WO2001097491A1 - Visual notification device for a portable phone - Google Patents

Visual notification device for a portable phone

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WO2001097491A1
WO2001097491A1 PCT/KR2000/000608 KR0000608W WO0197491A1 WO 2001097491 A1 WO2001097491 A1 WO 2001097491A1 KR 0000608 W KR0000608 W KR 0000608W WO 0197491 A1 WO0197491 A1 WO 0197491A1
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lamp
phone number
color
phone
storing
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Janglak Choi
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M19/00—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems
    • H04M19/02—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone
    • H04M19/04—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone the ringing-current being generated at the substations
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/02—Constructional features of telephone sets
    • H04M1/22—Illumination; Arrangements for improving the visibility of characters on dials
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/57—Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M1/00—Substation equipment, e.g. for use by subscribers
    • H04M1/72—Mobile telephones; Cordless telephones, i.e. devices for establishing wireless links to base stations without route selection
    • H04M1/724—User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04M—TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04M19/00—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems
    • H04M19/02—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone
    • H04M19/04—Current supply arrangements for telephone systems providing ringing current or supervisory tones, e.g. dialling tone or busy tone the ringing-current being generated at the substations
    • H04M19/048—Arrangements providing optical indication of the incoming call, e.g. flasher circuits

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  • the present invention relates to a lamp flickering device for a portable phone, and more particularly, to a lamp flickering device which can easilly identify a received phone number by differing a color of the lamp which is flickered according to whether the received phone number is consistent with a specific phone number stored in a memory of the portable phone.
  • the portable phone is used by many peoples as essential means for co ⁇ j-municating with a friend, a love and a family.
  • the service of inform fng the other party's phone number of the user is provided from a mobile communication company.
  • the service is to display the sender's phone number on a display of a receiver's portable phone, so that a receiver can acknowledge the sender's phone number through the display of the portable phone.
  • the portable phone has benn used by many people, but there has been a disadvantage in which when the portable phone is ringing, the receiver of the portable phone cannot acknowledge who is calling before the receiver identifies the sender's phone number, since a color of a lamp is unified by only one color, for example, a red color.
  • an object of the present invention to provide a lamp flickering device for a portable phone being capable of easily identifying a sender within a short time by comparing a phone number of the sender with a specific phone number set to a memory and, if the phone number of the sender corresponds to the specific phone number set, flickering a lamp of the portable phone with a color corresponding to the specific phone number.
  • a lamp flickering device for a portable phone including : a receiving portion for receiving a transmission signal from a sender through an antenna; a setting portion having an input unit for transmission and receptioin of the signal; a memory for storing a plurality of phone numbers inputted through the input unit of the setting portion; a color selecting and storing portion for selecting and storing the color of the lamp by the input unit of the setting portion; a lamp driving portion for generating a driving signal for flickering the lamp; and a controller for outpurting a driving control signal through the lamp driving portion for flickering the lamp of the color corresponding to the phone number in case that it is checked that the phone number corresponding to the received signal is consistent with the phone number previously stored in the memory.
  • the present invention further comprises a color emitting unit for emitting various colors, for only one lamp used.
  • FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a schematic block diagram of a lamp flickering device of a portable phone according to the present invention
  • FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a lamp setting procedure of the lamp flickering device of a portable phone according to the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating an operation of the lamp flickering device of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a schematic block diagram of a lamp flickering device of a portable phone according to the present invention.
  • a reference number 2 indicates a receiving portion for receiving a transmission signal from a certain sender through an antenna.
  • the reference number 4 indicates a memory for storing a specific phone number set according to a procedure of FIG. 2 after inputting the specific phone number through a setting portion of the portable phone.
  • the setting portion 8 has an input unit (not shown) for inputting several functions of the portable phone, for example, a numeric key and a plurality of function keys.
  • the reference number 12 indicates a color selecting and storing portion for selecting a color by a signal inputted through a controller 6 and the setting portion 8, and storing the color of the lamp (not shown) of the portable phone.
  • the reference number 10 indicates a lamp driving portion for flickering a lamp of the portable phone with a corresponding color according to a control signal of the controller 6.
  • a plurality of color lamps (not shown) can be separately provided, or only one lamp can be provided so that a plurality of colors are emitted through a color ermtting unit (not shown) separately provided, for emitting various colors according to a driving signal of the lamp driving unit 10.
  • the controller 6 haivng an overall control function of the lamp flickering device, compares the other party's phone number received through the receiving portion 2 with the phone number stored in the memory 4 and generates a control signal to flicker the lamp set correspondingly to the phone number if the phone number is consistent.
  • FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a lamp setting procedure of the lamp flickering device of a portable phone according to the present invention.
  • the portable phone user press numeric keys corresponding to a specific phone number (step S2), and then selects a menu key (not shown) to select a flickering lamp color (step S4). After that, if a menu is displayed on a display, one of the lamp color is selected or revised by the user (step S6). And then, if a confirmation key is pressed (step S8), the lamp setting procedure of the lamp flickering device is terminated for the corresponding specific phone number.
  • the portable phone user can previously set the lamp of the color corresponding to the phone number according to a home phone number, a love phone number, a friend phone number, and a job phone number.
  • a green color is for the home phone number
  • a red color for the job phone number a yellow color for the love phone number
  • a blue color for the friend phone number a colorless color for non-set phone number can previously set in the portable phone. Accordingly, it can be checked who is calling without answering the portable phone or without a separate particular operation.
  • FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating an operation of the lamp flickering device of FIG. 1.
  • the sender's phone number and a signal provided by the mobile communication company are received through the antenna of the portable phone (S10). And then, the controller 6 checks the received phone number (S12). After that, the controller 6 compares the received phone number with the phone number stored in the memory 4 to check whether the received phone number, is consistent with the home phone number (S14). If it is consistent, a control signal is outputted through the lamp driving portion 10 to flicker the lamp of a predetermined color corresponding to the home phone number (S24).
  • step S14 if the received phone number is not consistent with the home phone number in step S14, it is checked that the received phone number is consistent with the job phone number (S16). If it is consistent, the step S24 is performed.
  • step S16 if the received phone number is not consistent with the job phone number in step S16, it is checked that the received phone number is consistent with the love phone number (S18). If it is consistent, the step S24 is performed.
  • step S18 if the received phone number is not consistent with the love phone number in step S18, it is checked that the received phone number is consistent with the friend phone number (S20). If it is consistent, the step S24 is performed.
  • the received phone number is not consistent with the friend phone number in step S20, it is controlled to flicker a lamp of color corresponding to a non-set phone number.
  • a music or voice serivce from the mobile communication company can be provided togther with the function of flickering a lamp of a specific color corresponding to the specific phone number.

