KR200464945Y1 - SmartPhone Protection Case System For Performing Shortcut Dialing Function In Smartphone By Bluetooth Communication - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a smartphone protective case system including a protective case for protecting a smartphone by covering side surfaces or sides and a rear surface of the smartphone, and a speed dial application program installed on the smartphone. Smartphone protection case system of the present invention is composed of a Bluetooth communication module and a shortcut button provided in the protective case and a speed dial application for a smartphone that works in conjunction with these, such that the user request is only when the user presses the shortcut button. The communication is delivered to the speed dial application of the smart phone to enable the user to make a phone call and make a phone call. Therefore, the smartphone protection case system of the present invention not only provides a function of preventing the smartphone from impact, but also greatly improves user convenience.

Description

Smart Phone Protection Case System For Performing Shortcut Dialing Function In Smartphone By Bluetooth Communication}

The present invention relates to a smartphone protection case system for protecting a smartphone, and more particularly, a Bluetooth communication module and a shortcut button are installed in a protection case of a smartphone, and a user can install a shortcut dial application on the smartphone. When the shortcut button is pressed, the request is transmitted to the application program of the smartphone by Bluetooth communication. Then, the shortcut dial application allows the user to make a phone call to the telephone number corresponding to the shortcut button, thereby improving user convenience. The present invention relates to a smartphone protective case system in which a smartphone short dial function is performed.

With the development of mobile communication, everyone carries a mobile phone or a mobile phone these days. Recently, mobile phones have evolved into smart phones that support various applications such as Internet access, SNS, and navigation in addition to phone calls. Typically, a protective case is mounted to protect such mobile phones and smartphones from shocks.

Protective cases for mobile phones and smartphones are formed by protecting the sides of the mobile phones and smartphones, that is, by wrapping only the edges and by wrapping the edges and the back. Protective cases for mobile phones and smartphones are mainly designed to protect mobile phones and smartphones, but they also pursue design beauty. However, it is difficult to find an example in which a protective case for a mobile phone and a smartphone is implemented in addition to the protection function of the mobile phone and a smartphone.

Republic of Korea Patent Registration No. 10-1126739 (2012. 03. 07. registration) discloses a mobile phone case having a pedometer function. The patented cell phone case is a rare example of a pedometer in addition to cell phone protection. Other than this patent, it is not easy to find examples of other functions implemented in the mobile phone protective case.

The purpose of the present invention is a protective case for a smartphone, in addition to the protection function of the smartphone, the user wants the phone by simply pressing a shortcut button installed on the protective case for the smartphone without operating the phone call application application The present invention provides a smartphone protection case system in which a smart phone short dial function is performed by Bluetooth communication with improved user convenience by enabling dialing and a call.

Smartphone protection case system is performed by the smart phone short-dial function by Bluetooth communication according to the present invention for achieving the above object is a protective case for protecting the smartphone by covering the sides or sides and the back of the smartphone and the It includes a speed dial application that is installed on your smartphone.

One side of the protective case is provided with a power button and one or more shortcut buttons, the protective case includes a Bluetooth communication module, when the user presses the shortcut button of the protective case the protective case is paired with itself It is to transmit the user request by pressing the shortcut button of the user by the Bluetooth communication to the smartphone protected by the, and the shortcut dial application installed and executed on the smartphone is to press the shortcut button of the user If the phone call application of the smart phone is not started when the user request is received, first start the phone call application, and then call the phone number corresponding to the shortcut button to the phone call application. To run The.

The power button of the protective case preferably has a power ON (ON) and OFF (OFF) function, Bluetooth pairing function and a speed dial function in the smartphone.

The power on and off functions of the power button and the Bluetooth pairing function are preferably executed by the relative time of pressing the power button.

The shortcut dial function of the power button is performed when the shortcut button and the power button are pressed at the same time, and when the shortcut button and the power button are pressed simultaneously, when the shortcut button is pressed while the power button is pressed first. Preferably, the power button is pressed in a state in which the shortcut button is pressed first, and the power button and the shortcut button are preferably selected from the group consisting of continuously pressed at intervals within a predetermined time.

When the user presses a specific shortcut button shortly twice in succession, the shortcut dial application of the smartphone executes a call to the telephone number of the last phone call to the telephone calling application of the smartphone. It can be to let.

The speed dial application of the smart phone may include all of the music player programs stored in a play list set in the music player program when the first specific shortcut button is pressed when the music player program is running on the smart phone. To play the songs sequentially or randomly, and when the second specific shortcut button is pressed, the music player program stops playing the currently playing song and is stored in a play list set in the music player program. It may be to play the next song.

The smartphone protection case is provided with a light emitting LED, when the call is received on the smartphone, that is, when the smartphone receives a call, the phone call application of the smartphone is set to silent or vibrate mode If there is, the speed dial application recognizes a call reception situation and preferably causes the Bluetooth module of the smartphone protection case to emit the light emitting LED.

The smartphone protection case system of the present invention is composed of a Bluetooth communication module, a shortcut button, and a shortcut dial application program for a smartphone that works in conjunction with these devices. It is delivered to the speed dial application of the phone to enable the user to make a phone call and make a phone call. Therefore, the smartphone protection case system of the present invention not only provides a function of preventing the smartphone from impact, but also greatly improves user convenience.

1 is a diagram illustrating a state in which a smartphone protection case constituting a smartphone protection case system according to an embodiment of the present invention is mounted on a smartphone.
2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic structure of a Bluetooth module implemented in a smartphone protection case constituting the smartphone protection case system of the present invention.
3 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary flowchart of a procedure performed by a Bluetooth module implemented in a smartphone protection case constituting the smartphone protection case system of the present invention.
4 is a diagram illustrating an exemplary flowchart of a procedure performed by a speed dial application program installed in a smartphone, which constitutes a smartphone protection case system of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The smartphone protection case system of the present invention includes a smartphone protection case for protecting the smartphone by covering the sides or the sides and the back of the smartphone and a speed dial application that is installed and executed on the smartphone.

Smartphone protective case 10 used in the present invention, as shown in Figure 1, has a power button 100 and one or more shortcut button 200 on one side thereof. FIG. 1 shows an example in which five shortcut buttons are provided, and numerals 1 to 5 are described in each shortcut button. These numbers are recognized as shortcut numbers. The smartphone protective case 10 has the same function as a conventional smartphone protective case for protecting a smartphone, but when the user presses the shortcut button 200, such an input is transmitted to the smartphone 20 by Bluetooth communication. And the user's input thus transmitted is used by the speed dial application that is installed and executed in the smart phone 20 is made to dial the phone number corresponding to such a speed dial number. In other words, the smartphone protective case 10 used in the present invention is different from the conventional smartphone protective case is that the Bluetooth module is built.

Smartphone protective case 10 has a battery as an energy source for such a Bluetooth communication. Such a battery may be built in one side of the smartphone protective case 10 or, if there is a back, it may be built in the back. In particular, when the battery is built in the rear, the battery can form a polymer secondary battery with a large area and thin enough to secure the electric capacity. In addition, the charging terminal 700 may be installed on the side to charge the battery. Meanwhile, the smartphone protection case 10 may be provided with a light emitting LED 800. The light emitting LED 800 is a call to the user when the call to the smartphone 20, that is, when the smartphone receives a call, when the phone call application of the smartphone is set to silent or vibrate mode It emits light to inform reception.

Bluetooth module embedded in the smart phone protection case 10 used in the present invention, as shown in Figure 2, the power button 100, one or more shortcut button 200, the control unit 300, ROM (400), RAM 500 and Bluetooth communication unit 600 is included.

The power button 100 is used not only to perform the power ON (ON) and OFF (OFF) function, but also used to perform the Bluetooth pairing function, and also used with the shortcut button 200 is used to perform the speed dial function. . The reason for using the power button 100 together with the shortcut button 200 in performing the speed dial function in the present invention is that only the shortcut button 200 may be pressed by a user's mistake to prevent such a malfunction. When the shortcut button 200 and the power button 100 are pressed at the same time does not occur rarely when the user does not press intentionally, it is possible to prevent a malfunction that is different from the intention of the user.

The shortcut button 200 is to immediately make a call to the phone number corresponding to the user pressing it. According to the use of the shortcut button 200, the user executes a phone call application of the smartphone and finds a desired phone number among the inputted phone numbers or performs a cumbersome procedure of entering a desired phone number using the number pad. The smartphone protection case system of the present invention does not need to improve user convenience.

