JPH11215561A - Method for controlling ringing of incoming tone for radio mobile communication terminal, the radio mobile communication terminal and radio mobile communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically suppress the ringing of an incoming call tone at a place where the ringing of the incoming call tone from a loudspeaker of the radio mobile communication terminal annoys surrounding persons. SOLUTION: An auxiliary base station 6 that is a base station for suppressing ringing of an incoming call tone is installed in an area, such as a movie theater 5 where ringing of an incoming call tone by the radio mobile communication terminal 4 is not desirable. A auxiliary base station 6 transmits a signal to suppress the ringing of an incoming call tone, only within the area such as the movie theater 5 to allow the radio mobile communication terminal 4 receiving the signal to suppress the ringing of an incoming call tone. The transmission power of the auxiliary base station 6 is set so that the radio wave from the auxiliary base station 6 does not substantially propagate to the outside of an area (movie theater 5) although the radio wave from a conventional base station 1 propagates through the area (movie theater 5).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for controlling ringing of a ring tone in a wireless mobile communication terminal such as a portable telephone, a wireless calling device (pager), a wireless mobile communication terminal used in the method, and the method. Related to a wireless mobile communication system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a communication system represented by a fixed telephone, a communication terminal speaker has been used for a long time to inform a user of a certain communication system user that the terminal is in a receiving state. Notification by sounding of an audible sound (so-called telephone bell sound) is used. Even in a wireless mobile communication system using a wireless mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone, audible ringing (ringing ringing) has been used to notify a user of an incoming call. In addition, in addition to the sounding of audible sound, the wireless mobile communication terminal also has a vibration (so-called vibrator function) of the terminal itself at a frequency lower than the audible frequency and an LED provided in the terminal.
In some cases, the user can be notified of the incoming call state by blinking (light emitting diode).

[0003] Unlike a fixed telephone, the location of a wireless mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone at the time of an incoming call is uncertain. In some cases, the terminal is located in a train, a movie theater, a theater, a conference hall, or the like. The audible sound may bring you to a place where people around you may be annoying. Therefore, in order to avoid ringing for an incoming call notification in a place where a surrounding person may be troubled by ringing, the wireless mobile communication terminal can set ringing ringing to OFF by a user's switch operation. There is. When the ring tone is turned off manually, the notification of the incoming call state in the wireless mobile communication terminal is generally performed by the low-frequency vibration or the blinking of the LED as described above.

However, since turning off the incoming call notification by sounding a ring tone from the speaker of the wireless mobile communication terminal is performed by a human hand, the conventional wireless mobile communication terminal generates the above-described sound. Therefore, there is a problem that a user may forget to set the notification by ringing sound to be turned off in a place where surrounding people are troubled. If the user forgets to turn off the ringtone notification in this way, it may cause trouble for people around him on a train or in a movie theater.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a ring tone that can automatically suppress ringing in a place where ringing from a speaker of a wireless mobile communication terminal may be annoying to surrounding people. An object of the present invention is to provide a control method, a wireless mobile communication terminal used in the method, and a wireless mobile communication system to which the method is applied.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A wireless mobile communication terminal itself cannot judge where a user may be disturbed by the sound of an audible sound while the user is moving. Therefore, in the present invention, a notification is made to a wireless mobile communication terminal as to whether or not the current location is a place where a nearby person may be disturbed by the ringing sound. Specifically, an auxiliary base station is previously installed in a place where an audible sound may disturb surrounding people, and the ringing sound of the wireless mobile communication terminal may be set.
By transmitting a signal for setting the N (ON) / OFF (OFF) switch to OFF from the auxiliary base station, the wireless mobile communication terminal within the area covered by the auxiliary base station receives the signal and receives the signal. Suppress ringtone.

That is, the ring tone control method for a wireless mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is a ring tone control method for a wireless mobile communication terminal in a wireless mobile communication system having a base station and a wireless mobile communication terminal. An auxiliary base station, which is a base station for suppressing ringing sound, is installed in an area where sound ringing is not preferable, and a signal for suppressing ringing sound is transmitted from the auxiliary base station to the area, The ring tone is suppressed in the wireless mobile communication terminal that has received the.

A radio mobile communication system according to the present invention suppresses a ringing tone in an area where it is not preferable to generate a ringing tone in the radio mobile communication terminal in a radio mobile communication system having a base station and a radio mobile communication terminal. And a means for suppressing ringing when a signal is received in the wireless mobile communication terminal.

A radio mobile communication terminal according to the present invention is used in a radio mobile communication system having a base station and has a speaker for generating a ring tone. Switch means for switching whether or not to perform, and control means for switching the switch means so as not to generate a ringtone when a predetermined signal is received.

In the present invention, the auxiliary base station periodically transmits a signal for suppressing the ringing tone, and when the radio mobile communication terminal does not detect the signal, the suppression of the ringing tone is released. It is preferable to configure.

According to the present invention, by adopting the above configuration, the user can use the wireless mobile communication terminal in a place where the ringing tone sounds to disturb surrounding people, for example, in a train or a movie theater. Even if the user forgets to turn off the notification based on the ringtone of the mobile phone, the notification based on the ringtone from the speaker of the wireless mobile communication terminal is automatically set to off. Thus, even if the user forgets to turn off the notification by ringing sound, it is possible to prevent people around the user from being disturbed by the ringing sound.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless mobile communication system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

A plurality of ordinary base stations 1 each having a communication zone are distributed and arranged in a service area of the radio mobile communication system, and the plurality of base stations 1 are connected to an exchange 3 via a line 2. . In FIG. 1, broken lines indicate the extension of each communication zone. A wireless mobile communication terminal 4 typified by a digital mobile phone communicates with a base station 1 corresponding to a communication zone in which the mobile communication terminal is located, thereby communicating with another wireless mobile communication terminal in the wireless mobile communication system or the exchange 3 Can communicate with a terminal connected to another network connected through the network. The configuration up to this point is the same as that of a normal wireless mobile communication system.

In the wireless mobile communication system of the present embodiment,
Further, in a place where the ringing tone is annoying to the surrounding people, for example, in a movie theater 5 or in a wireless mobile communication terminal 4,
An auxiliary base station 6 is provided which is a simple base station (ring tone ringing off setting signal transmitting station) for transmitting a signal for setting ringing tone ringing off (ringing tone ringing off setting signal). Places where ringtones are annoying to others, for example,
Since the inside of a train, movie theater, theater, etc. is generally a substantially closed space, the auxiliary base station 6 transmits the ringing tone OFF setting signal only in such a closed space. Propagate radio waves including. The auxiliary base station 6 outputs a ringing tone O
Since it is installed for transmitting only the FF setting signal, it is not connected to the exchange 3. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example in a case where the auxiliary base station 6 is arranged inside the movie theater 5.

An auxiliary base station 6 is installed on the ceiling of the movie theater 5, and a radio wave 8 including a ringing sound OFF setting signal is emitted from the auxiliary base station 6 into the movie theater 5.
Outside the movie theater 5, there is a normal base station 1 connected to the exchange 3.
Is provided. Here, the radio wave 8 from the auxiliary base station 6
Is transmitted only to the inside of the movie theater 5 and is weak enough not to transmit through the walls and ceiling of the movie theater 5. on the other hand,
Since the ordinary base station 1 is intended for communication between the network and the wireless mobile communication terminal 4, it transmits a radio wave 7 stronger than the radio wave 8 from the auxiliary base station 6, Penetrates through the walls and ceiling of the movie theater 5 and reaches the inside of the movie theater 5. The intensity of the radio wave emitted by the wireless mobile communication terminal 4 is also strong enough to transmit through the walls and ceiling of the movie theater 5,
A transmission path is established between the wireless mobile communication terminal 4 inside the movie theater 5 and the base station 1, and this wireless mobile communication terminal 4 can communicate with the network side. In this case, whether the radio wave propagates or not or whether the radio wave transmits
It is assumed that it is determined according to the degree to which the radio mobile communication terminal 4 and the base station 1 can normally receive the radio wave.

Next, the configuration of the wireless mobile communication terminal 4 used in the wireless mobile communication system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. Here, it is assumed that the wireless mobile communication terminal 4 is configured as a digital mobile phone. The wireless mobile communication terminal 4 includes an antenna 21, a wireless unit 22 connected to the antenna 21 for wirelessly exchanging data, a secondary battery 23 as a power supply, and notification of an incoming call by low-frequency vibration. Section (vibrator) 24, an incoming call notification LED (light emitting diode) 25 for performing incoming call notification by light, and a notifying speaker 26 for emitting a sound for incoming call notification and various warning sounds.
A speaker 27 for outputting voice during a call, a display unit (display panel) 28 composed of a liquid crystal display element or the like for displaying a telephone number or the like, and an operation including dial buttons and various function buttons. Unit 29, microphone 30 for inputting voice during a call, and wireless mobile communication terminal 4
And a ring tone sounding ON which is provided as a soft switch (a switch controlled by software) in a storage area of the control unit 31 and switches whether or not to notify the incoming call by sounding of the notification speaker 26.
(ON) / OFF (OFF) switch 32. The ring tone ringing ON / OFF switch 32 can be manually switched by using the operation unit 29, and, when a ring tone ringing OFF setting signal from the auxiliary base station 6 is received, as will be described later, Switching is performed by the control unit 31 so that the sound ringing is turned off. The ringtone ON / OFF switch 32 corresponds to a switch, and the controller 31 corresponds to a controller.

Next, the configuration of the auxiliary base station 6 will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIG. Since the auxiliary base station 6 transmits only the ringing tone OFF setting signal as described above, the ringing tone O which generates the ringing tone OFF setting signal is generated.
FF setting signal generator 51 and generated ringing sound OFF
It comprises a wireless unit 52 for transmitting a setting signal, and an antenna 53 connected to the wireless unit 52 and emitting a radio wave including a ringtone OFF setting signal.

Next, the ringing tone ringing OFF setting signal will be described. As is well known, in a wireless mobile communication system based on a small zone configuration or a cellular system, a plurality of predetermined frequencies are prepared, while preventing interference between base stations caused by using the same frequency, A frequency for a control channel is allocated to each base station, and the frequency is used spatially repeatedly. Then, among the plurality of frequencies allocated for the control channel from the base station in the radio mobile communication system, any of the base stations 1 is located at the position of the auxiliary base station 6.
There are frequencies that are not received even from The auxiliary base station 6 uses this frequency to transmit a ringtone OFF setting signal as one of the signals on the control channel. The radio mobile communication terminal controls a control channel from a plurality of base stations in order to determine which one of a plurality of base stations in the vicinity to communicate with and to realize handover between communication zones. It has the function of receiving the above signal. Therefore, the wireless mobile communication terminal 4 is
While receiving a ringing tone OFF setting signal from the auxiliary base station 6 as a control signal.

Further, in a digital cellular phone system currently widely used, a signal on a control channel is
A broadcast signal is transmitted from the base station at regular intervals. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the auxiliary base station 5 also transmits a broadcast signal at regular intervals, and the ringing sound OFF setting signal is included in the broadcast signal. In addition, in a multipurpose hall or the like, whether or not the ringing tone is suppressed or not is changed depending on the type of entertainment held in the hall. Therefore, the ringing tone is turned off in the broadcast signal transmitted from the auxiliary base station 6. It is preferable that whether the setting signal is included or not can be switched by a switch operation or the like.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5, focusing on the operation of setting the ringing tone ringing to ON or OFF. Here, in the initial state, it is assumed that the wireless mobile communication terminal 4 is set to the ringing sound ON by the ringing sound ON / OFF switch 32.

As described above, each base station 1 including the auxiliary base station 6 periodically transmits a broad channel signal through the control channel, and the radio mobile communication terminal 4 executes a process of receiving the broadcast signal. (Step 1
01). Here, the control unit 31 determines whether or not there is a ringing sound OFF setting signal in the broadcast signal (step 102). If not detected, the process returns to step 101. If detected, the process returns to step 103. After the ringing tone ON / OFF switch 32 is set to OFF, the process proceeds to step 104. In step 104, the receiving process is executed as in step 101. After the reception processing in step 104, the control unit 31 determines whether or not the broadcast signal includes the ringing tone OFF setting signal (step 105). Return to step 104, and if the ringing sound OFF setting signal is not detected (YE in the figure).
In the case of S), at step 106, the ring tone is sounded ON / O.
Step 1 after turning off the FF switch 32
Move to 01.

The above operation is applied to the case of the movie theater 5 described above. When the user of the wireless mobile communication terminal 4 is outside the movie theater 5, the ring tone from the auxiliary base station 6 sounds. Since the OFF setting signal has not been received,
The N / OFF switch 32 remains set to ON, and if there is an incoming call, the incoming call is notified by ringing. Here, if the user of the wireless mobile communication terminal 4 enters the movie theater 5, the wireless mobile communication terminal 4 receives the ringing tone OFF setting signal from the auxiliary base station 5, and the ringing tone ON / OFF. The OFF setting changeover switch 32 is turned off. As a result, even if there is an incoming call, ringing does not occur. In this case, the notification of the incoming call to the user is
For example, it is performed by vibration or blinking of an LED.

When the user of the wireless mobile communication terminal 4
When the mobile phone goes out of the mobile phone, the radio mobile communication terminal 4 changes from the state of receiving the ringing tone OFF setting signal to the state of not receiving the ringing tone OFF setting signal.
The F changeover switch 32 transitions from on to off, whereby, if there is an incoming call, an incoming call notification is made by sounding a ring tone.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, manually setting the ring tone of the wireless mobile communication terminal 4 to off before entering the movie theater 5 and turning on the ring tone when the user goes out of the movie theater 5 This eliminates the need to manually set the password.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically turn on / off the ringing tone of the wireless mobile communication terminal, thereby making it possible to set the ringing tone in a train or a movie theater. It is possible to eliminate the trouble of turning on / off the ring tone in a place where the surrounding people may be annoying by the ringing, and it is possible to suppress the ring tone even if the user forgets the operation of turning off the ring tone. This has the effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a wireless mobile communication system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific arrangement example of auxiliary base stations.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a wireless mobile communication terminal.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of an auxiliary base station.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the wireless mobile communication terminal.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 base station 2 line 3 exchange 4 wireless mobile communication terminal 5 movie theater 6 auxiliary base station 7.8 radio wave 21, 53 antenna 22, 52 wireless unit 23 secondary battery 24 vibrating unit 25 incoming call notification LED 26 notification speaker 27 Receiving speaker 28 Display unit 29 Operation unit 30 Microphone 31 Control unit 32 Ring tone ringing ON / OFF switch 51 Ring tone ringing OFF setting signal generation unit

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A method for controlling a ring tone of a wireless mobile communication terminal in a wireless mobile communication system having a base station and a wireless mobile communication terminal, comprising: Installing an auxiliary base station which is a base station for suppressing the transmission of a ringing tone from the auxiliary base station into the area, and receiving a signal at the wireless mobile communication terminal receiving the signal. A ring tone control method for a wireless communication mobile terminal, characterized by suppressing a sound ringing. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary base station periodically transmits the signal, and when the wireless mobile communication terminal does not detect the signal, cancels the suppression of ringing sound.
A ring tone control method for a wireless communication mobile terminal according to claim 1. A radio wave from a normal base station propagates in the area, but a transmission output of the auxiliary base station is controlled so that a radio wave from the auxiliary base station does not substantially propagate outside the area. 3. The method for controlling a ringtone of a wireless communication mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the setting is performed. 4. In a wireless mobile communication system having a base station and a wireless mobile communication terminal, a signal for suppressing a ringing sound in an area where it is not preferable to generate a ringing sound in the wireless mobile communication terminal is provided in the area. A wireless mobile communication system, comprising: an auxiliary base station for transmitting to a mobile phone; and a means for suppressing ringing when a signal is received in the wireless mobile communication terminal. 5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the auxiliary base station periodically transmits the signal, and when the wireless mobile communication terminal does not detect the signal, the suppression of ringing sound is released.
A wireless mobile communication system according to claim 1. 6. A radio wave from a normal base station propagates in the area, but a transmission output of the auxiliary base station is reduced so that a radio wave from the auxiliary base station does not substantially propagate outside the area. The wireless communication mobile system according to claim 4, wherein the mobile communication system is set. 7. A wireless mobile communication terminal used in a wireless mobile communication system having a base station and having a speaker for generating a ring tone, for switching whether or not a ring tone is generated by the speaker when an incoming call is received. And a control means for switching the switch means so as not to generate a ringtone when a predetermined signal is received. 8. A wireless mobile communication terminal used in a wireless mobile communication system having a base station and having a speaker for generating a ring tone, for switching whether or not a ring tone is generated by the speaker when an incoming call is received. A switch means for switching the switch means so as not to generate a ring tone when a predetermined signal periodically generated is received, and the switch means so as to generate a ring tone when the signal is not detected. And control means for switching between the two.