JPS63258125A - Information presence annunciator for pocket pager - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the titled annunciator with ease of use and favorable in convenience and to enable whether or not the reception of information data is received to be recognized by constituting the titled annunciator such that the kind of a call tone is changed depending whether an information is received or not. CONSTITUTION:When an address data in a received data and an own station address of an own station address setting section 17 are coincident as the result of collation at an address collation section 18, whether or not an information data is included in the data received by an information data presence discrimination section 14 is recognized. The result is sent to control sections 11, 12, and when the received information data exists, the content is displayed on a display element 10 via a display section 11A and a sounding element 13 is driven by a preset call tone depending in advance on the presence of reception information data via a ring tone section 12A. When no reception information data exists, a display section 11B controls the display element 10 so as to display nothing. Simultaneously, the sounding element 13 is driven by the call tone registered in advance corresponding to the absence of reception information data via the ring tone section 12B.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a terminal device, ie, a pocket pager, which is used as a portable device in a wireless individual selective calling system, and particularly relates to a pocket pager that contains information in received data. This invention relates to a device that determines and notifies whether data exists or not.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 2, this type of device receives radio waves sent from an individual selection call signal transmitting device in a receiving circuit 1, and determines the address of its own station address setting circuit 2. The address verification circuit 3 compares the received address data with the address data, and if the two match, the control circuit 4 operates the ringing circuit 5 and the display circuit, thereby causing the sounding body 7 to emit a ringing tone. In addition to outputting the received information data, there is also a system in which the content of the received information data is displayed on an optical display.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, when the person carrying the pocket pager hears the ringing tone from the sounding body 7, he or she does not look at the display body 8, regardless of whether or not the information data' is being received. It was necessary to confirm the presence or absence of information data.

Since there is no need to look at the display 8 even though no information data is being displayed, the user of the pocket pager is burdened with an unnecessary burden, resulting in poor usability.

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and when information data is not being received and displayed, there is no need to take the trouble to look at the display section, and information data can be received and displayed. The purpose is to provide a highly convenient pocket pager in which both parties can be distinguished by the ringing sound, so that they only need to look at the display section when the pager is in use.

<Means to solve the problem) The present invention will be explained in detail based on FIG.

The information presence/absence notification device of the pocket pager receives address data and information data from the individual selection call signal transmitting device, and displays the information data display element 1.
0, the sound generation element 13, and the sound control unit 12 that controls the sound of the sound generation element 13 to produce two or more different types of ring tones, and whether information data has been received or not. The apparatus is equipped with an information data presence/absence determining section 14 for determining the presence or absence of information data, and is configured to change the type of ring tone depending on whether information data is received or not.

(Function) With this configuration, a ring tone is selected and used depending on whether information data is received or not. Therefore, the person carrying the pocket pager can immediately recognize whether or not information data is being received when he/she hears the ringing tone. That is,
At that point, it can be determined whether or not it is necessary to view the display content of the display element 10. Therefore, the user does not have to take out the pager from his pocket and check the display even though the information data has not been received and displayed. As a result, usability, operability, convenience, etc. are improved.

(Example) Next, the present invention will be explained in detail based on FIG.

The pocket pager has a receiving antenna 15, an address
A receiving unit 16 demodulates received data including data and information data, a local address setting unit 17 in which the local address is stored, and a local address setting unit 17 that stores the local station address and the received address.
An address matching section 18 that matches data, an information data presence/absence determining section 14 that identifies whether or not information data is included in the received data, and a display content and sound output of the display element 10 corresponding to the presence or absence of information data. Control units 11 and 12 that serve as a display control unit 11 and a sound control unit 12 that control the sound content of the element 13, an optical display element 10 such as a liquid crystal display element or a light emitting diode, and a sound source such as a buzzer or speaker It is provided with a sound generating element 13 that emits sound, display parts 11A and 11B1 that drive the display element 10 to display depending on the presence or absence of information data, and sounding parts 12A and 12B1 that similarly drive the sound generating element 13 to produce sound.

Then, when the address data in the received data and the local station address in the local station address setting unit 17 are compared by the address matching unit 18 and both match, the information data presence/absence determining unit 14 then checks the address data in the received data. is identified whether it contains information data. This result is the control unit 11.1
If there is received information data, the content is displayed on the display element 10 via the display section 11A, and the sound generating element 13 via the sound section 12A responds to the presence of received information data. It is driven by a ringing tone that has been set in advance.

Furthermore, if there is no received information data, the display section 11B naturally displays nothing on the display element 10. The sound is driven by a ringtone that has been registered in advance in response to the call.

In this way, since the ring tone differs depending on whether there is received information data, the person carrying the pocket pager only needs to check the display contents if there is received information data. By doing so, the user is freed from the trouble of checking the presence or absence of received information data and its contents every time a call signal is received, and an improvement in convenience is expected and realized.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to know whether or not information data has been received by using different types of ring tones, and the pocket pager is easy to use and rich in convenience. This has the remarkable effect of being able to provide the following.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a pocket pager embodying the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional pocket pager. 10... Display element, 11... Display control section, 12...
- Sound control unit, 13... Sound generating element, 14... Information data presence/absence determination unit. $1 figure $2fl

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a pocket pager receiving address data and information data from an individual selective call signal transmitting device,
A display control unit that controls a display element for information data, a sound generation element, a sound control unit that controls the sound of the sound generation element to produce two or more different types of ring tones, and a sound generation control unit that controls whether or not the information data has been received. and an information data presence/absence determining unit to determine,
An information presence/absence notification device for a pocket pager, characterized in that the type of ringing tone is changed depending on whether information data is received or not.