JPH10213687A - Information indication and selection device and a digital device thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve SW operation especially operational capability of setting time relation in an information indication and selection device. SOLUTION: An information indication and selection device has a rotary type switch 14 having a change and determination means, an indication means 11 indicating information corresponding to the rotational position of the switch 14, indication means 4, 15 and 16 adjusting the rotational position of the rotary type switch 14 to the rotational position of a needle and indicating the information corresponding to the rotational position to the indication means 11 and a means 4 determining the selection of indicated information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information display / selection device using a rotary switch or the like and a digital device provided with the information display / selection device. Related to an information display selection device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional radio selective calling receiver (hereinafter, referred to as a receiver) has a plurality of push switches as operation switches in addition to a power switch (SW).

Each of the push SWs has functions such as selection and determination, and is used when setting a clock relation. Clock-related settings include displaying the current time,
There are time stamps for message reception time, alarms, timers, etc., and there are very many opportunities to make clock-related settings.

Normally, each time the selection switch 201 is pressed, the clock is set to 1, 2,... 10, 11,.
A transition such as 00 is made, the desired number is set, the determination SW 202 is pressed to confirm, and the hour, minute, and year are similarly input.

FIG. 4 shows an external view of a conventional receiver (a) and a clock setting method (b).

As shown in the external view of FIG.
Denotes a display unit, which changes the display using the selection SW 201 and the determination SW 202 and performs setting.

Further, as shown in FIG.
Each time is pressed, a transition is made from 0 → 1 → 2... → 12, and when a desired number is displayed, it is determined by pressing the decision SW.

The selection means is disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-2
As disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 01256, a jog knob is used to designate one of a plurality of selectable items, and the rotation amount of the jog knob is detected by an encoder in conjunction with the jog knob.

[0009]

In the conventional SW operation of the above-described digital device, there is a problem that when the selection SW is pressed to match a desired numeral, there is no sense of interlocking between the SW operation and the display, resulting in poor operability. .

[0010] The reason is that, since the selection SW is a push SW, the operation of pressing the switch must be repeated many times, and it is difficult to perceive it sensuously.

On the other hand, in a device in which the selection switch can be displayed only in the forward direction, such as when the button is pressed too much, another round must be made. Alternatively, in an apparatus having two selection SWs, one in the forward direction and the other in the reverse direction, there is an annoyance that the SW must be changed.

It is an object of the present invention to improve the operability of the SW operation, especially the setting of the time relation, in an information display / selection device used for a digital device such as a radio selective calling receiver.

[0013]

According to the present invention, as a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a rotary switch having a changing and determining means and a display means for displaying information corresponding to the rotational position of the switch. When displaying analog information for displaying information at the rotation position of the hand, the rotation position of the rotary switch is associated with the rotation position of the hand, and An information display / selection device is provided, comprising: means for displaying corresponding information on the display means; and means for determining selection of the displayed information.

[0014] The present invention also provides an information display / selection device, wherein time and / or time information is displayed as the analog information, and the rotational position of the rotary switch is displayed in correspondence with the rotational position of a clock hand. is there.

According to the present invention, there is provided a digital device comprising the above-mentioned information display selecting device as the above means.

Further, the digital device is a radio selective calling receiver having a rotary type switch and a display means. When the time information is set, the receiver sets the rotation position of the rotary type switch to a clock hand. A digital device comprising: means for displaying time information on the display means in accordance with the rotational position of the digital camera; and means for setting the time by means of the rotary switch determining means.

Further, a rotary push switch having a function of a selection switch and a decision switch that can rotate in a forward direction and a reverse direction, a counter section for counting pulses at a contact point due to the rotation of the selection switch, and this counter A control unit that recognizes a rotation angle by a pulse of the unit, a display control unit that displays on a display unit from a signal recognized by the control unit,
A digital device characterized by having:

Further, the present invention is also a digital device, further comprising means for displaying, on a display unit, a diagram of a clock displayed in conjunction with the rotation position of the rotary type SW.

[Operation] According to the information display / selection device of the present invention, a rotary push SW (commonly called a jog dial) is output as a switch having a selection and determination function in accordance with the rotation of the rotary SW. It has a control unit that reads a rotation angle by a signal, and a display control unit that displays information corresponding to this output signal on a display unit. At the time of display, the rotation position of the rotary type switch is made to match the rotation position of the hands of the timepiece, and the display at that time can be performed.

