JP2002111800A - Data transmission/reception system and electronic equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To utilize optional data other than data stored at the time of shipping from a plant even for electronic equipment not provided with the function of connection with the Internet. SOLUTION: A PC 4 accesses a server 3 through a telephone line network 1 and the Internet 2 by operating a modem by a well-known procedure. Then, music data stored in the server 3 are downloaded and stored in a music data storage part. Also, the Ir data transmission/reception module 417 of the PC 4 is turned to the state of facing the infrared ray transmission/reception part 706 of a watch 7. In the state, the music data downloaded by the PC 4 are converted to the data automatically playable by the watch 7 and infrared-ray transmitted. The watch 7 receives them and stores them in a music data memory.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data transmission / reception system for transmitting / receiving data by infrared communication and an electronic apparatus.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Today, with the development of communication technology and improvement of communication infrastructure, distribution services of various contents by e-mail, the Internet, and the like have become more familiar. Therefore, a personal computer
By accessing a server from the Internet via the Internet, or by accessing a server from a mobile phone having an Internet connection function, and downloading desired contents, various contents can be easily obtained.

[0003]

However, the contents that can be downloaded and used in this way are limited to those having a function of connecting to the Internet, such as personal computers and specific mobile phones. Therefore, in the case of an electronic device that does not have a function of connecting to the Internet, such as an electronic timepiece, usable data such as contents are limited to those stored in advance at the time of shipment from the factory, and cannot satisfy user needs. .

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and even if the electronic device does not have a function of connecting to the Internet, the use of arbitrary data other than the data stored at the time of shipment from the factory. It is an object of the present invention to provide a data transmission / reception system and an electronic device capable of performing the following.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data transmission / reception system comprising a first electronic device and a second electronic device. The first electronic device includes a data conversion unit that converts arbitrary data into a data format that can be processed by the second electronic device, and a transmission unit that transmits the data converted by the data conversion unit by infrared communication. The second
An electronic device, receiving means for receiving the converted data transmitted from the transmitting means by infrared communication, storage means for storing the data received by the receiving means,
Processing means for executing processing based on the data stored in the storage means.

[0006] Therefore, the first electronic device transmits the second electronic device.
Arbitrary data is transmitted in a data format that can be processed by the electronic device. Then, the second electronic device receives and stores the data transmitted from the first electronic device, and executes a process based on the stored data. Therefore, the second electronic device can acquire and execute any data other than the data stored in advance at the time of shipment from the factory, obtain data at or above the time of shipment from the factory, and perform processing based on this data. Function expands.

Further, in the data transmission / reception system according to the second aspect of the present invention, the first electronic device has communication means for accessing a server via a network. Therefore, the first electronic device accesses the server via the network, downloads various contents, and then transmits the contents in a data format that can be processed by the second electronic device and transmits the infrared rays. The second electronic device receives, stores, and processes the data, so that the second electronic device without the Internet connection function can substantially use the content downloaded via the Internet. become able to.

[0008] In the data transmission / reception system according to the third aspect of the present invention, the data is music data for automatically playing music, and the processing means automatically processes music based on the music data. The performance processing is performed.
Therefore, the second electronic device can perform an automatic performance based on music data other than music data stored in advance.

In the data transmission / reception system according to the present invention, the data is control data necessary for controlling each part of the second electronic device and adding a new function. The processing means executes control based on the control data. Therefore,
In the second electronic device, functions higher than the functions that the second electronic device has in advance are added at a later date.

