JPH0429424A - Radio selective call receiver with display - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify a confirmation operation by identifying whether or not an unreadout massage exists by an unreadout message identification means, and controlling a frequency or pattern when informing a time by a time informing means based on identification output. CONSTITUTION:A time signal control part 10 always reads in a time signal from a timepiece part 11, and drives an unreadout message identification part 9 when a time shows a time signal time set by the operation of an external switch 22 in advance, and identifies whether or not the unreadout message exists based on the state of a message storage part 7, and sends a control signal to a control part 8 so as to perform the information of the time signal with frequency or pattern different from ordinary frequency or pattern when it exists. A carrier of this receiver can confirm the presence of the unreadout message by recognizing the information of time with frequency or pattern different from the ordinary one, and can confirm the message by immediately displaying it.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a radio selective calling receiver with display, and in particular, the present invention relates to a radio selective calling receiver with display, and particularly to the presence of messages that have not been read out even after being received (hereinafter referred to as unread messages). The present invention relates to a receiver that broadcasts.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, when this type of receiver receives a call, it performs a notification operation to notify the carrier of the call. This notification operation includes sound from a speaker, blinking from an LED, or vibration from a vibrator. Display is also performed on the LCD.

On the other hand, if the carrier never reads the message after receiving a call, that is, if there are unread messages on the receiver, when the power is turned off by operating the switch or when the message is displayed, There is also a configuration in which the existence of the unread message is notified to ensure that the message is read.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In such conventional receivers, if the user does not notice that there is a call when the receiver receives a call, the user does not know that there was a call until the power is turned off or the message display operation is performed, that is, there is an unread message. I don't know that it's there. Therefore, the existence of unread messages for a long time may not be known, and there is a problem in that the function of this type of receiver for quickly transmitting messages cannot be fully utilized.

In order to avoid such problems, the carrier should periodically perform a message display operation to check whether there are any unread messages, but since the message display operation must be performed even when there is no call, A problem arises in that the confirmation operation becomes troublesome.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a radio selective calling receiver with a display that automatically notifies the user of the existence of an unread message and facilitates confirmation thereof.

[Means to solve the problem]

The receiver of the present invention includes means for making a time signal notification based on time information from a clock function section, an unread message identifying means for identifying whether or not an unread message exists, and an unread message identifying means for identifying whether or not an unread message exists. and means for controlling the notification frequency or pattern of the time signal notification means in accordance with the output.

For example, when the unread message identifying means identifies the presence of the unread message identifying means, the time signal notifying means is configured to notify the time at a frequency or pattern different from the normal notification frequency or pattern.

[Effect]

According to the present invention, by recognizing the frequency or pattern of time notification by the time notification means, it is possible to recognize that an unread message exists.

For example, if the frequency or pattern of the time notification is different from the normal frequency or pattern, it can be recognized that an unread message exists.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. A radio signal received by antenna 1 is amplified and demodulated by radio section 2, and this demodulated signal is converted by waveform shaping circuit 3 into a digital signal readable by decoder 4. The decoder 4 sends a manual signal to the address collation section 6 in synchronization with the reference clock generated by the crystal oscillator 21 in the synchronization circuit 5 . The address verification section 6 verifies the address number with its own address number written in advance in the EEFROM 12, and when a match occurs, receives the message signal that follows and stores it in the message storage section 7. Then, under the control of the control unit 8, the LED
The LED 14 is made to blink via the drive circuit 13, the speaker 16 is made to sound via the speaker drive circuit 15, and the pie break 18 is made to vibrate via the vibrator drive circuit 17.
Furthermore, the message storage unit 7
The message stored in the message is displayed on the LCD display section 20 and a calling operation is performed.

Further, the decoder 4 is provided with an unread message identification section 9, which detects the state of the message storage section 7 and identifies whether or not an unread message exists. A time signal control section 10 is also provided, and receives a time signal from a clock section 11 to identify whether or not it is a preset time signal time, and to drive the unread message identifying section 9 at the time signal time. I can do it.

