JPH05259966A - Pager receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the power consumption of a battery and to increase the life time of the battery by setting the start and end times for application of a pager receiver at a timer part and automatically turning on and off the power supply at the set start and end times respectively. CONSTITUTION:A control part 10 carries out the mode switching processing, the display control, the control of a clock 14, and the setting process to an ON/OFF control table 13a. Then a mode changeover switch 12 is changed to a normal operation mode after the setting processing is complete to the table 13a. Thus the part 10 refers to the table 13a to monitor the time of the clock 14. Then the part 10 turns on and off a relay contact 9 based on the designated ON and OFF states at the time set on the table 13a and then turns on and off the power supply to a receiver main body. As a result, the power supply is automatically turned off so that the useless power consumption is reduced and the life time of a bsttery is increased.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pager receiver carried by a user in a paging system such as a radio pager or a pager, and in particular, it suppresses wasteful consumption of a battery built in the pager receiver. The present invention relates to a pager receiver provided with means for extending the life of a battery.

A pager receiver is usually used for business purposes such as in a company, and is often used only for working hours in the daytime. Therefore, the user turns on the power in the morning and turns it off at night, but if the user forgets to turn on the power in the morning, the call cannot be made. There is a need. INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention avoids wasteful power consumption and increases the battery life without increasing the burden on the user.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Some conventional pager receivers have a battery saving function in order to suppress wasteful battery consumption. This battery saving function normally activates only the minimum necessary circuit parts such as the ringing signal detection circuit in the receiver, and supplies power to the circuits required only when the ringing level drive circuit is called. The function is stopped to suspend the function, and when the call signal is detected, the power supply to the circuit which is being stopped is turned on to activate the circuit.

[0004]

In the conventional battery saving function, since some circuit functions of the pager receiver must be kept active at all times, it is possible to completely control the power on / off. This is not possible, and the effect of suppressing power consumption is limited.

It is an object of the present invention to realize a pager receiver equipped with means capable of more effectively suppressing wasteful power consumption than the conventional battery saving function.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention automatically turns on / off the receiver by setting an on-time and an off-time of the power source of the receiver once in the timer or by detecting whether or not the receiver is currently used. Is performed, and the power is surely turned off when there is no need to extend the battery life.

The principle of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. (A) of FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the invention of claim 1 in the claims, in which 1 is a battery-type power supply unit, 2 is a receiver unit, 3 is a control unit, and 4 is A timer section having a clock function and a dotted line block 5 are conventional apparatus sections.

The control unit 3 sets the control time of the power source and the on / off type at that time in the timer unit 4, and when the set time comes, the power source unit 1 according to the designated on / off type. To control.

FIG. 1 (b) is a block diagram of the principle of the invention of claim 2 of the appended claims, in which 1 is a power supply section and 2 is a power supply section.
Is a receiver unit, 3 is a control unit, 5 is a conventional device, and 6 is a mobile detection unit having a sensor function for detecting whether the pager receiver is carried by a user.

When the control section 3 determines that the cell-phone detection section 6 detects that the cell-phone detection section 6 is not carried by the user, it turns off the power supply section 1.

[0011]

In the configuration shown in FIG. 1A, the timer section 4 sets the start time and end time such as the working hours of the day when the pager receiver is used, and the power is turned on only in those hours. By performing the designation to turn on, the power is automatically turned on at the start time of the set time zone and turned off at the end time. This may be controlled in a time zone when the pager receiver is not used, or a plurality of such time zones may be set.

In the configuration shown in FIG. 1B, the portable detector 6 detects whether the user carries the pager receiver. Whether it is carried or not is identified by detecting physical properties such as infrared radiation from the body, the presence or absence of acceleration or vibration with a sensor. When it is not detected that the mobile phone is carried, the power is turned off as if the pager receiver is in a non-use state, and the power is automatically turned back on when the mobile phone is detected.

With the configuration shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the power supply is automatically turned off when the pager receiver is not used and the power supply is automatically turned on when the pager receiver is not used. Therefore, the life of the battery can be extended.

[0014]

FIG. 2 shows the construction of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, the dotted line block 7 is the conventional pager receiver part, and the solid line block element is the part added by the present invention. Reference numeral 8 is a battery, 9 is a relay contact for turning on / off the power supply to the main body of the receiver, 10 is a control unit including a microprocessor, 11 is a liquid crystal display, 12 is a mode change switch for switching the operation mode, and 13 is a power supply. Is a memory in which an on / off control table of No. 1 is stored, 13a is an on / off control table, and 14 is a clock.

The control section 10 performs mode switching processing and display control, as well as management of the clock 14 and setting processing for the on / off control table 13a. The mode changeover switch 12 has a setting mode for the on / off control table 13a, and the control unit 10 executes the table setting process by designating this setting mode. The contents of the table 13a in the memory 13 are displayed on the display 11, and the user can set or change the time and ON / OFF type of the table 13a while watching the contents. When the mode changeover switch 12 is switched to the normal operation mode after the table setting is completed, the control unit 10 causes the table 13 in the memory 13 to operate.
The time of the clock 14 is monitored with reference to a, and the table 13a
If any of the times set in the above is matched, the relay contact 9 is turned on / off according to the on / off type specified at this time, and the power supply to the receiver main body is turned on / off.

FIG. 3 shows the construction of the embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 1 (b). Elements 7 through 11 shown in FIG. 3 are shown in FIG.
The infrared sensor indicated by 14 in FIG. 3 corresponds to the portable detector 6 in FIG. 1B.

The infrared sensor 14 detects infrared rays radiated from the body of the user and outputs the level thereof. When the infrared detection level is higher than a predetermined threshold value, the control unit 10 determines that the pager receiver is carried by the user and holds the relay contact 9 in the ON state, while the infrared detection level is maintained. Is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, it is determined that the pager receiver is in the unused state in which the pager receiver is separated from the user's body, and the relay contact 9 is controlled to be off. With this, it is possible to automatically control the power to be turned on only when the user is carrying the mobile phone and to turn it off in other cases.

Instead of using the infrared sensor 14, an acceleration sensor or a vibration sensor is used to detect the movement of the user,
It is also possible to determine whether or not the user is carrying the device. In this case, control is performed to turn on the relay contact 9 immediately when the user's movement is detected, and to turn off the relay contact 9 when the user's movement is not detected for a certain period of time.

The embodiments of FIGS. 2 and 3 can also be implemented in combination, and it is also possible to combine other suitable sensors with the embodiment of FIG.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, the power is automatically turned off when it is not needed, the minimum power consumption is required, and the life of the battery can be extended.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the invention in which a power source is turned on and off according to time.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the invention in which the power is turned on and off by detecting the presence / absence of a cell phone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Power Supply Section 2 Receiver Section 3 Control Section 4 Timer Section 5 Conventional Device Section 6 Handheld Detection Section

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pager comprising a battery type power source and a timer capable of setting a time for turning the power on and off, and automatically controlling the power to be turned on or off at a time set in the timer. Receiving machine. 2. A battery-powered power supply and a sensor for detecting whether or not the user is carrying the device, and the power supply is controlled to be turned off while the sensor does not detect that the user is carrying the device. A pager receiver characterized by being.