JPH10145463A - Calling device for portable telephone set and call converter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily recognize an incoming call by using a voice message for notice of the incoming call of a portable telephone set. SOLUTION: A registration mode generating section 9 generates a location designation signal to register a call message and a registration execution signal by the operation of a switch section 8, and a call message write control section 10 writes digital data of a voice signal received from a transmission section 11 via a voice data A/D converter section 12 to a storage area of a call message storage section 13 corresponding to a registration area designated by the location designation signal while the registration execution signal is received. Upon the detection of an incoming call, an incoming call notice mode changeover section 15 selects a call reception notice method based on a signal outputted from a call reception notice mode storage section 14 and reads the call message from the storage area of the call message storage section 13 designated by a call message read control section 16, a call message output control section 17 adjusts the output to allow a speaker of a reception section 18 to output the call message.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to mobile telephones and PHSs.
(Personal Handy PhoneSystem
em), the notification of incoming calls in mobile phones and desk phones.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional portable telephone, a method of notifying an incoming call is a method of generating a call sound by an intermittent sound or a method of notifying by a vibration using a vibration mechanism.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional reception system for receiving an incoming call. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes an antenna, reference numeral 2 denotes a receiver for selecting radio waves induced by the antenna, and reference numeral 3 denotes a telephone called by the telephone. An incoming detection unit 4 for detecting the occurrence of a vibration, a motor driving unit 4, and a vibration motor 5 for generating vibration.

Next, an incoming call notification operation according to FIG. 2 will be described.
The voltage (or current) waveform induced in the antenna 1 from the radio wave is detected and amplified by the receiving unit, and output to the incoming call detecting unit 3 as an electric signal. The code is decoded in the incoming call detection unit 3,
The code is compared with the code set in the telephone, and if they match, the telephone is called and an incoming signal is output to the motor drive unit 4. The motor drive unit 4 supplies driving power to the vibration motor 5 based on the incoming signal and rotates the vibration motor 5. The vibration motor 5 converts the rotation into vibration by an eccentric mechanism and notifies the owner.

[0005] The above is an example of an incoming call notification by a vibration mechanism. On the other hand, there is a type of calling by a call sound as shown in FIG. 3, and the buzzer driving unit 6 is structurally replaced with the motor driving unit 4 and the motor 5. When an incoming signal is output in the same manner as described above, the buzzer driving unit 6
The modulated intermittent drive power is supplied to the buzzer 7 to sound the buzzer 7 to notify the incoming call.

[0006]

Conventionally, the above-mentioned notification system has been adopted. Therefore, in the vibration system, it is possible to individually notify the user if the user wears the phone. If it is placed in the phone, the incoming call cannot be recognized by the vibration and the incoming call notification by the call sound is required. In this case, if there is only one person who has a mobile phone, it is possible to judge an incoming call without any problem.However, in recent years, there is a problem that a person who has a mobile phone cannot quickly determine who is calling. doing. On the other hand, there have been proposed ones in which a call sound pattern can be arbitrarily set and ones which can selectively output one song from a plurality of songs prepared in advance. , And even if it becomes easier for them to recognize themselves, the situation is still confusing to those around them.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has a registration mode generating unit for registering a call message, a call message writing control unit,
A call message storage unit, an incoming call notification mode storage unit, an incoming call notification mode switching unit, a call message read control unit,
And a call message output control unit. Further, an external input terminal is provided so that audible data such as voice can be input from an external medium. As another input means, a character-to-speech data conversion unit for inputting a character string by a switch operation is provided.

[0008]

The registration mode generating section according to the present invention generates a location designation signal for registering a call message and a registration execution signal by operating the switch section, and the call message writing control section converts the voice data from the transmitting section to A / D conversion. While the registration execution signal is being input, the digital data of the voice signal input through the unit is written into the storage area of the calling message storage unit corresponding to the registration location designated by the location designation signal, and the incoming call is detected. Then, the incoming call notification mode switching unit selects the incoming call notification method based on the signal output from the incoming call notification mode storage unit, and stores the call message storage unit specified by the call message read control unit if the output of the call message is specified. The call message is read from the area, the output is adjusted by the call message output control unit, and the call message is output from the speaker of the receiver. To output. The external input terminal inputs audible data such as voice from an external medium instead of voice input from a transmitter (microphone). The character-to-voice data conversion unit converts a character string input by a switch operation into voice data, and stores the voice data in the call message storage unit via the call message writing control unit.

