KR20040012101A - Telephone and control method with full color button - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for controlling an all-natural color button telephone is provided to mount a light emitting element for emitting different colors on a keypad, and to emit different natural colors for each button of the keypad, thereby improving telephone merchantability. CONSTITUTION: A microcomputer continuously detects whether a button illumination function is selected, and if so, the microcomputer reads illumination patterns and decides whether to illuminate buttons with new patterns(S10). If the buttons are to be illuminated with existing program patterns, the microcomputer reads the program patterns and changes colors of the buttons with one of the program patterns(S20). If the buttons are to be illuminated with the new patterns, the microcomputer shows each light emitting element arrayed on a keypad, and changes the colors of the buttons according to a user's selection(S30).

Description

Full color button telephone and control method {Telephone and control method with full color button}

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a telephone keypad (BUTTON) (e.g. pushbutton) illumination in which there are a plurality of transparent or translucent buttons that cause the buttons to be illuminated with the light of a light emitting element disposed therein. In particular, by using a plurality of types of light emitting devices for emitting light of different colors to make each button of the keypad shines in a different color to increase the design of the keypad buttons to improve the merchandise.

There are a plurality of transparent or semi-transparent buttons, and the telephones which cause these buttons to be illuminated by the light of a light emitting element arranged in the vicinity thereof are wireless communication terminals (hereinafter referred to as "cell phones"), ordinary telephones (office telephones, home telephones, etc.). ), Public telephones, etc. Hereinafter, mobile phones, general telephones, public telephones, etc. are collectively referred to as "telephones".

With the development of electric and electronic technology and communication technology, telephones have become widespread and various additional functions are equipped to enhance the convenience of life.

As part of this technology, there is a lighting technology that illuminates the buttons on the keypad.

This is because, after arranging a light emitting device (eg, LED, lamp) around the keypad button, it detects the use state of the phone and operates the light emitting device to illuminate the button when it is determined that the user is using the phone. It is a convenient technology that makes it easy to operate each button on the keypad in the dark.

The use of the telephone is determined by detecting a hook on signal mainly in the case of a wired telephone such as a general telephone or a public telephone, and in the case of a cellular telephone, by detecting a pressed state of a button (flip-type cellular telephone). ) Or by detecting the opening of the folder by the contact sensor (folder-type mobile phone).

The keypad button lighting technology will be described using a mobile phone as an example.

Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an example of a flip-type cell phone of the conventional mobile phone, as shown in Figure 1, each component of the mobile phone is mounted between the front cabinet 14 and the rear cabinet (23).

A rectangular window 15 in which the liquid crystal panel 11 is positioned is formed in the upper part of the front cabinet 14, and slits 13 and 16 are formed in the upper and lower parts to transmit the call volume.

In addition, a keypad 18 is disposed between the front cabinet 14 and the rear cabinet 23. The keypad 18 has a switch pattern 18a corresponding to each button. A light emitting element 18b made of LED is provided between the switch patterns 18a, and each button 18c of the keypad 18 is illuminated through the light emitting element 18b.

The liquid crystal panel 11 is attached on the main printed circuit board 22 so that the liquid crystal panel 11 faces the window 15 of the front cabinet 14. A speaker 19 is attached on the main frit substrate 22, and the speaker 19 is positioned inside the slit 13. In addition, a microphone 20 is attached to the lower portion of the main print substrate 22 so that the microphone 20 corresponds to the slit 16 of the front cabinet 14. The subprint substrate 21 is disposed on the upper surface of the main print substrate 22. Electronic components are mounted on the main print substrate 22 and the subprint substrate 21 to form predetermined electronic circuits. It is supposed to perform the functions of the mobile phone.

In addition, a button sheet 17 made of milky white elastomeric rubber is disposed on the main printed circuit board 22. A plurality of buttons 17a are integrally formed on the button sheet 17. The button 17a is matched with the opening 13a of the print cabinet 11, whereby operation from the outside of the front cabinet 14 is possible.

The rear surface of the rear cabinet 23 is formed with a battery storage portion, the storage battery 24 is accommodated in this battery storage portion. The storage battery 24 is rechargeable and causes the mobile phone to be driven by the charged power.

