WO2007072547A1

WO2007072547A1 - Portable terminal system

Info

Publication number: WO2007072547A1
Application number: PCT/JP2005/023334
Authority: WO
Inventors: Junichi Yasuno; Iwao Matsuura; Akihiro Miyashita; Saori Suzuki; Sumito Niwa; Hidekazu Kano
Original assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2005-12-20
Filing date: 2005-12-20
Publication date: 2007-06-28

Abstract

In environment where a battery charger is set, a variety of requests arise for necessity to switch modes of operations even in a house, such as applications of portable terminal equipment, communication parties, business use and personal use. A portable terminal device comprises a means for detecting that the terminal device is set on a battery charger, a means for detecting a predetermined condition set in advance at the battery charger, a means for changing a set condition of the terminal device in accordance with the condition set at the battery charger, a means for holding the condition changed in accordance with the condition set at the battery charger, and a means for switching the condition to the initial one in response to a situation by operator’s one-touch operation. The portable terminal device detects that the terminal device is received in the battery charger, detects the condition set at the battery charger, switches the condition in accordance with the set condition of the battery charger, and holds the switched condition at the holding means.

Description

Specification

Portable terminal system

Technical field

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal system having a wireless transmission / reception function, and more particularly to a mobile terminal system that combines a mobile terminal with a built-in secondary battery and a charging stand.

Background art

[0002] A conventional mobile terminal system that combines a mobile terminal having a wireless transmission / reception function and a charging stand is used in various situations, and a mobile terminal such as a cordless telephone or a mobile communication device receives an incoming call. It is possible to select the usage state to be notified by the vibration of the vibrator and the usage state to be notified by the ring tone.

[0003] When the mobile terminal is placed on the charging stand in the vibrator mode in which the incoming call is notified by the vibration of the vibrator, the incoming call is noticed even if it vibrates on the charging stand. There was something that didn't follow. As a countermeasure, the technical capability to change settings such as switching the waiting state of the mobile terminal from the vibrator mode to the ringing mode for notifying incoming calls with ringtones, such as disclosed in JP-A-11-187467. Yes.

[0004] In addition, when the mobile terminal is placed on the charging stand, a plurality of operation patterns are stored in the memory of the mobile terminal for the ringing mode that is switched from the vibrator mode. A technique for setting an operation pattern is also disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-134293. According to this conventional technology, the user selects the ring volume and the type of ring tone that are prepared in advance on the mobile terminal side, so that the mobile terminal can be placed on the charging stand and the secondary battery is charged. It is possible to switch to a pre-selected operation pattern for the ringing mode on the terminal charging base.

[0005] However, in the conventional portable terminal system described above, it is effective to switch to an arbitrary operation pattern selected in advance only when the portable terminal is placed on the charging stand. If the terminal is removed, it will return to the state before being placed on the charging stand, for example, vibrator mode. Depending on the location where the charging stand is located, it may be necessary to use the ringtone, ringtone, etc. depending on the circumstances, ambient conditions, usage conditions, etc. There was a problem that it returned to the setting unsuitable for.

[0006] For example, in a very quiet place, there may be a demand for a usage state in which an incoming call is notified only by light without generating a ringing tone that stimulates hearing or a vibration sound of a vibrator. In this case, even if the mobile terminal is placed on the charging stand and the incoming call is notified only by light that does not emit ringtones or vibrations of the vibrator, the moment when the mobile terminal is removed from the charging base, If you make a vibration sound, you will destroy the atmosphere.

[0007] As described above, the usage of mobile terminals has been diversified, and other functions depending on the place, that is, the electronic phone book, that is not just switching from the vibrator mode to the ringing mode only by the charging stand, are performed. Various functions need to be switched not only for private functions such as standby screens, but also for changing the status settings to link with other devices such as music players as well as telephone functions due to recent multifunctionalization. It is coming. In an environment where a charging stand is installed, there are various demands in the home such as the usage of mobile terminals, communication partners, business use, and personal use. Among these, in order to respond to a wide variety of demands, setting the usage state of the mobile terminal each time requires a complicated operation and a heavy burden for the user. In addition, if all the usage conditions are pre-set on the mobile terminal and the setting conditions are maintained for each detailed condition, the memory of the mobile terminal increases.

[0008] As a portable terminal system that combines a portable terminal and a charging stand of this power, placing the portable terminal on the charging stand, setting of ringtone and ringing volume, and other functions such as an electronic phone book, etc. You can set the private function settings, standby screen settings, etc. in advance according to the surrounding environment and situation! After that, even if the mobile terminal is unplugged, it keeps the settings of the mobile terminal, making it easier to set up the mobile terminal without having to store individual setting conditions in the memory of the mobile terminal. There is a need for a portable terminal system that can set the usage status.

