JP3658628B2 - Message data transmission / reception system, message data transmission device, and message data transmission method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a message data transmission / reception system, a message data transmission device , and a message data transmission method .
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a paging receiver is generally capable of receiving and displaying a simple message composed of letters and numbers.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in such a conventional paging receiver, it is impossible to know where the other party is when receiving the message. Had to enter and send location data.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in view of such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a message data transmission / reception system, a message data transmission device, and a message data transmission method capable of notifying the user's whereabouts. To do.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, in the message data transmission / reception system of the present invention, creation means for creating message data, position data acquisition means for acquiring position data indicating its current position, and transmission of the message data An instruction means for instructing display of information related to position data previously acquired by the position data acquisition means, and when display of information related to position data is instructed by the instruction means, the position data acquisition means Information adding means for adding identification information for displaying information related to the position data to the acquired position data, and the position where the identification information is added by the information adding means together with the message data created by the creating means A transmission device comprising: a transmission means for transmitting data; and receiving the message data Receiving means, display means for displaying a message based on the message data received by the receiving means, determination means for judging whether or not position data to which identification information is added together with the message data is received, and When it is determined that the position data to which the identification information is added is received by the determination means, the acquisition means for acquiring information related to the position data, and the information related to the position data acquired by the acquisition means are And a reception device including display control means for displaying on the display means.
[0006]
Further, in the message data transmitting apparatus, mainly the creating means for creating the message data, the position data obtaining means for obtaining the position data indicating its current position, and the position data obtaining at the transmission destination of the message data Instructing means for instructing display of information related to the position data acquired by the means, and when displaying of information related to the position data is instructed by the instructing means, the position data acquired by the position data acquiring means Information adding means for adding identification information for displaying information related to the position data, and transmitting means for transmitting the position data to which the identification information is added by the information adding means together with the message data created by the creating means And. Further, in the message data transmission method of the present invention, a message data creation step for creating message data, a location data acquisition step for obtaining location data indicating its current location, and the destination of the message data as the destination An instruction step for instructing display of information related to the position data acquired in the position data acquisition step, and when display of information related to position data is instructed in this instruction step, the position data acquisition step An information adding step for adding identification information for displaying information related to the position data to the acquired position data, and the identification information added by the information adding step together with the message data created in the creating step. A transmission step of transmitting position data .
[0007]
[Action]
In the message data transmission / reception system having the above configuration, when the transmission apparatus is instructed to display the information related to the position data acquired by the position data acquisition means to the transmission destination of the message data created by the instruction means, the information is added. Identification information (identification code) for displaying information related to the position data is added to the acquired position data. Then, the transmission means transmits the position data to which the identification information is added together with the created message data. On the other hand, the receiving device determines whether or not the determining means has received the position data to which the identification information is added together with the message data, and if it is determined that the position data to which the identification information is added has been received, the acquiring means Acquires information related to the position data, and causes the display means for displaying a message based on the received message data to display the information related to the acquired position data.
[0008]
In the message data transmitting apparatus having the above configuration, when the display of the information related to the position data acquired by the position data acquiring unit is instructed to the transmission destination of the message data created by the indicating unit, the information adding unit Identification information (identification code) for displaying information related to the position data is added to the acquired position data. Then, the transmission means transmits the position data to which the identification information is added together with the created message data.
[0009]
In the message data transmission method having the above configuration, message data is created in the message data creation step, and position data indicating its current position is obtained in the position data acquisition step. When the display of the information related to the position data acquired in the position data acquisition step is instructed to the transmission destination of the message data in the instruction step, the position data is added to the position data acquired in the information addition step. The identification information for displaying the information related to is added, and the position data to which the identification information is added by the information addition step is transmitted together with the message data created in the transmission step .
[0010]
【Example】
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a paging receiver according to a transmitting apparatus and a receiving apparatus of the present invention, and this paging receiver is configured around a CPU 1. The CPU 1 controls the entire apparatus based on program data set in advance in a built-in ROM, and realizes position data extracting means and place name data reading means of the present invention.