The external switch 22 is used to set the calling operation mode, display or delete messages stored in the message storage section 7, and set the time on the clock section 11.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the unread message notification operation in the receiver of FIG. 1, and the operation of the receiver of FIG. 1 will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, as in step S1, the time signal control section 10 reads a time signal from the constant clock section 11. Then, in step S2, whether or not the time signal read by the time signal control unit 10 is the time signal time set in advance by operating the external switch 22 (for example, a time set every 30 minutes or every hour). identify. If it is not the relevant time, the process returns to step S1. At the relevant time, the time signal control unit 10 drives the unread message identifying unit 9 to identify whether or not an unread message exists based on the state of the message storage unit 7, as in step S3.

And when there are no unread messages,
In step S4, it is determined whether the external switch 22 is set to issue a time signal, and if it is set not to issue a time signal, the process returns to step S1. Further, when the time signal is set to be notified, a control signal is sent to the control section 8 to notify the time signal using a normal frequency and pattern written in the EEPROM 12 in advance, as in step S5. Based on this control signal, the control unit 8 controls the notification means and LED set by the external switch 22.
14. Speaker 16. Any one of the vibrators 18 or a combination thereof is used to blink the LED 14 at the above-described normal frequency or pattern, make the speaker 16 sound, and vibrate the pie break 18 to give a time signal (step S7).

By recognizing the time signal of this normal frequency or pattern, the carrier recognizes that there are no unread messages.

On the other hand, in step S3, if there is an unread message, a control signal is sent to the control unit 8 in step S6 to make a time signal different from the normal time signal frequency or pattern. Based on this control signal, the control unit 8 controls the LED 14. with a different frequency or pattern from normal, which is written in the EEFROM 12 in advance.
The speaker 16 and the vibrator 18 are driven to notify the time (step S7).

By recognizing the time notification of a frequency or pattern different from normal, the carrier can confirm that an unread message exists, and can immediately display the message and confirm the message.

Furthermore, when this unread message exists,
The time notification is executed even when the external switch 22 is not set to the time notification mode, and the wearer recognizes that an unread message exists.

Therefore, with this receiver, by recognizing the broadcast frequency and broadcast pattern broadcast at preset time signals, it is possible to check whether or not there are unread messages. It is completely unnecessary, and the operation can be simplified.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the present invention, the unread message identifying means identifies whether or not an unread message exists, and the frequency or pattern of time notification by the time reporting means is controlled based on the identification output. So,
By recognizing the frequency or pattern of the time notification, the carrier can check whether there are any unread messages. As a result, it is not necessary to perform a switch operation every time a confirmation is made (thereby, it is possible to simplify the confirmation operation.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of automatically confirming whether or not an unread message exists according to the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Antenna, 2... Radio part, 3... Waveform shaping circuit, 4... Decoder, 5... Synchronization circuit, 6...
Address verification section, 7... Mensage storage section, 8...
Control unit, 9... Unread message identification unit, 10...
Time signal control section, 11... Clock section, 12... EEPRO
M, 13...LED drive circuit, 14...LED, 1
5... Speaker drive circuit, 16... Speaker, 17
... High break drive circuit, 18... Vibrator, 19... LCD drive circuit, 20... LCD display unit, 21... Crystal resonator, 22... External switch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a wireless selective calling receiver with a display having at least a clock function, a means for notifying a time signal based on time information from a clock function section and identifying whether or not an unread message exists. 1. A wireless selective calling receiver with display, comprising: unread message identifying means for identifying unread messages; and means for controlling a broadcast frequency or pattern of the time signal reporting means in accordance with an output of the unread message identifying means. 2. Claim 1, wherein the time signal notification means is configured to notify the time at a frequency or pattern different from the normal notification frequency or pattern when the presence of the unread message identification means is identified. Wireless selective calling receiver with display as described in Section 1.