JP3224446B2 - Mobile phone equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reserve and set a dial number by a transmitting operation when this system is outside the speech area of a base station, and to automatically transmit a dial number when the system is within the speech area. CONSTITUTION:This system has a radio equipment 1 and a handset 6 connected to each other and is provided with a judging means which judges whether the system is within or outside the base station, a reserving means which reserves the inputted dial number of a called party in a memory 18 at the time of receiving an outside-area judgement signal from the judging means, and a transmitting means which automatically transmits the reserved dial number through the radio equipment 1 at the time of receiving a within-area judgement signal from the judging means in a handset control part 12 of the handset 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile telephone device mounted on a mobile body such as an automobile, a train, a ship, etc., for transmitting and receiving signals to and from a base station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 is a view showing a state in which a telephone device is mounted on a mobile body 51. The telephone device is connected to an antenna 52 for transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from a base station (not shown). It has a wireless device 53 and a receiver 54 connected to the wireless device 53, and the receiver 54 is placed on a cradle (table) 55.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional mobile telephone apparatus. A radio 53 is provided with a receiving section 56 for converting a radio wave received from an antenna 52 into a voice signal and a control signal.
And convert the audio signal and the control signal into radio waves to
2, a signal is transmitted and received between the transmitting unit 57, the receiving unit 56, and the transmitting unit 57, and a code indicating an out-of-service display, an end call, an incoming call, and the like is sent to the outside, and a dial number, an end call, and a call are sent from outside And the like, and a radio control unit 58 that receives a code indicating the above and outputs the code to the transmission unit 57.

On the other hand, the receiver 54 has a dial number
An operation unit 59 having operation buttons for calling and ending a call, a display unit 60 for displaying that the mobile unit 51 is out of the service area of the base station, and a voice signal from the receiving unit 56 of the wireless device 53 converted to voice. And a microphone 62 that converts audio into an audio signal and outputs the audio signal to the transmission unit 57 of the wireless device 53
A receiver control section 63 for outputting an operation signal from the operation section 59 to the radio control section 58 and outputting a code signal from the radio control section to the display section 60;
And an on-cradle detecting section 64 for detecting whether or not it is stored in the storage device 5.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the conventional mobile telephone apparatus shown in FIG. 7, and the operation will be described below with reference to FIG.

After confirming that the display unit 60 of the receiver 54 is not displaying the out-of-service area, that is, that the mobile unit is within the service area of the base station, the call button of the operation unit 59 is operated to start the call operation. I do.

First, it is determined in step ST8-1 whether the input is an on-cradle, and if YES, the process proceeds to step ST8-2 to determine whether a transmission key is input. If yes,
In step ST8-3, the audio circuits of the receiving unit and the transmitting unit are turned ON, and the function of performing switching control of the receiving unit and the receiving unit in accordance with the transmission and reception in the subsequent call (hereinafter, circuit I).
/ F switch) is turned ON, and if NO, the process proceeds to step ST8-4, where the dial number is input, and the dial number is sequentially stored in the memory. After the storage is completed, the process returns to step ST8-2. .

On the other hand, if the determination in step ST8-1 is NO, the line I / F switching is turned on in step ST8-5, and it is determined in step ST8-6 whether a transmission key is input. Then, the process proceeds to step ST8-7 to determine whether or not the value is a predetermined value of the dial waiting timer.
In the case of O, the process proceeds to step ST8-8, where the dial number is input, and the dial number is sequentially stored in the memory. After the storage is completed, the process returns to step ST8-6.

[0009] The receiver control section 63 executes step ST8-3.
To switch on the line I / F or ST8-6, ST
If the decision result in 8-7 is YES, the dial number is sent to the radio control unit 58 in step 8-9.

[0010] The radio control unit 58 sends the input dial number to the base station via the transmitting unit 57 and the antenna 52, and establishes a line connection with the other party to make a call.

In this call state, the receiver control unit 63
Determines in step ST8-1 whether the call with the other party has ended.
If the judgment is 0, and if YES, the line I / F switching OFF and on-hook transmission are performed in step ST8-11, and the call operation ends.

[0012]

Since the conventional mobile telephone device is configured as described above, if the mobile unit is out of the service area of the base station, even if the mobile phone performs a dialing operation, the mobile unit cannot communicate with the other party. No telephone line is formed.

Therefore, it is necessary to visually judge from the display contents of the display section 60 that the area is within the service area of the base station, and to perform a dialing operation. Therefore, there is a problem in that it is necessary to wait for the moving body 51 to enter the call area, determine this from the display contents of the display unit 60, and stop the vehicle to perform a dial number transmission operation.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems. According to the first aspect of the present invention, a dial number input by a calling operation of a base station outside of a call area becomes within the call area. It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile telephone device that can reserve automatic transmission at some time.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a mobile telephone device in which a dial number input by a calling operation using an off-cradle can be reserved by an on-cradle for automatically transmitting a dial number when a call is within a service area. I do.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a mobile telephone device which can easily cancel a reservation for automatically making a call when the vehicle is in a call area by a reservation canceling means.

