JPH0213050A - Radio equipment for incoming information for communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To cause a user to immediately know the incoming of communication equipment even when the user is separated from the communication equipment by providing a portable radio receiving means to receive an incoming detecting signal from a radio transmitting means and to inform the user of the incoming of the communication equipment based on the incoming detecting signal. CONSTITUTION:A portable transmitter-receiver 8 as the portable radio receiving means is carried by the user of respective equipment 2-4, it receives the incoming detecting signal from an on-vehicle transmitter-receiver 7, and the user is informed of the incoming of respective equipment 2-4 based on the incoming detecting signal. When the incoming, etc., of respective equipment 2-4 are executed, the incoming detecting signal is sent from the on-vehicle transmitter-receiver 7 to the portable transmitter-receiver 8, and the user can be immediately informed of the incoming, etc., of respective equipment 2-4 by the sounding of a buzzer 10 and a message display on a display 9. As a result, even when the user is separated from an automobile 1, he can know the incoming of respective equipment 2-4 immediately. Consequently, the user returns to the automobile 1 according a necessity, and the incoming of respective equipment 2-4 can be dealt with.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a wireless device for notifying an incoming call, which is applied to communication equipment such as a car telephone.

[Prior Art 1] Conventionally, for example, in a communication device such as a car telephone, when a communication is received from another communication station, a buzzer or the like is used to notify the incoming call. The user then learns of the incoming call notification and takes some action, such as responding.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, with conventional communication devices, when the user leaves the communication device, for example, in the case of a car phone, when the user leaves the car, it is not possible to know the notification of an incoming call from the communication device. I couldn't deal with the incoming call.

This invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a wireless device for notifying incoming calls of communication equipment, which allows the user to immediately know about incoming calls from the communication equipment even when the user is away from the communication equipment. It is about providing.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a communication device for information exchange or information transmission,
(8) a wireless transmitter that detects an incoming call from a device and sends out an @ call detection signal; and (2) a wireless transmitter that is carried by a user of the communication device and receives an incoming call detection signal from the wireless transmitter; The mobile terminal is equipped with a portable radio receiving means for notifying the user of an incoming call from the 13 device.

[Operation] Therefore, when a predetermined communication device receives a communication from another communication device, the wireless transmitter detects the incoming call and sends out an incoming call detection signal. Then, by receiving the incoming call detection signal, the portable wireless receiving means notifies the user of the incoming call to the communication device based on the incoming call detection signal.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in a vehicle-mounted communication device will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a car 1 has a car phone 2 as a communication device for exchanging information using a car phone wireless line.
An in-vehicle fax machine (hereinafter referred to as an in-vehicle FAXJ) 3, and a theft alarm 4 for preventing vehicle theft as communication equipment for transmitting information are also installed.

The car telephone 2 and the in-vehicle FAX 3 are equipped with wireless transmission/reception means for using a wireless line, and are compatible with a general telephone 5 for home use and a general facsimile (hereinafter referred to as [-1i1Q
It is now possible to exchange communications with FAX J)6. The car phone 2 is provided with a playback device 2a for sending a prerecorded message, such as a message indicating the location of the user of the car phone 2, that is, the driver of the car 1, to the caller. . In addition, the theft alarm 4 detects theft of the automobile 1 in its cent state and operates an alarm.

The automobile 1 is equipped with an on-vehicle transceiver 7 as a wireless transmission means. The in-vehicle transceiver 7 is connected to the car phone 2, in-vehicle FAX 3, and theft alarm 234, respectively, and detects incoming calls from each device 2 to 4, and sends out incoming detection signals as radio waves. There is.

A portable transmitter/receiver 8 serving as a portable radio receiving means is carried by a user of each device 2 to 4 and receives an incoming call detection signal from the in-vehicle transmitter/receiver 7. -4 incoming calls are notified to the user.

This portable transceiver 8 is formed into a notebook size, and its -
On the side is a display 9 consisting of a 'lrl product display.
A buzzer 1o and a plurality of operation switches 11 are provided.

The buzzer 10 sounds in synchronization with the reception of the incoming call detection signal from the in-vehicle transmitter/receiver 7, and notifies the user of the incoming call from each of the devices 2 to 4.

