JP2001231067A - Mobile wireless communication unit with pedometer - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mobile wireless communication unit with a pedometer that can measure the number of steps through the use of the function of itself. SOLUTION: When the mobile wireless communication unit roams and enters another area, a position registration means 1 performs a position registration with a base station in the area. When the position registration is finished, a step number count means 2 counts up the number of times of position registration and increments a preset one-area roaming distance or the number of steps equivalent to the one area roaming distance to update a step number memory 5. Then a display device 4 displays updated contents (moving distance or the number of steps).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable wireless device such as a portable telephone, and more particularly, to a portable wireless device having a pedometer function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the number of pedometer carriers has increased due to the health boom. As a configuration of the pedometer, a circuit that detects and counts vibrations during walking is generally used, and it is necessary to always attach the pedometer around a belt or waist around a human body in order to detect vibrations.

On the other hand, in order to eliminate the inconvenience of carrying various kinds of small electronic devices according to individual uses, there is a need for a small composite portable terminal having a plurality of functions by one unit. Small-sized composite portable terminals that can provide notebooks and communication functions with one unit have also been put to practical use.

[0004]

Therefore, if the above-mentioned small composite portable terminal and the pedometer are integrated to realize both functions by one unit, the trouble of carrying them individually can be solved. However, since the pedometer has a unique configuration in which the step detection means detects vibration and measures the number of steps, the pedometer has few mechanically common parts with other portable electronic devices and is integrated. There are few advantages.

[0005] Further, when used as a pedometer, there is an annoyance that the composite portable terminal must always be worn around a belt or waist around a human body, and the function as a pedometer may not be utilized. is there.

In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a portable radio communication device with a pedometer, which can measure the number of steps using a function of a portable radio device such as a portable telephone. .

[0007]

In a portable radio communication device for performing location registration between a base station and an exchange / control station,
When the area is switched, the number of area switches is counted, the distance traveled is calculated based on the counted number, and the distance is converted into a moving distance or the number of steps is notified to the wearer.

In the portable radio communication device with a pedometer according to the present invention, when performing position registration, it has been registered based on the position registration information transmitted from the base station (exchange / control station). The mobile wireless communication device calculates the distance traveled from the position information of the position registration area and the position information of the newly registered position registration area, and notifies the wearer of this as a movement distance or by converting it into steps. .

[0009]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention. The portable radio communication device with a pedometer according to the present invention comprises: a position registering means for performing a position registering operation with a base station; and a first pedometer for counting the number of times when the position registering means completes position registration. 2, a step count memory 5 for storing the result of the first pedometer means 2, a display unit 4 for displaying the contents of the step count memory 5, and a CPU 3 for controlling these operations.

Incidentally, the step count memory 5 may be configured to be included in the pedometer means 2 or may be configured to be shared with a RAM or an EEPROM used for the original function of the portable radio communication device.

The keyboard switch 6 is an input device,
When an operation such as resetting of the power supply of the portable wireless communication device or the pedometer, or other setting for performing display or setting is input, the CPU 3 performs various processes according to the input.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram for explaining the location registration operation between the portable radio communication device, the base station, and the switching / control station. Registering the area where the user is from the portable radio communication device with the exchange / control station is called position registration, and this area is called a position registration area. Location registration is performed when the power is turned on or when the received radio wave of the control channel is weakened to some extent due to movement.

The portable radio communication device 220 has a radio zone Z
When moving from 1 to the wireless zone Z2, it is known that the position information received on the control channel has changed and the position registration area has been moved. Portable wireless communication device 220
Transmits a location registration signal to the base station 212 on the control channel. The base station 212 relays this signal to the higher-order switching and control station 200.

The exchange / control station 200 rewrites the data of the location management information 202 by the exchange location registration means 201. Further, the exchange / control station transmits a location registration confirmation signal to the portable radio communication device 220 through the control channel via the base station 212.
Is transmitted as a position registration reception signal to notify that the position registration has been correctly received.

In the present invention, when the portable radio communication device 220 moves and enters a new radio zone (area), the position registration means 1 of the portable radio communication device 220 makes the above-mentioned position registration with the base station in the area. Perform the registration operation. When the position registration operation is completed, the pedometer means 2 increments the number of position registration operations by one and adds a preset one-area movement distance or a number of steps corresponding to one area movement distance to store the number of steps in the pedometer memory 5. Update. Then, the updated content (the moving distance or the number of steps) is displayed on the display 4.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the present invention. Hereinafter, the operation of the portable wireless communication device with a pedometer according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

The position registration means 1 of the portable radio communication device recognizes its own moving position by receiving position information transmitted from the base station. When the portable wireless communication device moves from the service area of the moving position to another service area, it recognizes that it is located in another service area based on the received position information (area code or the like) from the base station. . Based on this recognition, position information indicating that the own movement position has moved to the new service area is transmitted as a position registration signal to the exchange / control station via the base station.

First, the CPU 3 displays the data in the step count memory 5 on the display unit 4 (ST11). There is no information in the step count memory 5 (when power is first turned on or when stored information is deleted).
In this case, "0" or "no data" is displayed.

The CPU 3 has a keyboard switch 6
To detect whether or not to reset the data in the step count memory 5 (ST12). If there is a reset request, the data in the step count memory 5 is emptied (ST13).
If there is no reset request, the pedometer 2 detects whether or not the position registration with the base station has been performed by the position register 1 (ST14).

When the position registration is performed, the pedometer 2 counts the number of position registrations, calculates the distance or the number of steps per count, adds the distance or the number of steps to the data of the step number memory 5, and Is overwritten (ST15).
Here, although the pedometer means 2 has data of the distance per step and the number of steps, the pedometer means 2 may be separately set in the ROM of the portable radio communication device.

Alternatively, the data set by the carrier is stored in a RAM.
Alternatively, the data may be recorded in an EEPROM or an EEPROM and calculated by the pedometer means based on the data. This makes it possible to calculate the number of steps based on data unique to the wearer, thereby improving the accuracy of the pedometer.

The CPU 3 may detect whether or not the location registration has been performed. In that case, the CPU
The pedometer 3 may notify the pedometer 2 of the completion of position registration, and the pedometer 2 may count the number of steps and calculate the number of steps based on the completion notification. When the location registration is not performed in ST14 and after the data in the step count memory 5 is overwritten in ST15, the process proceeds to ST11 and the data in the step count memory 5 is displayed.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention. The present embodiment is characterized in that a position registration area code memory 51 and a position information memory 511 are added to the configuration of the first embodiment.

The area code memory 51 stores a position registration area code when the position registration by the position registration means 1 is completed. The location registration area code memory 51
May be included in the location registration means 1 or may be included in the RAM or EEPROM of the portable wireless communication device.

The position information memory 511 stores coordinate data corresponding to the position registration area code as shown in FIG. The position information memory 51
1 is the location registration means 1 or the RO of the portable wireless communication device.
M and RAM, or may be provided separately as ROM.

In the second embodiment, the coordinates of the area where the self is located are obtained from the position registration area code in the position registration information, and when the area is switched, the coordinates of the area registered so far are obtained. Then, the distance traveled by the person carrying the portable wireless communication device is obtained from the coordinates of the newly registered area and the number of steps is calculated.

As described above, in the second embodiment, since the distance is calculated using the coordinate data of the position information memory 511, a more accurate pedometer function is provided as compared with the first embodiment. it can.

In a car telephone system, and in particular, in a PHS, since the configuration of a wireless zone, which is a unit of a location registration area, is subdivided, it is possible to calculate the distance and the number of steps in units of several hundred meters. Further, in the future, if the configuration of the wireless zone is subdivided into several tens of meters and several meters due to an increase in subscribers and a decrease in frequency resources, the accuracy of the pedometer using the portable wireless communication device of the present invention will be further improved.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment. Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

The portable radio communication device is turned on (ST2).
1) and the location registration means 1 performs location registration with the switching and control station via the base station. Location registration is completed (S
At T22), the position registration unit 1 stores the position registration area code in the received control channel in the position registration area code memory 51 (ST23).

After displaying the data in the step count memory 52 on the display unit 4 (ST24), the CPU 3 monitors the keyboard switch 6 and detects whether or not the power supply of the portable radio communication device is turned off (ST25). If there is a power-off request, the power of the portable wireless communication device is turned off (ST26).

If there is no power-off request, the CPU 3 monitors the keyboard switch 6 and detects whether or not to reset the data in the step count memory 52 (ST27). If there is a reset request, the data in the step count memory 52 is emptied (ST28).

When there is no reset request, the pedometer 2 detects whether or not the position registration with the base station has been performed by the position register 1 (ST29). When the position registration is performed, the CPU 3 stores the newly registered position registration area code in the position registration area code memory 51 (ST30).

The pedometer 22 includes a position information memory 511
, The step distance is calculated from the moving distance or the moving distance from the coordinate data corresponding to the previously registered position registration area code and the coordinate data corresponding to the newly stored position registration area code (ST31). . Then, the calculation result is added to the data of the step count memory 52 and recorded (ST32).

When the position registration is not performed in ST29 and after the data in the step count memory 52 is overwritten in ST31, the process proceeds to ST24 to display the data in the step count memory 52.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment is characterized in that a fading pitch detection unit 101 and a pedometer control unit 23 are added to the first and second embodiments.

The fading pitch detecting means 101 detects the fading pitch of the radio signal being received when the portable radio communication terminal performs radio communication with the base station, and at what speed the portable radio communication device moves. This is a circuit that detects whether the user Fading pitch detecting means 101
May be included in the position registration means 1.

The pedometer control means 23 controls the calculation of the number of steps by the pedometer means 22 according to the result of the fading pitch detection means 101.

In the present embodiment, when the person carrying the portable radio communication device performs location registration, the fading pitch detection circuit 101 causes the portable radio communication device to move at high speed (for example, to move on a car or a train). If the pedometer control unit 23 controls the pedometer means 22 so as not to add the data of the pedometer based on the position registration during that time, a more accurate The number of steps "can be calculated.

With this circuit, it is not necessary to switch every time depending on whether the carrier is walking or moving on a vehicle, and the pedometer is automatically turned on / off.
An off switch can be performed.

FIG. 8 shows the fading pitch detecting means 101 and the pedometer control means 2 according to the third embodiment.
3 is a flowchart showing the operation of FIG.
Between ST14 and ST15 in FIG. 3 or ST30 in FIG.
And is inserted between ST31 and ST31 to operate. Hereinafter, the operation of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
This will be described with reference to FIGS.

The fading pitch detecting circuit 101 detects the fading pitch of the received radio signal (ST41). If the result of the fading pitch detection by the fading pitch detecting circuit 101 is a high-speed moving state, the pedometer control means 23
2 so that the calculation of the number of steps is not performed.
11 or to ST24 of FIG. 6 (Y of ST42). Accordingly, the number of steps (distance) is not added during high-speed movement, so that the accuracy of the actual number of steps (distance) is improved.

If the result of the fading pitch detection by the fading pitch detecting circuit 101 is not a high-speed moving state, ST11 in FIG. 3 or ST24 in FIG.
(N in ST42).

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The present embodiment is characterized in that a t-second timer 301, a t-second timer control detecting unit 311 and a pedometer control unit 24 are added to the first and second embodiments.

The t-second timer 301 is a clock for measuring the time from the previous position registration to the newly performed position registration.
1 is a circuit for controlling the control circuit 1. Also, the pedometer control means 24
Controls the step count calculation of the pedometer means 22 according to the result of the t-second timer control detection means 311.