The controller 300 performs the procedure described below. When the user presses the shortcut button 200, the controller 300 transmits the input to the smart phone 20 through the Bluetooth communication unit 600.

ROM (Read Only Memory) 400 is a place where the application program is defined by the control unit 300 and the data necessary for the execution of the application is stored, the data described therein is not erased even if the power supply is cut off. Does not have the characteristics as a nonvolatile memory. The ROM 400 has the same characteristics as the EEPROM and the flash memory in that it is a nonvolatile memory, but once data is written there, the data cannot be erased again and the new data can be stored. different. In the present invention, since the characteristics of the ROM 400 as a nonvolatile memory are used, an EEPROM and a flash memory may be used instead of the ROM. However, ROM is preferred in terms of price.

Random Access Memory (RAM) 500 is a volatile memory that loses stored information when power is cut off, but is used for main memory of a computer, temporary loading of applications, and temporary storage of data because data is read and written very fast. . Therefore, in the present invention, the RAM 500 is utilized as a place where an application program and data necessary for Bluetooth communication are loaded. Application programs and data loaded in the RAM 500 may be quickly accessed by the controller 300.

The Bluetooth communication unit 500 is a means for transmitting a Bluetooth signal to a connected smart phone according to a command of the control unit 300.

The Bluetooth module is not a big difference from the conventional Bluetooth module, but the Bluetooth module used in the present invention is applied to the smartphone protective case 10, and transmits the input by pressing the shortcut button 200 to the connected smartphone. It differs from a normal Bluetooth module in that it is.

Next, with reference to Figure 3 will be described the procedure performed by the Bluetooth module embedded in the smart phone protective case applied to the smart phone protective case system of the present invention.

First, when the user presses the power button 100 provided therein while the power supply is cut off to the Bluetooth module built in the smartphone protection case, power is supplied (step S100), and the controller 300 is stored in the ROM 400. The Bluetooth application and data are loaded into the RAM 500 (step S110). Then, the controller 300 attempts to pair with the smartphone according to the Bluetooth application (step S120). The controller determines whether the pairing is successful (step S130), and stops supplying power if the pairing is not successful for a predetermined time by the application program (step S160). On the other hand, if the pairing is successful, the control unit enters the paired smartphone and the connection mode (step S140). In this connection mode, the controller can transmit data input by the user to the smartphone.

Next, the controller determines whether the power button has been pressed for 3 seconds or more in order to determine whether the user has requested to turn off the power (step S150), and in such a case, recognizes that the power supply is cut off and stops the power supply (step S160). On the other hand, if the power button has not been pressed for more than 3 seconds, it does not mean to turn off the power and keeps supplying power.

Next, the controller determines whether the power button has been pressed for at least 1 second and less than 3 seconds (step S170), and if so, recognizes that the pairing with the master device is to be attempted again, and returns to step S120 to try pairing again. do. Otherwise, if the power button is not pressed or the power button is pressed for less than 1 second, the input is ignored and no action is taken in response to such input.

In the present invention, the power button is used for the power on function, the power off function, and the Bluetooth pairing function, which can be distinguished by defining a relative time of pressing the power button to distinguish and execute each function. For example, as shown in Figure 3, the power off function is performed by pressing the power button for more than 3 seconds, the pairing function is performed by pressing the power button for more than 1 second less than 3 seconds, the user presses the power button for less than 1 second It may be recognized as a press by mistake and do nothing about it.

On the other hand, since the power-on function is performed while the power is turned off, it is common to execute the power-on button once it is pressed. However, since the power button may be pressed by a user's mistake, the power supply may be started when the power button is pressed for a relatively long time. For example, in order to maintain consistency with the power off function, the power on function may be performed when the power button is pressed for 3 seconds or more. Since Bluetooth devices usually attempt to pair when they are powered up, they will be treated the same as when a pairing request is made when power is supplied with the power off. When a pairing button is pressed in a conventional Bluetooth device provided with a pairing button, the device performs power-on and power-on again and attempts pairing. Therefore, as another example, when the power button is pressed for 1 second or more and less than 3 seconds in the same manner as the pairing function, the power-on function may be performed.

