JPH08223257A - Incoming call notification device for telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To allow a portable telephone set to surely inform the arrival of an incoming call to the user through vibration even when a ringer tone of the portable telephone set is muted and the telephone set is carried in a bag or a hand-bag. CONSTITUTION: The device is provided with a transmitter 2 receiving a radio wave sent at the arrival of a call from telephone set 1 and sending a code signal corresponding to an address code preset by a built-in address setting switch 6 through a radio channel and with a portable receiver 3 that receives the code signal and driver a vibrator 18 when the address code of the code signal matches the address code selected by a built-in address setting switch 15 to generate body sensing vibration.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an incoming call notification device for a telephone which mutes a ringing tone of a mobile phone, a personal phone or the like and informs that a call is made by vibrating.

[0002]

[Prior Art] A ringing tone (ring tone) of a mobile phone called "pipipipipi" in a train, in a theater, or in a restaurant.
When you hear, there is a risk of annoying others. Therefore, when you want to turn off the ring tone of a mobile phone, press the push button on the phone to silence the ring tone, display a specific character or symbol on the liquid crystal display instead of the ring tone, and blink the incoming call lamp. In this way, the incoming call is notified.

Although not a telephone, a portable receiver called a pager that wirelessly receives a message sent by a telephone and displays it on a liquid crystal display is operated by switching a mode switch equipped on the receiver. It is possible to arbitrarily select a sound mode for notifying an incoming call by blinking a sound and a lamp and a silent / vibrator mode for notifying an incoming call by a vibration and blinking the lamp.

However, a mobile phone having a transmitter and a receiver and also equipped with a rechargeable battery has a larger body and a heavier weight than a pager. Therefore, the body does not fit in a pocket of clothes like a pager. It is often carried away from the bag and stored in a bag or handbag, and the vibration of the vibrator may make it impossible to know the incoming call. In addition, if a vibrator is built in, the weight is further increased and portability is impaired, so that few models have a built-in vibrator.

[0005]

Therefore, even if the user of the portable telephone knows that the telephone has a function of muting the ringing tone, the user rarely actually uses the function. It was In other words, when you carry a mobile phone with the ringtone set to silence in your clothes pocket or bag, even if a letter or symbol is displayed on the display of the phone to notify you of the incoming call,
There is a blind spot that you can't see it with your eyes and you can't even check the blinking of the incoming call lamp. I had no choice but to put it into a standby state in which a sound was made.

In view of the above situation, the present invention does not increase the size of the telephone body or increase the weight of the telephone body, and further, keeps the portable telephone set away from the body without putting it in a pocket or the like. It is a technical issue to ensure that the incoming call of the telephone is notified by vibration even when it is put in a handbag or the like.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is an incoming call notification device used for a mobile phone or a personal phone, which receives a radio wave transmitted by a mobile phone when an incoming call is received. When a built-in address setting switch detects the light emitted from the incoming lamp of a mobile phone or a personal phone, a transmitter that wirelessly transmits a code signal according to the address code selected by the built-in address setting switch, and a wireless signal from the transmitter. A portable receiver that receives a transmitted code signal and, when the address code of the code signal matches the address code selected by a built-in address setting switch, drives a built-in vibrator to generate a sensory vibration. It consists of and.

[0008]

In the incoming call notification device of the present invention, a specific address code is selected in advance by the address setting switch built in the transmitter, and a common address code that matches it is selected by the address setting switch built in the portable receiver. I'll do it. Then, store the transmitter in a bag or handbag together with the mobile phone set to the silent standby state without ringing, and put the portable receiver in your clothes pocket. Put on your body.

In this state, when an incoming call arrives at the mobile phone, the radio wave is automatically sent from the mobile phone, and at the same time, an incoming lamp blinks to notify the incoming call. Then, the transmitter stored in the bag or handbag together with the telephone receives the radio wave transmitted from the telephone or detects the light emitted by the incoming lamp, and selects the address code selected by the address setting switch. The code signal corresponding to is wirelessly transmitted.

[0010] The wirelessly transmitted code signal is received by a portable receiver which is put on the body by putting it in a pocket of clothes or the like, and a vibrator incorporated in the receiver is driven,
Feeling vibration occurs. As a result, even if the ringing tone is not emitted from the speaker of the telephone, it is possible to know the incoming call by the silent vibration, so that there is no fear of disturbing the surroundings.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment.

In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, 1 is a cellular phone, 2 is a transmitter, and 3 is a portable receiver.
The transmitter 2 includes a receiving antenna 4 for receiving radio waves, a detection circuit 5 for detecting radio waves emitted by the telephone 1 when an incoming call is received, an address setting switch 6 for selecting a specific address code by an external operation, and the telephone 1 for receiving an incoming call. An encoder 7 that generates an address code selected by the address setting switch 6 when a radio wave transmitted from time to time is detected, a modulation circuit 8 that generates a code signal corresponding to the address code, and an amplification circuit 9 that amplifies the code signal. The transmitting antenna 10 for transmitting the amplified code signal as a weak radio wave is built in the machine body 11 formed of a plastic case or the like.

The portable receiver 3 has a receiving antenna 12 for receiving the code signal transmitted from the transmitting antenna 10 of the transmitter 2, and an amplifier circuit 13 for amplifying the code signal.
A demodulation circuit 14 for reproducing an address code from the amplified code signal, an address setting switch 15 capable of selecting the same address code as the address setting switch 6 of the transmitter 2 by an external operation, and an address code selected by the address setting switch 15. And a decoder 16 which outputs a coincidence signal when the address code reproduced by the demodulation circuit 14 coincides.
A drive circuit 17 for operating the vibrator in response to the coincidence signal and a vibrator 18 are built in a machine body 19 formed of a plastic case or the like.

Although illustration is omitted, the transmitter 2 and the portable receiver 3 use a battery such as a button type alkaline dry battery as a driving power source of their electric circuits, and a power switch for turning on / off the power source. Is provided.

When the mobile phone 1 is set in the standby state, the power of the phone 1 is turned on and
Set it to the silent state where no sound is produced. On the other hand, transmitter 2
The portable receiver 3 and the portable receiver 3 turn on their respective power sources, and select common address codes that match each other by both address setting switches 6 and 15. Then, the telephone 1 and the transmitter 2 are stored in a bag, a handbag, or the like, and only the portable receiver 3 is put in a pocket of clothes or the like and worn on the body.

In this state, when the telephone 1 receives an incoming signal, the telephone 1 automatically emits a radio wave. Then, the radio wave is received by the transmitter 2 and the transmitter 2
A code signal corresponding to the address code selected by the address setting switch 6 is wirelessly transmitted, and the code signal is received by the portable receiver 3 put in a pocket of clothes or the like, and the vibrator 18 of the receiver 3 is activated. Then, a sensible vibration is generated to inform the telephone 1 that the call has arrived.

At this time, since the telephone set 1 is in a silent state in which it does not emit a ringing tone "pipipipipi", there is no possibility of annoying the surroundings. Even when the telephone 1 is in a silent state and is not stored in a bag or a handbag so that the blinking of the incoming call lamp can be visually recognized, the sensation vibration transmitted from the portable receiver 3 mounted on the body You can be sure that you have received the call. Further, since the portable receiver 3 having the vibrator 18 that generates a body vibration is detached from the telephone 1 and the transmitter 2 and attached to the body by itself, the portability is very good,
Moreover, unlike a pager, a display device or the like is not necessary, so that the pager can be made smaller than the pager, and can be attached to the wrist with a belt like a wristwatch, for example. Further, since the transmitter 2 is also used separately from the mobile phone 1, the size of the phone 1 itself and the weight of the phone 1 do not increase.

Further, common address codes are selected between the transmitter 2 and the portable receiver 3, and when the address codes of both are matched, the vibrator 1 of the portable receiver 3 is selected.
Since 8 is activated, even if another person who holds a portable receiver of the same model is near, there is little possibility that the vibrator of the portable receiver held by another person malfunctions.

The transmitter 2 shown in FIG. 1 transmits a code signal corresponding to the address code selected by the address setting switch 6 when the reception antenna 4 receives a radio wave transmitted from the mobile phone 1 when receiving a call. Although wireless transmission is performed, the present invention is not limited to this, and a predetermined code signal may be wirelessly transmitted when light emitted from the incoming call lamp 20 of the telephone 1 is detected as shown in FIG. That is, the transmitter 2 ′ of FIG. 2 is a light receiving element (O / E conversion) that detects the light of the incoming call lamp 20 blinking when the telephone 1 receives an incoming call and outputs an electrical signal instead of the receiving antenna 4 shown in FIG. Element) 21, and the electric signal output from the light receiving element 21 is detected by the detection circuit 5. Other configurations are the same as those of the transmitter 2 of FIG.