The switch patterns 18a formed on the keypad 18 correspond to the buttons 17a, respectively, as shown in FIG. The switch pattern 18a is formed of a contact switch, and a light emitting device made of LEDs is arranged between the switch pattern 18a and the plurality of buttons 17a.

In the case of a mobile phone, the light emitting device uses a small LED (SMD TYPE LED) due to its space constraint.

The mobile phone configured as described above inputs the other party's telephone number by pressing a corresponding button constituting a numeric key after pressing a call button which is one of the function buttons 17a. In addition, the entered telephone number is displayed by the liquid crystal panel 11 and confirmed through the transparent window 15. If a line is established between the other party, the call is possible. That is, the voice spoken here is converted into an electrical signal by the microphone 20, and modulated by the modulation circuit on the main printed circuit board 22 to be transmitted. On the other hand, the signal sent from the other party is demodulated by the demodulation circuit on the main printed circuit board 22, reproduced by the speaker 19, and output through the slit 13. In this way, a telephone call is made.

In particular, the operation of the pressing pressure of the button 17a will be described below.

That is, as shown in Fig. 3, when the button 17a is pressed with a finger through the opening 13a of the front cabinet 14, the button 17a is operated by the conductive rubber on the tip side of the protrusion formed inside the button 17a. The switch pattern 18a extending from both sides of the contact is changed from the OFF state to the ON state, whereby the input operation by the button 17a is performed.

At this time, the button 17a is illuminated by the light emitting element 18b disposed between the push button sheet 17 and the keypad 18. The light emitting element 18b is made of LED as described above, and the electrode portions on both sides thereof are connected to the electrode 18c on the main printed circuit board 22. Therefore, when the switch is turned on, the light emitting element 18b emits light. The light from the light emitting element 18b is guided by the body portion of the pushbutton sheet 17 to illuminate the button 17a through the opening 13a of the front cabinet 14.

However, the conventional keypad button lighting technology configured as described above is intended to easily recognize the buttons even in a dark place by illuminating each button of the keypad, and thus it is not possible to give designability other than simply illuminating a single color. There was a problem of degrading the merchandise.

This will be described as follows.

As is well known, modern society is the era of colorization that gives individuality expression and aesthetics.

In response, various decoration projects are being developed to decorate each component of a mobile phone. For example, there are cell phone straps and antennas having various functions and decorations, as well as coating various paintings on the outside and inside of the cell phone, and colorizing the cell phone liquid crystals.

However, in the aspect of personality production and aesthetics, there are problems in that the technology for illuminating a mobile phone button deteriorates the merchandise by simply illuminating the light using a single color LED, despite the fact that various decoration products are popular as described above.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above conventional problems, in particular, by using a plurality of types of light emitting devices that emit light of different colors, so that each button of the keypad shines in different colors of the keypad buttons It is to provide a "total color button telephone and its control method" that can increase the designability and improve the productability.

That is, a plurality of light emitting devices emitting different colors are attached on the main printed circuit board of the telephone to illuminate the buttons in different colors so that each button of the keypad mixes and interferes with different colors.

At this time, in the installation of the light emitting device is to improve the product quality by increasing the aesthetics by forming a gradation (Gradation) by giving a regularity to the color.

1 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of a conventional mobile phone,

2 is a view showing a button arrangement state of the keypad;

3 is a cross-sectional view showing a button press arrangement;

4 is a view showing a mounting example according to the configuration 1 of the present invention "total color button telephone "

5 is a block diagram showing a configuration 2 of the present invention "total color button telephone "

6 is a control flow diagram showing the present invention "control method of a full color button telephone",

Fig. 7 is a view showing an example of mounting according to the configuration 2 of the present invention "total color button telephone ".

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

30: light emitting element 40: microcomputer

50: color control unit 60: light emitting unit

61: three-color light emitting element S10: lighting function selection step

S20: pattern input step S30; User input stage

Configuration 1 of the present invention " total color button telephone " has a plurality of transparent or translucent push buttons so that the push buttons can be illuminated by light of a light emitting element disposed in the vicinity of the push buttons. In one phone,

The technical feature of the telephone is that the plurality of light emitting elements emitting light of different colors are arranged on the keypad so that the plurality of push buttons glow in different colors.

When the plurality of light emitting devices emitting light of different colors are arranged on the keypad to cause the plurality of push buttons to shine in different colors, the plurality of light emitting devices emitting light of different colors is predetermined. Arranged with regularity is characterized in that the plurality of push buttons to shine in a different color corresponding to the regularity.

