JP3432049B2 - Pager device - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pager device which receives various kinds of message information transmitted by radio and notifies the contents of the message. 2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a pager device such as a pager, a wristwatch, a cellular phone, or the like, which notifies a call by sound, light, or vibration when a call is received by radio (for example, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei. No. 24591). [0003] However, in the conventional pager device, it is possible to notify that the call has been received by means of mechanical vibration, but the contents of various message information received wirelessly are displayed. Because of the notification, there is a problem that it is difficult to confirm the message content so that other users do not know it. There is another problem that a blind user cannot easily know the contents of various messages. The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
An object of the present invention is to enable the contents of various messages received wirelessly to be transmitted to a user by vibration. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0005] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention achieves the above object by providing a message which can be freely set by a user.
Storage means for storing the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information indicating the contents, reception means for receiving wireless message information, conversion means for converting the message information received by the means into code information, and the means extracting means for extracting the sign information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the converted code information from the storage means by an output means for converting the code information extracted by the means into mechanical vibration, the storage means Is stored in
Provided is a pager device including a rewriting means for rewriting code information and code information . The pager device according to the present invention can notify the contents of the received message by mechanical vibration, so that the message contents which can be set arbitrarily by the user can be confirmed without being noticed by a third party. In addition, a visually impaired user can easily know various messages. Further, new code information and code information of a vibration pattern corresponding to the new code information are added,
Since rewritten to delete or change the sign information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information and the code information stored in advance, it can be output vibration pattern can be freely set, use only between specific users Any possible message content can be set, and the confidentiality of the message can be enhanced. Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. Since the pager device of this embodiment receives wireless message information and outputs a mechanical vibration pattern indicating the content of the message, the user wearing this pager device can know the content of the received message by vibration. . FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a pager device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This pager device includes an antenna 1, a high-frequency receiving / amplifying unit 2, a demodulating unit 3, a decoding unit 4, a control unit 5, a sound / amplifying unit 6, a speaker 7, a switch (SW1) 8, a RAM 9, and a ROM 10. . Also, a vibrator unit 11, a display unit 14,
It also includes a vibrator drive unit 15, a switch (SW2) 16, a switch (SW3) 17, and an EEPROM 18. Further, the vibrator section 11 includes a motor 12 and an eccentric inertia 13. The antenna 1 receives radio waves of message information from the air from the air. The high-frequency receiving / amplifying unit 2 demodulates the high-frequency signal of the radio wave received by the antenna 1
Amplify to a level before demodulation is possible. The demodulation unit 3 demodulates the FSK-modulated high-frequency signal and converts it into a baseband signal, that is, a digital signal including “1” and “0”. The baseband signal demodulated by the demodulation unit 3 is guided to a decoding unit 4, and the decoding unit 4 converts the message information into code information having a meaning as a character. The system of the code information is, for example, J
AN conforming to IS standard 8-bit "JISX0201"
This is the K code. The control unit 5 receives a radio wave, determines whether or not the received radio wave is message information addressed to the own station. The generated code information is stored in the RAM 9 and the sound / amplifier 6 is activated to sound the speaker 7 to notify that the message information has been received. Thereafter, when the user presses the switch 8, the control unit 5
The code information stored in M9 is sequentially transferred to the display unit 14 to display a message. The control unit 5 refers to a ROM 10 in which code information of a vibration pattern corresponding to a plurality of types of code information is stored in advance, and generates a vibration pattern corresponding to the code information temporarily stored in a RAM 9. The code information (code pattern) is extracted and sent to the vibrator driving unit 15. Vibrator driver 15 outputs a control signal based on the code pattern to excite vibrator 11. The vibrator section 11 rotates the motor 12 according to the code pattern and drives the eccentric inertia 13 in accordance with the control signal from the vibrator drive section 15 to thereby rotate the eccentric inertia 13 so that the mechanical vibration corresponding to the content of the received message is obtained. Output the pattern of The selection of the output of the contents of the received message information to the display unit 14 or the vibrator unit 11 is made by pressing the switch 8, which is selected by pressing the switch 8. The switch setting information on whether or not the camera is in the RAM 9 or the EEPROM 18 is recorded. The control unit 5 is provided with a RAM 9 or an EEPROM.
Based on the switching setting information recorded in the OM 18, switching is performed between the display unit 14 and the vibrator unit 11 to output the message. The control section 5 has a switch (SW2) 16
The user previously stored can be set arbitrarily by pressing
The mode shifts to a user-defined mode in which code information indicating a possible message content and code information of a vibration pattern corresponding to the code information are added and changed. In this user-defined mode, the control unit 5 operates the switch (SW2) 16 and the switch (SW3) 17 to input a user input.
Is the code information indicating the message content that can be set arbitrarily and the code information of the vibration pattern
The settings are registered in the EPROM 18. As described above, the control unit 5 stores in the ROM 10
The code information stored in advance and the information obtained by changing the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information and the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the new code information are represented by E.
When the message information is stored in the EPROM 18 and the message information is received, the ROM 10 and the EEPROM 18 are referred to. That is, the ROM 10 can be arbitrarily set by the user.
A storage means for storing code information of a vibration pattern corresponding to the code information indicating the settable message content, the receiving means in which the antenna 1, radio frequency receiver / amplifier unit 2, and the demodulation unit 3 receives the message information by the radio The decoding unit 4 corresponds to conversion means for converting the received message information into code information. The control unit 5 stores the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the converted code information in the ROM 10.
Extraction means for extracting from the vibrator unit 11 and a vibrator drive unit 15 corresponds to the output means for converting the extracted code information to <br/> mechanical vibration. Further, the control unit 5 and the EEPROM 18 also function as a rewriting means for rewriting the stored code information and code information. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a message output process in the pager device of this embodiment.
In this process, a code (information) is input from the decoding unit in step (indicated by "S" in the figure) 1 and the process proceeds to step 2 where the received message information is a message (information) addressed to its own station
If the message information is addressed to the own station, the flow advances to step 3 to store the code information of the message in the RAM. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step 4 to determine the message output method. If it is determined that the message is to be output to the display unit, the process proceeds to step 5 to output a message based on the code information stored in the RAM to the display unit and perform the first processing. Return. If it is determined in step 4 that the vibration is output, the process proceeds to step 6 to determine whether or not the function code is registered in the user-defined mode. If not, the process proceeds to step 7. The code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information of the RAM is extracted from the ROM and the process proceeds to step 8, and if it is a function code, the process proceeds to step 9 and the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the function code is EEPR.
Take out from OM and go to step 8. Then, in step 8, the vibrator section is excited based on the code information of the extracted vibration pattern, and returns to the first processing. This processing will be further described. When a message is received and a code is input from the decoding unit, it is determined whether the message is addressed to the own station. If the message is addressed to the own station, the contents of the message are stored in the rewritable memory RAM9. Thereafter, if "output to display unit" is selected by switch (SW1) 8 as a message output method, code information is extracted from RAM 9 and a message based on the code information is displayed on display unit 14. . If "output by vibration" is selected by the switch (SW1) 8 as a message output method, the code information is taken out from the RAM 9; If it is not a function code, the code information of the corresponding vibration pattern is extracted from the ROM 10, the vibrator unit 11 is excited based on the code information, and a message due to mechanical vibration is output. Next, the case where the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information is Morse code information will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a table format of a Morse code vibration pattern corresponding to the code information stored in the ROM 10. This table contains alphabets,
A list of the Morse code vibration patterns corresponding to the code information of various message information such as numerals, other characters and symbols is stored. For example, if the Morse code of the alphabet "A" is "to two", vibration pattern information of a vibration time for expressing each of "to" and "to" by vibration is stored. "G" represents a short point having a short vibration period, and "T" represents a long point having a long vibration period. In this figure, the vibration pattern data of the short point and the long point are indicated by black line patterns, but actually the short point is represented by "0" and the long point is represented by "1". Stores a data string. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a table format of a Morse code vibration pattern corresponding to the function code stored in the EEPROM 18. This table stores, in a list format, user-definable function codes and Morse code vibration patterns of message contents that can be arbitrarily set by the user corresponding to the function codes. The function code uses information different from a general combination of characters and symbols. For example, the function code “* 01” is associated with a Morse code vibration pattern indicating the message “call the company”. Also, “* 02” is associated with a vibration pattern of a Morse code indicating the message “I will return now”. In this way, if the Morse code vibration pattern corresponding to the user-defined function code is shared between the message information sending side and the message information receiving side, the message contents that can be exchanged only by both of them. To the other party. In this case, as in the above table, the vibration pattern data of the dot and the dot are indicated by a black line pattern, but the dot is actually "0" and the dot is "0". 1 ", and the data strings of 0 and 1 are stored. When the above-mentioned table is stored, the control unit 5 of the pager device sets E if the code information of the received message information is a user-defined function code.
With reference to the EPROM 18, if the function code is not the same, the corresponding morse code vibration pattern is read out by referring to the ROM 10, and the vibrator 11 generates a morse code mechanical vibration based on the vibration pattern. Next, processing in the user-defined mode of the pager device of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing in the user-defined mode of the pager device of this embodiment. In this process, it is determined whether or not the switch (SW2) has been pressed for a predetermined time in step (indicated by "S" in the figure) 11, and if not, it is determined that the mode is the reception mode, and the process proceeds to step 15. , And returns to the first process. Further, the switch (S
If W2) is pressed for a predetermined time, step 12
If it is detected that the switch (SW3) has been pressed once after the switch (SW2) has been pressed n times, the process proceeds to step 13, where the vibration pattern is registered for the function code "* 0n". The process of registering the vibration pattern is such that when the switch (SW2) is pressed, data "1" indicating the long point "two" is set, and when the switch (SW3) is pressed, the short point "g" is set. The data "0" shown is input, and a series of Morse code "0" and "1" data string patterns corresponding to arbitrary message contents are stored in the EEPROM in the function code set by the user. Then, step 14
If the switch (SW2) and the switch (SW3) are simultaneously depressed and the process returns to the initial process. Further, this processing will be described. When the switch (SW2) 16 is continuously pressed for a predetermined time, the control unit 5 shifts to the user-defined mode and selects n of the function code “* 0n”. This n is an integer value arbitrarily set by the user. Thereafter, when the switch (SW2) 16 is pressed, "1" corresponding to the long point "two" of the vibration pattern is obtained.
When the switch (SW3) 17 is pressed, “0” corresponding to the short point “G” of the vibration pattern is input, and the input data strings of “0” and “1” are selected as described above. The vibration pattern corresponding to the function code is recorded in the EEPROM 18. In this way, the user can additionally register a vibration pattern corresponding to a new message content. When code information set as a deletion target by the user is input, the control unit 5 controls the ROM.
If the code information registered in 10 is not extracted, processing can be performed in the same manner as when the code information is deleted from ROM 10. Further, the code information set as a change target by the user and the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information are registered in the EEPROM 18, and when the code information is inputted, the control unit 5 does not refer to the ROM 10 without referring to the ROM 10. If the EEPROM 18 is referred to, the ROM
Processing can be performed in the same way as when the vibration pattern corresponding to the ten pieces of code information is changed. Since the pager device of this embodiment can notify the user who wears the morse code indicating the content of the received message by mechanical vibration, the content of the message is confirmed without being noticed by a third party. be able to. In addition, various messages can be easily known by a user who is blind. Furthermore, new code information and code information of a Morse code vibration pattern corresponding to the code information are added, and code information stored in advance and a code of a Morse code vibration pattern corresponding to the code information are added. If the information is deleted or changed and rewritten, the user can freely set the vibration pattern corresponding to any message, and convey message contents that can be used only by specific users. , The confidentiality of the message can be increased. In the pager device of the above embodiment, the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information is set to R
The case where the data is stored in the OM 10 has been described.
A rewritable memory may be provided instead of 0, and the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information may be stored in the memory. If the control unit 5 changes or deletes information in the memory based on user input and adds code information of a vibration pattern corresponding to new code information to the memory, the control unit 5 , The number of memories can be reduced, and the manufacturing cost of the pager device can be reduced. Further, in the pager apparatus of the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which various characters are represented by two types of Morse code, a long point and a short point. It can be implemented in the same way. As described above, according to the pager apparatus of the present invention, the user wearing the pager apparatus can know the contents of various messages wirelessly received by vibration.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a pager device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a message output process performed by the pager device illustrated in FIG. 1; FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a format of a correspondence table between code information and code information stored in a ROM shown in FIG. 1; FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a format of a correspondence table between user definition information and code information stored in the EEPROM shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process in a user-defined mode of the pager device shown in FIG. 1; [Description of Signs] 1: Antenna 2: High frequency reception / amplification unit 3: Demodulation unit 4: Decoding unit 5: Control unit 6: Sounding / amplification unit 7: Speaker 8: Switch (SW1) 9: RAM 10: ROM 11 : Vibrator section 12: Motor 13: Eccentric inertia 14: Display section 15: Vibrator drive section 16: Switch (SW2) 17: Switch (SW3) 18: EEPROM

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(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] Within a message that can be arbitrarily set by the user
Storage means for storing the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information indicating the contents, reception means for receiving the message information by radio, conversion means for converting the message information received by the means into code information, and said means extracting means for extracting the sign information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the converted code information from the storage means by an output means for outputting the code information extracted by said means to convert the mechanical vibration, the storage means Code information stored in
Rewriting means for rewriting information and code information .