JP2007228236A - Telephone communication system and telecommunication device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow easy switching of telephone functions. <P>SOLUTION: A telephone communication system 1 comprises a mobile phone 2 of which a telephone function of the same telephone number is selectively validated, an onboard communication device 4, and a base station 5 which can communicate with the devices 2 and 4 and selectively validate the telephone function of any of the devices 2 and 4. The devices 2 and 4 are provided with a switching command transmission means which transmits a switching command to the base station 5 for switching telephone function, when a signal for turning off a power source is inputted while the telephone function is validated. The base station 5 is provided with a validation switching means for setting validation of the telephone function on other device when the switching command is received. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone communication system including a pair of communication devices in which a telephone function with the same telephone number is selectively enabled, and a telephone function with the same telephone number is selectively enabled / disabled. The present invention relates to a communication device.

  Conventionally, a pair of communication devices in which a telephone function with the same telephone number is selectively enabled, and wireless communication with the pair of communication devices are possible. There is a telephone communication system (for example, Patent Document 1) including a base station to be activated. In this device, for example, one communication device is a mobile phone device, and the other communication device is an in-vehicle communication device mounted on a vehicle. In this communication system, when the telephone function is transferred from the state where the telephone function is enabled to the mobile phone device to the in-vehicle communication device, for example, by performing a specific key operation on the mobile phone device, the telephone function is A command for switching is transmitted to the base station.

And in this base station, upon receiving a command for switching the telephone function, the telephone function of the mobile phone device is invalidated, and the telephone function is enabled for the in-vehicle communication device so that the in-vehicle communication device can be used as a car phone. To do.
On the contrary, when switching the telephone function from the in-vehicle communication device to the mobile phone device, for example, the specific key operation of the mobile phone device is performed, and a command for switching the telephone function is transmitted to the base station. The telephone function of the in-vehicle communication device is invalidated and the telephone function is validated for the mobile phone device.
JP 2004-193641 A

However, the conventional configuration has a problem that the specific key operation for switching the telephone function is troublesome and troublesome.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication system and a communication apparatus that can easily switch telephone functions.

  The telephone communication system according to claim 1 is capable of wireless communication with a pair of communication apparatuses in which a telephone function with the same telephone number is selectively enabled, and the communication apparatus. A telephone communication system comprising a base station that selectively activates the telephone function, wherein at least one of the pair of communication devices is a signal for turning off power in a state where the telephone function is activated Is provided with a switching command transmission means for transmitting a switching command for switching the telephone function to the other communication device to the base station, and when the switching command is received by the base station, the other This communication apparatus is characterized in that an activation switching means for setting the telephone function activation is provided.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a signal for turning off the power of one of the pair of communication devices in which the telephone function is enabled is input, that is, for example, the power off switch is operated. Then, a switching command is automatically given to the base station, and the telephone function is validated for the other communication device by this base station. Therefore, the telephone function of the other communication apparatus can be invalidated and the telephone function of the other communication apparatus can be validated by a simple operation such as the operation of the power off switch of the communication apparatus on which the telephone function is validated.

In this case, one of the pair of communication devices may be a mobile phone device, and the other may be an in-vehicle communication device (invention of claim 2). In this way, when the user carrying the mobile phone device gets on the vehicle and uses the in-vehicle communication device as a car phone, the telephone function can be easily switched between valid / invalid.
Further, the communication device may include display means, and the communication device in which the telephone function is invalidated may display on the display means that the telephone function is invalid (invention of claim 3). This is convenient because the user can recognize that the telephone function is disabled.

  Further, the communication device includes a display unit, and when the activation switching unit receives the switching command, the other communication device sets the telephone function activation, and the other communication device makes the telephone function effective. The communication device that has transmitted the notification of activation and received the notification of activation of the telephone function may display a message indicating that the telephone function is effective on the display means. This is convenient because the user can recognize that the communication function in which the telephone function is disabled is enabled.

The communication device according to claim 5 can selectively activate a telephone function with the same telephone number as that of another communication device, and a base station that receives a switching command from the own communication device or the other communication device. A communication device for switching the telephone function via
A switching command transmitting means for transmitting a switching command for switching the telephone function to another communication device when a signal to turn off the power is input in a state where the telephone function is enabled. It has the characteristics.

According to this, the power of the communication device on which the telephone function is enabled is turned off, that is, for example, the telephone function of the communication device can be invalidated by a simple operation such as operation of the power off switch. The telephone function of the communication device can be activated.
In this case, the communication device according to claim 5 further includes a display unit, and when the telephone function is invalidated, a message indicating that the telephone function is invalid may be displayed on the display unit (invention of claim 6). ). This is convenient because the user can recognize that the telephone function is disabled.