[0009]

【Example】

Embodiment 1 FIG. One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram limited to reception for performing an incoming call notification according to the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes an antenna, 2 denotes a receiving unit for selecting radio waves induced by the antenna, and 3 denotes that the telephone is called. The incoming call detecting unit 4 for detecting the motor, the motor driving unit 4 and the motor 5 for generating vibrations.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a switch unit of the telephone, 9 denotes a registration mode generation unit for registering a call message, 10 denotes a call message writing control unit, 11 denotes a transmission unit (microphone),
12 is a voice data A / D converter, 13 is a call message storage unit, 14 is an incoming call notification mode storage unit, 15 is an incoming call notification mode switching unit, 16 is a call message read control unit, 17
Is a call message output control unit, 18 is a receiving unit (speaker), 19 is an external input terminal, and 20 is an input switch.

Next, the operation will be described. Since the correspondence between the switch operation and the function can be arbitrarily defined, the details of the switch operation will be omitted here. The owner operates the switch unit 8 of the telephone to designate a selection number to the registration mode generation unit 9 so that a plurality of messages can be selected, and generates a registration signal indicating that registration is in progress. The registration mode generating section 9 sends the selection number and the registration signal to the call message writing control section 1
Enter 0.

On the other hand, the owner speaks a calling message including, for example, his / her name to the transmitting section 11 and the transmitting section 11
Is output to the audio data A / D converter 12, converted from an analog signal to a digital signal, and input to the call message write controller 10.

While the registration signal is being input from the registration mode generating section 9, the calling message writing control section 10 converts the voice digital signal output from the voice data A / D conversion section 12 into the registration mode generating section. 9 is stored in the storage area of the call message storage unit 13 corresponding to the selection number input from 9.

The owner operates the switch unit 8 to set a notification mode at the time of an incoming call in the incoming call notification mode storage unit 14. At this time, in addition to the incoming call notification mode (vibration or voice), it is also specified which of the plurality of registered call messages is to be used. At this time, if there is no designation as to which of the call messages to use, the call message selected by the initial setting is used.

Now, when the telephone receives the radio wave of the call at the antenna 1, the radio wave is detected and amplified by the receiving unit and outputted to the incoming call detecting unit 3 as an electric signal. The incoming call detector 3 decodes the code, compares the code with the code set in the telephone, and outputs a call signal to the incoming call notification mode switching unit 15 assuming that the telephone is called if the codes match.

The incoming call notification mode switching unit 15 checks the setting of the incoming call notification mode storage unit 14 when the incoming call signal is input from the incoming call detection unit 3, and if the incoming call notification mode is "vibration", the motor drive unit. 4 to output an incoming signal. The motor drive unit 4 supplies drive power to the motor 5 based on the incoming signal and rotates the motor 5. The motor 5 converts the rotation into vibration by an eccentric mechanism and notifies the owner.

Conversely, if the incoming call notification mode is set to "voice", when an incoming call signal is input from the incoming call detection unit 3, the incoming call notification mode switching unit 15 changes the setting of the above-mentioned incoming call notification mode storage unit 14. A check is made to determine which of the paging messages is specified, and a read signal is output to the paging message read control unit 16 together with this information to specify the corresponding storage area of the paging message storage unit 13 and to store the desired paging message. read out.

The call message read by the call message read control unit 16 is input to a call message output control unit 17, which adjusts the output level, outputs the adjusted output level to the receiving unit 18, and outputs the call message as voice information. The calling message (digital signal) read out here can be recognized as a voice even if the speaker is directly sounded, depending on the storage form, so that D / A conversion may be performed as necessary.

In the above embodiment, the transmission section was used as the voice input. However, for example, the voice output of a tape recorder was connected to the external input terminal 19 by a connection cord, and the input changeover switch 20 was switched to the external input terminal side. For example, the user can input the edited audio data.

Further, instead of using the user's own voice as another voice input, the input changeover switch 20 can be switched to the receiver, and a message to which the other party has spoken can be input as voice data.

Embodiment 2 FIG. Another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram limited to reception for performing an incoming call notification according to the present invention.
2 is a receiver for selecting radio waves induced by the antenna,
Reference numeral 3 denotes an incoming call detection unit that detects that the telephone is called, 4 denotes a motor drive unit, and 5 denotes a motor that generates vibration.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a switch unit of the telephone, 9 denotes a registration mode generating unit for registering a call message, 10 denotes a call message writing control unit, 21 denotes a character-to-voice signal data conversion unit, 13 denotes a call message storage unit, 14 is an incoming call notification mode storage unit, 15 is an incoming call notification mode switching unit, 16 is a calling message reading control unit, 17 is a calling message output control unit, 18 is a receiving unit (speaker), 22 is a display control unit,
23 is a display unit.

Next, the operation will be described, but detailed switch operation details will be omitted as in the first embodiment. The owner operates the switch unit 8 of the telephone to operate the registration mode generating unit 9.
, A selection number is specified so that a plurality of messages can be selected, and a registration signal indicating that registration is in progress is generated.
The registration mode generator 9 inputs the selection number and the registration signal to the call message writing controller 10.

