Receiving operation control device, receiving operation control method, and computer-readable storage medium

• US 20070254627A1
• Filed: 10/06/2006
• Published: 11/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Akama, Katsuaki, Kikuchi, Yoshiaki, Ida, Tohru, Nakajima, Yuko, Ebara, Takayuki, Eto, Masami, Nakano, Makoto
• Application Number:
  US11/543,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20070254627A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/404.200
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10

Abstract

A call-termination operation control device that controls the volume of a call termination sound or the magnitude of vibration of a vibrator for the purpose of informing a user of a mobile communication equipment of the fact that a call has been terminated includes a moving state and receiving operation pattern registration unit in which combinations of positioning detection patterns and vibration detection patterns detected by a positioning sensor and a vibration sensor are recorded, moving states associated with the combinations are registered, and receiving operation patterns associated with the moving states are registered; a moving state decision unit that decides the moving state on the basis of the positioning detection pattern and vibration detection pattern which are detected at the time of call termination; a receiving operation pattern selection unit that selects a receiving operation pattern associated with the moving state according to the result of the decision; and a volume of call termination sound/magnitude of vibration designation unit that designates the volume of a call termination sound and the magnitude of vibration, which are associated with the receiving operation pattern, according to the result of the selection. Also disclosed are a receiving operation control method for controlling the volume of a call termination sound or the magnitude of vibration as mentioned above.

Claims

1. A receiving operation control device comprising:

a moving state and receiving operation pattern registration unit in which combination patterns of positioning detection patterns relevant to positions of a mobile communication equipment detected by a positioning sensor incorporated in the mobile communication equipment and vibration detection patterns relevant to levels of vibration detected by a vibration sensor incorporated in the mobile communication equipment are recorded, moving states of the mobile communication equipment associated with the combination patterns are registered in advance, and receiving operation patterns associated with the moving states are registered in advance;

a moving state decision unit that, when a call is terminated at the mobile communication equipment, decides the moving state of the mobile communication equipment on the basis of the positioning detection pattern and vibration detection pattern detected by the positioning sensor and vibration sensor, respectively;

a receiving operation pattern selection unit that selects a receiving operation pattern associated with the moving state from among the patterns, which are registered in the moving state and receiving operation pattern registration unit, according to the result of the decision made by the moving state decision unit; and

a volume of call termination sound/magnitude of vibration designation unit that designates at least one of the volume of a call termination sound to be generated by the mobile communication equipment and the magnitude of vibration, which are associated with the receiving operation pattern, according to the result of the selection performed by the receiving operation pattern selection unit.

2. The receiving operation control device according to claim 1, wherein a moving speed at which the mobile communication equipment moves is calculated based on a plurality of positioning detection patterns detected by the positioning sensor at different time instants.

3. A receiving operation control device comprising:

a moving state and receiving operation pattern registration unit in which combination patterns of positioning detection patterns relevant to positions of a mobile communication equipment detected by a positioning sensor incorporated in the mobile communication equipment and vibration detection patterns relevant to levels of vibration detected by a vibration sensor incorporated in the mobile communication equipment are recorded, moving states of the mobile communication equipment associated with the combination patterns are registered in advance, and receiving operation patterns associated with the moving states are registered in advance;

a moving state decision unit that decides the moving state of the mobile communication equipment on the basis of the positioning detection pattern and vibration detection pattern detected by the positioning sensor and vibration sensor, respectively, at intervals of a predetermined period;

a receiving operation pattern selection unit that, when a call is terminated at the mobile communication equipment, selects a receiving operation pattern associated with the moving state from among the patterns, which are registered in the moving state and receiving operation pattern registration unit, according to the result of the decision made by the moving state decision unit; and

a volume of call termination sound/magnitude of vibration designation unit that designates at least one of the volume of a call termination sound to be generated by the mobile communication equipment and the magnitude of vibration, which are associated with the receiving operation pattern, according to the result of the selection performed by the receiving operation pattern selection unit.

4. The receiving operation control device according to claim 3, wherein a moving speed at which the mobile communication equipment moves is calculated based on a plurality of positioning detection patterns detected by the positioning sensor at different time instants.

5. A receiving operation control method for controlling the volume of a call termination sound to be generated by a mobile communication equipment and the magnitude of vibration so as to perform a receiving operation, comprising the steps of:

recording combination patterns of positioning detection patterns relevant to positions of the mobile communication equipment detected by a positioning sensor incorporated in the mobile communication equipment and vibration detection patterns relevant to levels of vibration detected by a vibration sensor incorporated in the mobile communication equipment, registering in advance moving states of the mobile communication equipment associated with the combination patterns, and registering in advance receiving operation patterns associated with the moving states;

when a call is terminated at the mobile communication equipment, deciding the moving state of the mobile communication equipment on the basis of the positioning detection pattern and vibration detection pattern detected by the positioning sensor and vibration sensor, respectively;

selecting a receiving operation pattern associated with the moving state according to the result of the decision of the moving state; and

designating at least one of the volume of a call termination sound to be generated by the mobile communication equipment and the magnitude of vibration, which are associated with the receiving operation pattern, according to the result of the selection of the receiving operation pattern.

6. The receiving operation control method according to claim 5, wherein a moving speed at which the mobile communication equipment moves is calculated based on a plurality of positioning detection patterns detected by the positioning sensor at different time instants.

7. A receiving operation control method for controlling the volume of a call termination sound to be generated by a mobile communication equipment and the magnitude of vibration so as to perform a receiving operation, comprising the steps of:

recording combination patterns of positioning detection patterns relevant to positions of the mobile communication equipment detected by a positioning sensor incorporated in the mobile communication equipment and vibration detection patterns relevant to levels of vibration detected by a vibration sensor incorporated in the mobile communication equipment, registering in advance moving states of the mobile communication equipment associated with the combination patterns, and registering in advance receiving operation patterns associated with the moving states;

deciding the moving state of the mobile communication equipment on the basis of the positioning detection pattern and vibration detection pattern detected by the positioning sensor and vibration sensor, respectively, at intervals of a predetermined period;

when a call is terminated at the mobile communication equipment, selecting a receiving operation pattern associated with the moving state according to the result of the decision of the moving state; and

designating at least one of the volume of a call termination sound to be generated by the mobile communication equipment and the magnitude of vibration, which are associated with the receiving operation pattern, according to the result of the selection of the receiving operation pattern.

8. The receiving operation control method according to claim 7, wherein a moving speed at which the mobile communication equipment moves is calculated based on a plurality of positioning detection patterns detected by the positioning sensor at different time instants.

9. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a program that, assuming that moving states of a mobile communication equipment associated with combination patterns of positioning detection patterns relevant to positions of the mobile communication equipment detected by a positioning sensor incorporated in the mobile communication equipment and vibration detection patterns relevant to levels of vibration detected by a vibration sensor incorporated in the mobile communication equipment are registered in advance, and receiving operation patterns associated with the moving states are registered in advance, allows a computer:

to decide the moving state of the mobile communication equipment on the basis of the positioning detection pattern and vibration detection pattern detected by the positioning sensor and vibration sensor, respectively, when a call is terminated at the mobile communication equipment;

to select a receiving operation pattern associated with the moving state according to the result of the decision of the moving state; and

to designate at least one of the volume of a call termination sound to be generated by the mobile communication equipment and the magnitude of vibration, which are associated with the receiving operation pattern, according to the result of the selection of the receiving operation pattern.

10. A computer-readable storage medium for storing a program that, assuming that moving states of a mobile communication equipment associated with combination patterns of positioning detection patterns relevant to positions of the mobile communication equipment detected by a positioning sensor incorporated in the mobile communication equipment and vibration detection patterns relevant to levels of vibration detected by a vibration sensor incorporated in the mobile communication equipment are registered in advance, and receiving operation patterns associated with the moving states are registered in advance, allows a computer:

to decide the moving state of the mobile communication equipment on the basis of the positioning detection pattern and vibration detection pattern, which are detected by the positioning sensor and vibration sensor, respectively, at intervals of a predetermined period;

to select a receiving operation pattern associated with the moving state according to the result of the decision of the moving state, when a call is terminated at the mobile communication equipment; and

to designate at least one of the volume of a call termination sound to be generated by the mobile communication equipment and the magnitude of vibration, which are associated with the receiving operation pattern, according to the result of the selection of the receiving operation pattern.