JP2000295368A - Device and system for communication - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately recognize a caller in receiving an incoming call and to allow a receiver to accurately recognize that a self is the caller in making the call in communication equipment. SOLUTION: When a portable telephone system 1 receives an incoming call from a portable telephone system 18, it outputs identification signal stored in call setting as a sound signal from a speaker 8. A user using the system 1 can accurately recognize a caller by identifying the sound signal. Also, when the system 1 makes a call to the system 18, it stores identification information identifying a self in the call setting. Thus, the user using the system 1 make the receiver be able to accurately recognize that the self is the caller.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device such as a portable telephone device and a communication system including a plurality of the communication devices.

[0002]

In recent years, with the advance of telecommunication technology, various communication devices such as portable telephone devices have become widespread, and accordingly, various communication services have been provided in communication networks. Provided. Incidentally, as one of the various communication services, there is a caller telephone number notification service.

[0003] This caller telephone number notification service is provided, for example, when the caller's mobile telephone device supports the caller's telephone number notification service.
When an incoming call is received, the caller's telephone number is displayed on the display of the portable telephone device, whereby the user on the receiving side recognizes the caller's telephone number before responding to the incoming call. You can do it. In addition, if the caller's telephone number is a telephone number registered in the memory dial, the registered name (eg, a person's name) that has been registered may be displayed on a display. The receiving user can also recognize the caller before responding to the incoming call.

However, in these methods, as described above, as a method of notifying the caller telephone number and the caller, the caller telephone number and the registered name registered in the memory dial are displayed on a display. So that
The user needs to look at the display. Therefore, for example, when the mobile phone device is stored in a jacket pocket or a bag, an operation of removing the mobile phone device is required, and there is a problem that the operation is troublesome.

Therefore, as another method of notifying the caller, there is a method employing sound notification. This one is
By setting individual ringtones and ringtones for each phone number registered in the memory dial beforehand, if the caller phone number is a phone number registered in the memory dial, A ring tone or a melody set individually for each is output from a speaker.

[0006] According to this, even when the portable telephone device is stored in a jacket pocket or a bag, for example, the ringtone or the ringtone is output from the speaker. There is an advantage that the caller can be recognized without troublesome operation.

However, in this case, the number that can be recognized is limited to the number of ring tones and ring tones, and when there is a request to recognize a large number of callers, it is not sufficient. There is a problem. In addition, since this is based on the condition that the caller telephone number is a telephone number registered in the memory dial, it cannot be handled if the caller telephone number is a telephone number not registered in the memory dial. There is also a problem.

[0008] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a purpose thereof is to be able to accurately recognize a caller when receiving an incoming call, and to be able to identify itself when sending a call. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device that allows a called party to accurately recognize that the calling party is the calling party, thereby improving usability.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a communication apparatus for identifying another communication apparatus transmitted by another communication apparatus and receiving identification information different from a telephone number. When the means receives the signal, the control means causes the sound signal output means to output the received identification information as a sound signal. Further, the control means causes the transmitting means to transmit identification information for identifying the communication device and different from the telephone number to another communication device.

In other words, when a call is received from another communication device, the identification information for identifying the other communication device, which is the caller, is output as a sound signal. It is possible to accurately recognize the caller without being limited to the number and regardless of whether or not the caller telephone number is a telephone number registered in the memory dial. Also, when transmitting to other communication devices,
Since the identification information for identifying itself is transmitted to the other communication device that is the callee, if the other communication device that is the callee is configured to be able to output the identification information as a sound signal, It is possible to make the called party accurately recognize that he or she is the sender. Thereby, usability can be improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the receiving means receives identification information transmitted by the other communication apparatus for identifying the other communication apparatus and different from the telephone number, The means causes the sound signal output means to output the received identification information as a sound signal. In other words, when a call is received from another communication device, the identification information for identifying the other communication device as the caller is output as a sound signal, so that the number of ring tones and ring tones is limited. The caller can be accurately recognized regardless of whether or not the caller's telephone number is a telephone number registered in the memory dial, thereby improving usability. Can be planned.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the receiving means receives identification information different from the telephone number for identifying the other communication device transmitted by the other communication device, The means causes the display means to display the received identification information as a display signal. That is, when an incoming call is received from another communication device, in addition to outputting the identification information for identifying the other communication device that is the caller as a sound signal, the information is also displayed as a display signal. Therefore, it is possible to accurately recognize the caller by the display, thereby further improving usability.

According to the communication device of the fourth aspect, the control means causes the transmission means to transmit identification information for identifying the communication device, which is different from the telephone number, to another communication device. That is, when transmitting to another communication device, this device transmits identification information for identifying itself to the other communication device as the called party, so that the other communication device as the called party can be identified. If the information is configured to be output as a sound signal, it is possible for the called party to accurately recognize that he or she is the sender, thereby improving usability.

