Mobile communications equipment

Claim 2

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 1, wherein said notification means includes at least two constituent means selected from the group consisting of: message output means for producing a voice message as said notification; sound output means for producing a notifying sound as said notification; optical indication means for producing a notifying light as said notification; and vibration means for producing vibrations as said notification.

Claim 3

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 2, wherein said control means selects different constituent means of said notification means to indicate the detected state change of said detection means from the incommunicable state into the communicable state and to indicate at the change thereof from said communicable state into said incommunicable state.

Claim 4

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 1, wherein: when said notification of said notification means is to be given, said instruction input unit further accepts an instruction for selecting either of giving said notification in response to every state change and giving said notification in response to only the first state change after the selection instruction; and said control means controls said notification means in accordance with said selection instruction accepted by said instruction input unit.

Claim 5

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 1, further comprising: timekeeping means for detecting the fact that no state change has taken place for a predetermined time period since the last state change; said control means deciding settlement of said last state change in accordance with the detection of said timekeeping means and then controlling said notification means so as to give said notification.

Claim 6

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 5, wherein: said instruction input unit further accepts an instruction for selecting as a condition for giving said notification, either of said state change detection of said detection means and the detected fact of said timekeeping means; and said control means controls said notification means in accordance with the selection instruction accepted by said instruction input unit.

Claim 7

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 1, further comprising: electric field strength detection means for detecting a received electric field strength of said signal received by said radio-frequency signal circuit; said control means deciding settlement of the communicable state and controlling said notification means so as to give said notification in a situation where the change into said communicable state as based on the analysis of said analysis means has been detected by said detection means and where the detected electric field strength of said electric field strength detection means has reached a predetermined electric field strength.

Claim 8

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 7, wherein: said instruction input unit further accepts an instruction for selecting either of the specified situation and said state change detection of said detection means as a condition for giving said notification; and said control means controls said notification means in accordance with the selection instruction accepted by said instruction input unit.

Claim 9

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 1, wherein said detection means detects only the state change from the incommunicable state into the communicable state as based on the analysis of said analysis means.

Claim 10

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 1, wherein said detection means detects both the state change from the incommunicable state into the communicable state as based on the analysis of said analysis means and the state change from said communicable state into said incommunicable state.

Claim 11

A mobile communications equipment for communicating with another equipment through a base station, comprising: a radio-frequency signal circuit which receives a signal sent from the base station, and which transmits a signal directed toward said base station; a demodulation circuit which demodulates the signal received by said radio-frequency signal circuit; input/output means for delivering the signal demodulated by said demodulation circuit, to a user of said mobile communications equipment, and for accepting an input signal to-be-transmitted from said user; a modulation circuit which modulates the signal accepted by said input/output means, and which delivers the modulated signal to said radio-frequency signal circuit; analysis means for analyzing whether or not the communications are possible, on the basis of the received signal of said radio-frequency signal circuit sent from said base station; detection means for detecting a change between a state in which said equipment is communicable and a state in which it is incommunicable, in accordance with an output of said analysis means; notification means for notifying said user of the state change when said state change has been detected by said detection means; an instruction input unit which accepts identification information of the other equipment; a memory which stores therein the identification information accepted by said instruction input unit; a starter which starts commencement of the communications in accordance with the stored identification information of said memory; and a checker which is furnished with an autodialing mode for commanding said starter to start the communications commencement in response to the change from the incommunicable state into the communicable state as detected by said detection means, in a case where an instruction for said communications commencement has been accepted in said incommunicable state by said instruction input unit.

Claim 12

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 11, wherein said checker includes means for selectively enabling said autodialing mode.

Claim 13

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 1, further comprising: network registration means for registering sorts of available network; said analysis means further deciding that any of the sorts of network are communicable on the basis of said signal received by said radio-frequency signal circuit; said detection means detecting the state change of the decided sort of the communicable network on the basis of the analyzed result of said analysis means; said notification means giving the notification when said state change of said decided sort of said communicable network has been detected by said detection means.

Claim 14

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 13, further comprising network priority setting means for setting priority levels for said sorts of said network, and for selecting any of said networks in accordance with the set priority levels.

Claim 15

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 1, further comprising: network registration means for registering sorts of available network; said analysis means further analyzing the networks being communicable on the basis of the signal received by said radio-frequency signal circuit, with reference to said network registration means; said detection means detecting the state change of each of the communicable networks on the basis of the analyzed result of said analysis means; said notification means giving the notification when said state change of said each communicable network has been detected by said detection means.

