OFF and on-hook transmission is performed in step ST3-13, and the call operation is ended.

Example 3. FIG. 4 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the invention of claim 3, and in the third embodiment, the reservation state in the first embodiment, for example, the operation of the OFF cradle of the handset, the end key operation, the accessory (ACC ) It is released by a release request for any one of the switch OFF operations.

Operation steps ST4-1 to ST4- in FIG.
12 is an operation step ST2-1 to ST2-1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
Same as ST2-12, but the third embodiment is step S.
When the judgment result in the first step 4-9a in T4-9 is YES, the second step ST4-9b judges whether or not there is the cancellation request.

If the determination result is NO, the reservation state is continued, and if YES, the process proceeds to step ST4-12, the line I / F switching is turned off, the on-hook transmission is performed, and the reservation state is released.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a display section which replaces the buzzer 17. In FIG. 5, 19 is a voice synthesizer for selecting a predetermined message by the output code signal from the handset controller 12, and outputting a voice signal of the message, 20 is output from the receiver 3 of the wireless device 1. It is a changeover switch for selecting the telephone voice and the voice synthesized voice output from the voice synthesizer 19 and outputting the selected voice to the speaker 9.

By constructing the display unit as shown in FIG. 5, for example, "reserving", "reserving",
Various messages such as "Reservation canceled" can be sent by voice, and the driver can properly and accurately recognize the displayed content.

[0047]

As described above, according to the invention of claim 1,
When a dialing operation is performed outside the coverage area of the base station, the entered dial number is set as a reservation, and the reserved dial number is automatically sent when it enters the coverage area.
For example, when the vehicle is stopped at a traffic light or the like, there is an effect that a calling operation can be performed anywhere without waiting for the inside or outside of the communication range and waiting for the call to be connected.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the dial number input in the off-cradle calling operation is reserved in the on-cradle, so that the same operation as in the case of incoming call can be performed without any special operation. It has the effect of being easy.

According to the third aspect of the invention, since the reservation for the automatic dialing of the dialed number is canceled by the cancellation request, it is possible to prevent the telephone call from being made automatically when the reservation is forgotten. effective.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile telephone device showing an embodiment of the invention of claim 1;

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the invention of claim 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the invention of claim 3;

5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a display unit in the apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a mounted state of a mobile telephone device.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional mobile telephone device.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the conventional mobile telephone device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 wireless device 6 handset 12 handset control unit 18 memory

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In a mobile telephone device having a wireless device provided with an antenna for transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from a base station, and a handset connected to the wireless device, whether the mobile phone device is outside the coverage area of the base station. And a reservation means for reserving the dialed number of the called party when receiving the out-of-range determination signal from this determination means, and the reservation when receiving the in-area determination signal from the determination means. A mobile telephone device, characterized in that the handset control section of the handset is provided with a transmitting means for automatically transmitting the dialed number via the radio. 2. The mobile telephone apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a reservation means for making a reservation by using the on-cradle of the dial number of the communication partner input by the off-cradle. 3. The mobile telephone device according to claim 1, further comprising reservation canceling means for canceling the reservation in response to a cancellation request.