KR20000011552U - Mobile communication device with automatic switching from vibrate mode to phone ring mode - Google Patents

Abstract

As personal handheld communication devices such as mobile phones, PCS, mobile satellite phones, and pagers have become popular, ringing bells in places that require quietness, such as churches, concerts, theaters, courts, and educational venues There is a problem that interferes with. In order to cope with this problem, portable communication devices capable of one-touch switching have been developed and released to easily change the phone ring to vibration. A user of a mobile communication device having such a function can easily switch to a vibration using a one touch key when entering a place requiring quietness, or can easily switch to a telephone ring using a one touch key even when leaving. However, when leaving, the user may forget and do not switch to the telephone ring. The present invention is intended to have a function to automatically switch to a telephone ring after a certain time from the vibration to solve this problem. It is easy for the user to enter how long the vibration will be switched to after a certain amount of time, and if the user does not enter a certain time, the vibration mode is kept. For example, if you switch to vibration with one touch key or multi key, the display will show 'Continue (), 30 minutes (0), 1 hour (1), 2 hours (2), 3 hours (3), 4 hours (4) ', etc., and input key in () are displayed.If user selects' 0', it automatically switches to ringing after 30 minutes.If selecting '1', after 1 hour, '2' If you select '2' after 3 hours, if you select '3' after 3 hours, if you select 4 you can specify the time to automatically switch to the ringing in the same way. On the other hand, nothing is displayed in the continuation (), meaning that if there is no input key for a few seconds, it will automatically remain in vibration mode. When the call is automatically switched, a short beep is sounded to notify the time of the switch. This allows the user to switch back to vibration if it needs to vibrate for longer than a specified time. And whether it is in the vibration mode for a certain time or in the vibration mode continuously, if a key to switch to the telephone ring is input, the phone immediately returns to the telephone ring regardless of time.

Description

Mobile communication device with automatic switching from vibrate mode to phone ring mode

According to the present invention, when the user of the portable communication device switches to the vibrate mode by one-touch key or multi-key, the user automatically returns to the phone ringing after a certain time so that the user forgets to switch to the phone ringing.

With the spread of personal mobile communication devices, users can easily switch the phone ring to vibrate mode when entering a place requiring quietness in order to minimize the disturbance of others to the phone ringing, and also to easily switch from the vibrate mode to the ringtone when coming out. There is a function to operate with only one touch key. However, in this case, if you forget to switch from the vibration mode to the telephone ring, there is a problem that remains in the vibration mode.

When the user switches from the ringer mode to the vibrate mode, the user can specify the expected time to remain in the vibrate mode in advance in case they forget to switch to the ringer mode and automatically switch to the ringer mode after the specified time has elapsed. At this time, when the phone is automatically switched to the bell mode, a short beep or vibration is generated so that the user is notified, or when the time to stay in the vibration mode is longer than the expected vibration time. In addition, when in the vibration mode, if a key to switch to the ringtone is input, the ringtone is immediately switched regardless of the estimated time.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has an input device for allowing a user to enter an expected constant time to switch to a vibration mode or a ringtone mode, or to enter the vibration mode, and a display unit to display the input information. The hardware of a mobile communication device comprising a memory for storing, a receiving unit for notifying a controller that a telephone call has arrived, a driving unit for ringing a telephone, a vibration driving unit for vibrating, and a controller for receiving and adjusting information from all the above hardware, It is characterized by consisting of software to operate to have a function.

1 is a flowchart showing a method for automatically switching to a telephone ring mode

2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile communication device having an automatic switching function;

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

In Figure 2

10: key input unit 20: controller (CPU)

30: memory 40: display

50: vibration driving unit 60: bell driving unit

70: receiver

The present invention relates to a mobile communication device having a function to automatically switch to a telephone ring after a certain time from the vibration, it is easy for the user to enter a certain time to switch to the telephone ring after a certain time from the vibration If you do not enter, keep in vibration mode.

For example, if you switch to vibration with one touch key or multi key, the display will show 'Continue (), 30 minutes (0), 1 hour (1), 2 hours (2), 3 o'clock (3), 4 hours (4) ', etc., and input key in () are displayed.If user selects' 0', it automatically switches to ringing after 30 minutes.If selecting '1', after 1 hour, '2' If you select '2' after 3 hours, if you select '3' after 3 hours, if you select 4 you can specify the time to automatically switch to the ringing in the same way. On the other hand, nothing is displayed in the continuation (), meaning that if there is no input key for a few seconds, it will automatically remain in vibration mode.

When the call is automatically switched to a short beep or vibrates to notify the time of conversion.

This allows the user to switch back to vibration if it needs to vibrate for longer than a specified time. And whether it is in the vibration mode for a certain time or in the vibration mode continuously, if a key to switch to the telephone ring is input, the phone immediately returns to the telephone ring regardless of time.

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

1 is an embodiment of a flowchart showing a method of automatically switching from a vibration mode to a telephone ring mode in a portable communication device which switches to a telephone ring mode / vibration mode with one touch key, and FIG. 2 is a portable having a function of automatically switching from a telephone ring mode to a vibration mode. One embodiment of a block diagram showing the configuration of a communication device.

First, referring to the block diagram of FIG. 2, when the one-touch key is input through the key input unit 10, the controller 20 checks whether the current mode is the phone ring mode or the vibration mode from the memory 30, and if the vibration mode is the phone ring mode. When switching to the telephone ring mode, the memory 30 stores the vibration mode and the vibration time, that is, whether to continue the vibration or the predetermined time vibration. In addition, information necessary for such an operation process, that is, the changed mode and the vibration time, are displayed on the display 40 so that the user can select it. Now, when the telephone is received from the receiver 70, the vibration driver 50 is driven in the vibration mode, and the bell driver 60 is driven in the telephone ring mode.

1 is an embodiment of a flowchart illustrating a method of automatically switching from a vibration mode to a telephone ring mode in a portable communication device that switches to a telephone ring mode / vibration mode with a mode switching one-touch key.

When the power of the mobile communication device is turned on, the initial setting of the mode = 0, the continuous vibration mode = 0, and the vibration time = 0 goes through a process (100), where the mode is '0' to indicate the telephone ring mode and to '1'. Vibration mode indicates the continuous vibration mode '0' means that the vibration time is not a constant vibration mode, '1' means that the vibration time is continued without being determined. Recognizing the input key through the process of accepting the key input after the initial set (110) and the process of determining the mode switch one-touch key (120), if the mode switch one-touch key (170) to check the current mode If the current mode is the telephone ring mode (mode = 0), the process proceeds to the step 200 of switching to the vibration mode (mode = 1), and if the current mode is the vibration mode (mode = 1), the telephone ring mode (mode = 0) The process proceeds to step 180 of switching to. In the process of switching to the vibration mode (200), the mode = 1 and the vibration mode is changed, and the display unit continues (), 30 minutes (0), 1 hour (1), 2 hours (2), 3 hours ( 3), 4 hours (4) Enter the key corresponding to the desired vibration time. If there is no key input within 10 seconds, it automatically continues to vibrate mode. The process of displaying characters such as '210' is performed to check whether there is a key input or not (220). If not, the process proceeds to step 160 to perform the general vibration function through step 260 of continuing vibration mode = 1. If there is a key input within 10 seconds, the process of checking whether the input key is '0' (230) and if it is '0', the process of starting to count the vibration time through the process (270) to make the vibration time = 30 minutes ( 250, and if it is not '0', the process proceeds to the step 240 of setting the time of the input number as the vibration time, and then proceeds to the vibration time coefficient start process 250 to start counting the vibration time. Then, the process returns to the process of key input 110 through the process of performing the general miscellaneous function 160. Meanwhile, if the current mode is the vibration mode (mode = 1) in the process of checking the current mode (170), the mode = 0 and the vibration time = 0 through the process 180 of switching to the telephone ring mode (mode = 0). The process proceeds to step 160 of performing the general miscellaneous function through the process 190 of continuing vibration mode = 0. In the process of checking whether the one-touch key is 120 or not, the vibration mode and the continuous vibration mode are checked (130 and 140). If the set vibration time has passed through the process of checking 150, the process proceeds to a process 180 of switching to the telephone ring mode. If it is not the vibration mode and the continuous vibration mode, and if the set vibration time has not been reached, the process returns to the process 110 for accepting the input key through the process of performing the general other functions (160).

In order to prevent the user from forgetting to switch to the telephone ring when switching from the telephone ring mode to the vibration mode using the one touch key or the multi-key, the present invention can designate the vibration to be continued or set a certain time. By automatically switching to the ringing after a specified time, the user returns to the ringing ring even if the user forgets to switch to the ringing ring.

Claims (4)

When the phone ring mode is switched to the vibrate mode by using one-touch key or multi-key, it is easy to select whether to keep the vibration mode or specify a certain time, and the mobile communication device automatically switches to the phone ring when the designated time is reached. The method of claim 1, wherein the method automatically enters the vibration mode if there is no key input to designate a predetermined time when the vibration mode is switched. The method of claim 1, wherein when the user switches to the telephone ring mode for a designated time in the vibration mode, a method of notifying the user through a short beep or vibration. When switching from the vibration mode to the telephone ring mode by using one-touch key or multi-key, it is easy to select whether to keep the telephone ring mode or set a certain time, and the mobile communication device that automatically switches to the vibration mode when the designated time is reached.