[0017]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile telephone apparatus, comprising: a judging means for judging whether a base station is out of a service area; A reservation means for reserving the dial number of the other party inputted by the operation, and a transmission means for automatically transmitting the reserved dial number when receiving the area determination signal from the determination means , wherein the reservation means uses an off-cradle. With outgoing call operation
Use the on-cradle to reserve the entered dialed number.
It is those that.

A mobile telephone device according to a second aspect of the present invention
The other party's dialed number entered using the on-cradle
It is automatically transmitted without being reserved by the reservation means .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile telephone device comprising:
Is intended the reservation cancel means was only set to release the reservation to automatic transmission when it is in the service area.

[0020]

The mobile telephone device according to the first aspect of the present invention reserves and sets a dial number input by a dialing operation if it is out of the communication area of the base station, and automatically transmits the reserved dial number when it is in the communication area. By dialing, you can dial the number anywhere, wait for the call to be connected, and dial the number entered in the off-cradle dialing operation.
By booking your Earl Number on-cradle,
Calls can be received without any other operations.
The same convenience as in the case of (1) and operation is easy .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile telephone device comprising:
The other party's dialed number entered using the on-cradle
Automatically sent without reservation by reservation means
By dialing the other party's dialed number
When entering, reservations can be made by the reservation means, and
If you enter in Credore, reservations will be made by reservation means.
It will not be .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile telephone device , comprising:
By making it possible to cancel the reservation for automatic dial number transmission, it is possible to prevent a call from being made when the user forgets to make a reservation.

[0023]

[Embodiment 1] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile telephone apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a wireless device connected to an antenna 2; And a radio control unit 5.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a receiver connected to the wireless device 1,
The receiver 6 has an operation unit 7, a display unit 8, a speaker 9, a microphone 10, and an on-cradle detection unit 11, which are the same as the conventional device shown in FIG. I do.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a receiver control unit of the receiver 6. The receiver control unit 12 includes a counter 13 configured by a program for operating the receiver control unit and counting the number of receptions, and a predetermined counter configured by the program. A timer 14 for measuring time, “out of service area display ON” configured by the above program and transmitted from the receiving unit 3 of the wireless device 1,
Out-of-service detection means 15 for detecting a signal of "out-of-service display OFF"
Is provided.

Reference numeral 16 denotes display means, such as an LED, which operates in response to an output signal from the receiver control unit 12, and displays whether or not a reservation dial has been set and its state by lighting, blinking, and turning off.

Reference numeral 17 denotes a notification means such as a buzzer or the like which operates upon receiving an output signal from the receiver control unit 12, and starts transmission according to a reservation state ("set" or "cancel") or reservation. Notify to do.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a writable / readable memory, which is constituted by a program for operating the radio control unit 5, and includes a count number of the counter 13, a timer 14
, The dial number input by the operation unit 7, and the like.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the mobile telephone device of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
The operation will be described with reference to FIG.

First, it is determined in step ST2-1 whether the input is an on-cradle. If YES, the process proceeds to step ST2-2 to determine whether a transmission key is input. If yes,
In step ST2-3, the line interface (hereinafter abbreviated as line I / F) is switched ON. If NO, the process proceeds to step ST2-4, where the dial number is input and the dial number is sequentially stored in the memory. After storing, the process returns to step ST2-2.

On the other hand, if the determination in step ST2-1 is NO, the line I / F switching is turned on in step ST2-5, and it is determined in step ST2-6 whether or not a transmission key is input. For example, the process proceeds to step ST2-7 to determine whether the value is a predetermined value of the dial waiting timer. If the determination result is NO, the process proceeds to step ST2-8 to input a dial number and sequentially store the dial number in the memory. After the storage is completed, the process returns to step ST2-6.

The receiver control unit 12 determines in step ST2-3.
To switch on line I / F or ST2-6, ST
If the decision result in 2-7 is YES, step ST2-
It is determined in step 9 whether the base station is out of the service area (hereinafter abbreviated as “out of service area”). If YES, that is, if the service area is out of service area, the dial number is written into the memory 18 to be in a reserved state.

When the result of the determination in step ST2-9 is NO, ie, when the vehicle is in the service area, the dial number stored in the memory 18 is read out and transmitted to the radio control unit 5.

The radio control unit 5 sends the input dial number to the base station via the transmitting unit 4 and the antenna 2 (step ST2-10), and establishes a line connection with the other party to make a call. .

In this call state, the receiver control unit 12
Determines in step ST2-1 whether the call with the other party has ended.
In step ST2-12, the line I / F switching is turned off and on-hook transmission is performed, and the call operation is terminated.

Embodiment 2 FIG. FIG. 3 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the second aspect of the present invention. In this embodiment, a transmission key is input by an on-cradle, and the line I / F switching is turned on.
(Steps ST3-1 to ST3-3), the process immediately proceeds to step ST3-11 to transmit the dialed number. If the call key is not input, the input dial numbers are sequentially stored in the memory, and after the storage is completed, the process returns to step ST3-2.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST3-1 that the cradle is not on-cradle, step ST3-5 is performed.
After the line I / F switch is turned on, it is determined in step ST3-6 whether a call key has been input. If this determination result is NO, it is determined in step ST3-7 whether the dial wait timer is a predetermined value. In step 3-8, the dial number is input, and the dial number is sequentially stored in the memory. After the storage is completed, the process returns to step ST3-6.

In any of the above-mentioned steps ST3-6 and ST3-7, the judgment result is YES, and in step ST3-9.
, The process proceeds to step ST3-10, where it is determined whether the mobile phone is out of the service area. If the determination result is YES, that is, if the mobile phone is out of the service area, the dial number is written into the memory 18 to be in a reserved state.

Then, if the decision result in the step ST3-10 is NO, that is, if it is within the service area, the dial number stored in the memory 18 is read out and automatically transmitted to the radio control unit 5 (step ST3-11).

The radio control unit 5 sends the input dial number to the base station via the transmitting unit 4 and the antenna 2, and establishes a line connection with the other party to make a call.

In this call state, the receiver control unit 12
Determines in step ST3-1 whether the call with the other party has ended.
If the answer is YES in step ST2, line I / F switching OFF and on-hook transmission are performed in step ST3-13, and the call operation ends.

Embodiment 3 FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the third embodiment of the present invention. In the third embodiment, the reservation state in the first embodiment is, for example, the operation of the handset OFF cradle, the end key operation, and the accessory (ACC). ) Release by any release request of the switch OFF operation.

Operation steps ST4-1 to ST4- of FIG.
Reference numeral 12 denotes operation steps ST2-1 to ST2-1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
This is the same as ST2-12, except that the third embodiment is different from step S2-12.
When the result of the determination in the first step 4-9a in T4-9 is a reservation state of YES, it is determined in a second step ST4-9b whether or not there is the above-mentioned cancellation request.

If the result of the determination is NO, the reservation state is continued. If the result is YES, the process proceeds to step ST4-12, where the line I / F switching is turned off and the on-hook is transmitted, and the reservation state is released.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a display unit replacing the buzzer 17. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 19 denotes a voice synthesizing unit for selecting a predetermined message based on an output code signal from the receiver control unit 12 and outputting a voice signal of the message, and 20 a voice synthesizing unit for outputting a voice signal of the message. A switch for selecting the telephone voice and the synthesized voice output from the voice synthesis unit 19 and outputting the selected voice to the speaker 9.

By configuring the display unit as shown in FIG. 5, for example, "reservation.", "Reservation in progress",
Various messages such as "Reservation has been canceled" can be made by voice, and the driver can appropriately and accurately recognize the displayed contents.

[0047]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
When you make a call outside the calling area of the base station, the entered dial number is reserved and set, and the reserved dial number is automatically transmitted when you enter the calling area.
For example, when stopped at a traffic light, etc., you can make outgoing calls anywhere without having to worry about inside and outside the call area, just wait for the call to be connected ,
Reserving the dialed number entered in the on-cradle
When you receive a call without performing any special operations,
This has the effect of being easy to use and easy to operate .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the on-cradle
The dial number of the other party entered in
Automatically sent without reservation,
When entering the local dialing number in Off-Credoll
Can be reserved by reservation means and entered by Oncre Doll
If you do, the reservation by the reservation means will not be made
This has the effect that the device is easy to operate .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the automatic dialing reservation of the dialed number is canceled by the canceling request, so that it is possible to prevent a call from being made by the automatic calling when the reservation is forgotten. effective.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the invention of claim 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the invention of claim 3;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a display unit in the device of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a mounted state of a mobile telephone device.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional mobile telephone device.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of a conventional mobile telephone device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Radio 6 Receiver 12 Receiver control unit 18 Memory

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A mobile telephone device comprising an antenna provided with an antenna for transmitting and receiving radio waves to and from a base station, and a receiver connected to the wireless device. Determining means for determining whether or not an out-of-area determination signal has been received from the determining means; and a reservation means for reserving the dial number of the other party inputted when the out-of-area determination signal has been received from the determining means; Transmitting means for automatically transmitting the dialed number via the wireless device ,
The reservation means is the off-cradle
A mobile telephone device wherein an ear number is reserved by an on-cradle . 2. The destination of a call destination input using an on-cradle.
Dial numbers are automatically reserved without being reserved by the reservation means
2. The mobile telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the mobile telephone device is transmitted in a static manner . 3. The mobile telephone device according to claim 1, further comprising a reservation canceling means for canceling the reservation in response to a cancellation request.