JP3503264B2 - Receiving device and notification method - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a receiving device represented by a paging receiver, which has a notifying function for notifying the received contents , and a notifying method.
To do.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, pagers are cheaper to use than car phones and mobile phones, so not only companies have them for phone calls from outside offices but also friends who are out and about. The number of cases where it is used as an easy communication tool with is rapidly increasing. As a conventional access method to a pager, there is a telephone for an individual, a company, and an operation service company, a personal computer input, an information processing company, etc. for an individual information provider.

The information created by these access means is sent to the pager service company via the public line network, and the pager service company creates and sends the send information for each page number of the pager owned by the individual or the company. It The pager includes an NP (Numeric Pager) type capable of receiving numerical information and an IP (Information Pager) type capable of receiving character information.

In these pagers, when an incoming of ordinary message data is detected, the pager is informed of the incoming and the display contents are displayed on the display unit based on the incoming message data. In addition, in these pagers, the notification function at the time of incoming call is diversified, and in addition to the normal sound notification function, one that notifies the incoming call by voice, one that notifies the incoming call by vibration of the vibrator, or LED Some have a function of notifying an incoming call by blinking.

[0005]

However, as such an incoming call notification function of the conventional pager, in addition to the normal ringing sound notification function, there is a function of notifying an incoming call by sound or vibration of a vibrator or blinking of an LED. Although there was one that was equipped with a notification function that visually appealed the content of the incoming call notification and the content of the received message data, even if it had a display function There was a problem that it was difficult to convey the contents and contents of the received message data.

An object of the present invention is, in a receiving device represented by a paging receiver, to add a notification function for auditorily appealing to a recipient in addition to a display function for visually appealing the contents of incoming call and contents of received message data. That is. Again
The obvious problem is that when the notification method of the receiving device
Visually appealing the contents of received messages and received messages
In addition to the display function, it is possible to add a function that appeals auditorily.
It

[0007]

The invention according to claim 1 is
And output means for the message content to an audio output, a storage unit stores an association and voice information message content that is the audio output from the specified code <br/> and the output means, the message
The mouth pattern that stores multiple images of the mouth pattern corresponding to the content
The turn storage means, the detecting means for detecting the designated code from the received data, and when the designated code is detected by the detecting means, the voice information corresponding to the designated code is recorded as described above.
Read out from the storage means and output by the output means
Message of voice information corresponding to the specified code.
The mouth pattern corresponding to the contents of the page
It is read out sequentially from the column and displayed according to the voice output.
And a control means for controlling the switching display to be displayed in columns .

Further, in this case, like the receiving device according to the second aspect , a hand pattern which is an image showing the state of the hand.
Pattern storing means for storing a plurality of patterns, and a pattern for storing the display order of the hand patterns in association with the designated code
Storage means, further comprising a, when the designated code is detected by said detecting means, said control means, said designation code
Output the voice information corresponding to
With that, the display of the hand pattern corresponding to the specified code
To read out the order from the pattern storage means, the read
Hand patterns stored in the hand pattern storage means in order
The it is effective to control to sequentially switch and display on the display means.

Further, the invention according to claim 3, the steps of detecting a specified code from the received data, when the designation code is detected in the detection step, the designated
Memory that stores voice information corresponding to the code
Read out the audio and output it, and the specified code
Speech pattern corresponding to the message contents of voice information corresponding to
Sequentially reads the memory from the memory that stores multiple mouth patterns
Then, a control step of controlling to switch and display on the display unit in correspondence with the voice output is provided.

[0010]

According to the present invention, when the designated code is detected from the data received by the detection means, the voice information corresponding to the designated code is read from the storage means.
The audio is output by the output means, and the specified code
Speech corresponding to the message content of voice information
Sequentially read out the turn from the mouth pattern storage means, out voice
The display is controlled so as to be switched and displayed according to the force . Therefore, not only the visually appealing display but also the auditory appeal can be provided, and the notification function of the receiving device can be improved.

According to the invention of claim 2, the designated command
The display order of hand patterns is stored and detected according to the
When the designated code is detected by the means, the control means
The voice information corresponding to this designated code is read from the storage means.
Output it and have it output by the output means.
The pattern display indicates the display order of hand patterns that correspond to constant codes.
Read from memory and store hand pattern in the order of reading
The hand patterns stored in the means are sequentially switched and displayed on the display means.
The output means is controlled to do so. Therefore, the mouth putter
Not only the hands, but also the hand pattern to visually appeal
It is possible to improve the notification function of the receiving device.
Wear.

According to the invention of claim 3, the detection scan
When the designated code is detected in the step, this designated code
The voice information corresponding to is read from the memory that stores voice information.
The audio code is output and output to the designated code.
Mouth pattern corresponding to the message content of the corresponding voice information
Sequentially read from the memory that stores multiple mouth patterns,
Control to switch display on the display according to audio output.
It Therefore, in addition to the visual notification method,
It is possible to provide a notification method appealing to.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 are views showing an embodiment of a pager to which the present invention is applied. First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 is a front external view of the pager 1. In FIG. 1, the pager 1 includes a key input section (mode key, cursor key) 2 to 4, a power switch 5, a microphone 6 for inputting voice information, an incoming message, a display section 7 for displaying an illustration pattern, and an incoming call. A speaker 8 is provided for reporting sound or voice information.

The internal structure of the pager 1 will be described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, the pager 1 includes an antenna 11, a receiving unit 12, a decoder unit 13, an ID-ROM 14, a CPU 15, a ROM 16, and an R.
An AM 17, a melody bank 18, a key input section 19, a display section 20, an A / D / D / A conversion section 21, a microphone 22, an amplifier section 23, a speaker 24, an interface 25, an external input terminal 26 and the like.

The antenna 11 receives a calling signal wirelessly transmitted from a pager service company or the like (not shown) and outputs it to the receiving unit 12. The receiving unit 12 is controlled by the intermittent signal input from the decoder unit 13 and intermittently receives, detects, and amplifies the ringing signal input from the antenna 11,
It is converted into digital data and output to the decoder unit 13.

The decoder section 13 judges from the ID-ROM 14 in which its own address data is registered in advance whether or not the address data of the calling signal inputted from the receiving section 12 coincides with its own, and If you do, the receiver 1
While continuing the reception to 2, the CPU 15 outputs the call detection signal to the pager 1 to instruct the CPU 15 to receive the subsequent data. That is, the decoder unit 13 is a CPU
The received message data is output to the CPU 15 based on the control data input from 15.

The ID-ROM 14 forms a memory area for storing individually set frame data, address data and the like. CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Reference numeral 15 stores incoming message data input from the decoder unit 13 in the RAM 17 on the basis of various control programs stored in the ROM 16, and stores the pager 1 in the pager 1 in response to an input instruction signal input from the key input unit 19. By controlling each part, temporarily storing the incoming message data, the key input data input from the key input part 19, etc., outputting the message data to the display part 20 for display, and letting the speaker 24 sound. Control.

Further, when the CPU 15 detects that the incoming message data includes a designated code for designating the output of the standard message and a code number for designating the standard message to be output in the later-described incoming call processing, Based on the code number, the standard message corresponding to the code number is read from the standard message table stored in the ROM 16, and the moving picture pattern and the table number corresponding to the code number are read from the moving picture pattern table of the RAM 17. The voice data corresponding to the table number is read from the melody table stored in the melody bank 18, the read fixed message is displayed on the display unit 20, and the read voice data is A / D / D / And outputs to the converter 21 controls so as to generate audio information.

In addition, when the CPU 15 detects that the flag for displaying the illustration pattern is set at the designated code number designated by the received message data in the incoming call processing described later, the RAM 17
Based on this pattern code, the basic pattern and a plurality of part patterns corresponding to the pattern code are read from the moving picture pattern memory area stored in the. The illustration data by the pattern is controlled to be sequentially switched and displayed on the display unit 20 in correspondence with the sound generation timing.

ROM (Read Only Memory) 16 is a CP
The U15 stores various control programs to be executed, the standard message table shown in FIG. 3, the basic pattern based on the facial illustration shown in FIG. 4, and FIG. 5 corresponding to the shaded portions (a) and (b) of the basic pattern. The respective part patterns of the mouth part part (a) and the hand part part (b) shown in are stored as part tables (a) and (b).
In the case of the present embodiment, the illustration table (a) has six types of mouth part patterns (code 01: a line, code 0).
2: A line, Code 03: C line, Code 04: D line, Code 05: O line, Code 06: N) are set, and two types of hand part patterns (code 0) are set in the parts table (b).
(Corresponding to 1.02) is set.

Then, in the incoming call processing, which will be described later, based on the pattern code corresponding to the fixed message detected in the incoming message data, the mouth part pattern or the hand from the parts table (a) or the parts table (b) of FIG. Parts patterns are sequentially read out,
By sequentially switching the display of the mouth part (a) or the hand part (b) on the face illustration which is the basic part shown in FIG. 4 displayed on the display unit 20,
A moving image is displayed according to the fixed message. RAM
The (Random Accesss Memory) 17 stores the moving picture pattern memory area shown in FIG. 6, and the code number of the fixed message and the flag A (display of mouth pattern, indicating whether or not the illustration pattern set in the above illustration table is displayed). 1: display, 0: non-display), flag B (hand pattern display, 1: display, 0: non-display), a table number for designating voice data in a melody table, which will be described later, and the above-mentioned illustration table. The stored pattern patterns are associated with a pattern code that sets the order of reading the illustrated patterns.

The melody bank 18 stores the melody table shown in FIG. 7 and stores the voice data in association with the table number set in the moving picture pattern memory area. For example, when the table number 103 is designated. , "Ohayo" voice data is read.

The key input section 19 is composed of function keys for controlling each function of the pager 1, such as the mode key and the shift key, and outputs instructions of each key to the CPU 15. The display unit 20 is composed of a liquid crystal display panel or the like, and includes a CPU.
The message data and illustration patterns input from 15 are displayed.

The A / D / D / A converter 21 includes a CPU 15
The audio data read and input from the melody bank 18 is converted into audio information by an analog signal, output to the amplifier 23 and generated from the speaker 24, and has a sound reproduction function. The voice information input from the microphone 22 corresponding to 6 in FIG. 1 can be A / D converted and stored in the melody bank 18 in correspondence with the arbitrarily selected table number.

The amplifier unit 23 amplifies the notification data input from the CPU 15 and the voice information input from the A / D / D / A conversion unit 21 by a predetermined amplification factor, and the speaker 24.
To generate a notification sound and voice information.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The reception process in the pager 1 of this embodiment will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. When the power switch 5 of the pager 1 is turned on, the receiving section 12 starts a discontinuous reception under the control of the decoder section 13 and enters a so-called incoming call waiting state (step S1). Then, it is judged whether or not the incoming call signal to the pager 1 transmitted from the pager service company is detected (step S2). When the incoming call signal is received, the address data of the incoming call signal is stored in the ID-ROM 14. It is judged whether or not it matches with its own, and if it matches, the reception is continued, and the data inputted after the call detection signal from the decoder unit 13 is fetched (step S3), and the incoming call notification is given. Is performed (step S4).

Then, it is judged whether or not a reset operation for stopping the incoming call notification is detected (step S5),
When detected, it is further determined whether or not the received incoming data includes message data (step S6). On the contrary, when the reset operation is not detected, the incoming call notification is continued for a certain period of time and the process returns to the incoming call waiting state of step S1.

When the incoming data includes the message data, it is determined whether or not the message data includes the designated code of the fixed message (step S).
7). If the specified code of the fixed message is included and the code number that specifies the fixed message continues,
Furthermore, a flag (flag A that displays an illustration pattern in the moving picture pattern memory area corresponding to the code number).
Alternatively, it is determined whether or not the flag B) is set (step S8).

In step S8, if the flag (flag A or flag B) for displaying the illustration pattern is set, the standard message of the previously determined code number is read from the standard message table in the ROM 16, and the RAM 17 is read. The audio data stored in the melody table in the melody bank 18 is read from the moving picture pattern memory area in the table in accordance with the table number set corresponding to the code number, and is further set corresponding to the code number. ROM16 based on the pattern code
The basic pattern and a plurality of parts patterns stored in the parts table are read out one after another.

Then, the read standard message is displayed on the display unit 20, and the read voice data is A / D / D /
An illustration pattern that is output to the A conversion unit 21, converted into voice information, output to the amplifier unit 23, generated from the speaker 24 and informed, and sequentially read based on the pattern code in accordance with the generation timing of this voice. Are sequentially switched and displayed on the face pattern displayed on the display unit 20.

FIG. 9 is a display example when "03" is received as the code number, and corresponds to the code number "03" as shown in the switching display examples of the illustration patterns of (a) to (d). When the fixed message is displayed and the corresponding voice information “Ohyo” is generated, the mouth pattern is changed on the face pattern by the pattern code “05” → “01” →
“05” → “03” are sequentially switched and displayed. Therefore, the mouth parts of the face pattern move by the switching display simultaneously with the sound generation, and the visual and auditory effects can be exhibited.

If the flag for displaying the illustration pattern is not set, the fixed message read in step S7 is displayed on the display unit 20 in step S10, and the read voice data is A / D / D / A.
The data is output to the conversion unit 21, converted into voice information, and then the amplifier unit 2
3 and outputs from the speaker 24.

If the code number designated by the standard message is not set in step S7, the message data received in step S11 is displayed on the display unit 20 as it is. If no message data is included in step S6, a display indicating only the incoming call notification is displayed in step S12.

As described above, the pager 1 of the present embodiment stores a plurality of illustration patterns and, based on the preset pattern code, corresponds to the fixed message designated by the designated code in the received message data. Since it is equipped with a simple moving image display function that sequentially reads the illustration patterns and sequentially displays them on the display unit 20 in accordance with the sound generation timing, not only visually appealing the received message content but also auditorily appealing. It is possible to improve the notification function at the time of incoming call.

When a self-made voice message is recorded using the microphone 22 and registered in association with a code number arbitrarily selected, the pattern code of the illustration pattern is stored in the moving picture pattern memory area stored in the RAM 17. Is selected and set and registered in correspondence with this message, the moving image can be displayed similarly even when the code number designating the self-made message is received, and a visual effect can be obtained.

Furthermore, the voice data input from the microphone 22 is not limited to the human voice, but is arbitrary.
That is, it may be music information, sound effects, or the like. Then, the audio information converted into digital data may be input and registered via the interface 25 and the external input terminal 26.

Further, in the above embodiment, the moving image is displayed by the illustration pattern in accordance with the fixed message, but the illustration pattern is not limited to the face of a person. Also, when performing a sounding operation if set in correspondence with another operation mode, for example, an alarm function, a display for moving the mouth pattern on the face illustration as in the above embodiment or a facial expression (angry or laughing). The display can be changed.

The present invention is not limited to a pager using a public line and is applied to various types of receiving devices having a wireless communication function. That is, the present invention can be applied to a private pager that does not use a public line, a toy with a communication function for communicating by infrared rays, a personal computer having a communication function, an electronic notebook, and other electronic calculation processing devices.

[0039]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in addition to the visually appealing display of the content of the notification, the auditory notification can be provided, and the notification function of the receiving device can be improved. According to the invention of claim 2 , only the mouth pattern is used.
Instead, you can display hand patterns to make a visual appeal.
Therefore, the notification function of the receiving device can be improved. According to the invention described in claim 3 , a notification method visually appealing
In addition to the above
It

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front external view of a pager to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the interior of the pager shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a standard message table stored in the ROM of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a basic illustration stored in the ROM of FIG.

5 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a parts table stored in the ROM of FIG. 2 together with the basic pattern of FIG.

6 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a moving image pattern memory area stored in the RAM of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a melody table stored in the melody bank of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of an incoming call process executed by the pager of this embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of switching display of illustration patterns displayed on the display unit in the incoming call processing of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 pager 2-4, 19 Key input section 5 power switch 6,22 microphone 7, 20 Display 8, 24 speakers 11 antenna 12 Receiver 13 Decoder section 14 ID-ROM 15 CPU 16 ROM 17 RAM 18 Melody Bank 21 A / D / D / A converter 23 Amplifier section 25 interfaces 26 External input terminal

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. Output means for outputting a message content by voice , a designated code and a message output by voice from the output means
Storage means for storing the voice information of the contents in association with each other, and a plurality of images of mouth patterns corresponding to the message contents.
And mouth pattern storage means for storing, detecting means for detecting a specified code from the received data, when the designation code by the detection means is detected, the designated
Read voice information corresponding to the code from the storage means
Output by the output means and specify
Corresponding to the message content of voice information corresponding to the code
Sequential reading of mouth patterns from the mouth pattern storage means
Then, the receiving device is provided with: a control unit that controls the display unit to switch and display in correspondence with the audio output . 2. A hand pattern, which is an image showing the state of a hand, is duplicated.
The hand pattern storage means for storing the number of hand patterns and the display order of the hand patterns corresponding to the designated code are recorded.
And a pattern storage unit for storing the specified code, and when the detection unit detects the designated code, the control unit stores the voice information corresponding to the designated code.
The output code is output by voice and the designated code
The display order of the corresponding hand pattern read out from said pattern storage means, the hand pattern stored in the read order
The receiving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the hand pattern stored in the means is controlled to be sequentially switched and displayed on the display means. 3. A designated code is detected from the received data.
The detection step, and when the specified code is detected in this detection step, the finger
The memo that stores the voice information corresponding to the constant code.
Read out and output audio, and
Speech corresponding to the message content of voice information
Sequentially reads turns from a memory that stores multiple mouth patterns
And a control step of controlling to switch and display on the display unit in response to the voice output .