JPH04196853A - Automabile telephone terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a car telephone terminal device having a function of displaying a caller's name, etc. I. PRIOR ART FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional car telephone terminal device. In the figure, 1 is a radio section consisting of a radio transmitter, a radio receiver, a frequency synthesizer, etc., and 2 is a baseband section that is connected to this radio section 1 and processes audio, broadband data, etc. Reference numeral 3 denotes a control section connected to the baseband section 2 to control call origination, call reception, channel switching, and the like. 4 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) of this control section 3. Reference numeral 5 denotes a read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) that stores the program of this CPU 4, and 6 denotes a random access memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) used by the CPU 4 in the process of processing.
7 is a non-volatile memory (hereinafter referred to as NVM) that stores information that needs to be remembered even when the power is off, such as own station number, location information, speed dial information, etc. It is. 8 is an input/output port (hereinafter referred to as Ilo) controlled by the CPU 4. Reference numeral 9 is a display unit connected to l108, which displays digits and the status of the car phone terminal using a liquid crystal or an issuing diode, and 10 is an operation unit connected to l108, consisting of a keyboard and other detection circuits. be. 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes a power supply section of this car telephone terminal device. Further, FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a car phone system using such a car phone terminal device. In the figure, 12 is a mobile station in which a car telephone terminal device as described above is mounted on a car, and 13 is a mobile station 12 of this mobile station.
is a base station connected via a wireless line, 14 is this base station 13
15 is a fixed telephone network in which the switching center 14 is accommodated. 16 is a network including these base stations 13, exchanges 14, and fixed telephone network 15. Next, the operation will be explained. The mobile station 12 executes a sequence of outgoing calls, five incoming calls, etc. with the base station 13 via a wireless link. These sequences are transmitted by mobile station 13 and base station 1.
This is performed using predetermined uplink (from the mobile station 12 to the base station 13) and downlink (from the base station 13 to the mobile station 12) control signals between 30 and 30 seconds. On the side of the network 16 including the base station 13, some have a function of notifying the mobile station 12 of the calling party's telephone number using a downlink control signal when a call is received. When this downlink control signal containing the caller's telephone number is sent, the mobile station 12 receives it in the radio section 1, and the control section 3 sends the 20 call via the baseband section 2. Read the phone number data of the person. The control unit 3 analyzes this data and sends the caller's phone number to 110.
8 to the display unit 9 for display. When the driver receives a call, he or she can see the number displayed on the display section 9 and know who is calling.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Conventional car phone terminal devices are configured as described above, so when a call is received, the caller's phone number is displayed on the display section 9, but the correspondence between the phone number and the other party is not memorized. Not only is it difficult to directly recognize the name of the other party from the displayed phone number, but if an incoming call is received while driving, the phone number displayed on the display unit 9 must be read while driving to identify the caller. This poses problems, such as the need for recognition, which may impede the ability to drive a car and be dangerous. This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a car phone terminal device that allows a driver, etc. to safely recognize the other party when receiving a call. .

[Means to solve the problem]

The mobile telephone terminal device according to the present invention is accessed by the calling party's telephone number included in the control signal from the base station, and selects from among a predetermined message recorded in voice corresponding to the calling party's telephone number. , a voice recording section that reads and outputs information related to the caller, and an electric/acoustic converter that converts the message output from the voice recording section into voice.

[Effect]

The control unit according to the present invention includes a voice recording unit that records a predetermined message regarding the caller in response to the caller's telephone number, and the control unit records the caller's telephone number in the control signal received from the base station. A car phone terminal device that can safely confirm the caller when an incoming call is received, even while driving, by accessing the caller based on the information and outputting a message related to the caller through an electric/acoustic transducer. Realize.

【Example】

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1st
In the figure, 1 is a radio section, 2 is a baseband section, and 4 is a C
PU, 5 is ROM, 6 is RAM. 7 is NVM, 8 is Ilo, 9 is display section, 10 is operation section,
Reference numeral 11 denotes a power supply unit, which is the same as or corresponds to the conventional unit denoted by the same reference numerals in FIG. 6, and therefore detailed description thereof will be omitted. Reference numeral 17 denotes a voice recording section that records a predetermined message regarding the caller, such as the name of the caller, in response to the caller's telephone number, and 18 indicates a message read out from this voice recording section 17. A speaker 19 serves as an electrical/audio converter that outputs a message as an audio signal, and a microphone 19 receives a message to be recorded in the audio recording section 17 as an audio input. 20
accesses the voice recording unit 17 based on the caller's telephone number included in the downlink control signal received from the base station 13, and causes the speaker 18 to output a predetermined message such as the name of the caller. This control section is different from the conventional control section indicated by reference numeral 3 in FIG. 6 in that it has the following functions. Further, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the memory used. In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes a one-digit calling party number area in which the calling party's telephone number received from the control unit 20 from the downlink control signal is stored, and is set in the RAM 6. 22 is one area!
This is a telephone number storage area consisting of m areas with digits, each area has a position number 23, and 24 is m with n characters in one area.
This is a name storage area consisting of 2 areas, each of which is assigned a position number 23. The telephone number storage area 22 and the name storage area 24 store character information such as the caller's phone number and name, which are matched at the position number 23. It is set in advance by the operation, etc. In this case, the telephone number and character information stored in each of the telephone number storage area 22 and name storage area 24 are
If the number is less than 2 digits or n characters, a null code is stored in the empty space. Reference numeral 25 denotes an audio storage area which is set in the audio recording section 17 and consists of m areas per second in l area, each area is assigned a position number 23. In this voice storage area 25, a message such as the caller's name, which is voiced by the microphone 19, is stored in a telephone number storage area 22 and a position number 23, as in the case of the name storage area 24. recorded. Next, the operation will be explained. Here, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the sequence of the processing. When the control unit 20 receives the caller's telephone number included in the downlink control signal, it stores it in the caller number area, and in step STI sets the value i of the pointer indicating the position number 23 to II I II Initialize to . Next, in step ST2, the location number indicated by this pointer refers to the telephone number storage area 22 of "'1" and compares its contents with the contents of the calling party number area 21.As a result, it is found that there is no mismatch. If so, the value i of the pointer is incremented in step ST3, and if the value i of the pointer is less than or equal to the number m of areas in the telephone number storage area 22, the process proceeds to step ST3.
If it is determined in step ST4, the process returns to step ST2, and the contents of the telephone number storage area 22 with the position number "°2'° are verified. If no match is detected even if the pointer value i becomes m, In step ST5, the telephone number in the calling party number area 21 is displayed as it is on the display section 9, and the operation ends.If a match is detected by then, the process is passed to step ST5 and the display is completed. The display mode is selected from among "audio output only", "character display only", and "both simultaneous", and is set in advance by operating the operation unit 10. As a result of the identification, if the display mode is "voice output only", in step ST7, a predetermined name such as the caller's name is stored in the voice storage area 25 of the position number where the telephone number matched in step ST2. If the message has been recorded, the process advances to step ST8 and controls the audio recording section 17 to output the message recorded in the audio storage area 25 to the speaker 18. Then, the speaker 18 outputs a voice such as "Mr. Mitsubishi is calling" and ends the operation. On the other hand, if the telephone number is not recorded, the telephone number in the calling party number area 21 is displayed as it is on the display section 9 at step knob ST5, and the operation is ended. Also, if the display mode is “Character display only”, the
Using the knob ST9, it is checked whether or not a character is stored in the name storage area 24 whose position number is "i". If it is stored, the characters stored in the name storage area 24 are sent to the display section 9 in step 5TIO, and the caller's name such as "Mitsubishi" is displayed in characters, and the operation ends. If it is not recorded, the calling number area 21 is entered in step ST5.
The telephone number of is displayed as is on the display section 9, and the operation ends. Further, if the display mode is "both simultaneously", it is checked in step 5TII whether or not the audio is recorded in the audio storage area 25 with the position number "io", and if it is recorded, in step 5T12 The message is outputted to the speaker 18, and if it is not recorded, the process directly advances to step 5T13. Step 5T13
Then, it is checked whether or not characters are stored in the name storage area 24 with the position number "i I+". If it is stored, it is displayed on the display section 9, and if it is not recorded, a telephone call is made in step ST5. The operation ends by displaying the number as it is on the display section 9.As a result, a message such as "Mr. Mitsubishi is calling" is output from the speaker 18, and the caller's message such as "Mitsubishi" is displayed on the display section 9. The name will be displayed in text. In the above embodiment, the telephone number storage area 22 and the name storage area 24 are separate from the speed dial area, but the speed dial area may also be used. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the memory in such an embodiment. In the figure, 26 is a telephone number storage area consisting of 1 area with X digits and y areas, and 27 is 1 area Z.
A name storage area consisting of y character areas,
Reference numeral 28 denotes an audio storage area consisting of y areas in one area ω seconds. These are equivalent to the telephone number storage area 22, name storage area 24, and voice storage area 25 shown in FIG. 2, but differ in that they are associated with each other by a speed dial 29. Next, the operation will be explained. Here, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the sequence of the processing. First, in step ST21, the value parameter of the speed dial number is
Initialize to j=1. Next, in step 5722, the calling number area 14 and the telephone number storage area 26 of the speed dial number "j11" are compared, and if they do not match, the process proceeds to step 5T.
23, and if they match, the process is passed to step 5T26 and the same process as shown in FIG. 3 is executed. That is, according to the result of the display mode check in step 5T26, the process in the case of "audio output only" is performed in steps 5T27 and 5T28, and the process is performed in steps 5T29 and 5T30.
In step 5T, process “°Character display only°”
31-3 Execute the process in the case of "both at the same time" at T38, and perform the process in the case where no voice or text is registered in step 5.
Execute at T25.

【Effect of the invention】

As described above, according to the present invention, a voice recording unit and an electric/acoustic transducer are provided which record a predetermined message regarding the caller in a voice corresponding to the caller's telephone number, and This voice recording unit is accessed based on the caller's telephone number in the received control signal, and the message regarding the caller is output to the electric/acoustic transducer, so that it is possible to receive a call while driving. Even if there is a caller, the name of the caller can be confirmed by voice, and there is an effect that a car telephone terminal device can be obtained that can easily and safely confirm the other party at the time of receiving a call.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a car telephone terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the memory used therein, FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing its processing sequence, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of a memory used in another embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing sequence, FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional car telephone terminal device, and FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a car telephone system. 13 is a base station, 17 is an audio recording section, 18 is an electric/acoustic converter, and 20 is a control section. In addition, in the figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent parts. Patent applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, ---Representative: Patent attorney 1) Hiroshi Sawa 1":'--Kaku Shizuku 1--
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A mobile phone terminal device comprising a control unit that controls the incoming call by receiving a control signal including a caller's telephone number sent from a base station when a call is received. A voice recording unit that records a predetermined message regarding the caller in response to the caller's telephone number, and an electric-acoustic transducer that outputs the message read from the voice recording unit as voice. and causing the control unit to access the voice recording unit based on the caller's telephone number in the control signal received from the base station, and output a message regarding the caller to the electro-acoustic converter. A car telephone terminal device characterized by having functions.