CN1250323A

CN1250323A - Radio pager receiver

Info

Publication number: CN1250323A
Application number: CN99118500A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 曾根智史
Original assignee: NEC Corp
Current assignee: NEC Corp
Priority date: 1998-09-04
Filing date: 1999-09-03
Publication date: 2000-04-12
Also published as: JP2000083270A

Abstract

To attain effective announcement for information whose priority is high by announcing announcement singing at the time of calling and reception in a tone different from that of normal calling singing at the time of detecting overlapped calling. When a radio receiver 1 receives a message, a processor 105 compares and collates the received message with each information of an already received message stored in a message memory 108. When the processor 105 detects that the same message is present, announcement setting data stored in an EEPROM 104 are transmitted to a processor 105. The processor 105 urges the output of singing announcement to an announcing part 12 so that singing for indicating that the calling is present can be issued from a speaker 110, and the processor 105 outputs the received message and an icon for indicating that the overlapped calling is detected through an LCD driver 113 to a color LCD 114 so that visual announcement can be attained. After the announcement is confirmed, a key inputting part 14 is depressed for allowing the processor 105 to stop the overlapped announcement.

Description

Radio pager receiver

The present invention relates to a kind of radio pager receiver, when it repeated to receive same message or information, it can remind the user, and allowed the user see these message or information at an easy rate.Compare with other message, these message or information usually have higher priority.Hereinafter will be called the such message that repeats to receive for the sake of simplicity and double to call out (a double call).

Usually remind the user to receive and double to call out, for example, do not change the prompting sound by showing an icon and tell the user to receive calling subscriber's telephone number in the viewing area with radio pager receiver.Yet the available viewing area of LCD in the radio pager receiver (LCD) is limited, because paging receiver is should size little of, in light weight to be convenient for carrying.Although therefore restriction is received in the viewing area, still need certain device that information is conveyed to the user.

In order to send information to user effectively, preferably maximally utilise user's the sense of hearing and vision.Yet the device of paging receiver shortage change alerting tone is reminded the user to receive and is doubled calling in the prior art.Worse, only on the position of predesignating, icon is arranged in the viewing area, limited the demonstration of character information.

If on positions different in the viewing area, distinguish display icon and character information, will increase the size of LCD, bring difficulty for the size and the weight that reduce radio pager receiver.

In following document, announced the technology relevant: Japanese patent publication (Laid-Open) publication number 63-61520,7-203513 and 7-336740 with the present invention, Japan Patent the 2531074th and No. 2690687, Japanese patent publication publication number 10-94009,7-284138 and 10-117368, No. the 2776251st, Japan Patent and Japanese patent publication publication number 8-65744,2-5634,9-37321 and 4-253428.

Therefore an object of the present invention is to provide a kind of radio pager receiver, by effectively utilize the user the sense of hearing and vision, it can be reminded the pager carrier to receive certainly and double to call out.

According to the present invention, the radio pager receiver that receives message comprises that a test section is used for detecting to be doubled to call out, and comprises that also an alarm part is used for reminding the paging receiver user to receive and doubles to call out.

According to the present invention, the radio pager receiver that receives message also comprise be used for detecting a test section doubling to call out, the alarm part that doubles to call out that is used for reminding the user to receive and a display part that comprises the alarm part, alarm wherein partly comprises a loud speaker that is used for the outputting alarm sound and a display part that shows the message that receives.

The accompanying drawing summary

Utilize the following drawings and describe in detail and can be well understood to feature of the present invention, advantage and above-mentioned purpose and other purpose more.Wherein:

Fig. 1 is the theory diagram of radio pager receiver among explanation the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the flow chart that doubles to call out concrete alarm program in the embodiment;

Fig. 3 is in another preferred embodiment of the present invention, and the view of a concrete icon that show on color LCD is used for representing to double to call out;

Fig. 4 is the flow chart that user's report arranged according to the present invention is provided with data;

Fig. 5 receives when doubling to call out, the view of concrete icon and information in the embodiment of Fig. 3.

Preferred embodiment

With reference to figure 1, wherein drawn and implemented a radio pager receiver of the present invention, identify with numeral 1.As shown in the figure, radio pager receiver generally is made up of radio frequency part 10, control section 11, alarm part 12, display part 13 and button part 14.

Radio frequency part 10 comprises that an antenna 100, the receiver 101 that connects with antenna 100 form device 102 with the waveform that is connected with receiver 101.The radio signal demodulation that receiver 101 will be come in from antenna 100, the baseband signal of a correspondence of output.Waveform forms the waveform that device 102 produces baseband signals, and with the signal feed-in control section 11 that produces as input signal.

Control section 11 comprises a decoder 103,104 and processors 105 of EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Read Only Memory).EEPROM 104 is used for storing identifier.103 pairs of data from radio frequency part 10 of decoder are deciphered, and the address number in the decoded data is compared with the identifier of storing in advance among the EEPROM 104.If address number is with the identifier unanimity, decoder 103 just sends a piece of news to processor 105, and telling it called is exactly this paging receiver 10.The message memory 108 that is used for storing the message that receives links to each other with processor 105.EEPROM 104 supports to write data from the outside of paging receiver 1.

Alarm part 12 comprises an alarm driver 109 and a loud speaker 110 that links to each other with alarm driver 109.Under the control of processor 105, alarm part 12 reminds the user of paging receiver 1 to receive calling.

Display part 13 comprises a lcd driver 113 and a color LCD 114.Display part 13 shows the message that receives under the control of processor 105.Also have, detect when doubling to call out, display part 13 is just reminded the user to receive with visual means and is doubled to call out.

Button part 14 is to realize with the keypad that is installed on the paging receiver 1, and it is used to the input alarm and data and various command and report is set data are set, and hereinafter will be introduced.

When now describing the concrete operations of paging receiver 1, particularly describe when reminding the user to receive the process that doubles to call out in conjunction with Fig. 2.As shown in the figure, the user is operation push-button part 14 at first, so that pattern is arranged to alarm is provided with data input EEPROM 104 (step 201).Subsequently, allow the user to select the figure of required alerting tone frequency to appear on the LCD 114.Watch the user of LCD114 from a plurality of alerting tone frequencies, select he needed one (step 202 and step 203 be).Closely follow step 205 after the step 203.If the user does not select any alerting tone frequency, if for example the user accepts to receive use acquiescence alerting tone frequency (step 202 is not) when doubling to call out, the user just selects acquiescence alerting tone frequency (step 204) so.After

step

203 or 204, figure of the last appearance of LCD allows the user select his needed alerting tone volume (step 205).Watch the user of LCD 114 in a plurality of volumes are selected, to select his a needed volume (step 205 and step 206 be) again.If the user accepts the default value (step 205 is not) of volume, so, the user just selects default value (step 207).These values that the user selects are promptly alarmed data are set, and are written into EEPROM 104 (step 208).By above-mentioned steps, be used to remind the user to receive that the alarm that doubles to call out is provided with data and has all been imported paging receiver 1.

When paging receiver 1 was received a message, the message that 108 li of message memories just received face in front of this message and be stored in by processor 105 compared.If this message of receiving is identical with any one message that is stored in 108 li of message memories, that is to say that detecting one doubles to call out (step 209), processor 105 is provided with data with regard to reading the alarm that exists among the EEPROM 104, and allows the alarm part export an alerting tone.In response, alarm part 12 produces an alerting tone by loud speaker 110, is used to remind the user to receive and doubles to call out (step 210).Simultaneously, message and an icon that processor 105 allows lcd driver 113 show on color LCD 114 to receive illustrate and have received same message for the second time.

If the user makes above-mentioned alarm and replys (step 211 be) and with the mode operation push-button part of selecting in advance 14, processor 105 just stops to represent the alarm (step 212) that doubles to call out.If the user does not have operation push-button district 14 (step 211 is not), report that from receiving beginning to experience n just writes message memory 108 (step 213) with this message data with preprocessor 105 second.Simultaneously, processor 105 shows a piece of news by lcd driver 113 on LCD 114, tells the user that a message (step 213) that does not have reading is arranged.

Introduce another embodiment of the invention below.In brief, the embodiment of front face is sent the tone of the attractive sense of hearing and is compared, and is receiving that when doubling to call out, this scheme shows a noticeable complete icon.Particularly, this embodiment is used color LCD 114 effectively, and Fig. 1 allows button among Fig. 1 partly be ready to receive the input that various command and report are provided with data simultaneously, hereinafter will introduce in detail.

Fig. 3 is a concrete icon 301, detects that embodiment is presented at it on the color LCD 114 when doubling to call out.Detect when doubling to call out, icon 301 is provided with data and appears on the color LCD 114 according to being stored in icon display data among the EEPROM104 and report.

Fig. 4 is that the input report is provided with data in the illustrative embodiment, promptly determines the concrete steps of the data of icon display pattern.As shown in the figure, the user uses button part 14, so that select the input report that the pattern of data is set.In response, a colored figure (step 401) of selecting appears on color LCD 114.If the user selects needed color (step 401 is) on LCD 114, this color (step 402) just is set.If the user does not select color (step 401 is not) on LCD 114, default color (step 403) just is set.In illustrative embodiment, the most handy colour of this icon rather than black display are because the message character all is to use black display.After

step

402 or 403 was finished, the figure (step 404) of display position appearred selecting on color LCD 114.If watch the user of LCD 114 to select his needed display position (step 404 is), the display position (step 405) that needs just is set.If the user selects an acquiescence display position (step 404 is not), just selected acquiescence display position (in this illustrative embodiment, being the center) (step 406).The user can specify his needed display position with some diverse ways.For example, the user can select center or the left position of LCD114, or with the display screen of whole LCD 114 all as the viewing area.After the

step

405 or 406, a flicker on LCD 114, occurs and select figure, allow the user select flicker pattern (step 407).If the user selects flicker (step 407 is), flicker pattern (step 408) just is set; If opposite (step 407 is not) just is provided with the pattern (step 409) of not glimmering.At this moment, can be with 0.5 second flicker at interval as another selection of prompting user, though do not specify among the figure.

The color that the user selects in above step, display position and flicker/not glimmering to be provided with is written into EEPROM 104 (step 410).In illustrative embodiment, when the icon that shows and message overlap each other, just preferential display message.

This illustrative embodiment is provided with data according to the report of 104 li storages of EEPROM and comes work, shown in hereinafter.When decoder 103 sent a piece of news to processor 105, processor 105 write message memory 108 with this message, determined simultaneously whether this message is identical with a certain message that is stored in 108 li of message memories.If this result relatively is sure, processor 105 is just read and is stored in 104 li expressions of EEPROM and has detected the icon that doubles to call out.Processor 105 sends the icon of reading to display part 13, and according to report data is set it is presented on the color LCD 114.For example, if color and display position that the user selects are respectively " redness " and " " center " is just at the center of LCD 114 red display icon.In addition, if selected flicker, this red icon is just by previously selected time interval flicker.Subsequently, according to report data being set is presented at the common message character on the LCD 114.The overlapping place of message character and icon on LCD 114, the front face is said the same, the display message character.

Particularly, Fig. 5 illustrates a kind of concrete condition, wherein should be at the blue display icon in the center of color LCD 114, and the message character is then with the acquiescence black display.As shown in the figure, mark into 501 icon with the blue center that is presented at LCD 114, message character 502 (123-4567) then uses black display on icon 501.The other parts of LCD 114 are shown as white.The display message part that has covered icon 501 as shown in the figure is not subjected to the influence of icon.Can information is shown to the user and can not go wrong by visual means like this.

In another optional preferred embodiment of the present invention, above-mentioned audible means and visual manner are combined, double to call out to remind the user to detect more reliably.Particularly, detect when doubling to call out, this embodiment produces with a different alerting tone of common alerting tone and also shows with a different icon of message color of receiving.

In a word, the invention provides a kind of radio pager receiver,, it has various unprecedented advantages, exemplifies as follows:

(1) paging receiver is provided with data according to the alarm that stores and reminds the user to detect to double to call out.Hear that paging receiver sends special alerting tone, the user can discern at an easy rate and double to call out.This is different from the general report mode that only shows an icon.

(2) paging receiver can show each icon, can be with a kind of mode display message that is easy to distinguish under special case.Can show the fact of these two kinds of different information simultaneously in conjunction with beep-pager, this can pass on information to the user certainly.

(3) by allowing the user to select his needed alerting tone frequency and alerting tone volume, the user can discern at an easy rate and double to call out when hearing alerting tone.

(4) when paging receiver has a color LCD, can come display icon with a kind of color that is different from the message color.This can the attracting sense of hearing.

Understood after the technology of the present invention, those skilled in the art can carry out various modifications to it, and can not depart from scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. be used to receive a kind of radio pager receiver of message, comprise:

Detect expression and receive the device that doubles to call out of identical message; With

Remind the radio pager receiver user to receive the alarm device that doubles to call out.

2. the radio pager receiver of claim 1, checkout gear wherein determine whether the message of receiving is identical with any a piece of news in the message memory that has been stored in this radio pager receiver.

3. the radio pager receiver of claim 1, alarm device wherein send with the different alerting tone of common alerting tone tonequality, remind the user to receive and double to call out.

4. the radio pager receiver of claim 1, alarm device wherein send with the different alerting tone of common alerting tone volume, remind the user to receive and double to call out.

5. the radio pager receiver of claim 1 also comprises the display unit that shows the message that receives.

6. the radio pager receiver of claim 5 is wherein receiving that when doubling to call out, display unit is with showing an icon with the different color of the reception message that shows on the colored display part.

7. receive a kind of radio pager receiver of message, comprising:

Detect expression and receive the device that doubles to call out of identical message;

Remind the radio pager receiver user to receive the alarm device that doubles to call out; With

Display unit is alarmed a part and a display part that shows the message of receiving for one that includes a loud speaker outputting alarm sound.

8. the radio pager receiver of claim 7, wherein, when checkout gear detects when doubling to call out, alarm device just allows alarms part output audio alerting tone, the tonequality of this alerting tone has the same common sound difference of following at least with volume, and alarm device also allows display unit show a visible icon with being different from the color of receiving message.