JP3083988B2 - Radio selective call receiver and display method thereof - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display (L) for displaying the number of received messages.
More particularly, the present invention relates to a radio selective call receiver capable of easily recognizing the number of received messages per time and a display method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art First, a conventional radio selective calling receiver will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram of a conventional radio selective calling receiver. As shown in FIG. 3, a conventional radio selective call receiver basically includes a receiving unit 1, a switch unit 2, a control unit 3 ', a display unit 4, and a memory 5' having a message table 11. Further, a timer (clock) 6, a total counter 7, a reception control means 8 ', and a display control means 9' are provided in the control unit 3 '.

Next, each section of the conventional radio selective calling receiver will be specifically described. The receiving unit 1 selectively receives a message addressed to the own unit, and controls the receiving control unit 8 'of the control unit 3'.
Is output to

[0004] The message table 11 of the memory 5 '
The received message and the time at which the message was received are both stored.

The display unit 4 displays a received message, the number of received messages, a reception time, a current time, a function character of a necessary display function, and the like. Specifically, the display control means 9 of the control unit 3 ' ′, A received message or the like is displayed in accordance with the display signal output from ′.

[0006] The switch unit 2 is used to make an input for switching the content to be displayed on the display unit 4. More specifically, the switch unit 2 is provided with a mode switch, a next candidate switch, and a reset switch. When a switch input operation is performed, the switch unit 2 outputs the input switch information to the display control means 9 'of the control unit 3'.

Here, the mode changeover switch of the switch section 2 is a switch for switching the display mode on the display section 4. The display mode includes a standby mode for displaying a standby state, a reception time and a reception message. There are a received message display mode for displaying, and a received message number confirmation mode for displaying the number of received messages.
The next candidate switch is a switch for displaying the next received message in the received message display mode, and the reset switch is for returning to the standby mode in the received message display mode or the received message number confirmation mode. Switch.

Next, each unit in the control unit 3 'will be described. The timer (clock) 6 is a clock that counts the time. More specifically, when the reception control unit 8 ′ described later stores the message reception time (hereinafter simply referred to as reception time) in the message table 11, The time of the timer 6 is referred to.

The total counter 7 counts the number of received messages (the number of received messages). Specifically, when the reception control means 8 'described later receives a message, the value in the total counter 7 is counted up. I do.

When receiving the received message output from the receiving section 1, the reception control means 8 'refers to the time of the timer 6 and stores the reception time and the received message in the message table 11 in the memory 5'. Then, the total counter 7 is counted up.

The display control means 9 'switches the display mode on the display unit 4 by inputting a mode changeover switch or a reset switch of the switch unit 2, reads out display data in accordance with the display mode, and displays the display data on the display unit 4. Is converted into a display signal in accordance with the specifications of (1), and the display signal is output to the display unit 4.

Specifically, the display control means 9 'periodically (for example, every one minute) in a standby mode, sets a timer (clock).
In 6, the current time is referred to, and the function character set as the current time is displayed on the display unit 4. In the reception message display mode, the reception message and the reception time stored in the message table 11 of the memory 5 are read and displayed on the display unit 4. In the received message number confirmation mode, the number of received messages of the total counter 7 is referred to and displayed on the display unit 4.

Next, the operation of the conventional radio selective calling receiver will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of the operation of the conventional radio selective calling receiver. When the receiving unit 1 receives a message addressed to itself, the conventional radio selective call receiver outputs a received message to the reception control means 8 ', and the reception control means 8' counts the reception time with a timer (clock) 6. With reference to the received time and the received message, they are stored in the message table 11 in the memory 5 '.

On the other hand, in the standby mode, which is the initial state, the display control means 9 'periodically activates the timer (clock) 6.
The display unit 4 displays the current time and the set function character referred to in step (1).

When the mode change switch is input to the switch unit 2, the display mode is set to the received message display mode, and the display control means 9 'reads out the received message and the received time from the message table 11 and displays the received message. To be displayed. At this time, when the next candidate switch is further input to the switch unit 2, the display control means 9 '
The same processing is performed for the next received message.

In the received message display mode, when a mode changeover switch is input to the switch unit 2, the mode is changed to a received message number confirmation mode,
The display control means 9 ′ causes the display unit 4 to display the number of receptions referred to by the total counter 7.

When a reset switch is input in the switch unit 2 in the received message display mode or the received message number confirmation mode, the mode returns to the standby mode.

[0018]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional radio selective calling receiver, a switch operation is required to confirm the number of received messages from the standby state. There was a problem that it could not be confirmed immediately.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a radio selective call receiver which can easily confirm the number of received messages at each time instantly by always displaying the number of received messages by time. And a display method thereof.

[0020]

Invention SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above prior art according to claim 1 for solving the problem of a receiver for selectively receiving a message, and the message table for memorize the the received message A display unit that displays the message, and a control unit that stores the message received by the receiving unit in the message table, reads a message from the message table, and displays the message on the display unit. , A hourly counter that counts the number of messages received by hour,
A time count table that stores the number of receptions by time, wherein the control unit is a control unit that reads the number of receptions by time from the time count table and displays the number of receptions by time on the display unit. , The number of received messages per time can be easily recognized.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for displaying a radio selective call receiver according to the first aspect, wherein when the receiving section receives a message, the control section transmits the message. The received message is stored in the message table together with the time, the number of received messages by time is counted by the hour counter, the number of received messages by hour in the hourly table is updated, and the number of received messages by hour is received from the hourly number table. The number of cases is read and displayed on the display unit.

[0022]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The radio selective call receiver and the display method thereof according to the embodiment of the present invention count and store the number of received messages by time, and display the number of received messages by time when in a standby state. It is possible to confirm whether or not a message has been received, and easily confirm the number of received messages per time.

A radio selective calling receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a radio selective calling receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention. The basic configuration of the radio selective call receiver of the present embodiment is the same as that of the conventional radio selective call receiver.
, A switch unit 2, a control unit 3, a display unit 4, and a memory 5.

However, as a feature of the present embodiment, the configuration in the control unit 3 is such that the reception control means 8 and the display control means 9 in addition to the timer (clock) 6 and the total counter 7 which are the same as the conventional one. And a time-based counter 10, and the same message table 1 as in the prior art in the memory 5.
In addition to the above, a point-by-time number table 12 is newly provided, which is different from the conventional paging receiver.

Next, each part of the radio selective calling receiver according to the present embodiment will be specifically described. Receiving unit 1, switch unit 2, display unit 4, and timer (clock) 6 of control unit 3
And the total counter 7 of the control unit 3 and the message table 11 of the memory 5 are the same as those of the related art, and thus the description is omitted.

Next, the configuration of the characteristic portion of the present embodiment will be specifically described. The number-of-hours table 12 in the memory 5 stores the number of received messages for each unit time. In the example of FIG. 1, the number of received messages is seven hours from the current time (16:00). The number of cases is stored.

The hourly counter 10 of the control section 3 counts the number of messages received during a unit time (for example, one hour). Specifically, when the reception control means 8 described later receives a message, , Count up,
After the unit time elapses, it is cleared.

Receiving the message received from the receiving unit 1, the receiving control means 8 of the control unit 3 refers to the data receiving time by the timer 6 and compares the received time and the received message with the message It is stored in the table 11 and the total counter 7 is counted up.

Further, in this embodiment, if the current time has not reached the unit time, the hourly counter 10 is counted up, and the number of receptions of the hourly counter 10 is stored in the hourly number table 12 of the memory 5. . On the other hand, if the current time has reached the unit time, the hourly counter 10
Is cleared, the next unit time is set in the hourly number table 12, the hourly counter 10 is counted up, and the number of receptions of the hourly counter 10 is stored in the hourly number table 12.

The display control means 9 of the control section 3 switches the display mode by inputting a mode changeover switch or a reset switch of the switch section 2 as in the prior art, reads out display data according to the display mode, and displays the display data. Is converted into a display signal according to the specifications of the display unit 4,
It outputs a display signal to the display unit 4.

Here, the display modes of the present embodiment include a reception message display mode for displaying a reception time and a reception message as in the related art, and a standby mode which is a feature of the present embodiment. The display of the standby mode of the present embodiment is as follows.
In addition to the current time and the set function character as in the related art, the total number of received messages and the number of received messages by time are displayed. However, when the number of transmission / reception cases is 0 (zero), only the current time and the function character are displayed.

A display example of the standby mode in the radio selective calling receiver according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of the standby mode in the radio selective calling receiver of the present embodiment. The display of the standby mode in the radio selective calling receiver of the present embodiment is as follows.
For example, as shown in FIG. 2, when the current time is 16:30,
The total number of receptions was 12 and the number of receptions by hour was 0
Cases, 0 cases at 15:00, 6 cases at 14:00, 0 cases at 13:00, 12
1 at 2pm, 1 at 11:00, 0 at 10:00 and 16:00
In the time step, the number of receptions by time for 7 hours is displayed.

In order to display the standby mode as described above, the display control means 9 of the present embodiment periodically (for example, every one minute) a timer (clock) when displaying the standby mode.
The current time referred to in step 6 and the set function character are displayed on the display unit 4, and the total number of received messages is read out with reference to the total counter 7. The time and the number of receptions stored in the separate number table 12 are read and displayed on the display unit 4.

Next, an outline of the operation of the radio pager according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. When the receiving section 1 receives a message addressed to itself, the radio selective call receiver according to the present embodiment outputs the message to the reception control means 8, and the reception control means 8 counts up the total counter 7, and outputs a timer (clock). 6) Referring to the time of 6, the reception time and the received message are stored in the message table 11 of the memory 5, and if the current time does not reach the unit time, the hourly counter 10 counts up as it is, and the hourly counter 10 Is stored in the hourly number table 12 of the memory 5.

On the other hand, if the current time has reached the unit time, the hourly counter 10 is cleared, the next unit time is set in the hourly count table 12, and the hourly counter 10 is counted up. The number of receptions of the different counter 10 is stored in the hourly number table 12.

The display control means 9 according to the present embodiment comprises:
In the standby mode, which is the initial state, a timer (clock) 6
, The current time is displayed, and the total counter 7 is displayed.
Is displayed on the display unit 4, and when the number of received messages is one or more, the number-of-hours table 1 in the memory 5 is displayed.
Then, the time and the number of receptions stored in 2 are read, and the number of receptions by time is displayed on the display unit 4. In the reception message display mode, the reception time and the message stored in the message table 11 of the memory 5 are read out, and the reception time and the message are displayed on the display unit 4 as in the related art.

In this embodiment, the number of receptions for seven hours is displayed retroactively from the current time. However, as another embodiment, the hourly number table 12 is stored for seven hours or more. By moving the pointer, the number of cases in other time zones can be scrolled and displayed.

According to the radio selective calling receiver and the display method of the present embodiment, the reception control means 8 of the control unit 3 stores the time and the number of receptions within the time in the hourly number table 12 of the memory 5. Then, the display control means 9 of the control unit 3 causes the display unit 4 to display the total number of receptions of the total counter 7 and the number of receptions by hour stored in the hourly number of cases table 12 of the memory 5 in the standby mode. This has the effect that the number of received messages per time can be easily confirmed.

Further, in the radio selective calling receiver of the present embodiment, when there is no received message, the current time and only the set function character are displayed on the display unit 4 to immediately receive the message. There is an effect that the presence or absence of the can be confirmed.

[0040]

According to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the control unit causes the hourly counter to count the number of received messages by time, stores the count result in the hourly number table, and stores the count in the hourly number table. Since the radio selective call receiver and the display method thereof display the number of received messages for each time, which is the content of the separate number table, on the display unit, there is an effect that the number of received messages for each time can be easily recognized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a radio selective calling receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a standby mode in the radio selective calling receiver of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram of a conventional radio selective calling receiver.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of an operation of a conventional radio selective calling receiver.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Receiving unit, 2 ... Switch unit, 3,3 '... Control unit,
4, display section, 5, 5 'memory, 6 timer (clock), 7 total counter, 8, 8' reception control means, 9, 9 'display control means, 10 hourly counter, 11 ... Message table, 12 ... Hourly number table

Continuation of the front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04B ^7/ 24-7/26 H04Q ⁷ /00-7/38

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] And 1. A receiver for selectively receiving messages, and a message table which memorize the the received message, and a display unit for displaying the message, stores the message received by the receiving unit to the message table And a control unit for reading out the message from the message table and displaying the message on the display unit. In the radio selective calling receiver, an hourly counter for counting the number of received messages by time and a number of received messages by time are stored. A radio selective call receiver, comprising: a number-of-hours number table; wherein the control unit is a control unit that reads out the number of receptions by time from the number-of-times number table and displays the number on the display unit. 2. When a message is received by a receiving unit, the control unit stores the received message together with time in a message table, and counts the number of received messages by time by a time counter, and counts the number of received messages by time in the time table. 2. The display method for a radio selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein another number of received calls is updated, and the number of received calls per hour is read from the hourly number table and displayed on the display unit.