JPH11341536A - Radio portable terminal provided with character font switching function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radio portable terminal by which characters that are easily read are selected by the preference of the user by selecting the font of the characters. SOLUTION: This radio portable terminal provided with character font selection function has a radio section 1 that sends/receives a high frequency radio signal, a notice section 4 that informs of a call, a storage section 6 that stores programs, plural fonts, and messages to be sent/received or the like, a display section 3 that displays a message, a switch section 5 that selects any of plural fonts stored in the storage section 6 and a control section 2 that controls each section.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wireless portable terminal such as a pager or a PHS with a character font switching function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a display character font of a wireless portable terminal has only a Gothic font, and a very hard image is displayed.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a wireless portable terminal capable of switching easy-to-read characters according to the user's preference by switching character fonts in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art. It is in.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a wireless portable terminal capable of using a font suitable for the content of a message by specifying a font from a sender side and improving the transmissibility of the message.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a radio section for transmitting and receiving a high-frequency radio signal.
A notification unit for notifying a call, a storage unit for storing a program and a plurality of fonts, a message to be transmitted and received, a display unit for displaying a message, and a switch unit for switching a plurality of fonts stored in the storage unit. And a control unit for controlling the above-mentioned units.

According to the present invention, the wireless portable terminal has a plurality of display fonts, and the user or message sender can switch the display font.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a radio unit 1 receives a high-frequency radio call signal and converts it into a digital signal. The wireless unit 1 is assumed to be a pager (pager), but a wireless mobile phone such as a mobile phone or a PHS is also conceivable.

The control section 2 demodulates the received digital signal into a displayable message. Further, the control unit 2 displays the demodulated message on the display unit 3, and notifies the call by the notification unit 4.

A signal generated by an input operation at the switch unit 5 is
It is input to the control unit 2 and performs operations for various functions such as font switching and message reading.

The storage unit 6 stores programs related to the operation of the control unit 2, a plurality of fonts, received messages, and the like. Some fonts include only hiragana, and others include kanji and symbols. The font may be a double-width or italic font generated by a program stored in the storage unit 6 in addition to a Gothic font or a round character stored in the storage unit 6 in advance.

The operation of the embodiment will be described.

Referring to FIG. 1, when the radio unit 1 receives a high-frequency radio call signal and converts it into a digital signal, the control unit 2 demodulates the digital signal into a displayable message. The control unit 2 also displays the demodulated message on the display unit 3
And a call is made by the notification unit 4.

Now, when the user operates the switch unit 5 to switch between a plurality of fonts stored in the storage unit 6, the display font of the message displayed on the display unit 3 is switched by the message reading operation.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for switching between two character fonts. Referring to FIG. 2, a message obtained by demodulating the received paging signal (step A1) into a digital signal (step A2) is transmitted when the user sets the character font to the character font 1 by the switch unit 5. 1 (step A4). If the user has set the character font to font 2, the message is displayed in font 2 (step A5).

Next, a case where the display font of the message is switched from the sender side will be described. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a message having a control code, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of another message having a control code, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart in a case where two character fonts are switched according to the message.

Referring to FIG. 3, by attaching control code 1 to the beginning of message 1, the sender can specify the display font of message 1. This has the advantage that the sender can use a character font that matches the content of the transmitted message.

Referring to FIG. 4, by placing the position of the control code 1 in the middle of the message, different fonts can be used for the message 1 and the message 2 and the transmissibility of the message can be improved.

As shown in FIG. 5, by adding a control code to the message, the received (step B1) and demodulated (step B2) messages are transmitted to the message sender so that the message sender sets the character font to font 1. 1 is displayed in font 1 (step B
4). If the user has added control code 2, the message is displayed in font 2 (step B5).

A case where the sender switches between two character fonts according to a specific character will be described. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a message having a specific character, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a specific character, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a flowchart in a case where two character fonts are switched depending on the specific character.

Referring to FIG. 6, there is shown an example of a message including the specific character 1. In the message including the specific character 1, the character font of the message 1 is changed to a character font corresponding to the specific character 1. Specific characters include
● Symbols such as ◆ and ▲, and device-specific symbols are possible.
In this case, since the control code is unnecessary, there is an advantage that the character font can be changed without lowering the transmission efficiency of the message.

Referring to FIG. 7, there is shown an example in which the character font changes depending on whether the character includes ● or ▲.

As shown in FIG. 8, reception (step C)
1), the demodulated message (step C2) is displayed in font 1 if the message sender has added a specific character 1 to set the character font to font 1 (step C4). If the user has added the specific character 2, the message is displayed in font 2 (step C5).

A description will be given of a case where a character font is switched to a different font for each address when the received address is different.
It is conceivable to change the character font depending on the receiving folder instead of the receiving address. FIG. 9 is a flowchart in a case where two character fonts are switched according to an address.

As shown in FIG. 9, reception (step D)
1) The demodulated message (step D2) is displayed according to a character font set by the user or set in advance for each address. If the user sets the address A as the character font 1, the message received at the address A is displayed in the font 1 (step D).
4). If the user sets the B address as the character font 2, the message received at the B address is displayed in the font 2 (step D5).

When the information service changes for each receiving address or receiving folder, there is an advantage that a character font suitable for the contents can be used.

[0027]

As described above, according to the wireless portable terminal of the present invention, by switching the character font,
Characters that are easy to read can be switched according to the user's preference.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for switching between two character fonts.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a message having a control code.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the structure of another message having a control code.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for switching between two character fonts according to a message;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a message having a specific character.

FIG. 7 shows an example of a specific character.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for switching between two character fonts depending on a specific character.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for switching between two character fonts according to an address.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 radio unit 2 control unit 3 display unit 4 notification 5 switch unit 6 storage unit

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[Submission date] April 9, 1999

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According to the present invention, there is provided a radio section for transmitting and receiving a high-frequency radio signal.
A notification unit for notifying the calling program and a plurality of fonts, a storage unit that stores a message to be transmitted and received, a display unit for displaying a message, the user to switch the plurality of fonts stored in said storage unit Yo
A wireless portable terminal with a character font switching function, comprising: a switch unit operated by a user; and a control unit that controls each unit.

Claims (5)

[Claims] A wireless unit for transmitting and receiving a high-frequency wireless signal;
A notification unit for notifying a call, a storage unit for storing a program and a plurality of fonts, a message to be transmitted and received, a display unit for displaying a message, and a switch unit for switching a plurality of fonts stored in the storage unit. And a control unit for controlling each of the units. 2. The wireless portable terminal with a character font switching function according to claim 1, wherein the character font is switched by operating a switch unit. 3. The wireless portable terminal with a character font switching function according to claim 1, wherein the character font is switched by a control code in the message. 4. The wireless portable terminal with a character font switching function according to claim 1, wherein the character font is switched based on a specific character in the message. 5. The wireless portable terminal with a character font switching function according to claim 1, wherein the character font is switched based on the address.