Further, in the electronic device according to the present invention, data conversion means for converting arbitrary data into a data format that can be processed by a predetermined electronic device as a transmission partner, and the data conversion means Transmission means for transmitting the data converted by the means by infrared communication. The electronic device according to the invention of claim 6 further includes communication means for accessing a server via a network. Further, in the electronic device according to the present invention, a receiving unit for receiving converted data transmitted from a predetermined electronic device by infrared communication, and storing the data received by the receiving unit. Storage means;
Processing means for executing processing based on the data stored in the storage means. Also, in the electronic device according to the invention of claim 8, the data is music data for automatically playing music, and the processing means automatically performs music processing based on the music data. In the electronic device according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the data is control data necessary for controlling each unit of the predetermined electronic device to be the transmission destination and adding a new function. . Therefore, the data transmission / reception system according to claims 1 to 4 can be constructed by the electronic devices according to claims 5 to 9.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, a system includes a PC 4 capable of accessing a server 3 via a telephone network 1 and the Internet 2, a base station 5 and a PC 4 via the telephone network 1 and the Internet 2. A mobile phone terminal 6 that can access the server 3 and a wristwatch 7 having an infrared communication function as described later.

As shown in FIG. 2, the PC 4 is provided with a CPU 408 for controlling each part, and a ROM
409 and RAM 410 are connected via a bus 412, respectively. The ROM 409 stores a system program for operating the CPU 408 and the like.
The AM 410 is used for a work. In addition, a monitor 413 and a UART (universal asyn
414, a keyboard 415, a music data storage unit 418, a sound generator 419, and a modem 420 are connected. The UART 414 has an Ir data transmission / reception module 4 via a modulation / demodulation circuit 416.
17 are connected.

[0013] As shown in FIG.
A control unit 609 for controlling each unit is provided.
09 includes a speaker 604, a display unit 605, and a key 60.
7. Microphone 608 is connected. further,
The control unit 9 includes a speaker 610, a transmission / reception unit 611 connected to the antenna 603, a sound source 612, a reception data storage unit 613, an I / F unit 614, and a music data storage unit 615.
Is connected.

The speaker 610 serves both for calling and for generating a musical tone, and generates a ringing melody (a so-called ringtone) when an incoming call is received. The transmission / reception unit 611 performs wireless communication with the base station 5 illustrated in FIG. 1 via the antenna 603. The sound source 612 stores waveform data, and by reading out this waveform data at a speed corresponding to the designated pitch, musical tone data of the designated pitch is generated. The received data storage unit 613 stores the received mail data, and the I / F unit 6
Reference numeral 14 denotes an interface unit for inputting and outputting data to and from another device such as the PC 4. The song data storage unit 615 stores song data for ringtones in advance and also stores song data downloaded from the server 3.

The control unit 609 includes a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM.
The CPU operates in accordance with a program stored in the ROM while using the RAM as a work area, thereby controlling each unit and executing processing necessary for the mobile phone terminal 6. That is, the control unit 6
09 is a call processing for transmitting a call signal for calling another telephone terminal from the transmission / reception unit 611 to the telephone network 1 shown in FIG. 3, when a call signal is transmitted from the base station 5. A receiving process for generating a ring tone from the speaker 610, and when the user inputs a command to connect the mobile phone terminal 6 to the telephone network 1 according to the generation of the ring tone, the mobile phone terminal via the transmitting / receiving unit 611. 6 to connect to the telephone network 1, when a call with the other party becomes possible,
The audio signal input by the user from the microphone 608 is transmitted from the transmission / reception unit 611 to the base station 5, and a process of generating a sound from the speaker 604 based on the received audio signal is performed. The control unit 609 also executes a process of accessing the server 3 and downloading the content via the telephone network 1 and the Internet 18.

A UART 618 is connected to the control unit 609 in the same manner as the PC 4 described above.
An Ir data transmission / reception module 617 is connected to 601 via a modulation / demodulation circuit 616.

As shown in FIG. 1, the wristwatch 7 comprises a watch main body 702 and bands 703 and 703 fixed to both ends of the watch main body 702. Clock body 702
Is provided with a display window 5 having an LCD 704, and infrared light transmitting / receiving units 706 and keys 70a and 70b are provided on both side surfaces.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a circuit arranged inside the timepiece main body 702. This circuit is provided with a CPU 708 for controlling each unit, and a ROM 709 and a RAM 710 are connected to the bus 7 respectively.
12 are connected. ROM 709 is a CPU
A system program and the like for operating the 708 are stored, and the RAM 710 is used for work.