Claim 16

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 15, further comprising: network priority setting means for setting priority levels for said sorts of network, and for selecting any network of higher priority level; said detection means detecting the state change of said network selected by said network priority setting means, on the basis of the analyzed result of said analysis means; said notification means notifying said user of the detected result of said detection means.

Claim 18

A method for notification in a mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 17, comprising the steps of: further accepting an instruction for selecting any of said notifying expedients; and selecting the notifying expedient in accordance with the accepted selection instruction, and then notifying said user of said occurrence of said state change by the selected notifying expedient.

Claim 20

A mobile communications equipment for communicating with another equipment through a base station, comprising: a radio-frequency signal circuit which receives a signal sent from the base station, and which transmits a signal directed toward said base station; a demodulation circuit which demodulates the signal received by said radio-frequency signal circuit; input/output means for delivering the signal demodulated by said demodulation circuit, to a user of said mobile communications equipment, and for accepting an input signal to-be-transmitted from said user; a modulation circuit which modulates the signal accepted by said input/output means, and which delivers the modulated signal to said radio-frequency signal circuit; analysis means for analyzing whether the communications are possible, on the basis of the received signal of said radio-frequency signal circuit sent from said base station; detection means for detecting a change between a state in which said equipment is communicable and a state in which it is incommunicable, in accordance with an output of said analysis means; an instruction input unit which accepts an instruction as to whether notification is to be given in response to the state change detection of said detection means; and output means for externally delivering predetermined notifying information when the state change has been detected by said detection means, in a case where the instruction accepted by said instruction input unit indicates that said notification is not to be given.

Claim 21

A mobile communications system comprising a mobile communications equipment which communicates with another equipment through a base station, and a peripheral equipment which is connected to the mobile communications equipment; said mobile communications equipment including: a radio-frequency signal circuit which receives a signal sent from the base station, and which transmits a signal directed toward said base station; a demodulation circuit which demodulates the signal received by said radio-frequency signal circuit; input/output means for delivering the signal demodulated by said demodulation circuit, to a user of said mobile communications equipment, and for accepting an input signal to-be-transmitted from said user; a modulation circuit which modulates the signal accepted by said input/output means, and which delivers the modulated signal to said radio-frequency signal circuit; analysis means for analyzing whether the communications are possible, on the basis of the received signal of said radio-frequency signal circuit sent from said base station; detection means for detecting a change between a state in which said mobile communications equipment is communicable and a state in which it is incommunicable, in accordance with an output of said analysis means; and output means for delivering predetermined notifying information to said peripheral equipment when the state change has been detected by said detection means; said peripheral equipment including: input means for receiving the notifying information delivered from said output means of said mobile communications equipment; analysis means for analyzing a content of said notifying information accepted by said input means; and notification means for performing a predetermined notifying operation on the basis of the analysis of said analysis means.

Claim 22

A mobile communications system as defined in Claim 21, wherein said peripheral equipment further includes: an instruction input unit which accepts identification information of the other mobile communications equipment; a memory which stores therein the identification information accepted by said instruction input unit; a start command unit which commands said mobile communications equipment to start commencement of said communications in accordance with the stored identification information of said memory; and a checker which is furnished with an autodialing mode for actuating said start command unit in response to the change from the incommunicable state into the communicable state as detected by said detection means, in a case where an instruction for the communications commencement has been accepted in said incommunicable state by said instruction input unit.

Claim 23

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 1, wherein: said notification means is furnished with at least two sorts of output aspects; said instruction input unit further accepts an instruction for selecting which of the output aspects is to be used for said notification; and said control means selects any of said output aspects in accordance with the selection instruction accepted by said instruction input unit.

Claim 24

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 1, wherein: said notification means is furnished with at least two sorts of output aspects; and said control means selects the different output aspects between at the detected state change of said detection means from the incommunicable state into the communicable state and at the change thereof from said communicable state into said incommunicable state.

Claim 25

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 2, wherein: said instruction input unit further accepts an instruction for selecting which of said at least two constituent means of said notification means is to be used for said notification; and said control means selects any of said constituent means of said notification means in accordance with the selection instruction accepted by said instruction input unit.

Claim 26

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 2, wherein said message output means, said sound output means, said optical indication means, and said vibration means can produce at least two sorts of voice messages, at least two sorts of notifying sounds, at least two sorts of notifying lights, and at least two sorts of vibrations, respectively; wherein said instruction input unit further accepts instructions for selecting which of said at least two constituent means of said notification means and which of the sorts of the outputs to-be-produced are to be used for said notification; and wherein said control means selects any of said constituent means of said notification means and any of said sorts of said outputs in accordance with the selection instructions accepted by said instruction input unit.