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Abstract

A visual notification device for a portable phone, which can easily identify a received phone number by changing the color of an indicating lamp to the selected color. The phone number and the selected color assigned to it, is stored within the device. The device consists of a receiving portion (2) for receiving a transmission signal from a sender through an antenna; a setting portion (8) with an input unit; a memory (4) for storing a plurality of phone numbers inputted by the input unit; a color selecting and storing portion (12) for selecting and storing the color of the lamp entered by the input unit; a lamp driving portion (10) for generating a driving signal for changing the color of the lamp to the selected color assigned to the phone number when the controller (6) detects a match between the received phone number and the plurality of stored phone numbers.

Description

VISUAL NOTIFICATION DEVICE FOR A PORTABLE PHONE
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a lamp flickering device for a portable phone, and more particularly, to a lamp flickering device which can easilly identify a received phone number by differing a color of the lamp which is flickered according to whether the received phone number is consistent with a specific phone number stored in a memory of the portable phone.
2. Description of the Related Art
At present, many mobile communication companies are providing various communication services with a plurality of portable phone subscribers. The portable phone is used by many peoples as essential means for coπj-municating with a friend, a love and a family.
In the meantime, among various communication services of the portable phone, the service of inform fng the other party's phone number of the user is provided from a mobile communication company. The service is to display the sender's phone number on a display of a receiver's portable phone, so that a receiver can acknowledge the sender's phone number through the display of the portable phone.
However, as described above, the portable phone has benn used by many people, but there has been a disadavantage in which when the portable phone is ringing, the receiver of the portable phone cannot acknowledge who is calling before the receiver identifies the sender's phone number, since a color of a lamp is unified by only one color, for example, a red color.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a lamp flickering device for a portable phone being capable of easily identifying a sender within a short time by comparing a phone number of the sender with a specific phone number set to a memory and, if the phone number of the sender corresponds to the specific phone number set, flickering a lamp of the portable phone with a color corresponding to the specific phone number.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a method for embodying a DNA structure in an article after analyzing and synthetically editing the DNA structures of plural closely-related persons, for example, newly married couple, so that article occupying men can express their relation and honor the memory, and the article thereof.
To achieve the above object, there is provided a lamp flickering device for a portable phone, -including : a receiving portion for receiving a transmission signal from a sender through an antenna; a setting portion having an input unit for transmission and receptioin of the signal; a memory for storing a plurality of phone numbers inputted through the input unit of the setting portion; a color selecting and storing portion for selecting and storing the color of the lamp by the input unit of the setting portion; a lamp driving portion for generating a driving signal for flickering the lamp; and a controller for outpurting a driving control signal through the lamp driving portion for flickering the lamp of the color corresponding to the phone number in case that it is checked that the phone number corresponding to the received signal is consistent with the phone number previously stored in the memory.
When the lamp is flickered, a music service or the other control signal corresponding to the received phone number provided by a mobile communication company is transmitted. A plurality of lamps are installed by a plurality of colors. And also, the present invention further comprises a color emitting unit for emitting various colors, for only one lamp used.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a schematic block diagram of a lamp flickering device of a portable phone according to the present invention; FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a lamp setting procedure of the lamp flickering device of a portable phone according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating an operation of the lamp flickering device of FIG. 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described herein below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known -functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.
FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a schematic block diagram of a lamp flickering device of a portable phone according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a reference number 2 indicates a receiving portion for receiving a transmission signal from a certain sender through an antenna. The reference number 4 indicates a memory for storing a specific phone number set according to a procedure of FIG. 2 after inputting the specific phone number through a setting portion of the portable phone. The setting portion 8 has an input unit (not shown) for inputting several functions of the portable phone, for example, a numeric key and a plurality of function keys.
