JP2001197170A - Portable telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems the wait mode of a telephone cannot be automatically switched to an automatic answer mode even when work except for driving of an automobile is started, and the telephone cannot be used for an automobile without loading a special device for monitoring the state of the automobile since it is necessary to load the special device on the automobile. SOLUTION: While referring to a correspondent relation stored in a storage device 1, the wait mode of the telephone is selectively set on the basis of a conscious state corresponding to the brain waves of a user.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone for switching a standby mode of a telephone according to a situation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when an incoming call cannot be answered even when a mobile phone receives an incoming call, for example, while driving a car or working in a concentrated manner, the standby mode of the phone is set to an automatic answering mode (corresponding to a state where an answering machine is set). If it is set to (Yes), the incoming call tone does not ring, so that it is possible to concentrate on driving the car.

[0003] In this case, however, the user must set the standby mode of the telephone to the automatic answering mode each time, so that the setting is troublesome and sometimes the user forgets to switch to the automatic answering mode. In order to solve such a problem, a technology for monitoring the state of the vehicle, such as the speed and ignition of the vehicle, and automatically switching the standby mode of the telephone to the automatic answering mode has been developed, and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-168767. And so on.

[0004]

Since the conventional portable telephone is configured as described above, if the state of the vehicle can be monitored, when the user starts driving the vehicle, the standby mode of the telephone is automatically set. Can be automatically switched to the automatic answering mode, but even if work other than driving the car is started, the telephone standby mode cannot be automatically switched to the automatic answering mode, and the state of the car is monitored. Since a special device needs to be mounted on a vehicle, there is a problem that it cannot be used on a vehicle without a special device.

[0005] Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Hei 7-1995 discloses a technology in which a device that alerts the user by detecting a user's drowsiness while driving the vehicle by detecting the user's brain waves is disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 7-1995.
Although disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 108848, etc., even if such a device is applied, it is not possible to automatically switch the telephone standby mode to the automatic answering mode while driving a car or performing other work.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and automatically sets a telephone standby mode during driving of a car or other work without mounting a special device on the car or the like. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a mobile phone which can be automatically switched to an automatic answering mode.

[0007]

A portable telephone according to the present invention selects a telephone standby mode based on a consciousness state corresponding to a brain wave of a user with reference to a correspondence relation stored in a storage means. It is something to set.

In the portable telephone according to the present invention, when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is currently nervous, the standby mode of the telephone is set to the automatic answer mode. It was done.

[0009] In the portable telephone according to the present invention, the standby mode of the telephone is returned to the normal mode when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user's tension has been released. It is.

In the portable telephone according to the present invention, the standby mode of the telephone is set to the normal mode when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is in a relaxed state at present. Things.

[0011] The portable telephone according to the present invention is provided with a warning means for calling attention to the user when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is currently in a semi-awakening state. It is.

[0012] In the mobile phone according to the present invention, when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is currently in a semi-awakening state, the telephone standby mode is set to the automatic answering mode. It was made.

[0013] In the portable telephone according to the present invention, when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is currently in a sleep state, the telephone standby mode is set to the automatic answer mode. It was done.

In the portable telephone according to the present invention, the standby mode of the telephone is set to the normal mode when the user is in the REM sleep state even if the user is currently in the sleep state.

The portable telephone according to the present invention is provided with a correction means for correcting the correspondence stored in the storage means.

The portable telephone according to the present invention uses a wireless communication unit to transmit the detection result of the detection unit to the search unit.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below. Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a mobile phone according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
Is a storage device (storage means) for storing in advance the correspondence between the brain waves of the user and the state of consciousness, 2 is an electroencephalogram monitor (detection means) attached to the back of the user's ear or the like to detect the brain waves of the user, 3 Is an electroencephalogram analysis unit (search means) for searching for a consciousness state corresponding to the electroencephalogram detected by the electroencephalogram monitor 2 with reference to the correspondence stored in the storage device 1.

If the consciousness state searched by the electroencephalogram analysis unit 3 indicates that the user is currently nervous, the standby mode of the telephone is set to the automatic answering mode while the electroencephalogram analysis unit 3 Consciousness state searched by
If this indicates that the user has relaxed,
The control means 4 is a control means for returning the standby mode of the telephone to the normal mode, and the control means 4 sets a speaker when the consciousness state searched by the electroencephalogram analysis unit 3 indicates that the user is currently in a semi-awake state. 5 and a vibrator 6 are controlled to execute a process of calling the user's attention. The control means 4 constitutes a mode setting means and a warning means.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a speaker that emits a telephone ringing tone or an alert sound under the instruction of the control means 4. Reference numeral 6 denotes a speaker that alerts the user to an incoming call or alerts the user under the instruction of the control means 4. It is a vibrator that gives vibration. Note that the speaker 5
The vibrator 6 and the control means 4 constitute a warning means. Reference numeral 7 denotes an operation key for inputting various settings and dials on the mobile phone, 8 denotes a transmission / reception unit of the mobile phone, 9
Is the antenna of the mobile phone.

Next, the operation will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, the storage device 1 stores in advance the correspondence between the user's brain waves and the state of consciousness. In this example, when the user's brain wave is 14 Hz or higher, it indicates that the user is currently in a nervous state (for example, a state in which the user concentrates on driving a car or performing other work). When the user's brain wave is in the range of 8 to 13 Hz, the user is currently in a relaxed state (for example, a state in which the user is at rest).
It shows that there is.

Further, when the user's brain wave is in the range of 4 to 7 Hz, it indicates that the user is currently in a semi-awakening state (for example, a state of being drowsy and waking up). When the brain wave of the user is 3 Hz or less, it indicates that the user is currently in a sleep state (including both REM sleep and non-REM sleep). What is REM sleep?
It refers to a state of light sleep, and you can usually wake up comfortably during REM sleep. Non-REM sleep refers to a state of deep sleep. Usually, during non-REM sleep, arousal is accompanied by discomfort.

First, when the electroencephalogram monitor 2 is attached to the user and the detection of the electroencephalogram of the user is started, the electroencephalogram analyzer 3
Refers to the correspondence stored in the storage device 1,
The consciousness state corresponding to the brain wave detected by the brain wave monitor 2 is searched. For example, if the brain wave of the user is 16 Hz, the conscious state of the user is recognized as being in a nervous state, and if the brain wave of the user is 5 Hz, the conscious state of the user is recognized as being in a semi-awakening state. .

The control means 4 executes a telephone standby mode setting process and the like based on the consciousness state searched by the electroencephalogram analysis unit 3. Specifically, when the user is currently in a nervous state, the telephone standby mode is set to an automatic answering mode (automatic answering machine is set) in order to prevent the user from being distracted by an unexpected incoming call. State). However, if the user's nervous state is released after the automatic response mode is set (for example, when the user's consciousness transitions to a relaxed state or a semi-awake state), the user may not drive or work on the car. Since it is considered that the call has been interrupted or terminated, a process for returning to the normal mode for receiving an incoming call is executed.

If the user is currently in a relaxed state, it is considered that the user is not driving the car and is not concentrated on other work, so the telephone standby mode is set to the normal mode. Set. When the user is currently in a semi-awakening state, the standby mode of the telephone is set to the normal mode. However, if this state is left unattended, a car accident may be caused. And driving the vibrator 6 to execute a process for preventing the user from falling asleep. Even when the user is currently in a sleep state, the standby mode of the telephone is set to the normal mode in the same manner, and processing for preventing the user from falling asleep is executed.

However, even if the user uses the operation keys 7 to set the telephone standby mode to the automatic answering mode automatically even when the user is in the semi-awakening state or the sleeping state. Automatically sets the telephone standby mode to the automatic answer mode when the user is in a semi-awakening state or a sleeping state. When driving or working on a car is not performed, it goes without saying that the user sometimes sleeps. This is effective when it is troublesome to answer the phone such as during sleep or napping. As a result, it is possible to eliminate the problem caused by insomnia and poor sleepiness caused by an incoming call.

As is apparent from the above, the first embodiment
According to the configuration, the telephone standby mode is selected and set based on the consciousness state corresponding to the brain wave of the user with reference to the correspondence relationship stored in the storage device 1, so that the user is troublesome. There is an effect that the standby mode of the telephone can be automatically switched without performing any necessary setting.

According to the first embodiment, the brain wave analyzer 3
When the user is currently nervous, the telephone is set to the automatic answering mode when the user is in a nervous state. During the operation of the mobile phone or other work, the telephone standby mode can be automatically switched to the automatic answering mode.

Embodiment 2 In the first embodiment, the case where the standby mode of the phone can be automatically set to the automatic answer mode when the user is in the sleep state by the setting operation of the user has been described. Can normally wake up comfortably, so in the case of REM sleep, the standby mode of the telephone may be automatically set to the normal mode. Therefore, it is possible to set so that sleep is not disturbed only during non-REM sleep in which arousal is accompanied by discomfort. Note that REM sleep and non-REM sleep can be distinguished by analyzing the transition (waveform) of the user's brain waves.

Embodiment 3 In the first embodiment, the case where the consciousness state of the user is associated with the electroencephalogram is described. However, an error may occur in the correspondence due to individual differences of the user. Therefore, the user may use the operation keys 7 to correct the correspondence between brain waves and consciousness states when using the mobile phone. For example, the user's brain wave is 15Hz
At the time above, it is corrected to be in tension, and 8 ~ 14Hz
Corrected to be in a relaxed state when in the range. In this case, the control means 4 and the operation keys 7 constitute a correction means.

Embodiment 4 In the first embodiment, the communication method between the electroencephalogram monitor 2 and the electroencephalogram analysis unit 3 is not particularly described. However, the use detected by the electroencephalogram monitor 2 using a radio communication means using electromagnetic waves, infrared rays, or the like. The brain wave of the person may be transmitted to the brain wave analyzer 3.
As a result, no code exists between the electroencephalogram monitor 2 worn by the user and the mobile phone main body (the electroencephalogram analysis unit 3 is built into the main body of the mobile phone), and the code for connecting the electroencephalogram monitor 2 is eliminated. Has an effect of preventing a trouble that hinders driving and work.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, the telephone standby mode is selected and set based on the state of consciousness corresponding to the brain wave of the user with reference to the correspondence stored in the storage means. With such a configuration, there is an effect that the standby mode of the telephone can be automatically switched without the user having to make any troublesome settings.

According to the present invention, when the consciousness state searched by the search means is currently in a nervous state, the telephone standby mode is set to the automatic answering mode. There is an effect that the standby mode of the telephone can be automatically switched to the automatic answering mode during driving of the automobile or other work without mounting any special device.

According to the present invention, when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user's tension has been released, the telephone standby mode is returned to the normal mode. After driving a car, etc.,
This has the effect of preventing a problem of forgetting to return the telephone standby mode to the normal mode.

According to the present invention, when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is currently in a relaxed state, the telephone standby mode is set to the normal mode. In the case where an incoming call can be received, there is an effect that the standby mode of the telephone can be automatically set to the normal mode.

According to the present invention, when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is currently in a semi-awakening state, a warning means is provided to alert the user. Therefore, there is an effect that the user can be prevented from falling asleep.

According to the present invention, when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is currently in a semi-awake state, the telephone standby mode is set to the automatic answering mode. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent a trouble caused by an incoming call when sleeping.

According to the present invention, when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is currently sleeping, the telephone standby mode is set to the automatic answer mode. Therefore, there is an effect that it is possible to prevent a trouble caused by an incoming call when sleeping.

According to the present invention, even when the user is currently in a sleep state, if the user is in the REM sleep state, the telephone standby mode is set to the normal mode, so that the user can wake up comfortably. Only in such a case, there is an effect that an incoming call can be accepted.

According to the present invention, since the correction means for correcting the correspondence stored in the storage means is provided, it is possible to correct the error of the correspondence due to the individual difference of the user. .

According to the present invention, since the detection result of the detection means is transmitted to the search means by using the wireless communication means, the code no longer exists between the detection means and the portable telephone body. There is an effect that it is possible to prevent a problem that a cord for connecting the detecting means interferes with driving or work.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a mobile phone according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a table showing the correspondence between brain waves and consciousness of a user.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 storage device (storage means), 2 EEG monitor (detection means), 3 EEG analysis section (search means), 4 control means (mode setting means, warning means, correction means), 5 speakers (warning means), 6 vibrators ( Warning means), 7 operation keys (correction means), 8 transmitting / receiving unit, 9 antenna.

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Claims (10)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing in advance a correspondence relationship between a user's brain waves and a state of consciousness, a detection unit for detecting a user's brain waves, and a correspondence relationship stored in the storage unit. A mobile phone comprising: a search means for searching for a consciousness state corresponding to an electroencephalogram detected by a detection means; and a control means for selecting and setting a telephone standby mode based on the consciousness state searched for by the search means. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control means sets the telephone standby mode to the automatic answer mode when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is currently nervous. The mobile phone according to claim 1, 3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the control unit returns the standby mode of the telephone to the normal mode when the consciousness state searched by the search unit indicates that the user's tension has been released. Item 1. The mobile phone according to Item 1. 4. The control means sets the telephone standby mode to the normal mode when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is currently in a relaxed state. The mobile phone according to claim 1. 5. The consciousness state searched by the search means,
2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising a warning unit that alerts the user when the current status indicates that the user is currently in a semi-awakening state. 6. The control means sets the telephone standby mode to the automatic answer mode when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is currently in a semi-awakening state. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein 7. The control means sets the telephone standby mode to the automatic answering mode when the consciousness state searched by the search means indicates that the user is currently in a sleep state. The mobile phone according to claim 1, 8. The mobile phone according to claim 7, wherein the control unit sets the standby mode of the telephone to the normal mode when the user is in the REM sleep state even when the user is currently in the sleep state. . 9. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising correction means for correcting the correspondence stored in the storage means. 10. The method according to claim 1, wherein a detection result of the detection means is transmitted to the search means using a wireless communication means.
The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 9.