JPH08140127A - Selective call receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve functions so as to enable continuous calling by setting a timer also with an alarm time setting switch and generating a calling tone every fixed time. CONSTITUTION: Alarm setting or timer setting is performed while using both alarm time setting switches 9 and 10. At the time of alarm setting, alarm time is collated with current time and when they are matched, an alarm tone is generated from a loudspeaker 6. At the time of timer setting, on the other hand, the timer is operated, time is counted until set time comes and when the count number becomes the set time, the alarm tone is generated from the loudspeaker 6. For a period from the end of ringing till the cancel of timer setting, a series of these operations is repeated, and ringing calling is continued every fixed time. Thus, when the timer is set every hour, for example, the time is counted from the set time, ringing is generated at intervals of 60 minutes, the counter is cleared after ringing is performed for a fixed time, counting is started from '0' again, and ringing is generated. Then, this operation is repeated until the timer setting is released.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable receiver, and more particularly to a receiver having a calling function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional portable receiver has a clock function and an alarm function.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a pager receiver, in which a carrier wave modulated by an antenna 1 is received and a received signal is received by a radio section 2.
Demodulated by. The demodulation output is waveform-shaped by the waveform shaping unit 3 and is taken into the decoder (CPU) 4. The received signal data is displayed on the display 8 and the speaker 6 or the motor 7 notifies the incoming call. Further, the decoder 4 can be set with a function by operating the switches 9 and 10.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for setting a conventional alarm function. An alarm is set by operating the switches 9 and 10 (S1), and a flag is set on the software according to the setting. Next, the presence / absence of the flag is checked (S2), and if it is not present, the process ends. If it is present, the flag is checked in the next step (S3), and the alarm time and the current time are checked. If the alarm time and the current time do not match, the above step (S
2) (S3) is repeated, and if they coincide with each other, the alarm sound is started from the speaker 6 (S4), and after a fixed time, the operation after the alarm setting is returned to.

[0005]

By setting the alarm time in this way, the call can be made once a day. However, this calling function could only be called once a day for one setting.

An object of the present invention is to enhance the function so that a function that can be called only once a day with respect to a conventional one-time setting can be continuously called.

[0007]

The above object can be achieved by providing a continuous ringing function for emitting a ringing sound from a speaker at regular time intervals set by a timer, which is also used as an alarm time setting switch.

[0008]

With the above-mentioned means, by setting the timer time, the timer is activated from the set time, the ringing sound is generated from the speaker every time the set constant time comes, and this continues until the timer setting is released. Can be repeated and the call can continue. Further, the user can have an image of the time by changing the melody (tone) of the ringing tone for each predetermined time.

[0009]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below with reference to examples. In the present invention, although a counter and the like are added, basically all are software-controlled, so there is no increase in hardware.
The configuration of FIG. 2 similar to the conventional one is used.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of alarm setting or timer setting according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Perform alarm setting or timer setting by 0 operation (S
1). Note that either one of them can be set. Steps (S2) to (S4) are the same as in the case of the conventional alarm setting, and a description thereof will be omitted. If the alarm is not set in step (S2), it is confirmed whether or not the timer is set (S5).
If there is no timer, the process ends, and if a timer is set, the timer is operated to start counting (S6). Counting is performed until the set time (A) is reached (S10), (S9), and when the count number (N) is N = A (S7), ringing sound by the speaker 6 is started (S8). After the ringing ends, the above steps (S6), (S
The operations 7) and (S8) are repeated to continue ringing at regular intervals.

The hour display is 0 to 23, and the minute display is 00 to 59.
The clock is made up of. For example, if the timer is set to 1 hour, the counter is activated from the set time,
Sound is made every 0 minutes, and after sounding for a fixed time, the counter is cleared, and counting is started from 0, and sounding operation is performed. This operation is continuously called until the timer setting is released,
Increase the calling effect.

Further, when a sound is repeatedly emitted, it is possible to detect the time display at the start of each sound and select a melody (tone) according to the time. This allows the user to imagine the time.

[0013]

As described above, according to the present invention, in addition to the alarm setting, it is possible to make a continuous call which is called at regular intervals by the timer setting. In addition, time can be visualized by selecting a melody (tone) that matches the time.

Although a counter or the like may be added depending on the timer setting, basically all of them are controlled by software, so that the hardware can be configured without any increase.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of a receiving device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Antenna, 2 ... Radio part, 3 ... Waveform shaping part, 4 ... Decoder (CPU), 5 ... ROM, 6 ... Speaker, 7 ... Motor, 8 ... Indicator, 9, 10 ... Function setting switch.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Shuji Yamada 3-14-20 Higashi-Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo Kokusai Electric Inc. (72) Inventor Riichi Konno 3-14-20 Higashi-Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo International Electric Co., Ltd.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A receiving device having an alarm function for emitting a ringing sound from a speaker at a set time, having a continuous ringing function which also functions as the alarm time setting switch and emits a ringing sound at fixed time intervals set by a timer. A selective call receiving device comprising: 2. The selective calling receiver according to claim 1, wherein the continuous calling function is such that the melody (tone) of the ringing tone changes at regular intervals.