JP2002101465A - Mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] A phone number that is difficult to read if numbers are continued
It is an object to realize a mobile phone capable of displaying a display in an easily viewable manner. SOLUTION: A portable device having a display device 7 for displaying a telephone number of a caller of an incoming call, a telephone number of a destination of an outgoing call, a stored regular telephone number or an input telephone number inputted from a dial key. In the telephone, the control unit 1
Detects the area code or the identification number of the mobile phone or PHS from the telephone number in comparison with the storage of the area code / identification number storage unit 9, and further detects the lower four digits of the subscriber number of the telephone number. The telephone number is displayed on the display device 7 in a format in which symbols are inserted immediately after the area code or the identification number and immediately before the subscriber number.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable telephone, and more particularly, to a portable telephone having an improved telephone number display method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional portable telephone, a telephone number display in an incoming call history, an outgoing call history, a telephone directory, etc. is one in a home telephone.
0 digits and 11 digits for mobile phones and PHS are displayed continuously.
This is done with a zero or 11 digit number. However,
When a telephone number is displayed on a display device such as an LCD, if such 10- to 11-digit numbers are displayed continuously, there is a disadvantage that it is difficult to read the numbers at once. FIG. 9 shows a conventional telephone number display method. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional mobile phone. FIG.
In 0, reference numeral 1 denotes a control unit, reference numeral 2 denotes a transmitting telephone number transmitting unit, reference numeral 3 denotes a receiving telephone number detecting unit, reference numeral 4 denotes a receiving history storage unit, reference numeral 5 denotes a telephone directory, reference numeral 6 denotes a transmission history storing unit, and reference numeral Reference numeral 7 denotes a display device, and reference numeral 8 denotes an input device.

[0003]

As described above, the telephone number display on the conventional portable telephone shows ten to eleven digits consecutively, which makes it difficult to read the number. Was. An object of the present invention is to solve this problem by a relatively simple method and to realize a mobile phone capable of displaying a number in a legible manner.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a telephone number of a caller of an incoming call, a telephone number of a destination of an outgoing call, a stored regular telephone number or a dial key. A mobile phone having a telephone number display means for displaying an input telephone number inputted from a telephone number, detecting an area code or an area code or the like of an identification number of a mobile phone or PHS from the telephone number; Subscriber number detecting means for detecting the last four digits of the subscriber number; and the subscriber number detected immediately after the area code or identification number detected by the area code detecting means and the subscriber number detected by the subscriber number detecting means. And a symbol insertion unit for inserting a symbol immediately before the symbol number, wherein the telephone number display unit displays the telephone number in a format in which the symbol insertion unit inserts a symbol.

In this portable telephone, an area code or area code detecting means for detecting an identification number of a portable telephone or a PHS from the telephone number, and a lower four digit subscriber number of the telephone number are detected. Subscriber number detecting means, and, of the telephone numbers, the fonts of the part excluding the area code or identification number detected by the area code detecting means and the subscriber number detected by the subscriber number detecting means. And changing the font. The telephone number displaying means displays the telephone number in a format in which the font is changed by the font changing means. Thus, it is possible to realize a mobile phone capable of making it easy to read the display of a telephone number having a large number of digits.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A portable telephone according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

According to the present invention, in a portable telephone, the display of incoming call history, outgoing call history, and telephone number display in the telephone directory is performed by inserting a hyphen or parenthesis between numbers or changing a part of the number font. This is to make it easier to see.
The incoming call history, outgoing history, phonebook, etc. are also stored with hyphens and parentheses inserted or the font changed, and when calling, excluding hyphens, parentheses and font change information, handle only numbers and send To

The places where hyphens and parentheses are inserted are after the area code or identification number such as 03 or 090 and before the last four digits of the subscriber number. The local office code portion from after the identification number to before the last four digits of the subscriber number. The area code is compared with a pre-stored area telephone number table or identification number and determined and input automatically, or manually input when inputting a telephone number.

