JPH10190791A - Portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience by terminating a call just by opening a flip, not immediately ending communication even when the flip is erroneously closed and continuing the communication as it is when the flip is opened within a prescribed time. SOLUTION: An operation similar to the depression of the operation key of an operation part 9 is performed by the detection output of a flip opening/ closing detection switch 3. Then, the control part 9 continues an operation mode even when the opening/closing operation of the flip 2 is performed corresponding to the state of the flip opening/closing detection switch 3, an operation mode state by the input operation of the operation keys including a talk key of the operation part 9 and time data from a clock part. Thus, if there is a call, the call is terminated and the communication is immediately performed just by opening the flip 2, the communication is not immediately ended even when the flip 2 is erroneously closed in the middle and the communication is continuously performed as it is if the flip 2 is opened within the prescribed time. Also, in the case of setting holding, by opening the flip 2, temporary holding is released.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone in which the operation section of a telephone body is covered with a flip when being carried, and the flip is turned open when used to expose the operation section. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, flip-type portable telephones are provided with a flip open / close detection switch for convenience. In the portable telephone configured as described above, by interlocking the function with the flip open / close detection switch, the flip is opened to receive a call during a call, or the flip is closed to end the call, or the flip is closed. In this configuration, a function for increasing the convenience of the user, such as switching an operation mode for a call according to the opening / closing operation of the user, is added.

The operation linked to the flip open / close detection switch of a conventional portable telephone is described in, for example,
As disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1172, there is a configuration in which a power switch is turned on / off in accordance with a flip opening / closing operation.

Hereinafter, the operation of the above-mentioned conventional portable telephone according to the flip opening / closing operation will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a conventional portable telephone disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-91172 in a state in which a flip is opened. In FIG. A flip for opening and closing the operation unit 9,
Reference numeral 30 denotes a switch for detecting the opening and closing of the flip 2. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of FIG. 5, and the switch 30 for detecting the opening and closing of the flip 2 is a power switch as shown in FIG. In the portable telephone having the above configuration, the power switch is turned on / off in accordance with the opening / closing operation of the flip 2 when used. That is, the power switch is turned on by opening the flip 2, and the power switch is turned off by closing the flip 2.

[0005] Further, a talk key in the operation unit 9 is interlocked with the opening / closing operation of the flip 2. When a call is made, the flip 2 is opened to automatically receive a call. In other words, this is the same as pressing the "call" button 9A of the talk key.
Is closed, that is, the same operation as when the "end" button 9B of the talk key is pressed can be realized.

[0006]

However, in the above-described flip opening / closing operation, the power switch is turned on / off by the opening / closing operation of the flip 2, so that when the flip 2 is closed, a response to a call from the other party is not received. There was a problem that it was not possible. Further, in conjunction with the talk key in conjunction with the flip opening / closing operation, the same operation as pressing the “call” button 9A or the “end” button 9B is performed.
If the flip 2 is accidentally opened at the time of calling and then immediately closed, or if the flip 2 is closed while the call is temporarily held, the call is terminated. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems and to provide a power-saving portable telephone capable of suppressing user's convenience and battery power consumption.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured such that the flip covers the operation unit when the device is carried, and the flip rotates and opens when the device is used, so that the operation unit is exposed. A portable telephone, a clock unit having a clock function, a display unit for displaying the time and telephone number indicated by the clock unit, an operation unit for inputting a telephone number and the like by key operation, and opening and closing the flip. A flip-open / close detection switch for detecting, and a control unit for controlling the entire system. The control unit is configured to perform the same operation as pressing the operation key of the operation unit with the detection output of the flip-open / close detection switch. Indicates the state of the flip open / closed detection switch, the operation mode state by input operation of operation keys including the talk key of the operation section, and the time data from the clock section. Flip and is obtained by so as to continue the operation mode even when the opening and closing operation of the flip.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the apparatus having the above-mentioned configuration, the control unit terminates the call even if the flip is closed, when the call is set to a primary hold mode by operating a predetermined key of the operation unit. Open the flip again to release the hold mode and allow the call to continue, while setting the hold mode and ending the call if the flip is closed for more than a predetermined time That is, it is configured to be.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the display unit is set to a display-off mode by operating a predetermined key of the operation unit, the control unit may be configured to execute a call from a partner. Alternatively, the display-off mode is canceled by opening the flip to make a call, and the display is returned to the display-off mode by closing the flip again.

Still further, according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the apparatus having the above configuration, the control unit invalidates a detection signal of a flip open / close detection switch for detecting opening / closing of a flip by operating a predetermined key of the operation unit. It is configured not to be linked with the operation mode by the key operation of the operation unit.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Embodiment 1 FIG. Hereinafter, regarding Embodiment 1 of the present invention,
Details will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the portable telephone according to the first embodiment of the present invention with the flip opened. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a telephone body of a portable telephone having a display function, an operation unit 9 for inputting a telephone number and the like and an operation for making and receiving calls, a flip 2 for opening and closing the operation unit 9, and an LCD (liquid crystal display device). ), Etc., and a display unit 8 for displaying an inputted telephone number and the like, provided on the same surface (front side) as the operation unit 9 and the display unit 8, and a flip open / close detection for detecting the open / close of the flip 2 A switch 3, a receiver 7, a transmitter 6, and an antenna 100 are provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the flip 2 is attached to the telephone body 1 by a hinge mechanism 1b so as to be openable and closable.
When the phone is closed, it is provided so as to cover part or all of the operation unit 9 on the front of the telephone body 1. Further, when the flip 2 is closed, the flip open / close detection switch 3 is turned on by being pushed by the flip 2.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the portable telephone shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 3 denotes a flip open / close detection switch, and reference numeral 4 denotes a control unit for controlling the entire system. The control unit 4 controls each unit. 5 is a radio section circuit section 5 including a transmission and reception circuit and the like.
1 shows a wireless unit including a and an audio signal processing unit 5b. Reference numeral 6 denotes a transmitter, 7 denotes a receiver, 9 denotes an operation unit having a dial key, a talk key, and the like, 10 denotes a backlight illumination unit of the display unit 8, and 11 denotes a dial light illumination of the operation unit 9. The illumination unit is integrated with the operation unit 9 and illuminates a dial key and a talk key of the operation unit.

Then, the output of the operation unit 9 is supplied to the control unit 4, and the lighting of the illumination units 10 and 11 is controlled by the control unit 4. Reference numeral 13 denotes a clock unit that outputs time information CS, 16 denotes a ringer (sounding body) for receiving a call, 20 denotes a power supply circuit that generates and stabilizes a power supply voltage necessary for the system,
21 is a battery remaining amount detection circuit, and 22 is a chargeable secondary battery for driving the whole system.

Further, FS is a detection signal output from the flip open / close detection switch 3 for detecting the opening / closing of the flip 2, and BS is a detection signal output from the battery remaining amount detection circuit 21. Supplied. With such a configuration, the basic operation or processing of the telephone is executed as follows.

That is, the operation of the portable telephone having the above-described configuration according to the first embodiment will be described. First, when the telephone main body 1 is in a standby state, " When you press the "call" button 9a,
The transmission of the transmission circuit between the radio circuit units 5a is permitted by the control unit 4, and a predetermined protocol is executed with the base station.
The call channel will be opened and the call will be placed.
Then, when the telephone number of the other party is input from a dial key or the like of the operation unit 9, this is transmitted to the base station, and the telephone of the other party is called. And when the other party answers the phone,
The voice signal of the other party is voice-processed by the voice signal processing unit 5b,
It is supplied to the receiver 7. The audio signal from the transmitter 6 is signal-processed by the audio processing circuit 5b, supplied to the transmission circuit of the wireless circuit section 5a, and sent to the other party's telephone. Thereby, it is possible to make a call with the other party.

When the call is over, the user presses the "end (end)" button 9b of the talk key on the operation unit 9, or
When the flip 2 is closed, the base station is notified of the end of the call, the communication channel with the base station is closed, and the telephone body 1 returns to the standby state again. Further, in the standby state, when there is an incoming call, the control unit 4 is notified, the transmission of the radio unit 5 is permitted by the control unit 4, and a predetermined protocol is executed between the control unit 4 and the base station. Is opened. Further, the control unit 4 drives the linger (sounding body) 16 and emits a ringer sound for calling. Then, when the talk key of the operation unit 9 is pressed (one of the keys in the case of having an any key answer function), the fact that the talk key has been pressed is transmitted to the base station, and the base station enters a talking state. On the other hand, the ringer sound is stopped by the control section 4, and thereafter, the telephone main body 1 can talk with the other party.

[0017] In addition to the above operations and processes,
Further, the following operation or processing is executed by the control unit 4. Hereinafter, the operation will be described with reference to the operation flowcharts shown in FIGS.

