JPH10107719A - Portable radio equipment with automatic power application function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To avoid useless consumption of a battery by setting once the automatic power application time so as to power-ON when the equipment is not in use and to prevent trouble onto surrounding persons due to an alarm tone. SOLUTION: In the case of setting and registering the automatic power supply ON, a date of execution of the setting is set as a repetitive pattern in the unit of optional number of days such as every day, a designated day and weekday designation in addition to the time setting, and any of a sound output, a vibration output or no output is selected as alarm output and they are registered in an information storage section 9. An automatic power-on time detection section 7 counts current date, weekday and time and when the current time is in matching with a time an automatic power-on time storage section 8 and the current date is in matching with the designated date in the information storage section, the power supply of the entire equipment is activated and an alarm message notice detection section 4 is started. The alarm message notice detection section 4 allows a speaker 5 to sound an alarm tone or starts a motor 6 to activate a vibrator based on alarm output information in the information storage section 9.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable radio having an automatic power-on function, and more particularly to a portable radio having a function of automatically turning on a power at a preset time.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a portable wireless device with an automatic power-on function such as a cellular phone, the power is automatically turned off at a time set by a user, or the power is automatically turned on, and an alarm sound is generated in conjunction therewith. Can be smoothed out.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional portable radio, the power can be automatically turned on and an alarm sound can be generated in conjunction with the power. However, once the setting to turn on the power automatically is made, the power is turned on automatically at the same time and the alarm sounds repeatedly every day until the setting is canceled.
The power may be turned on without being noticed, causing the battery to be wasted. Also, even in a place or a situation where it is troublesome to sound the alarm sound, such as during a meeting or in a train, the alarm sound may be emitted and the surroundings may be disturbed.

[0004]

A portable wireless device with an automatic power-on function according to the present invention is a portable wireless device having a function of automatically turning on the power at a preset time. Means for setting in a repetitive pattern of, the power is automatically turned on when the power-on time of the day set to perform automatic power-on, and the day is not set to perform automatic power-on The power is not automatically turned on even when the power is turned on.

Further, in the above-mentioned configuration, a means for selecting any of consecutive days, date designation and day designation as the repetition pattern in the day unit and registering it in the storage means together with the designated contents, A power-on time detecting means for instructing automatic power-on when the day of the week is measured and the result of the time matches the content stored in the storage means and a match is detected can be provided. Further, means for selecting either sound output or vibration output as an alarm output when the automatic power-on is performed in advance and registering the same in the storage means, means for generating sound, and means for generating vibration And means for activating one of the means for generating the sound and the means for generating the vibration and outputting an alarm according to the contents stored in the storage means when the automatic power-on is actually performed. be able to.

[0006]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and shows an example in which a portable wireless device is applied to a portable telephone (only a portion relating to the present invention). In FIG.
The mobile phone of this example has a data input unit 2 for inputting various setting data by a key operation of a user, and an automatic power-on (O).
N) when there is a setting of 1) input from the data input unit 2
An automatic power-on time storage unit 8 for storing the power-on time during the day (0:00 to 23:59); and an automatic power-on time storage unit 8 for measuring the current time together with the current date and day of the week.
An automatic power-on time detection unit 7 for detecting that the power-on time has come, stored in the memory, and information on a repetition pattern of the automatic power-on inputted from the data input unit 2 on a daily basis and sound or vibration selected as an alarm output And an audible sound (tone or a pre-recorded voice message) is output from the telephone voice output speaker 5 when sound is set as the alarm output in the setting of the information storage unit 9. An alarm message notification detection unit 4 that activates a motor (vibrator) 6 for alerting an incoming call when vibration is set and generates vibration;
It has a main control circuit (CPU) 3 for controlling the above components, the radio unit 1, and other components required for the mobile phone such as a display unit and a microphone (not shown). These units which are not directly related to the present invention can be realized by an appropriate well-known technology, and thus detailed description is omitted.