Next, the user operates the switch unit 8 to input characters to the character-to-speech signal data conversion unit 21 to create a character string of a call message including, for example, his / her name. Here, the character string input to the character-to-voice signal data conversion unit 21 is read by the display control unit 22 every time one character is input,
A character string is displayed on the display unit 23 such as a liquid crystal panel. The correctness of the input character string is confirmed. If the character string is correct, the character string is converted into voice signal data and input to the call message writing control unit 10 as a call message.

The call message writing control unit 10 stores the voice signal data output from the character-to-voice signal data conversion unit 21 in the call message storage unit 13 corresponding to the selection number input from the registration mode generating unit 9. Store in area.

The owner operates the switch unit 8 to set the notification mode at the time of incoming call in the incoming call notification mode storage unit 14. At this time, in addition to the incoming call notification mode (vibration or voice), it is also specified which of the plurality of registered call messages is to be used. At this time, if there is no designation as to which of the call messages to use, the call message selected by the initial setting is used.

Now, when the telephone receives the radio wave of the call to the antenna 1, the radio wave is detected and amplified by the receiving unit and outputted to the incoming call detecting unit 3 as an electric signal. The incoming call detector 3 decodes the code, compares the code with the code set in the telephone, and outputs a call signal to the incoming call notification mode switching unit 15 assuming that the telephone is called if the codes match.

The incoming call notification mode switching unit 15 checks the setting of the incoming call notification mode storage unit 14 when the incoming call signal is input from the incoming call detection unit 3, and if the incoming call notification mode is set to "vibration", the motor drive unit. 4 to output an incoming signal. The motor drive unit 4 supplies drive power to the motor 5 based on the incoming signal and rotates the motor 5. The motor 5 converts the rotation into vibration by an eccentric mechanism and notifies the owner.

Conversely, if the incoming call notification mode is set to "voice", when an incoming call signal is input from the incoming call detection unit 3, the incoming call notification mode switching unit 15 changes the setting of the above-mentioned incoming call notification mode storage unit 14. A check is made to determine which of the paging messages is specified, and a read signal is output to the paging message read control unit 16 together with this information to specify the corresponding storage area of the paging message storage unit 13 and to store the desired paging message. read out.

The call message read by the call message read control unit 16 is input to a call message output control unit 17, which adjusts the output level, outputs the adjusted output level to the reception unit 18, and outputs the call message as voice information. The calling message (digital signal) read out here can be recognized as a voice even if the speaker is directly sounded, depending on the storage form, so that D / A conversion may be performed as necessary.

Embodiment 3 FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conversion device that detects an incoming signal (call sound or vibration) notified from a mobile phone, converts the signal into a pre-registered call message, and outputs the message.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 24 denotes a sensor for detecting sound or vibration, and reference numeral 25 denotes a filter for the output of the sensor 24 to check the vibration or sound of a required frequency and the level of an input signal to detect an incoming call state. A call detection unit 26 for outputting an incoming call signal, an incoming call notification mode switching unit 26 for selecting which of the call messages to use, and a switch 27 for inputting selection information to the incoming call notification mode switching unit 26.

Reference numeral 31 denotes a battery serving as a power supply of the call conversion device, 32 denotes a voltage drop detection unit which checks the power supply voltage of the battery and generates a signal when the voltage falls below a predetermined voltage.
Is a call message writing control unit, and 12 is voice data A / D.
A conversion unit, 13 is a call message storage unit, 33 is a warning message storage unit, 28 is a message readout control unit, 29 is a message output control unit, 30 is a speaker, and 19 is an external input terminal.

Next, the operation will be described. The owner operates the switch 27 of the call conversion device to input the registration number of the call message in the incoming call notification mode switching unit 26 in advance.

On the other hand, the owner connects a microphone, a tape recorder or the like to the external input terminal 19 and inputs a call message. The voice data input from the external input terminal 19 to the voice data A / D converter 12 is converted from an analog signal to a digital signal, and is converted into a digital signal.
Is input to

The call message writing control unit 10 converts the voice digital signal output from the voice data A / D conversion unit 12 into a call message storage unit corresponding to the selected number input from the incoming call notification mode switching unit 26. 13 is stored in the storage area.

On the other hand, the warning message storage unit 33 stores a predetermined message for warning that the battery voltage has dropped.

When the sensor 24 senses the occurrence of a call sound or vibration of the mobile phone, the output signal of the sensor 24 is input to the call detection unit 25. The call detection unit 25 determines the frequency and voltage level of the input signal, and if it matches the set value, determines that the telephone is in an incoming call state and outputs an incoming signal to the incoming call notification mode switching unit 26.

