JP4199265B2 - Mobile phone - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone having a telephone directory function, and more particularly to a mobile phone with high operability.

  In recent years, a cellular phone is usually provided with a telephone directory function in consideration of user convenience. In this telephone directory function, it is common that the user checks the telephone number of the other party in advance orally or in writing and inputs the key.

  However, although the above conventional mobile phone has a phone book function, in order to enter a phone number into the phone book, it is necessary to check the other party's phone number verbally or in writing, and key entry If there are occasional mistakes, it is difficult to make a call and the operability is poor.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone with high operability by easily storing the telephone number of the other party.

  The invention for solving the problems of the above conventional example is that, when a mobile phone receives an incoming call and goes off-hook, it receives and stores information on the telephone number of the other party's telephone, and presses a specific key during the call. The telephone number information is displayed in accordance with the above, and the inputted name and the telephone number information are stored in association with each other, and the telephone number of the other party's telephone that has been called is re-entered. It can be stored in association with the name without having to do so, and operability can be improved.

  An invention for solving the problems of the conventional example described above is a cellular phone in which an operation unit having numeric keys and address keys, a memory for storing telephone book data, a display unit for displaying a telephone number, When calling and off-hooking, information on the telephone number of the calling party's telephone is received, stored in the memory, the call is started, and when the address key of the operation unit is pressed during the call, The telephone number information is displayed on the display unit, and it is monitored whether or not the address key is further pressed. When the address key is pressed, the user is prompted to enter a name and input using the numeric keys. And a controller that converts the telephone number information into a character string and associates the information of the telephone number with the input name and stores the information as telephone directory data in the memory. Phone received Can be stored in association with the name without re-entering the phone number, it is possible to improve the operability.

  The invention for solving the problems of the conventional example described above is the mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein the control unit prompts the user to input a name when the address key of the operation unit is pressed while not talking. , A numeric string input using the numeric keys of the operation unit is converted into a character string, the input name is searched from the phone book data stored in the memory, and the telephone associated with the searched name When the telephone number is displayed on the display unit and an instruction to go off-hook is received, the telephone number is called. It is possible to make a call by inputting a name without re-entering the name, thereby improving operability.

  According to the invention, when a call is received and off-hooked, information on the telephone number of the other party's telephone is received, and information on the telephone number is stored together with a name input by pressing a specific key during a call. Since the cellular phone is used, the telephone number of the other party's telephone that has been called once can be stored in association with the name without re-inputting, and the operability can be improved.

  According to the invention, an operation unit, a memory, a control unit, and a display unit are provided. When an incoming call is made and off-hook is performed, information on the telephone number of the other party's telephone that the control unit has called is received and stored in the memory. Then, the telephone call is started, and at the same time, it is checked whether or not the address key provided in the operation unit is pressed, and if it is pressed, it is associated with the telephone number information previously stored in the memory using the numeric key. The mobile phone that prompts the user to enter the name to be stored, receives the number, converts it into a character string, associates it with the phone number information, and stores it in the memory as phonebook data. The telephone number of the received telephone can be stored in association with the name without re-inputting, and the operability can be improved.

  According to the present invention, when the address key is pressed while not talking, the control unit prompts the user to input a name, and converts the numeric string input by the numeric key into a character string of the name to store the telephone directory in the memory. 3. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein a search is made from the data, a telephone number associated with the searched name is displayed on the display unit, and the telephone number is called when an instruction to go off-hook is received. Therefore, it is possible to make a call by inputting a name without re-inputting the telephone number of the telephone that has been received and stored once, and there is an effect that operability can be improved.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The mobile phone (this device) according to the present invention receives the information of the telephone number of the other party when the call is made and goes off-hook, and the name of the other party input from the user according to the instruction from the user And phone number information in association with each other and stored as phone book data. Once called, the phone number of the other party's telephone can be stored with a simple operation, improving operability. It can be done.

  This machine will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration block diagram of a mobile phone system, FIG. 2 is an external view of an example of this apparatus, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the structure of a digital signal transmitted by this apparatus. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of this apparatus, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the display screen of this apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the present system basically includes a plurality of mobile phones 1, a base station 2 equipped with an exchange, and a telephone 3. Originally, the telephone 3 is a telephone connected to a so-called public telephone line network, and more telephones are usually connected. However, for the sake of simplicity, one telephone is connected here. It shows the state being done.