When a plurality of light emitting devices emitting light of different colors are arranged on the keypad so that a plurality of push buttons shine in different colors, a plurality of light emitting devices emitting light of different colors may be used. It is characterized by arranging to form a gradation of the color in the direction of () or a gradation of the color in the transverse direction.

When a plurality of kinds of light emitting elements emitting light of different colors are arranged on the keypad so that a plurality of push buttons shine in different colors, the plurality of kinds of push buttons are randomly arranged by randomly arranging the light emitting elements. It is characterized by shining in color.

Configuration 1 of the present invention " total color button telephone " constituted by arranging a plurality of types of light emitting elements that emit light of different colors on the keypad so that each button of the pad shines in a different color so that the design of the keypad buttons is different. The effect is to increase the marketability.

On the other hand, the configuration 2 of the present invention " total color button telephone " includes a plurality of transparent or translucent push buttons, so that the push button can be illuminated by the light of a light emitting element disposed in the vicinity thereof.

The telephone,

A light emitting unit including one or more two-color light emitting elements or three color light emitting elements emitting different colors by a change in current or voltage value;

A color control unit controlling a color of each light emitting element of the light emitting unit by controlling a current or voltage applied to the light emitting unit by a predetermined control signal;

A microcomputer that controls an operation of each part of the telephone and applies a control signal to the color control unit to change the color of each light emitting element of the light emitting unit according to a user's selection or a predetermined input program pattern; And,

Controlling a current or voltage value supplied to each light emitting device of the light emitting unit by a user's selection or a pre-programmed button lighting pattern to make the telephone buttons shine in different colors; It is configured to include a feature of the technical configuration.

Two or more tri-color LEDs emitting different colors by the change of the current or voltage value are arranged on one or more keypads so that a plurality of push buttons can shine in different colors. A plurality of kinds of light emitting elements for emitting light of color are arranged with a predetermined regularity, so that the plurality of push buttons shine in different colors in response to the above regularity.

Two or more tri-color LEDs emitting different colors by the change of the current or voltage value are arranged on one or more keypads so that a plurality of push buttons can shine in different colors. A plurality of light-emitting elements emitting light of color are arranged so as to form a color gradation in a longitudinal direction or a color gradation in a lateral direction.

When the plurality of push buttons are made to shine in different colors by arranging at least one two-color light emitting element or three-color light emitting element emitting different colors by the change of the current or voltage value, By randomly arranging elements, a plurality of types of push buttons may be randomly shining in different colors.

On the other hand, the present invention "control method of the full-color button telephone" comprises a microcomputer, a color control unit, and a light emitting unit, there is a plurality of transparent or translucent push buttons, such push button is disposed in the vicinity In the control method of a full-color button telephone to be illuminated in full color with the light of the light emitting device,

The control method,

Continuously detecting whether the button illumination function for selecting the button illumination color is selected, and if it is determined that the button illumination selection function is selected, whether or not to read out the pre-programmed and stored illumination pattern to illuminate the button; or An illumination function selection step of determining whether to illuminate the button with a new pattern by the user's selection;

A pattern input step of changing a button illumination to a pattern selected by a user after reading and displaying a pre-stored pattern when it is determined that the button illumination is to be performed with a pre-stored program pattern as a result of performing the illumination function selection step; And,

As a result of performing the illumination function selection step, when it is determined that the illumination is to be made in a new pattern by the user's selection, the respective light emitting elements arranged on the keypad are displayed, and then the color of each light emitting element is selected as the color selected by the user. It is characterized in that the method configuration comprises a user input step for changing.

Configuration 2 of the present invention " total color button telephone " and a control method thereof include disposing two-color light emitting devices or three-color light emitting devices that emit light in different colors due to a change in current or voltage. By adjusting the value of current, voltage, or the like, the same button shines in different colors, thereby increasing the design of the keypad button and improving the merchandise.

Hereinafter, the technical spirit of the present invention "total color button telephone" configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments.

In the description, the same components as the conventional components are given the same numbers.

In the present embodiments, a mobile phone will be described as an example of a telephone.

<Example 1>

This Embodiment 1 shows an embodiment of the configuration 1 of the present invention " total color button telephone ".

