KR200253962Y1 - Cellular phone for the old person - Google Patents

Abstract

The disclosed subject matter relates to an elderly portable terminal that provides a modified state or function to the elderly so that the elderly do not have to use a common portable terminal, memory, key button, display, RF, analog base band portion And a voice processing unit and a control unit, and expresses a signal manipulated by a user through a display unit, generates a key button signal or a voice signal input by the user as an RF signal, transmits the signal through an antenna, and receives from a base station. A portable terminal for converting a signal into an audible audio signal that can be heard by the user and outputting the same through an speaker, wherein the key button unit has a plurality of key buttons arranged in front of the portable terminal with an extended display area. And an amplifier for amplifying and outputting the audible audio signal to a predetermined level. It is open configuration.

Description

CELLULAR PHONE FOR THE OLD PERSON}

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal.

More particularly, the present invention relates to an elderly portable terminal provided by changing the state or function of the portable terminal so that the elderly do not have any inconvenience.

In general, people pass presbyopia after forty years. Older people do not need glasses in their daily lives, but there are people who need glasses or a magnifying glass when they see small prints or concentrate. As a result, these people are uncomfortable to take out glasses or magnifiers on cloudy days or in dark surroundings. In particular, the elderly or people with poor eyesight have a problem that it is very difficult to dial correctly because the keys provided in the conventional portable terminal are manufactured to have a very small area.

In addition, as people age, not only their eyesight, but their hearing as well. Therefore, as they get older, they talk aloud, and the other party also has to speak aloud, so there is a problem in that a call cannot be made using only an audible voice signal output through a speaker of a general portable terminal.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a solution for solving the above-mentioned problems, and to extend the area occupied by the key buttons provided in the portable terminal to the front of the portable terminal as much as possible so that the elderly who are users can easily recognize and use the numbers. In providing a terminal.

In addition, the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal for the elderly to add another amplification unit to the rear end of the voice processing unit of the portable terminal to amplify the audible audio signal to a voice signal that the elderly can easily understand.

In addition, the present invention compares the input time of the key button signal inputted through the key button unit among the dialing key button signals with the input time stored in the memory, and if the input time coincides with the input time and recognizes as the key button input, When the input time of the key button signal exceeds the input time, it recognizes that the request is a transmission, and converts the key button signal input through the key button unit into an RF signal and transmits the signal through the antenna to transmit the signal as a SEND request signal. An object of the present invention is to provide a portable terminal for the elderly to recognize and support a communication environment.

In addition, the present invention is to provide an elderly portable terminal that can be connected to the call line can be easily connected to the call line, as well as to remove the transmission button from the mobile terminal even when the user enters the phone number correctly after waiting. have.

1A is a perspective view of a conventional portable terminal,

1B is a perspective view of a portable terminal for the elderly to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a schematic circuit block diagram of an elderly portable terminal to which the present invention is applied.

* Description of Signs of Main Parts of Drawings

110: memory 120: key button

130 display unit 140 control unit

150: analog base band portion 160: RF portion

170: voice processing unit 180: amplifying unit

190: Speaker 200: Microphone

As one embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, the invention described in claim 1 includes a memory, a key button unit, a display unit, an RF unit, an analog base band unit, a voice processing unit, a control unit, Expresses a signal through a display unit, generates a key button signal or an audio signal input by the user as an RF signal and transmits it through an antenna, and converts the signal received from the base station into an audible audio signal that the user can hear. In a portable terminal for outputting through a speaker, the key button unit has a plurality of key buttons arranged on the front of the portable terminal with an extended display area, and amplifies the amplified audio signal by amplifying the audible audio signal to a predetermined level. A portable terminal for an elderly person, further comprising a part, which solves the above problem.

In addition, the invention described in claim 2 is the portable terminal for the elderly according to claim 1, wherein the amplification unit is a hearing aid, and solves the problems described above.

In addition, according to the invention according to claim 3, in the memory of claim 1, the memory stores an input time of a key button signal and a transmission request time exceeding the input time, and the control unit is input through the key button unit. The input time of the key button signal is compared with the input time stored in the memory, and when it matches the input time, it is recognized as a key button input, and the input time of the key button signal exceeds the input time and exceeds the transmission request time. In the case of recognizing that the transmission request, and converts the key button signal input through the key button unit to the RF signal, characterized in that the control to be transmitted through the antenna, an elderly portable terminal, the above-mentioned problem is solved.

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

1A and 1B are respectively a perspective view of a conventional portable terminal and an elderly portable terminal to which the present invention is applied. Referring to FIG. 1B, an elderly portable terminal to which the present invention is applied includes areas of key buttons of the key button unit 120. Compared to FIG. 1A, the numbers of the upper and upper portions of the key buttons are larger than before, so that the elderly or people whose eyesight are sharply deceived can easily recognize the numbers. Allow dialing to be performed.

2 is a schematic circuit block diagram of an elderly portable terminal to which the present invention is applied.

2, the portable terminal for the elderly is schematically configured as follows.

First embodiment

The memory 110 stores an input time of a key button signal and a transmission request time exceeding the input time, and stores an operation program for supporting the portable terminal to operate as an elderly portable terminal.

The key button part 120 is comprised of the key buttons which the display area is extended and arrange | positioned on the front surface of a portable terminal, as shown in FIG. 1B.

The display unit 130 is a liquid crystal display (LCD), and displays the state of the mobile station and the progress of the program under the control of the controller 140 described later.

The controller 140 controls the entire system to form a communication line through a portable terminal according to an operation program stored in the memory 110. In particular, the controller 140 inputs a key button signal input through the key button unit 120. When the time is compared with the input time stored in the memory 110, when the input time coincides with the key button input, and when the input time of the key button signal exceeds the input time exceeds the transmission request time Recognizing that the transmission request, and converts the key button signal input through the key button unit 120 to an RF signal to be transmitted through the antenna, while the digital signal input from the analog base band unit 150 to be described later The channel demodulation and channel decoding operations are performed, and the voice data is output to the voice processor 170 to be described later.

The analog base band unit 150 converts an RF signal input from the RF unit 160 to be described later into a baseband and a digital signal and outputs the signal to the control unit 140, and outputs a signal input from the control unit 140 to the RF unit 160. )

The RF unit 160 up-converts the signal input from the analog baseband unit 150 under the control of the controller 140 to wirelessly output the signal to the base station via the antenna and receive the signal through the antenna. The received signal is down-converted and output to the analog base band unit 150.

The voice processing unit 170 decompresses the voice data input through the control unit 140 under the control of the control unit 140, converts the voice data into an audible voice signal, and outputs the converted audible voice signal.

The amplifier 180 is a hearing aid and amplifies and outputs the audible audio signal converted through the voice processor 170 to a predetermined level.

Reference numeral 190 denotes a speaker and 200 denotes a microphone.

Operation of the elderly portable terminal according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

First, the controller 140 checks the time when the key button is pressed by the user when the user starts dialing by using the key buttons whose display area of the key button unit 120 is expanded. That is, the time when the key button is pressed by the user is checked, and the checked time is compared with the key button signal input time stored in the memory 110. As a result of the comparison, when the time when the user presses the key button does not exceed the key button signal input time, the next key button signal is monitored to receive the next key button signal.

On the other hand, if the time when the user presses the key button exceeds the key button signal input time stored in the memory 110, the controller 140 checks whether the key button pressed time exceeds the transmission request time. If the time when the key button is pressed exceeds the transmission request time, it is determined that the user has finished dialing, and the dialing signal is converted into an RF signal to be transmitted through the antenna.

When the user starts a call by forming a call line with the counterpart through the above-described process, the controller 140 transmits the voice signal of the counterpart received through the antenna to the RF unit 160, the analog baseband unit 150, and the like. The audio processing unit 170 is converted into an audible voice signal and output. The present invention further includes an amplification unit 180 and amplifies it once more through the amplification unit 180 to output the speaker 190. .

Second embodiment

Since the components of the second embodiment of the present invention except for the memory 110 and the control unit 140 to be described later interact as in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The memory 110 stores the number of button inputs of the key button signal.

The controller 140 compares the number of button inputs of the key button signal inputted through the key button unit 120 with the number of button inputs stored in the memory 110, and indicates that the transmission request is made when the number of button inputs matches the number of button inputs. Recognizing, and converts the key button signal input through the key button unit 120 to an RF signal to be transmitted through the antenna.

That is, in another embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 140 counts the key button input signal when the user of the elderly portable terminal inputs a phone number using the key button unit 120. The controller 140 compares the key button input signal input times with the input times stored in the memory 110, and recognizes that the telephone number input is completed when the input times are stored in the memory 110. The RF unit 160 converts the RF signal into an RF signal.

Third embodiment

The third embodiment of the present invention has the same components as the first embodiment and is intended to perform the processing of the controller 140 of the second embodiment through the base station 210.

That is, after the key button signal is input through the key button unit 120, if the key button signal is not input for a predetermined time, the controller 140 RFs the key button signal input through the key button unit 120. It is converted to a signal and controlled to be transmitted through an antenna.

The base station 210 receiving the key button signal converted into the RF signal from the control unit 140 controls the key button signal when the number of times of input of the key button signal coincides with the designated number of key button inputs. Send to the station so that the call line can be connected.

That is, the base station 210 stores the number of key button inputs to which the call lines can be connected. For example, if the number of button inputs is set to 8 to 11, all the general phone numbers, mobile phone numbers, and the like may be included.

Then, the base station 210 receives the RF signal transmitted through the elderly portable terminal, compares the number of input of the key button signal with the preset number of key button inputs, and receives the key button signal received from the base station 210. If the number of times of input is equal to the set number of key button inputs or is included, the key button signal is sent to the control station so that the call line can be connected.

As described above, the present invention extends the area occupied by the key buttons provided in the portable terminal to the front of the portable terminal as much as possible so that elderly people as users can easily recognize and use the numbers. By pressing the call line is formed where you do not want, thereby providing the effect that can solve the problem of the call charge.

In addition, the present invention adds another amplifying unit to the rear end of the voice processing unit of the mobile terminal, so that the audible audio signal is amplified again to a voice signal that the elderly can easily recognize, so that the elderly can easily talk without a separate hearing aid. It provides an effect.

In addition, the present invention not only makes the display area of the key button wide, but also provides the effect of eliminating the need to press the SEND button again during dialing.

In addition, the present invention provides an effect of not only removing a transmission button from a mobile terminal by connecting a call line even when a user waits after inputting a correct phone number, but also easily connecting a call line.

Although described above with reference to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, those skilled in the art various modifications of the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention described in the utility model registration claims below And can be changed.

Claims (5)

It includes a memory, a key button unit, a display unit, an RF unit, an analog base band unit, a voice processing unit, a control unit, and displays a signal manipulated by the user through the display unit, and the key button signal or voice signal input by the user A mobile terminal which generates an RF signal and transmits it through an antenna, converts a signal received from a base station into an audible audio signal that can be heard by the user and outputs it through a speaker. The key button unit has a key button on the front of the portable terminal, the display area of which is extended and arranged. And an amplifier for amplifying and outputting the audible audio signal to a predetermined level. The elderly portable terminal according to claim 1, wherein the amplifier is a hearing aid. The method of claim 1, The memory stores an input time of a key button signal and a transmission request time exceeding the input time, The control unit compares an input time of a key button signal input through the key button unit with an input time stored in the memory, and recognizes the input as a key button input when the input time matches the input time. Recognizing that the transmission request when the input time is exceeded, the elderly portable terminal, characterized in that the control to be transmitted through the antenna by converting the key button signal input through the key button unit into an RF signal. The method of claim 1, The memory stores the number of button inputs of the key button signal, The control unit may recognize that the transmission request is received when the number of button inputs of the key button signal input through the key button unit is equal to the number of button inputs stored in the memory, and input the data through the key button unit. And converting the key button signal to be an RF signal and transmitting the same through an antenna. The method of claim 1, The control unit, after the key button signal is input through the key button unit, if the key button signal is not input for a predetermined time, converts the key button signal input through the key button unit to the RF signal and transmits through the antenna , The base station which has received the key button signal converted into the RF signal from the control unit, transmits the key button signal to the control station when the key button signal matches the specified number of button inputs. .