Mobile communication terminal

• US 20020049072A1
• Filed: 10/17/2001
• Published: 04/25/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Usami, Shinya
• Application Number:
  US09/978,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20020049072A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/572
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/1615 Switching on; Switching off, e.g. remotely battery saving circuits associated with selective call operation H04W52/00; details of power consumption reduction in a PLL, H03L7/0802, H03L7/14, H03L2207/08, H03L2207/18; muting amplifiers by gain control see H03G3/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/38 Transceivers, i.e. devices in which transmitter and receiver form a structural unit and in which at least one part is used for functions of transmitting and receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0254 detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0296 switching to a backup power supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A mobile communication terminal, which prevents an instrument such as a medical electronic instrument from malfunctioning caused by radio waves generated by the mobile communication terminal and also can operate processes not operating its communication function such as viewing transmitted/received e-mails, making e-mails, displaying obtained Web site images, and playing games, by a simple operation that makes only the power supply of the transmitting/receiving section on/off, is provided. The mobile communication terminal provides a controlling means that controls the power supply of the transmitting/receiving section, and an inputting means that informs the controlling means about an instruction inputted from a user. And the controlling means makes the power supply of the transmitting/receiving section off, when the user instructed so that the power supply of the transmitting/receiving section was made to be off by using the inputting means. And the controlling means makes the power supply of the transmitting/receiving section on, when the user instructed so that the power supply of the transmitting/receiving section was made to be on by using the inputting means. Further, the mobile communication terminal provides a state informing means that informs surrounding persons about that the power supply of the transmitting/receiving section is off.

Claims

1. A mobile communication terminal, comprising:

a controlling means that controls the power supply of the transmitting/receiving section; and

an inputting means that informs said controlling means about an instruction inputted from a user, wherein;

said controlling means makes said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section off, when said user instructed so that said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section was made to be off by using said inputting means, and

said controlling means makes said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section on, when said user instructed so that said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section was made to be on by using said inputting means.

2. A mobile communication terminal in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

said inputting means provides a special button to which said user inputs only said instruction to control said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section, and informs said controlling means about said instruction when said special button was pushed, and

said controlling means makes said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section off, when that said special button was pushed was informed from said inputting means, in case that said power supply of said transmitting/receiving means is on, and

said controlling means makes said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section on, when that said special button was pushed was informed from said inputting means, in case that said power supply of said transmitting/receiving means is off.

3. A mobile communication terminal in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

said inputting means informs said controlling means about said instruction so that said controlling means controls said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section, when said user pushed a designated button providing in said inputting means for originally another purpose for more than a designated time, and

said controlling means makes said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section off, when said controlling means received said information from said inputting means by using said designated button, in case that said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section is on, and

said controlling means makes said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section on, when said controlling means received said information from said inputting means by using said designated button, in case that said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section is off.

4. A mobile communication terminal in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

a state informing means that informs surrounding persons about that said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section is off.

5. A mobile communication terminal in accordance with claim 4, wherein:

a display section, which is originally used as displaying various information of said mobile communication terminal, is also used as said state informing means.

6. A mobile communication terminal in accordance with claim 4, wherein:

a notifying section, which is originally used as notifying about a ringing tone and various states of said mobile communication terminal, is also used as said state informing means.

7. A mobile communication terminal in accordance with claim 4, wherein:

said state informing means provides a lamp (LED) or a display, and said lamp (LED) is turned on or is being flashed when said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section was made to be off, or the information that said transmitting/receiving section was made to be off is being displayed on said display.

8. A mobile communication terminal in accordance with claim 1, wherein:

said controlling means, comprising;

a means that makes setting of notifying sound volume of a notifying section, which is used as notifying about a ringing tone and various states of said mobile communication terminal, on/off, wherein;

said means makes said setting of said notifying sound volume off, in case that said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section is off and said setting of said notifying sound volume is on, and makes said setting of said notifying sound volume on, in case that said power supply of said transmitting/receiving section became on after said setting of said notifying sound volume was made to be off.