The bus 712 includes a driver 713,
A UART 714, a switch 715, a music data storage 718, and a sound generator 719 are connected. The driver 713 drives the LCD 704. U
The Ir data transmitting / receiving module 717 is connected to the ART 714 via a modulation / demodulation circuit 716, and the Ir data transmitting / receiving module 717 is connected to the infrared transmitting / receiving section 706.
have. The switch 715 is connected to the key 70.
a, generating operation information corresponding to the operations of 70b. The song data storage unit 718 stores alarm song data in advance and also stores transmission data received by infrared communication as described later.
The sound generator 719 includes a speaker or the like that generates a musical sound based on music data.

FIG. 5 shows a data format of the music data D that can be converted and transmitted by the PC 4 or the portable telephone terminal 6 and transmitted by infrared, and the wristwatch 7 can receive and reproduce the data. This song data D is "Start b
"it", "w address", "tempo", "discrimination bi"
t "and" write data ". "Start bit" is "1010",
The start of data is indicated, and "w address" indicates the address of the song data memory 718 of the wristwatch 7 to which the song data is to be written. “Tempo” indicates the speed of the song,
It consists of bits. The “determination bit” indicates that there is next data by “1”, and that there is no next data by “0”, that is, the end of the music. "Write
"Data" is 8b representing the pitch, length, and tone of each note.
It consists of it data.

In this embodiment having the above-described configuration, the PC 4 operates the modem 420 according to a well-known procedure to access the server 3 via the telephone network 1 and the Internet 2. Then, the music data stored in the server 3 is downloaded, and the music data storage unit 41 is downloaded.
8 is stored. Also, as shown in FIG.
The Ir data transmission / reception module 417 of No. 4 faces the infrared transmission / reception unit 706 of the wristwatch 7.

In this state, when a predetermined data conversion / transmission operation is performed using the keyboard 415, the CPU 408 of the PC 4
Starts processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, one of the selected song data storage units 41
The music score is displayed for each part based on the music data in 8 (step S101). By the processing in step S101, as shown in FIG. 7, the musical score G of the music data for each of the parts "MEL1,""MEL2," and "MEL3" is displayed on the monitor 413 of the PC 4, and a plurality of operation icons are displayed. S is displayed. Next, it is determined whether or not any part is selected (step S102). When any part is selected by moving and clicking the mouse pointer M, the selected part is automatically played. (Step S102). As a result, the melody of the selected part is automatically played with the tone of the part,
Sound is emitted from the sound generator 419.

Further, it is determined whether or not any measure is selected. If any measure is selected, the music data of the relevant measure is converted into music data D shown in FIG. 5 (step S105). ). Thereafter, the converted music data D is transmitted by infrared rays (step S107). Also,
It is determined whether or not the user has performed a predetermined end operation using the keyboard 415 (step S107), and the loop of steps S104 to S107 is repeated until the end operation is performed.

Therefore, when the user successively selects one bar at a time on the score G displayed on the monitor 413, the music data of the bar is converted and the Ir data of the PC 4 is converted.
The data is transmitted from the data transmission / reception module 417 by infrared communication.

On the other hand, the CPU 708 of the wristwatch 7 operates according to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, the infrared signal received by the infrared transmission / reception unit 706 is transmitted to the Ir data transmission / reception module 717, the modulation / demodulation circuit 716, and the UAR
The reception is started by taking in via T714 (step S201). Next, it is determined whether or not the start bit of the received data is “1010” (step S202). As shown in FIG. 5, the converted music data D of the present embodiment has a start bit of “101”.
0 ”, if the data is other than this, it is determined that an error has occurred and the reception state is released (step S
209).

If the start bit is "1010", after reading the "w address" (step S203), the "tempo" is read and the "tempo" is stored in the address w of the music data storage unit 718. Is written (step S204). Further, it is determined whether or not the “determination bit” is “1” (step S205), and the determination bit is determined.
If = 1, it means that there is next data, so the music data as the next data is read and written to the music data storage unit 718 (step S206). further,
In preparation for writing the next data, the song data storage unit 718
Is incremented (step S207). Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the address is over (step S208). If the address is not over, the processing from step S205 is repeated (step S205). Therefore, step S2
By repeating the processing from 05 to S208, music data consisting of a series of 8-bit data representing the pitch, tone length, and timbre of each sound is stored in the music data storage unit 718 of the wristwatch 7.
Will be stored.

Then, as a result of the determination in step S205,
When the discrimination bit becomes “0” and the reception and storage of all the transmitted music data are completed, or the address is over as a result of the determination in step S208, the storage of further music data is performed. If it becomes impossible, the receiving state is canceled (step S209), and the processing according to this flow ends.

Therefore, by executing the processing according to this flow, the music data storage unit 718 of the wristwatch 7
Stores music data that was not stored at the time of shipment from the factory. Moreover, this song data is stored on a PC
4, the content (song data) stored in the server 3 could be substantially downloaded from the wristwatch 7 having no function of accessing the server 3 because the content was downloaded by accessing the server 3. It will be. Then, the content can be used, such as using the song data stored in the song data storage unit 718 as an alarm melody.

FIG. 9 shows a modification of the present embodiment. When the wristwatch 7 receives an infrared signal from the mobile phone terminal 6, the infrared signal is stored in the music data storage section 615 of the mobile phone terminal 6. This is a case where the data of the ringtone being stored is stored in the music data storage unit 708 of the wristwatch 7. That is, as shown in the circuit diagram of FIG.
Are the Ir data transmitting / receiving unit 617, the modulation circuit 616, the UA
RT 618, and the Ir data transmitting / receiving unit 7
17, infrared communication with the wristwatch 7 including the modulation circuit 716 and the UART 714 is possible.

Then, as shown in FIG. 9, after the portable telephone terminal 6 and the wristwatch 7 are arranged in a range where infrared communication is possible,
When a predetermined data conversion / transmission operation is performed using the key 607 of the mobile phone terminal 6, the control unit 609 of the mobile phone terminal 6 starts processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, the musical score is displayed based on the ringtone data (song data) in any selected song data storage unit 615 (step S301). As a result of the processing in step S301, as shown in FIG.
5, a musical score G of the music data is displayed for each of "ringtone 1", "ringtone 2" and "ringtone 3". Next, it is determined whether or not any ringtone is selected (step S302). When any ringtone is selected by operating the key 607, the selected ringtone is automatically played (step S30).
2). As a result, the melody of the selected ringtone is automatically played and emitted from the speaker 610.

Further, the music data of the selected ringtone is converted into music data D shown in FIG. 5 (step S30).
4). Thereafter, the converted music data D is transmitted by infrared transmission together with the telephone number of the mobile phone terminal 6 (step S305). Therefore, when one of the ringtones is selected in the musical score G displayed on the display unit 605, the music data of the ringtone is converted and transmitted from the Ir data transmitting / receiving module 617 of the mobile phone terminal 6 by infrared communication. To go.

On the other hand, the CPU 708 of the wristwatch 7 executes processing according to the flowchart shown in FIG. Therefore, by executing the processing according to this flow, the ringtone data of the mobile phone terminal 6, which was not stored in the song data storage unit 718 of the wristwatch 7 at the time of factory shipment, is stored in the telephone of the mobile phone terminal 6. It will be stored together with the number. Therefore, the song data storage unit 7
It is possible to use the ringtone data stored in 18 as an alarm melody by designating it by a telephone number, and to diversify the alarm melody.

In the modification shown in FIG. 9, the ringtone data in the music data storage section 615 of the portable telephone terminal 6 is transmitted to the wristwatch 7 in advance.
4, the mobile phone terminal 6 is connected to the Internet 2
The song data downloaded from the server 3 via the server 3 may be transmitted to the wristwatch 7.

Further, in the modification shown in FIG.
Although the r data transmitting / receiving unit 617 is provided integrally with the mobile phone terminal 6, as shown in FIG. 12, the Ir data transmitting / receiving unit 617 is provided separately from the mobile phone terminal 6, and the I / O You may make it connect to F part 614.

Further, in the present embodiment, the music data is transmitted to the wristwatch 7 by infrared rays. However, the present invention is not limited to the music data, but includes data for controlling the display operation of the wristwatch 7 and other control data. Is also good. When the data for controlling the display operation of the wristwatch 7 is transmitted by infrared rays, an animation display function which the wristwatch 7 did not have at the time of shipment from the factory can be added. A function according to the control content of the control data can be newly added. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the wristwatch 7 is shown as the second electronic device, but it is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to other electronic devices such as an electronic organizer and a calculator.

[0036]

【The invention's effect】

As described above, according to the present invention, the first electronic device converts arbitrary data into a data format that can be processed by the second electronic device and transmits the data by infrared rays. The data is received and stored, and the processing is executed based on the stored data. Therefore, the second electronic device can perform processing by acquiring arbitrary data other than data stored in advance at the time of factory shipment,
Functions beyond the factory shipping can be generated at a later date.

In addition, since the first electronic device has communication means for accessing the server via the net, even if the second electronic device does not have a function of connecting to the Internet, the first electronic device has the function of connecting to the server. It is possible to use the downloaded content.

Further, by setting the data to be converted to music data, the second electronic device can perform an automatic performance based on music data other than the music data stored in advance at the time of factory shipment. It is possible to freely diversify playable songs.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of a PC.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the mobile phone terminal.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the watch main body.

FIG. 5 is a data format diagram of converted data.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a CPU in a PC.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of a monitor.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a CPU in the wristwatch main body.

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram showing a modification of the present embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure of a CPU in the mobile phone terminal.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen on a display unit of the mobile phone terminal.

FIG. 12 is a system configuration diagram showing a modification of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 telephone network 2 Internet 3 server 4 PC 6 mobile phone terminal 7 wristwatch 408 CPU 418 song data storage unit 414 UART 417 Ir data transmission / reception module 609 control unit 609 615 song data storage unit 617 Ir data transmission / reception module 618 UART 708 CPU 714 UART 717 Ir data transmission / reception module

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A first electronic device comprising a first electronic device and a second electronic device, wherein the first electronic device converts arbitrary data into a data format that can be processed by the second electronic device. Means for transmitting the data converted by the data converting means by infrared communication, the second electronic device comprising: a receiving means for receiving the converted data transmitted from the transmitting means by infrared communication. A data transmission / reception system, comprising: storage means for storing the data received by the reception means; and processing means for executing processing based on the data stored in the storage means. 2. The data transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein the first electronic device has communication means for accessing a server via a network. 3. The data processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the data is music data for automatically playing music, and the processing means is for automatically performing music processing based on the music data. Data transmission / reception system. 4. The data is control data necessary for controlling each unit of the second electronic device to add a new function, and the processing unit executes control based on the control data. 2. The data transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein 5. A data conversion means for converting arbitrary data into a data format that can be processed by a predetermined electronic device as a transmission partner, and a transmission means for transmitting the data converted by the data conversion means by infrared communication. An electronic device, comprising: 6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising communication means for accessing a server via a network. 7. A receiving unit for receiving converted data transmitted from a predetermined electronic device by infrared communication, a storing unit for storing the data received by the receiving unit, and a storing unit for storing the data received by the receiving unit. An electronic device, comprising: processing means for executing a process based on data. 8. The electronic device according to claim 5, wherein the data is music data for automatically playing music, and the processing means automatically performs music processing based on the music data. machine. 9. The data processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the data is control data necessary for controlling each part of the predetermined electronic device to be the transmission destination and adding a new function. Electronics.