FIG. 1 shows a method for displaying a telephone number according to the present invention. In the present invention, a hyphen (-) is inserted after the area code or identification number as shown in FIG. 1A and before the last four digits of the subscriber number, or parentheses () as shown in FIG. 1B. ), Or change the font from after the area code or identification number to before the last four digits of the subscriber number as shown in FIG.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a mobile phone according to the present invention. 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a control unit, reference numeral 2 denotes an outgoing telephone number transmitting unit, reference numeral 3 denotes an incoming telephone number detecting unit, reference numeral 4 denotes an incoming call history storage unit, reference numeral 5 denotes a telephone directory (address book), and reference numeral 6 denotes outgoing call. Reference numeral 7 denotes a display device, reference numeral 8 denotes an input device, and reference numeral 9 denotes an area code / identification number storage unit. For convenience, in FIG. 2, blocks having the same functions as those in FIG. 10 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The operation of the mobile phone according to the present invention will be described for each case. 1) Incoming call-display-incoming call history saving The incoming call process will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When there is an incoming call, the process is started in step 100, and the incoming telephone number detection unit 3 detects the telephone number of the destination of the incoming call. In step 101, the control unit 1 compares the upper digit of the incoming telephone number with the area code / identification number stored in the area code / identification number storage unit 9, and compares the area code of the incoming telephone number. Is detected to what position, step 1
In 02, a symbol is inserted between the area code and the local area code, and a symbol is inserted immediately before the last four digits of the called telephone number. Then, in step 103, the incoming telephone number after the symbol insertion is displayed on the display device 7. Also, in step 104, the incoming telephone number after the symbol insertion is stored in the incoming call history storage unit 4, and the process ends.

By the way, the area code has some elements that cannot be determined mechanically only by the number of digits. For example, in the suburbs of Tokyo, the area codes of Musashino City and Mitaka City are 0422, Hoya City, Tanashi City,
The area code of Chofu City and other cities is 0424 and 4-digit area code, but the area codes of Kunitachi City, Kokubunji City, Koganei City and Tachikawa City are 042 and 3-digit area codes. . Also, depending on the area, the area code may be five digits or more. To deal with this, the area code / identification number storage unit 9
It is necessary to store the area code in the form of a list in the form of a list, and also determine the area code by referring to the first number of the local area code immediately following the area code.

2) Input-Display-Call-Telephone Directory The process at the time of calling will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the case of an outgoing call, the process is started in step 200, and in step 201, a telephone number is input from the input device 8 by manual input. The input content is displayed on the display device 7 once.
At this time, it is determined in step 202 whether a character other than a number has been inserted. If only the numbers of the outgoing telephone number are consecutively entered, in step 203, the upper digits of the input telephone number are entered in the area code / identification number storage unit 9 to store the area code / identification number. In step 204, a symbol is inserted between the area code and the local area code to detect the position of the area code within the input telephone number. The symbol is inserted immediately before the four digits, and the input telephone number after the symbol insertion is displayed again on the display device 7 in step 205. If a symbol or the like is inserted between the numbers of the calling telephone number, the one entered in step 206 is kept displayed. When a call is to be made to the displayed telephone number, in step 207, the control unit 1 removes the symbol from the input telephone number after the symbol is inserted and sends it to the outgoing telephone number sending unit 2. Then, in step 208, the input telephone number after the symbol insertion is stored in the transmission history storage unit 6 as the transmission telephone number. If the input telephone number input from the input device 8 is to be recorded in the telephone directory 5 without transmission, a symbol is inserted and the input telephone number after the symbol insertion is stored in the telephone directory 5.

3) Input-Display-Transmission-Phonebook Another example of the processing at the time of transmission will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the case of a call, there is a concept that the input destination telephone number does not need to be displayed particularly easily. FIG. 5 shows an example of a case where a telephone number of a call destination is displayed without inserting a symbol even when numbers are continuous. In step 300, the process is started. In step 301, a telephone number is manually input from the input device 8. The input contents are displayed on the display device 7. At this time, step 302
To determine whether a symbol other than a number, such as a hyphen, has been inserted. If a symbol such as a hyphen has not been inserted, information other than numbers is ignored and step 303
Make a call with. Further, the upper digits of the input telephone number input in step 304 are compared with the area code / identification number stored in the area code / identification number storage unit 9 and the area code of the input telephone number is determined. Detect the position up to,
In step 305, a symbol is inserted between the area code and the local area code, and the symbol is inserted immediately before the last four digits of the input telephone number. Then, in step 306, the input telephone number after the symbol insertion is stored in the transmission history storage unit 6 as the transmission telephone number. If a symbol or the like is inserted between the numbers of the outgoing telephone number, the call is made in step 307 ignoring information other than the numbers. Then, the telephone number input in step 308 is stored in the transmission history storage unit 6 as a transmission telephone number. Here, when the input telephone number input from the input device 8 is recorded in the telephone directory 5 without transmitting, the input telephone number is stored in the telephone directory 5 as it is as the input telephone number after inserting the symbol.