Although the light receiving element 21 may be fixed to the body 11 of the transmitter 2 ', it may be attached to a suction cup that can be adsorbed on the surface of the telephone 1 or a belt that can be detachably attached to the telephone 1. If the light is fixed at a position facing the incoming call lamp 20, the light of the incoming call lamp 20 can be reliably detected.

Next, the transmitter 2 "of FIG. 3 is removably connected to the earphone terminal 22 of the telephone 1, and when an incoming call signal of the telephone output from the earphone terminal 22 is detected, the address setting switch is set. A code signal corresponding to the address code selected in 6 is wirelessly transmitted, that is, a connection plug 23 of the same type as an earphone is inserted into the earphone terminal 22 of the telephone 1 to obtain a power-on signal and an incoming signal. In this way, when both signals are detected by the detection circuit 5, a predetermined code signal is wirelessly transmitted.

In this transmitter 2 ", unless the connection plug 23 inserted into the earphone terminal 22 of the telephone set 1 is removed, the speaker or earphone of the telephone set 1 for outputting the voice of the other party cannot be used to make a call. Although it is more inconvenient than the transmitters 2 and 2'of FIGS. 1 and 2, on the other hand, if the connection plug 23 is inserted into the earphone terminal 22 of the telephone set 1, the ring tone of the telephone set 1 automatically becomes silent. It has the advantage of being set.

The transmitter 2 of FIG. 1 can be applied only to a mobile phone that emits radio waves from a telephone when an incoming call arrives, but the transmitters 2'and 2 "of FIGS. 2 and 3 are personal telephones that do not emit radio waves. The personal phone is a direct-dial phone for individuals used in offices, etc.
When the number of installed telephones is large, there is a risk that ringtones will be heard here and there and the environment of the office will be impaired. However, by using the incoming call notification device of the present invention, a quiet office environment can be obtained.

[0024]

According to the present invention, even if the ring tone of the telephone is silent so as not to disturb the surroundings, the fact that the telephone is received can be surely notified by the sensation vibration directly transmitted to the body. It has a very good effect.
In addition, if it is a mobile phone, you can carry a silent standby phone in a bag or handbag and carry it, and keep the bag or handbag away from your hand and put it on a net shelf in the train etc. You can also Also, since the cell phone itself does not become large,
There is no fear of impairing its portability. Further, there are various excellent effects that there is little possibility of malfunction such as occurrence of sensory vibration that notifies an incoming call when the call arrives at another person's telephone.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Telephone 2 ... Transmitter 2 '... Transmitter 2 "... Transmitter 3 ... Portable receiver 6 ... Address setting switch 15 ... Address setting switch 18 ... Vibrator 20 ... incoming call lamp 21 ... light receiving element 22 ... earphone terminal

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hideo Nagai 1-2-9 Hachiman-cho, Higashi-Kurume City, Tokyo Metropolitan Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Teruaki Ikutame Tokyo Metropolitan East 1-29, Hachiman-cho, Kurume-shi In the Optec Diddy Melco Laboratory Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Ban Kou, 3-1-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo In the International Building Daiichi Denko Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A transmitter for wirelessly transmitting a code signal according to an address code selected by a built-in address setting switch (6) when a radio wave transmitted from a mobile phone (1) when receiving a call is received. 2) and the code signal wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter (2), and when the address code of the code signal matches the address code selected by the built-in address setting switch (15), the built-in An incoming call notification device for a telephone, which comprises a portable receiver (3) for driving a vibrator (18) of the above to generate a body vibration. 2. A transmitter for wirelessly transmitting a code signal corresponding to an address code selected by a built-in address setting switch (6) when light emitted from an incoming lamp (20) of a telephone (1) is detected. 2 ') and the code signal wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter (2'), and when the address code of the code signal matches the address code selected by the built-in address setting switch (15) And a portable receiver (3) for driving a built-in vibrator (18) to generate sensible vibrations. 3. A built-in address setting switch (6) when a telephone incoming signal outputted from the earphone terminal (22) is detachably connected to the earphone terminal (22) of the telephone (1). ) A transmitter (2 ") that wirelessly transmits a code signal corresponding to the address code selected in), and a code signal wirelessly transmitted from the transmitter (2") is received, and the address code of the code signal is It is characterized by comprising a portable receiver (3) for driving a built-in vibrator (18) to generate a sensory vibration when the address code selected by the built-in address setting switch (15) matches. Incoming call notification device for telephones.