JP6702734B2 - Notification system, electronic clock, and notification method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a notification system, an electronic timepiece, and a notification method .

The electronic timepiece may communicate with a computer such as a so-called smartphone to receive a notification from the computer and display information about the computer. Specifically, the electronic timepiece may receive a notification from the computer when the computer notifies the user by e-mail or telephone, and may display that the computer has notified the user.

Patent Document 1 below discloses a mobile communication device that controls whether or not to notify an external terminal of an incoming call, depending on whether or not an external terminal such as a wristwatch is in a specific state (a state in which the battery level is good, etc.). Is listed.

JP, 2014-197912, A

Notifications to a user received by a computer such as a smartphone are miscellaneous, and the importance of the notifications may vary greatly from notification to notification. Therefore, if all the notifications received by the computer are notified to the user by the electronic timepiece, the user may be notified of information that is not necessarily important, which may be annoying.

Here, it is conceivable that the user operates the electronic timepiece to set a filter according to the degree of importance of the notification, but in an electronic timepiece having a limited number of operation means, the complicated setting required for setting the filter is required. Operation may be difficult.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a notification system, an electronic timepiece, and a notification method capable of easily setting a filter for information notified from a computer to an electronic timepiece. Is.

The invention disclosed in the present application to solve the above-mentioned problems has various aspects, and the outline of typical aspects thereof is as follows.

(1) The electronic timepiece is stored in a receiving unit that receives notification presence information indicating that the computer has a notification to the user, and is stored in the storage unit of the computer, and it is necessary to notify the user of the notification presence information. And a notification unit that notifies the user based on the determination result based on the filter information indicating.

(2) In (1), the notification presence information further includes a transmission unit that transmits the notification presence information to a notification necessity determination unit that determines necessity of notification to the user based on the filter information, and the reception unit includes: An electronic timepiece that receives a determination result by the notification necessity determination unit, and the notification unit notifies the user based on the determination result.

(3) In (1), the notification presence information further includes a notification necessity determination unit that determines whether or not to notify the user based on the filter information, and the reception unit receives the filter information. Then, the notification unit is an electronic timepiece that notifies the user based on the determination result.

(4) In (1) or (2), the receiving unit receives a notification mode that is a mode of notification to the user, and the notification unit notifies the user according to the notification mode. ..

(5) In (1) or (3), a notification mode determination unit that determines a notification mode that is a mode of notification to the user is further included, and the notification unit notifies the user according to the notification mode. , Electronic clock.

(6) In the electronic timepiece described in (4) or (5), the notification mode is at least one of sound, vibration, pointer position, and pointer operation.

(7) In any one of (1) to (6), the user input acceptance unit that accepts a user input for a notification to the user by the notification unit and the user input accepted by the user input acceptance unit are A user input transmission unit that transmits to a computer, and an electronic clock.

(8) In any one of (1) to (7), the notification unit further includes a promptness determination unit that determines whether or not immediate notification to the user is necessary for the notification presence information based on the filter information. An electronic timepiece for notifying a user based on the determination result of the flashiness determination section.

(9) The notification system includes the electronic timepiece described in any one of (1) to (8) and, when receiving the notification to the user, the notification presence information indicating that the user is notified. And a computer having a transmitting unit for transmitting to.

(10) When the computer receives the notification to the user, the computer includes a transmission unit that transmits notification presence information indicating that the user is notified to the electronic timepiece according to any one of (1) to (8). Have.

(11) In (10), the notification unit further includes a notification necessity determination unit that determines whether the notification presence information needs to be notified to the user based on the filter information, and the transmission unit determines the notification necessity. A computer, which transmits the determination result by the unit to the electronic timepiece.

(12) In the computer according to (10), the transmitting unit transmits the filter information to the electronic timepiece.

(13) In the notification method, notification existence information indicating that the computer has a notification to the user is transmitted from the computer to the electronic timepiece, the notification existence information is received by the electronic timepiece, and is stored in the storage unit of the computer. Then, the electronic timepiece notifies the user based on the determination result based on the filter information indicating the necessity of notifying the user of the notification existence information.

According to the aspects (1), (9), (10), and (13) of the present invention, an electronic timepiece, a notification system, in which a filter can be easily set for information notified from a computer to an electronic timepiece, A computer and notification method are obtained.

Further, according to the aspect (2) of the present invention, an electronic timepiece having a reduced storage capacity and a low power consumption can be obtained.

Further, according to the above aspect (3) of the present invention, an electronic timepiece in which the speed of notification to the user is improved can be obtained.

Further, according to the above aspect (4) of the present invention, an electronic timepiece can be obtained in which the user can more reliably recognize the notification and the power consumption is suppressed low.

Further, according to the above aspect (5) of the present invention, it is possible to obtain an electronic timepiece in which the notification to the user is made quickly, and the user can more surely recognize the notification.

Further, according to the above aspect (6) of the present invention, an electronic timepiece that provides notification by appealing to the user's sight, hearing and tactile sense can be obtained.

