JP3986100B2 - Electronic device and display method - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to an electronic device that is carried and used, such as a paging receiver, and a display method .
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, portable electronic devices such as paging receivers that are commonly used are battery voltage as an initialization setting for each circuit unit each time the power is turned on to save power and prevent data destruction in the memory due to static electricity. Check, memory check in RAM, ID code writing to decoder, synchronization signal search, and the like. Therefore, in the case of such an electronic device, the more complicated the circuit configuration and operation processing are, the longer the time required for initialization setting is. During the initialization setting process, no display is usually made on the display unit, or a text message such as “Preparing now” for the initialization setting process prepared in advance. Etc. are to be displayed.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Therefore, the user of such an electronic device is very unsatisfied with the display as described above until the initialization setting is completed after the power is turned on. In the case of a paging receiver or the like used as a communication tool, the synchronization signal is searched for a predetermined time in preparation for waiting for an incoming call.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to turn on the power, perform initialization settings and prepare for incoming call waiting, and turn off the power It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device and a display method for performing a display with various changes that attract the user's interest in accordance with the state of the device.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
That is, the present invention
(1) battery power supply, setting means for detecting power supply and checking the supply voltage of the battery power supply and initializing each circuit unit, time measuring means, time measured by the time measuring means, and battery power supply From storage means for storing a plurality of sets of illustration patterns corresponding to low voltage, display means for displaying the illustration patterns , detection result of low voltage of the battery power source by supply voltage check of the setting means , and from the time measuring means reading a plurality of illustration pattern belonging to the set corresponding to the obtained time of power-on has been detected from the storing means, between said setting means until the end of the initialization setting, the display a plurality of illustrations patterns belonging to the read set And a control means for controlling to sequentially switch and display on the means.
(2) In the above item (1), the electronic device further comprises a receiving means for receiving a paging signal, as an initialization setting said setting means performs the reception of the synchronization signal included in the paging signal by the receiving means It is intended to be detected.
(3) A display method in a portable electronic device that includes a timer and operates on a battery power source, and a setting step for detecting power-on and checking the supply voltage of the battery power source and initializing each circuit unit; At the beginning of this setting step, the battery power supply low voltage detection result by the supply voltage check and the time when the power-on obtained from the time measuring means is detected belong to the corresponding group from the memory storing a plurality of illustration patterns. a plurality of illustration pattern reading reads steps, until finish the initialization setting at the setting step, a display step of sequentially switching display on the display unit a plurality of illustration pattern belonging to the set, which is read at this read step It is made to have.
[0006]
[Action]
According to the configuration described in the above item (1) , a plurality of illustration patterns belonging to a corresponding group among a plurality of different groups depending on the time when the power is turned on and the remaining capacity of the battery as the power source are sequentially displayed on the display unit. Therefore, while the initialization setting is being performed, it is possible to display a variety of changes that attracts the user's interest, and to know when the remaining battery capacity is low .
[0008]
According to the configuration described in the above item (2) , in addition to the operation of the above item (1), a plurality of illustration patterns different depending on the time when the power is turned on and the remaining capacity of the battery are sequentially displayed on the display unit. For this reason, even during preparation for waiting for an incoming call, it is possible to display a variety of displays that attract the user's interest, and to know when the remaining battery capacity is low .
According to the method described in the above item (3) , a plurality of illustration patterns belonging to a corresponding group among a plurality of different groups depending on the time when the power is turned on and the remaining capacity of the battery as the power source are sequentially displayed on the display unit. Therefore, while the initialization setting is being performed, it is possible to display a variety of displays that attract the user's interest, and to know when the remaining battery capacity is low .
[0009]
【Example】
Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a paging receiver applied to a paging service will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an external configuration thereof. A paging receiver 1 is provided with a display unit 2 using a liquid crystal display panel and an LED 3 that is turned on when an incoming call is notified on the front surface of a main body case 1a. In addition, a key input unit 4 including keys 4a to 4d and a key ring unit 5 for attaching the paging receiver 1 to a key holder or the like are appropriately provided on the side surface of the main body case 1a.
[0010]
The display unit 2 is composed of a liquid crystal display panel as described above, and is a battery display unit 2a for displaying the approximate remaining capacity of the battery as a power source. Ringing tone notification display unit 2b for displaying a state in which a mode for performing voice is set is also displayed, and a time display unit 2c for displaying the current time by four day-shaped segments and a segment of the symbol “:”. A message display unit 2d for displaying a message message by characters and an illustration display unit 2e composed of an illustration of a human face as shown in the figure, searching for and receiving a synchronization signal for a predetermined time from a timer start to time-up. It has an out-of-service display part 2f for displaying the symbol when it cannot be done.
