JPH0414331A - Radio calling portable device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the use by a visually or audibly handicapped person by displaying braille information or the like on a display window of a radio calling portable device receiving additional information as soon as radio calling information is received. CONSTITUTION:A signal reception section 2 receives calling information and additional information via an antenna 1, rings a calling bell in response to a calling signal, uses a vibration means to inform the arrival of a call to a carrier and gives the reception information to a display signal identification section 3. Then the identification section 3 identifies a preset display signal to be displayed and outputs the result as display information and a character pattern selection section 4 selects a braille pattern to be displayed in response to the display information and outputs the pattern as braille position information. A display section 6 is driven by a display drive section 5 based on the output to display the braille information of the display window thereby allowing the ratio calling portable device usable for a visually or audibly handicapped person.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a radio paging portable device (commonly known as a pager) that receives radio calls together with additional information.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when this type of wireless paging portable device receives a call, it notifies the carrier of the call by ringing a bell and vibrating, and also calls predetermined information, such as an rABC number. j, etc. is displayed as character information on the liquid crystal display.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional wireless paging portable device is configured to display the notification information at the time of a call in text on a visible means such as a liquid crystal display, so it is difficult for people with visual and hearing disabilities to recognize the call by vibration. However, there was a problem in that additional information such as display information could not be seen.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a portable radio paging device that solves the above problems by displaying Braille on a display window.

[Means to solve the problem]

The basic configuration of the radio paging portable device according to the present invention is that the radio paging portable device receives a radio call together with additional information, and includes a braille information display section having a braille display surface that can be read by touch with a fingertip, and the received additional information. It has a character surface selection section that converts predetermined information into Braille information and outputs Braille position information, and a display drive section that drives and displays Braille information on a display surface from the Braille position information received from the character surface selection section.

In one embodiment of the wireless paging portable device described in the basic configuration, the braille information display section has a display window having a predetermined width and a plurality of braille information to be displayed on this display window on the same surface. A character strip having a Braille display surface accommodated in the display window, and a strip driving section that moves the character strip to sequentially position Braille information in the display window, and the display driving section drives the strip driving section. It has a motor, and a motor control section that receives Braille position information from the character surface selection section according to claim 1, converts the displayed Braille information into the character surface position, and notifies the motor.

Another embodiment of the wireless paging portable device described in the basic configuration is that the Braille information display unit described in the basic configuration has a pin holder for arranging and holding a character pin at the Braille position as a display window, and This is a pin driving unit that projects a character pin from a display window according to Braille position information received by the described display driving unit.

Example C] Next, the portable radio paging device of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the radio paging portable device has an antenna 1. Signal receiving section 22 Table display amount identification section 31 Character face selection section 42 Display driving section 5. and a character information display section 6.

The signal receiving unit 2 receives the calling signal and additional information via the antenna l. The call signal causes a call bell to ring, and the vibration means notifies the carrier of the incoming call. The display signal identifying section 3 inputs the received signal from the signal receiving section 2, identifies a display signal set in advance to be displayed, and outputs it as display information. The character face selection unit 4 receives display information from the display signal identification unit 3 and selects a Braille pattern to be displayed.
Output as braille position information. Based on this braille position information, the display drive section 5 drives the braille information display section 6,
Display Braille on the Braille display surface.

Next, with reference to FIG. 2, one embodiment of the display driving section and Braille information display section shown in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a functional configuration diagram showing an example of partial details of FIG. 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, the display drive unit 10 controls a motor 11 and a motor control unit 12, and the Braille information display unit 20 controls a display window 212, a character band 23 having a Braille display surface 22, and a band drive unit 24, respectively. have The motor 11 drives the band drive section 24 under the control of the motor control section 12 .

The display window 21 exposes a part of the Braille display surface 22 on the character strip 23 and allows the user to touch it with his or her fingertips and read the Braille information. The character band 23 uses the surface exposed to the display window 21 as the Braille display surface 22 to position the displayed information, and when displaying other information, the character band 23 travels and moves according to the operation of the band drive unit 24. The braille display surface at the position is exposed to the display window 21. The motor control unit 12, which arranges display information at regular intervals and assigns numbers to it and stores it together with the position of the Braille information being displayed, instructs the motor 11 the necessary movement amount when receiving the position information of the Braille to be displayed, and moves it as desired. Braille information can be displayed on the display window 21. The Braille on the Braille display surface 22 is pre-formed character information and is composed of a simple language. Therefore, the display instruction information received together with the calling signal may be a simple code such as a number, as long as it is associated in advance.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a detailed example different from that in FIG. 2.

As shown in FIG. 3, the braille information display section 40 fitted into the outer box 7 has a display window 411, a character bottle 42, and a pin holder 43, and a pin that drives the character pin 42 embedded in the bottle holder 43. The drive section becomes the display drive section 30.

In the braille information display section 40, a bottle holder 43 is fitted into the outer box 7, and a display window 41 is formed on the surface thereof.

The pin holder 43 has character pins 42 forming Braille characters embedded in the surface of the display window 41 almost vertically in parallel, and the tips on the back surface side are connected to the display drive section 30.

The display drive unit 30 pushes up the character pins 42 at the protruding positions that will form the Braille characters, thereby forming the Braille characters.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of Braille display on the display window. This will be explained with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the - character uses six dots arranged in three vertical and two horizontal rows to represent characters such as alphabets, numbers, and kana characters. In the display window 41, a character pin 42 embedded in a bottle holder 43 is located at a dot position of Braille, and its tip is projected to form a Braille character. For example, characters can be displayed in two rows horizontally and six columns vertically.

In the case of the example shown in FIG.
Characters in rows and six columns are sequentially displayed by moving the character band 23.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, since the portable radio paging device of the present invention is configured to display information in Braille on the display window, it is effective in allowing visually and hearing-impaired people to carry it and obtain information.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the wireless paging portable device of the present invention, Figs. 2 and 3 are block diagrams showing an example of partial details of Fig. FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of a display window. 1... Antenna, 2... Signal receiving section,
3...Display signal identification unit, 4...Character surface selection unit, 5,10°30...Display drive unit, 6,
20.40... Braille information display section, 11...
...Motor, 12...Motor drive unit, 21.
41... Display window, 22... Braille display surface, 23... Character band, 24... Band drive unit, 42... Character pin , 43...Pin holder Figure 81 Agent Patent attorney Susumu Uchihara

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A radio calling portable device that receives a radio call along with additional information, comprising: a Braille information display section having a Braille display surface that can be read by touch with a fingertip, and predetermined information among the received additional information; A wireless call characterized by having a character face selection unit that converts Braille information into Braille information and outputs Braille position information, and a display drive unit that displays Braille information on a display screen based on the Braille position information received from the character face selection unit. Portable device. 2. The braille information display unit according to claim 1 includes a display window having a width of a predetermined size and a character band having a braille display surface that accommodates a plurality of braille information to be displayed on the display window on the same surface; and a band driving section that moves the character band to sequentially position the Braille information in the display window, and the display driving section according to claim 1 further includes a motor that drives the band driving section; 2. The wireless paging portable device according to claim 1, further comprising a motor control section that receives Braille position information from a character surface selection section, converts the displayed Braille information into the character surface position, and notifies the motor. . 3. The braille information display unit according to claim 1 has a pin holder for arranging and holding character pins at braille positions as a display window,
2. The wireless paging portable device according to claim 1, wherein the display driving section according to claim 1 is a pin driving section that projects character pins from the display window in accordance with received Braille position information.