The incoming call notification mode switching unit 26 outputs a call message registration number and a message read command to the message read control unit 28 based on the incoming signal.

The message read control unit 28 specifies the address of the corresponding storage area of the call message storage unit 13 based on the input call message registration number and the message read command, and reads a desired call message. The call message storage unit 13 stores the message read control unit 2
From 8, the data stored at the specified address is read and output to the message read control unit 28.

The call message read by the message read control unit 28 is input to the message output control unit 29, and the output level is adjusted and output to the speaker 30.
The call message is output as voice information.

When the voltage drop of the battery 31 is detected by the voltage drop detecting section 32, the voltage drop detecting section 32 outputs a warning signal to the message reading control section 28, and the message reading control section 28 outputs the warning message storing section 33. Is specified, the warning message storage unit 33 outputs a warning message to the message reading control unit 28, and outputs a warning message of a low battery voltage through the message output control unit 29 through the speaker 30. Output as information.

[0042]

Other Embodiments In the first embodiment, the incoming call notification mode storage unit 14 is provided separately from the incoming call notification mode switching unit 15.
Incoming call notification mode storage unit 14
May be included. You may let it. Further, in the above embodiment, the notification of the incoming call is a switching of only the vibration and the voice.
Switching between call sound and voice is also easy. Further, both notifications may be performed simultaneously without switching between vibration and sound. The above is an application example of a mobile phone. However, if an external input terminal is used and the buzzer is of a variable frequency type, it can be used for a pager.

In the above embodiment, the description has been given of the portable telephone. However, the present invention may be applied to a general desk phone, and the same effect as that of the portable telephone can be obtained.

[0044]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, as described above, a call message is registered by voice in addition to the conventional incoming call notification by vibration or call sound, and the incoming call is notified by this call message. The call sound is eliminated, and the voice can be recognized by voice such as reading out a name, so that even if a plurality of mobile phones arrive at the same time, there is an effect that it is possible to easily determine who has called.

In addition, it is possible to select between an incoming call notification by a call message and a conventional incoming call notification by vibration.
Since the selection can be made as needed, there is an effect that the most suitable incoming call notification can be made depending on the time and place.

In the second invention, the call message can be input from the transmitter (microphone) of the telephone set. Therefore, there is an effect that the call message can be input without specially preparing a microphone.

In the third aspect, since voice data can be input from the voice of the other party, there is an effect that the call message can be input by the voice of a person at a remote place.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, voice data can be input from an external input terminal, so that a call message can be input from an external medium. There is an effect that it can be applied to a device without a simple microphone.

In the fifth invention, voice data can be input by inputting an arbitrary character string, so that a call message by artificial voice can be registered, and even a person who has difficulty speaking can use it easily. This has the effect.

In the sixth aspect of the invention, a plurality of call messages are registered, and a desired call message can be selected as necessary. Therefore, there is an effect that an optimum incoming call notification can be made depending on time and place.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the conversion device can be converted into an arbitrary call message by attaching the conversion device to the portable telephone currently in possession, so that there is no need to buy a new telephone, which is economical. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of incoming call notification control of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of another embodiment of the incoming call notification control of the mobile phone of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the call conversion device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional incoming call notification control using vibration.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional incoming call notification control using a call sound.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Incoming Detector 8 Switch 10 Call Message Write Controller 12 Voice Data A / D Converter 13 Call Message Storage 14 Call Notification Mode Storage 15 Call Notification Mode Switching Unit 16 Call Message Read Controller 17 Call Message Output Control Unit 19 External input terminal 21 Character to audio signal data conversion unit 23 Display unit 24 Sensor

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone having an incoming call notification function, a registration mode generating section for registering a call message, a call message writing control section, a call message storage section,
An incoming call notification mode storage unit, an incoming call notification mode switching unit, a call message readout control unit, and a call message output control unit, and an incoming call is notified by the registered call message. apparatus. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said call message is inputted from a transmission section. 3. The calling apparatus for a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein said calling message is voice data sent from a partner to be input to a receiver. 4. The calling device according to claim 1, wherein said calling message is input from an external input terminal. 5. A calling device for a mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein said calling message is made by inputting characters by operating a switch. 6. A mobile phone having an incoming call notification function, a registration mode generating section for registering a plurality of call messages, a call message writing control section, a call message storage section, a call notification mode storage section, 2. An incoming call notification mode switching unit, a call message readout control unit, and a call message output control unit, and one of the plurality of registered call messages is selected to perform an incoming call notification. A calling device for a mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 5. 7. A sensor for detecting an incoming call notification signal generated from a mobile phone having an incoming call notification function by vibration or buzzer, external input means for inputting a call message, a call message writing control unit, and a call message storage unit. And a call message readout control unit, and a call message output control unit, wherein the call notification is performed based on the registered call message.