JPH11252642A - Portable telephone set having mode in car-driving - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the best use of safety in car-driving and the operability of a portable telephone set by providing an automatic answering function in car-driving in addition to a normal automatic answering function. SOLUTION: A switch 27 connects speakers 28 and 30 to a voice processing part 26 and also connects an incoming LED 34 to a controlling part 12 respectively if a mode key in car-driving of an operation key 24 is not set at the time of receiving an incoming notice from a base station. Then, a controlling part 12 performs prescribed incoming processing. Since a contact of the switch 27 is in a break state if the mode in car-driving is set, incoming display is not notified to a user at all. Also, the part 12 does not perform processing of a normal incoming time even to a displaying part 22 in the mode in car- driving. The part 12 automatically responses in this state and sends prescribed voice guidance to a caller. And when a message is sent from the caller, the message being recorded, the part 12 automatically finishes communication and enters wait-processing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile phone, and more particularly, to a mobile phone with a driving mode having a driving mode function that is activated during driving of an automobile or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mobile telephone can perform communication anywhere in a communication area of a base station. For this reason,
There is a great demand for mobile phones, and in recent years, the improvement of communication networks and the reduction in costs have been synergistic effects, and have been rapidly spreading. For example, mobile phones have become an indispensable business tool even in companies today. For example, it was very difficult for an employee at the head office to contact a sales person on the go or a worker at the site when mobile phones were not widespread. This will allow you to keep in touch almost timely. In addition, as mobile phones have become more sophisticated, their functions have been enhanced as personal media. As an example, a mobile phone has been developed and sold which is capable of recording a message from a caller even when a call cannot be answered, for example, by attaching an answering machine function.

[0003]

However, a mobile phone can receive an incoming call anywhere within the communication area of a base station. For example, if an incoming call is received while driving a car, the mobile phone will receive the incoming call. There was a problem that driving was neglected due to distraction. Certainly, when driving a car, if the power of the mobile phone is turned off, there is no incoming call, but in this case, the user cannot know whether there is an incoming call.

If the answering machine function is turned on, it is possible to record a message from a caller without answering the call. However, also in this case, the user is notified by a sound, display, vibration, or the like that the incoming call is received, so that the sudden incoming call is reflexively distracted, which hinders driving. there were. Furthermore, when the answering machine function is turned on, messages from the caller can be recorded, but at that time, voice guidance is simply sent out that the call cannot be answered, so why not answer the call? However, there was a problem that the caller could not know.

In order to solve such a problem during driving,
For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-70417 discloses that when a vehicle is running, an incoming call is automatically received during a steering wheel operation or a gear change operation, a response waiting state is established, a connection with a calling party is maintained, and a safe state is established. A conventional technology that enables communication is disclosed. However, according to this conventional technique, the automatic incoming call and the response state are limited only during the steering operation or the gear change operation. Therefore, for example, when an oncoming vehicle continues on a narrow road, there is a problem that the handset must be picked up even though it is dangerous.

Also, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-11395 discloses that
The prior art discloses that when a special key (end / correction switch 33 shown in the embodiment) is operated at the time of an incoming call, an incoming call is received and a response is put on hold. Have been. However, in this conventional technique, a special key must be pressed in order to receive an incoming call and put on hold, and even if the special key is enlarged, an eye must be turned to the telephone to operate the key. It was not preferable as an operation during driving.

In order to solve these problems of the prior art,
The applicant of the present application has previously filed Japanese Patent Application No. 9-46995, and discloses a technique in which a call is automatically received without any operation during driving and a response holding state is set. However, even in this conventional technique, the driver is notified of the incoming call during driving, which may hinder the driving operation.

On the other hand, as a conventional technique which does not hinder the driving, there is an answering service which is a subscriber service of NTT. In this service, a message from a caller is recorded in an answering machine provided at a base station in place of a mobile phone of a receiving party (partner). However, when using this service, from the viewpoint of the receiver,
Each time the telephone is started up or a call is received, a notification message is received from the answering machine and a message indicating that is displayed on the display of the telephone. Therefore, the user has to listen to the message message addressed to himself, and there is a problem that the operation is troublesome.