  The mobile phone 1 includes an operation unit 11, a memory 12, a control unit 13, a transmission unit (Tx) 14, a reception unit (Rx) 15, and a display unit 16. Includes a first transmitter (Tx) 21, a first receiver (Rx) 22, a second transmitter (Tx) 23, a second receiver (Rx) 24, and a controller 25. And the exchange 26.

  Hereinafter, each part is demonstrated concretely. The operation unit 11 of the mobile phone 1 may be configured with a key arrangement having an appearance as shown in FIG. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, for example, the operation unit 11 dials a telephone number or inputs a kana character or the like with a specific key combination, an off-hook key (Off) 32 for making a call, and the like. , And an on-hook key (On) 33 for disconnecting the line, an address key (Adr) 34 used for various operations to be described later, and a cross key 35. Here, the cross key refers to a set of keys including four independent keys arranged in the vertical and horizontal directions of the cross.

  The memory 12 operates as a work memory of the control unit 13 described later, and stores telephone number data and name data in association with each other. The control unit 13 analyzes the DTMF signal or digital signal including information on the telephone number of the other party received from the base station 2 at the start of the call by the receiving unit 15 and stores it in the memory 12.

  Further, as will be described later, the control unit 13 receives an instruction from the user via the operation unit 11 and operates the contents of the memory 12. Further, the control unit 13 outputs the own station number (telephone number assigned to itself) to the transmission unit 14 as a DTMF signal or a digital signal when a call is made. The transmission unit (Tx) 14 modulates and transmits an audio signal input from a microphone or the like, or a DTMF signal or digital signal input from the control unit 13.

  The receiving unit (Rx) 15 demodulates the received signal and outputs it as an audio signal via a speaker (not shown) and also outputs the demodulated signal to the control unit 13. The display unit 16 is an LCD display, for example, and displays characters, symbols, and the like according to instructions output from the control unit 13.

  The base station 2 basically relays two or more telephones. For example, the base station 2 relays between the mobile phone 1a and the mobile phone 1b. The first transmission unit 21 transmits a signal input from the control unit 25 to one mobile phone 1 to be relayed. For example, it is assumed here that a signal is transmitted to the mobile phone 1a. The first receiving unit 22 receives a signal from the mobile phone 1 a and outputs the signal to the control unit 25.

  The second transmission unit 23 transmits a signal input from the control unit 25 to the other mobile phone to be relayed. For example, here, it is assumed that a signal is transmitted to the mobile phone 1b. The second receiving unit 24 receives a signal from the mobile phone 1 b and outputs it to the control unit 25.

  The controller 25 outputs a signal input from the second receiver 24 to the first transmitter 21 and outputs a signal input from the first receiver 22 to the second transmitter 23. It is.

  In addition, when one of the telephones to be relayed is not the mobile phone 1 but the telephone 3 (when the telephone is connected to the public telephone network), the control unit 25 receives an input from the exchange 26. Are output to the first transmission unit 21, and the signal input from the first reception unit 22 is output to the exchange 26. Here, it is assumed that the base station 2 relays between the mobile phone 1a and the phone 3. The exchange 26 is a general exchange, and here functions as a device for connecting a public telephone line network and a base station of a mobile phone.

  Next, the operation of the control unit 13 of this machine will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following description, the signal for transmitting the own station number is a DTMF signal or a digital signal. For example, in the case of a digital signal, as shown in FIG. 3, 8-bit header information and an 8-bit identification code are used. It is assumed that the packet is a 42 to 48 bit packet composed of a 10 to 16 bit call number, an 8 error correction bit, and an 8 bit footer.

  First, the operation of the control unit 13 when the mobile phone 1 receives a call will be described. As shown in FIG. 4, when the control unit 13 detects that an incoming call has been received, the control unit 13 notifies the user of the incoming call using a sounder or a vibrator (S1). Then, when the user presses the off-hook button 32 of the operation unit 11, the control unit 13 transmits a signal indicating that the user has been off-hooked to the base station 2 via the transmission unit 14 (S2).

  Then, the control unit 13 receives a DTMF signal or a digital signal representing the telephone number of the calling party from the base station 2 (S3), analyzes this, and stores the telephone number of the other party in the memory 12 ( A call is started together with S4). The control unit 13 monitors whether or not the user presses the address key 34 during the call (S5). If not (No), the control unit 13 determines whether or not the on-hook key 33 is pressed. It is checked whether or not the processing has been completed (S6).

  If the call ends (if yes), the line is disconnected and the process ends. If the call is not finished in process S6 (if No), the process returns to process S5 to continue the call.

  Further, if the user presses the address key 34 during a call (if Yes) in the process S5, the control unit 13 displays the telephone number stored in the memory 12 in the process S3 on the display unit 16 (S7). .

  Then, the control unit 13 monitors whether or not the user further presses the address key 34 (S8). If the user does not press the address key 34 (No), the control unit 13 checks whether or not the call is ended (S9). . If the call ends here (if yes), the line is disconnected and the process ends. If it is determined in step S9 that the call has not ended (if No), the process returns to step S8 to continue the call.

  Although not shown in the figure, if the address key 34 is not pressed for a certain time in the process S8, the process may be shifted to the process S6. In this way, even when the user accidentally presses the address key 34, it returns to the original state after a certain period of time, and convenience can be improved.

  If the address key 34 is pressed (if Yes) in the process S8, as shown in FIG. 5A, "YES" and "NO" are displayed together with the characters "Do you want to memorize?" Options are displayed (S11). Then, the control unit 13 monitors the cross key 35 and stops the process until it is pressed (S12).

  Here, for example, when the key on the right side of the cross key 35 is pressed, the control unit 13 determines that the user has selected “NO”, and proceeds to step S6. Further, for example, when the key on the left side of the cross key 35 is pressed, the control unit 13 determines that the user has selected “YES”, and “phone number XXXX” as shown in FIG. A character such as “Please enter the name of -XXXX” is displayed on the display unit 16 (S13).

  And the control part 13 monitors the number key 31 which a user presses, and converts it into a name (character) (S14). As a method of inputting characters using the numeric keys 31, for example, a method of inputting one character by combining two numbers can be considered. Since such a method is widely used in pagers, mobile phones, and the like, description thereof is omitted.

  Then, the control unit 13 confirms the input name (for example, “Kokusaitaro”), as shown in FIG. 5C, “Are the phone number XXXXXXXXX OK? Together with the characters “YES” and “NO” are displayed (S15), and the input of the cross key 35 is monitored (S16).

  Here, for example, when the user presses the right key of the cross key 35, the control unit 13 determines that the user has selected “NO”, and returns to the process S13. Further, when the user presses the left key of the cross key 35 in the process S16, for example, the control unit 13 determines that the user has selected “YES”, the name input in the process S13, The telephone number data stored in the memory 12 in the process S3 is associated with each other and stored in the memory 12 as telephone directory data (S17).

  In step S14, a so-called abbreviated number may be entered together with the name. In this way, if the name input in step S13, the telephone number stored in the memory 12 in step S3, and the abbreviated number are stored in the memory 12 in association with each other in step S17, the abbreviated number is used later. Thus, the telephone number can be called.

  Next, the operation of the control unit 13 when not receiving a call will be described. When the incoming call is not received, the control unit 13 monitors the off-hook key 32 and the address key 34. If the off-hook key 32 is pressed, the control unit 13 performs a call in the same manner as a conventional mobile phone.

  When the address key 34 is pressed, the control unit 13 converts the number input from the number key 31 into characters in the same manner as in step S14, and the input character string is stored in the memory 12. The telephone number stored in the phonebook data is searched and the telephone number stored corresponding to the character string (name) is displayed on the display unit 16 as shown in FIG.

  Here, the control unit 13 monitors the off-hook key 32, and when the off-hook key 32 is pressed, calls the retrieved telephone number.

  Next, the operation of this machine will be described. Here, the operation when this apparatus is called from another mobile phone will be described, but the same applies to the case where the call is made from a telephone connected to a public telephone line. In the following description, this apparatus is referred to as a mobile phone 1a, and the other mobile phone is referred to as 1b.

  The cellular phone 1b transmits the calling number of the cellular phone 1a as a DTMF signal to the base station 2 by the operation of the operation unit 11, and also transmits its own number as a DTMF signal of the packet shown in FIG. The packet is temporarily stored in the base station 2.