Disclosure of the invention

[0009] In addition to the charging unit and the control unit for charging, the charging base of the present invention includes a setting condition storage holding unit that stores setting conditions of the mobile terminal to be switched when the mobile terminal is placed on the charging base. A state setting unit for setting the state of the mobile terminal is provided. In the portable terminal of the present invention, a charge control unit that detects that the mobile terminal is placed on the charging base, a state detection unit that detects setting conditions preliminarily set on the charging base, and a detection A main body control unit for setting the mobile terminal as a setting condition and a storage holding unit for holding the set setting condition are provided.

[0010] With this configuration, when the portable terminal is placed on the charging stand, the setting condition of the portable terminal is set to the setting condition set in advance on the charging stand, and the set setting condition is held in the storage holding unit of the portable terminal. As a result, even when the mobile terminal is removed from the charging stand, the set usage state is maintained.

Brief Description of Drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile terminal and a charging stand according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a portable terminal and a charging stand according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a portable terminal and a charging stand according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

1 Mobile devices

2

11 Transmitter

12 Receiver

13 Control unit

14 Memory holding unit

15 Input section

16 Display

17 Microphone

18 Resino

19 Speaker

20 Status detector 21 Charge controller

22 Secondary battery

31 Charging terminal

32 Ground terminal

33 Charger

34 Control unit

35 Status setting section

36 Setting condition memory

37 Power transformer

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0013] (Embodiment 1)

A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the portable terminal system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The mobile terminal system according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a mobile terminal 1 and a charging stand 2.

As shown in FIG. 1, the charging stand 2 of the present invention has a charging terminal 31 and a ground terminal 32 arranged in accordance with the shape of the mobile terminal. Inside the charging stand 2, there are a charging unit 33 and a control unit 34 for charging, and a setting condition storage holding unit 36 for storing the setting condition of the usage state of the mobile terminal and the usage state of the mobile terminal are set. A state setting unit 35 is provided. The setting condition storage unit 36 of the charging stand 2 should be used by the mobile terminal user according to the environment around the charging stand 2, the incoming melody setting conditions, ringtone volume, waiting screen, telephone Make it possible to retain the book settings! / Speak.

[0015] Under the control of the control unit 34, the charging stand 2 converts an alternating current power source into a direct current with a transformer 37, outputs the direct current from the charging terminal 31 to the portable terminal side, and receives a portable terminal force setting request signal. The state setting unit 35 reads out the setting condition information stored in the setting condition storage / holding unit 36 and outputs the information superimposed on the DC current.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1, the mobile terminal 1 includes a transmission unit 11, a reception unit 12, a main body control unit 13, a storage holding unit 14, an input unit 15, a display unit 16, a microphone 17, a receiver 18, A speaker 19, a charge control unit 21, and a secondary battery 22 are included. The portable terminal 1 is controlled under the control of the main body control unit 13. The information input to the input unit 15 is displayed on the display unit 16, and wireless communication is performed with another mobile terminal (not shown) using the transmission unit 11 and the reception unit 12. This is read and a ring tone is output from the receiver 18 to enable a call using the microphone 17 and the speaker 19. In addition, the charging control unit 21 detects that it is placed on the charging stand, and controls charging. The state detection unit 20 is arranged between the charge control unit 21 and the main body control unit 13 and is configured to detect information on setting conditions transmitted in a superimposed manner from the charging table.

[0017] The operation of the portable terminal system combining the charging stand 2 and the portable terminal 1 configured as described above will be described. Here, the description will be made on the assumption that nothing is initially stored in the setting condition storage unit 36 of the charging stand 2.

[0018] First, the user of the portable terminal in the portable terminal 1 uses the input unit 15 to store the setting condition desired to be preset in the charging stand in the storage holding unit 14. Next, when the mobile terminal 1 is placed on the charging stand 2, the mobile terminal 1 receives from the storage holding unit 14 of the mobile terminal as a preset information to be stored in advance in the setting condition storage holding unit 36 of the charging base 2. Is read out from the charging terminal 31 via the status detection unit 20 and the charging control unit 21 to the charging stand 2 via the status detection unit 20 and the charging control unit 21. In the charging stand 2, under the control of the control unit 34, the setting conditions output from the portable terminal 1 are stored in the setting condition storage holding unit 36 via the state setting unit 35 of the charging stand 2. At this time, the setting condition information is deleted from the storage unit 14 of the portable terminal 1. As a result, the setting condition storage holding unit 36 of the charging stand 2 is preset with the setting conditions of the portable terminal suitable for the environment around the charging stand 2.

In this state, when the portable terminal is placed again on the charging stand, portable terminal 1 and charging stand 2 are connected to each other by charging terminal 31 and ground terminal 32. From charging terminal 31, portable terminal 1 In order to charge the secondary battery 22, a direct current flows to the secondary battery 22 via the charge control unit 21 in the portable terminal 1 and is charged. At the same time, when the charging control unit 21 recognizes that the portable terminal 1 is placed on the charging stand, the main body control unit 13 outputs a setting request signal to the charging stand control unit 34 via the charging control unit 21. . Upon receiving the setting request signal, the charging unit control unit 34 obtains setting condition information from the charging table setting condition storage unit 36 via the charging table state setting unit 35, and again through the state setting unit 35. Then, it is superimposed on the direct current on the charging terminal 31 and output to the portable terminal 1. The mobile device 1 uses the setting conditions output from the charging stand 2. Is detected by the state detection unit 20 and transmitted to the main body control unit 13, and the main body control unit 13 stores the information in the memory holding unit 14. Then, the main body control unit 13 obtains the usage status of each part of the mobile terminal 1 from the charging stand 2 and stores the setting condition information stored in the memory holding unit 14, for example, the incoming mode, the switching of the ringtone, and the telephone used for company relations. Change the phonebook power used for books or private use, preset dial settings, standby screen settings, shortcut switching, etc. In this way, by setting the mobile terminal 1 on the charging stand 2, the setting condition of the usage state of the mobile terminal 1 is reset with the setting conditions preset in the setting condition storage holding unit 36 of the charging base 2. Can do. In addition, since the memory holding unit 14 of the mobile terminal 1 holds the reset setting conditions, even if the mobile terminal 1 is removed from the charging base 2 after that, It is kept as it is.

[0020] When the mobile terminal 1 set in the use state is placed on another charging stand with different settings, the setting conditions stored in the memory holding unit 14 of the mobile terminal 1 are checked from the other charging stand. Overwrite with other setting conditions that have been issued, and reset the setting conditions for mobile device 1. This makes it very easy to switch the usage status of the mobile terminal to the setting conditions preset on another charging stand.

[0021] Further, in the mobile terminal whose settings are switched in this way, an input for storing special setting conditions in advance in the memory holding unit 14 and switching to the special setting conditions stored in advance. By providing a key in the input unit 15, it is possible to provide a resetting means for instantaneously switching to a use state of a special setting condition. If the input key for switching to the special setting condition of the input unit 15 is pressed, the main unit control unit 13 calls the setting condition that is preliminarily held as a special setting condition from the memory holding unit 14 and is used immediately. Change the setting. As a result, the usage state switched by the charging stand can be instantaneously returned to the predetermined usage state.

[0022] (Embodiment 2)

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The mobile terminal system of the second embodiment of the present invention is provided with wireless communication means for communicating the setting conditions of the mobile terminal to each of the charging stand and the mobile terminal. When the charging base or mobile terminal is close to each other, wirelessly communicates the setting conditions to the setting base storage section of the charging base without contact. The setting conditions are stored in advance, and then the mobile terminal is brought close to the charging base to notify the mobile terminal of the charging base setting conditions in a non-contact manner, and the mobile terminal setting conditions are set. Speak again and try again.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the mobile terminal system according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 2, a transmitting / receiving unit 23 and a control unit 24 for communicating with the charging base 4 are provided inside the mobile terminal 3 and a transmitting / receiving unit 38 and a control unit for communicating with the mobile terminal 3 are also provided on the charging base 4 side. 39 is provided.

In this embodiment, when the mobile terminal 3 is close to the charging stand 4, communication is started by the transmission / reception unit 23 of the mobile terminal 3 and the transmission / reception unit 38 of the charging stand 4, and charging with the control unit 24 of the mobile terminal 3 is performed. A communication path 40 is established by the control unit 39 of the power board 4.

[0025] When presetting the setting conditions for the charging stand 4, the user of the portable terminal presets the charging stand in the portable terminal 3, and the setting conditions are stored in the storage holding unit 14 using the input unit 15. After that, the mobile terminal 3 is moved closer to the charging stand 4. As a result, the setting condition stored in the memory holding unit 14 of the portable terminal 3 is read out, sent to the charging base 4 via the communication path 40, and stored in the setting condition storage holding unit 36.

[0026] After that, when charging base 4 and portable terminal 3 come close again, communication path 40 is established again, and information on the setting conditions in setting condition storage unit 36 of charging base 4 is sent to portable terminal 3, In the terminal 3, the setting contents of the portable terminal 3 are reset according to the setting conditions stored in the memory holding unit 14 and preset in the charging stand 4.

[Embodiment 3]

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the mobile terminal system according to the third embodiment of the present invention, a concave portion and a switch are provided on the surface of the mobile terminal facing the charging base, and the charging base is provided with a convex portion that fits into the concave portion. Pairing with the convex part of the charging stand. When the paired mobile device 5 is placed on the charging stand 6, the switch operates normally, and the incoming call state, ringing melody, waiting screen, etc. set in advance on the mobile device are stored on the charging stand 6 side. The setting condition on the charging stand 6 side can be set in the portable terminal by storing the portable terminal 5 in which the shape of the convex part and the concave part that are paired again is stored.

FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the mobile terminal system according to the third embodiment. In Fig. 3, charging stand 6 Is provided with a pin 41 which is a convex portion at a position where the portable terminal 5 is placed. The portable terminal 5 is provided with a recess that matches the position and shape of the pin 41 of the charging stand. When the portable terminal 5 is placed on the charging stand, the detection switch 25 in the concave portion of the portable terminal 5 is pushed by the pin 41 of the charging stand 6 and is turned “on”. If the mobile terminal 5 with a recess that matches the position and shape of the pin 41 on the charging base is placed on a charging base that does not have the pin 41 or a charging base that does not match the shape, the detection switch of the mobile terminal 5 25 Turns off. As a result, the power on which the portable terminal 5 is placed and the change in the placed state are recognized.

[0029] That is, only when the portable terminal 5 that matches the position and shape of the pin 41 of the charging base is placed on the charging base 6 provided with the pin 41, the charging base 6 is preliminarily stored and the setting condition is stored. The setting contents stored in the unit 36 are rewritten to the storage holding unit 14 of the portable terminal 5. If the mobile device 5 that matches the position and shape of the pin 41 of the charging base is placed on a charging base that does not have the pin 41 or a charging base that does not match the shape, rewrite the settings in the memory holding unit 14 of the mobile terminal 5. You can distinguish between!

[0030] As described above, according to the environment where the charging stand is placed, the detailed mode setting is stored only when the concave portion of the portable terminal and the convex portion of the charging stand are fitted together as a pair. be able to. As a result, even when the mobile terminal is in each environment, it is possible to change the settings very easily, and there is an advantage that it is not necessary to increase the memory capacity of the mobile terminal.

[0031] The present invention stores the setting conditions of the mobile terminal to be used at the place where the charging base is installed in advance on the charging base side, so that when the mobile terminal is placed on the charging base, the mobile terminal is used. The status can be reset to the setting conditions stored in the charging base, and the usage status reset by holding the setting conditions on the mobile terminal is removed from the charging base. If it can be maintained, it has a positive effect.

[0032] In addition, by storing detailed setting conditions individually in each charging stand, it is possible to perform switching without previously storing the setting conditions in the mobile terminal, thereby reducing the burden on the terminal. It is also possible to reset the setting from the setting state when it is placed on the charging stand with a single touch.

Industrial applicability By presetting the setting conditions for the usage status according to the environment where the charging stand is installed in the charging stand, it is easy to combine the setting of the status setting on the charging stand without imposing a load on the mobile terminal. Since the usage status of the mobile terminal can be reset, it can be used in a mobile terminal system that requires the usage status to be set depending on the place of use, such as a mobile terminal system for a concert hall or a mobile terminal system for a lecture hall. Applicable.

Claims

The scope of the claims

[1] In a mobile terminal system consisting of a mobile terminal and a charging stand,

In addition to the charging unit and the control unit that perform charging, the charging base includes a setting condition storage holding unit that stores setting conditions for the mobile terminal to be switched when the mobile terminal is placed on the charging base; A state setting unit for setting the state is provided.

The portable terminal includes a charge control unit that detects being placed on the charging stand, a state detection unit that detects setting conditions set in advance on the charging stand, and the portable terminal that is in accordance with the detected setting conditions. A main body control unit to be set and a memory holding unit to hold the set setting conditions are provided.

When the portable terminal is placed on the charging stand, the setting condition of the portable terminal is set to the setting condition set in advance on the charging stand, and the set setting condition is held in the storage holding unit of the portable terminal. A portable terminal system characterized by that.

[2] In the mobile terminal system according to claim 1,

A wireless communication means and a control unit are provided in the charging stand,

The portable terminal is provided with a wireless communication means and a control unit for communicating the wireless communication means of the charging stand and the setting conditions of the portable terminal,

When the portable terminal approaches the charging stand, a communication path is established by the respective wireless communication means of the portable terminal and the charging stand, and then the setting condition storage holding unit of the charging stand stores the setting condition of the portable terminal. Alternatively, the portable terminal system is configured to store the setting condition stored in the setting condition storage holding unit of the charging stand in the storage holding unit of the portable terminal via the communication path.

[3] In the mobile terminal system according to claim 1,

A detection switch is provided on at least one of the charging base and the mobile terminal, and in addition to the mobile terminal being mounted on the charging base, when the detection switch is operated, the setting condition storage holding unit of the charging base A mobile terminal system configured to set mobile terminal setting conditions based on stored setting conditions.

[4] State power that holds the setting conditions in the above mobile terminal Provided resetting means that can be switched to the setting conditions set in advance with the keys on the mobile terminal with one touch The mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 and 2, characterized by: