Mobile terminal having recording function

• US 7,499,725 B2
• Filed: 07/29/2004
• Issued: 03/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Innovations Ltd Hong Kong (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Ootuka, Nobuo
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, THUAN T
• Application Number:
  US10/901,626
• Publication Number:
  US 20050026653A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,678 Days
• Field of Search: 455/403, 455/413, 455/414.1, 455/550.1, 455/95, 455/566, 455/567, 455/575.1
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/656 for recording conversations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724 User interfaces specially adapted for cordless or mobile telephones

Abstract

A mobile terminal such as a cellular telephone can include a voice recording function. Upon arrival of an incoming call when the cellular telephone is executing a recording operation, the cellular telephone informs of the arrival of the incoming call by any one of or both of an incoming call display on a display unit and light emission of light emitting means. At this time, the cellular telephone stops a sound generating operation and a vibrating operation which affect the recording operation. The recording stops temporarily when a user answers the incoming call.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal having a recording unit operable in a non-call standby mode recording operation to record a sound detected via a microphone from a surrounding area of the mobile terminal, the mobile terminal comprising:

a display unit;

an incoming call informing unit, including at least any one of a vibration generation unit or a sound generation unit; and

a control unit operable to inform of an arrival of an incoming call upon the arrival of the incoming call during the non-call standby mode recording operation to record the sound detected via the microphone of the recording unit by transmitting a signal for an incoming call display on the display unit without activating the vibration generation unit and the sound generation unit and without interruption of the non-call standby mode recording operation to record the sound detected via the microphone.

2. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a light emitting unit,

wherein the control unit informs of the arrival of the incoming call upon the arrival of the incoming call in the course of the recording operation by at least any one operation of light emission of the light emitting unit and the incoming call display on the display unit without activating the vibration generation unit and the sound generation unit.

3. The mobile terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the control unit temporarily stops the recording operation when answering the incoming call in the course of the recording operation.

4. The mobile terminal according to claim 3, wherein the control unit starts the recording operation after finishing a call.

5. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a key unit for temporarily stopping the recording operation.

6. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display on the display unit includes information concerning a caller.

7. The mobile terminal according to claim 1, further comprising:

a voice message unit operative to send a given voice message back to a caller of the incoming call when the incoming call arrives in the course of the recording operation.