  The base station 2 transmits the signal received from the mobile phone 1b to the mobile phone 1a. The mobile phone 1a calls a user in response to a call. Here, when the user receives a call and presses the off-hook key 32 of the operation unit 11, the mobile phone 1 a transmits a signal indicating that it is off-hook to the base station 2.

  Then, the base station 2 transmits the packet temporarily stored (packet of the DTMF signal indicating the telephone number of the mobile phone 1b) to the mobile phone 1a. Then, the cellular phone 1a receives the DTMF signal, and the control unit 13 demodulates it and stores it in the memory 12 as data of the telephone number of the cellular phone 1b.

  When the user presses the address key 34 during a call, the telephone number of the mobile phone 1b stored in the memory 12 is displayed on the display unit 16 of the mobile phone 1a. Here, when the user further presses the address key 34 and inputs the name of the user of the mobile phone 1b using the number key 31, the entered name and the phone number of the mobile phone 1b are stored in the memory 12. Stored in association. Then, the user continues the call.

  When the user of the mobile phone 1a presses the address key 34 and inputs the name of the user of the mobile phone 1b using the numeric key 31 when the incoming call is not received, the control unit 13 of the mobile phone 1a The name is retrieved from the memory 12 and the telephone number stored corresponding to the name is displayed on the display unit 16. Here, when the user presses the off-hook key 32, the cellular phone 1a calls the cellular phone 1b.

  According to the present apparatus, since the telephone number of the called party is stored by setting, there is an effect that it is possible to improve the operability by eliminating the trouble of separately inputting the telephone number.

1 is a schematic configuration block diagram of a mobile phone system. It is an external view of an example of this machine. It is explanatory drawing showing an example of the structure of the digital signal which this machine sends out. It is a flowchart figure showing operation | movement of this machine. It is explanatory drawing showing an example of the display screen of this machine.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Mobile phone, 2 ... Base station, 3 ... Telephone, 11 ... Operation part, 12 ... Memory, 13 ... Control part, 14 ... Transmission part, 15 ... Reception part, 16 ... Display part, 21 ... 1st transmission part 22 ... 1st receiving part, 23 ... 2nd transmitting part, 24 ... 2nd receiving part, 25 ... control part, 26 ... exchange, 31 ... number key, 32 ... off-hook key, 33 ... on-hook key, 34 ... Address key, 35 ... Cross key

Claims (2)

When an incoming call is detected, the telephone number of the other party's telephone is received and stored,
When an operation is performed to display the telephone number of the other party that has been called and stored during a call with the called party, the stored telephone number is displayed on the display screen,
When an operation for displaying a screen for inputting a name corresponding to the displayed telephone number is performed, a screen for inputting a name corresponding to the telephone number is displayed.
When the name is entered on the screen for entering the name, the entered name and the telephone number are displayed on the display screen,
When an operation for storing the displayed contents as phone book data is performed, the phone number and name are stored as phone book data,
During a call with the called party, an operation is performed to display the stored telephone number of the called party and the stored telephone number is displayed on the display screen. If an operation to stop storing the phone number as phonebook data is performed, the other party's phone that has been called and stored before the operation to display the phone number of the other party that has been received and stored A mobile phone which is shifted to a state in which an operation for displaying a number can be performed.
A telephone directory registration method for a mobile phone that associates the telephone number and name of the called party's telephone and stores them as telephone directory data during a call,
Storing the telephone number of the other party's telephone,
Displaying the telephone number of the other party's telephone stored and received on the display screen when an operation is performed to display the telephone number of the other party's telephone stored and stored during a call;
Prior to storing the displayed telephone number together with the name as the telephone directory data, a name corresponding to the telephone number is input when an operation for displaying a display screen for inputting the name is performed. A step of displaying a display screen;
When a name is input on the display screen for inputting the name, the step of displaying the input name and phone number on the display screen;
When an operation for storing the displayed contents as phone book data is performed, storing the phone number and name as phone book data;
In the state in which the stored telephone number is displayed on the display screen by performing an operation for displaying the telephone number of the other party that has been received and stored during a call, the displayed telephone number is used as telephone directory data. When an operation to stop storing is performed, an operation to display the telephone number stored and received before the operation to display the telephone number of the other party that has been received and stored is performed. The steps to transition to a state where
A telephone directory registration method for a mobile phone, comprising: