KR20100005829A - How to notify status of your mobile device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a status notification method of a mobile terminal, comprising: setting a sleep notification time of the mobile terminal; Counting a dormant duration of the first mobile terminal; Determining whether the sleep duration exceeds the sleep notification time; When exceeding, the predetermined notification message is transmitted to at least one destination set in advance. Accordingly, by using the portable terminal user not using the portable terminal for more than a predetermined time, the remote receiver can recognize that the portable terminal user is in an abnormal state.

Description

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The present invention relates to a status notification method of a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a method of transmitting a predetermined notification message to a predetermined destination when there is no external input for a predetermined time.

Recently, the mobile terminal is equipped with a number of additional functions, including the communication function, the number of users has surpassed 40 million, and the prospect of reaching 2.5 billion people worldwide in the near future. As the use of mobile terminals has become more common, the era of one-person portable terminals has arrived, regardless of region and age. As a result, the mobile terminal user may be in contact with other portable terminals at any time in any region. However, in order to know the status of the elderly or patients among the mobile terminal users, other mobile terminal users have to make a direct call to confirm the status, and even if they attempt to make a call, if the elderly or the patients are in an abnormal state, they cannot answer the call. In some cases, there was no way to actually know the current status of older people or patients.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a case in which the mobile terminal user does not use the mobile terminal for a predetermined time or more. That is, when there is no external input for a predetermined time in the portable terminal, a method for notifying that the portable terminal user is in an abnormal state is provided.

In order to achieve the above object, a mobile terminal status notification method according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of setting a sleep notification time of the mobile terminal; Counting a dormant duration of the first mobile terminal; Determining whether the sleep duration exceeds the sleep notification time; And transmitting a predetermined notification message to at least one preset destination when the excess is exceeded.

Therefore, according to the portable terminal status notification method of the present invention as described above, even if the portable terminal user is in an abnormal state, the portable terminal is transmitted for a predetermined time by transmitting the predetermined notification message to the preset destination by using the portable terminal for a predetermined time. The abnormal state of the terminal user can be recognized.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In this case, it should be noted that the same components are denoted by the same reference numerals as much as possible. In addition, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may blur the gist of the present invention will be omitted.

In the following description, the term 'sleep' refers to a state in which the portable terminal subscriber does not use the portable terminal, that is, no external input to the portable terminal.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of a portable terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. 1 illustrates a configuration of a general portable terminal for convenience of description, it should be noted that the terminal of the present invention may be any terminal that can provide a text message service while providing a video call with a camera or the like.

Referring to FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 100 includes a wireless communication unit 110, a control unit 120, a camera unit 130, an image processing unit 140, a display unit 150, an input unit 160, a memory 170, The audio processor 180 may be configured to be included.

The wireless communication unit 110 performs a wireless communication function of the mobile terminal 100 . The wireless communication unit 110 may include a frequency transmitter for up-converting and amplifying a frequency of a transmitted signal, and a frequency receiver for low-noise-amplifying and down-converting a received signal.

The controller 120 controls overall operations of the mobile terminal 100 . In addition, the controller 120 may include functions of a transmitter for encoding and modulating a transmitted signal and a receiver for demodulating and decoding a received signal. That is, the controller 120 may include a modem (MOdulator / DEModulator: MODEM) and a codec (COder / DECorder: CODEC). In particular, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the control unit 120 counts the sleep duration of the portable terminal 100 and determines whether there is an external input (key input, opening / closing operation, etc.) within the set sleep duration . At this time, the control case that if there is an external input to initialize the sleep duration count and the count again exceeds the sleep notification time is in sleep duration, there is no external input is set to a preset destination to place a predetermined notification message. Other control operations according to the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the flowchart described below.

The camera unit 130 converts light (light) input through the camera lens into digital data. The camera unit 130 may include a camera sensor for converting an input optical signal into an electrical signal (analog image signal) , and a signal processing unit for converting an analog image signal photographed from the camera sensor into digital data. . The camera sensor may be a Charge-Coupled Device (CCD) sensor or a Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS) sensor. The signal processor may be implemented by a digital signal processor (DSP). The signal processor may be integrally implemented or may be separately implemented. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the camera unit 130 may be driven during a video call under the control of the controller 120.

The image processor 140 processes image data for displaying an image signal output from the camera unit 130. The image processor 140 processes the image signal output from the camera unit 130 in units of frames, and outputs frame image data processed in units of frames according to the characteristics and specifications of the display unit 150. In addition, the image processor 140 includes an image codec and performs a function of compressing the frame image data displayed on the display unit 150 in a set manner or restoring the compressed frame image data to the original frame image data.

The display unit 150 displays the image data output from the image processing unit 140 on the screen, and displays the user data output from the control unit 120. The display unit 150 may use a liquid crystal display (LCD). In this case, the display unit 150 may include an LCD controller, a memory capable of storing image data, an LCD display device, and the like. . In this case, the LCD may be operated as an input unit when the LCD is implemented in a touch screen manner. In the case where the LCD is implemented by using a touch screen method, the display unit 150 may operate as the input unit 160, and in this case, the input unit 160 may be omitted. In addition, the display unit 150 may display image data input through the camera unit 130 under the control of the controller 120, and may display image data transmitted from the other party's portable terminal. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, the display unit 150 may display a menu screen necessary to perform each operation so that a user can set a destination, a dormant notification time, and a notification message content under the control of the controller 120.

The input unit 160 generally has a key matrix structure and includes various keys including numeric / character keys to generate key values input by the user and provide them to the controller 120. That is, the input unit 160 outputs its own key input data according to the input of each key provided therein, and the key input data output from the input unit 160 is applied to the control unit 120 and the control unit 100 according to the result. ) Performs the corresponding operation. In addition, the input unit 160 may be implemented through a soft key through the display unit 150. Various data inputs, operation commands, and the like may be performed to the mobile terminal 100 through the input unit 160.

The memory 170 may include program memory and data memories. The program memory may store programs for controlling a general operation of the mobile terminal 100. The data memory temporarily stores data generated while executing programs.

The audio processor 180 may include a codec for converting and playing a digital audio signal received by the wireless communication unit 110 into an analog signal or converting an analog audio signal generated from a microphone into a digital audio signal. . The codec is composed of a data codec for processing packet data and the like and an audio codec for processing audio signals such as voice. The codec may be included in the controller 120.

In the above, the schematic configuration of the portable terminal 100 for performing a function according to an embodiment of the present invention has been briefly described. Hereinafter, the portable apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is configured as described above. The process of setting the dormant notification time, dormant duration, and notification message in the terminal 100 will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2A to 2C are exemplary views of a screen according to a process of setting a sleep notification time, a destination, and a notification message according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Since the order of the dormant notification time, the destination, and the notification message may be changed, respectively, a separate flowchart of the setting process will not be illustrated.

2A through 2C, the user of the mobile terminal 100 uses the key provided in the input unit 160 as shown in FIG. , 1 day, 3 days, 1 week ', etc., may be selected and set in advance, or may be set by directly inputting an arbitrary time. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2B, a destination for transmitting a notification message is input at the set sleep notification time. In this case, the destination may be a wired telephone, a wireless telephone, a portable terminal of another person, or the like, and at least one destination may be input.

If there are a plurality of destinations, the priority may be set according to the input order as shown in '1, 2, 3, 4' of FIG. 2B. In addition, the input of the destination may be directly input by using a key provided in the input unit of the portable terminal, and may be set by searching and selecting previously stored destination data (for example, phone-book data). It may be. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 2C, contents to be used as a notification message may be set through an input using a key provided in the input unit 160 of the mobile terminal 100.

In this case, the content to be used as the notification message may be written in a text form and transmitted as a text message, or may be written in a voice form and transmitted as a voice message. In addition, it may be written in text form and voice form and transmitted simultaneously in a text message and a voice message. In addition, the transmission of the text message and the voice message used as the notification message may be automatically transmitted corresponding to the destination. That is, when the destination is a wired telephone number, a voice message may be transmitted. When the destination is a mobile communication telephone number, a text message or a text message and a voice message may be transmitted together.

On the other hand, the sleep notification time, the destination, the notification message can be set through the above process. However, as described above, the settings of the dormant notification time, destination, and notification message may be reversed. In addition, although the above-described key is used in the input unit 160 of the mobile terminal 100 when the dormant notification time, the destination, and the notification message are set, the display unit 150 is the input unit (as described in FIG. 1). In the case of including the function of 160, the input function of the display unit 150 may be used.

Hereinafter, the dormant duration of the portable terminal 100 is counted in the state in which the dormant notification time, the destination, the notification message, etc. are set in the portable terminal 100; Determining whether there is an external input (key input, opening / closing operation, etc.) within a set sleep notification time; If there is an external input, the counted sleep duration is initialized and counted again; A method of transmitting a predetermined notification message to a predetermined destination when the dormant duration exceeds the set dormant notification time without an external input and the following processes will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a function performing procedure according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 3, it is assumed that the destination set in the description of the screen example of FIG. 2B is another mobile terminal other than the mobile terminal that transmits the notification message. Accordingly, in the following description, a mobile terminal for transmitting the set notification message will be described as a first mobile terminal 300 and a mobile terminal serving as the set notification message is referred to as a second mobile terminal 400. Since the first portable terminal 300 and the second portable terminal 400 are preferably provided with the same components according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, it will be described on the assumption that the first portable terminal 300 and the second portable terminal 400 have the components shown in FIG. will be. Therefore, in order to describe the operation of each component in each step, it will be described with reference to the components of FIG.

The first portable terminal 300, the control unit 120 first sleeps the duration of the first portable terminal (300). That is, step S310 is performed to count the time when the external input is not continuously detected. During the dormant duration count, the controller 120 performs an operation S320 of checking whether an external input to the first portable terminal 300 is performed. In this case, the external input may be a key input using a key provided in the input unit 160 of the first portable terminal 300, an opening / closing operation of the first portable terminal 300, or the like. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and may be, for example, a voice input input during a voice recognition operation or a motion input during a motion recognition operation.

Thereafter, the control unit 120 performs a step S330 of determining whether the dormant duration exceeds a set dormant notification time, and if it exceeds, step S340 of sending a set notification message to a second mobile terminal 400 which is a preset destination. Perform Although not shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of destinations may be set as described in FIG. 2B. In this case, the first mobile terminal 300 displays a notification message according to the set priority. If the sender fails to send the notification message to the highest destination, the notification message is sent to the next higher destination. In addition, the notification message can be sent to a plurality of destinations at the same time.

In addition, the first mobile device may output a warning message on the display unit 150 of the first mobile terminal 300 or output an alarm sound through a speaker at a preset time point before the notification message is sent. The terminal 300 may be notified to the user. This is for the case where the dormant duration of the first portable terminal 300 may exceed the dormant notification time even when the user of the first portable terminal 300 is not in an abnormal state. That is, when the warning message or the alarm sound is output, the user of the first portable terminal 300 recognizes this and applies an external input to the first portable terminal 300 to cancel an unintended notification message transmission. to be.

After the second mobile terminal 400 receives the notification message sent from the first mobile terminal 300 in step S340, the second mobile terminal 400 requests a call to the first mobile terminal 300. In operation S350, a predetermined message asking whether to accept the signal transmission is output to the display unit 150. When the user of the second portable terminal 400 accepts the call request signal transmission, the control unit 120 of the second portable terminal 400 transmits a call request signal to the first portable terminal 300 at step S360. To perform. In response to the call request signal being received by the first mobile terminal 300, the control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 300 performs an operation S370 of forcibly opening a call path to perform the call through the call path. In operation S380, a call is performed between the first portable terminal 300 and the second portable terminal 400.

As described above, although the process of performing a call has been described in FIG. 3, when the user of the first portable terminal 300 cannot make a call through the call path, the second portable terminal 400 The apparatus may further include a function of storing a voice or an ambient voice signal transmitted through the call path. At this time, the stored voice is stored in the memory 170 of the second portable terminal 400.

In addition, when the user of the first mobile terminal 300 cannot make a call through the call path, the control unit 120 of the first mobile terminal 300 performs the call using a speakerphone function. You may. In addition, a voice call path is generally used as the call to which the call is made, but it may be a video call. In this case, the first portable terminal 300 and the second portable terminal 400 preferably have a video call function, and when the video call is made, the first and second portable terminals 300 and 400 respectively control. Under the control of 120, the camera unit 130 is driven to transmit / receive an image taken together with a voice during a call through the wireless communication unit 110, and the controller 120 transmits the received audio and image to the audio processor 180. ) And the image processing unit 140 process the video and synchronize them, and display them on the display unit 150 to perform a video call. Even when the video call is in a state in which the user of the first portable terminal 300 cannot make a call through the call path, the second portable terminal 400 may store an image transmitted through the call path. It may be further equipped with a function. In this case, the stored image may be stored in the memory 170 of the second portable terminal 400. The stored image may be a moving image including audio.

In the above, the first mobile terminal 300 transmits a notification message set at the dormant notification time set as the second mobile terminal 400, and the second mobile terminal 300 that receives the notification message requests a call. Although the embodiment has been described, hereinafter, the second portable terminal 200 that has received the notification message will be described with reference to FIG. 4 in order to determine the surrounding situation of the first portable terminal 300. Each step according to the second embodiment of the present invention for performing image capturing by driving the camera unit 130 provided at 300 will be described. In addition, with reference to Figure 1 will be described the operation of each component of the first portable terminal 300 and the second portable terminal 400 according to each step.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a function performing procedure according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment of the present invention, as described above with reference to FIG. 3, it is preferable to perform a similar process from step S310 to step S340, and a description thereof will be omitted. In summary, in step S310, the sleep duration time of the first mobile terminal 300 is counted to check whether the external input to the first mobile terminal 300 is performed as in step S320, and in step S330 there is no external input. It is determined whether the sleep duration exceeds the set sleep notification time, and when the determination result is exceeded, step S340 of transmitting the set notification message to the second portable terminal 400 as the set destination.

When the second portable terminal 400 receives the notification message sent in step S340, the second portable terminal 400 asks whether to accept the image photographing request signal transmission to the first portable terminal 300. In operation S410, a message is output to the display unit 150. Accordingly, when the user of the second portable terminal 400 accepts an image recording request signal, the control unit 120 of the second portable terminal 400 transmits an image capturing request signal to the first portable terminal 300. Perform the steps.

When the first mobile terminal 300 receives the image capturing request signal, the controller 120 of the first mobile terminal 300 performs the step S430 of forcibly driving the camera 130 in response to the camera. In operation S440, the surrounding situation photographing of the first portable terminal 300 is performed through the unit 130. Thereafter, operation S450 is performed to store the captured image in the memory 170 of the first portable terminal 300. Operation S460 is performed to transmit the captured image stored in the S450 to the second portable terminal 400. FIG. do. In the above, the captured image is stored in the first portable terminal 300 and then transmitted to the second portable terminal 400. However, the transmission may be performed in real time without performing the step S450.

In the foregoing description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be defined by the described embodiments, but should be determined not only by the claims but also by the equivalents of the claims.

1 is an internal block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2A to 2C are screen diagrams illustrating a setting screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a function performing procedure according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a function performing procedure according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (18)

In the status notification method of the mobile terminal, Setting a sleep notification time of the first mobile terminal; Counting a dormant duration of the first mobile terminal; Determining whether the sleep duration exceeds the sleep notification time; And transmitting a predetermined notification message to at least one preset destination when the excess is exceeded. The method of claim 1, The dormancy duration time is a status notification method of a mobile terminal, characterized in that the time that the external input is not continuously detected in the first mobile terminal. The method of claim 2, And resetting the counted dormant durations when the external input is detected by the first portable terminal while counting the dormant duration. The method according to claim 2 or 3, And wherein the external input is at least one of an opening and closing operation or a key input of the first mobile terminal. The method of claim 1, And if the call request is received from the destination to the first mobile terminal, the first mobile terminal forcibly opening the call path with the destination and performing a call in response to the call request. How to notify the status of the terminal. The method of claim 5, And a call made through the call path is a speakerphone call. The method of claim 1, And the destination is a second portable terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 7, And the first and second portable terminals have a video call function. The method of claim 8, Requesting a video call from the second mobile terminal to the first mobile terminal when the second mobile terminal receives the notification message; And in response to the video call request, performing a video call by forcibly opening the video call path with the second mobile terminal in response to the video call request. The method of claim 9, If the second mobile terminal receives a video call screen or call voice storage request while the video call path is open, storing the video call screen or call voice in the second mobile terminal. How to notify the status of the mobile terminal. The method according to claim 1 or 7, The first mobile terminal has a shooting function characterized in that it has a shooting function. The method of claim 11, Requesting photographing from the second portable terminal when the second portable terminal receives the notification message; And a step of forcibly driving the camera to perform a photographing operation in response to the photographing request. The method of claim 12, And transmitting, by the first portable terminal, the photographed image to the second portable terminal. The method of claim 1, And outputting a warning message to the first mobile terminal at a preset time point before transmitting the notification message. The method of claim 14, And simultaneously outputting an alarm sound when the warning message is output. The method of claim 1, And a step of receiving the destination in advance by a user. The method of claim 1, And receiving the priority of the destination when the destination is a plurality of destinations. The method of claim 17, If the notification message transmission to the highest destination according to the above priority fails, And transmitting the notification message to a next higher destination.

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