Claim 27

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 2, wherein said message output means, said sound output means, said optical indication means, and said vibration means can produce at least two sorts of voice messages, at least two sorts of notifying sounds, at least two sorts of notifying lights, and at least two sorts of vibrations, respectively; and wherein said control means selects the different sorts of the outputs to-be-produced of said constituent means of said notification means between at the detected state change of said detection means from the incommunicable state into the communicable state and at the change thereof from said communicable state into said incommunicable state.

Claim 28

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 13, wherein: said notification means is furnished with at least two sorts of output aspects; and said control means stipulates the different output aspects for the respective sorts of said networks beforehand, and selects any of said output aspects corresponding to said sort of said network having undergone said state change.

Claim 29

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 13, wherein said notification means includes at least two constituent means selected from the group consisting of: message output means for producing a voice message as said notification; sound output means for producing a notifying sound as said notification; optical indication means for producing a notifying light as said notification; and vibration means for producing vibrations as said notification; and wherein said control means stipulates the different constituent means of said notification means for the respective sorts of said networks beforehand, and selects any of said constituent means corresponding to said sort of said network having undergone said state change.

Claim 30

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 13, wherein said notification means includes at least two constituent means selected from the group consisting of: message output means for producing a voice message as said notification; sound output means for producing a notifying sound as said notification; optical indication means for producing a notifying light as said notification; and vibration means for producing vibrations as said notification; wherein said message output means, said sound output means, said optical indication means, and said vibration means can produce at least two sorts of voice messages, at least two sorts of notifying sounds, at least two sorts of notifying lights, and at least two sorts of vibrations, respectively; and wherein said control means stipulates the sorts of the outputs to-be-produced of said constituent means of said notification means for the respective sorts of said networks beforehand, and selects any of said sorts of said outputs of said constituent means corresponding to said sort of said network having undergone said state change.

Claim 31

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 15, wherein said notification means includes at least two constituent means selected from the group consisting of: message output means for producing a voice message as said notification; sound output means for producing a notifying sound as said notification; optical indication means for producing a notifying light as said notification; and vibration means for producing vibrations as said notification; and wherein said control means stipulates the different constituent means of said notification means beforehand for the detected state change of said detection means from said incommunicable state into said communicable state, the change thereof from said communicable state into said incommunicable state, and said sorts of said networks, respectively, and selects any of said constituent means corresponding to said detected state change and said sort of said network having undergone said state change.

Claim 32

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 15, wherein said notification means includes at least two constituent means selected from the group consisting of: message output means for producing a voice message as said notification; sound output means for producing a notifying sound as said notification; optical indication means for producing a notifying light as said notification; and vibration means for producing vibrations as said notification; wherein said message output means, said sound output means, said optical indication means, and said vibration means can produce at least two sorts of voice messages, at least two sorts of notifying sounds, at least two sorts of notifying lights, and at least two sorts of vibrations, respectively; and wherein said control means stipulates the constituent means of said notification means and the sorts of the outputs to-be-produced of said constituent means beforehand for the detected state change of said detection means from said incommunicable state into said communicable state, the change thereof from said communicable state into said incommunicable state, and said sorts of said networks, respectively, and selects any of said sorts of said outputs of said constituent means corresponding to said detected state change and said sort of said network having undergone said state change.

Claim 33

A mobile communications equipment as defined in Claim 15, wherein said notification means includes at least two constituent means selected from the group consisting of: message output means for producing a voice message as said notification; sound output means for producing a notifying sound as said notification; optical indication means for producing a notifying light as said notification; and vibration means for producing vibrations as said notification; wherein said message output means, said sound output means, said optical indication means, and said vibration means can produce at least two sorts of voice messages, at least two sorts of notifying sounds, at least two sorts of notifying lights, and at least two sorts of vibrations, respectively; wherein said instruction input unit further accepts instructions for selecting which of said constituent means of said notification means and which of the sorts of the outputs to-be-produced are to be used for said notification in accordance with the detected state change of said detection means from said incommunicable state into said communicable state, the change thereof from said communicable state into said incommunicable state, and said sorts of said networks, respectively; and wherein said control means selects any of said constituent means of said notification means and any of said sorts of said outputs corresponding to said detected state change and said sort of said network having undergone said state change, in accordance with the selection instructions accepted by said instruction input unit.