JP2870074B2 - Wireless paging receiver with display function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly and surely read information after reception by allowing a recipient itself to add a specific mark having a specific function to reception information and reading and displaying the reception information based on the specific mark. CONSTITUTION:When a specific mark addition switch 14 is operated, a switch control signal is sent to a 3rd storage section 10 via a control section 5, a display signal of a specific mark is called and displayed before a relevant message on a display section 4a via the control section 5 and the specific mark is added before the message. Thus, each message is integrated with the specific mark and stored again in a 2nd storage section 9 by adding the specific mark to a required message in this way. Then a message read switch 11 is operated and the message is read, and when plural messages exist and the priority is decided by the specific mark, each message is displayed by the priority.

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio paging receiver having a function of simultaneously calling an individual or a plurality of persons via radio and displaying information simultaneously with the call.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a message including a number, a symbol, a character, and the like is stored in a receiver, and when a call is received, the message can be displayed as needed. Pager) has been proposed. In this type of receiver, the transmitted information is stored, and when necessary, the carrier (recipient) operates a switch to display the information on a display device such as a liquid crystal display, and displays the information content. It was configured to be able to confirm.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional pager. In FIG. 1, when a signal to be received by the pager is received by the antenna 1, the signal is converted into a low-frequency signal by the receiver 2, and is decoded into data at the time of transmission by the decoder 3. This data is output to LCD (liquid crystal display element)
It is output by an ED (light emitting diode), vibrator, etc., and is recognized by the wearer. The first storage unit 8 composed of a ROM is a storage circuit that stores a series of these sequences. The second storage unit 9 constituted by a RAM is a storage circuit for storing received data. The respective units are controlled by the control unit 5 and read out, protect, and receive the received data stored in the second storage unit 9 by various switches 11 to 13.
The erasure is manually controlled. In addition, 11 is a message reading switch, 12 is a message protection switch, and 13 is a message deletion switch. Reference numeral 6 denotes a power supply unit, and reference numeral 7 denotes a power switch.

According to this pager, when a call signal is received, a call is made by the LCD, LED, or vibrator by the operation of the output unit 4. At the same time, the corresponding data (message) is read from the second storage unit 9 by the signal, and this message is displayed on the LCD. This display is performed only for a certain period of time.

To display the message again after reception, the message read switch 11 is operated. If an important message is desired to be stored in the second storage unit 9, the message is displayed and confirmed, and a message protection switch is displayed.
By manipulating 12, the message is added to the erasure prohibition data and stored in the second storage unit 9. this is,
When a predetermined amount of normal data is stored in the second storage unit 9, when more data is received, old data is automatically deleted from the second storage unit 9 and replaced with new data. You. However, the message protection switch
When the user operates the button 12, the message is not deleted and remains in the second storage unit 9, so that the message can be displayed again by operating the message call switch 11 whenever necessary.

On the other hand, messages that are no longer needed
If the message is left in the storage unit 9, there is less room for storing a new message, so that even a protected message can be deleted (or unprotected) by operating the message deletion switch 13.

These sequences are all stored in the first storage unit 8, and the outputs are controlled by the control unit 5 according to a predetermined sequence by operating the switches 11 to 13.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

By the way, when using this kind of pager, for example, even if a message "03-123-4567 sickle TEL Seyoyamada" is received, it may not be possible to immediately take action depending on the situation at that time. Then, the message is read again and confirmed later, and the specified action is taken. In this case, if a large amount of received information is stored in the pager, the message cannot be displayed immediately. There is. According to
Since this type of pager has a narrow display portion, a message including other received information is scrolled many times on the display portion to display the message, and it is difficult to quickly display the message. In particular, when an emergency is required, it becomes impossible to respond to this.

Conventionally, urgent messages have been marked with a specific mark (eg, "L") in front of the message to distinguish it from other messages and make it easier for the recipient to understand. However, in this case, the caller decides whether it is urgent or not,
The message is transmitted by performing a specific operation, and as a result, the above-mentioned specific mark is added to the pager, and this message is not necessarily urgent for the recipient. For example, the sender may have a task that he wants to contact immediately, but the recipient may have already processed the task, or may need to process a more urgent task.

As described above, the conventional pager has a problem in that when a large number of messages are stored in the storage unit, the urgent message cannot be quickly displayed to the recipient after the message is received.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a pager which enables a message required by a receiver to be displayed in order according to its urgency.

[Means for solving the problem]

A pager according to the present invention includes a receiving unit that receives a call signal from a base station, an output unit that displays reception information included in the call signal and performs a notification operation, a specific number of the receiver itself, and various control procedures. A first storage unit that stores received information, a second storage unit that stores received reception information, and a control unit that processes the received reception information, wherein the control unit stores the reception information displayed on the output unit. A means for adding function information when redisplay is performed, and a means for displaying or notifying the received information based on the added function information when redisplaying the received information.

The function information is at least one of information relating to a display order when the received information is redisplayed and information relating to notification when the received information is redisplayed. Further, the means for adding the function information includes means for associating a mark with function information relating to the reception information at the time of redisplay of the reception information.

[Action]

According to this configuration, by adding the function information to the displayed received information, at the time of redisplaying the received information, display or notification is performed on the output unit based on the added function information. By adding the function information in the form of display or notification desired by the person receiving the information, it is possible to quickly and reliably read the desired received information when redisplaying the received information.

〔Example〕

 Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and the same reference numerals are given to the same parts as those in the prior art. That is, 1 is an antenna, 2 is a receiving unit, 3 is a decoder unit, 4 is an output unit, 5 is a control unit, 6 is a power supply unit, 7 is a power switch, 8 is a first storage unit, and 9 is a second storage unit. is there. Reference numeral 11 denotes a message reading switch, 12 denotes a message protection switch, and 13 denotes a message deletion switch. And in this embodiment,
A third storage unit 10 including a RAM and a specific mark addition switch 14 are newly provided. However, the control unit 5 is different from that of FIG. 4 in that the control unit 5 is configured to be able to control the third storage unit 10 and the specific mark addition switch 14, respectively.

FIGS. 2A and 2B show a front view and a left side view of the pager, respectively. In this figure, the first
Parts corresponding to those in the drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals. 4a
Is a display unit configured as a part of the output unit 4 and configured by an LCD for displaying various messages.

Here, the third storage unit 10 stores a specific mark to be added to the received message, and a function and control sequence corresponding to the specific mark. Also,
The specific mark adding switch 14 is used for performing an operation of adding the specific mark to the message.

As the specific mark, for example, those shown in Table 1 can be considered.

Further, as a function corresponding to the specific mark, for example, the functions shown in Table 2 can be considered.

These specific marks and functions are stored in an arbitrary combination, and the combination is set, for example, as shown in Table 3.

Next, an operation method and operation of the pager having the above configuration will be described.

First, the power switch 7 is turned on. In this state, the reception standby state is established. When the message is received, the message is displayed on the display unit 4a together with a ringing tone (or no ringing tone, or blinking or vibration of light). The display of the ringing tone and the message automatically stops and disappears after a lapse of a predetermined time (usually several seconds). To read and display the message again after the message display disappears, press the message read switch 11.

Subsequently, when the specific mark addition switch 14 is pressed, the specific mark (“☆” in the example of FIG. 2) stored in the third storage unit 10 is added before the message. That is, when the specific mark addition switch 14 is operated while the message is displayed on the display unit 4a, a control signal of this switch is transmitted to the third storage unit 10 via the control unit 5, and the specific mark Is displayed before the message on the display unit 4a via the control unit 5.

The specific marks can be changed in the order shown in Table 1 each time the specific mark addition switch 14 is pressed once, as shown in FIG. No display of No. 6 means no specific mark,
No display without message change. Switch 14 to 7
Press twice to return to the original message state.

In this way, by adding a specific mark to each required message, each message is stored again in the second storage unit 9 together with the specific mark.

When the message is read out by operating the message readout switch 11 thereafter, when there are a plurality of messages, and when the priority is determined by the specific mark, each message is displayed according to the priority. Become.

That is, in the present embodiment, the No. 1 specific mark “☆”
Indicates that the priority is the highest, and the priorities are ranked in the order of No. 2 and No. 3, so that the display is started from the message to which “☆” is added. And in this embodiment,
As shown in Table 3, “*” of the specific mark No. 1
Since the functions of No. 1 and No. 3 are associated with each other, the message with the specific mark can be displayed and notified by sounding an alert sound at the same time. In addition, in the next specific mark “○”, the light flashes simultaneously with the display,
Further, at the next specific mark “△”, the pager body is vibrated by the vibrator simultaneously with the display.

Therefore, if the recipient adds a specific mark to a plurality of messages in the order of the message having the highest priority, a quick response at the time of reading the message becomes possible.

The sequence of a series of operations such as calling of these specific marks and their display, addition to a message, storage, and rereading is stored in the third storage unit 10 in advance.

The specific mark and the function to be added to the specific mark are stored in the third storage unit 10 in advance at the time of factory production of the pager. The user can easily determine which function corresponds to which specific mark at the time of factory production or after factory shipment by using a personal computer and a memory writing device. By doing so, the user can obtain an optimum display and notification method that suits his / her own usage method, preference, and message content.

Here, the specific mark addition switch is 2
It can be replaced by operating in combination of two or more, or can be omitted.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, by adding function information to the displayed received information, when the received information is redisplayed, display or notification at the output unit is executed based on the added function information. Therefore, by adding the function information in the form of display or notification desired by the person who receives the information, it is possible to quickly and reliably read the desired received information when redisplaying the received information. In particular, the present invention includes at least one of information relating to the display order at the time of redisplaying the received information and information relating to the notification at the time of redisplaying the received information, which is effective in quickly and surely reading out the desired received information. It is. The means for adding the function information in the present invention includes:
Since a means for associating a mark with the function information relating to the reception information at the time of redisplay of the reception information is included, the use of this mark enables quicker and more reliable reading. In addition, by variously combining the function information, the recipients can use each of them as desired, thereby increasing the use value of the pager.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of a pager according to the present invention, FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b) are a front view and a left side view of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional pager. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Antenna, 2 ... Receiving part, 3 ... Decoder part, 4 ... Output part, 4a ... Display part, 5 ... Control part, 6 ... Power supply part, 7 ... Power switch, 8 ... First memory part, 9 ... Second Storage unit, 10: Third storage unit, 11: Message readout switch, 12: Message protection switch, 13: Message deletion switch, 14: Specific mark addition switch.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A receiving unit for receiving a call signal from a base station, an output unit for displaying received information included in the call signal and performing a notification operation, a specific number of the receiver itself, and various control procedures. A first storage unit for storing, a second storage unit for storing received reception information, and a control unit for processing the received reception information, wherein the control unit is configured to control the reception information displayed on the output unit. Means for adding function information when performing redisplay, and means for displaying or notifying the received information based on the added function information when redisplaying the received information, the function information includes: A radio pager with a display function, wherein the information is at least one of information on a display order when the received information is redisplayed and information on a notification when the received information is redisplayed. 2. The radio paging reception apparatus with a display function according to claim 1, wherein the means for adding the function information includes means for associating a mark with function information relating to the reception information when redisplaying the reception information. Machine.