In a digital device such as a receiver using the device of the present invention, a rotary switch is used as a selection switch, so that when a watch-related setting is made, the rotary position of the rotary switch is set to a clock hand. Since the display is performed in accordance with the movement of, the operability is improved.

[0021]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[1] Description of Configuration A receiver as a digital device equipped with the information display selection device of the present invention is a rotary push SW having a function of a selection switch capable of rotating in a forward direction and a reverse direction and a function of a decision SW, and a selection switch of the rotary type. It has a counter unit that counts pulses at the contact point due to the rotation of the SW, a control unit that recognizes the rotation angle based on the pulses of the counter unit, and a display control unit that displays a signal recognized by the control unit on a display unit.

[2] Description of Operation The receiver of the present invention outputs a pulse at every certain rotation angle when the wearer turns the selection SW. The counter section counts this pulse and sends out a count number in a time unit to the control section. The control unit recognizes the selected SW rotation angle of the wearer based on the count number, sends display data corresponding to the rotation angle to the display control unit, and displays the time on a display device such as an LCD.

[0023]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1 [1] Description of Configuration FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a receiver according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a radio signal received by an antenna 1 is amplified by a radio unit 2 and then demodulated.
The demodulated signal is converted by the waveform shaping circuit 3 into a waveform readable by the control unit 4. The control section 4 compares the calling number stored in a writable read-only memory (ROM) 5 with a signal from the waveform shaping circuit 3 in advance. When they match, the loudspeakers 7 and L via the amplifier circuits 6 and 8 to notify the calling from the control unit.
Notify the carrier by ED9.

When there is a message, the message is displayed on the display unit 11 through the display unit driver 10.

The receiver operates on the power supply 12 and the CLK 13. Reference numeral 14 denotes a rotary push switch for selecting and determining.

Numeral 15 is a counter for counting the pulses generated by the rotation of the rotary push switch. The counter counts the pulses from the rotary push switch in the forward and reverse directions, and counts the number of counted pulses. It is transmitted to the control unit 16 in a certain time unit.

The control unit 16 calculates the rotation angle of the rotary push switch from the forward and backward pulse numbers counted by the counter, and displays a time corresponding to the rotation angle on the display unit.

[2] Description of Operation FIG. 2A is an external view of a receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is an example of a rotation angle of a rotary push switch and a time setting displayed on a display unit. It is.

FIG. 2A is an external view of a receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.
102 is a display unit.

FIG. 2B shows an example of the rotation angle of the rotary push switch of the embodiment and the time setting displayed on the display unit. The time (hour, minute) displayed on the display unit changes according to the rotation angle.

When "time" is set, 3:00 (104) is used when the rotation angle is 90 °, and 6: 0 when the rotation angle is 180 °.
0 (105) is displayed.

Similarly, when "minute" is set, 15 minutes are displayed at 90 °, and 30 minutes are displayed at 180 °.

FIG. 3 shows a rotary switch according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 shows the rotation and display operation.

In FIG. 3A, reference numeral 111 denotes a rotation angle of the rotary type SW, which is set to 1 pulse / 30 ° for explanation here.

In FIG. 3B, reference numeral 112 denotes an output pulse waveform when the rotary SW is turned in the forward direction, and reference numeral 113 denotes an output pulse waveform when the rotary SW is turned in the reverse direction. Reference numeral 114 denotes the timing of detecting the pulse count. The counter 114 reads the count value in each of the forward and reverse directions for each pulse of the pulse 114 and resets it.

Assuming that the time setting mode has been entered, since the rotary type SW has not yet been rotated at 115, the count value is 0 in both the forward and reverse directions.
The display of "12:00" is also kept for the time (12
0).

Next, at 116, the rotary type SW is
Since it has been rotated by two pulses in the forward direction, the control section displays "2:00" (121). Similarly, 1
At 17, “5:00” is displayed. At 118, “4:00” is displayed by reverse rotation.

According to such a method, the desired time is set, and the decision SW is turned on by depressing the rotary type SW or the like, and the decision is made. The detection timing t of 114 is
The value is set to a value corresponding to the processing capability of the display control unit (the speed at which the display switches in a natural manner as seen by a human: about several tens of milliseconds).

[Embodiment 2] In this embodiment, there is provided means for displaying, on the display unit, a clock diagram displayed in conjunction with the rotation position of the rotary type SW.

In order to perform such a display,
This can be easily implemented by having a clock diagram in a memory and changing and displaying the display position of the hands in conjunction with the rotation position of the rotary type SW using a microcomputer or the like.

According to this embodiment, the illustration of the clock is displayed on the display unit, and the movement of the hands of the clock and the rotation position of the rotary type SW are linked to each other, so that the degree of visual understanding is enhanced, and the time setting and the like are performed. Becomes easier.

[0044]

The effect of the present invention is that, when making a setting related to a timepiece, the rotation of the rotary push switch and the display of the set time can be intuitively recognized, and the operability is improved.

The reason is that the rotation angle of the rotary type SW and the set time of the display section are the same as the movements of the hands of the timepiece, which makes it easier for the wearer to understand.

As described above, according to the present invention, the rotary type push SW is used as the SW having the selection and decision functions.
(Common name: jog dial), a control unit for reading a rotation angle by a signal output in response to the rotation of the rotary SW, and a display control unit for displaying information corresponding to the output signal on a display unit. Therefore, when displaying analog information displayed at the rotation position of the hands such as clock information, the rotation position of the rotary type switch can be matched with the rotation position of the hands of the clock, and the display at that time can be performed. Ergonomic, very easy to operate.

In a digital device such as a receiver using the device of the present invention, a rotary SW is used as a selection SW. Since the display is performed in accordance with the movement of, the operability is improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is an external view of a receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is a diagram showing an example of a rotary SW rotation angle and time setting display of the receiver.

FIG. 3 is a rotary SW of a receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.
It is a figure which shows rotation and display operation of.

4A is an external view of a conventional receiver, and FIG. 4B is a diagram illustrating a time setting method of the conventional receiver.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 antenna 2 radio section 3 waveform shaping circuit 4 control section 5 ID-ROM 6 speaker drive amplifier circuit 7 speaker 8 LED drive amplifier circuit 9 LED 10 display driver 11 display section 12 power supply 13 clock 14 rotary push SW 15 counter 16 display Control unit 101 Rotary push SW 102 Display unit 103 Time display example when rotary SW rotation angle is 0 ° 104 Time display example when rotary SW rotation angle is 90 ° 105 Time when rotary SW rotation angle is 180 ° Display example 111 Rotary SW rotation angle 112 Pulse transmission by rotary SW forward rotation 113 Pulse transmission by rotary SW reverse rotation 114 Rotary SW pulse count value detection timing 115 Detection timing 116 Detection timing 117 Detection Timing 118 Detection Timing 119 Detection Timing 120 Display Example at Detection Timing 121 Display Example at Detection Timing 122 Display Example at Detection Timing 123 Display Example at Detection Timing 124 Display Example at Detection Timing 201 Decision SW 202 Selection SW 203 Display

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An information display selection device comprising: a rotary switch having change and determination means; and display means for displaying information corresponding to a rotation position of the switch. Means for displaying the analog information to be performed, by associating the rotation position of the rotary type switch with the rotation position of the hand, and displaying information corresponding to the rotation position on the display means; and the displayed information. Means for deciding the selection of an information display device. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein time information and / or time information is displayed as the analog information, and the rotation position of the rotary type switch is displayed corresponding to the rotation position of a clock hand. Item 1. An information display selection device according to Item 1. 3. A digital device comprising the information display selection device according to claim 1. 4. The digital device is a radio selective call receiver having a rotary type switch and a display means, and the receiver sets the rotation position of the rotary type switch at the time of setting time information. 4. A means for displaying time information on said display means in correspondence with the rotational position of said rotary switch, and means for setting said time by means of said rotary switch determining means.
Digital device as described. 5. A rotary push switch having functions of a selection switch and a decision switch that can be rotated in forward and reverse directions, a counter unit that counts pulses at a contact point by rotation of the selection switch, The digital device according to claim 3, further comprising: a control unit configured to recognize a rotation angle by a pulse; and a display control unit configured to display a signal recognized by the control unit on a display unit. 6. The display device according to claim 3, further comprising means for displaying, on the display unit, a diagram of a clock displayed in conjunction with a rotation position of the rotary type SW. Digital device as described.