JP4191873B2 - Mobile phone - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mobile phone, and more particularly to a mobile phone having notification means when incoming call information is received.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventional mobile phones are equipped with not only a call function but also a mail transmission / reception function such as text, a message memo function that records a message of the other party by sending a response message when it is not possible to answer the call. Progressing. Also, there is an answering machine service in which the other party's message is recorded on the network side when the telephone cannot be answered.
[0003]
Such a mobile phone displays “There is an incoming call” indicating that there is a call on the display means when the user receives an incoming call when the user cannot answer the call (not-received notification), and also receives an email. Indication of an icon indicating that a mail has been received (mail arrival notification), and display of a message memo icon and the number of recorded messages when the other party's message is recorded in the message memo ( Notification), and when an answering machine is recorded on the network side, an icon or the like indicating that an answering machine is present (answering machine notice) is used for notification.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a mobile phone, the above-mentioned incoming call unanswered notification, e-mail incoming notification, message memo notification, and answering machine notification are display notifications. There was a problem that it could not be confirmed without looking at the section.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile phone that notifies the missed call notification, mail incoming notification, message memo notification, and answering machine notification using a notification means other than display. And
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention relates to whether or not a predetermined operation has been performed during a notification operation by a notification unit in a mobile phone having a communication unit that communicates wirelessly and a notification unit that notifies that information has been received by the communication unit. The control means for determining, and the notification means periodically notifies the presence of incoming information when a predetermined operation is not performed during the notification operation of the control means. Can be confirmed.
[0007]
Further, the present invention relates to whether or not a predetermined operation is performed during a notification operation by the notification unit in a mobile phone having a communication unit that communicates wirelessly and a notification unit that notifies that information has been received by the communication unit. Control means for determining whether or not the notification means notifies the presence of incoming information when a predetermined operation is not performed during the notification operation by a notification means after a predetermined time. The presence of incoming information can be confirmed.
[0008]
Further, according to the present invention, whether or not a predetermined operation is performed during a notification operation by the notification unit in a mobile phone having a communication unit that communicates wirelessly and a notification unit that notifies that information has been received by the communication unit. The control means for determining whether or not the reception field strength is lower than a predetermined reception field strength that there is incoming information when a predetermined operation is not performed during the notification operation. Since the notification is made by the notification means, the presence of the incoming call information can be confirmed when the received electric field becomes lower than a predetermined electric field strength.
[0009]
Furthermore, in the mobile phone according to the present invention, the incoming information is a voice incoming call, an incoming mail, a message memo, or an answering machine, and has at least one.
Furthermore, in the mobile phone according to the present invention, when the incoming information is at least two or more of a voice incoming call, an incoming mail, a message memo, and an answering machine, the notification means is not operated within the predetermined time. In this case, since different notification is performed for each incoming information, it is possible to confirm whether the incoming information is the voice incoming call, the incoming mail, the message memo, or the answering machine.
[0010]
Further, the present invention provides a communication terminal having a receiving means for receiving a mail and a notifying means for notifying that the mail has been received by the receiving means, a storage means for storing the received mail, and a sender of the received mail. Since it has a judging means for judging whether or not it is a specific caller and a notifying means for making a notification in a different form according to the result of the judging means, a mail from a specific caller is displayed. It is possible to confirm that it has been received without looking.
[0011]
Further, the portable terminal of the present invention provides a control means for determining whether or not a predetermined operation has been performed during notification of mail reception, and a notification when the predetermined operation has not been performed during the notification operation of the control means. Since the means is periodically notified, it is possible to confirm that there is an unanswered mail from a specific sender without looking at the display after a predetermined time.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention will be described in detail with reference to examples.
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
[0013]
In this embodiment, a communication unit 11 that transmits and receives a radio signal via an antenna 10 and confirmation of incoming and incoming information of a radio signal (voice incoming, incoming mail, message memo, answering machine, etc.) by the communication unit 11 A vibrator 12 for informing the user of the signal by vibration, a speaker 13 for outputting the notification of the incoming radio signal and the confirmation of the incoming information by the communication unit 11 by sound, a microphone 14 for inputting the voice, and a control program. ROM 15 stored therein, RAM 16 storing a phone book memory for storing the name, telephone number, mail address, etc. of the other party and setting information of various functions, and the name, telephone number, etc. of the incoming party are stored. An incoming memory 17, a mail storage memory 18 for storing received mails, and the other party's voice contents when the user cannot answer the phone. The voice memory 19, the display unit 20 for displaying the name and telephone number of the called party, the received mail, etc., the operation unit 21 for operating the cellular phone, the timer 22 for measuring time, and the above-mentioned units It is comprised with the control part 23 to control.
[0014]
The control unit 20 further includes incoming call notification control means 24 that controls a notification operation at the time of incoming call, which is a characteristic part of the present invention.
[0015]
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for processing the notification operation of the first embodiment at the time of an incoming call of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention. Here, an explanation will be given taking an incoming voice as an example.
In the standby state, when there is an incoming call to the communication unit 11 via the antenna 10 (step S201), the incoming call notification control unit 24 determines whether or not the operation unit 21 is operated and responds to the incoming call. (Step S202), and if a response operation is performed, the process returns to the standby state after the call ends.
[0016]
If no response operation is made in step S202, the incoming call notification control means 24 stores the name of the other party and the telephone number or telephone number in the incoming call memory 17 together with the information that the incoming call has not been answered. Etc.) is started. Next, the incoming call notification control means 24 determines whether or not a certain time has elapsed (step S203), and when the certain time has elapsed, determines whether or not there is an unanswered call in the call reception memory ( Step S204) If there is no unanswered incoming call, the process returns to the standby state.
[0017]
If there is an unanswered incoming call in step S204, the incoming call notification control means 24, when the normal incoming call notification is set to a sound notification operation, sounds different from this incoming call notification operation (for example, a short sound) Etc.), the speaker 13 is operated so as to notify that the incoming call has not been answered (step S205), and returns to the standby state after the incoming call unanswered notification operation ends. In addition, when the normal incoming call notification is set to a vibration notification operation, the incoming call unanswered notification operation with vibrations different from the incoming call notification operation (for example, vibration shorter in time or intermittent vibration than the incoming call notification operation) The vibrator 12 is operated so that This process is repeated as long as there is no incoming call response. In the present embodiment, the vibrator 12 and the speaker 13 are separately described as the incoming call notification means. However, both may be used in combination for notification.
[0018]
As described above, in this embodiment, when there is an unanswered incoming call, it is confirmed that there is an unanswered call without checking the display unit by periodically notifying the incoming call unanswered. Can do.
[0019]
Next, another alerting | reporting operation | movement of a present Example is demonstrated using FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for processing the notification operation of the second embodiment at the time of an incoming call of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention. Here, an explanation will be given taking an incoming voice as an example.
In this embodiment, an incoming call non-response notification time (for example, a conference end time) is set in the RAM 16 in advance by operating the operation unit 21.
[0020]
First, in a standby state, when there is an incoming call to the communication unit 11 via the antenna 10 (step S301), the incoming call notification control unit 24 responds to the incoming call by operating the operation unit 21. It is determined whether or not (step S302), and if a response operation is performed, the process returns to the standby state after the call is finished.
If no response operation is performed in step S302, the incoming call notification control means 24 stores the name of the other party and the telephone number or telephone number in the incoming call memory 17 together with the information that the incoming call has not been answered.
[0021]
Next, the incoming call notification control means 24 compares the time of the clock with the non-incoming response time set in the RAM 16 (step S303), and if they match, there is no incoming response in the incoming memory. It is determined whether or not to perform (step S304), and when there is no unanswered incoming call, the process returns to the standby state.
[0022]
When there is no incoming call response in step S304, the incoming call notification control means 24, when the normal incoming call notification is set to sound notification operation, sounds different from this incoming call notification operation (for example, short sound) Etc.), the speaker 13 is operated so as to perform notification of unanswered incoming calls (step S305), and returns to the standby state after the operation of notifying incoming call unanswered. In addition, when the normal incoming call notification is set to a vibration notification operation, the incoming call unanswered notification operation with vibrations different from the incoming call notification operation (for example, vibration shorter in time or intermittent vibration than the incoming call notification operation) The vibrator 12 is operated so that
[0023]
In the present embodiment, the vibrator 12 and the speaker 13 are separately described as the incoming call notification means. However, both may be used in combination for notification.
As described above, in this embodiment, when there is an unanswered call, the unanswered call is present without confirming the display by notifying the unanswered call at a predetermined time. Can be confirmed.
[0024]
Next, another alerting | reporting operation | movement of a present Example is demonstrated using FIG.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for processing the notification operation of the third embodiment at the time of an incoming call of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention. Here, an explanation will be given taking an incoming voice as an example.
[0025]
In this embodiment, the electric field strength of the weak electric field for performing notification of unanswered incoming calls is stored in the ROM 15 in advance, and the received electric field strength of the signal received by the communication unit in FIG. Incoming call unanswered is notified when the electric field intensity is less than or equal to the stored intensity.
[0026]
First, in a standby state, when there is an incoming voice call to the communication unit 11 via the antenna 10 (step S401), the incoming call notification control unit 24 responds to the incoming voice call by operating the operation unit 21. It is determined whether or not (step S402), and if a response operation is performed, the process returns to the standby state after the call is finished.
[0027]
If no response operation is performed in step S402, the incoming call notification control means 24 stores the incoming caller's name and telephone number or telephone number in the incoming call memory 17 together with information indicating that the incoming call has not been answered.
[0028]
Next, the incoming call notification control means 24 compares the received electric field strength measured by the communication unit 11 with the electric field strength preset in the ROM 15 (step S403), and the received electric field strength is preset. When the electric field strength is less than or equal to the field strength, it is determined whether or not there is an unacknowledged incoming call in the incoming call memory (step S404).
[0029]
If there is an unanswered incoming call in step S404, the incoming call notification control means 24, when the normal incoming call notification is set to sound notification operation, the sound different from this incoming call notification operation (for example, a short sound) Etc.), the speaker 13 is operated so as to notify that the incoming call has not been answered (step S405). In addition, when the normal incoming call notification is set to a vibration notification operation, the incoming call unanswered notification operation with vibrations different from the incoming call notification operation (for example, vibration shorter in time or intermittent vibration than the incoming call notification operation) The vibrator 12 is operated so that
[0030]
In the present embodiment, the vibrator 12 and the speaker 13 are separately described as the incoming call notification means. However, both may be used in combination for notification.
As described above, in this embodiment, when there is an incoming call unacknowledged, the incoming electric field strength is equal to or lower than a preset electric field strength. It can be confirmed that there is an unanswered response.
[0031]
Although the first to third embodiments of the present embodiment have been described for the case of voice incoming as incoming information, it can also be applied to incoming mail, message memo, answering machine, and the like.
In addition, when there are a plurality of incoming information such as incoming voice calls and incoming mails, it is possible to check which notification is being performed without looking at the display section by making each notification different. be able to.
[0032]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described.
The configuration of the mobile phone of the second embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1, but the configuration of the phone book memory that stores the name, phone number, mail address, etc. of the other party stored in the RAM 16 is different.
[0033]
In the present embodiment, the received mail address of the caller is compared with the mail address stored in the RAM, and if there is a matching mail address, the unanswered incoming call set in the matching mail address The notification operation is performed in the notification form.
[0034]
First, the configuration of the telephone directory memory will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 5 shows memory NO. Area 51, name area 52 for storing names, company names, etc., telephone number area 53 for storing telephone numbers, mail address area 54 for storing e-mail addresses, and notification at the time of notification of unanswered incoming calls An incoming call non-response setting area 55 that stores information on whether or not is received.
In this embodiment, each memory NO. Although notification of unanswered incoming calls is set for each group, names, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc. are previously divided into groups (for example, companies, friends, etc.), and notification of unanswered incoming calls is set for each group. It doesn't matter if you do.
[0035]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure for processing a notification operation at the time of an incoming call of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment of the present invention. Here, an example of incoming mail will be described.
[0036]
First, in a standby state, when an incoming mail is received by the communication unit 11 via the antenna 10 (step S601), has the incoming call notification control means 24 responded to the incoming mail by operating the operation unit 21? It is determined whether or not (step S602), and if a response operation is performed, the process returns to the standby state after the call is finished.
[0037]
When the response operation is not performed in step S602, the incoming call notification control means 24 stores the incoming mail address and the received mail text and the received mail text in the mail storage memory 18 together with the unanswered call information, for a predetermined time (for example, The timer 22 that times (such as 5 minutes) is started. Next, the incoming call notification control means 24 determines whether or not a certain time has elapsed (step S603), and when the certain time has elapsed, determines whether or not there is an unanswered call in the mail storage area. (Step S604) When there is no unanswered incoming call, the process returns to the standby state.
[0038]
If there is an unanswered incoming call in step S604, the incoming call notification control means 24 compares the unanswered mail address stored in the mail storage memory 18 with the mail address stored in the RAM 16. (Step S605) When there is no matching mail address, the process returns to the standby state.
[0039]
If there is a matching mail address in step S605, the setting status of the incoming call unanswered setting area 55 corresponding to the next matched mail address is confirmed (step S606), and the incoming call unanswered setting is set to “OFF”. If it is set, it returns to the standby state without notifying the unanswered incoming call.
[0040]
If the incoming call non-response setting is set to “ON” in step S606, the incoming call non-response is notified with a sound different from the normal incoming call notification (for example, a short ringing sound). The speaker 13 is operated as described above (step S607), and the standby state is returned after the incoming call unanswered notification operation is completed. In addition, when the normal incoming call notification is set to a vibration notification operation, the incoming call unanswered notification operation with vibrations different from the incoming call notification operation (for example, vibration shorter in time or intermittent vibration than the incoming call notification operation) The vibrator 12 is operated so that
[0041]
In the present embodiment, the vibrator 12 and the speaker 13 are separately described as the incoming call notification means. However, both may be used in combination for notification.
As described above, in the present embodiment, when there is an unanswered mail for a preset mail address, the display unit is notified by notifying that there is an unanswered mail at regular intervals. It is possible to confirm that there is an unanswered mail without confirming.
[0042]
Although this embodiment has been described with respect to incoming mail as incoming information, it can also be applied to voice incoming calls, message memos, answering machines, and the like. In this case, not a comparison of email addresses. This can be done by comparing names and phone numbers.
When a plurality of notification forms of unacknowledged incoming calls can be set, the telephone directory memory stores the information in groups and sets different notification forms of unacknowledged incoming calls for each group. It is possible to confirm which group's unanswered mail exists only by listening to the notification of the unanswered call.
[0043]
Although this embodiment has been described with respect to a mobile phone, the present invention is not limited to a mobile phone and can be applied to a communication terminal having a function of receiving mail.
In the case of the present embodiment, the mail that has not been received has been described. However, at the time of incoming call notification, the notification operation of the incoming mail from a specific caller and the incoming mail from other callers can be made different. It is also possible to apply so as to determine whether or not the mail is important when the mail arrives.
[0044]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the mobile phone of the present invention, when there is an unanswered incoming call, the incoming call is not answered without the user confirming the display unit by periodically informing the incoming call unanswered. Since it is possible to improve the chances of missing important voice calls, mails, message memos, voice mails, etc., the user convenience can be improved.
[0045]
In addition, according to the mobile phone of the present invention, when there is an unanswered incoming call, the user confirms that there is an unanswered call without checking the display unit by notifying the unanswered call at the set time. Since it is possible to improve the chances of missing important voice calls, mails, message memos, voice mails, etc., user convenience can be improved.
[0046]
In addition, according to the mobile phone of the present invention, when there is an unanswered incoming call, the incoming call unanswered is notified when the power is weak, so that the user can confirm that the incoming unanswered call exists without checking the display unit. Since it is possible to confirm and improve the chance of missing important voice calls, mails, message memos, voice mails, etc., it is possible to improve user convenience.
[0047]
In addition, according to the portable terminal of the present invention, when there is an unanswered mail for a preset mail address, the display unit is displayed by notifying that there is an unanswered mail at regular intervals. Without confirmation, it can be confirmed that there is an unanswered mail, and an opportunity to miss an important mail can be improved, so that the convenience of the user can be improved. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a procedure for processing a notification operation according to the first embodiment when a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention receives an incoming call;
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a procedure for processing a notification operation of the second embodiment at the time of an incoming call of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a procedure for processing a notification operation of the third embodiment at the time of an incoming call of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a telephone directory memory of a RAM according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure for processing a notification operation at the time of an incoming call of the mobile phone according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
10: Antenna 11: Communication unit 12: Vibrator 13: Speaker 14: Microphone 15: ROM 16: RAM
17: Incoming memory 18: Mail storage memory 19: Voice memory 20: Display unit 21: Operation unit 22: Timer 23: Control unit 24: Incoming notification control means

Claims (1)

In a mobile phone having communication means for performing wireless communication and notification means for notifying that information has been received by the communication means,
Control means for determining whether or not a predetermined operation has been performed during the notification operation by the notification means;
The control means informs the presence of incoming information when a predetermined operation is not performed during the notification operation by the notification means when the reception electric field strength is lower than a predetermined reception electric field strength. A mobile phone characterized by being controlled to perform.

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