4) Incoming call history-display-outgoing call A case where a call is made to an incoming call history telephone number stored in the incoming call history storage unit 4 where a symbol has been inserted will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the process is started in step 400, in step 401, the incoming call history phone number with the symbol inserted stored in the incoming call history storage unit 4 is selected. After selection, step 4
At 02, it is displayed on the display device 7 with the symbol inserted.
If the call is to be made to the telephone number, in step 403, the control unit 1 automatically excludes the symbol inserted in the incoming call history telephone number into which the symbol has been inserted, and outputs it to the outgoing telephone number sending unit 2 to make a call. Thereafter, in step 404, the incoming call history telephone number in which the symbol has been inserted is stored in the outgoing call history storage unit 6 as the outgoing call history.

5) Outgoing Call History-Display-Outgoing A case where a call is made to the outgoing call history telephone number stored in the outgoing call history storing section 6 and into which a symbol has been inserted will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the process is started in step 500, a call history phone number with a symbol inserted stored in the call history storage unit 6 is selected in step 501. After selection, step 5
At 02, it is displayed on the display device 7 with the symbol inserted.
If the call is to be made to the telephone number, the control unit 1 automatically excludes the symbol inserted in the call history telephone number in which the symbol has been inserted and outputs the call to the call telephone number sending unit 2 to make a call in step 503. Thereafter, in step 504, the transmission history telephone number with the inserted symbol is stored in the transmission history storage unit 6 as the transmission history.

6) Telephone Directory-Display-Transmission A case of transmitting a telephone number stored in the telephone directory 5 with a symbol inserted will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the process is started in step 600, a call destination is selected from the phone numbers in which symbols have been inserted and stored in the telephone directory 5 in step 601. In step 602, after the symbol is inserted and displayed on the display device 7, in step 603, the control unit 1 automatically excludes the symbol inserted in the phone number into which the symbol has been inserted and sends the symbol to the outgoing telephone number sending unit 2. Output and send. Thereafter, in step 604, the transmission history phone number with the inserted symbol is stored in the transmission history storage unit 6 as the transmission history.

By the way, the number which can be displayed on one horizontal line with the current portable telephone is up to 12 digits. Therefore, when two symbols are inserted into an 11-digit telephone number, the total becomes 13 digits, and the last one is line-breaked, making it difficult to see. In order to avoid this, when the display telephone number extends over two lines, it is possible to make it easier to see by putting a line feed before and after the symbol after the area code.

In the above description of the operation, the case where a symbol is inserted has been described. However, instead of inserting the symbol, the display of the telephone number can be made easier to see by changing the font as shown in FIG. In the same manner as in the case of inserting a symbol, when a flag is added to a part of the part corresponding to the local area code of the telephone number excluding the area code and the last four digits and stored, and displayed on the display device 7, Under the control of the control unit 1, the font of the number with the flag is emphasized by making it gothic as shown in FIG. 1C.

In the above description, when the telephone numbers are stored in the incoming call history storage unit 4, the telephone directory 5, and the outgoing call history storage unit 6, they are stored in a state where symbols and the like are inserted or in a state where a flag and the like are added. Explained. By doing so, the conversion time is not required as compared with the case where a symbol is added or the font is changed each time, and the display can be performed at a higher speed. Of course, only the numbers that do not include the symbols to be inserted are stored, and each time they are displayed on the display device 7, the area code, the mobile phone, the PHS identification number, and the last four digits of the telephone number are detected, and the symbols are detected. It is also possible to insert it.

