JPH10290477A - Operation control method for transmitter/receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically set an optimum operation control method of a device corresponding to a place to use it and a style to use it by providing a control signal reception circuit in the reception circuit of moving object equipped with a portable telephone and changing the reception mode of the transmitter/receiver according to a control signal form a gate installed at any specified place. SOLUTION: A gate 11 is installed at a place, where the style to use the transmitter/receiver especially becomes a problem, and the control signal at a center frequency fo is transmitted from the gate 11 while being superimposed of a carrier wave fc to be used for communication. By receiving the control signal fo from the gate 11, the operating mode of the transmitter/receiver operation control circuit is automatically set so that the transmitter/receiver can be turned into an operating style suitable for that place. Namely, the signal pattern of the control signal fo is discriminated by a controller 21 for digital control and operating mode control data are sent to a digital controller 22. In the case of a transmission/reception disable mode, the output of digital controller 22 controls the main circuit of the transmitter/receiver and sets it into a transmission/reception disabled state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for controlling the operation of a transmission / reception apparatus, and more particularly to a method for changing a reception mode in a specific place in a mobile transmission / reception apparatus such as a portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional operation control method of a transmission / reception device has a problem that a user must set the operation control method of the control device in advance as necessary.
For example, mobile phones that can be used anytime and anywhere often cause damage to other people, such as malfunction of medical equipment during use in hospitals, generation of noise at movie theaters and concert halls, and inconvenience to passengers in trains. Was.

As a countermeasure, for example, a method of notifying a user of a call by vibration without a ringing sound of a mobile phone is known. However, if the user forgets the setting, the function is used. There was a problem that can not be.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional operation control method of the transmission / reception apparatus, if the user forgets to set the operation control method of the apparatus in advance, the function cannot be used. There was a problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an optimum operation control method for an apparatus can be automatically set according to a use place and a use mode of the apparatus without a user's setting operation. An object of the present invention is to provide an operation control method of a transmission / reception device to be set.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a method for controlling the operation of a transmitting / receiving apparatus, comprising a control signal receiving circuit provided in a receiving circuit of a transmitting / receiving apparatus of a mobile unit including a mobile phone, wherein the transmitting / receiving apparatus is provided at a specific location. As you pass through one gate,
The reception mode of the transmission / reception device is changed by a control signal transmitted from the gate.

The reception mode includes a normal reception mode in which the transmission / reception device can simultaneously operate as a receiver of public broadcasting in addition to communication between subscribers, and a reception mode of light and vibration based on a control signal transmitted from a specific gate. An external signal presence mode for notifying the called party of the occurrence of a call by a specific method including any of the above, a communication disable mode for disabling communication by the transmitting / receiving device based on a control signal transmitted from a specific gate, and a specific gate And an automatic answering mode in which the called party automatically answers certain information including a message to the called party based on a control signal transmitted from the called party.

The control signal transmitted from the gate is a control signal having a predetermined center frequency superimposed on a carrier used for communication by the transmitting / receiving device, and the control signal receiving circuit includes at least a control signal. It is characterized by comprising a circuit for detecting a signal, and a circuit for changing a reception mode of the transmission / reception device according to the detected control signal.

Preferably, the circuit for changing the reception mode comprises:
A circuit for controlling an output circuit of the transmission / reception device according to a control signal is included. Preferably, the circuit for changing the reception mode includes a circuit for controlling the power supply of the transmission / reception device according to the control signal.

Preferably, the circuit for changing the reception mode controls the input circuit of the transmission / reception device according to the control signal. Preferably, the circuit for changing the reception mode has a function of changing the reception mode of the transmission / reception device in accordance with the control signal and then holding the changed reception mode for a certain period of time. Also preferably, when a plurality of the gates are present, a circuit is provided which prioritizes a control signal of a specific gate among the plurality of gates.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a block configuration of an operation control method of a transmission / reception device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

A control signal having a center frequency f ₀ input from an antenna 1 is received by a control signal receiving unit 2, a signal pattern of the control signal is determined by a signal processing unit 3, and a normal reception mode is determined according to the signal pattern. The control unit 4 by classifying into a mode with an external signal, a mode with no transmission / reception
Is transmitted to

In the normal reception mode, the transmission / reception device can be operated as a receiver for ordinary public radio waves such as broadcasting in addition to communication between subscribers. For example, if a car passes through a gate provided on a specific road, a transmitter / receiver such as a mobile phone or a car phone carried by the driver starts up as a receiver of road information, and automatically transmits the road information to the owner. Operate.

At this time, the output from the control unit 4 controls the input circuit unit 6 according to the control signal, and tunes the transmitting / receiving device to the frequency of the radio wave for transmitting road information. The normal reception mode is held for a certain period of time necessary to receive road information,
When the time elapses, the tuning is released, and the transmitting / receiving device returns to the function as a mobile phone or the like for performing communication between subscribers.

In the external signal mode, when a holder enters a place where use of the transmitting / receiving device is restricted, such as an entrance of a concert hall, a control signal from a gate provided at the entrance is transmitted from the antenna 1. Receives and transmits a control signal from the control unit 4 to the output circuit unit 5 via the control signal receiving unit 2 and the signal processing unit 3, and the output unit 5 transmits light or vibration for notifying the called party of the call. 9 according to the mode of use in place. In this way, the problem of inadvertent ringing in the concert hall can be easily solved.

In the transmission / reception disabled mode, when a transmission wave from a transmission / reception device causes a malfunction of a device in the place of use, for example, in a hospital or an airplane, and causes a problem in safety measures, the place in the place of use is rejected. A control signal from a gate provided at the entrance is received from the antenna 1, and a control signal is received from the control unit 4 via the control signal receiving unit 2 and the signal processing unit 3 to the output circuit unit 5.
A control signal is transmitted to the input circuit section 6 and the power supply circuit section 7, and the output circuit section 5 is controlled so that signals other than the control signal cannot be transmitted.

At this time, the input unit 6 is controlled so that signals other than control signals cannot be received, or the power supply unit 7 is controlled so that signals other than control signals cannot be transmitted and received. Is also good. In this way, the transmission / reception device can be freely brought into a hospital, an aircraft, or the like without being aware of a problem in safety measures.

For example, there are places where equipment that may cause malfunction due to extraneous radio waves is installed, and places where equipment is not installed, and even places where equipment is not installed, such as hospital rooms and other places. There are areas where different modes of use of the device are desired. At this time, a plurality of gates for generating different control signals are provided for each area, and the optimum use mode is automatically prioritized in the transmitting / receiving device according to the place where the user moves in the hospital. What is necessary is just to make it set dynamically.

In the automatic response mode, a control signal from the gate is received by the antenna 1 and a control signal is transmitted from the control unit 4 to the output circuit unit 5 via the control signal receiving unit 2 and the signal processing unit 3. To output circuit unit 5 and message sending unit 1
The control signal is transmitted to the output unit 8 and the output unit 8 and the antenna 1 are controlled to output a predetermined message.

Next, a method for controlling the operation of the transmitting / receiving apparatus according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows an example of a transmission / reception device operation control circuit embodied according to the block configuration of the transmission / reception device operation control method described with reference to FIG. In particular, the gate 11 is installed in a place where the use mode of the transmitting / receiving device is problematic, and the control signal of the center frequency f ₀
The signal is transmitted while being superimposed on a carrier f _C used for communication.

The transmission / reception apparatus operation control circuit of the second embodiment receives the control signal f ₀ from the gate 11 as described below, and thereby operates the transmission / reception apparatus suitable for the place. The operation mode is automatically set so that

The transmission / reception device operation control circuit includes an antenna 11 for receiving a control signal having a frequency f ₀ superimposed on a carrier wave f _C used for communication, a transmission / reception switch 12, and a band connected to an input unit on the reception side. Width 1805MHz ~ 1880
MHz surface wave (hereinafter referred to as SAW; Surface Acaustic Wave)
Filter 13 and a linear amplifier (hereinafter LNA; Line)
ar Amplifier) 14 and a down converter 15 with a conversion gain of 19 dB are connected.

The local transmission output of the down converter 15 is
1 including a phase lock circuit (hereinafter abbreviated as PLL circuit)
0 to 9 degrees from synthesizer 16 at Hz to 100 MHz
It is supplied via a 0-degree phase converter 17.

The control signal f ₀ having a center frequency of 10 kHz is
The signal is branched from the output of the down converter 15 and input to the A / D converter of the digital control circuit 21 via a band pass filter (hereinafter abbreviated as BPF) 20. The digital control circuit 21 determines the signal pattern of the control signal f ₀ , and the operation mode control data is sent to the digital controller 22.

The communication signal contained in the carrier f _C is a variable gain amplifier (hereinafter referred to as VGA).
Through a digital modulator / demodulator (hereinafter referred to as MOD)
EM; abbreviated as “Modulator Demodulator” 19 is inputted to an analog / digital (hereinafter abbreviated as A / D) converter.

The response signal of the called party is a digital MODEM.
19 digital / analog (hereinafter abbreviated as D / A) converters, and converted into analog signals.
3, transmitted through a preamplifier 24, a variable output transmission amplifier 25, the transmission / reception switch 12, and the antenna 11 to a caller. At this time, the local transmission output of the up-converter 23 is output from the synthesizer 1 including the PLL circuit.
The output supplied through the 6 to 0/90 degree phase converter 17 is branched and used.

When the control data determined by the digital control circuit 21 and sent to the digital controller 22 is in the mode with an external signal, light or vibration for informing the called party of the call is used in the spot. Output according to In the case of the automatic response mode, a predetermined message is output from the antenna 1.

In the transmission / reception disabled mode, the output of the digital controller 22 controls the main circuit of the transmission / reception device surrounded by a broken line 26 in FIG. 2 to set the transmission / reception device to the transmission / reception disabled state. For example, 26
The on / off control of the synthesizer 16, the VGA 18, the power supply, and the like included in the above is selectively performed, and signals other than the control signal are set to a state where transmission and reception are disabled.

For example, the power of the synthesizer 16 can be turned off to disable transmission and reception, and the power of the VGA 18 can be turned off to disable only reception. In addition, transmission amplifier 2
By turning off the power supply of the power supply 5, only transmission can be disabled, and further, by turning off the power of the VGA 18 and the transmission amplifier 25, transmission and reception can be disabled.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. In the above embodiment, the case where four types of reception modes are set has been described as an example.
When the digital control controller described in the embodiment is used, various types of control signals can be determined and classified. Therefore, the use mode of the transmitting / receiving device suitable for various use locations by setting the reception mode in various types. Can be selected.

In the above embodiment, the case where a single-stage gate is provided at the setting location has been described as an example. However, by providing the gates in multiple stages, it is possible to prevent setting malfunction and set multiplexing conditions. In addition, various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0032]

As described above, according to the operation control method of the transmitting / receiving device of the present invention, even if the user forgets to set the control method in advance, the user can pass through a specific place. Thus, it becomes possible to automatically set the optimum operation control method of the transmitting / receiving device according to the use place and use mode of the receiving device.

Further, since various types of operation modes can be set, it is possible to precisely control the operation method of the receiving apparatus according to the place of use. Further, by providing the gates in multiple stages, it is possible to prevent the setting error and prevent the multiplexing. Condition setting becomes possible.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a functional block configuration of an operation control method of a transmission / reception device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of an operation control method of a transmission / reception device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Antenna 2 ... Control signal receiving part 3 ... Signal processing part 4 ... Control part 5 ... Output circuit part 6 ... Input circuit part 7 ... Power supply circuit part 8 ... Output part 9 ... Output part of light, vibration, etc. 10 ... Message Output unit 11 Gate 12 Transmission / reception switch 13 SAW filter 14 LNA 15 Upconverter 16 Synthesizer 17 Phase converter 18 VGA 19 Digital MODEM 20 BPF 21 Digital controller 22 Digital controller 23 ... down converter 24 ... preamplifier 25 ... transmission amplifier 26 ... main part of transmission and reception circuit

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A receiving circuit of a transmitting / receiving device, comprising a control signal receiving circuit, wherein when the transmitting / receiving device passes through at least one gate provided at a specific location, a control signal transmitted from the gate is used to control the transmitting / receiving device. An operation control method for a transmission / reception device, wherein a reception mode is changed. 2. The reception mode includes a normal reception mode in which the transmission / reception device can operate as a receiver of public broadcasting in addition to communication between subscribers, and a light and vibration based on a control signal transmitted from the gate. An external signaled mode for notifying the called party of the occurrence of the call in a particular manner, including any of:
A communication disable mode for disabling communication by the transmitting / receiving device based on a control signal transmitted from the gate, and automatic response of certain information including a message from the called party to the caller based on the control signal transmitted from the gate; 2. An automatic response mode which is one of:
The operation control method of the transmitting / receiving device according to the above. 3. The control signal transmitted from the gate is superimposed on a carrier used for communication by the transmitting and receiving device, and a control signal having a predetermined center frequency is transmitted. The transmission / reception according to claim 1, wherein the reception circuit includes at least a circuit for detecting the control signal, and a circuit for changing a reception mode of the transmission / reception device according to the detected control signal. Device operation control method. 4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the circuit for changing the reception mode includes a circuit for controlling an output circuit of the transmission / reception device according to the control signal. 5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the circuit for changing the reception mode includes a circuit for controlling a power supply of the transmission / reception device according to the control signal. 6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the circuit for changing the reception mode includes a circuit for controlling an input circuit of the transmission / reception device according to the control signal. 7. The circuit for changing the reception mode has a function of changing the reception mode of the transmission / reception device in accordance with the control signal and holding the changed reception mode for a certain period of time. An operation control method for a transmission / reception device according to claim 3. 8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, when there are a plurality of said gates, a circuit for prioritizing a control signal of a specific gate among said plurality of gates. .