Next, the operation of the mobile phone of this embodiment will be described.
This will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3 together with FIG.

First, while the power is on, the main control circuit 3 controls the data input from the data input unit 2, and if the automatic power on is set (step S11 in FIG. 2), the main control circuit 3 inputs the time data for automatic power on. Then, the pattern is stored in the automatic power-on time storage unit 8 (step S12), and then the repetition pattern is selected from among daily operation, date-based operation, and day-of-the-week operation. Is input (step S13). Thereafter, it is selected whether the alarm is output by sound or vibration or nothing is output, and the information is stored in the information storage unit 9 (step S14). After that, the power supply circuit (not shown) is controlled to turn off the power of the parts other than the part related to the automatic power-on, such as the automatic power-on time detection unit 7, to save power. Note that the automatic power-on time storage unit 8 and the information storage unit 9 are EEPROMs that do not require a power source for storing data.
And the like.

The automatic power-on time detecting unit 7 is supplied with power even while other circuits are turned off, manages calendar information of date, day of the week, and current time, and measures the measured current time and automatic power supply. The automatic power-on time stored in the on-time storage unit 8 is compared (step S2 in FIG. 3).
1) Recognizing that the power-on time has been reached when they match, determining whether the repetition pattern information stored in the information storage unit 9 is daily, date, or day of the week, and that information is compared with the current day. It is determined whether the states such as the date and the day of the week match (step S22). When both the current time and the current date in the repetition pattern match, the power supply circuit is controlled to turn on the power of the entire mobile phone. If the entire power is already turned on, this process (power on) is not performed (steps S23 and S24).

Next, the automatic power-on time detection section 7 activates the alarm message notification detection section 4 through the main control circuit 3, and the alarm message notification detection section 4 outputs the alarm output stored in the information storage section 9 by sound or vibration. Is detected (step S25), and in the case of sound output setting, an alarm is sounded from the speaker 5 (step S26). Alternatively, in the case of the vibration output setting, the motor 6 is started to sound the vibrator (step S27). Nothing is output unless the alarm output is specified.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention, the automatic power-on time can be set in an arbitrary day-by-day repetition pattern such as consecutive days, date designation and day designation, so that a portable radio such as a cellular phone is used. The power is automatically turned on without noticing the non-period (day), and the battery is not unnecessarily consumed. Also, since you can select sound and vibration as alarm output when automatic power on,
By setting the vibration in places where it is not convenient to sound the alarm sound, such as during a meeting or in a train, it is possible to know that the set time has come without disturbing the surroundings.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing procedure when registering automatic power-on setting according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a processing procedure at the time of an automatic power-on operation of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Radio part 2 Data input part 3 Main control circuit 4 Alarm message notification detection part 5 Speaker 6 Motor 7 Automatic power-on time detection part 8 Automatic power-on time storage part 9 Information storage part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A portable wireless device having a function of automatically turning on a power supply at a preset time, comprising means for presetting a power on time in an arbitrary day-by-day repetition pattern, and performing automatic power on. The power is automatically turned on at the power-on time on the set day, and the power is not automatically turned on even at the power-on time on the day when the automatic power-on is not set. Mobile radio with automatic power-on function. 2. A means for selecting any one of consecutive days, a date designation and a day of the week designation as the repetition pattern in the day unit and registering it in the storage means together with the designated contents, and clocking the date and the day of the week in addition to the current time. 2. A portable wireless device with an automatic power-on function according to claim 1, further comprising: power-on time detection means for instructing automatic power-on when the result of the time coincides with the content stored in said storage means and detecting a match. Machine. 3. A means for selecting either sound output or vibration output as an alarm output when the automatic power-on is performed in advance and registering the same in a storage means, means for generating sound, Means for generating an alarm and means for activating one of the means for generating the sound and the means for generating the vibration and outputting an alarm according to the contents stored in the storage means when the automatic power-on is actually performed. The portable wireless device with an automatic power-on function according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: