JP3001562B1 - Radio selective call receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention automatically changes a notification method for receiving a message by a radio selective calling receiver. In addition, the current consumption and noise are reduced or the notification capability is improved. SOLUTION: When a message receiving / reporting operation by a reporting unit 8 and a display unit 9 is completed after a predetermined time elapses, the number of times is counted by a reporting method determining unit 6 or the like, and the message receiving / reporting operation is performed. In this case, the notification operation is performed by a notification method selected from the information stored in the notification method storage unit 5 and according to the number of times. When the receiver does not notice the notification operation, that is, when the message reception notification operation automatically ends, the next notification operation is performed by changing the notification volume, the notification time, the notification pattern, the notification device, and the like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio selective call receiver, and more particularly, to a radio selective call receiver for notifying the reception of a message by sound, light emission, vibration, display, or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been known a method of notifying a reception of a message in a radio selective calling receiver by appropriately changing the notification method, and reducing current consumption and noise, or improving notification capability. Have been. For example, in the selective call receiving apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-160122, the time from the start of the sounding is measured, the sounding pattern is switched after a certain time elapses, or the notification function is performed during the notification operation upon receiving a single message. By switching or the like, it is possible to continue to notify that there is an incoming call with a small amount of unnecessary current consumption, and to perform reliable notification.

[0003] Further, in the receiving apparatus described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-32858, notification is repeatedly performed for one message reception, and the number of notifications is counted.
By changing the voice data to be notified based on the number of times of notification, the elapsed time from reception can be intuitively understood.

[0004]

In the conventional radio selective calling receiver, the notification method is not automatically changed in accordance with the operation or response of the receiver at the time of receiving the message. Then, unless the notification function is stopped by a receiver operation of a switch or the like, the message reception notification operation is repeated by the number of messages received by a predetermined notification method set in advance. For this reason, when the receiver is not nearby, unnecessary current is consumed and the battery life is shortened.Also, there are problems such as noise to the surroundings. If the user does not notice the operation, the notification operation is performed according to a predetermined notification method, and there is no change for each message. Therefore, for a recipient who is not aware of the message at the time of receiving the first message, There was a problem that the possibility of noticing the second and subsequent reports was extremely low.

(Object of the Invention) An object of the present invention is to provide a radio selective call receiver capable of automatically changing a notification method for receiving a message in accordance with a correspondence of a receiver for each message reception notification operation. To provide.

Another object of the present invention is to notify a notification operation for the next message reception when a receiver does not notice the message reception notification operation, that is, when the message reception notification operation is automatically terminated due to time out. To provide a radio selective calling receiver capable of changing a device, a notification volume, a notification time, a notification pattern, and the like, and reducing current consumption and noise, or improving notification capability. It is in.

[0007]

The radio selective calling receiver of the present invention has a notification method storing means for storing a plurality of notification methods preset in the radio selective calling receiver, and a message reception notifying operation. A notification method determining means for selecting one notification method from the notification methods set in the radio selective calling receiver based on the number of times that the predetermined time has elapsed.

Specifically, in a radio selective call receiver for receiving a message by a call signal from a radio line,
Notifying means for notifying reception of a message, notifying method storing means for storing a plurality of notifying methods, and, in accordance with the number of times the message receiving and notifying operation has been completed after a predetermined time has elapsed, the notifying method storing means A notification method determining means for selecting a notification method when a next message is received from the plurality of stored notification methods, and controlling the notification means based on the notification method selected by the notification method determination means when receiving the message. And control means for performing the control.

The radio selective call receiver according to the present invention includes a counter for counting and outputting the number of times the message reception notification operation has been completed after a predetermined time has elapsed, and reset means for resetting the count value of the counter. Or means for sequentially subtracting the count value with the elapsed time. Alternatively, a message storage means for storing a received message, a display means for sequentially displaying unconfirmed messages stored in the storage means, and a count value of the counter is sequentially subtracted each time a received message is displayed on the display means. And subtraction means.

The plurality of notification methods include a combination of a notification type, a notification time and a notification pattern, and the notification unit includes a vibration generating element for performing notification by vibration, a notification by voice, , And a plurality of notification devices having LEDs for notifying by light emission.

Specifically, in a radio selective call receiver for receiving a message by a call signal from a radio line,
Notifying means for notifying reception of a message, notifying method storing means for storing a plurality of notifying methods, and, in accordance with the number of times the message receiving and notifying operation has been completed after a predetermined time has elapsed, the notifying method storing means A notification method determining means for selecting a notification method when a next message is received from the plurality of stored notification methods, and controlling the notification means based on the notification method selected by the notification method determination means when receiving the message. Control means for performing the operation. A counter that counts and outputs the number of times the message reception notification operation has been completed after a predetermined time has elapsed; an operation unit that resets a count value of the counter; and a predetermined time that is preset when a message is received. And a subtracting means for partially subtracting the count value of the counter when the receiving operation is performed before the time elapses.

Further, the plurality of notification methods include a combination of a type of notification means and at least one of a notification time and a notification pattern, wherein the type of the notification means includes a vibration generating element for performing notification by vibration, It is characterized by comprising a plurality of notification devices having a speaker for giving notification by voice and an LED for giving notification by light emission.

More specifically, a radio selective call receiver of the present invention is a radio selective call receiver for receiving a message by a paging signal from a radio line, comprising: an antenna for receiving a radio signal; A receiving unit for demodulating,
A message storage unit for storing the received message, a notification unit for notifying reception of the message, a display unit for displaying the message, a vibration generating element for notifying by vibration, a speaker for notifying by voice, and notifying by light emission. A notification method that stores a plurality of notification devices including LEDs and the like, an operation switch unit, and a plurality of notification methods including combinations of elements such as a type of the notification device and a notification volume, a notification pattern, and a notification time of the notification device. A storage unit,
A counter that counts the number of times that the message reception notification operation by the notification unit and the display unit is completed after a predetermined time has elapsed, and a plurality of notifications stored in the notification method storage unit according to the count number of the counter. A notification method determining unit that determines a notification method in a next message reception notification operation from among the methods, and a control unit that performs a notification operation according to the determined notification method during the message reception notification operation. .

(Operation) The notification method storage means stores a plurality of combinations of, for example, a notification device, a notification volume, a notification pattern, a notification time, and the like as a notification method in a message reception notification operation. The notifying method determining means determines the next message reception notifying operation from among the notifying methods stored in the notifying method storage means in accordance with the number of times the message receiving notifying action by the notifying means has been completed after a predetermined time has elapsed. Determine the notification method. The control means causes the notification means to perform a notification operation by the notification method determined by the notification method determination means.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (Explanation of Configuration) Next, an embodiment of a radio selective call receiver according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the present embodiment. A receiving unit 2 for receiving and demodulating a radio signal received from the antenna 1, a switch unit 3 for operation, a control unit 4 for controlling the entire receiver, and a notification method storage unit 5 for storing a plurality of notification methods. A notification method determination unit 6 that determines a notification method in the next message reception notification operation based on the number of times the message reception notification operation has ended after a predetermined time has elapsed, a message storage unit 7 that stores a received message, A reporting unit 8 for reporting receipt of a message;
The display unit 9 includes a display unit 9 for displaying a received message, a vibration generating element 10 for notifying by a vibration when notifying, a speaker 11 for notifying by sound, and an LED 12 for notifying by light emission.

(Explanation of Operation) Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. The wireless signal is received from the antenna 1, and the wireless signal is output to the receiving unit 2. The receiving unit 2 demodulates the radio signal, cuts out the received message and the accompanying information, and outputs the same to the control unit 4. The switch unit 3 is a switch for setting the operation of the radio selective calling receiver,
The control unit 4 performs various control operations according to the switch operation.

The notification method determination unit 6 determines a notification method in the message reception notification operation controlled by the control unit 4 from the number of times when the notification operation ends due to timeout. The notification method is selected from those stored in advance by the notification method storage unit 5. The message storage unit 7 stores or deletes the message requested by the control unit 4 and its accompanying information.

The notification unit 8 performs a notification operation according to the notification method determined by the notification method determination unit 6 and requested through the control unit 4. The display unit 9 converts the message data specified by the notification from the control unit 4 into display characters and displays them. The vibration generating element 10, the speaker 11, and the LED 12 perform a notification operation under the control of the notification unit 8.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. The control unit 4 receives the message reception notification from the reception unit 2 (step 101), and stores the received message in the message storage unit 7 (step 102). Then, the received message is displayed on the display unit 9 (step 103), and the notification method determination unit 6 is requested to determine the notification method. Upon receiving the request, the notification method determination unit 6 uses the internal or external counter (hereinafter, described as having a counter in the notification method determination unit) to terminate the notification operation due to time-out counted up to now (hereinafter, referred to as “the notification method determination unit has a counter”). Notification method storage unit 5 according to the “count value”).
The notification method in the current notification operation is determined from among the stored notification methods (step 104), and the control unit 4 is notified of the determined notification method. The control unit 4 having received the notification causes the notification unit 8 to perform the message reception notification operation by the determined notification method (step 105).

Thereafter, the control section 4 causes each section to continue displaying and notifying the received message until the operation of the switch section 3 is performed or a predetermined time elapses.
When the notification operation ends due to time out (step 10)
6) notifies the notification method determination unit 6 of that fact. The notification method determination unit 6 increments the count value by one based on the notification (step 107).

(Explanation of Changing Method of Notification Method) Next, a notification method of the present embodiment will be described in detail using a specific example shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an information configuration of a notification method stored in the notification method storage unit 5. In FIG. 3, the notification device is limited to a sound, the notification pattern and the notification time are also constant, and the notification volume is 1 where the minimum is 5 and 5 is the maximum volume. Further, the counting method of the count value by the notification method determination unit 6 is such that 1 is added each time the notification operation is automatically terminated due to time out, and the initial value of the count value is 0.

The notification method determining section 6 determines the notification method in the message reception notification operation according to the counted value as shown in FIG. Now, assume that a message is received with the count value being 0 (step 101).
The control unit 4 having received the message reception notification from the receiving unit 2
The received message is stored in the message storage unit 7 (Step 102), and the received message is displayed on the display unit 9 (Step 103).

Next, the control unit 4 requests the notification method determination unit 6 to determine the notification method. Since the current count value is 0, the notification method determination unit 6 that has received the request determines to perform notification at the notification volume 5 from the notification method of the notification method storage unit 5 shown in FIG. 3 (step 104). Is returned to the control unit 4 to that effect. Then, the control unit 4 causes the notification unit 8 to perform a notification operation according to the determined notification method (step 105), and causes each unit to receive the received message until the operation of the switch unit 3 is performed or a predetermined time elapses. Display and notification operations are continued.

When the notification operation is completed, the control unit 4 judges the termination condition (step 106), and when it is terminated due to time out, causes the notification method determination unit 6 to update the count value. The notification method determination unit 6 increments the count value by one (step 107), and sets the value to one. After that, when the next message is received, the count value is set to 1
Therefore, the notification operation is performed at the notification volume 4.

Thereafter, the notification sound volume is similarly reduced each time the notification operation ends due to time out. In this way, in this example, the receiver who did not notice the first notification operation is assumed to be less likely to notice the subsequent notification operation, so that the second and subsequent notification operations lower the notification volume. By doing so, it is possible to reduce current consumption and noise at the time of continuous notification.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing another example of the information structure of the notification method stored in the notification method storage unit 5. In this example, the notification time can be reduced each time the notification operation ends due to timeout.
With the information configuration as shown in FIG. 4, an effect similar to that shown in FIG. 3 can be expected.

The information structure of the notification method stored in the notification method storage unit 5 is opposite to that shown in FIG.
It is possible to increase the notification volume as the count value increases, and in this case, it is possible to improve the notification capability, contrary to the above effect. Needless to say, this is the same for the configuration shown in FIG.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a different notification method configuration in the notification method storage unit 5. In the configuration of the notification method shown in FIG.
The notification device is limited to sound and vibration, and two types of notification patterns, such as a notification pattern A and a notification pattern B having a higher notification capability than the notification pattern A (for example, a notification pattern such as a melody and a beep sound). Shall exist. It is assumed that the notification volume is 1 for the minimum volume and 5 for the maximum volume. Further, the counting method of the count value by the notification method determination unit 6 is such that 1 is added each time the notification operation is automatically terminated due to time out, and the initial value of the count value is 0.

Now, assume that a message is received with the count value being 0 (step 101). The control unit 4 receives the message reception notification from the receiving unit 2, stores the received message in the message storage unit 7 (Step 102), and displays the received message on the display unit 9 (Step 10).
3).

Next, the control unit 4 requests the notification method determination unit 6 to determine the notification method. The notification method determination unit 6
Since the current count value is 0 in response to the request for the determination of the notification method, it is determined that the notification time is 30 seconds and the notification is performed by vibration with reference to the storage contents of the notification method storage unit 5 shown in FIG. Step 104), and responds to the control unit 4 to that effect. Then, the control unit 4 causes the notification unit 8 to perform the notification operation according to the determined notification method (step 105), and performs an operation of the switch unit 3 with the stop of the notification operation, or a predetermined time has elapsed. Until the display of the received message and the notification operation are continued.

When the notification operation is completed, the control unit 4 judges the termination condition (step 106), and when it is terminated due to time out, causes the notification method determination unit 6 to update the count value. The notification method determination unit 6 updates the count value by the counting operation (step 107), and sets the value to 1. Thereafter, when the next message is received, since the count value is 1, the notification time is set to 25 seconds by the above-described operation, and the notification operation is performed by the notification volume 1 and the sound of the notification pattern A. Further, when the next message is received, the notification value is 25 seconds, the notification time is set to 25 seconds, and the notification operation is performed by the notification volume 1 and the notification pattern B.

Thereafter, in the same manner, in this example, the notification method is switched each time the notification operation ends due to time out.
In this way, by switching the notification device, the notification time, the notification volume, the notification pattern, and the like in combination, such as increasing the notification volume while reducing the notification time for each notification, the consumption at the time of notification is increased. It is possible to improve the notification capability while reducing the current and the noise.

In the present embodiment, the receiver who normally wears the radio selective calling receiver and sets the notification by vibration forgets to switch the notification device to a sound and puts it in a bag or the like. Even in such a case, the effect of noticing at least the second and subsequent reports can be expected.

Further, by enabling the receiver to rewrite the notification method stored in the notification method storage unit 5, the radio selective calling that can adopt a flexible notification method more suited to the needs of the receiver. It is possible to provide a receiver.

In the above embodiment, the count value counted by the notification method determination unit 6 is initialized when the operation of the switch unit 3 or the like is performed, or is counted each time an unconfirmed message is confirmed. It is preferable to perform a reverse calculation by the calculated value. For the former, the number of unconfirmed messages since the previous switch operation was performed; for the latter, the total number of unconfirmed messages currently held by the receiver. This is because the change can be roughly recognized. Furthermore, by attenuating the count value with the passage of time, when the receiver returns after having been absent for a while, the notification method such as the notification sound volume returns to the original state, and a decrease in the notification capability can be suppressed.

As a specific example of the configuration, the initialization of the count value is notified to the control unit 4 by the notification method determination unit 6.
Means for resetting the count value of the counter by operating one of the switch units 3 or a specific switch. As for the subtraction of the count value, the control unit 4 is provided with a subtraction means for subtracting one from the count value of the counter each time the message stored in the message storage means 7 is sequentially displayed. Further, with respect to the decay of the count value due to the lapse of time, a timer is provided and a subtractor is provided which sequentially subtracts the counter based on the clock information of the timer.

The configuration and operation of one embodiment of the present invention have been described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to such an embodiment, and departs from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say, even if there is a change in the configuration of the embodiment or a change in the design within a range not to be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

[0038]

According to the present invention, a different notification method is selected from a plurality of notification methods when a next message is received, according to the number of times the message reception notification operation has been completed after a predetermined time has elapsed. In this case, it is possible to make a notification of the reception, and thus it is possible to adopt a method of notifying the reception according to the situation of the receiver.

Further, according to the present invention, when the receiver does not notice the notification operation of the message reception, that is, when the message reception notification operation automatically ends, the next successive notification operation is performed by the notification volume and the notification time. By changing the notification pattern, the notification device, and the like, it is possible to make settings so as to reduce current consumption and noise. Alternatively, it is possible to improve the notification ability.

Further, by changing a combination of a plurality of notification elements, it is possible to make a setting for satisfying the conflicting demands of improving the notification capability and reducing current consumption and noise.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a configuration example of a notification method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration example of another notification method according to the embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a configuration example of still another notification method according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 antenna 2 reception unit 3 switch unit 4 control unit 5 notification method storage unit 6 notification method determination unit 7 message storage unit 8 notification unit 9 display unit 10 vibration generation element 11 speaker 12 LED

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Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A radio selective call receiver for receiving a message by a call signal from a radio line, a notifying means for notifying reception of a message, a notifying method storage means for storing a plurality of notifying methods, and a message reception notifying operation. Notification method determining means for selecting a notification method at the time of receiving the next message from among the plurality of notification methods stored in the notification method storage means according to the number of times that the notification has ended after a predetermined time has elapsed. And a control means for controlling the notification means based on the notification method selected by the notification method determination means when receiving a message. 2. A counter for counting and outputting the number of times the message reception and notification operation has been completed after a predetermined time has elapsed, and reset means for resetting the count value of the counter or the count value sequentially with the elapsed time. The radio selective call receiver according to claim 1, further comprising means for subtracting. 3. A message storage means for storing a received message, a display means for sequentially displaying unconfirmed messages stored in the storage means, and a count value of the counter each time a received message is displayed on the display means. 3. The radio selective call receiver according to claim 2, further comprising subtraction means for sequentially subtracting. 4. The radio selective call reception according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of notification methods include a combination of a type of notification means, a notification time, and a notification pattern. Machine. 5. The notification device according to claim 4, wherein the notification device includes a plurality of notification devices having a vibration generating element for notifying by vibration, a speaker for notifying by voice, and an LED for notifying by light emission. The radio selective call receiver according to claim 1. 6. The radio selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein the notification method stored in the notification method storage unit can be arbitrarily rewritten.