[0021]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the telephone number of the caller of the incoming call, the telephone number of the destination of the outgoing call, the stored ordinary telephone number or the dial key are stored. Mobile phone having a telephone number display means for displaying an input telephone number inputted from a telephone number, a means for detecting an area code or an area code such as a cell phone or PHS identification number from the telephone number; Subscriber number detection means for detecting a digit subscriber number, and a symbol inserted immediately after the area code or identification number detected by the area code etc. detection means and immediately before the subscriber number detected by the subscriber number detection means And a telephone number display means for displaying a telephone number in a form in which the symbol insertion means inserts a symbol. As a result, it is possible to realize a mobile phone capable of displaying a telephone number which is difficult to read when the number of digits continues to be large by inserting a symbol.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone number storage means for storing a telephone number of a caller of an incoming call, a destination telephone number of an outgoing call, and a regular telephone number. The storage means stores the telephone number in a form in which the symbol insertion means has inserted the symbol, and the telephone number display means, when displaying the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means, displays the same as the form in which the symbol was inserted. It is characterized by. This makes it possible to realize a mobile phone that can easily display a telephone number that is difficult to read when the number of digits continues to be large by inserting a symbol and that can shorten the time required for display. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the telephone number display means, when the display of the telephone number in the form of inserting the symbol extends over two lines, before or after the symbol immediately after the area code or the identification number. It is characterized by displaying a new line. As a result, it is possible to realize a mobile phone which has a large number of digits and is capable of displaying a telephone number having two lines in an easily viewable manner.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone number of a caller of an incoming call, a telephone number of a destination of an outgoing call, a stored regular telephone number or an input telephone number inputted from a dial key. A mobile phone having a telephone number display means for displaying an area code or an area code detection means for detecting an identification number of a mobile phone or a PHS from a telephone number, and a lower four digit subscriber number for a telephone number And a font changing means for changing the font of a portion of the telephone number excluding the area code or identification number detected by the area code or the like and the subscriber number detected by the subscriber number detecting means. And the telephone number display means displays the telephone number in a format in which the font is changed by the font changing means. As a result, it is possible to realize a mobile phone capable of displaying a telephone number that is difficult to read when the number of digits continues to be large by changing a part of the font so as to be easily viewed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a telephone number storing means for storing a telephone number of a caller of an incoming call, a destination telephone number of an outgoing call, and a regular telephone number. The storage means stores the telephone number by marking the part where the font change means changed the font, and the telephone number display means changes the font of the marked part when displaying the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means. Is displayed. This realizes a mobile phone that can easily display a phone number that is difficult to read when the number of digits continues to be large by partially changing the font and shortening the time required for display. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a method for displaying a telephone number according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a mobile phone according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the mobile phone of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory view showing a conventional telephone number display method.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional mobile phone.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Control part, 2 ... outgoing telephone number transmission part, 3 ... Incoming telephone number detection part, 4 ... Incoming call history storage part, 5 ... Phone book, 6 ... Outgoing history storage part, 7 ... Display device, 8 ... Input device, 9: Area code / identification number storage unit.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A telephone number display means for displaying a telephone number of a caller of an incoming call, a telephone number of a destination of an outgoing call, a stored regular telephone number or an input telephone number inputted from a dial key. A mobile phone having the area code or an area code or the like identifying the identification number of the mobile phone or the PHS from the telephone number; and a subscriber number detecting means for detecting the last four digits of the subscriber number of the telephone number. And a symbol insertion means for inserting a symbol immediately after the area code or identification number detected by the area code detection means and immediately before the subscriber number detected by the subscriber number detection means, The mobile phone, wherein the telephone number display means displays the telephone number in a format in which the symbol insertion means inserts a symbol. 2. A telephone number storage means for storing a telephone number of a caller of an incoming call, a telephone number of a destination of an outgoing call, and a regular telephone number. The telephone number is stored in a form in which a symbol is inserted, and the telephone number display means, when displaying the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means, displays the telephone number as it is in the inserted form. The mobile phone according to claim 1. 3. The telephone number display means, if the display of the telephone number in the form of inserting the symbol extends over two lines, displays the line before or after the symbol immediately after the area code or identification number. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein: 4. A telephone number display means for displaying a telephone number of a caller of an incoming call, a telephone number of a destination of an outgoing call, a stored regular telephone number or an input telephone number inputted from a dial key. A mobile phone having the area code or an area code or the like identifying the identification number of the mobile phone or the PHS from the telephone number; and a subscriber number detecting means for detecting the last four digits of the subscriber number of the telephone number. And a font changing means for changing the font of a part of the telephone number excluding the area code or the identification number detected by the area code detecting means and the subscriber number detected by the subscriber number detecting means. The telephone number display means displays the telephone number in a form in which the font change means changes the font. 5. A telephone number storing means for storing a telephone number of a caller of an incoming call, a telephone number of a destination of an outgoing call, and a regular telephone number. In the case where the changed font is marked and the telephone number is stored, and the telephone number display means displays the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage means, the font of the marked part is changed and displayed. The mobile phone according to claim 4, wherein