[0011]
The battery display unit 2a except the message display unit 2d, the ring tone notification display unit 2b, the time display unit 2c, the illustration display unit 2e, and the out-of-service display unit 2f all display segments, whereas the message display unit 2d is a dot display. It is assumed that the display is a matrix display. The time display unit 2c is always driven to display the current time regardless of the power-on state.
[0012]
The key input unit 4 includes a power key 4a, a set key 4b, a select key 4c, and a mode key 4d as various operation keys. Here, the power key 4a is for turning on / off the power. The set key 4b is used to instruct determination when performing a setting operation in various modes, the select key 4c is used to perform selection operation in each mode, and the mode key 4d is used to select each mode according to the number of operations. It is.
[0013]
FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of a circuit provided in the paging receiver 1. A single line indicates a flow of a supply voltage, and a double line indicates a flow of a control signal. In the figure, reference numeral 11 denotes an antenna. The antenna 11 is connected to an RF receiving unit 12, and the RF receiving unit 12 is connected to a CPU 14 via a decoder unit 13. The RF receiver 12 demodulates the received data received by the antenna 11.
[0014]
The decoder unit 13 is connected to an ID-ROM 15, which stores an ID code individually assigned to the paging receiver 1, specifically, frame data, address data, and the like. An ID code is given to the decoder unit 13.
[0015]
When detecting the power-on, the decoder unit 13 drives the RF receiving unit 12 until a synchronization signal is received within a predetermined time. When receiving the synchronization signal, the decoder unit 13 converts the ID code read from the ID-ROM 15 this time. Based on the intermittent drive. Then, the signal demodulated by the RF receiving unit 12 is decoded, and when it is determined that it matches the ID code assigned to the own device, a match detection signal and subsequently received message data are sent to the CPU 14. .
[0016]
The CPU 14 has a time counter 14a for counting the current time and a predetermined time until the timer that starts when the power is turned on, and further includes the key input unit 4 and the display unit 2 described above. The notification unit 16 including the LED 3, the ROM 17, the RAM 18, and the detection circuit 19 are connected.
[0017]
The display unit 2 performs various displays by driving a driver 20 that operates under the control of the CPU 14.
The notification unit 16 includes the LED 3 and a speaker and a vibrator (not shown), and each is individually driven by a driver 21. In the calling state, the LED 3 is blinking light, the speaker is a buzzer sound, and the vibrator is vibrated. In this case, the user of the paging receiver 1 is notified.
[0018]
The ROM 17 stores various control programs including an initialization setting program prepared in advance for the CPU 14, and stores an initialization setting illustration table, a low voltage warning illustration table, and the like.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 3, the initialization setting illustration table includes 24 hours a day in four time zones, that is, “6: 00 to 12:00”, “12: 00 to 18:00”, “18: 00 to 00: It is divided into “24:00” and “24:00 to 6:00” and is sequentially switched between the message displayed on the message display unit 2d and the illustration display unit 2e as display data to be displayed on the display unit 2 for each time period. An illustration to be displayed is stored. By designating time data as an address, display data in a corresponding time zone is read out.
[0020]
In addition, the low voltage warning illustration table includes a fixed message “battery bush!” Displayed on the message display unit 2d regardless of the time zone as shown in FIG. 4, and 24 hours a day in four time zones as described above. Corresponding to “6:00 to 12:00” and “18: 0 to 24:00”, two illustrations to be switched and displayed on the illustration display section 2e, and “12:00 to 18:00” Corresponding to “24: 00-6: 00”, two illustrations for switching display on the illustration display unit 2e are also stored. By specifying time data as an address, unconditionally The message displayed on the message display unit 2d is read together with the two illustrations of the corresponding time zone.
[0021]
The RAM 18 is used for temporarily storing various processing data in the CPU 14.
The detection circuit 19 is connected to a power supply circuit 22 including a battery (not shown) serving as a power source of the paging receiver 1 and a supply circuit thereof, and detects a supply voltage value of the battery under the control of the CPU 14. The detected value is sent to the CPU 14.
[0022]
The voltage from the power supply circuit 22 is supplied to the RF receiving unit 12, decoder unit 13, key input unit 4, drivers 20, 21, CPU 14, detection circuit 19, and RAM 18. The voltage is always supplied to the unit 4, the driver 20, the CPU 14, and the RAM 18 regardless of the power on / off state by the operation of the power key 4a, and the time display unit 2c of the display unit 2 uses the contents of the time counter 14a in the CPU 14. The current time is displayed and the stored contents of the RAM 18 are backed up.
[0023]
Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.
FIG. 5 shows a part of a flowchart showing a flow of an initialization setting program that the CPU 14 reads from the ROM 17 and executes when the power is turned on by operating the power key 4a of the key input unit 4. The voltage from the power supply circuit 22 is also supplied to the RF receiver 12, decoder 13, driver 21 and detection circuit 19, the ID code is read from the ID-ROM 15 and set in the decoder 13, and the memory of the RAM 18 Check. Further, the detection circuit 19 detects the supply voltage value from the battery in the power supply circuit 22 and simultaneously starts a timer (step S1).
[0024]
The CPU 14 checks whether or not the battery has sufficient remaining capacity depending on whether or not the content detected by the detection circuit 19 exceeds a predetermined value prepared in advance, and is still below the predetermined value. When it is determined that the low voltage state has not been reached (step S2), the current time data counted by the time counter 14a is accessed using the initialization setting illustration table of the ROM 17 shown in FIG. 3 as an address. Then, as a display data to be displayed on the message display unit 2d of the display unit 2 corresponding to the current time zone, a message and three illustrations to be sequentially displayed on the illustration display unit 2e are read out. While the illustration of the eyes is displayed on the display unit 2, the RF receiver 12 and the decoder unit 13 are set to perform initialization and prepare for waiting for an incoming call. Or search for more synchronization signals to time-up (step S3).
[0025]
FIG. 6A illustrates the display state on the display unit 2 at this time. As shown in the time display unit 2c in the figure, the power-on time is “(AM) 10:00”. The display data of the corresponding time zone is read from the initialization setting illustration table in the ROM 17, and the first illustration is displayed on the illustration display unit 2e of the display unit 2 first. At this time, since the message is not set in the first display content in the corresponding time zone of the initialization setting illustration table, the message display unit 2d does not display the message as indicated by the broken line in the figure. . The ring tone notification display section 2b indicates that a mode is set in which a notification is made even with a sound such as a buzzer sound when there is an incoming call.
[0026]
Thereafter, the moving picture display is executed by sequentially switching and displaying the three illustrations read from the initialization setting illustration table until the end of the search by receiving a synchronization signal or time-up, on the display unit 2. (Step S4)
FIG. 6B and FIG. 6C illustrate the display state on the display unit 2 following FIG. 6A, and the illustration displayed on the illustration display unit 2e changes stepwise. In addition, since the message “Ohayo” is set in the display contents of the second and third sheets, the message display unit 2d displays the characters in a dot matrix.
[0027]
In this case, the display message displayed on the message display unit 2d corresponds to the time zone to which the current time belongs as shown in FIG. 3, for example, “6: 0 to 12:00” “Ohayo”, “12:00 to 18:00” “Connichiwa”, “18:00 to 24:00” “Combanwa”, “24:00 to 6:00” Sleeping and sleeping "ZZ ..." and "?" Imitating the state, and these display messages are displayed in conjunction with the display switching of the illustration displayed on the illustration display unit 2e. Can be attached.
[0028]
The display state on the display unit 2 shown in FIGS. 6A to 6C is changed from FIG. 6A to FIG. 6B to FIG. 6C to FIG. 6A to FIG. b) The moving image display is executed by sequentially switching and repeating as follows.
[0029]
When the search for the synchronization signal is completed, the CPU 14 stops displaying the moving picture shown in FIG. 6, and calculates the intermittent reception timing assigned to the own device from the synchronization signal to set the incoming call waiting mode. In addition, as shown in FIG. 7 (c), in order to avoid wasteful power consumption, display on the illustration display unit 2e is prohibited, and only the incoming call tone notification unit 2b and the time display unit 2c are driven to wait for an incoming call. The basic screen is displayed on the display unit 2 (step S5), and the processing in FIG. 5 is completed as described above, and the operation shifts to an incoming call waiting mode (not shown).
[0030]
Further, when the synchronization signal cannot be received until the time is up, a symbol is further lit on the out-of-service display portion 2f on the basic screen.
When it is determined that the content detected by the detection circuit 19 in step S2 does not exceed a predetermined value prepared in advance and the battery has no remaining capacity, the ROM 17 shown in FIG. The current time data counted by the time counter 14a is accessed as an address using the low voltage warning illustration table, and the message “Battery Buzz!” Displayed on the message display unit 2d of the display unit 2 corresponds to the time zone when the power is turned on. The two illustrations to be displayed on the illustration display unit 2e are read as display data. First, the first illustration is displayed on the display unit 2, while initialization is performed and the above-mentioned RF is prepared in preparation for waiting for an incoming call. The receiver 12 and the decoder 13 search the synchronization signal until time is up (step S6).
[0031]
FIG. 7A illustrates the display state on the display unit 2 at this time. As shown in the time display unit 2c in the figure, the power-on time is “(AM) 10:00”. A message and two illustrations corresponding to the corresponding time zone are read out from the low voltage warning illustration table in the ROM 17, and the first illustration is displayed on the illustration display unit 2e of the display unit 2 and the message is displayed on the message display unit 2d. Indicates the displayed state. At this time, as shown in the figure, at the same time, the battery display unit 2a blinks to indicate that the remaining capacity of the battery serving as the power source is small. The ring tone notification display section 2b indicates that a mode is set in which a notification is made even with a sound such as a buzzer sound when there is an incoming call.
[0032]
Thereafter, the moving image display is executed by repeatedly switching and displaying the illustrations read from the illustration table for low voltage warning on the illustration display unit 2e until the end of the search by receiving the synchronization signal or time-up (step S1). S7)
FIG. 7B illustrates a display state on the display unit 2 by the second display data following the above-described FIG. 7A, and the illustration displayed on the illustration display unit 2e is changed.
[0033]
The display state on the display unit 2 shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B is as follows: FIG. 7A → FIG. 7B → FIG. 7A → FIG. 7B →. In this manner, moving images are displayed by sequentially switching and repeating.
[0034]
When the search for the synchronization signal is completed, the CPU 14 stops the moving image display shown in FIGS. 7A and 7B, and again determines the timing of intermittent reception assigned to the own device from the synchronization signal. While calculating and setting the waiting mode for incoming calls, the battery display unit 2a is further lit on the basic screen of FIG. 7C (step S8), and the processing of FIG. Move to operation processing in wait mode.
[0035]
Further, when the synchronization signal cannot be received until the time is up, a symbol is further lit on the out-of-service display portion 2f on the basic screen.
In addition, this invention is not limited only to the said Example, In the range which does not change a summary, it can deform | transform suitably and can be implemented. For example, in the above-described embodiment, a caricature pattern is used as the illustration pattern. However, the illustration pattern is not limited to the state of the human phase, but may be a copy of the state of other life forms or objects. .
Further, the present invention is not limited to a paging receiver, but can be applied to all electronic devices that require initialization settings and electronic devices that are portablely used with battery power.
[0036]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, while the power is turned on and the initialization setting and the incoming call waiting preparation are performed, the user's interest is attracted according to the time zone when the power is turned on and the state of the electronic device. Thus, it is possible to provide an electronic device and a display method capable of performing display and the like rich in some kind of change and knowing when the remaining capacity of the battery is small .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an external configuration of a paging receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an initialization setting illustration table stored in the ROM of FIG. 2;
4 is a diagram illustrating a low voltage warning illustration table stored in the ROM of FIG. 2;
FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing contents of an initialization setting operation according to the embodiment;
FIG. 6 is a view showing a display example of an operation according to the embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a view showing a display example of an operation according to the embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Paging receiver 1a ... Main body case 2 ... Display part 2a ... Battery display part 2b ... Ringtone alert display part 2c ... Time display part 2d ... Message display part 2e ... Illustration display part 2f ... Out-of-range display part 3 ... LED
4 ... Key input unit 4a ... Power key 11 ... Antenna 12 ... RF receiving unit 13 ... Decoder unit 14 ... CPU
14a ... clock counter 15 ... ID-ROM
16 ... notification part 17 ... ROM
18 ... RAM
19: Detection circuit 20, 21 ... Driver 22 ... Power supply circuit

Claims (3)

Battery power,
Setting means for detecting power-on and checking the supply voltage of the battery power supply and initializing each circuit unit;
Timekeeping means,
Storage means for storing a plurality of sets of illustrations pattern corresponding to the time of the low voltage time and battery power supply which is clocked by the clock means,
Display means for displaying the illustration pattern;
A plurality of illustration patterns belonging to the set corresponding to the detection result of the low voltage of the battery power supply by the supply voltage check of the setting means and the time when the power- on obtained from the time measuring means is detected are read from the storage means , and the setting means There electronic apparatus, characterized by comprising a control means for controlling to sequentially switching display until finish the initialization setting, a plurality of illustrations patterns belonging to the read set on the display means. The electronic device further includes receiving means for receiving a paging signal,
2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein reception of a synchronization signal included in a paging signal is detected by the receiving unit as initialization setting performed by the setting unit . A display method in a portable electronic device that includes a timer and operates on battery power ,
A setting step for detecting power-on and checking the supply voltage of the battery power supply and initializing each circuit unit;
At the beginning of this setting step, the battery power supply low voltage detection result by the supply voltage check and the time when the power-on obtained from the time measuring means is detected belong to the corresponding group from the memory storing a plurality of illustration patterns. A reading step for reading a plurality of illustration patterns ;
A display method comprising: a display step of sequentially switching and displaying a plurality of illustration patterns belonging to the set read in the reading step until the initialization setting is completed in the setting step .

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