Incoming notification pattern setting circuit and method of portable telephone

• US 6,792,294 B1
• Filed: 11/20/2000
• Issued: 09/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Kushita, Masayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Nay
• Assistant Examiner(s): GANTT, ALAN T
• Application Number:
  US09/716,652
• Time in Patent Office: 1,394 Days
• Field of Search: 455/566, 455/575, 455/550, 455/575.1, 455/567, 455/419, 455/420, 379/354, 379/396, 340/7.5, 340/815.45, 340/815.69
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/04 the ringing-current being generated at the substations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 19/048 Arrangements providing optical indication of the incoming call, e.g. flasher circuits

Abstract

It is constructed so that combinations of display colors or lighting patterns can be set from the outside by incoming notification means by light of a portable telephone apparatus. That is, incoming notification pattern data by a change in lighting colors and data of the tempo are stored in RAM 3, and data from the RAM 3 is held in an FIFO 8 and is outputted every tempo according to a read signal from an FIFO read signal generator 9, and also by generating an interruption at the time when a predetermined amount of data is outputted, a CPU 1 writes subsequent data from the RAM 3 to the FIFO 8 according to the interruption. Then, data read from the FIFO 8 is once held in an output port register 5 and an LED driver 6 independently drives plural LEDs according to data outputted from the output port register 5. In this case, it is constructed so that the data from the RAM 3 can be set from the outside.

Claims

1. An incoming notification pattern setting circuit of a portable telephone, comprising memory means for storing data of notification patterns and data of the tempo for generating patterns of a change in lighting colors by combinations of flashing of plural LEDs by respectively driving the plural LEDs with different colors ever tempo, driving data generation means for repeatedly generating driving data for driving the plural LEDs by data written from said memory means, and driving means for independently driving the plural LEDs respectively according to the driving data, characterized in that it is constructed so that the data of the memory means can be set from the outside using a personal computer.

2. An incoming notification pattern setting circuit of a portable telephone as defined in claim 1, wherein the driving data generation means comprises FIFO read signal generation means for generating a read signal for directing readout from FIFO means every tempo, FIFO means for holding pattern data read from the memory means on a first-in first-out basis to output the pattern data according to the read signal and also generating an interruption at the time when a predetermined amount of data is outputted, and control means for outputting subsequent data from the memory means to the FIFO means according to the interruption.

3. An incoming notification pattern setting circuit of a portable telephone as in claim 2, wherein it is constructed so that the driving means can drive a vibrator in synchronization with a driving pattern to any one of the plural LEDs or independently in no synchronization with any driving patterns to the plural LEDs.

4. An incoming notification pattern setting circuit of a portable telephone as defined in claim 3, wherein it is constructed so the driving patterns of the LEDs selected for driving the vibrator can be switched from the outside in the driving means.

5. An incoming notification pattern setting circuit of a portable telephone as defined in claim 1, wherein the driving data generation means comprises two-port memory means for holding pattern data read from the memory means to output the pattern data according to read address, RAM read signal generation means for generating a read signal for directing readout from said two-port memory means every tempo, and read address generation means for repeatedly generating the read address of the pattern data to the two-port memory means according to the read signal.

6. An incoming notification pattern setting circuit of a portable telephone as in claim 5, wherein it is constructed so that the driving means can drive a vibrator in synchronization with a driving pattern to any one of the plural LEDs or independently in no synchronization with any driving patterns to the plural LEDs.

7. An incoming notification pattern setting circuit of a portable telephone as defined in claim 6, wherein it is constructed so the driving patterns of the LEDs selected for driving the vibrator can be switched from the outside in the driving means.

8. An incoming notification pattern setting circuit of a portable telephone as in claim 1, wherein it is constructed so that the driving means can drive a vibrator in synchronization with a driving pattern to any one of the plural LEDs or independently in no synchronization with any driving patterns to the plural LEDs.

9. An incoming notification pattern setting circuit of a portable telephone as defined in claim 8, wherein it is constructed so that the driving patterns of the LEDs selected for driving the vibrator can be switched from the outside in the driving means.

10. An incoming notification pattern setting method of a portable telephone, characterized in that data of notification patterns and data of the tempo for generating patterns of a change in lighting colors by combinations of flashing of plural LEDs by respectively driving the plural LEDs with different colors every tempo are stored in memory means, and in driving data generation means, driving data for driving the plural LEDs by data written from said memory means is repeatedly generated, and in driving means, the plural LEDs respectively, are independently driven according to the driving data, and also the data of the memory means is set using a personal computer.

11. An incoming notification pattern setting method of a portable telephone as defined in claim 10, wherein a vibrator is driven in synchronization with a driving pattern to any one of the plural LEDs or independently in no synchronization with any driving patterns to the plural LEDs in the driving means.

12. An incoming notification pattern setting method of a portable telephone as defined in claim 11, wherein by setting the data of notification patterns and the data of the tempo stored in the memory means every partner registered in a telephone book function, incoming notification is performed by the notification pattern data and the tempo corresponding to an outgoing number at the time of incoming from the partner which denotes the outgoing number.

13. An incoming notification pattern setting method of a portable telephone as in claim 11, wherein the data of notification patterns and the data of the tempo stored in the memory means are inputted from a manipulation part.

14. An incoming notification pattern setting method of a portable telephone as in claim 12, wherein the data of notification patterns and the data of the tempo stored in the memory means are inputted from a manipulation part.

15. An incoming notification pattern setting method of a portable telephone as defined in claim 10, wherein by setting the data of notification patterns and the data of the tempo stored in the memory means every partner registered in a telephone book function, incoming notification is performed by the notification pattern data and the tempo corresponding to an outgoing number at the time of incoming from the partner which informs my side of the outgoing number.

16. An incoming notification pattern setting method of a portable telephone as in claim 15, wherein the data of notification patterns and the data of the tempo stored in the memory means are inputted from a manipulation part.

17. An incoming notification pattern setting method of a portable telephone as in claim 10, wherein the data of notification patterns and the data of the tempo stored in the memory means are inputted from a manipulation part.

18. An incoming notification pattern setting circuit of a portable telephone, comprising memory means for storing data of notification patterns and data of the tempo for generating patterns of a change in lighting colors by combinations of flashing of plural LEDs by respectively driving the plural LEDs with different colors ever tempo, driving data generation means for repeatedly generating driving data for driving the plural LEDs by data written from said memory means, and driving means for independently driving the plural LEDs respectively according to the driving data, characterized in that it is constructed so that the data of the memory means can be set by downloading from server.

19. An incoming notification pattern setting circuit of a portable telephone, comprising memory means for storing data of notification patterns and data of the tempo for generating patterns of a change in lighting colors by combinations of flashing of plural LEDs by respectively driving the plural LEDs with different colors ever tempo, driving data generation means for repeatedly generating driving data for driving the plural LEDs by data written from said memory means, and driving means for independently driving the plural LEDs respectively according to the driving data, characterized in that it is constructed so that the data of the memory means can be set using e-mail.

20. An incoming notification pattern setting method of a portable telephone, characterized in that data of notification patterns and data of the tempo for generating patterns of a change in lighting colors by combinations of flashing of plural LEDs by respectively driving the plural LEDs with different colors every tempo are stored in memory means, and in driving data generation means, driving data for driving the plural LEDs by data written from said memory means is repeatedly generated, and in driving means, the plural LEDs respectively, are independently driven according to the driving data, and also the data of the memory means is set by downloading from a server.

21. An incoming notification pattern setting method of a portable telephone, characterized in that data of notification patterns and data of the tempo for generating patterns of a change in lighting colors by combinations of flashing of plural LEDs by respectively driving the plural LEDs with different colors every tempo are stored in memory means, and in driving data generation means, driving data for driving the plural LEDs by data written from said memory means is repeatedly generated, and in driving means, the plural LEDs respectively, are independently driven according to the driving data, and also the data of the memory means is set using e-mail.