KR20020076745A - Method for displaying call received in wireless mobile station - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method of displaying a call receiving state of a wireless mobile terminal is provided to alternately supply various colors corresponding to vibrations or melody on an LCD panel by using many color LEDs while generating the melody and the vibrations, thereby improving a using environment of a terminal. CONSTITUTION: When a call signal is detected through a transceiving block while a wireless mobile terminal is in a standby mode(302,304), a control block extracts melody and color driving signals, and supplies the melody and color driving signals to a melody driving block and a display block. A speaker outputs melody selected by a user under control of the melody driving block. An LCD panel of the display block selectively or alternately displays various colors according to the rhythm of the melody(306). If the user is off-hooked(308), the melody and the colors are not outputted, and the terminal is converted to a speech mode(310,312).

Description

How to display call reception status of wireless mobile terminal {METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CALL RECEIVED IN WIRELESS MOBILE STATION}

The present invention relates to a wireless mobile station, and more particularly, to a method for displaying a call reception state of a wireless mobile terminal, which is suitable for audio-visually displaying a reception state of a call in a wireless mobile terminal.

Recently, according to the development of semiconductor technology, electronic technology, communication technology and the like, wireless mobile communication, for example, CDMA or TDMA cellular phone or personal mobile communication (PCS), GSM phone, smart phone, WAP (wireless application protocol) The demand for wireless mobile communication such as phones is rapidly spreading. Furthermore, broadband wireless mobile terminals (also called IMT-2000), which are being globally standardized (or standardized), aim to launch multimedia services in the near future. From the time of launching, demand spread of wireless mobile communication will be further accelerated.

The wireless mobile terminals as described above are each provided with a display panel (for example, an LCD panel), which provides a standby screen in a call waiting state (display), and provides additional information service (for example, It provides various menu screens for the provision of screen setting, reception mode setting, voice dialing, call time confirmation, etc., and also text data of telephone numbers input according to user's operation during dialing (or telephone number input) for calling. Provide (display).

On the other hand, in terms of its morphological distinction, the currently commercialized products include bar, flip, and clamshells. In recent years, the spread of clamshells, in which a display panel and an operation panel are covered by an upper panel, is widely used. Proliferation is mainstream.

In recent years, a folding wireless mobile terminal has adopted a dual LCD, for example, an LCD panel mounted inside the folder and a dual LCD mounted on the outside of the folder. It displays the caller's telephone number, and displays the current status information (for example, radio wave reception strength, battery remaining time, time, etc.) of the wireless mobile terminal in the standby mode.

In other words, in the case of a folder type wireless mobile terminal, the user can check the current status information of the wireless mobile terminal only when the user opens the upper panel. However, in the case of a folder type wireless mobile terminal employing a dual LCD, the external LCD panel can be opened without opening the top panel. The present situation is rapidly spreading because it provides a user's convenience to immediately check the current state information of the terminal through.

In addition, in recent years, according to the global trend of legislating the provision of caller ID service, a service for displaying an external LCD panel of a caller's phone number at the time of call reception is spreading.

Therefore, when providing the caller indication service, when the wireless mobile terminal receives a call, the caller's telephone number is displayed through an external LCD panel while the telephone ring (or vibration) rings under the control of the embedded microprocessor.

That is, the conventional wireless mobile terminal generates a ringtone for notifying the reception of a call, thereby providing an audible recognition of the user, and providing a visual caller recognition of the user by displaying a caller's telephone number on an external LCD panel.

On the other hand, unlike the above-described conventional method of providing the generation of a ring tone and the display of the caller's number when a call is received, if a visual external display is provided in conjunction with the rhythm of the melody (or vibration) that occurs upon receipt of the call, In addition to improving the usage environment for the wireless mobile terminal, it will be possible to meet various service needs of users. However, there are no proposals for such service techniques to date.

Accordingly, the present invention devised in view of the above point, the wireless movement that can display a plurality of color colors corresponding to the rhythm of the melody or vibration generated by the reception of the call through the external LCD panel of the dual clamshell terminal. An object of the present invention is to provide a method for displaying a call reception status of a terminal.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a call reception status display method of a wireless mobile terminal capable of displaying a plurality of color colors corresponding to the rhythm of melody or vibration generated in response to a call through an LCD panel of a bar or flip type terminal. have.

In accordance with one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of visually displaying a call reception state in a clamshell terminal having an internal LCD panel, an external LCD panel, and a speaker. Selecting and specifying one of the color information of the reception state indication information; When the reception of a call is detected, it outputs the selected melody through the speaker and simultaneously or repeatedly alternates a plurality of color colors according to the rhythm of the selected melody through the external LCD panel having a plurality of color LEDs. Displaying the call, and visually servicing the reception state of the call; And a process of continuously performing the audiovisual service process until the hook of the clamshell terminal is turned off.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of visually displaying a reception state of a call in a bar-type or flip-type terminal having an LCD panel and a speaker, and among the plurality of pre-stored melodies and corresponding color color information. Selecting and specifying one of the reception status indication information; When the reception of a call is detected, the plurality of color colors are repeatedly or alternately outputted according to the rhythm of the selected designated melody through the LCD panel having a plurality of color LEDs while simultaneously outputting the selected melody through the speaker. Displaying and visually servicing the call reception state; And continuously performing the audio-visual service process until the hook of the bar-type or flip-type terminal is turned off.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a wireless mobile terminal suitable for briefly describing a method for indicating a call reception status in a wireless mobile terminal according to the present invention;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a user selects a desired melody from among a plurality of set melodies for displaying a call reception state according to the present invention;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of visually displaying a reception state of a call according to the rhythm of a melody in a wireless mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of the code | symbol about the principal part of drawing>

102: transmission and reception block 104: control block

106: storage block 108: melody drive block

110: speaker 112: display block

The above and other objects and various advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the preferred embodiments of the present invention described below with reference to the accompanying drawings by those skilled in the art.

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

First, a key technical aspect of the present invention utilizes a plurality of color LEDs simultaneously with the generation of a melody or vibration, unlike conventional methods of providing an audible or sensory call reception status indication through melody or vibration when receiving a call. Audio-visual call reception to the user by alternately providing a plurality of color colors corresponding to the rhythm of melody or vibration on the LCD panel (external LCD panel in case of dual folding terminal, LCD panel in case of bar or flip terminal) Service by means of the present invention, it is possible to easily achieve the purpose of the present invention through this technical means.

1 is a schematic block diagram of a wireless mobile terminal suitable for briefly describing a method for indicating a call reception status in a wireless mobile terminal according to the present invention, which includes a transmission / reception block 102, a control block 104, and a storage block 106. And a melody drive block 108, a speaker 110, and a display block 112.

Referring to FIG. 1, the transmission / reception block 102 modulates various signals (dialing signal, voice signal, additional information request message, melody information service request message, etc.) provided from the control block 104 into a wirelessly transmittable signal. It transmits to the base station (not shown) through the antenna, and also performs a function of demodulating the modulated signals transmitted from the base station and received through the antenna to the original signal before modulation to the control block 104.

Next, the control block 104 includes a microprocessor for performing overall operation control of the wireless mobile terminal, for example, for a call reception status indication service in the wireless mobile terminal according to the present invention, which is not shown. When a user selects one of the melodies as a reception status display melody through a key operation on the operation panel, color color information corresponding to the melody and the melody is designated as reception status display information, and the transmission / reception block 102 When the call detection signal is received through the melody driving control signal and a control signal for displaying the color color corresponding to the rhythm of the melody, the control signal is generated and provided to the melody driving block 108 and the display block 112, respectively.

In this case, the plurality of melodies and corresponding color color information are set at the time of manufacture of the terminal or are information downloaded by accessing a server of the mobile operator. For this purpose, a plurality of melodies and corresponding color color information are stored in the storage block 106, and a memory such as an EEPROM may be used as the storage block 106.

In addition, the melody driving block 108 drives the melody in response to the melody driving control signal provided from the control block 104 when a call is received. The selected melody is output.

On the other hand, in the control block 104, when a call is received, a color color display control signal is generated together with a melody drive control signal, wherein the color block LCD including the display block 112, for example, a seven color LED, is a color color. In response to the display control signal, the color is displayed according to the rhythm of the melody. That is, the color of the color corresponding to the rhythm of the melody is displayed by turning on / off the colors of the seven colors according to the rhythm.

In this case, the display block 112 refers to an external and internal LCD panel when the wireless mobile terminal is a dual folder type, and an LCD panel when the wireless mobile terminal is a bar type or a flip type.

Therefore, when a call is received, a user-selected melody is output from the speaker under the control of the control block 104, and at the same time, the display block 112, that is, a color color corresponding to the rhythm of the melody is displayed on the LCD panel. .

Next, a process of audio-visually servicing a reception state of a call according to the present invention using a wireless mobile terminal having the above-described configuration will be described.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which a user selects a desired melody from among a plurality of set melodies for displaying a call reception state according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, when a menu key on a keypad is selected to designate one of a plurality of melodies as a reception status display melody in a standby mode of a wireless mobile terminal (step 202), a plurality of mode settings are set on the LCD panel. The setup menu is displayed.

Subsequently, after selecting the reception mode on the keypad (step 204), selecting one of the melodies provided sequentially according to a user's operation and pressing the confirmation key (steps 206 and 208), the control block 104 The melody selected by the user and color color information corresponding thereto are designated as the reception status indication information of the call (210).

Next, a process of audio-visual service of a call reception state when a call is received with a user designating arbitrary melody and corresponding color color information as reception state indication information through the above-described process will be described.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of visually displaying a reception state of a call according to the rhythm of a melody in a wireless mobile terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, when a wireless mobile terminal is performing a standby mode (step 302), when a call is received through an antenna, that is, a call signal is detected through the transmit / receive block 102 (step 304), the control block 104. ) Extracts the reception status indication information selected by the user among the melodies registered in the storage block 106, that is, extracts the melody and the color driving signal, and extracts the extracted melody driving signal and the color driving signal from the melody driving block. 108 and display block 112, respectively.

In response, the melody selected by the user is output from the speaker 110 according to the driving of the melody driving block 108, and a color color corresponding to the rhythm of the currently driven melody is displayed on the LCD panel of the display block 112. For example, seven color colors are selectively or alternately displayed according to the rhythm of the melody (step 306).

Thus, the user of the wireless mobile terminal can visually recognize that the call is from someone through the display of the melody and color, and when the user who recognizes the call is off (step 308), the melody and As soon as the output of the color is stopped, the terminal switches to the call mode (steps 310 and 312).

Meanwhile, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the melody and the corresponding color color have been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto and may be set to service the vibration and the corresponding color color.

As described above, according to the present invention, unlike the aforementioned conventional method of providing an audible or sensory call reception status indication through melody or vibration when receiving a call, a plurality of color LEDs are generated simultaneously with the occurrence of a melody or vibration. By alternately providing a plurality of color colors corresponding to the rhythm of the melody or vibration on the LCD panel, it is possible to improve the use environment for the wireless mobile terminal and at the same time satisfy the various service needs of users.

Claims (4)

A method for visually displaying a reception state of a call in a clamshell terminal having an internal LCD panel and an external LCD panel and a speaker, Selecting and specifying reception state indication information from among a plurality of pre-stored melodies and corresponding color color information; When the reception of a call is detected, it outputs the selected melody through the speaker and simultaneously or repeatedly alternates a plurality of color colors according to the rhythm of the selected melody through the external LCD panel having a plurality of color LEDs. Displaying the call, and visually servicing the reception state of the call; And And continuously performing the audiovisual service process until the hook of the clamshell terminal is turned off. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of melodies and corresponding color information are information that can be downloaded and arbitrarily updated through wireless communication with a service server. A method of visually displaying a call reception state in a bar or flip terminal having an LCD panel and a speaker, Selecting and specifying reception state indication information from among a plurality of pre-stored melodies and corresponding color color information; When the reception of a call is detected, the plurality of color colors are repeatedly or alternately outputted according to the rhythm of the selected designated melody through the LCD panel having a plurality of color LEDs while simultaneously outputting the selected melody through the speaker. Displaying and visually servicing the call reception state; And And continuously performing the audio-visual service process until the hook of the bar-type or flip-type terminal is turned off. 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the plurality of melodies and corresponding color color information are information that can be downloaded and arbitrarily updated through wireless communication with a service server.