The reference number 12 indicates a color selecting and storing portion for selecting a color by a signal inputted through a controller 6 and the setting portion 8, and storing the color of the lamp (not shown) of the portable phone. The reference number 10 indicates a lamp driving portion for flickering a lamp of the portable phone with a corresponding color according to a control signal of the controller 6. A plurality of color lamps (not shown) can be separately provided, or only one lamp can be provided so that a plurality of colors are emitted through a color ermtting unit (not shown) separately provided, for emitting various colors according to a driving signal of the lamp driving unit 10.
The controller 6 haivng an overall control function of the lamp flickering device, compares the other party's phone number received through the receiving portion 2 with the phone number stored in the memory 4 and generates a control signal to flicker the lamp set correspondingly to the phone number if the phone number is consistent.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart illustrating a lamp setting procedure of the lamp flickering device of a portable phone according to the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 2, the portable phone user press numeric keys corresponding to a specific phone number (step S2), and then selects a menu key (not shown) to select a flickering lamp color (step S4). After that, if a menu is displayed on a display, one of the lamp color is selected or revised by the user (step S6). And then, if a confirmation key is pressed (step S8), the lamp setting procedure of the lamp flickering device is terminated for the corresponding specific phone number.
At this time, the portable phone user can previously set the lamp of the color corresponding to the phone number according to a home phone number, a love phone number, a friend phone number, and a job phone number. For example, a green color is for the home phone number, a red color for the job phone number, a yellow color for the love phone number, a blue color for the friend phone number and a colorless color for non-set phone number can previously set in the portable phone. Accordingly, it can be checked who is calling without answering the portable phone or without a separate particular operation.
FIG. 3 is a flow chart illustrating an operation of the lamp flickering device of FIG. 1.
As shown in FIG. 3, the sender's phone number and a signal provided by the mobile communication company are received through the antenna of the portable phone (S10). And then, the controller 6 checks the received phone number (S12). After that, the controller 6 compares the received phone number with the phone number stored in the memory 4 to check whether the received phone number, is consistent with the home phone number (S14). If it is consistent, a control signal is outputted through the lamp driving portion 10 to flicker the lamp of a predetermined color corresponding to the home phone number (S24).
Also, if the received phone number is not consistent with the home phone number in step S14, it is checked that the received phone number is consistent with the job phone number (S16). If it is consistent, the step S24 is performed.
Also, if the received phone number is not consistent with the job phone number in step S16, it is checked that the received phone number is consistent with the love phone number (S18). If it is consistent, the step S24 is performed.
Also, if the received phone number is not consistent with the love phone number in step S18, it is checked that the received phone number is consistent with the friend phone number (S20). If it is consistent, the step S24 is performed.
Also, if the received phone number is not consistent with the friend phone number in step S20, it is controlled to flicker a lamp of color corresponding to a non-set phone number.
In the meantime, a music or voice serivce from the mobile communication company can be provided togther with the function of flickering a lamp of a specific color corresponding to the specific phone number.
As described above, according to the present invention, there has been advantages in which if the user previously sets the lamp color corresponding to the specific phone number relating to himself, the specific received phone number can be immediately confirmed within a short time by flickering the lamp set.
While the invention has been shown and described with reference to a certain preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:
A lamp flickering device for a portable phone, comprising : a receiving portion for receiving a transmission signal from a sender through an antenna; a setting portion having an input unit for transmission and receptioin of the signal; a memory for storing a plurality of phone numbers inputted through the input unit of the setting portion; a color selecting and storing portion for selecting and storing the color of the lamp by the input unit of the setting portion; a lamp driving portion for generating a driving signal for flickering the lamp; and a controller for outputting a driving control signal through the lamp driving portion for flickering the lamp of the color corresponding to the phone number in case that it is checked that the phone number corresponding to the received signal is consistent with the phone number previously stored in the memory.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein when the lamp is flickered, a music service or the other control signal corresponding to the received phone number provided by a mobile communication company is transmitted.
3. The device of claim 1, -further comprising a plurality of lamps by colors.
4. The device of claim 1, further comprising a color emitting unit for emitting a plurality of colors with only one lamp.
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