According to the communication device of the fifth aspect, the control means causes the identification information to be transmitted and received by call setting. That is, in this communication sequence, there is no need to separately provide a signal for transmitting and receiving identification information in a communication sequence with a communication network, that is, without using a particular communication sequence and using an existing communication sequence. To transmit and receive the identification information.

According to the communication system of the sixth aspect, as described above, when receiving a call from another communication device, the number of ring tones and ring tones is not limited.
Also, regardless of whether the caller telephone number is a telephone number registered in the memory dial, it is possible to accurately recognize the caller, and when calling to another communication device, If the other communication device, which is the called party, is configured to be able to output the identification information as a sound signal, it is possible to make the called party accurately recognize that it is the calling party. Thus, it is possible to provide a communication system that is excellent in usability.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a portable telephone device will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 2 shows an appearance of a mobile phone device. On the front side of the housing 2 in the mobile phone device 1, a call start key
Redial key, call end key, number keys "0" to "9", * (asterisk) key, # (sharp) key,
A keypad 3 on which various keys such as F (function) keys are arranged, a display 4 (display means in the present invention), a microphone 5, a receiver 6, and an LED 7 are provided. Is provided with a speaker 8 (sound signal output means in the present invention). An antenna case 2a is integrally provided on the upper side of the housing 2 so as to protrude upward.
An antenna 9 (see FIG. 3) for radiating and capturing a radio wave is disposed inside the antenna.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the portable telephone device 1. As shown in FIG. Control unit 1
0 (control means in the present invention) is mainly composed of a microcomputer, and the control section 10 includes a wireless communication section 11 (transmission means and reception means in the present invention), a voice input / output section 12, Key operation detection unit 13, display control unit 1
4. The speaker drive unit 15 and the memory unit 16 (storage means in the present invention) are connected.

When the transmission voice is input, the microphone 5 converts the transmission voice from a voice signal to an electric signal to generate a transmission signal, and outputs the transmission signal to the voice input / output unit 12. When a transmission signal is given from the microphone 5, the voice input / output unit 12 performs amplification processing and A / D conversion processing on the supplied transmission signal, and performs wireless communication via the control unit 10. Output to the unit 11. Then, the wireless communication unit 11 sends the control unit 1 from the voice input / output unit 12.
0, a baseband process and a radio process are performed on the given transmission signal, and a predetermined frequency band (for example, 1.5 G
(Hz band).

When the antenna 9 captures a radio wave of a predetermined frequency band (for example, 1.5 GHz band), the radio communication unit 11 executes radio processing and baseband processing on the radio wave to generate a reception signal. The reception signal is output to the voice input / output unit 12 via the control unit 10. The voice input / output unit 12 is connected to the wireless communication unit 11.
When a reception signal is provided from the control unit 10 via the control unit 10, the received reception signal is subjected to D / A conversion processing, amplification processing, and the like, and is output to the receiver 6.
When receiving an incoming call signal from the audio input / output unit 12, the receiver 6 converts the applied incoming call signal from an electric signal to an audio signal to generate an incoming audio signal, and outputs the received audio signal. .

The key operation detection unit 13 outputs a key operation detection signal corresponding to the key operation to the control unit 10 in response to the user performing a key operation using the keypad 3. The unit 10 includes the key operation detection unit 1
When a key operation detection signal is given from 3, the given key operation detection signal is identified, and a predetermined process corresponding to the identification result is executed.

The display controller 14 receives a display command signal from the controller 10 and causes the display 4 to display a display signal corresponding to the given display command signal. When an output command signal is given from the control unit 10, the speaker driving unit 15 causes the speaker 8 to output a sound signal corresponding to the given output command signal.

The memory section 16 is configured to be able to store identification information in a predetermined storage area. Here, the identification information can be input by the user executing a key operation, and is, for example, the name of the user.

The control section 10 includes an electronic sound signal generation section 17, which is configured to generate an electronic sound signal that is electronically synthesized. The electronic sound signal generated by the electronic sound signal generation unit 17 is output from the speaker 8.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 schematically shows a case where the mobile phone device 1 and a mobile phone device 18 having the same configuration as the mobile phone device 1 communicate through a communication network. Note that, in this case, the mobile phone device 18 uses “090” as the telephone number.
123 ○○○○○ '' is assigned, and “Yamadai Chihiro” is stored as identification information.
The mobile phone device 1 uses “090123 @
The following description is based on the assumption that “Δ △△” is assigned and “Kawadagiro” is stored as identification information.

First, when the user using the mobile phone device 18 performs an operation of making a call to the mobile phone device 1, the mobile phone device 18 transmits a call setting to the mobile phone device 1 through a communication network. By the way, at this time, as the message content (information element) of the call setting, “090123XXXXXX” which is the telephone number of the mobile phone device 18 is stored as the calling number, and the mobile phone device 18 is used as the identification information. Is stored as "Yamadaichiro", which is the identification information stored in.

