JP2002101158A - Portable information terminal and its controlling method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable information terminal and its controlling method in which setting can be changed easily from the outside and the portable information terminal can be called by sound even when it is set in manner mode. SOLUTION: When a radio communication signal including a ringing is received by the antennal 2 of a portable information terminal 1, it is amplified and converted at a radio section 3 and the incoming signal is handed over to a control section 4. Based on an incoming call informing program as means for switching an incoming call informing means, the control section 4 determines whether an incoming call informing means switching signal is present in the incoming signal or not. If the switching signal is present, it is collated with a switching signal previously registered at a storage section 7 and then setting of the incoming call informing means is switched so that the control section 13 of the terminal can select an incoming call informing means desired by the user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable information terminal device such as a portable telephone and a portable personal computer, and a control method therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As mobile information terminals equipped with wireless communication technology, mobile phones, PHSs (abbreviations for simplified mobile phones), and the like have become widespread and familiar. Other than these, for example, there is a portable information terminal device such as a portable personal computer and a PDA (abbreviation of a personal portable information terminal device) for performing communication by wire, but a wireless communication function is used due to the convenience that the use place is not fixed. There are also many portable information terminal devices provided with.

Normally, the purpose of using the incoming call notification means in a portable information terminal device having a wireless communication function is to call for communication and communication. As a secondary use, the incoming call notification means can be used for searching for a lost portable information terminal device. For example, in a portable information terminal device in which an incoming call notification sound such as a buzzer sound or a melody is set in the incoming call notification device, the portable information terminal device performs a wireless communication from outside to call and uses the incoming call notification sound as a clue to perform the call. You can search for the location.

On the other hand, in a portable information terminal device having a wireless communication function, as an incoming call notifying means, it is common to use an incoming call notifying means such as sound, light, or vibration by a vibrator or the like according to the situation. is there. Incoming call notification means by light and vibration in a manner set to a silent mode that does not emit a ringing sound is an effective means to use for detecting an incoming call in a place where silence is required, but incoming call notification means by light Requires that the light-emitting portion be visible, and the incoming call notification means by vibration needs to wear a portable information terminal device in order to know the vibration.

[0005]

However, according to the above-mentioned prior art, the setting of the incoming call notifying means of the portable information terminal device is set once in the silent mode, and then is returned to the initial setting state until manually changed again. Therefore, when the portable information terminal device is not at hand, the setting of the incoming call notifying means cannot be changed. Therefore, it has been difficult to search for the location of the portable information terminal device even if the portable information terminal device set to the manner mode is left behind and the incoming call notifying means is used for searching.

According to the present invention, even when the setting of the incoming call notifying means of the portable information terminal device is set to the manner mode, the setting of the incoming call notifying means can be easily changed from the outside, and the portable information terminal can be called by a ringing tone. An information terminal device and a control method thereof are provided.

[0007]

A portable information terminal device according to the present invention has a plurality of incoming call notifying means at the time of an incoming call. And an incoming call notification setting switching means for switching to a state different from a preset state or to a specific setting state by receiving a wireless communication signal including

[0008] With this configuration, when the portable information terminal device is not at hand, the user can switch the setting of the incoming call notifying means to a desired setting by remote control and call it.

Further, the portable information terminal device of the present invention is characterized in that the specific setting state is a state in which a ringing tone is generated.

[0010] According to this configuration, the portable information terminal device set in advance to the incoming call notification state in which no ringing tone is generated can be switched to a state in which a ringing tone is generated by remote control.

Further, the control method of the portable information terminal device of the present invention includes a portable information terminal device having a radio communication function having a plurality of incoming call notification means at the time of an incoming call, including an incoming call notification setting switching signal received from outside. The state is changed to a predetermined setting state by a wireless communication signal.

According to this control method, a portable information terminal device capable of switching the setting of the incoming call notification means to a desired setting and remotely calling the portable information terminal device by remote control when the portable information terminal device is not at hand. Can be provided.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. The portable information terminal device 1 shown in FIG.
An antenna 2 for receiving a radio wave of a wireless communication signal, a radio unit 3 for demodulating the received radio wave, a control unit 4 for controlling the operation of the portable information terminal device and input / output control, a display unit 5 for displaying various information, A key input unit 6 for inputting operation settings and information; a storage unit 7 for storing operation programs and input operation settings and information; a microphone 8 for inputting voice; a buzzer 9 for notifying an incoming call by sound; A speaker 10 used for receiving a call, a vibrator unit 11 for notifying an incoming call by vibration, a light emitting unit 12 for notifying an incoming call by light, and a microphone 8, a buzzer 9, a speaker 10, a vibrator unit 11, and a light emitting unit 12 are controlled. It is configured by the device control unit 13.

The incoming call operation of the portable information terminal device 1 of the present invention configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. First, when a radio communication signal including a calling signal is received by the antenna 2, amplification and conversion processing is performed by the radio unit 3, and the received signal is passed to the control unit 4. The control unit 4 confirms the presence or absence of an incoming call alerting means switching signal (hereinafter, a switching signal) in the incoming call signal based on an incoming call alerting program (to be described in detail later) as an incoming call alerting means switching means.
If there is a switching signal, it is compared with a switching signal registered in the storage unit 7 in advance, and then the setting of the incoming call notifying means is changed. Select the notification means. If there is no switching signal, the apparatus control unit 13 is caused to select one of the buzzer 9, the vibrator unit 11, and the light emitting unit 12 as originally set. Upon receiving the incoming call notification signal from the control unit 4, the device control unit 13 drives the buzzer 9, one of the vibrator unit 11 and the light emitting unit 12, and thereby the incoming call notification is made.

Next, the control method of the portable information terminal device of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a control method based on an incoming call notification control program that is processed when a wireless communication signal arrives at the portable information terminal device of the present invention. SP1 to SP5 in FIG. 2 indicate processing steps.

First, as preparation for the operation of the incoming call notification control program shown in FIG. 2, it is necessary to register an incoming call notification means switching signal in the portable information terminal device 1. The switching signal is necessary when externally switching the incoming call notifying means of the portable information terminal device 1, and at the same time, enabling only the user to switch the incoming call notifying means to his / her own portable information terminal device. In this example, a switching signal consisting of a series of numerical values is registered. The registration of such a switching signal is performed by inputting a corresponding numerical value on the key input unit 6 while checking the display unit 5. The switching signal registered at this time is stored in the storage unit 7.

Next, in the incoming call notification control program, when a radio communication signal including a calling signal is received by the antenna 2,
The signal is transferred to the control unit 4 via the wireless unit 3, and the received signal is analyzed (SP1). In this analysis, the call signal and the switching signal are separated from the received signal.

Next, it is determined whether or not the switching signal is included in the separated reception signal.
The process proceeds to step SP3 by the branch of s, and if not, proceeds to the process of step SP4 by the branch of No (SP2).

In step SP3, the setting of the incoming call notifying means for incoming call notification is switched to the incoming call notifying means desired by the user (SP3).

At step SP4, an incoming call is notified based on the registration setting of the incoming call notifying means. If the received signal includes a switching signal at step SP2, the setting of the incoming call notifying means is changed by the user. Is switched to the incoming call notifying means, so that the incoming call notification is performed by the incoming call notifying means desired by the user. If no switch signal is included, the initially set buzzer 9 and vibrator unit 11 Light emitting unit 12
(SP4). Upon completion of the process in step SP4, the process proceeds to a process for determining whether or not there is an incoming call response in step SP5.

At step SP5, a process for determining whether or not there is an incoming call response is performed. If there is no incoming call,
When the determination is No, the process returns to step SP1 to form a loop for notifying the incoming call again. If there is an incoming call response, Ye
A series of incoming call alert control programs are terminated by the branch of s (SP5).

As described above, in the portable information terminal device 1 of the present invention, the setting is switched to the buzzer 9 by using the radio communication even when the incoming call notification means at the time of the incoming call notification is set to the manner mode, and the ringing sound is generated. Because it can be sounded, if you want to search for the lost portable information terminal device by sound, if you want to forcibly call the portable information terminal device for some reason, or if you want to call the vibrator for some reason, etc. Can respond. Also, in that case, if you want to call by sound, by setting the ringing tone to always emit at the maximum volume, or by setting an extremely special sound different from the pitch or rhythm that can be set as a normal ringing tone, Furthermore, the alerting effect is improved.

The block diagram of the portable information terminal device of the present invention is not limited to the one illustrated in FIG. For example, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the switching signal is registered as a series of numerical values has been described. However, by inputting the voice of the user through the microphone 8 and storing it in the storage unit 7, the switching signal using the voice is input. Is also possible.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a portable information terminal device having a wireless communication function, a preset incoming call notification setting can be performed by using a wireless communication including an external call notifying means switching signal. Conventionally, by setting the incoming call notification means switching means to switch to the incoming call notification setting desired by the user by receiving a signal, once set in the portable information terminal device, the original state is maintained until manually changed again The incoming call notifying means, which has been set, can be easily changed by the user from the outside by remote control, and can be called by the desired incoming call notifying means, so that the convenience of the user can be improved. In addition, when the portable information terminal device is lost, for example, the incoming call notification setting which is set in the manner mode in advance is changed to a setting for generating a ringing tone, or the maximum volume or a special sound is generated, so that the portable information terminal device can be used. This has the effect of quickly specifying the location of the information terminal device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block circuit diagram showing an embodiment of a conventional and portable information terminal device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a control method by the incoming call notification control program of the portable information terminal device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 portable information terminal device 2 antenna 3 radio unit 4 control unit 5 display unit 6 key input unit 7 storage unit 8 microphone 9 buzzer 10 speaker 11 vibrator unit 12 light emitting unit 13 device control unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A portable information terminal device having a plurality of incoming call notification means at the time of an incoming call and having a wireless communication function is preset by receiving a wireless communication signal including an externally received call notification setting switching signal. A portable information terminal device comprising: an incoming call notification setting switching means for switching to a different setting state or a specific setting state. 2. The portable information terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the specific setting state is a state in which a ringing tone is generated. 3. A portable information terminal device having a wireless communication function having a plurality of incoming call notification means at the time of an incoming call is changed to a predetermined setting state by a wireless communication signal including an incoming call notification setting switching signal received from outside. A method for controlling a portable information terminal device, comprising: