JPH08149183A - Vibration calling device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To execute excellent vibration calling by forming the device with a main body device and a vibrator separately. CONSTITUTION: An incoming call signal from a mobile object communication equipment main body 100 is fed to a data generating section 1, data formed are fed to an ASK modulator 2 and a modulation signal is sent from an antenna 5 via an amplifier 4. The transmission signal is received by an antenna of a vibrator 200 and the reception signal is fed to an ASK detector 11 through an amplifier 7, a band pass filter 8 and a mixer 9, in which the sent data are extracted therein. The extracted data are fed to, e.g. a 4-bit microcomputer (CPU) 12 and an identification code (ID) in the sent data is read. When the identification code is coincident with its own identification code written in a rewritable memory (E2ROM) 13, a drive signal from a CPU 12 is fed to a vibrator section 14, from which vibration for notice purpose is generated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is suitable for use in mobile communication devices such as mobile phones and personal handyphone systems (PHS) when the main device requires notification of an incoming call. The present invention relates to a vibration calling device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In mobile communication devices such as so-called mobile phones and personal handyphone systems (PHS), notification of an incoming call is conventionally given by a predetermined sound (eg, beep sound).
Was caused by the occurrence of. However, the generation of such sound causes annoyance to others in a place where many people gather, in a low noise environment such as a movie theater or a concert hall, and during a meeting. On the contrary, in a noisy environment, there was a problem that the generated sound was difficult to hear.

On the other hand, there is a method in which vibration is generated in the main body of the mobile communication device at the time of incoming call and the incoming call is notified by this vibration. However, with such a method, vibration cannot be perceived, for example, when the body of the mobile communication device is put in a bag or the like. Generally, the shape of the mobile communication device body is large and the weight is heavy.
It is often difficult to attach such a large and heavy device to a site where vibration can be perceived.

That is, there has been proposed a mounting tool for mounting such a mobile communication device main body in a chest pocket of a shirt or mounting it on a belt or the like. However, when such wearing is carried out, the feeling of agility is impaired, such as the chest pocket hanging down or a large load is applied to the belt, and such wearing is not especially preferred for women. Met.

[0005]

This application has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the problem to be solved is that it is not preferable to generate sound when a call arrives in the conventional device. In addition, in the method of generating vibration in the mobile communication device body, it is often difficult to attach a large and heavy device to a site where vibration can be perceived.

[0006]

According to a first means of the present invention, a main body device (mobile communication device main body 100) and a vibrator 200 are separately formed, and notification from the main body device is required. In this case, the vibrator 200 is activated by the radio signal Rx2 from the main body device 100, and the vibrator 2
The vibration calling device is characterized by generating vibration at 00.

A second means according to the present invention is the vibration calling apparatus according to the first means, characterized in that the radio signal Rx2 includes a predetermined identification code.

A third means according to the present invention is the vibration calling apparatus according to the second means, characterized in that the vibrator 200 discriminates the identification code to generate the vibration. .

A fourth means according to the present invention is the first or third means.
In the vibration calling device according to the above-mentioned means, the vibrator 2
Reference numeral 00 is a vibration calling device characterized by having a mounting tool 201 which is formed in a small size and mounted on an arbitrary part.

[0010]

According to this, when the main body device and the vibrator are formed separately and the notification from the main body device is requested, the vibrator is activated by a radio signal from the main body device. Since the vibration is generated by the user, the user only needs to mount the vibrator on the part where the vibration can be perceived, and a good vibration can be easily called.

Further, since the radio signal includes a predetermined identification code, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of malfunction by determining the identification code.

Further, since the vibrating machine discriminates the identification code to generate vibration, it is possible to eliminate the possibility that a wireless signal from another device is erroneously detected to cause a malfunction.

Further, since the vibrator is formed in a small size and has a mounting tool to be mounted on an arbitrary portion, the vibrator can be easily mounted on a portion where vibration can be perceived, and it is easy and favorable. A vibrating call can be performed.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows the overall construction of a vibration calling device according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes a mobile communication device main body serving as a main device, and 200 denotes a vibrator. In the present invention, the mobile communication device main body 100 and the vibrator 200 are separately formed.

In this configuration, the mobile communication device body 1
When the radio wave signal Rx1 from the base station (not shown) is received by the antenna 101 of 00, it is determined whether or not the radio wave signal Rx1 is intended for itself. Is processed. Further, as a part of this incoming call processing, a wireless signal Rx2 described later is transmitted to the vibrator 200.

Further, the radio signal Rx2 is transmitted to the vibrator 200.
When received by, the vibrator 200 is activated, and vibration is generated in the vibrator 200. As a result, the vibration of the vibrator 200 is perceived by the user, and the incoming call of the mobile communication device main body 100 is notified. Then, the user operates the mobile communication device body 100 to receive a voice, thereby starting a call and stopping the transmission of the radio signal Rx2 to the vibrator 200.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the circuit configuration. In FIG. 2, the vibrator 200 shows the entire configuration, but the mobile communication device main body 100 is omitted since the circuit configuration of the transmitter / receiver and other essential functions is well known.

In FIG. 2, the mobile communication device main body 1
This incoming signal is supplied to the data generation unit 1 when an incoming call is made by a transmission / reception unit 00 (not shown). As a result, data transmitted in a predetermined format to be described later is formed from the data generating unit 1, the formed data is supplied to, for example, the ASK modulator 2, and the carrier signal from the oscillator 3 is modulated, The modulated signal is transmitted from the antenna 5 through the amplifier 4.

The transmission signal transmitted from the antenna 5 is received by the antenna 6 of the vibrator 200. The received signal of the antenna 6 is supplied to the bandpass filter 8 through the amplifier 7, and the signal in the desired band is extracted. The extracted signal is supplied to the mixer 9, and the oscillator 10
Is mixed with the carrier signal from the ASK detector 11, the mixed signal is supplied to the ASK detector 11, and the transmitted original data is extracted. In the vibrator 200, intermittent reception, which will be described later, is performed in order to reduce power consumption during standby.

Further, the extracted data described above is supplied to, for example, a 4-bit microcomputer (CPU) 12. The CPU 12 reads a predetermined function code, which will be described later, from the transmitted data, and the identification code (ID) is read according to the function code. Then, this identification code is compared with its own identification code written in the rewritable memory (E ² ROM) 13, and when they match, a drive signal from the CPU 12 is supplied to the vibrating section 14. Reference numeral 15 is a key switch for turning on / off the power and stopping the vibration.

That is, FIG. 3 shows a format of the above-mentioned transmitted data. In FIG. 3, for example, the entire data is formed of 688 bits, and 640 bits of the data are a preamble composed of a repeating continuous pattern of “1010”, for example. Following this preamble, a start code consisting of an 8-bit pattern "01110010" is provided. Then, following this start code, for example, an 8-bit function code is provided.

This function code has, for example, 1
A write (0) / call (1) setting unit is provided at the bit (f0), and a transmission rate setting unit (300 bps (0) / 600 bps (1)) is provided at the second bit (f1). Further, a retry number setting unit is provided at the third and fourth bits (f2, f3), and the number of times is set as a binary value. The 5th to 7th bits (f4 to f6) are reserved for expansion, and the 8th bit (f7) is provided with a message format setting unit (1 message (0) / continuation present (1)).

Further to the function code, a 28-bit identification code is provided. This identification code can be provided with a 7-digit numerical value or data, for example, by the binary system. For example, the mobile communication device main body 1
The lower four digits of the 00 telephone number and other identification data are provided. Then, following this identification code, an end code consisting of, for example, a 4-bit pattern of "1101" is provided.

An arbitrary error correction code may be provided after the above identification code. This error correction code can be provided by generating an error correction code for the above function code and identification code according to an arbitrary error correction method. Further, in this case, the bit for the error correction code can be provided by, for example, deleting the number of bits of the preamble or increasing the total number of bits.

When using this device, first, the identification code is written. In writing the identification code, the first bit (f0) of the function code is set to "0" by an arbitrary operation on the mobile communication device main body 100, and the data in the above-described format is transmitted. As a result, in the vibrator 200, the identification code in the data is detected by the CPU 12, and the identification code is stored in the memory 1
Written in 3.

For the writing of this identification code, for example, an arbitrary operating section (not shown) is provided in the vibrator 200 as well,
By performing this operation only when the operation sections are simultaneously operated, erroneous writing due to an erroneous operation or the like can be prevented. Alternatively, the vibrator 200 may be provided with arbitrary input means (not shown), and the identification code may be input and set by this input means.

Further, in the vibrator 200 in which the identification code is written in this way, the vibrator 200 is activated in response to the notification request from the mobile communication device main body 100, as shown in FIG. 4, for example.

That is, when an incoming call is made at the mobile communication device body 100, an incoming signal as shown in A of FIG. 4 is formed at the mobile communication device body 100. This incoming signal (notification request) is supplied to the data forming unit 1 to form the data in the above-mentioned format as shown in B of FIG. The formation of this data is repeated, for example, at an interval of about 4 seconds, and is repeated until the above-mentioned incoming call is not received or the user performs an operation of receiving a call to the mobile communication device main body 100.

The data thus formed is ASK.
The carrier signal supplied to the modulator 2 is modulated by the oscillator 3, and the modulated signal is transmitted from the antenna 5 through the amplifier 4.

On the other hand, in the vibrator 200, for example, as shown in C and D of FIG. 4, intermittent reception is performed at intervals of about 1 second, for example. On the other hand, the above-described transmitted data has a preamble of 640 bits, for example, and when this data is transmitted at 600 bps, this preamble is transmitted in a little over 1 second.
Therefore, as described above, when the reception is performed at intervals of 1 second, the reception is always performed somewhere in the preamble, and the reception signal can be discriminated and switched to the continuous reception.

That is, for example, the reception mode of the vibrator 200 is switched from the intermittent reception to the continuous reception by determining the preamble in the data of the above-mentioned format. Further, when the reception mode is switched to continuous reception, the data transmitted using the start code following the above preamble and the CPU 12 are synchronized, a predetermined mode is set by the function code, and the identification code is read.

Then, the read identification code is compared with the identification code written in the memory 13, and when the identification codes do not match, the mode is returned to the intermittent reception as shown in C of FIG. On the other hand, when the identification codes match, the result shown in FIG.
The activation process is performed as shown in D of FIG.
A drive signal for the vibrating section 14 is generated as shown in FIG.

Therefore, in this apparatus, when the mobile communication device main body 100 receives a radio signal, the radio signal Rx2 is transmitted to the vibrator 200 as a part of the incoming call processing. When the radio signal Rx2 is received by the vibrator 200, the vibrator 200 is activated and vibration is generated in the vibrator 200. This allows the user to vibrate 2
The vibration of 00 is perceived, and the incoming call of the mobile communication device main body 100 is notified.

In this case, the vibrator 200 has a CP
Since only a simple electronic circuit such as U12 and the vibrating portion 14 are provided, the vibrating machine 200 can be formed in a lightweight and small size, and the vibrating machine 200 can be easily attached to a chest pocket or a belt of a shirt. You can Further, by this, an incoming call can be notified even when the mobile communication device main body 100 is left in the bag or the like.

Further, an identification code is provided in the format of the data transmitted by the radio signal Rx2, and only when the identification code matches, the drive signal from the CPU 12 is supplied to the vibrating section 14 to notify by vibration. .

Thus, according to the above-mentioned apparatus, the main body device (mobile communication device main body 100) and the vibrator 200 are formed as separate bodies, and when a notification from the main body device is requested,
Since the vibrator 200 is activated by the radio signal Rx2 from the main body device to generate vibration in the vibrator 200, the user only needs to mount the vibrator 200 on a part where the vibration can be perceived. , Which can easily make a good vibrating call.

Further, since the radio signal Rx2 contains a predetermined identification code, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of malfunction by the discrimination of this identification code.

Further, since the vibrator 200 generates a vibration by discriminating the identification code, it is possible to eliminate the possibility that a wireless signal from another device is erroneously detected to cause a malfunction.

In the above apparatus, the radio signal Rx2
The frequency may be basically any frequency, but in consideration of the Radio Law, it is preferably 322 MHz or less.
Practically, the FM band or the band used for 220 MHz wireless headphones or the like can be used. The modulation method is not limited to the above-mentioned ASK, but may be FSK, PSK or the like. However, when aiming for downsizing and price reduction, A
SK is suitable. If priority is given to transmission characteristics, F
SK and PSK are suitable.

Further, when such a modulation method is used, the range in which data can be transmitted becomes several meters. Therefore, in order to prevent malfunction due to interference with other communication devices, the above-described data formatting and identification code are required. However, the data format is not limited to the above example.

Further, in the above-mentioned device, the vibrating section 14 uses a so-called vibrator in which an eccentric weight is attached to a motor, or a low-frequency vibration is obtained by using a piezoelectric vibrator used in a low-frequency treatment device or the like. You can also make announcements.
Furthermore, a light-emitting diode or the like is provided alongside the vibrating section 14,
A visual notice may also be given at the same time.

Further, FIG. 5 shows the appearance of the vibrator 200,
A is a front view, B and C are left and right side views, D is a partially cutaway top view, and E is a rear view. And this Figure 5
In the above, the key switch 15a for stopping the above-mentioned vibration is provided on the front surface of the vibrator 200, and the key switch 15b for turning on / off the power is provided on the upper surface. Further, a clip-shaped mounting tool 201 for mounting the vibrator 200 on a belt or the like is provided on the back surface of the vibrator 200.

Therefore, in this apparatus, the vibrator 200 can be easily put in a chest pocket of a shirt, or can be easily attached to a portion such as a belt where the vibration can be perceived by using the attachment 201. Further, by this, it is possible to notify the incoming call, for example, even when the mobile communication device body 100 is left in the bag or the like. The mounting tool 201 is not limited to the clip shape described above, and may be fixed by a safety pin or the like.

Thus, according to this apparatus, the vibrator 200
Has a mounting tool 201 that is formed in a small size and is mounted on an arbitrary part, so that the vibrator 200 can be easily mounted on a part where vibration can be perceived, and a good vibration call can be easily performed. Is what you can do.

Note that FIG. 5 described above shows an example of the design, and the overall shape of the vibrator 200, the arrangement of the key switches 15a and 15b, the shape of the mounting tool 201, etc. are different designs. Good.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the shape and system of the mobile communication device body 100 are not limited. Further, the present invention is not limited to mobile communication devices, but can be applied to other alarm devices and the like.

[0047]

According to the present invention, the main body device and the vibrator are formed separately, and when the notification from the main body device is requested, the vibrator is activated by a radio signal from the main body device. Since the vibration is generated by this vibrating machine, the user only needs to mount the vibrating machine on a part where the vibration can be perceived, and it becomes possible to easily make a good vibrating call.

Further, since the radio signal includes a predetermined identification code, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of malfunction by determining the identification code.

Furthermore, since the vibrator discriminates the identification code to generate vibration, it is possible to eliminate the possibility that a wireless signal from another device is erroneously detected to cause a malfunction.

Further, since the vibrator is formed in a small size and has a mounting tool to be mounted on an arbitrary part, the vibrator can be easily mounted on a part where vibration can be perceived, and it is easy and good. You can now make a vibrating call.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an example of a vibration calling device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an example of the circuit configuration.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the data format.

FIG. 4 is a timing chart for explaining the operation.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of an example of a vibrator of the vibration calling device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 Mobile Communication Device Main Body 101 Antenna 200 Vibrator 201 Wearing Equipment Rx1 Radio Signal from Base Station Rx2 Radio Signal for Vibrator 200 1 Data Generator 2 ASK Modulator 3, 10 Oscillator 4, 7 Amplifier 5, 6 Antenna 8 bandpass filter 9 mixer 11 ASK detector 12 4-bit microcomputer (CPU) 13 rewritable memory (E ² ROM) 14 vibrating section 15 key switch

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. The main body device and the vibrator are formed as separate bodies, and when a notification from the main body device is requested, the vibrator is activated by a radio signal from the main body device, A vibration calling device characterized in that vibration is generated by a vibrator. 2. The vibration calling device according to claim 1, wherein the radio signal includes a predetermined identification code. 3. The vibration calling device according to claim 2, wherein the vibrator generates the vibration by discriminating the identification code. 4. The vibration calling device according to claim 1 or 3, wherein the vibrator is small in size and has a mounting tool to be mounted on an arbitrary part.