Next, the control unit determines whether the shortcut button and the power button are pressed at the same time (step S180), and if so, sends the input of the shortcut number to the connected smartphone (step S190) and maintains the connection mode with the smartphone. In step S200, the process returns to step S150 (step S210). On the other hand, if the shortcut button and the power button are not pressed at the same time, the user recognizes such an input as a mistake and ignores the input and returns to step S150 without performing any action in response to the input (step S220).

The determination of simultaneous pressing of the shortcut button and the power button without judging only the pressing of the shortcut button is to prevent malfunction due to the user's mistake as described above. In determining whether the shortcut button and the power button are pressed at the same time, the simultaneous pressing of the shortcut button and the power button means that the power button is pressed while the power button is pressed first and the shortcut button is pressed first. Although it is preferable to determine that this is the case, even if the power button and the shortcut button are sequentially pressed at a time interval of less than 1 second, for example, it can be determined that the shortcut button and the power button are simultaneously pressed.

On the other hand, while the above described that the simultaneous pressing of the shortcut button and the power button is determined by the Bluetooth module embedded in the smartphone protection case, the Bluetooth module simply input data related to the pressing of the shortcut button and the power button of the smartphone Determining the simultaneous pressing of the shortcut button and the power button can be performed by a shortcut dial application program installed and executed on a smartphone. In practice, the latter approach may be more desirable in terms of the cost of building the system of the present invention and in terms of being able to execute other functions described below.

Next, with reference to Figure 4 will be described the procedure performed by the speed dial application program applied to the smart phone protection case system of the present invention. The speed dial application is installed and executed on a smartphone, and receives a speed dial number from a Bluetooth module built in a smartphone protection case and sends a phone number corresponding to the speed dial number to a phone call application installed and executed on a smartphone. It will forward the call to the phone number.

Specifically, when the speed dial application program used in the present invention starts execution, it is checked whether the speed dial number is registered (step S300). If no shortcut number is registered, the user requests a user to register the shortcut number (step S310), and performs a shortcut number registration procedure according to the user's input (step S320).

The speed dial registration request step may be, for example, displaying a request message such as 'Do you want to register a speed dial number?' On the smartphone screen, and displaying a 'Yes' and 'No' button below it. If the user presses the 'Yes' button, the speed dialing procedure is performed. If the user presses' No', for example, 'No shortcut number is assigned. End the program. 'You can exit the program after printing the message. As another example, "No shortcut number was specified. Are you sure you want to exit the program? 'And the' Yes' and 'No' buttons can be displayed below. If the user presses the 'Yes' button, the program terminates. If the user presses the 'No' button, the speed dialing registration request screen can be output again.

The speed dialing registration step is, for example, displaying a speed dial number from 1 to 5, allowing a phone number to be entered directly, or a phone number database entered and used by a phone call application installed on a smartphone. May allow the user to select from. At this time, if the user registers one or more shortcut numbers, the user can proceed to the next step.

If more than one shortcut number is registered, the speed dial application determines whether the shortcut number has been received from the Bluetooth module embedded in the smartphone protection case. If it is determined that the shortcut number has not been received, it is continuously checked whether the shortcut number has been received. If the speed dial number has been received, the speed dial application first determines whether the phone call application program installed in the smartphone is running (step S340). If the phone call application is not running, the first step is to run the phone call application (step S360). If the telephone call application is running, the speed dial application delivers the telephone number corresponding to the speed dial number to the telephone call application and causes the telephone number to be dialed (step S350). Then, the user does not directly press the desired phone number or finds the desired phone number in the database and simply presses the speed dial and the power button provided on the smartphone's protective case at the same time to call the desired phone number. I can hang it.

Next, the speed dial application determines whether a user has requested to terminate the speed dial application (step S370), and if so, terminates the speed dial application. On the other hand, if the user does not request to terminate the speed dial application program, it is determined whether the user has requested a change of the speed dial number (step S380).

If the user requests to change the speed dial number, the speed dial number change procedure is performed (step S390). The procedure for changing a shortcut number can be performed similarly to the procedure for registering a shortcut number. Thereafter, the process returns to step S330 to determine whether a new shortcut number has been received. If the user does not request to change the shortcut number, the process returns to step S330 immediately.

