JP3816389B2 - Mobile terminal and incoming call notification method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal such as a mobile phone, and more particularly to a mobile terminal and an incoming call notification method for notifying a missed call.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, mobile phones are provided with a function of notifying a user of an incoming call by vibration or light instead of a ringing tone in consideration of manners in public places such as stations, trains, and theaters.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, there is no problem when the mobile terminal is set in close contact with the user's body or in the user's field of view when it is set to notify the incoming call by vibration or light. When the user is placed at a distant place or cannot be seen by the user such as in the back, the user often does not notice the incoming call.
[0004]
In preparation for the case described above, the fact that an incoming call has been received is displayed on the display so that a user who has seen the display later can quickly contact the other party. However, even if such a display is performed, this display is not noticed unless the user consciously checks the display. As described above, in the conventional portable terminal, although the missed call is notified, the user often does not notice even the notice, so the effect obtained by notifying the missed call There was a problem that was thin.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and provides a mobile terminal and an incoming call notification method that increase the effect of the missed call notification by increasing the chance of notifying the user that a missed call has occurred. For the purpose.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention acquires setting means for setting position information for notifying that the incoming information is held, incoming call holding means for holding incoming information, and terminal location information And a notification means for notifying the incoming call information held in the incoming call holding means when the positional information acquired by the positional information acquisition means matches the position information set by the setting means. A portable terminal characterized by comprising:
[0007]
The present invention also includes a step of setting position information for notifying that the incoming call information is held, a step of holding the incoming call information, a step of acquiring the position information of the terminal, and the acquired position information And a step of notifying the held incoming call information when it matches the set position information.
[0013]
In addition, as a portable terminal of the present invention, a PDA (Personal Digital Cellular), a mobile phone such as a so-called CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) method, a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular System) method, a PHS (registered trademark) method, a GSM method, etc. Assistants: Personal information devices) are also included. In the case of a PDA, a communication unit may be built in or a communication unit may be connected from the outside.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing extracted functions related to notification of incoming calls in a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 is a memory for holding various information. This memory 10 holds an incoming call information storage area 10a for storing incoming call information including information such as a call source and an incoming call time when an incoming call is received from the outside via a wireless network. A notification condition storage area 10b in which a notification condition for notifying that the incoming call is stored is stored; a deletion condition storage area 10c in which a condition for deleting the incoming call information stored in the incoming call information storage area 10a is stored; And how to perform notification that the incoming call information is retained, that is, notification settings such as notification only by voice or notification by voice and vibrator are stored. A notification setting storage area 10d is provided.
[0015]
Reference numeral 16 denotes a setting unit, in which the user sets conditions for notifying that the incoming call information is held. The conditions set by the setting unit are held in the notification condition storage area 10b.
Here, as a condition for notifying that the incoming call information is retained, when the mobile terminal is connected to the charger, when the mobile terminal is disconnected from the charger, or when the mobile terminal exists in a specific place Are set from the setting unit 16 and these conditions are stored in the notification condition storage area 10b.
[0016]
The registration of the position information of the specific place can be freely set by the user performing the following operation.
For example, the user actually goes to a place to be set and performs an operation for instructing setting of a specific place at the place. With this operation, the position information acquisition unit 112 acquires position information from the GPS, and this position information is stored in the notification condition storage area 10b as position information of a specific place. When such an operation is performed by the user, position information of a specific place is accumulated in the notification condition storage area 10b. Of course, once set position information can be deleted.
[0017]
Further, the erasure condition storage area 10c stores, as erasure conditions, when the user recognizes an incoming call notification, when a predetermined period has elapsed after receiving an incoming call, when a notification is given a predetermined number of times, and the like.
The notification setting storage area 10d stores a notification setting for notification by light, sound, and vibration.
[0018]
The memory 10 is composed of a recording medium such as a hard disk device, a magneto-optical disk device, a flash memory, and a RAM (Random Access Memory), or a computer-readable / writable recording medium using a combination thereof.