More specifically, the service telephone number to the answering machine must always be remembered, and it is possible to confirm the presence or absence of a recorded message at the time of starting up the telephone (power on) or calling. Did not. Further, when the vehicle is not driving, there is also a problem that it is necessary to make a call (access) to the answering service center of the base station each time to listen to a message message recorded by the base station.

The present invention solves such problems of the prior art, and provides both an answering function during driving and a good answering function during driving by providing an answering function during driving, in addition to a normal answering function. It is an object to provide a mobile phone with a driving mode.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a mobile phone with a driving mode connected to a base station via a wireless link, for receiving an incoming call from the base station.
Incoming call notification means that notifies the user of an incoming call by sound, display or vibration, and an answering machine that automatically responds to incoming calls from the base station, sends voice guidance to the caller, and records a message from the caller Mode setting means, automatic mode response means for automatically answering an incoming call from the base station, sending voice guidance to the caller and recording a message from the caller, driving mode setting means, incoming call notification means, answering machine mode Control means for controlling the setting means and the operating mode setting means. The control means activates the incoming call notifying means to notify the user of the incoming call when there is an incoming call from the base station when the answering machine mode setting means is set, and activates the answering machine mode setting means to call the calling party. Record a message from. The control means also activates the operating mode setting means without activating the incoming call notifying means and records a message from the caller when an incoming call is received from the base station when the operating mode setting means is set. Then, when the setting of the driving mode setting means is canceled, the user is notified that this message has been recorded.

[0012]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a mobile phone with a driving mode according to the present invention; FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a mobile phone with a driving mode according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a transmission / reception circuit unit 10 to which an antenna is connected is a circuit that performs transmission / reception processing in a mobile phone under the control of a control unit 12 incorporating a microcomputer. That is, the transmission / reception circuit unit 10 modulates an audio signal, data, a control signal, or the like at a high frequency and sends it out of the antenna, or demodulates an audio signal, data, control signal, or the like received from the antenna, and outputs the demodulated signal to the control unit 12.

The control unit 12 operates the operation keys 24 and the transmission / reception circuit unit 10 according to a program described in the ROM 14.
Operates in response to a control signal from the
The D driver 18, the voice processing unit 26, and the switch 27 are controlled to perform call processing in voice communication. The control unit 12 is connected to the RAM 16 and stores the RAM 16 in a ROM.
14 is used as a work area when the program described in 14 is executed.

An LCD driver 18 drives a display unit 22 which is an LCD under the control of the control unit 12 to control the display of the display unit 22. That is, the LCD driver 18 stores character patterns (including numbers) and icon (graphic) patterns corresponding to the control signals from the control unit 12 in the font ROM 2.
It is read from 0 and displayed on the display unit 22.

The operation keys 24 include numeric keys for inputting the telephone number of the called telephone, off-hook keys for calling or answering, and function keys for setting various functions. Specifically, the function keys of the operation keys 24 include, for example, an answering machine mode key for setting an answering machine mode and an operating mode key for setting an operating mode.
In addition, the answering machine mode key and the driving mode key may be configured by the same key, and each setting may be performed, or each setting may be separately provided to perform each setting.

When the answering machine mode is set by the answering machine mode key, the user is notified of the incoming call from the base station by a ringing tone, an incoming call LED display, vibration, or the like. In addition, an automatic response is performed, and voice guidance such as “I cannot answer the phone now. Please give me a message” is sent to the caller, and the message sent from the caller is recorded. When the driving mode is set by the driving mode key, an automatic response is made to the incoming call from the base station without notifying the user of the incoming call. Then, voice guidance such as "I am currently driving and cannot answer the phone. Please give me a message" is sent to the caller and a message from the caller is recorded. The above control is performed by the control unit 12, and the message from the caller is recorded in the RAM 16.

The audio processing unit 26 is a circuit for performing an amplification process of an audio signal, and is connected to a speaker 28 and a microphone 30 via a switch 27. That is, when a voice signal is input from the control unit 12, the voice processing unit 26 amplifies the signal and outputs the amplified signal from the speaker 28, and when a voice signal is input from the microphone 30, amplifies the signal and outputs the amplified signal to the control unit 12.

The switch 27 controls the control signal 10 of the control unit 12.
A switch that performs a switching process with 0. The switch 27 is a speaker 28 and a microphone 30 and an incoming LED.
34, a ringing speaker (ringer) 35 is connected. Each contact of the switch 27 is normally in a make state (connected state), and enters a break state (disconnected state) when the control signal 100 is input. That is, when the operating mode key of the operation keys 24 is pressed to set the operating mode, the control unit 12 sends the control signal 1 to the switch 27.
00 is output to bring the switch contact into the break state as shown in FIG. The incoming call LED 34 is a light emitting diode that blinks at the time of an incoming call under the control of the control unit 12 to notify the user of the incoming call. The ringer 35 outputs a ringtone at the time of an incoming call under the control of the control unit 2.

FIG. 2 shows a processing flow of the portable telephone shown in FIG. The operation of the mobile phone with the driving mode will be described below with reference to FIGS. When the incoming call notification is received from the base station, if the driving mode key among the operation keys 24 is not set (200), the speaker 28 and the microphone 30 are switched by the switch 27 to the audio processing unit 26.
, And the incoming call LED 34 is connected to the control unit 12. Therefore, when the control unit 12 performs the incoming call process, the incoming LED 34 blinks, the backlight of the display unit 22 is turned on, and the ringer 35 sounds a ring tone (202).

As a result, when the user operates the off-hook key (response key) in the operation keys 24 (204),
Under the control of the base station, a link with the caller is established, and a call state is entered (206). Further, even when the off-hook key is not operated (204), if the answering machine mode is set by the answering machine mode key of the operation keys 24 (208), the control unit 12 performs an automatic response, for example, "Call now. Please leave a message. Please give me a message. "
Then, when a message is sent from the caller, the message is recorded, an automatic call termination is performed (210), and a standby process is started.

In step 200, if the operating mode is set, the switch 27 is in the break state as shown in FIG. 1 so that the incoming call display is not notified to the user at all. Further, the control unit 12 does not perform the normal incoming call processing on the display unit 22 in the driving mode. In this state, the control unit 12 performs an automatic response, for example, "You are currently driving and cannot answer the telephone. Please give me a message."
Is sent to the caller. Then, when a message is sent from the caller, the message is recorded, an automatic call is terminated (210), and a standby process is started.

As described above in detail, according to the present embodiment, if the driving mode is set, even if there is an incoming call, the incoming call is made to the user by a ring tone, a screen display, a lamp display, vibration, or the like. Instead of notifying the presence of the caller, the caller is notified that the vehicle is being driven, and a process of recording a message from the caller is performed. Therefore, if this mode is set during driving, an incoming call does not disturb driving, and since the calling party knows that driving is in progress, the probability of recording a message from the calling party is increased. Furthermore, since the recorded message can be confirmed when the driving mode is cancelled, it is possible to respond to the recorded message promptly without hindering driving.

[0023]

As described above, according to the mobile phone with the driving mode according to the present invention, the message from the caller can be recorded without obstructing the driving of the user. Therefore, if the user sets the driving mode according to the present invention even when driving a car, the user can turn on the power of the mobile phone and use it with ease.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of a mobile phone with a driving mode according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 transmission / reception circuit unit 12 control unit 14 ROM 16 RAM 18 LCD driver 20 font ROM 22 display unit 24 operation keys 26 sound processing unit 27 switch 28 speaker 30 microphone 34 incoming LED 35 ringer

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A mobile phone with a driving mode connected to a base station via a wireless link, wherein in response to an incoming call from the base station, an incoming call notifying means for notifying the user of an incoming call by sound, display or vibration; An answering machine mode setting means for automatically answering an incoming call from the base station, sending voice guidance to the caller and recording a message from the caller, and automatically answering the incoming call from the base station. A driving mode setting means for transmitting voice guidance to the caller and recording a message from the caller; and a control means for controlling the incoming call notification means, the answering machine mode setting means and the driving mode setting means. The control means activates the incoming call notifying means and notifies the user of the incoming call when there is an incoming call from the base station when the answering machine mode setting means is set. And activates the answering machine mode setting means to record a message from the caller, and, when the driving mode setting means is set, if there is an incoming call from the base station, the incoming call notifying means Activate the driving mode setting means without starting and record a message from the caller, and when the setting of the driving mode setting means is released, inform the user that this message has been recorded. A mobile phone with an in-operation mode, which provides notification. 2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein
The mobile phone with a driving mode, wherein the answering machine mode setting means and the driving mode setting means transmit different voice guidance to the caller.