On the other hand, although not shown in Figure 4, if the user dialed a new speed dial number while dialing a phone number corresponding to a certain speed dial number and while calling the phone number, the speed dial application is such a new speed dial number It can be programmed by ignoring the input of. On the other hand, if a new speed dial number is entered when a call is being made, the call to the previous speed dial number is canceled and a new call is made to the new speed dial number. It can also be programmed to ignore the entry of a new shortcut number.

On the other hand, although not shown in Figures 3 and 4, when the user presses a particular shortcut button, for example, a button of the shortcut number 1 short twice consecutively, the Bluetooth module built in the protective case is such input to the smartphone The speed dial application, which transmits and is installed and executed on a smartphone, may cause the telephone call application to make a call to the last called telephone number upon receipt of such input. This feature makes it easy to call back recent callers.

In addition, the speed dial application program may also perform a control function of the music player program when the music player program is running in addition to the speed dial function. Specifically, the speed dial application sequentially processes all the songs contained in the play list set by the music player program when the first specific shortcut button, for example, the button of the speed dial number 2 is pressed, when the music player program is running on the smartphone. Or randomly, and when the second specific shortcut button, for example, the button of shortcut number 3 is pressed, the music player program stops playing the currently playing song, and the playlist set in the music player program is selected. You can play the next song contained in.

On the other hand, although not shown in the flow chart of Figures 3 and 4, when a call to the smartphone 20, that is, when the smartphone receives a call, the phone call application of the smartphone is set to silent or vibrate mode If it is, the speed dial application recognizes the call reception situation and commands the Bluetooth module of the smartphone protection case to cause the Bluetooth module to emit the light emitting LED 800.

10: smartphone protective case 20: smartphone
100: power button 200: shortcut button
300: control unit 400: ROM
500: RAM 600: Bluetooth communication unit
700: charging terminal 800: light emitting LED

Claims (7)

A smartphone protective case system comprising a protective case for protecting the smartphone by covering the sides or the sides and the back of the smartphone and a speed dial application installed in the smartphone,
One side of the protective case is provided with a power button and one or more shortcut buttons, the protective case includes a Bluetooth communication module, when the user presses the shortcut button of the protective case the protective case is paired with itself To forward the user request by pressing the shortcut button of the user by the Bluetooth communication to the smartphone protected by
The speed dial application, which is installed and executed on the smart phone, first receives the user's request by pressing the speed button of the smart phone. After activating the phone call application program to make a call to the phone number corresponding to the shortcut button,
The power button of the protective case is to have a power on (ON) and power off (OFF) function, Bluetooth pairing function and a speed dial function in the smartphone,
The shortcut dial function of the power button is performed when the shortcut button and the power button are pressed at the same time, and when the shortcut button and the power button are pressed simultaneously, when the shortcut button is pressed while the power button is pressed first. By the Bluetooth communication, characterized in that the power button is pressed in the state in which the shortcut button is first pressed, and the power button and the shortcut button is selected from the group consisting of continuously pressed at intervals within a predetermined time. Smartphone protective case system that performs a speed dial function. delete The method of claim 1,
The power protection and power off function of the power button and the Bluetooth pairing function is a smart phone protective case system is performed by the short-speed dial function by the Bluetooth communication, characterized in that the execution is distinguished by the relative time to press the power button. delete The method of claim 1,
When the user presses a specific shortcut button shortly twice in succession, the shortcut dial application of the smartphone executes a call to the telephone number of the last phone call to the telephone calling application of the smartphone. Smartphone protective case system that performs a smart phone short-dial function by Bluetooth communication, characterized in that to make. The method of claim 1,
The speed dial application of the smart phone may include all of the music player programs stored in a play list set in the music player program when the first specific shortcut button is pressed when the music player program is running on the smart phone. To play the songs sequentially or randomly, and when the second specific shortcut button is pressed, the music player program stops playing the currently playing song and is stored in a play list set in the music player program. Smartphone protective case system that performs a smart phone short dial function by the Bluetooth communication, characterized in that to play the next song. The method of claim 1,
The smartphone protection case is provided with a light emitting LED, when the call is received on the smartphone, that is, when the smartphone receives a call, the phone call application of the smartphone is set to silent or vibrate mode If there is, the speed dial application recognizes a call reception situation and the smart phone speed dial function is performed by the Bluetooth communication, characterized in that the Bluetooth module of the smart phone protective case to emit the light emitting LED Protective case system.

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