The display 9 also displays the message code included in the incoming call notification signal sent from the in-vehicle transceiver 7.

Each operation switch 11 selectively generates a predetermined processing code signal, for example, a code signal that activates the playback device 2a to send a predetermined message from the playback device 2a to the caller in response to an incoming car phone 2. It is operated to transmit the processed code signal from the portable transceiver 8 to the in-vehicle transceiver 7 as radio waves.

Next, the electrical configuration of the in-vehicle transmitter/receiver 7 will be explained with reference to FIG.

The in-vehicle transmitter/receiver 13 7 is equipped with a central processing unit V, 5fi (CPU) 1G for controlling various signals.

This cPute includes each buffer 17 to 19, telephone control circuit 20, FAX control circuit 21, and alarm control circuit 22.
via the car phone 2, playback device 2a, and in-vehicle F.
AX3, connected to theft alarm 4, each 'a, a 2 a
, 2-4. Further, the CPU 16 controls each buffer 17 to 19 and each control circuit 20 to 22 via a decoding circuit 24 based on signals from each control circuit 20 to 22 inputted via a priority circuit 23 to outputs a signal to selectively activate the

An incoming call signal and an end signal are input to the telephone control circuit 20 when the car phone 2 receives a call or ends a call.

Then, the telephone control circuit 20 temporarily holds the incoming call signal, termination signal, etc., or outputs it to the CPU 16. Further, the telephone control circuit 20 is connected from the CPU 16 to the buffer 17.
If the signal inputted via is a control signal for the playback device 2a, the control signal is output to the playback device 2a.

As mentioned above, the telephone control circuit 20 is a control circuit related to the car phone 2 and the playback device 2a, similarly, the FAX control circuit 21 is a control circuit related to the in-vehicle FAX 3, and the alarm control circuit 22 is a control circuit related to the burglar alarm. This is a control circuit related to 4.

Further, the CPU 16 is configured to send an incoming call detection signal to the portable transceiver 8 as a radio wave via a buffer 25 and a modulator 26. Further, the processed code signal sent and received from the portable transceiver 8 is input to the CPU 16 via a demodulator 27 and a buffer 28.

Here, the processing operation of the CPU 16 in the vehicle-mounted transceiver 7 will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In step 101, the car phone 2 and the car RFAX
3, waiting for an incoming theft detection call from the external general telephone 5, general FAX 6, or theft alarm 4, that is, waiting for an incoming call signal etc. to be input from each device 2 to 4 to each control circuit 20 to 22; If there is an incoming call, the process goes to steps 102 to 104.

In steps 102-104, it is determined which of the devices 2-4 receives the call. Then, in response to the incoming call from each device 2 to 4, the process moves to each step 105 to 107, and the respective data is transferred to each control circuit 20 to 22 and each buffer 17.
~19. If there is an incoming call, but for some reason it cannot be determined which device A 2 to 4 received the call, or if for some reason it is mistakenly recognized as an incoming call, the process moves to step 108 and error processing is performed. .

When the data is read in each step 105 to 107,
The process moves to step 109 to execute processing based on the read pig. That is, when reading data of an incoming call signal from the car phone 2, the data is encoded into a message of "incoming call". Furthermore, if data is to be read from an incoming signal from an in-vehicle FAX 3, the data is encoded into a message "rFAX incoming". Furthermore, if the data of the incoming signal from the theft alarm 4 is read, the data is encoded into a message indicating "theft has occurred."

The process then proceeds to step 110, where the coded message or the like is sent to the portable transceiver 8 via the buffer 25 and modulator 26 as an incoming call detection signal.

After that, in steps 111 and 112, the portable transceiver 8
It waits for a predetermined period of time for a predetermined processed code signal sent from the demodulator 27 and buffer 28 to arrive.

That is, it waits for the user to respond to the incoming call detection signal sent from the in-vehicle transceiver 7. If there is an incoming call, the process moves to step 113 and the processed code signal that is responded to is analyzed.

Subsequently, in step 114, processing based on the analysis results is executed. For example, if the processing code signal is a process for activating the playback device 2a in order to respond to an incoming call from the car phone 2, a drive control signal is sent to notify the caller of the telephone number etc. indicating the user's location. Output to the playback device 2a.

Next, the electrical configuration of the portable transceiver 8 will be explained according to FIG. 4.

The portable transceiver 8 has a CPU 3 for controlling various signals.
1. The incoming call detection signal transmitted and received from the vehicle-mounted transceiver 7 is input to the CPU 31 via the demodulator 32 and buffer 33. Further, the processed code signal output from the CPU 31 is sent to the vehicle transceiver 7 via a buffer 34 and a modulator 35.

The code generation circuit 36 is a circuit for generating a predetermined processing code signal, and generates a predetermined processing code signal based on the operation signal from the operation switch 11 and outputs it to the CPU 31. At this time, the CPU 31 inputs the processing code signal and transfers a signal indicating the contents of the processing code signal to the display 9 via the buffer 37.

Further, a signal indicating the message code of the incoming call detection signal outputted via the CPU 31 is inputted to the display 9 via the buffer 37. Furthermore, the CPU 31 outputs a signal that causes the buzzer 10 to sound in synchronization with the input of the incoming call detection signal.

Here, the processing operation of the CPU 31 in the portable transceiver 8 will be explained according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In step 201, the system waits for an incoming call detection signal from the in-vehicle transceiver 7 to arrive via the demodulator 32 and buffer 33. If there is an incoming call, the coded data included in the incoming call detection signal is read in step 202.

Further, in synchronization with the arrival of the incoming call detection signal, in step 203, a buzzer 10 is sounded to notify the user of the incoming call from each of the devices 2 to 4. Furthermore, in step 204, the read data is analyzed and the message code is transferred to the display 9 for display.

Thereafter, in steps 205 and 206, the process waits for a predetermined time period until a predetermined processing code signal is generated.

That is, in response to the message code displayed on the display 9, the user selectively operates each operation switch 11 to generate a processing code signal in order to send a predetermined processing code signal to the in-vehicle transceiver 7. wait.

When a processed code signal is generated, the process moves to step 207 and a signal indicating the content of the processed code signal is transferred to the display 9 via the buffer 37. Further, the process moves to step 208, and the processed code signal is sent to the vehicle transceiver 7 via the buffer 34 and modulator 35. If no processing code signal is generated after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, the response process is terminated and the next call reception detection signal is waited for.

Since the incoming call notification wireless device is configured as described above, when the user is away from the car 1 and the car phone 2 receives a call from the general phone 5, the in-vehicle transceiver 7
detects this and sends an incoming call notification signal to the portable transceiver 8 to notify the user of the incoming call.

When the transmitted incoming call detection signal is received by the portable transceiver 8, the portable transceiver 8 sounds the buzzer 10 to notify the user of the incoming call based on the incoming call detection signal, and also The coded “
A message such as "Telephone call received" is displayed on the display 9.

As a result, the user can immediately know that a call has been received by the car phone 2 in the car 1 by the sound of the buzzer IO, and can also identify that the call is received by the car phone 2 by the message displayed on the display 9. be able to.

Then, the user operates the operation switch 11 of the portable transceiver 8.
is selectively operated to generate a predetermined processing code signal, and the selected processing code signal is sent to the in-vehicle transceiver 7. Then, the in-vehicle transmitter/receiver 7 processes the processing code signal based on the processing code signal. For example, if the processing code signal is to activate the playback device 2a, it activates the playback device 2a and sends a telephone number indicating the user's location. can be notified to the caller.

Similarly, when the in-vehicle FAX 3 arrives, the in-vehicle transceiver 7 sends an incoming call detection signal to the portable transceiver 8. When the incoming call detection signal is received by the portable transceiver 8, the portable transceiver 8 sounds a buzzer 10 and displays a coded message such as "FAX incoming" on the display 9. .

Similarly, when the theft alarm 4 detects car theft, the in-vehicle transceiver 7 sends an incoming call (theft) detection signal to the portable transceiver 8. When the incoming call detection signal is received by the portable transceiver R8, the portable transceiver 8 sounds a buzzer 10 and displays a coded message such as "theft has occurred" on the display 9.

As described above, in this embodiment, when there is an incoming call from each of the devices 2 to 4, the in-vehicle transceiver 7 to the portable transceiver 8
A call detection signal is sent to each device 2 to 2 to the user by sounding the buzzer 10 and displaying a message on the display 9.
4. Incoming calls etc. can be immediately notified. As a result,
Even if the user is away from the car 1, he or she can immediately know about incoming calls from each of the devices 2 to 4. Therefore, if necessary, the user can return to the vehicle 1 and deal with incoming calls from each of the devices 2 to 4.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, in response to an incoming call from the car phone 2, a predetermined processing code signal is sent from the portable transceiver 8 to the in-vehicle transceiver 7, and the playback device 2a is activated to indicate the user's location. You can share your number with the caller. Therefore, the user can deal with incoming calls on the car phone 20 without having to take the trouble to return to the car 1. Therefore, even if the user leaves the automobile 1 and is in the middle of doing business, there is no need to interrupt the business.

Note that this invention is not limited to the above embodiments,
The present invention can be implemented as follows by changing a part of the structure as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the invention.

(1) In the above embodiment, the electrical configuration of the in-vehicle transceiver 7 includes the CPU 16 and each control circuit 2 as shown in FIG.
A decoding circuit 24 and a priority circuit 23 are connected between 0 and 22.
, each buffer 17 to 19 etc. are provided to exchange signals, but the CPL 116 and each control circuit 2
Other configurations may be adopted regarding the exchange of signals between 0 and 22.

(2) In the embodiment described above, the data transfer from the CPU 16 to each of the mil control gates 20 to 22 was configured to be performed by address decoding, but it may be configured to be performed by, for example, serial communication.

(3) In the embodiment described above, the portable transceiver 8 is configured to send out the processing code signal in response to the incoming call detection signal from the in-vehicle transceiver 7. Portable transceiver 8, with or without
It may be configured such that a predetermined processing code signal for controlling each device 2a, 2-4 is sent from the controller.

(4) In the above embodiment, in response to the theft detection by the theft alarm 4, the in-vehicle transceiver 7 only notifies the portable transceiver 8 of theft detection. Correspondingly, the portable transceiver 8 may be configured to send a predetermined processing code signal to the in-vehicle transceiver 7.

For example, the processing code may include a processing code that activates the car phone 2 and the playback device 2a to make a theft call to a predetermined contact information.

(5) In the above embodiment, the in-vehicle transceiver 7 is capable of transmitting an incoming call detection signal and is capable of receiving a processed code signal, and the portable transceiver 8 is capable of receiving an incoming call detection signal and is capable of transmitting a processed code signal. However, an in-vehicle transmitter that only sends an incoming call detection signal and a portable receiver that only receives the incoming call detection signal and notifies the user of the incoming call may also be provided.

(6) In the above-mentioned embodiments, the embodiment is embodied for use in a vehicle such as the automobile 1, but it may also be embodied in a moving vehicle other than the automobile 1, such as a ship or an airplane. You can.

(7) In the embodiment described above, incoming calls from multiple communication devices such as the car phone 2, in-vehicle FAX 3, and theft alarm 4 are detected and notified to the user. It may be configured to detect an incoming call and notify the user.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, even if the user leaves the communication device, the user can immediately know the incoming call from the communication device, and furthermore, it is possible to deal with the incoming call from the communication device. It shows excellent results.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIGS. 1 to 5 are drawings showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram for an in-vehicle device, and FIG. 2 is an electrical configuration of an in-vehicle transmitter/receiver. FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining its operation.
FIG. 4 is a block circuit diagram showing the electrical configuration of the portable transceiver, and FIG. 5 is a flow chart explaining its operation. In the figure, 2 is a car phone, 3 is a car MiFAX, 4 is a burglar alarm (2 to 4 each constitute a communication device),
Reference numeral 7 indicates a vehicle-mounted transmitter/receiver as a wireless transmitting means, and 8 indicates a portable transmitter/receiver as a portable wireless receiving means.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Wireless transmitting means provided in a communication device for information exchange or information transmission, for detecting an incoming call from the communication device and transmitting an incoming call detection signal; , portable wireless receiving means for receiving an incoming call detection signal from the wireless transmitting means and notifying the user of an incoming call to the communication device based on the incoming call detection signal. A wireless device for notifying incoming calls.