Mobile communication terminal and method of controlling transmission characteristic thereof

1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a signal transmission section having a predetermined default value for a transmission characteristic;

an antenna to be used at least by the signal transmission section;

a separate circuit section sharing ground with the signal transmission section and the antenna, and being different from the signal transmission section;

a monitoring section monitoring a change in a use state of the terminal related to the separate circuit section; and

when the signal transmission section transmits a signal using the antenna, if the monitoring section detects a change in the use state of the terminal, a transmission-characteristic adjusting section adjusting a transmission characteristic of the signal transmission section from the default value to a characteristic optimized for the use state.

2. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the monitoring section monitors a change in a use state caused by a connection of an external accessory to the separate circuit section, and

the transmission-characteristic adjusting section adjusts the transmission characteristic of the signal transmission section in accordance with a difference between the transmission characteristic of the signal transmission section and the antenna to be changed by the connection of the external accessory to the separate circuit section, and the default value.

3. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 2 ,

wherein the transmission-characteristic adjusting section adjusts transmission power characteristic of the signal transmission section in accordance with a difference between the transmission power characteristic of the signal transmission section and the antenna to be changed by the connection of the external accessory to the separate circuit section, and a default transmission-power characteristic determined as the default value in advance.

4. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the separate circuit section obtains information indicating a use country or a use region of the terminal,

the monitoring section monitors a change in the use state of the terminal by a change in the information indicating a use country or a use region obtained by the separate circuit section, and

when the monitoring section detects a change in the information indicating a use country or a use region, the transmission-characteristic adjusting section adjusts a transmission characteristic of the signal transmission section from the default value to a characteristic optimized for the use state in the use country or the use region.

5. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 4 ,

wherein the transmission-characteristic adjusting section adjusts a transmission power characteristic of the signal transmission section in accordance with a difference between the transmission power characteristic of the signal transmission section and the antenna having been determined for the use country or the use region, and a default transmission power characteristic determined as the default value in advance.

6. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 4 ,

wherein the transmission-characteristic adjusting section adjusts a transmission frequency characteristic of the signal transmission section and the antenna from the default transmission frequency characteristic determined as the default value in advance to a transmission frequency characteristic of the signal transmission section and the antenna determined for the use country or the use region.

7. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 1 ,

wherein the separate circuit section shares the antenna with the signal transmission section,

the monitoring section monitors a change in a use state caused by a connection of an external accessory to the separate circuit section, and

when the monitoring section detects a change in a use state cause by a connection of an external accessory to the separate circuit section, the transmission-characteristic adjusting section adjusts the transmission characteristic by disconnecting a path between the separate circuit section and the antenna.

8. The mobile communication terminal according to claim 7 ,

wherein the transmission-characteristic adjusting section adjusts transmission characteristic of the signal transmission section in accordance with a difference between the transmission characteristic of the signal transmission section and the antenna to be changed by the connection of the external accessory to the separate circuit section, and the default value.

9. A method of controlling a transmission characteristic of a mobile communication terminal having a signal transmission section having a predetermined default value for a transmission characteristic, an antenna to be used at least by the signal transmission section, and a separate circuit section sharing ground with the signal transmission section and the antenna, and being different from the signal transmission section, the method comprising the steps of:

a monitoring section monitoring a change in a use state of the terminal related to the separate circuit section; and

when the signal transmission section transmits a signal using the antenna, if the monitoring section detects a change in the use state of the terminal, a transmission-characteristic adjusting section adjusting a transmission characteristic of the signal transmission section from the default value to a characteristic optimized for the use state.