The telephone body 1 performs flip open / close detection by an initial operation (cold start). First, when the power of the telephone body 1 is turned on, flip opening / closing is detected as an initial stage. Next, the standby state is entered in step S0. Here, the presence or absence of the setting of flip open / close detection is checked first (step S1). This is because when the user of the telephone body 1 performs a predetermined key input operation with the operation unit 9 so as not to perform the flip open / closed detection and turns off the power, and then turns on the power again (warm start),
This is to determine the presence or absence of the flip open / close detection setting. And if it is determined that there is no flip open / closed detection setting,
Skipping the flip opening / closing operation determination, step Sa
Then, the loop is repeated until a key input operation of the operation unit 9 is performed. If a key input operation is performed, a process based on the input information is executed, and the process returns to step S0.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S1 that the flip open / close detection is set, the process proceeds to step S2.
The control unit 4 checks whether the flip 2 is open based on the detection signal FS of the flip open / close detection switch 3.
In this step S2, the process loops until it is determined that the flip is opened, and when "open" is detected, the process proceeds to the next step S3. In the next step S3, it is discriminated whether or not the display unit 8 is set to the display-off mode in order to reduce useless consumption such as during standby in step Sa. If it is determined that the display-off mode is set in step S3, the display unit 8 is set to the display-on mode again in step S4, and the process proceeds to the operation mode determination in the next step S5. If the display off mode is not set in step S3, the process jumps to the operation mode determination in step S5.

In the operation mode determination in step S5, the current operation mode for executing each process in the state (purpose) in which the flip 2 is opened is determined, and the process branches.
If there is a call, Flip 2 for incoming call (answer)
Is opened, the process branches to a call start process in step S6 each time a call is started. In step S6, a predetermined protocol is executed with the base station as described above, a communication channel is opened, and a call can be made.

On the other hand, when the flip 2 is opened for making a call or performing another operation during standby, the process branches to step S7 for determining whether or not a key input operation has been performed on the operation unit 9. In the key input operation presence / absence determination of the operation unit 9 in step S7, if there is no key input operation, the process branches to step S8 to determine whether the flip 2 is closed again, and in step S8, the flip 2 remains open. Is determined, the process returns to step S0. If it is determined in step S7 that there is a key input operation, it is determined in step S9 whether or not the key input operation information is a call operation. If not, it is determined in step S10 whether flip 2 has been closed. And returns to step S9 if not closed. Step S10
If it is determined that the flip 2 is closed,
In step 11, it is determined whether the display unit 8 is in the display off mode. If the display unit 8 is in the display off mode, the display unit 8 is turned off in step S12. Later, the operation returns to the standby or normal operation.

If it is determined in step S9 that the operation is a calling operation, a call process / call process is executed in step S13, and it is determined in step S14 whether the flip 2 is closed. On the other hand, after executing the call processing in step S6,
The process proceeds to step S14 similarly to step S13, and thereafter, the same process is started. In step S14, flip 2
Is determined to be closed, in step S15,
It is determined whether or not it is on hold. If it is determined that the flip 2 remains open, the process jumps to step S21,
The key input operation of the operation unit 9 is determined.

If it is determined in step S15 whether or not the timer is on hold, if the timer is on hold, the timer for holding in the clock unit 13 is cleared.
To start. Similarly, if the timer is not on hold, the timer other than on hold is cleared in step S17, and then count 2 is started. Then, each of the count 1 and the count 2 is the clock section 1
The control unit 4 receives the output signal CS from the control unit 3 in step S1.
At 8, it is determined whether or not a timeout has occurred. If the timeout has not occurred, it is determined in step S19 whether or not the flip 2 has been opened. If the flip 2 has been kept closed, the process returns to the timeout determination in step S18. On the other hand, if it is determined that the flip 2 is to be opened, the process returns to the flip closing determination of step S14. If it is determined in step S18 that a time-out has occurred, a disconnection (end) process is performed in step S20.
Return to standby / normal operation. If it is determined in step S19 that the flip 2 is open during the hold, the hold is released,
It returns to step S14.

If it is determined in step S14 that the flip 2 remains open, it is determined in step S21 whether or not a key input operation has been performed. If it is determined that the key input operation has not been performed, the telephone call is continued in step S13. Return to If it is determined that there is a key input operation, it is determined in step S22 whether the operation is a hold operation.

