CN101286084A - Mobile computer possessing mobile phones function and its control method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to the field of mobile communication terminals, in particular to a mobile computer with a mobile phone function and a control method of the mobile computer. Aiming at solving the problems in the prior art that the mobile computer has short standby time and affects the application of mobile phone functions, the invention provides the control method for the mobile computer with the mobile phone function; with the control method, a mobile phone module is built in the mobile computer when a power supply which is controlled by the power supply management unit of the mobile computer is depleted, the mobile computer transmits a command to the mobile phone module; the mobile phone module continues to work by a power supply which is controlled by the power supply management unit of the mobile phone so as to carry out the communication functions of normal mobile phones. The mobile computer and the control method of the invention have the beneficial effects that a user is not required to carry a plurality of terminal equipment such as the mobile phone and the mobile computer, etc. and realize the functions of real-time Internet browsing and phone communication on the mobile computer; furthermore, when the mobile computer stops working due to the causes such as endurance of battery, etc., the mobile phone function can be individually started, thus facilitating the users.

Description

A kind of mobile computer and control method thereof that has cell-phone function

Technical field

The present invention relates to the mobile communication terminal field, is a kind of mobile computer and control method thereof that has cell-phone function specifically.

Background technology

Existing mobile computer (notebook) volume is more and more littler, and along with movably computing machine UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PC) of a kind of microminiature has appearred in the development of technology, UMPC is super portable mobile personal computer.It generally adopts framework and Windows XP/Vista operating systems such as Intel X86, with the advantage of mobile technology, can allow the user visit and use software easily on the road.Its hardware design small volume and less weight, under the situation that WLAN (WLAN (wireless local area network)) arranged, can be carried at any time and connect at one's side and communicate by letter, handle various tasks whenever and wherever possible and enjoy amusement function, no matter where be in, can both make the user can both obtain up-to-date information rapidly, keep intimate contact with the world.Existing smart mobile phone also can be finished by the WLAN net and connect the internet, carry out operations such as web page browsing or transmission mail, but it can not obtain user's approval because function is simple; And UMPC relies on its strong functions to be supported and the software support, the user can be carried out and desk-top computer identical operations and use experience, but because the function of UMPC is more powerful, so the volume also volume than existing smart mobile phone is big, and the shortcoming of UMPC is that stand-by time is shorter, not the support voice telephony feature.

In the prior art, the network interface card that UMPC also can insert GPRS carries out online browsing anywhere or anytime, but in this case, has the following disadvantages:

1 incoming call wakeup time is long.Because UMPC uses the windows system, when the phone incoming call, the wakeup time that UMPC responds this incoming call is greatly about about 20 seconds, and calling party may be owing to long and on-hook of stand-by period during this period.

2 stand-by times are shorter, generally at 3-4 hour, when the UMPC battery electric quantity exhausts, the function that not only can't continue to surf the Net based on the communication (conversation or short message) of GPRS net all will lose, compare the service time of such equipment and mobile phone tens hours even up to a hundred hours, can't satisfy the requirement of mobile communication.

China utility model patent notification number CN2348430Y, the utility model name is called " a kind of portable computer of embedded with mobile phone " and discloses a kind of with the scheme of embedded in mobile phone in notebook computer, it is at the inside of notebook computer fluting, and provide charge power supply to mobile phone, realize the purpose that mobile phone, notebook computer carry together.

China utility model patent notification number CN2558008Y, the utility model name is called " digital mobile communication computer " and discloses a kind of scheme that cell-phone function is built in removable computer inside, this scheme is connected communications portion, the phonetic entry output of computer respectively with mobile module, realize that thereby promptly mobile phone and computer are one by the operating computer operating handset.

All there is same problem in technique scheme, that is exactly that the power consumption of mobile computer is huge, standby for a long time or work, so above scheme can't use mobile communication module (mobile module) to realize the purpose of communication after the mobile computer electric weight is used up, the user has only the other mobile phone of use to carry out the communication (conversation or short message) of mobile wireless network.

In the introducing mode above-mentioned technology contents is incorporated in the application.

Summary of the invention

The object of the present invention is to provide a kind of mobile computer that has cell-phone function, it is too short to be used for solving prior art mobile computer stand-by time, and making needs the user to carry the problem that a plurality of terminals realize real-time Communication for Power.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of mobile computer control method that has cell-phone function, be used for when the mobile computer running down of battery that combines cell-phone function, control switch mobile phone function or shutdown.

To achieve these goals, the embodiment of the invention provides a kind of mobile computer that has cell-phone function, comprise the mobile computer processing unit, storer, also comprise mobile module in the described mobile computer of the Power Management Unit of mobile computer, described mobile module further comprises handset processes unit, mobile phone memory, communication unit, the Power Management Unit of mobile phone; Described mobile computer processing unit is connected with the handset processes unit with the Power Management Unit of described storer, mobile computer respectively, and described handset processes unit connects the Power Management Unit of mobile phone memory, communication unit, mobile phone;

When the power supply of described mobile computer Power Management Unit exhausts, described mobile computer shutdown, described mobile module is worked on by the power supply power supply of described cellular phone power supplies administrative unit, carries out the communication function of regular handset.

According to an a kind of further aspect that has the mobile computer of cell-phone function of the present invention, described mobile computer also comprises first input-output unit, be connected with the handset processes unit with the processing unit of described mobile computer respectively, when described mobile module was worked on by the power supply of the power supply of described cellular phone power supplies administrative unit, described first input-output unit of described handset processes unit by using carried out input and output.

According to a kind of another further aspect that has the mobile computer of cell-phone function of the present invention, described handset processes unit is connected with second input-output unit, when described mobile computer Power Management Unit power supply exhausts, close described first input-output unit, described second input-output unit of described handset processes unit by using carries out input and output.

According to a kind of another further aspect that has the mobile computer of cell-phone function of the present invention, described mobile computer processing unit is connected with described handset processes unit by double port memory.

According to a kind of another further aspect that has the mobile computer of cell-phone function of the present invention, described mobile computer processing unit is connected with described handset processes unit by USB interface.

According to a kind of another further aspect that has the mobile computer of cell-phone function of the present invention, described first input-output unit and second input-output unit comprise respectively: loudspeaker, microphone, keyboard, display unit.

To achieve these goals, the embodiment of the invention also provides a kind of mobile computer control method that has cell-phone function, and this method may further comprise the steps:

Built-in mobile phone module in the mobile computer, when the mobile computer power supply exhausted, described mobile computer transmitted order to mobile module, and described mobile module is worked on by the power supply power supply of the Power Management Unit of mobile phone, carries out the communication function of regular handset.

According to an a kind of further aspect that has the mobile computer control method of cell-phone function of the present invention, described mobile computer transmits order to mobile module and further comprises, whether the first input-output unit detection of handset module of described mobile computer works on, if work on then control described first input-output unit, and power by the Power Management Unit of described mobile module by described mobile module; Described first input-output unit enters closed condition if described mobile module quits work.

According to a kind of another further aspect that has the mobile computer control method of cell-phone function of the present invention, when the power supply by the control of mobile computer Power Management Unit exhausts, described mobile computer Power Management Unit is judged current supply voltage by the control of mobile computer Power Management Unit, if described supply voltage is less than or equal to first threshold value and is greater than or equal to second threshold value, then described mobile computer transmits order to mobile module, described mobile module is worked on by the power supply power supply of described mobile computer Power Management Unit control, carries out the communication function of regular handset; If less than second threshold value, then described mobile computer and mobile module all enter closed condition; If greater than described first threshold value, then keep the duty of described mobile computer and mobile module.

The beneficial effect of the embodiment of the invention is, does not need the user to carry a plurality of terminal devices such as mobile phone and mobile computer respectively, just can realize the displaying live view internet on mobile computer; And when mobile computer quits work owing to reasons such as battery flying powers, can also start cell-phone function separately, this mobile computer of the present invention is used as regular handset use, increase user convenience.

Description of drawings

Accompanying drawing described herein is used to provide further understanding of the present invention, constitutes the application's a part, does not constitute limitation of the invention.In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 is built in mobile module for the present invention the first embodiment module connection diagram of mobile computer;

Fig. 2 is built in mobile module for the present invention the second embodiment module connection diagram of mobile computer;

Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B are depicted as a kind of embodiment synoptic diagram that has the mobile computer of cell-phone function of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a kind of another embodiment synoptic diagram that has the mobile computer of cell-phone function of the present invention;

Fig. 5 is the functional module connection layout of synoptic diagram embodiment illustrated in fig. 4 inside;

Fig. 6 independently uses the process flow diagram of cell-phone function when the running down of battery of mobile computer for the present invention.

Embodiment

For making the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention clearer,, the present invention is described in further details below in conjunction with embodiment and accompanying drawing.At this, exemplary embodiment of the present invention and explanation thereof are used to explain the present invention, but not as a limitation of the invention.

It is a kind of that the embodiment of the invention provides.Following present specification embodiment with the mobile phone be example as an illustration.The present invention is described in detail below in conjunction with accompanying drawing.

Be illustrated in figure 1 as the first embodiment module connection diagram that the present invention is built in mobile module mobile computer.In this example mobile computer with UMPC be example as an illustration.Theprocessor 102 that comprises UMPC, display unit 103 (being LCD in this example), Power Management Unit (PM) 104, random access memory (RAM) 105, hard disk (HD) 106; Described mobile module comprises theprocessor 107 of mobile phone, flash memory (flash) 108, SIMcard processing unit 109, Power Management Unit (PM) 110, random access memory (RAM) 111,display unit 112,radio frequency unit 113,loudspeaker 114,microphone 115; Between describedUMPC processor 102 andhandset processes device 107, also be connected with double port memory (DualPort Memory) 101.Above-mentioned all parts all are built in the enclosure interior of described UMPC, each parts of mobile module can be installed on the circuit board extension of described UMPC when realizing.

Theprocessor 102 of described UMPC is controlled thedisplay unit 103 of described UMPC by system bus,Power Management Unit 104,random access memory 105,hard disk 106, and can send the AT order by the memory bus of described double port memory 101 (is the Attention order, the function of control transfer table, carry out alternately with the GSM Network), describeddouble port memory 101 is put into described AT order the buffer area ofdouble port memory 101, produce an external interrupt (INT) and give theprocessor 107 of mobile phone, the processor of mobile phone responds this interruption,handset processes device 107 receives this AT order, and theflash memory 108 that is connected with describedhandset processes device 107 of control, SIMcard processing unit 109, Power Management Unit (PM) 110, random access memory (RAM) 111,display unit 112 andradio frequency unit 113 carry out corresponding AT process of commands, thereby acquisition return data, for example, carry out the network browsing of GPRS byradio frequency unit 113, perhaps operation such as receiving E-mail, data such as browsing data or Email are returned tohandset processes device 107, and sendUMPC processor 102 to, and described data are shown bydisplay unit 103 by the memory bus of double port memory 101.Theprocessor 107 of mobile phone sends instruction or data arrivedouble port memory 101, describeddouble port memory 101 is put into buffer area with data, produce an external interrupt (INT) and give theprocessor 102 of UMPC, theprocessor 102 of described UMPC reads inrandom access memory 105 orhard disk 106 with described order or data.

The PowerManagement Unit 104 of described UMPC, according to the instruction of describedUMPC processor 102, the battery that control is powered to UMPC specially.

The Power Management Unit 110 of described mobile phone, according to the instruction control of describedhandset processes device 107 specially to the battery of mobile phone power supply.

Wherein, theprocessor 107 of mobile phone end also is connected withloudspeaker 114, microphone 115, realizes the output and the input of call voice by describedloudspeaker 114 andmicrophone 115.

When the running down of battery of UMPC, theprocessor 107 of mobile phone no longer communicates with theprocessor 102 of UMPC, but independently realizes the function of mobile phone.

Be illustrated in figure 2 as the second embodiment module connection diagram that the present invention is built in mobile module mobile computer.In this example mobile computer with UMPC be example as an illustration.Theprocessor 102 that comprises UMPC,display unit 103, Power Management Unit (PM) 104, random access memory (RAM) 105, hard disk (HD) 106, usb 1 16, describedprocessor 102 is connected with other parts by system bus; Described mobile module comprises theprocessor 107 of mobile phone, flash memory (flash) 108, SIMcard processing unit 109, Power Management Unit (PM) 110, random access memory (RAM) 111,display unit 112,radio frequency unit 113,loudspeaker 114, microphone 115; The usb 1 16 of described UMPC is connected with the data-interface of theprocessor 107 of described mobile phone, and theprocessor 102 of UMPC just can directly send the AT order to theprocessor 107 of mobile phone like this, thereby realizesradio frequency unit 113 online by mobile phone.Above-mentioned all parts all are built in the enclosure interior of described UMPC, each parts of mobile module can be installed on the circuit board extension of described UMPC when realizing.

Theprocessor 102 of described UMPC is controlled thedisplay unit 103 of described UMPC by system bus,Power Management Unit 104,random access memory 105,hard disk 106, and can send the AT order by described usb 1 16 (is the Attention order, the function of control transfer table, carry out alternately with the GSM Network), described usb 1 16 is connected with the data-interface of describedhandset processes device 107, thehandset processes device 107 that links to each other receives this AT order, and theflash memory 108 that is connected with describedhandset processes device 107 of control, SIMcard processing unit 109, Power Management Unit (PM) 110, random access memory (RAM) 111,display unit 112 andradio frequency unit 113 carry out corresponding AT process of commands, thereby acquisition return data, for example, carry out the network browsing of GPRS byradio frequency unit 113, perhaps operation such as receiving E-mail, data such as browsing data or Email are returned tohandset processes device 107, and sendUMPC processor 102 to, and described data are shown bydisplay unit 103 by usb 1 16.

The PowerManagement Unit 104 of described UMPC, according to the instruction of describedUMPC processor 102, the battery that control is powered to UMPC specially.

The Power Management Unit 110 of described mobile phone, according to the instruction control of describedhandset processes device 107 specially to the battery of mobile phone power supply.

Wherein, theprocessor 107 of mobile phone end also is connected withloudspeaker 114, microphone 115, realizes the output and the input of call voice by describedloudspeaker 114 andmicrophone 115.

When the running down of battery of UMPC, theprocessor 107 of mobile phone no longer communicates with theprocessor 102 of UMPC, but independently realizes the function of mobile phone.

As preferred embodiment, the common control of the Power Management Unit of UMPC and the Power Management Unit of mobile phone same power supply (for example being lithium battery), this moment, thePower Management Unit 110 of mobile phone should have essential change-over circuit, to realize using high-voltage battery that mobile phone is powered, this change-over circuit belongs to prior art, repeats no more in this application.The PowerManagement Unit 104 of described UMPC is connected same battery jointly with the Power Management Unit ofmobile phone 110, as this cell voltage (for example 218V) below first threshold value, but cell voltage is when second threshold value (for example 3.45V) is above, described UMPCPower Management Unit 104 is sent the low signal of cell voltage toUMPC processing unit 102, the corresponding module of describedUMPC processing unit 102 control UMPC shuts down, and described mobile module continues to usePower Management Unit 110 these batteries of control of mobile phone to carry out the power supply supply; If this battery electric quantity is then closed mobile module and UMPC correlation module when described second threshold value (3.45V) is following.

Be depicted as a kind of embodiment synoptic diagram that has the mobile computer of cell-phone function of the present invention as Fig. 3 A and Fig. 3 B.Fig. 3 A is the synoptic diagram of mobile computer when closing, and Fig. 3 B is the synoptic diagram of mobile computer when opening.The function that is had at Fig. 3 A mobile module is the function that regular handset had, and it comprises keyboard 117,microphone 115, andloudspeaker 114,display unit 112, its inside also has other functional unit as Fig. 1 or the described mobile module of Fig. 2; Described Fig. 3 B mobile computer comprisesdisplay unit 103,keyboard 118, and its inside also has other functional unit as Fig. 1 or the described mobile computer of Fig. 2.

When mobile computer shown in Fig. 3 B is in open mode, theprocessor 102 of this mobile computer,display unit 103, PowerManagement Unit 104,random access memory 105,hard disk 106 is all in running order, the user imports bykeyboard 118, describedmobile computer processor 102 sends the AT instruction by usb 1 16 ordouble port memory 101 tohandset processes device 107, connect Internet, describedhandset processes device 107 sends bind command to connectedradio frequency unit 113, describedradio frequency unit 113 is connected with service centre, realize the transmission of Internet Internet data, transmit data between describedhandset processes unit 107 and the describedmobile computer processor 102, meanwhile described mobile computer constantly consumes the energy content of battery of himself, and has 104 pairs of batteries of Power Management Unit to monitor.

When described mobile computer battery consumption finishes, perhaps the user shuts down described mobile computer, perhaps do not re-use and surf the Net when waiting function relevant with mobile phone, for example the two-part housing of mobile computer is merged, be the shape shown in Fig. 3 A, thedisplay unit 112 that on the shell of described mobile computer, has mobile phone, theloudspeaker 114 of mobile phone,microphone 115, the keyboard 117 that also has mobile phone, described mobile module realizes and described mobile computer power management independently mutually that by its inner reserve battery of control the realization mobile module can break away from the restriction of the stand-by time weak point of mobile computer.

Fig. 4 is a kind of another embodiment synoptic diagram that has the mobile computer of cell-phone function of the present invention.In this example, the display unit of mobile computer and the display unit of mobile phone use same LCD103, and the keyboard of the keyboard of mobile computer and mobile phone uses same keyboard 118.Its inner functional block diagram comprises theprocessing unit 102 of mobile computer as shown in Figure 5, therandom access memory 105 of mobile computer,hard disk 106,Power Management Unit 104,keyboard 118,display unit 103; Described mobile module compriseshandset processes unit 107,flash memory 108, SIMcard processing unit 109,Power Management Unit 110, therandom access memory 111 of mobile phone,radio frequency unit 113,loudspeaker 114, microphone 115.Describedkeyboard 118 is connected with describedhandset processes unit 107 with theprocessing unit 102 of described mobile computer respectively, can transmit user's input data to these two processing units, for example dial, data such as editor, describeddisplay unit 103 is connected with describedhandset processes unit 107 with theprocessing unit 102 of described mobile computer respectively, can receive the video data that these two processing units transmit.

The embodiment of the invention also discloses a kind of mobile computer control method that has cell-phone function, built-in mobile phone module in the mobile computer, when the mobile computer power supply exhausts, described mobile computer transmits order to mobile module, for example the processing unit of mobile computer sends interruptive command to the handset processes unit, after receiving this interruptive command, the handset processes unit starts other functional modules of mobile module, LCD for example, loudspeaker, microphone, RAM etc., described mobile module is worked on by the power supply power supply of the Power Management Unit of mobile phone, carries out the communication function of regular handset.

Be illustrated in figure 6 as the present invention independently uses cell-phone function when the running down of battery of mobile computer process flow diagram.When the mobile computer running down of battery,step 601, mobilecomputer processing unit 102 sends shutdown command, and the functional unit of mobile computer all will end task and prepare shutdown.Whetherstep 602, describeddisplay unit 103 andkeyboard 118 will be inquired about described mobile module is what close, if describedhandset processes unit 107 for (i.e. the not response) of closing then enterstep 603, otherwise enters step 604.Step 603, describeddisplay unit 103 andkeyboard 118 enter closedcondition.Step 604, describeddisplay unit 103 andkeyboard 118 switch to the pattern of being controlled byhandset processes unit 107, meanwhile describeddisplay unit 103 andkeyboard 118 are powered by the battery of described mobile module, and carry out power supply management by thePower Management Unit 110 of mobile phone.The user will be to using regular handset to use the described mobile computer that has cell-phone function like that.

As preferred embodiment, when the power supply by the control of mobile computer Power Management Unit exhausts, if described mobile computer Power Management Unit is judged current supply voltage by the control of mobile computer Power Management Unit and is less than or equal to first threshold value and is greater than or equal to second threshold value, then described mobile computer transmits order to mobile module, described mobile module is worked on by the power supply power supply of described mobile computer Power Management Unit control, carries out the communication function of regular handset; If less than second threshold value, then described mobile computer and mobile module all enter closed condition; If greater than described first threshold value, then keep the duty of described mobile computer and mobile module.

Beneficial effect of the present invention is, does not need the user to carry a plurality of terminal devices such as mobile phone and mobile computer respectively, just can realize the displaying live view internet on mobile computer; And when mobile computer quits work owing to reasons such as battery flying powers, can also start cell-phone function separately, this mobile computer of the present invention is used as regular handset use, increase user convenience; And can be by the data of mobile computer management mobile module, content such as address list, multimedia for example, be about to data content such as multimedia and on mobile computer, move, reduce of the requirement of data such as multimedia, reduce the cost that the user buys multimedia handset mobile phone hardware.

Above-described embodiment; purpose of the present invention, technical scheme and beneficial effect are further described; institute is understood that; the above only is the specific embodiment of the present invention; and be not intended to limit the scope of the invention; within the spirit and principles in the present invention all, any modification of being made, be equal to replacement, improvement etc., all should be included within protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1. mobile computer that has cell-phone function, comprise the mobile computer processing unit, storer, the Power Management Unit of mobile computer, it is characterized in that also comprising mobile module in the described mobile computer, described mobile module further comprises handset processes unit, mobile phone memory, communication unit, the Power Management Unit of mobile phone; Described mobile computer processing unit is connected with the handset processes unit with the Power Management Unit of described storer, mobile computer respectively, and described handset processes unit connects the Power Management Unit of mobile phone memory, communication unit, mobile phone;

When the power supply by described mobile computer Power Management Unit control exhausts, described mobile computer shutdown, described mobile module is worked on by the power supply power supply of described cellular phone power supplies administrative unit control, carries out the communication function of regular handset.

2. a kind of mobile computer that has cell-phone function according to claim 1, it is characterized in that described mobile computer also comprises first input-output unit, be connected with the handset processes unit with the processing unit of described mobile computer respectively, when described mobile module was worked on by the power supply power supply of described cellular phone power supplies administrative unit control, described first input-output unit of described handset processes unit by using carried out input and output.

3. a kind of mobile computer that has cell-phone function according to claim 2, it is characterized in that described handset processes unit is connected with second input-output unit, when the power supply by described mobile computer Power Management Unit control exhausts, close described first input-output unit, described second input-output unit of described handset processes unit by using carries out input and output.

4. a kind of mobile computer that has cell-phone function according to claim 1 is characterized in that described mobile computer processing unit is connected with described handset processes unit by double port memory.

5. a kind of mobile computer that has cell-phone function according to claim 1 is characterized in that described mobile computer processing unit is connected with described handset processes unit by USB interface.

6. according to claim 2 or 3 described a kind of mobile computers that have cell-phone function, it is characterized in that described first input-output unit and second input-output unit comprise respectively: loudspeaker, microphone, keyboard, display unit.

7. mobile computer control method that has cell-phone function is characterized in that this method may further comprise the steps:

Built-in mobile phone module in the mobile computer, when the power supply by the control of mobile computer Power Management Unit exhausts, described mobile computer transmits order to mobile module, described mobile module is worked on by the power supply power supply of the Power Management Unit control of mobile phone, carries out the communication function of regular handset.

8. a kind of mobile computer control method that has cell-phone function according to claim 7, it is characterized in that, described mobile computer transmits order to mobile module and further comprises, whether the first input-output unit detection of handset module of described mobile computer works on, if work on then control described first input-output unit, and power by the power supply of the Power Management Unit control of described mobile module by described mobile module; Described first input-output unit enters closed condition if described mobile module quits work.

9. a kind of mobile computer control method that has cell-phone function according to claim 7, it is characterized in that, when the power supply by the control of mobile computer Power Management Unit exhausts, described mobile computer Power Management Unit is judged current supply voltage by the control of mobile computer Power Management Unit, if described supply voltage is less than or equal to first threshold value and is greater than or equal to second threshold value, then described mobile computer transmits order to mobile module, described mobile module is worked on by the power supply power supply of described mobile computer Power Management Unit control, carries out the communication function of regular handset; If less than second threshold value, then described mobile computer and mobile module all enter closed condition; If greater than described first threshold value, then keep the duty of described mobile computer and mobile module.

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