First, as shown in FIG. 4, a plurality of light emitting devices having different colors are mounted at positions of the light emitting device mounting electrodes 18c of the keypad 18.

The arrangement of mounting the light emitting elements having different colors on the keypad 18 so that the buttons 17a give a total natural color varies depending on the kind of color of the light emitting elements and the number of attached light emitting elements.

4 shows an example in which two upper light emitting devices 30 have a light emitting device having a blue (B) color in a lateral direction, and a light emitting device below the light emitting device having a red (G) color. It shows an example in which the orange (0) color, the yellow (Y) color, the emmel green (EG) color, and the green (G) color are sequentially mounted in the transverse direction.

In the first embodiment configured as described above, when the user presses the button 17a all the time, power is supplied to the respective light emitting elements 30 by the control logic of the mobile phone, and each light emitting element emits its own light to illuminate the button. Will be given.

That is, when the button 17a is pressed, power is applied to each of the light emitting devices 30 to turn on the light emitting devices 30 to emit unique light, and the light is emitted from the button sheet 17, It is emitted to the outside through the button 17a and the opening 13a to illuminate the mobile phone keypad in full color.

At this time, the illumination color is not only a unique color of the light emitting device, but also emits an intermediate color due to the mixing of light, so that the color of the total natural color is actually shined.

For example, the space between the light emitting device of blue (G) color and the light emitting device of red (R) color is illuminated with pink color.

Therefore, it is possible to give a full-color button lighting suitable for the age of colorization, thereby increasing the aesthetics of the product to increase the productability.

<Example 2>

This Embodiment 2 shows an embodiment of the configuration 2 of the present invention " total color button telephone ".

As is well known, the three-color light-emitting device combines three colors to create one color. The second embodiment will be described using the three-color light-emitting device as an example.

This is because it can be easily inferred from the present embodiment to achieve the technical idea of the present invention using a two-color light emitting element.

First, as shown in FIG. 5, the color control unit 50 is connected to the output terminal of the microcomputer 40 of the cellular phone, and the light emitting device unit 60 is connected to the output terminal of the color control unit 50. Configure

Here, the color control unit 50 is configured by using a current limiting element (not shown) that controls the current value by the input control signal, the light emitting element unit 60, as shown in Figure 7, three colors A plurality of light emitting elements 61 are used.

In addition, a button lighting pattern is programmed and input into the microcomputer memory of the cellular phone, or an external memory controlled by the microcomputer.

Hereinafter, the operation of the second embodiment configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the microcomputer 40 continuously detects whether a button illumination function for selecting a button illumination color is selected. When it is determined that the button illumination selection function is selected, the microcomputer 40 reads a preprogrammed and stored illumination pattern. The lighting function selection step (S10) is performed to determine whether to illuminate the button or whether to illuminate the button in a new pattern by the user's selection.

Subsequently, when the lighting function selection step (S10) is performed, and the button illumination is determined to be stored in the pre-stored program pattern, the pre-stored pattern is read and displayed, and the pattern is changed to the pattern selected by the user. The input step S20 is performed to change the color of the button to one of the programmed color patterns.

That is, the user controls the operation of the color control unit 50 according to the contents programmed in the selected pattern to control the current applied to the light emitting unit 60, so that the three-color light emitting element 61 matches the current value. This will make the button light up in full color.

On the other hand, as a result of performing the illumination function selection step (S10), when it is determined that the illumination in a new pattern by the user's selection, after displaying each light emitting element arranged on the keypad, the user selects a color The user input step S30 of changing the color of each light emitting device is performed.

That is, each light emitting device is displayed on the LCD so that the user selects one of them and selects the color by the color table, and then controls the operation of the color controller 50 in the microcomputer 40 to be the selected color. The three-color light emitting device of the light emitting unit 60 is to emit light in the selected color, by repeating the above operation to illuminate the color of each button on the keypad.

Therefore, by changing the light button on the phone keypad to the desired color to produce a personality, it is possible to improve the aesthetics.

However, in the above embodiments, the arrangement has been selected and described as one arbitrary, but the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited thereto.

In addition, in Example 2, the button is illuminated using a three-color light emitting device, but a two-color light emitting device can be used, and a single color light emitting device, a two-color light emitting device, or a three-color light emitting device is required. Note that it can be used in combination according to.

As described above, the present invention "total color button telephone" is equipped with a light emitting device that emits light of different colors on the keypad of a mobile phone, a general telephone, or a public telephone so that each button on the keypad emits light of different colors. Increase the designability of the phone has the effect of improving the marketability.

Claims (9)

In a telephone which has a plurality of transparent or translucent push buttons so that the push buttons can be illuminated by the light of a light emitting element disposed in the vicinity thereof, The telephone is a full-color button telephone, characterized in that the plurality of light emitting elements for emitting light of different colors on the keypad so that the plurality of push buttons to shine in different colors. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of light emitting elements for emitting light of different colors are arranged on a keypad so that a plurality of push buttons emits light of different colors when the plurality of push buttons are made to shine in different colors. And a light emitting element having a predetermined regularity so that the plurality of push buttons glow in different colors in response to the regularity. The method according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of kinds of light emitting elements that emit light of different colors are arranged on the keypad so that the plurality of push buttons shine in different colors. A full color button telephone, wherein the light emitting element is arranged so as to form a gradation of a color in a longitudinal direction or a gradation of a color in a lateral direction. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein when the plurality of light emitting devices emitting light of different colors are arranged on the keypad so that the plurality of push buttons shine in different colors, the plurality of light emitting devices are arranged randomly. A full color button phone, wherein the push buttons shine randomly in different colors. In a telephone which has a plurality of transparent or translucent push buttons so that the push buttons can be illuminated by the light of a light emitting element disposed in the vicinity thereof, The telephone, A light emitting unit including one or more two-color light emitting elements or three color light emitting elements emitting different colors by a change in current or voltage value; A color control unit controlling a color of each light emitting element of the light emitting unit by controlling a current or voltage applied to the light emitting unit by a predetermined control signal; A microcomputer that controls an operation of each part of the telephone and applies a control signal to the color control unit to change the color of each light emitting element of the light emitting unit according to a user's selection or a predetermined input program pattern; And, Controlling a current or voltage value supplied to each light emitting device of the light emitting unit by a user's selection or a pre-programmed button lighting pattern to make the telephone buttons glow in different colors; Total color button telephone, characterized in that configured to include. The method according to claim 5, wherein the two-color light emitting element or the three-color light emitting element for emitting different colors by the change of the current or voltage value is arranged on one or more keypads so that the plurality of push buttons glow in different colors. In this case, a plurality of kinds of light-emitting elements emitting light of different colors are arranged with a predetermined regularity, so that the plurality of push buttons glow in different colors corresponding to the regularity described above. . The method according to claim 5, wherein the two-color light emitting element or the three-color light emitting element for emitting different colors by the change of the current or voltage value is arranged on one or more keypads so that the plurality of push buttons glow in different colors. In this case, a plurality of kinds of light emitting elements emitting light of different colors are arranged so as to form a gradation of a longitudinal color or a lateral gradation of color. cellphone. The method according to claim 5, wherein the two-color light emitting element or the three-color light emitting element for emitting different colors by the change of the current or voltage value is arranged on one or more keypads so that the plurality of push buttons glow in different colors. In this case, the total color button telephone, characterized in that the plurality of push buttons are randomly shining in a different color by arranging the light emitting element at random. It consists of a microcomputer, a color control unit, and a light emitting unit, and has a plurality of transparent or translucent push buttons so that the push buttons can be illuminated in full color with the light of the light emitting element disposed in the vicinity. In the control method of the telephone, The control method, Continuously detecting whether the button illumination function for selecting the button illumination color is selected, and if it is determined that the button illumination selection function is selected, whether or not to read out the pre-programmed and stored illumination pattern to illuminate the button; or An illumination function selection step of determining whether to illuminate the button with a new pattern by the user's selection; A pattern input step of changing a button illumination to a pattern selected by a user after reading and displaying a previously stored pattern when it is determined that the button illumination is to be performed with a previously stored program pattern as a result of performing the illumination function selection step; And, As a result of performing the illumination function selection step, when it is determined that the illumination is to be made in a new pattern by the user's selection, the respective light emitting elements arranged on the keypad are displayed, and then the color of each light emitting element is selected as the color selected by the user. Control method of a full color button telephone, characterized in that it comprises a changing user input step.