In step S22, it is determined whether or not the key input operation of the operation unit 9 is on hold. If it is determined that the key input operation is not on hold, in step S23, it is determined whether or not the key input operation is off (end). Then, if it is determined to be off (end), the state returns to the standby / normal state. On the other hand, when it is determined that the call is not off (end), the key corresponding process according to the key input operation is performed in step S24, and then the process returns to the busy process in step S13.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S22 that the relationship is on hold, discrimination as to whether the hold is set or canceled is performed in step S25. If canceled, the process returns to step S24. If set, the process returns to the busy process in step S13. On the other hand, if the setting is made, the hold setting process is performed in step S26, and the process returns to the in-call process in step S13 in the same manner as the cancellation. If the detection signal FS of the flip open / close detection switch 3 is set to be invalidated by a key input operation of the operation unit 9 in each step, the detection signal FS is not released when the power is turned on and off, and is not reset until it is reset. Becomes effective.

As described above, according to the present configuration, if there is a call, a call can be received simply by opening the flip 2 and a call can be immediately made. If the flip 2 is opened again within the predetermined time without terminating the call, the conversation can be continued as it is, so that the convenience is further improved. Also, if the user sets a temporary hold, even if the flip 2 is closed, the call does not end and the flip 2
By opening, there is an effect that the temporary hold setting is released and the call can be immediately resumed. In addition, even when the display of the display unit 8 is set to the display off mode during normal standby, the display off mode is automatically released by opening and closing the flip 2 irrespective of the key input operation of the operation unit 9. Since the display-off mode can be set again, there is an effect that the operation is simple and the useless consumption of the battery 22 can be suppressed as much as possible. Furthermore, by setting the detection signal FS from the flip open / close detection switch 3 to be invalid, there is an effect that the user can use the detection signal FS properly according to the purpose. Further, when the flip 2 is closed by mistake, it is also possible to notify the other party of the closing operation within a predetermined time.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, if there is a call, a call can be received simply by opening the flip, and a call can be immediately made. If you open the flip again within the predetermined time,
Since the call can be continued as it is, there is an effect that convenience is further improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when a user sets a hold, the call is not ended even if the flip is closed, and the hold is released by opening the flip, and the call can be immediately resumed. This has the effect.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, even when the display on the display unit is set to the display-off mode during normal standby, the operation is automatically performed by opening and closing the flip, not by key input operation on the operation unit. Since the display-off mode can be canceled or the display-off mode can be set again, there is an effect that the operation is simple and unnecessary consumption of the battery can be suppressed as much as possible.

Further, according to the fourth aspect, the flip open / close detection can be set to be invalid or valid, so that the user can set the flip open / close detection according to the intended use, and furthermore, there is an effect that the convenience can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a mobile phone according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an external perspective view showing a conventional mobile phone.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a conventional portable telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 telephone body, 2 flip, 3 flip open / close detection switch, 4 control unit, 8 display unit, 9 operation unit, 10
Illumination unit for display unit, 11 illumination unit for operation unit, 13 clock unit, FS flip open / close detection signal, CS clock unit output signal.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A portable telephone which is configured such that a flip covers an operation unit when carrying, and the flip rotates and opens when used, so that the operation unit is exposed. A flip-open / close detection switch for detecting the opening / closing of the flip, a control unit for controlling the entire system, and a control unit for controlling the entire system. The control unit is configured to perform the same operation as pressing the operation key of the operation unit with the detection output of the switch, and the control unit operates by inputting the state of the flip open / close detection switch and the operation key including the talk key of the operation unit. According to the mode state and the time data from the clock section,
A portable telephone characterized in that the operation mode is continued even when the flip is opened and closed. 2. When the call is set to a hold mode by a predetermined key input operation of the operation unit, the control unit releases the hold mode by opening the flip again without closing the call even if the flip is closed. If the flip is closed for more than a predetermined time after setting the hold mode,
2. The portable telephone according to claim 1, wherein the portable telephone is terminated. 3. The control unit, when the display of the display unit is set to a display-off mode by a predetermined key operation of the operation unit, opens the flip when calling or calling from the other party. 2. A display device according to claim 1, wherein the display-off mode is canceled, and the display is returned to the display-off mode by closing the flip again.
A portable telephone as described. 4. The control unit is configured to invalidate a detection signal of a flip open / close detection switch for detecting opening / closing of a flip by a predetermined key operation of the operation unit, so as not to interlock with an operation mode by a key operation of the operation unit. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein