JP5556188B2 - Wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method.

  Some wireless communication devices such as commercial mobile devices use a rotary switch to select a channel. There are two types of rotary switches that output binary data such as BCD (Binary Coded Decimal) corresponding to the selected contact, and one that outputs a signal indicating channel up or down each time the switch is switched. is there.

  A wireless communication device equipped with a rotary switch that outputs a signal indicating channel up or down is not necessarily associated with the position of the switch and the channel, and the user cannot determine the selected channel. It was necessary to provide a liquid crystal display or the like for displaying the channel.

  In the rotary switch that outputs binary data, the data that is output for each contact is fixed, so the number of selectable channels is limited by the number of contacts of the rotary switch.

In contrast, Patent Documents 1 and 2 listed below disclose techniques for increasing the number of selectable channels of a wireless communication device including a rotary switch that outputs binary format data.
Patent Document 1 stores a plurality of tables in which different series channel numbers are associated with the contacts of the rotary switch, and the table is switched every time the selected position of the rotary switch passes a specific contact, and the same contact is selected. Even in the case of a different channel, it is possible to select a channel with a different number. Thereby, the channel exceeding the number of contacts of the rotary switch can be selected.

  In Patent Document 2, it is possible to set both the case where the number of selectable channels is less than or equal to the number of contacts of the rotary switch and the case where the number of contacts of the rotary switch exceeds the number of contacts of the rotary switch. In the case of exceeding the selected channel, the selected channel is detected from the rotation direction of the switch and the number of changes of the binary code.

JP 2009-177212 A Utility Model Registration No. 2583493

A wireless communication device including a rotary switch that outputs a signal indicating channel up or down needs to include a display for displaying a selected channel.
However, in a portable wireless communication device, the display device is often attached to the front panel of the wireless communication device due to physical restrictions.In this case, even if the wireless communication device is worn on the waist, The selected channel cannot be confirmed. When checking the channel, it was necessary to pick up the wireless communication device and check it, which was not convenient.

  On the other hand, the rotary switch that outputs binary data can be easily selected even when the wireless communication device is worn on the waist because the channel number can be written around the knob of the switch. You can check the channel. However, as shown in Patent Documents 1 and 2, when channels that exceed the number of contacts of the rotary switch can be selected, the selected channel number is not determined by the switch stop position. Or, like a rotary switch that outputs a signal indicating down, it is necessary to display on a display so that a selected channel can be confirmed.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a wireless communication device and a wireless communication method capable of easily confirming a selected channel.

In order to achieve the above object, a wireless communication device according to the first aspect of the present invention provides:
a rotary switch that has n (natural number of 2 or more) contacts and a rotary knob, and outputs binary data indicating a contact selected according to the rotational position of the rotary knob;
A communication means having a plurality of channel banks consisting of n or less channels assigned to n types of binary data output from the rotary switch without duplication, and communicating with a communication partner using a channel of the designated channel bank;
From the binary data output from the rotary switch, it is detected whether or not the channel bank has been switched by detecting whether or not the rotational position of the rotary knob has rotated beyond a specific point, and the detection result First channel extraction means for extracting the channel bank channel selected by rotation of the rotary knob based on the binary data and designating the channel channel of the extracted channel bank to the communication means;
Each time it is detected by the first channel extraction means that the channel bank is switched, the channel bank after switching is indicated by sound, and the channel bank after switching is indicated by light emission of a light emitting element. Bank information presenting means for outputting information indicating the channel bank after switching to the outside by at least one of the following:
Second channel extraction for extracting a channel of a specific channel bank selected by rotation of the rotary knob from binary data output from the rotary switch and designating the channel of the extracted channel bank to the communication means Means,
An instruction input means for inputting an instruction;
Selection means for operating either one of the first channel extraction means or the second channel extraction means as alternatively effective and stopping the other operation based on an instruction input from the instruction input means; ,
And wherein the Bei Elko a.

In this case, the sound may be indicated by a different scale for each channel bank.
Alternatively, the sound may be indicated by a synthesized voice that differs for each channel bank.

The bank information presenting means includes a plurality of light emitting elements having different emission colors, and when the channel bank after switching is indicated by light emission of the light emitting element, the channel after switching is selected from the plurality of light emitting elements. A light emitting element corresponding to the bank may be selected to emit light.

In order to achieve the above object, a wireless communication method according to a second aspect of the present invention includes:
a rotary switch that has n (natural number of 2 or more) contacts and a rotary knob, and outputs binary data indicating a contact selected according to the rotational position of the rotary knob;
Communication means for communicating with a communication partner using a channel of a designated channel bank, having a plurality of channel banks composed of n or less channels assigned to n types of binary data output from the rotary switch without duplication; In the wireless communication method of the wireless communication device provided,
From the binary data output from the rotary switch, it is detected whether or not the channel bank has been switched by detecting whether or not the rotational position of the rotary knob has rotated beyond a specific point, and the detection result And a first channel extraction process for extracting a channel of the channel bank selected by rotation of the rotary knob based on the binary data and designating the channel of the extracted channel bank to the communication means;
Each time it is detected that the channel bank has been switched by the first channel extraction process, the channel bank after switching is indicated by sound, and the channel bank after switching is indicated by light emission of a light emitting element. Bank information presentation processing for outputting information indicating the channel bank after switching to the outside by at least one of the following:
Second channel extraction for extracting a channel of a specific channel bank selected by rotation of the rotary knob from binary data output from the rotary switch and designating the channel of the extracted channel bank to the communication means Processing,
An instruction input process for inputting an instruction;
A selection process for selectively performing one of the first channel extraction process and the second channel extraction process based on an instruction input from the instruction input process and stopping the other process;
The features and TURMERIC line.

In this case, the sound may be indicated by a different scale for each channel bank.
Alternatively, the sound may be indicated by a synthesized voice that differs for each channel bank.

The wireless communication device includes a plurality of light emitting elements having different emission colors,
The bank information providing processing, when indicating the channel bank after the switches in the light emission of the light emitting element, select the light emission element that corresponds to the channel bank after switches from said one of said plurality of light emitting elements emitting You may let them.

  According to the present invention, the selected channel can be easily confirmed.

It is a block diagram which shows the principal part of the radio | wireless communication apparatus which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows typically the table which a memory memorize | stores. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a control part. It is a block diagram which shows the radio | wireless communication apparatus which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a main part of a wireless communication device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  This wireless communication device includes a rotary switch 10, a control unit 11, a memory 12, an operation unit 13 configured to input various instructions including buttons (not shown), a transmission / reception unit 14 serving as communication means, and bank information presentation. A beep sound generator 15 as a means and a display 16 are provided.

  The rotary switch 10 is attached to, for example, a front panel of a wireless communication device, and includes a rotary knob that can be rotated endlessly in forward and reverse directions, and has n (natural number of 2 or more) contacts, for example, 16 contacts. Yes. A mark indicating each contact position by a number or the like is attached around the knob on the front panel. The rotary switch 10 outputs binary data indicating a contact corresponding to the rotational position of the rotary knob selected by the user in a 4-bit width.

The control unit 11 controls the entire wireless communication device, and the memory 12 is connected to the control unit 11.
The memory 12 stores, for example, three types of channel banks composed of n channels or less, for example, 16 channels, corresponding to n types of binary data output from the rotary switch 10 without overlap, in a table format.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing a table stored in the memory 12.
The memory 12 associates the channel numbers c1, c2,..., C15, c16 with the binary data 0000, 0001,..., 1110, 1111 output from the rotary switch 10, and sets the channel numbers to the channel bank number # 1. Memorize it in correspondence. Further, the channel numbers c17, c18,..., C31, c32 correspond to the binary data 0000, 0001,..., 1110, 1111 output from the rotary switch 10, respectively, and correspond to the channel bank number # 2. Remember. Similarly, the channel numbers c33, c34,..., C47, c48 correspond to the binary data 0000, 0001,..., 1110, 1111 output from the rotary switch 10, respectively, and are assigned to the channel bank number # 3. Memorize it in correspondence.

FIG. 3 is a configuration block diagram showing the configuration of the control unit 11.
The control unit 11 includes a first channel extraction unit 11a, a second channel extraction unit 11b, and a selection unit 11c. The first channel extraction unit 11a, the second channel extraction unit 11b, and the selection unit 11c can be configured by individual circuits, but may be configured by a microcomputer that operates according to software.

  Based on an instruction from the operation unit 13, the selection unit 11 c operates with one of the first channel extraction unit 11 a and the second channel extraction unit 11 b as being alternatively valid, and stops the other operation.

The first channel extraction means 11a determines whether the binary data output from the rotary switch 10 has changed from the maximum value to the minimum value or from the minimum value to the maximum value, that is, the rotary switch 10 exceeds the specific contact. It is detected whether or not it has been rotated and the direction of rotation.
By this detection, it is recognized that an instruction to switch the channel bank has been made and to which channel bank is instructed, and the channel bank is switched in accordance with the instruction by newly selecting the instructed channel bank. Can do.
That is, when the binary data output from the rotary switch 10 changes from the maximum value to the minimum value, it is determined that switching to the channel bank of the oldest one has been instructed, and the channel bank is switched in accordance with the instruction. For example, when the channel bank of # 2 is currently selected, the channel bank of # 3 on the old side is selected. When the binary data output from the rotary switch 10 changes from the minimum value to the maximum value, it is determined that switching to one channel bank is instructed, and for example, the channel bank # 2 is currently selected. In this case, the channel bank is switched by selecting one younger channel # 1 channel bank.
Each time the channel bank is switched, the first channel extraction unit 11a instructs the beep sound generator 15 to generate a sound corresponding to the channel bank after switching. Further, the first channel extracting means 11a stores the channel of the selected channel bank in the memory 12 based on the channel bank number recognized as being currently selected and the binary data output from the rotary switch 10. The channel of the extracted channel bank is designated to the transmission / reception unit 14 and given to the display 16 to display the channel of the extracted channel bank.

  The second channel extraction unit 11b stores the selected channel bank at the stage of being activated by the selection of the selection unit 11c and starting the operation, and is output from the channel bank number and the rotary switch 10. From the binary data, the channel of the selected channel bank is extracted from the memory 12, and the channel of the extracted channel bank is designated to the transmission / reception unit 14 and given to the display unit 16 to display the channel of the extracted channel bank. .

Next, the operation of this wireless communication device will be described with examples of use.
A user of this wireless communication device selects a channel to be used for communication with a communication partner.
The channel is selected by rotating the rotary knob of the rotary switch 10. For example, 48 channels, which are more than the number of contacts of the rotary switch 10, can be used. Each channel is included in one of three channel banks.

  In this wireless communication device, both a case where a desired channel is selected from three channel banks and a case where a desired channel is selected from a specific channel bank are possible regardless of the rotation amount of the rotary knob of the rotary switch 10. .

When a desired channel is selected from the three channel banks, the user operates a button on the operation unit 13 and inputs an instruction to alternatively enable the first channel extraction unit 11a to the selection unit 11c.
When the rotary knob of the rotary switch 10 is rotated in this state, the rotary switch 10 sequentially outputs binary data corresponding to the contacts selected according to the rotation position of the rotary knob.

  The first channel extraction means 11a detects whether the binary data output from the rotary switch 10 has changed the maximum value from the minimum value or from the minimum value to the maximum value, and switches the channel bank. Each time the channel bank is switched, the first channel extraction unit 11a instructs the beep sound generator 15 to generate a sound corresponding to the channel bank after switching. The beep sound generator 15 generates a beep sound having a different scale, for example, for each channel bank after switching.

  The first channel extracting means 11a extracts the channel of the selected channel bank from the memory 12 from the channel bank number recognized as being currently selected and the binary data output from the rotary switch 10. Then, the channel of the extracted channel bank is designated to the transmission / reception unit 14, and the channel of the extracted channel bank is displayed on the display 16.

  The user can recognize the currently selected channel from the channels displayed on the display 16 and the marks attached around the beep sound and the rotary knob, so that a desired channel can be selected.

  After the selection of the desired channel is completed, the user stops the rotation of the rotary switch 10 and instructs the start of communication from the operation unit 13. The transmission / reception unit 14 communicates with the communication partner using the channel designated by the first channel extraction unit 11a when the start of communication is instructed.

  When a desired channel is selected from a specific channel bank regardless of the rotary knob rotation amount of the rotary switch 10, the user rotates the rotary switch 10 so that the specific channel bank is selected. After a specific channel bank is selected, the button of the operation unit 13 is operated, and an instruction to selectively enable the second channel extraction unit 11b is input to the selection unit 11c.

  When the rotary knob of the rotary switch 10 is rotated in this state, the rotary switch 10 sequentially outputs binary data corresponding to the contacts selected according to the rotary knob rotation position.

  The second channel extraction unit 11b stores the selected channel bank at the stage of being activated by the selection of the selection unit 11c and starting the operation, and is output from the channel bank number and the rotary switch 10. From the binary data, the channel of the selected channel bank is extracted from the memory 12, and the channel of the extracted channel bank is designated to the transmission / reception unit 14 and given to the display unit 16 to display the channel of the extracted channel bank. .

  After the selection of the desired channel is completed, the user stops the rotation of the rotary switch 10 and instructs the start of communication from the operation unit 13. The transmission / reception unit 14 communicates with the communication partner using the channel specified by the second channel extraction unit 11b when the start of communication is instructed.

The wireless communication device of the present embodiment having the above configuration has the following effects.
(1) Channels exceeding the number of contacts of the rotary switch 10 can be used for communication.

  (2) When a channel exceeding the number of contacts of the rotary switch 10 is used for communication, it can be recognized by a beep sound that the channel bank has been switched. ing.

  (3) Since the second channel extraction means 11b is provided in addition to the first channel extraction means 11a, only the channels in one channel bank can be selected. This simplifies the operation when it is desired to use only the channels in one channel bank.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram showing a main part of a wireless communication device according to the second embodiment of the present invention, and elements common to those in FIG. 1 are given common reference numerals.

In this wireless communication device, the beep sound generator 15 of the wireless communication device of the first embodiment is changed to a plurality of light emitting elements 21a, 21b, and 21c, and the other configuration is the wireless communication of the first embodiment. It is the same as the machine.
The light emitting elements 21a, 21b, and 21c have different emission colors. Each time the channel bank is switched, the first channel extraction unit 11a of the control unit 11 selects the light emitting elements 21a, 21b, and 21c corresponding to the channel bank after switching and causes the light to emit light.

  In the wireless communication device of the present embodiment, the light emitting elements 21a, 21b, and 21c having different emission colors are provided and selectively emit light, so that the selected channel bank can be easily recognized.

In addition, this invention is not limited to the said embodiment, A various deformation | transformation is possible.
For example, in order to designate a channel bank, a memory (which may also be used as the memory 12) for storing a number for designating the channel bank is provided, and is stored in the memory every time a switching instruction is given from the rotary switch 10. The channel bank may be switched and selected by increasing or decreasing the number to +1 or -1.
Further, the channel bank may be selected by designating the number of the first channel of the channels included in each channel bank from the operation unit 13.
Alternatively, a channel bank may be selected by designating the number of each channel bank from the operation unit 13.
In addition, when an instruction to switch to the next channel bank is detected while the oldest channel bank is selected, the youngest channel bank is selected and the youngest channel bank is selected. Thus, when an instruction to switch to the previous channel bank is detected, the oldest channel bank may be selected so that the channel bank can be selected cyclically.
Further, the number of available channels is not limited to 48, and may be further increased or decreased.

  Further, the beep sound generator 15 of the first embodiment is not configured to output different scales, but may indicate a channel bank after switching with synthesized speech.

  Further, both the beep sound generator 15 and the light emitting elements 21a, 21b, and 21c may be provided, and the channel bank after switching may be indicated by both sound and light emission color.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Rotary switch 11 Control part 11a 1st channel extraction means 11b 2nd channel extraction means 11c Selection means 12 Memory 13 Operation part 14 Transmission / reception part 15 Beep sound generator 16 Indicator 21a-21c Light emitting element

Claims (8)

a rotary switch that has n (natural number of 2 or more) contacts and a rotary knob, and outputs binary data indicating a contact selected according to the rotational position of the rotary knob;
A communication means having a plurality of channel banks consisting of n or less channels assigned to n types of binary data output from the rotary switch without duplication, and communicating with a communication partner using a channel of the designated channel bank;
From the binary data output from the rotary switch, it is detected whether or not the channel bank has been switched by detecting whether or not the rotational position of the rotary knob has rotated beyond a specific point, and the detection result First channel extraction means for extracting the channel bank channel selected by rotation of the rotary knob based on the binary data and designating the channel channel of the extracted channel bank to the communication means;
Each time it is detected by the first channel extraction means that the channel bank is switched, the channel bank after switching is indicated by sound, and the channel bank after switching is indicated by light emission of a light emitting element. Bank information presenting means for outputting information indicating the channel bank after switching to the outside by at least one of the following:
Second channel extraction for extracting a channel of a specific channel bank selected by rotation of the rotary knob from binary data output from the rotary switch and designating the channel of the extracted channel bank to the communication means Means,
An instruction input means for inputting an instruction;
Selection means for operating either one of the first channel extraction means or the second channel extraction means as alternatively effective and stopping the other operation based on an instruction input from the instruction input means; ,
Wireless communication device, wherein the Bei Elko a. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein the sound is indicated by a different scale for each channel bank. The wireless communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sound is indicated by a synthesized voice that is different for each channel bank. The bank information presenting means includes a plurality of light emitting elements having different emission colors, and when the channel bank after switching is indicated by light emission of the light emitting element, the bank information presenting means is selected from the plurality of light emitting elements to the channel bank after switching. radio communication apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it emits light by selecting the corresponding light emitting element. a rotary switch that has n (natural number of 2 or more) contacts and a rotary knob, and outputs binary data indicating a contact selected according to the rotational position of the rotary knob;
Communication means for communicating with a communication partner using a channel of a designated channel bank, having a plurality of channel banks composed of n or less channels assigned to n types of binary data output from the rotary switch without duplication; In the wireless communication method of the wireless communication device provided,
From the binary data output from the rotary switch, it is detected whether or not the channel bank has been switched by detecting whether or not the rotational position of the rotary knob has rotated beyond a specific point, and the detection result And a first channel extraction process for extracting a channel of the channel bank selected by rotation of the rotary knob based on the binary data and designating the channel of the extracted channel bank to the communication means;
Each time it is detected that the channel bank has been switched by the first channel extraction process, the channel bank after switching is indicated by sound, and the channel bank after switching is indicated by light emission of a light emitting element. Bank information presentation processing for outputting information indicating the channel bank after switching to the outside by at least one of the following:
Second channel extraction for extracting a channel of a specific channel bank selected by rotation of the rotary knob from binary data output from the rotary switch and designating the channel of the extracted channel bank to the communication means Processing,
An instruction input process for inputting an instruction;
A selection process for selectively performing one of the first channel extraction process and the second channel extraction process based on an instruction input from the instruction input process and stopping the other process;
Wireless communication wherein a TURMERIC rows. The wireless communication method according to claim 5 , wherein the sound is indicated by a different scale for each channel bank. 6. The wireless communication method according to claim 5 , wherein the sound is indicated by a synthesized voice that is different for each channel bank. The wireless communication device includes a plurality of light emitting elements having different emission colors,
In the bank information presentation process, when the channel bank after switching is indicated by light emission of a light emitting element, the light emitting element corresponding to the channel bank after switching is selected from the plurality of light emitting elements to emit light. the wireless communication method according to any one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in.

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