[0011]
The pager receiving unit 2 is a receiving unit and is a circuit that demodulates the FM signal received by the antenna 3. The ID-ROM 4 is a storage device that stores an ID code or the like individually assigned to the paging receiver. The decoder unit 5 operates the pager receiving unit 2 intermittently to decode the demodulated received signal, and when the ID code included in the received signal matches the ID code stored in the ID-ROM 4, That is, it is a circuit that sends the coincidence detection signal and the received message signal to the CPU 1 when the received signal is for itself. The GPS receiver 6 is a circuit that demodulates the L1 band C / A code from the satellite received by the antenna 7. The position calculation unit 8 is a circuit that constitutes the position data acquisition means of the present invention together with the GPS receiving unit 6, and decodes the C / A code demodulated by the GPS receiving unit 6 to obtain the latitude / longitude of the current location, that is, the position This is a circuit for indexing and sending data to the CPU 1.
[0012]
The key input unit 9 includes a reset switch, a display changeover switch, a mode switch, a data input key, a dialer key, an end key, and the like, and when any of the switches is operated, a key input signal corresponding to each switch is provided. The data is sent to the CPU 1. The reception data memory 10 stores message data transmitted at the time of calling. The input data memory 11 is storage means for storing data set in the initial state and data input by the user. As shown in FIG. 2, the location data memory area a, the TEL bank memory area b, And a message memory area c. The location data memory area a stores a fixed number of sets of location names, corresponding longitude x, latitude y, and radius r, thereby realizing the storage means of the present invention. . The set of data can also be input and stored by the user himself / herself, and the place name is a radius r from the coordinate position x, y on the map indicated by the longitude x and the latitude y. It is a place name or an arbitrary name indicating a specific area in the range. The TEL bank memory area b stores a fixed number of sets of data including a name, a corresponding telephone number, and pager identification information indicating whether or not the telephone number is a pager call number. A certain number of message data can be stored in the message memory area c.
[0013]
The dialer buffer 12 is a buffer in which telephone number data and message data sent from the CPU 1 are set. Note that the ROM built in the CPU 1 stores a conversion table as shown in FIG. 3, and all the data set in the dialer buffer 12 is represented by numbers using the conversion table. It is converted into data and set. A DTMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency) signal generator 13 sequentially extracts numeric data set in the dialer buffer 12, and generates a dial tone audio signal corresponding to the numeric data, that is, a DTMF signal. 14 and a transmission completion signal to the CPU 1 after transmitting a DTMF signal corresponding to all numeric data. The first amplifier circuit 14 amplifies the DTMF signal from the DTMF signal generator 13, and the dial sound speaker 15 generates a dial sound by the amplified DTMF signal. In other words, the dialer buffer 12 and the DTMF signal generator 13 described above implement the transmission means of the present invention.
[0014]
The sound emission signal generator 16 is a circuit that generates a sound emission signal for a ringing tone under the control of the CPU 1 and sends it to the second amplifier circuit 17. The second amplifier circuit 17 is a circuit that amplifies the transmitted sound emission signal and sends it to the speaker 18. The speaker 18 operates according to the transmitted sound emission signal and emits a notification sound, thereby notifying that a signal has been received for itself. The blinking pattern signal generator 19 is a circuit that receives a signal from the CPU 1, generates a blinking pattern signal, and sends it to the third amplifier circuit 20. The third amplifier circuit 20 is a circuit that amplifies the flashing pattern signal that has been sent and supplies the amplified blinking pattern signal to the LED 21. The LED 21 operates according to the supplied blinking pattern signal, and blinks in a predetermined pattern, thereby notifying that a signal has been received for itself.
[0015]
The character generator 22 is a circuit that generates pattern data related to letters and numbers and sends it to the display buffer 23. The display buffer 23 is a circuit in which pattern data of various marks to be displayed on the display unit 24 and character / number pattern data are sent from the CPU 1 and the character generator 22, respectively. The display unit 24 is a circuit that constitutes the display means of the present invention. The display unit 24 includes a liquid crystal display panel, and is a circuit that displays a received message, position data, a place name, various mode setting states, and the like. When no received message is displayed on the display unit 24 in the normal mode, a mark indicating that the reception is in a standby state and the current time are displayed.
[0016]
Next, the operation of the present embodiment having the above configuration will be described. That is, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the CPU 1 related to the message data transmission process in the paging receiver of this embodiment, and a message is input (or stored message data is read out) in accordance with the transmission process. Is set (SA1), it is determined whether or not the connection key is operated (SA2). If the connection key has not been operated (NO in SA2), the process proceeds to step SA7 and it is determined whether or not the dialer key has been operated (SA7). When the dialer key is operated (YES in SA7), the message data is sequentially converted into a DTMF signal and output as a dial tone (SA8), and the process is terminated. Thereby, a message can be sent to the paging receiver which is a transmission partner.
[0017]
When the connection key is operated in step SA2 described above (YES), the place name is searched based on the position data sent from the position calculation unit 8 (SA3). That is, a search is made as to which specific area stored in the input data memory 11 corresponds to the current position indicated by the latitude x and the longitude y. Next, it is determined whether or not the corresponding place name has been searched (SA4). When the place name can be searched (YES in SA4), the searched place name is read out and input as shown in FIG. After the location name is concatenated with the message body to generate transmission data (SA5), the process proceeds to the next. On the other hand, when the search is not possible, that is, when the corresponding place name is not stored (NO in SA4), the position data is identified in the input message body as shown in FIG. After the transmission data is generated by concatenation via the code (SA6), the process proceeds to the next. In step SA7, the transmission data in which the position data (or name data in this case) is concatenated with the message is sequentially converted into a DTMF signal and output as a dial tone (SA8), and the process is terminated. As a result, not only the message but also the position data (latitude x, longitude y) or the place name can be automatically sent to inform the transmission partner of his / her whereabouts.
[0018]
On the other hand, if the dialer key is not operated in step SA7 described above (NO), it is determined whether or not the end key is operated (SA9). If the end key is operated (YES in SA9), the process is terminated. If not operated, the process returns to step SA2 (NO in SA9), and the above-described processing is repeated. In the present embodiment, what is connected to the message at the time of transmission is basically the place name, while the position data is connected only when there is no place name corresponding to the position data. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and only position data may be connected, or both a corresponding place name and position data may be connected.
[0019]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of the CPU 1 related to the reception processing in this embodiment when transmission data in which position data is connected to a message is sent from a transmission apparatus having the same function as in this embodiment. When the reception process is started, when the received signal is for itself, message data is fetched from the received signal (SB1), and it is determined whether or not position data is connected to the message (SB2). . This determination is made based on whether or not the above-described identification code exists after the message body. If the position data is not linked (NO in SB2), the captured message (including the message where the place name is linked) is displayed on the display unit 24 (SB3), and the process ends.
[0020]
On the other hand, if it is determined in step SB2 that the position data is connected (YES), the position data (latitude x, longitude y) is extracted and the place name is input from the input data memory 11 based on the extracted position data. Is searched (SB4). If the location name can be searched (YES in SB5), the message text and the location name are displayed on the liquid crystal display panel of the display unit 24 (SB6), and the reception process is terminated, and the location name cannot be searched. (NO in SB5), the message text and position data are displayed on the liquid crystal display panel (SB7), and the reception process is terminated. Thereby, the location of the other party who transmitted the message data can be known. In the present embodiment, even when the message data received in advance and stored in the reception data memory 10 is read, the processing after step SB2 described above is performed.
[0021]
FIG. 7 shows a display example on the liquid crystal display panel during the reception process described above. (A) is the case where the place name can be searched, (b) is the case where the place name cannot be searched, the message text is displayed in the center of the liquid crystal display panel, and the other party's whereabouts are shown in the lower right. A place name (a) or position data (b) is displayed. Further, in this embodiment, the place name (a) or the position data (b) indicating the place of his / her own is displayed on the upper part of the liquid crystal display panel. The current position data of the user is acquired, or the place name is searched based on the acquired position data.
[0022]
In the present embodiment, the case where the present invention is mainly applied to the paging receiver has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention may be applied to other communication devices such as a mobile phone and an FM multiplex receiver. Good. Further, in the present embodiment, the description has been given of the one having both the function as the transmitting apparatus and the function as the receiving apparatus. However, the apparatus may have only one of the functions. Further, for example, in a device provided with map data by a CD-ROM or an IC card, such as an in-vehicle navigation device, and provided with a display device for displaying the map data, a message is received (or read out). At this time, as shown in FIG. 8, a mark indicating the location of both the user and the other may be added to the map displayed on the display device.
[0023]
In this embodiment, the dialer is used as the means for transmitting the message data. However, the message data may be transmitted by, for example, a wired or optical signal.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the message data transmission / reception system of the present invention, the transmission apparatus displays information related to the position data acquired by the position data acquisition means at the transmission destination of the message data created by the instruction means. When instructed, the information adding means adds identification information (identification code) for displaying information related to the position data to the acquired position data. Then, the transmission means transmits the position data to which the identification information is added together with the created message data. On the other hand, the receiving device determines whether or not the determining means has received the position data to which the identification information is added together with the message data, and if it is determined that the position data to which the identification information is added has been received, the acquiring means In order to display the information related to the acquired position data on the display means for acquiring the information related to the position data and displaying the message based on the received message data, the sender shows the whereabouts one by one Even without inputting a message, it is possible to inform the sender's whereabouts only by adding identification information instructing the display of the information related to the position data to the acquired position data. It is convenient to know this without receiving information related to the position data from .
[0025]
According to the message data transmitting apparatus of the present invention, when the display of the information related to the position data acquired by the position data acquiring means is instructed to the transmission destination of the message data created by the indicating means, the information adding means Identification information (identification code) for displaying information related to the position data is added to the acquired position data. Then, since the transmission means transmits the position data with the identification information added together with the created message data, the information related to the position data is displayed on the acquired position data without inputting the message indicating the whereabouts one by one. It is possible to inform the user of whereabouts only by adding the identification information to be instructed.
[0026]
Further , according to the message data transmission method of the present invention , message data is created in the message data creation step, and position data indicating its current position is obtained in the position data acquisition step. When the display of the information related to the position data acquired in the position data acquisition step is instructed to the transmission destination of the message data in the instruction step, the position data is added to the position data acquired in the information addition step. Add identification information to display information related to, and send the location data to which the identification information was added in the information addition step together with the message data created in the transmission step, so that a message indicating the whereabouts is input Even without this, it is possible to inform the user of his / her whereabouts only by adding identification information for instructing display of information related to the position data to the acquired position data.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a paging receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a data storage structure of an input data memory according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a conversion table stored in a ROM included in the CPU of the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a control flowchart according to transmission processing in the embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a structure of transmission data according to the embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a control flowchart relating to reception processing in the embodiment;
7 is a diagram showing a display example in the liquid crystal display panel of the same embodiment. FIG.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a display example when another display device is used.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 CPU
2 Pager receiver 5 Decoder 6 GPS receiver 8 Position calculator 12 Dialer buffer 13 DTMF signal generator

Claims (5)

Creating means for creating message data;
Position data acquisition means for acquiring position data indicating its current position;
Instruction means for instructing the transmission destination of the message data to display information related to the position data acquired by the position data acquisition means;
When display of information related to position data is instructed by the instruction means, information adding means for adding identification information for displaying information related to the position data to the position data acquired by the position data acquisition means When,
Transmitting means for transmitting position data to which identification information is added by the information adding means together with message data created by the creating means;
A transmission device comprising:
Receiving means for receiving the message data;
Display means for displaying a message based on the message data received by the receiving means;
Determining means for determining whether or not position data to which identification information is added together with the message data is received;
When it is determined that the position data to which the identification information is added is received by the determination means, an acquisition means for acquiring information related to the position data;
Display control means for displaying on the display means information related to the position data acquired by the acquisition means;
A receiving device comprising:
A data transmission / reception system comprising: The message data transmission / reception system according to claim 1, wherein the information related to the position data is a place name indicating a specific area corresponding to the position data. Creating means for creating message data;
Position data acquisition means for acquiring position data indicating its current position;
Instruction means for instructing the transmission destination of the message data to display information related to the position data acquired by the position data acquisition means;
When display of information related to position data is instructed by the instruction means, information adding means for adding identification information for displaying information related to the position data to the position data acquired by the position data acquisition means When,
A message data transmitting apparatus comprising: transmitting means for transmitting position data to which identification information is added by the information adding means together with message data created by the creating means . 4. The message data transmitting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the information related to the position data is a place name indicating a specific area corresponding to the position data. A message data creation step for creating message data;
A position data acquisition step for acquiring position data indicating its current position;
An instruction step for instructing the transmission destination of the message data to display information related to the position data acquired in the position data acquisition step;
When display of information related to position data is instructed in this instruction step, information for adding identification information for displaying information related to the position data to the position data acquired in the position data acquisition step Additional steps;
A transmission step for transmitting the position data to which the identification information is added by the information addition step together with the message data created in the creation step;
A message data transmission method comprising:

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