KR100586149B1 - Method For Controling of Schedule Management Information In Mobile Telecommunication Terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

When notification of various management information set in the notepad or scheduler is required while the mobile communication terminal is in a call state or in a call connection state, the duty value of the output signal for notification is adjusted to notify the user through vibration or an alarm sound. will be.

According to the present invention, if the occurrence of an event for notifying a user in a user-defined schedule or operation of a mobile communication terminal while maintaining a standby mode, the current mobile communication terminal is busy or attempting to connect a call. If it is determined that the status is busy or attempting to connect to the phone, it enters a mode for notifying of the occurrence of the event by vibration and instructs the user to generate the event through the vibration. Displaying an event generated through the terminal, and ending the indication mode of the event according to the user's event confirmation signal and maintaining the current mode, and the vibration period for event notification is an incoming call by adjusting the duty value. It is characterized in that it is adjusted to a period different from the vibration period for notification.

Therefore, while the sign language means of the mobile communication terminal is in close contact with the ear, the alarm sound for the event occurrence is output as an alarm sound that does not cause vibration or discomfort, thereby providing reliability in the use of the mobile communication terminal.

Description

{Method For Controling of Schedule Management Information In Mobile Telecommunication Terminal}

1 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for controlling schedule management information output of a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart for executing schedule management information output control in a mobile communication terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram illustrating an apparatus for controlling schedule management information output of a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart for performing schedule management information output control in a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5A and 5B are diagrams of duty waveforms for outputting schedule management information in a mobile communication terminal according to another embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: duplexer 20: receiver

30: transmitter 40: PLL

50: control unit 60: display unit

70: first memory part 80: second memory part

90: motor 100: voice processing unit

110: PWM

The present invention relates to a mobile communication terminal, and more particularly, an output signal for notification when notification of various schedule management information set in a notepad or a scheduler is required while the mobile communication terminal is in a call state or a call connection is in progress. The present invention relates to a method of controlling schedule information output in a mobile communication terminal to notify a user through a vibration or an alarm sound by adjusting a duty value of the mobile terminal.

In general, with the development of the integration technology of the semiconductor chip and the development of the program technology, the processor embedded in the mobile communication terminal is capable of fast data processing and multifunctional mounting.

According to the development of this technology, the mobile communication terminal has the function of phone number booklet, the function of scheduler for personal schedule management, the alarm function for notifying the appointment time, the incoming call or the reception of message during the call. Receive and notify functions are included to meet the needs of consumers.

In the case of using the various functions provided by the mobile communication terminal as described above, the conventional mobile communication terminal sends an alarm for the notification of status information on the current battery capacity or the notification of the appointment time set by the user, the scheduler In order to notify the user by sending an alarm sound when an incoming call or reception of a message is detected during a call or attempting to connect a call, an individual schedule management for notification of the meeting time or appointment time set in FIG. It is,

Therefore, the alarm tone such as the alarm time or schedule management set by the user as described above while the call is set up with a random party or the call connection attempt is made, and the alarm sound, such as a battery capacity state, is ringing. There is a problem that causes the discomfort in the user and the other party is output because the output level.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described general problems, and an object thereof is to detect an incoming call when an event of schedule management information for notifying a user occurs while proceeding with a call set up or attempting to connect a call with an arbitrary party. By controlling the output duty of the signal to notify the user to notify the occurrence of the event at a level different from the normal signal level, to eliminate the discomfort caused by the alarm sound output for the event occurrence of the management information to the user and the called party To provide reliability in use.

According to the present invention for achieving the above object, in the mobile communication terminal, a user-defined schedule management or occurrence of an event for notifying a user in operation of the mobile communication terminal is detected while maintaining a standby mode. Determining whether or not the current mobile communication terminal is busy or attempting to make a call when the occurrence of the event is detected; If it is determined that the event is to enter the mode for notifying the occurrence of the event of vibration by instructing the occurrence of the event to the user through the generation of vibration and then displaying the event generated by the display means, and the user event confirmation signal Exits the indication mode of the event and maintains the current mode Characterized in that it comprises a process.

The vibration period for the event notification is adjusted to a period different from the vibration period for the incoming call notification by adjusting the duty value, the mobile communication terminal in the state that the occurrence of the event for notification to the user is detected When the call is busy or attempts to connect the call, an alarm sound having a period different from that of the alarm sound for notification of the incoming call is notified of the occurrence of an event.

In addition, the period of the alarm sound notification of the fact of the event is characterized in that the period of the duty is adjusted by the pulse width adjustment means is output at a lower level than the alarm sound of the incoming call notification.

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

As can be seen in FIG. 1, a mobile communication terminal according to the present invention includes an antenna ANT, a duplexer 10, a receiver 20, a transmitter 30, a PLL 40, a controller 50, and a display 60. ), The first memory unit 70, the second memory unit 80, the motor 90, the voice processing unit 100 and the microphone (MIC) and the speaker (SPK) as a transmission and reception means, the antenna (ANT) It transmits and receives information on the location registration of a mobile communication terminal, a voice call signal, and text data as a radio frequency signal (RF) signal through a set frequency channel with a base station (not shown).

The duplexer 10 is responsible for switching to prevent a collision between the transmitted signal and the received signal while the mobile communication terminal performs transmission and reception with the base station.

The receiver 20 is responsible for a function of extracting a call voice signal and a text data signal received at a high frequency through the duplexer 10 at an intermediate frequency, and then fixing the phase to the controller 50.

Transmitter 30 is responsible for the function of transmitting the user's transmission voice signal or text data signal formed into a packet of a high frequency signal and then fixed the phase to the base station (not shown) through the duplexer (10).

The PLL 40 is responsible for fixing a phase of a received signal extracted at an intermediate frequency according to a control signal applied from the controller 50 and fixing a phase of a transmission signal formed of a high frequency signal for transmission to a base station. .

The controller 50 controls overall operations for processing analysis of the voice signal and text data transmitted and received, and is responsible for executing the corresponding operations according to the analyzed results.

In addition, when the current mode for notification of event occurrence of management information is an alarm sound, but the above event occurrence is detected while attempting a call connection or a call is connected, change the notification mode of the event to vibration and then vibrate. Adjust the duty of occurrence.

The display unit 60 is in charge of a function of notifying the user by displaying information on the general operation state and the generated event according to the use of the mobile communication terminal according to the control signal applied from the controller 50.

The first memory unit 70 is formed of a ROM, which is a nonvolatile memory device, and an overall algorithm for operating the mobile terminal device is set to provide corresponding data information according to an access request of the controller 50.

The second memory unit 80 is formed of RAM, which is a volatile memory device. The second memory unit 80 temporarily stores data accessed from the first memory unit 70 at the time of initializing booting of the mobile communication terminal. It executes, and is responsible for storing the other party's phone number, alarm time, schedule management information, etc. that the user inputs for the function of the phone number.

When the notification mode of the incoming signal applied through the base station (not shown) is set to the vibration mode, the motor 90 generates vibration in accordance with the duty control signal applied at the duty cycle set by the controller 50 to which the incoming signal is applied. It is responsible for notifying the user of the fact.

The voice processing unit 100 connects a microphone MIC, which is a handset, and a speaker SPK, modulates an analog transmission voice signal input to the microphone MIC into a digital signal, and modulates the digital signal received from the base station. Is demodulated to an analog voice signal and output through a speaker (SPK).

The operation of executing management information output control in the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention having the function as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

In the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention, operations for location registration and voice call and text data transmission and reception with a base station, which are not shown, are the same as operations with a general mobile communication terminal, and thus descriptions thereof will be omitted.

In a call waiting state where power is supplied to the mobile communication terminal (S101), the controller 50 analyzes various schedule management information of the user set in the second memory unit 80 to detect whether an event for notifying the user is detected. It is determined (S102).

When the occurrence of the event is detected in the above, it is determined whether the mobile communication terminal is currently conducting a call or attempting to make a call through a channel established with an arbitrary counterpart (S103).

When the occurrence of the event is detected as described above, if it is determined that the mobile communication terminal is in a call or attempts to make a call through a call-set channel, the controller 50 notifies the event by sending an alarm sound. In the mode for the automatic switching to the mode for notifying the generation of the vibration and then the duty control signal for notifying the occurrence of the event to the motor 90 side by generating the vibration through the drive of the motor 90 The user is notified of the occurrence (S104).

The duty signal outputted to the motor 90 side has a duty cycle that is completely different from the duty cycle of the normal cycle set to notify the mobile communication terminal in the vibration mode when the incoming signal is received. To distinguish between them.

As described above, after executing a notification of an event occurrence with respect to a management schedule of a user while in a call or attempting to make a call connection, the controller 50 displays a status of an event currently occurring through the display unit 60 (S105). In response to the detection of the user confirmation signal, the displayed information of the event is cleared and the standby mode is entered (S106).

If it is determined that the state of the mobile communication terminal determined by the controller 50 is not in a call or maintains a standby state not attempting to make a call connection in the state where the occurrence of the event is detected, the occurrence of the event is notified at a regular cycle. Outputs a control signal to the speaker (SPK) through the voice processing unit 100 to notify that the event has occurred in the schedule management set by the user in a normal cycle (S107), the information on the generated event The display is displayed on the display unit 60 (S105), and enters a normal standby mode according to the user's event confirmation to continuously monitor whether or not an event has occurred (S106).

In addition, in another embodiment when the mechanical configuration for generating vibration in the mobile communication terminal is excluded, as can be seen in Figure 3, the second memory unit 80 in the conventional mobile communication terminal configured as shown in FIG. In the event that an event occurs in the schedule management set by the user in the process of notifying the user through the sending of the alarm sound in addition to the PWM 110 for adjusting the period of the alarm sound is sent to distinguish from the normal incoming signal do.

An operation of varying the period of the alarm sound by the duty control of the control signal for transmitting the alarm sound as described above will be described with reference to FIG. 4.

In a call waiting state in which power is supplied to the mobile communication terminal (S201), the controller 50 analyzes various management schedule information of the user set in the second memory unit 80 to detect whether an event for notifying the user is detected. It is determined (S202).

When the occurrence of the event is detected in the above, it is determined whether the mobile communication terminal is currently conducting a call or attempting to make a call through a channel established with a certain counterpart (S203).

When the occurrence of the event is detected as described above, if it is determined that the mobile communication terminal is in a call or attempts to make a call through a call-set channel, the controller 50 notifies the event by sending an alarm sound. For example, as shown in FIG. 5A, a control signal is applied to the PWM 110 to shorten the period of the transmission time as shown in FIG. 5B in the duty of the normal period for notification of the incoming signal (S204).

At this time, the PWM 110 modulates the pulse width according to the control signal applied from the controller 50 to generate a duty signal having a cycle as shown in FIG. 5B to generate an event by sending an alarm sound through the speaker SPK. The user is notified of the fact (S205).

As described above, the event occurrence of the user's management schedule is notified by the transmission of a short alarm sound while the user is in a call or attempts to make a call, and then the control unit 50 displays the current event situation through the display unit 60. In operation S206, information on the displayed event is cleared according to the detection of the user confirmation signal, and the apparatus enters the standby mode (S207).

If it is determined that the state of the mobile communication terminal determined by the controller 50 is not in a call or maintains a standby state not attempting to make a call connection in the state where the occurrence of the event is detected, the occurrence of the event is notified at a regular cycle. By applying a control signal to the PWM (110) side to notify that the event has occurred in the schedule management set by the user by the modulation of the pulse width by the PWM (110) (S208), the information on the generated event The display unit 60 displays the data through the display unit 60 (S206), and enters a normal standby mode according to the user's event confirmation to continuously monitor whether or not an event has occurred (S207).

Although the type of the event for notifying the user has been described with respect to the schedule management information, an event that occurs when the mobile communication terminal moves to a call dead zone or to a callable area from a dead zone and a battery discharge occurs. In the case of an event, a text message during a call or an event for an incoming call request, the present invention also includes notifying the user as described above.

As described above, according to the present invention, when an event occurs in the schedule management set by the user or the use of the mobile communication terminal while the mobile communication terminal is in a call or attempts to make a call, the present invention provides vibration and a beep sound for notification of an incoming call. The output is provided as a vibration or a beeping sound having a different period so that the user can recognize it, thereby providing convenience and reliability in use.

Claims (4)

In the mobile communication terminal, Determining whether an occurrence of an event for notifying a user is detected in a schedule management set by a user or operation of the mobile communication terminal while the standby mode is maintained; Determining whether the current mobile communication terminal is busy or attempting to make a call when the occurrence of the event is detected; If it is determined that the call is busy or attempting to make a call, the user enters a mode for notifying the occurrence of the event by vibration and instructs the user to generate the event through the vibration and then generates the signal through the display means. Displaying an event; A method for controlling schedule output information in a mobile communication terminal, comprising: ending an instruction mode of an event according to an event confirmation signal of a user and maintaining a current mode; The method of claim 1, And the vibration period for event notification is adjusted to a period different from the vibration period for incoming call notification by adjusting the duty value. The method of claim 1, If the mobile communication terminal is busy or attempts to make a call when the occurrence of an event for notification is detected to the user, the event is generated by an alarm sound having a period different from that of the alarm call notification. And a schedule management information output control method in the mobile communication terminal. The method of claim 3, wherein And the period of the alarm sound for notifying the fact of the event is output by the pulse width adjusting means at a lower level than the alarm sound of the incoming call notification.

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