  Further, the communication device according to claim 5 or 6 includes display means, and when the notification for enabling the telephone function is given from the base station in the telephone function disabled state, the fact that the telephone function is enabled You may make it display on a display means (Claim 7). This is convenient because the user can recognize that the communication function in the telephone function disabled state has been enabled.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. A telephone communication system 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a mobile phone device 2 that is a communication device, an in-vehicle communication terminal 4 that is also mounted on a vehicle 3 and is also a communication device, and a base station 5.
The mobile phone device 2 includes a control unit 6, an operation unit 7, a mobile communication unit 8, a microphone 9, a speaker 10, and a display 11 that is a display unit.
The control unit 6 corresponds to switching command transmission means, and includes a well-known CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output interface, etc. (not shown). The operation unit 7 includes a large number of keys and switches, and includes a power-on switch (means for generating a power-on signal) and a power-off switch (means for generating a power-off signal). ing. In addition, the operation unit 7 can perform a switch operation for enabling / disabling the telephone switching function. The portable communication unit 8 communicates with the base station 5 through a telephone network (not shown).

The in-vehicle communication device 4 includes a control unit 12, an operation unit 13, an in-vehicle communication unit 14, a microphone 15, a speaker 16, and a display unit 17 serving as a display unit.
Although not shown, the control unit 12 of the in-vehicle communication device 4 includes a well-known CPU, ROM, RAM, input / output interface, and the like. The operation unit 13 includes a large number of keys and switches, and includes a power-on switch and a power-off switch as described above. In the operation unit 13, a switch operation for enabling / disabling the telephone switching function can be performed. The in-vehicle communication unit 14 performs wireless communication with the base station 5 via a telephone network (not shown). The microphone 15 and the speaker 16 are for making a call in a hands-free manner.

  In the mobile phone device 2 and the in-vehicle communication device 4, the telephone function with the same telephone number is alternatively activated. The base station 5 selectively activates the telephone function with the same telephone number to either the mobile phone device 2 or the in-vehicle communication device 4, and serves as an activation switching means. It has a function.

  The control unit 6 of the cellular phone device 2 and the control unit 12 of the in-vehicle communication device 4 store a control program related to enabling / disabling of the telephone function, and the control program includes a switching command transmission means. As a function is included. This control program will be described with reference to FIG. As a precondition, the mobile phone device 2 to which the in-vehicle communication device 4 switches the telephone function is determined by SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) information and FeliCa (registered trademark) between the devices 2 and 4 having the same telephone number. It is assumed that association information that uses the same telephone number in advance is set and stored in advance. Therefore, if the in-vehicle communication device 4 holds the association information with another mobile phone device, it is possible to switch the telephone function with another phone number to another mobile phone device by selection. It is.

  In the flowchart of FIG. 2 relating to the mobile phone device 2, each step will be briefly described. In step S1, it is determined whether or not the telephone switching function is valid, and in step S2, it is determined whether or not the telephone function is disabled. . In step S3, it is determined whether or not there is a telephone function activation command from the base station 5. In step S4, a switching process, that is, a telephone function validation process is performed, and in step S5, the display unit 11 displays that the telephone function is valid. In step S6, it is determined whether or not the power-off switch has been operated (whether or not a power-off signal has been input), and in step S7, it is determined whether or not the telephone function is in an enabled state.

In step S8, a switching command is transmitted to the base station. In step S9, a switching process, that is, a telephone function invalidation process is performed. In step S10, the display unit 11 displays that the telephone function is invalid. In step S11, a power-off process is executed.
The flowchart of FIG. 3 relating to the in-vehicle communication device 4 is also the same as FIG. However, the display of step T5 and step T10 is displayed on the display 17 of the in-vehicle communication device 4.

To facilitate understanding, it is now assumed that the mobile phone device 2 is powered on, the phone switching function is enabled, and the phone function is enabled, and the in-vehicle communication device 4 is powered on and the phone switching function is enabled. The telephone function is in an invalid state.
In the mobile phone device 2, “YES” in step S 1 of FIG. 2 and “NO” in step S 2, so that the display unit 11 displays that the telephone function is valid in step S 5. If the power-off switch is not operated, the process returns to step S1, and a loop of step S1, step S2, step S5, step S6, and step S1 is executed.

  On the other hand, in the in-vehicle communication device 4, since the telephone switching function is valid and the telephone function is in an invalid state when the power is turned on, “YES” is determined in step T1, “YES” is determined in step T2, and the process proceeds to step T3. If “NO” in the step T3, the process proceeds to a step T6. If “NO” in the step T6, the process returns to the step T1, and a loop of the step T1, the step T2, the step T3, the step T6, and the step T1 is performed. Executed.

  Now, as shown in FIG. 4, when the user operates the power-off switch of the cellular phone device 2 in the telephone function valid state (step R1), “YES” is set in step S6 of FIG. Then, it is determined whether or not the telephone function is valid. In this case, since it is in an effective state, the process proceeds to step S8 (step R2 in FIG. 4), and a switching command for switching the telephone function to the in-vehicle communication device 4 which is another communication device is issued to the base station 5. Send.

Upon receiving this switching command, the base station 5 sets the telephone function activation to the in-vehicle communication device 4 (step R3, activation switching means) and transmits a telephone function activation notification to the in-vehicle communication device 4. (Step R4).
In the cellular phone device 2, after step S 8, switching processing, that is, telephone function invalidation processing is executed in step S 9 (step R 5 in FIG. 4). In step S 10 (step R 6), the telephone function is invalidated on the display 11. Is displayed, and a power-off process is executed in step S11 (step R7).
On the other hand, when receiving the telephone function activation notification from the base station 5 in step T3, the in-vehicle communication device 4 executes switching processing, that is, telephone function activation processing in step T4 (step R8), and step T5 (step R9). To display on the display 17 that the telephone function is valid.

Even when the power-off switch is operated on the in-vehicle communication device 4 side, the operations of the in-vehicle communication device 4 and the mobile phone device 2 are interchanged with those described above.
According to the present embodiment as described above, when a signal for turning off the power is input to a device in which the telephone function is validated among the mobile phone device 2 and the in-vehicle communication device 4, that is, a power off switch. Is operated, a switching command is automatically given to the base station 5, and the base station 5 enables the telephone function of the other device. Therefore, the telephone function of the other communication device can be validated by a simple operation such as the operation of the power-off switch of the device on which the telephone function is validated.

In this case, since one of the pair of communication devices is the mobile phone device 2 and the other is the in-vehicle communication device 4, the user carrying the mobile phone device 2 gets on the vehicle, and the in-vehicle communication device 4 is used as the car phone. When used, it is possible to easily switch between enabling and disabling the telephone function.
In addition, since the mobile phone device 2 and the in-vehicle communication device 4 include the indicators 11 and 17, respectively, and the device in which the telephone function is invalidated displays that the telephone function is invalid on the indicator, the telephone This is convenient because the user can recognize that the function is disabled.

  Further, when the activation switching means in the base station 5 receives the switching command, it sets the telephone function activation to the other device (in-vehicle communication device 4 in the case of FIG. 4). The device that has transmitted the telephone function activation notification and has received the telephone function activation notification displays the fact that the telephone function is valid on the display provided with the device. It is convenient because the user can recognize that the telephone function is enabled.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the said Example, You may implement suitably changing as follows. In the above embodiment, both the mobile phone device 2 and the in-vehicle communication device 4 are provided with the switching command transmission means, and the telephone function is automatically switched when the power is turned off. It is good also as a structure with which either one of 2 and the vehicle-mounted communication apparatus 4 is provided. The in-vehicle communication device 4 may be switched between a mobile phone device different from the mobile phone device 2 and a telephone function with a different telephone number. Further, the pair of communication devices whose telephone functions can be switched may be a combination of mobile phone devices. The in-vehicle communication device may be an in-vehicle data communication module (DCM).

The block diagram of the electric constitution of the telephone communication system which shows one Example of this invention Flow chart showing control contents on the mobile phone device side Flow chart showing the control contents on the in-vehicle communication device side Sequence for action explanation

Explanation of symbols

  In the drawings, 1 is a telephone communication system, 2 is a mobile phone device (communication device), 4 is an in-vehicle communication device (communication device), 5 is a base station (activation switching means), and 6 is a control unit (switching command transmission means). , 11 is a display (display means), 12 is a control unit (switch command transmission means), and 17 is a display (display means).

Claims (7)

A pair of communication devices in which the telephone function with the same telephone number is selectively activated, and wireless communication with the pair of communication devices is possible, and the telephone function is selectively activated in any one of the communication devices. A telephone communication system comprising a base station
When at least one of the pair of communication devices receives a signal to turn off power when the telephone function is enabled, a switching command for switching the telephone function to the other communication device is provided. Provide a switching command transmission means for transmitting to the station,
A telephone communication system, wherein the base station is provided with an activation switching means for setting the telephone function activation to the other communication device when the switching command is received. The telephone communication system according to claim 1.
A telephone communication system, wherein one of a pair of communication devices is a mobile phone device and the other is an in-vehicle communication device. The telephone communication system according to claim 1 or 2,
The communication device includes display means,
A communication system in which a telephone function is disabled displays a message indicating that the telephone function is disabled on the display means. The telephone communication system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The communication device includes display means,
The activation switching means, other than setting the telephone function activation to the other communication device when receiving the switching command, transmits a telephone function activation notification to the other communication device,
The communication system that has received the telephone function activation notification displays a message indicating that the telephone function is valid on the display means. The telephone function with the same telephone number as that of the other communication apparatus can be selectively activated, and the telephone function can be switched via the base station which has received a switching instruction from the own communication apparatus or the other communication apparatus. A communication device to be performed,
A switching command transmitting means for transmitting a switching command for switching the telephone function to another communication device when a signal to turn off the power is input in a state where the telephone function is enabled; A communication device characterized by the above. The communication device according to claim 5, wherein
A display means,
A communication device that displays on the display means that the telephone function is invalid when the telephone function is invalidated. The communication device according to claim 5 or 6,
A display means,
A communication device characterized in that, when a notification for enabling a telephone function is given from the base station in a telephone function disabled state, the display means displays that the telephone function is enabled.

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