[0019]
Reference numeral 111 denotes a charge state detection unit that determines whether or not the mobile terminal is in a charged state based on the direction of current flowing to a rechargeable battery (not shown) and outputs the determination result. The charge / discharge detection method is not limited to the above example. For example, a physical switch is provided on the contact surface of the mobile phone with the charger, and the connection to the charger is detected by the open / close state of the physical switch. The charge / discharge state may be determined.
[0020]
Reference numeral 112 denotes a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information including longitude, latitude, and altitude from a GPS (Global Positioning System) and outputs the acquired position information.
Reference numeral 11 indicates whether or not the state of the mobile terminal determined based on information output from the charging state detection unit 111 or the position information acquisition unit 112 matches the condition stored in the notification condition storage area 10b. And a state determination unit that outputs an incoming call holding notification signal when they match.
Reference numeral 12 denotes a notification instruction signal for determining whether or not incoming information is stored in the incoming information storage area 10a when an incoming call holding notification signal is received, and instructing that notification is performed when the incoming information is stored. Is an incoming call determination unit.
[0021]
Reference numeral 13 denotes a notification unit. When a notification instruction signal is received, an incoming call is received by operating the LED 131, the speaker 132, and the vibration motor 133 based on the notification setting stored in the notification setting storage area 10d. In addition to notifying the user of the fact, a signal indicating that the notification has been made is output to the incoming call information erasure unit 15 described later.
More specifically, the notification unit 13 visually notifies an incoming call by turning on or blinking the LED 131 or emits an incoming melody or a notification sound (buzzer) from the speaker 132. An incoming call is notified by voice, or an incoming call is notified by vibration by operating the vibration motor 133.
[0022]
Reference numeral 14 denotes an incoming call detection unit for detecting an incoming call. When an incoming call is received, the caller, incoming call time, etc. are stored as incoming call information in the incoming call information storage area 10a, and a signal for notifying the incoming call detection is sent. This is output to the timer unit 152.
[0023]
Reference numeral 151 denotes an operation detection unit that outputs an operation signal, which is a signal to notify that when the user performs some operation on the mobile terminal. For example, when a user operates an input unit (not shown) composed of a numeric keypad, function keys, etc., in a folding cellular phone, when the folded state is unfolded, this state change is detected and an operation signal is detected. Is output.
Reference numeral 152 denotes a timer unit that outputs a timer signal when a predetermined period has elapsed since the detection of the incoming call. The predetermined period can be set arbitrarily by the user.
[0024]
Reference numeral 15 denotes an incoming information erasure unit that erases incoming information stored in the incoming information storage area 10a based on the erasure conditions stored in the erasure condition storage area 10c.
Specifically, as described above, in the erasure condition storage area 10c, as an erasure condition, when a user recognizes an incoming call notification, when a predetermined period has elapsed after receiving an incoming call, the notification may be performed a predetermined number of times. Stored. The incoming call information erasure unit 15 determines that the user has recognized the incoming call notification when receiving the operation signal from the operation detection unit 151, and determines that the current state of the mobile terminal matches the erasure condition, and the incoming call information storage area The incoming information of 10a is deleted.
Similarly, when a time signal is received from the time measuring unit 152, it is determined that a predetermined period has elapsed since the reception of the incoming call, and each time a signal supplied from the notification unit 13 is received, a counter provided therein When the value reaches a predetermined number, it is determined that the notification has been performed a predetermined number of times, and the incoming call information is deleted.
[0025]
Then, as described above, the incoming information is erased by the incoming information erasure unit 15, so that only incoming information that should be notified to the user is always stored in the incoming information storage area 10a. .
[0026]
Next, the operation of the mobile terminal having the above configuration will be described.
First, the charging / discharging state of the portable terminal is supplied from the charging state detection unit 111 to the state determination unit 11 and the position information is supplied from the position information acquisition unit 112 at predetermined time intervals. Based on these pieces of information, the state determination unit 11 determines whether the current terminal state matches the notification condition (step S1 in FIG. 2).
Specifically, when the state determination unit 11 determines that the mobile terminal is connected to the charger based on the supplied information, the state determination unit 11 determines that the mobile terminal is disconnected from the charger, or a specific place When the mobile terminal is determined to exist, the incoming call holding notification signal is output to the incoming call determination unit 12.
[0027]
When receiving the incoming call holding notification signal from the state determining unit 11, the incoming call determining unit 12 determines whether incoming information is stored in the incoming information storage area 10a (step S2). As a result, if incoming call information is stored, the incoming call determination unit 12 outputs a notification instruction signal to the notification unit 13.
When the notification unit 13 receives the notification instruction signal from the incoming call determination unit 12, the notification unit 13 blinks the LED 131 based on the notification setting stored in the notification setting storage area 10 d and sends a predetermined audio analog signal to the speaker 132. By outputting, a predetermined sound is output, and by operating the vibration motor 133, the mobile terminal is vibrated. This notifies the user that there is an incoming call by light, sound, or vibration (step S3). When the notification unit 13 performs the incoming notification in this manner, the notification unit 13 outputs a signal for notifying the incoming information deletion unit 15 that the notification has been performed.
[0028]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the mobile terminal enters a predetermined state set in advance, it is notified that the incoming call information is held. Thus, by increasing the opportunity to notify the user that there has been an incoming call, the user has more opportunities to notice the missed call, and the effect of the missed call notification can be enhanced. Instead of the above-described embodiment, the incoming call information deleting unit 15 deletes the incoming call information corresponding to the predetermined condition from the incoming call information storage area 10a between step S2 and step S3 shown in FIG. It is also possible to insert processing. That is, when both the determination results in step S1 and step S2 are “YES”, whether or not there is incoming information to be deleted by the incoming information deletion unit 15 in the incoming information storage area 10a is a predetermined condition. You may make it judge in comparison.
[0029]
1 may be realized by dedicated hardware, and may be configured by a memory and a CPU (central processing unit). A program for realizing the function of each unit described above may be recorded in a memory, and the program may be realized by loading and executing the program recorded in the memory.
The program may be for realizing a part of the functions described above. Furthermore, what can implement | achieve the function mentioned above in combination with the various programs already recorded on the memory which comprises a portable terminal, what is called a difference file (difference program) may be sufficient.
[0030]
The embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to this embodiment, and includes design and the like within a scope not departing from the gist of the present invention.
For example, the position information acquisition unit 112 can acquire position information with sufficient accuracy even in a PHS (registered trademark) system having a narrow cell range other than GPS.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the mobile terminal of the present invention, the setting means for setting the position information for notifying that the incoming information is held, the incoming call holding means for holding the incoming information, and the position of the terminal Location information acquisition means for acquiring information, and notification of incoming information held in the incoming call holding means when the location information acquired by the location information acquisition means matches the location information set by the setting means And a notification means for performing a missed call automatically when it is determined that the state of the portable terminal is at a specific position set by the setting means.
As described above , notification at a place (position) where the user is highly likely to confirm the incoming call information increases the chance that the user notices the missed call, and the effect of the missed call notification can be enhanced.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the mobile terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Memory, 10a ... Incoming information storage area (incoming call holding means), 10b ... Notification condition storage area, 10c ... Erase condition storage area, 10d ... Notification setting storage area, 11 ... State judgment part (judgment means), 12 ... Incoming call Judgment unit, 13 ... notification unit (notification unit), 14 ... incoming call detection unit, 15 ... incoming information deletion unit (incoming information deletion unit), 16 ... setting unit (setting unit), 111 ... charge state detection unit (charge state detection) Means), 112 ... Position information acquisition part (position information acquisition means), 131 ... LED, 132 ... Speaker, 133 ... Vibration motor, 151 ... Operation detection part, 152 ... Timekeeping part

Claims (2)

A setting means for setting position information for notifying that the incoming call information is held;
An incoming call holding means for holding incoming call information;
Position information acquisition means for acquiring terminal position information;
A notification means for notifying the incoming call information held in the incoming call holding means when the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means matches the position information set by the setting means ;
A portable terminal comprising:   Setting location information to notify that the incoming information is held;
  Holding incoming information; and
  Obtaining terminal location information;
  Notifying the held incoming information when the acquired location information matches the set location information;
An incoming call notification method comprising:

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