When the portable telephone device 1 receives the call setting transmitted from the portable telephone device 18, the portable telephone device 1 identifies “Yamadai Chihiro” stored as identification information in the call setting, and the electronic sound signal generator 17 By generating an electronic sound signal, for example, a sound signal “call from Mr. Yamada Chihiro” is output from the speaker 8. Thus, the user using the mobile phone device 1 can accurately recognize that the caller is “Yamadai Chihiro” by identifying the sound signal output from the speaker 8.

At this time, the portable telephone device 1 displays on the display 4 the display signals "Yamadai Chirou" and "090123XXXXXX" stored as the identification information and the calling number in the call setting. Thereby, the user using the mobile phone device 1 can accurately recognize that the caller is “Yamadai Chihiro” by identifying the display signal displayed on the display 4, and , The caller phone number is "090123 ○
It is also possible to accurately recognize that “OOOO”.

By the way, the case where the user who uses the mobile phone device 18 performs an operation of making a call to the mobile phone device 1 has been described. On the contrary, the mobile phone device 1 is used. When the user performs an operation of making a call to the mobile phone device 18, the mobile phone device 18 outputs, for example, a sound signal “call from“ Kawadagirou ”” from the speaker 8,
And a display signal "090123 @" is displayed on the display 4. Thereby, the mobile phone device 1
A user who uses the mobile telephone device 18 can accurately recognize that the user is the caller by using the mobile phone device 18 as the callee.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the portable telephone device 1 receives an incoming call, the identification information stored in the call setting is output from the speaker 8 as a sound signal. The user using the device 1 can recognize the caller accurately by identifying the sound signal. Also, when the mobile phone device 1 makes a call, the identification information for identifying itself is stored in the call setting, so that the user using the mobile phone device 1 receives a notification that he / she is the caller. People can be accurately recognized. Thereby, usability can be improved.

When the portable telephone device 1 receives a call,
Since the calling number and the identification information stored in the call setting are also displayed on the display 4 as the display signal, the user using the mobile phone 1 can identify the caller by identifying the display signal. Can be accurately recognized. Thereby, the usability can be further improved.

Further, the identification information is stored in the call setting and transmitted.
Since it is configured to receive, it is not necessary to separately provide a signal for transmitting and receiving identification information in a communication sequence with the communication network, that is, without particularly changing the communication sequence, the existing communication sequence Can be used to transmit and receive identification information.

Further, it is possible to provide a communication system which is excellent in usability as described above.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified or expanded as follows. The communication device is not limited to a mobile phone device, but may be a vehicle-mounted phone device or a PHS (Personal Handyphone System), or may be, for example, a home phone device installed in a house. The configuration is not limited to the configuration in which the identification information is stored in the call setting and transmitted / received, and the configuration in which the identification information is stored in a signal different from the call setting and transmitted / received may be used.

The identification information is not limited to the name of the user, but may be any information capable of individually identifying the user, such as a nickname (nickname) of the user. Further, when the communication device is shared by a plurality of users, it is only necessary that the group can be individually identified, for example, a department name or the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 schematically shows an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external perspective view.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration.

[Explanation of symbols]

In the drawings, 1 is a mobile phone device (communication device), 4 is a display (display means), 8 is a speaker (sound signal output means),
Reference numeral 10 denotes a control unit (control unit), 11 denotes a wireless communication unit (transmission unit, reception unit), 16 denotes a memory unit (storage unit), and 18 denotes a mobile phone device (other communication device).

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means for identifying another communication device transmitted by another communication device and capable of receiving identification information different from a telephone number, and a sound signal output capable of outputting a sound signal. Means for identifying a communication device and storing identification information different from the telephone number, and transmission means for transmitting the identification information stored in the storage device to another communication device Control means for causing the identification information received by the receiving means to be output as a sound signal to the sound signal output means, and for transmitting the identification information stored in the storage means to the transmission means. Communication device. 2. A receiving means for identifying another communication device transmitted by another communication device and capable of receiving identification information different from a telephone number, and a sound signal output capable of outputting a sound signal. And a control unit for outputting the identification information received by the reception unit as a sound signal to the sound signal output unit. 3. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit capable of displaying a display signal, wherein the control unit causes the display unit to display the identification information received by the reception unit as a display signal. Communication device. 4. A storage device for identifying a communication device and capable of storing identification information different from a telephone number, and capable of transmitting the identification information stored in the storage device to another communication device. A communication device, comprising: a transmitting unit; and a control unit that causes the transmitting unit to transmit the identification information stored in the storage unit. 5. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit transmits and receives the identification information by call setting. 6. A communication system comprising a plurality of the communication devices according to claim 1.