In this embodiment, when the portable radio communication terminal performs the location registration with the base station and the switching / control station by the t-second timer 301 and the t-second timer control detecting means 311, the location registration from the previous location registration is performed. If the time until new position registration is performed is short, the pedometer control means 24 determines that it is moving one after another in the wireless zone which is a unit of the position registration area, that is, it is moving at high speed by an automobile or the like.
Is characterized in that the step count is not added by the pedometer means 22 during that time.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the t-second timer 301 and the t-second timer control detecting means 311. This flow is performed between ST14 and ST15 in FIG.
Alternatively, it is inserted between ST30 and ST31 in FIG. Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 9, FIG. 3, FIG. 6, and FIG.

The t-second timer control detecting means 311 detects whether the t-second timer has timed out (ST5).
1). Note that the timeout time of the t-second timer may be set in advance in the ROM or the EEPROM of the portable wireless communication device, or may be set by an input by the keyboard switch 6 by the wearer.

If the time of the t-second timer 301 has not timed out, the pedometer control means 24 controls the pedometer means 2 and 22 not to add the number of steps (distance) by determining that the vehicle is moving at high speed. ST11 of FIG. 3 or S11 of FIG.
The process proceeds to T24 (N in ST42). Accordingly, the number of steps (distance) is not added during high-speed movement, so that the accuracy of the actual number of steps (distance) is improved.

When the t-second timer control detecting means 311 determines that the time of the t-second timer 301 has timed out (Y in ST42), the t-second timer 301 is reset and restarted (ST52). Then, ST1 of FIG.
5 or the flow proceeds to ST31 in FIG.

[0051]

According to the present invention, the pedometer function is added to the portable wireless device, so that it is not necessary to carry a pedometer separately, and it is possible to reduce the belongings of the portable person.

In the pedometer function of the present invention, since the circuit for measuring the number of steps does not sense vibration and uses radio waves, there is no need to mount the pedometer at a specific position on the body. It can be used in a bag.

Since the pedometer function of the present invention can be realized by a circuit constituting a general portable radio communication device,
Therefore, the number of parts can be minimized, and a pedometer function can be added without impairing the size and shape of the portable wireless communication device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a location registration operation between a portable wireless communication device, a base station, and an exchange / control station.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart (flowchart) showing an operation of the first exemplary embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a position information memory 511 used in the second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart (flow chart) showing an operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart (flowchart) showing an operation of a characteristic portion of the third embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart (flow chart) showing an operation of a characteristic portion of the fourth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Position registration means 2, 22 Pedometer means 3 CPU 4 Display part 5, 52 Step number memory 6 Keyboard switch 23 Pedometer control means 51 Position registration area code memory 101 Fading pitch detection means 200 Exchange / control station 201 Exchange position registration means 202 Position management information 211, 212, 213 base station 220 portable wireless communication device 301 t-second timer 311 t-timer control detection means 511 position information memory

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A portable wireless communication device capable of moving within a plurality of wireless zones and performing position registration within each wireless zone with a base station in the wireless zone by using a control channel, wherein: A portable radio communication device with a pedometer, comprising a pedometer means using the pedometer. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the pedometer means counts each time the position registration is performed, and calculates a moving distance or a number of steps from the distance per count and the number of counts. The portable wireless communication device with a pedometer according to claim 1. 3. The pedometer means, when performing the location registration, based on location registration information sent from the base station.
2. The number of steps according to claim 1, wherein the number of steps is calculated by calculating a moving distance or the number of steps from the position information of the previously registered position registration area and the position information of the newly registered position registration area. Portable wireless communication device with meter. 4. A pedometer control circuit comprising: a fading pitch detecting circuit for detecting a moving speed of the vehicle; and a pedometer control means, wherein when the moving speed detected by the fading pitch detecting circuit is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed, The operation of the pedometer means is stopped.
A portable wireless communication device with a pedometer according to any one of the above. 5. A pedometer control means for detecting its own moving speed based on the time from the previous position registration to when a new position registration is performed, wherein the detected moving speed is equal to or higher than a predetermined speed. 4. The portable radio communication device with a pedometer according to claim 1, wherein the operation of the pedometer is stopped by the pedometer controller. 6. The portable wireless communication device with a pedometer according to claim 1, wherein the portable wireless communication device is a portable wireless telephone.