JP3538025B2 - Radio selective call receiver - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio selective call receiver, and more particularly to a radio selective call receiver having a voice function.

[0003]

[0004]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional radio selective calling receiver, if a message is received, the content of the message is displayed on a display (LC).
D) Displayed above. In addition, a message such as a numeral or "CALL" is displayed instead of the message, and the message is displayed later when the message is read. When there is no message, tone-only notification is performed, but "TONE ONLY" is displayed at the time of the notification so that the user can recognize the presence or absence of the message.

[0005]

In the case of receiving a voice message,
Output the message content by voice.

[0007]

[0008]

In this conventional radio selective calling receiver, when a voice message is received, the contents of the message are immediately output in voice, so that the contents which the surrounding third parties do not want to be known are also known. , There is a problem of privacy violation.

[0009]

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A radio selective call receiver according to the present invention displays a received message on a display when a message is received, and simultaneously performs a call operation. In the case of, display means for displaying predetermined characters or images indicating the content of the reception of the voice message, storage means for storing the voice message, and the voice message stored in the storage means A reading and reproducing means for reading and reproducing by a reading operation.

[0011]

Further, the radio selective calling receiver of the present invention makes the output of the voice message respond only to the reading operation without responding to the operation of receiving the voice message.

[0013]

[0014]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[0015]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of an incoming call in this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a table of an LCD at the time of receiving a voice message in this embodiment. FIGS. 7A and 7B are diagrams illustrating display examples, in which FIG. 7A is a diagram illustrating a display example of English characters, FIG. 7B is a diagram illustrating a display example of katakana, and FIG.

[0017]

In FIG. 1, the present embodiment has a radio section 2 for receiving and demodulating a calling signal via an antenna 1, a notifying section 6 for generating a sound for calling, and a self-number (ID).
ROM4 that displays a predetermined character or image when a voice message is received, and displays a received message when a message other than a voice message is received, and a voice message and a received message. , A switch 7 for inputting a command to read the voice message and the received message stored in the RAM 10 from the RAM 10, a voice synthesizer 8 for voice synthesizing the voice message read from the RAM 10, and a voice synthesizer 8. The voice message from the microphone (microphone) 12 is recorded.
And a control unit 3 for controlling the entire radio selective calling receiver according to the present embodiment.

[0019]

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

[0021]

The selective calling signal received by the antenna 1 is amplified and demodulated by the radio unit 2 and sent to the control unit 3 (S
1). The control unit 3 compares the signal from the wireless unit 2 with the ID written in the ROM 4 in advance (S2), and if they match, the control unit 3 searches for a message following the calling signal (S3). If there is a message, the control unit 3 searches whether it is a voice message or a normal message (S
4) In the case of a voice message, for example, "V
"OICE ONLY" (see FIG. 3) is displayed (S5),
Notifies that a voice message has been received. At the same time, the notification unit 6 is driven to perform a calling operation. The voice message after the call notification is stored in the RAM 10 under the control of the control unit 3 (S
8).

[0023]

The stored voice message is read out as voice by a read operation by the switch 7 (S9, S1).
0, S11, S12). That is, when a reading operation is performed by the switch 7 (S10), if only a voice message is received (S11), the message is sent to the voice synthesizing unit 8, where the voice is synthesized. The synthesized voice is sent to the recording / reproducing unit 9 and reproduced, and the reproduced voice flows through the speaker 11 (S12).

[0025]

When the user registers his / her own sentence to be read as a voice message, the user speaks the message from the microphone 12 and the recording / reproducing unit 9 records the message. As a result, the user can later listen to his / her own sentence as a voice through the speaker 11.

[0027]

If no message is detected in S3, the notification unit 6 is notified of only the tone (S3).
12).

[0029]

When a normal message is received in S4 (S6), the received message is displayed on the LCD 5 (S7), and the notifying unit 6 is driven to perform a calling operation.
After the call notification, the normal message is also stored in the RAM under the control of the controller 3.
10 (S8). A read operation is performed by the switch 7 (S10), and when a normal message is read (S10).
11), the read message is displayed on the LCD 5 (S7).

[0031]

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is no concern that a voice message is known to a third party, and a calling operation is performed simultaneously with the display of the message reception, so that the user can recognize that the call has been made. In addition, by viewing the displayed content, it is possible to recognize that the voice message has been received while distinguishing it from the reception of the ordinary message.

[0033]

Further, since the voice message is stored in the storage means and can be read out by a reading operation, there is an effect that the contents can be heard and confirmed later by voice in a place where no third party is present.

[0035]

Further, by providing voice input means for inputting the voice message of the user spoken by the carrying user to the recording / reproducing means, the voice message of the user's idea with respect to the received voice message is immediately recorded instead of the memory. There are effects that can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of an incoming call in the present embodiment.

3A and 3B show an example of display on the LCD at the time of receiving a voice message according to the present embodiment, wherein FIG. 3A shows a display example of English characters, FIG. 3B shows a display example of katakana, and FIG. It is a figure showing the example of a display of an image.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 antenna 2 Radio section 3 control part 4 ROM 5 LCD 6 Notification Department 7 Switch 8 Voice synthesis unit 9 Recording and playback unit 10 RAM 11 Speaker 12 microphone (microphone)

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-5-244061 (JP, A) JP-A-3-339424 (JP, A) JP-A-3-85030 (JP, A) JP-A-5-205 206930 (JP, A) JP-A-4-17419 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04B 7/00

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. When a message is received, the received message is displayed on a display unit, and at the same time, when the message is a voice message, a message indicating that the voice message has been received is displayed. Display means for displaying a predetermined character or image shown,
Storage means for storing the voice message, and the voice message stored in the storage means and other normal
Reading means for reading a message by one reading operation
Playback means for playing back the read voice message
And the reproducing means performs the one reading operation.
While the sound is played, the normal message read out
A radio selective call receiver , wherein a message is displayed on the display means . 2. When a message is received, the received message is displayed on a display unit, and at the same time, when the message is a voice message, a message indicating that the voice message has been received is displayed. Means for displaying a predetermined character or image indicating, and not outputting a voice message, storage means for storing the voice message, and storing the voice message and other normal messages stored in the storage means. One read operation
Reading means for reading the voice message,
Playback means for playing back the one read operation.
Sound is reproduced by the reproducing means,
Displaying said normal message issued by said means.
Radio paging receiver, characterized in that that.