Further, according to the above aspect (7) of the present invention, an electronic timepiece capable of responding to the notification to the user can be obtained.

Further, according to the above aspect (8) of the present invention, it is possible to obtain an electronic timepiece in which the time lag from the reception of the notification to the user by the computer to the notification by the electronic timepiece is shortened.

Further, according to the above aspect (11) of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a computer which takes over the calculation load of the electronic timepiece.

Further, according to the aspect (12) of the present invention, it is possible to obtain a computer that improves the speed of notification to the user by the electronic timepiece.

It is a top view showing an example of the appearance of the electronic timepiece concerning a 1st embodiment of the present invention. It is a functional block diagram of the notification system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the notification method in the notification system which concerns on the 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the notification system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the notification method in the notification system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the transmission process of the filter information in the notification system which concerns on the 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the notification system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the notification method in the notification system which concerns on the 3rd Embodiment of this invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of the external appearance of an electronic wristwatch 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The electronic wristwatch 1 according to this embodiment has the appearance of a so-called analog timepiece, and performs short-range wireless communication with the mobile terminal 30 which is a computer. The electronic wrist watch 1 has a dial 10 inside a body which is an exterior (watch case). On the dial 10, a connection process display 11 indicating that the electronic wristwatch 1 is performing a process of establishing a connection with the mobile terminal 30, and a link loss display indicating that the connection with the mobile terminal 30 has been disconnected. 12, an e-mail reception display 13 that notifies the mobile terminal 30 that an e-mail has been received, and an incoming call display 14 that notifies the mobile terminal 30 that an incoming call has arrived. The connection processing display 11, the link loss display 12, the electronic mail reception display 13, and the incoming call display 14 are indicated by the second hand 21 described later.

The dial 10 is provided with a 24-hour display 15 that indicates the current time in a 24-hour system by an auxiliary hand. Further, on the dial plate 10, a charge remaining amount display 16 showing the charge remaining amount of the secondary battery in four stages of “0” to “3”, and the current day of the week as “Sun” to “Sat” by the auxiliary needle. The day of the week display 17 that is shown, the alarm setting display section 18 that indicates whether alarm setting is “ON” or “OFF” by the auxiliary needle, and the connection state of the mobile terminal 30 by the auxiliary needle by short-distance wireless communication is “ON” or A connection state display 19 indicated by “OFF” is provided. Further, on the dial 10, pointing to "TME" with the auxiliary hand indicates the time display mode, pointing to "CHR" with the auxiliary hand indicates chronograph display, and indicating to the chronograph display. A mode display 20 is provided which indicates that it is an alarm setting display by pointing to “ALM” and that it is a local time display by pointing to “L-TM” with the auxiliary hand. Further, on the dial plate 10, a second hand 21, a minute hand 22 and an hour hand 23, which are hands indicating the time, are provided. A crown 2 and a push button 4 for allowing the user of the electronic wristwatch 1 to perform various operations are provided on the side surface of the body.

A windshield made of a transparent material such as glass is attached to the body of the electronic wristwatch 1 so as to cover the dial 10. Further, on the side opposite to the windshield, the case back is attached to the case. In this specification, hereinafter, the direction in which the windshield of the electronic wristwatch 1 is arranged (the front side in the plane of FIG. 1) is called the front side, and the direction in which the back cover is arranged (the back side in the plane of FIG. 1) is called the back side.

A solar cell is arranged on the back side of the dial 10, and power is generated by the light incident from the front side. Therefore, the dial 10 is made of a material that transmits light rays to some extent. The electronic wristwatch 1 according to the present embodiment stores the electric power generated by the solar battery in the secondary battery and drives the second hand 21 and the like. However, the electronic wristwatch 1 may be driven by a primary battery.

The design of the electronic wristwatch 1 shown in FIG. 1 is an example. Other than those shown here, for example, the body may be a square shape instead of a round shape, and the presence or absence, the number, and the arrangement of the crown 2 and the push buttons 4 are arbitrary. Further, in the present embodiment, the hands are the second hand 21, the minute hand 22, the hour hand 23, and the three auxiliary hands, for a total of six hands, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the hands for performing various displays may be added or deleted, Date display may be added.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the notification system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The notification system 100 according to the present embodiment includes the electronic wristwatch 1 and the mobile terminal 30. The mobile terminal 30 includes a filter information storage unit 31, a notification necessity determination unit 32, a notification mode determination unit 33, a terminal communication unit 34, a telephone unit 35, and an electronic mail unit 36. Further, the electronic wrist watch includes a user input reception unit 40, a clock communication unit 41, and a notification unit 42. The terminal communication unit 34 and the clock communication unit 41 perform wireless communication. In the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, the terminal communication unit 34 and the clock communication unit 41 communicate by short-range wireless communication. Although the mobile terminal 30 according to the present embodiment is a smartphone, it may be a portable computer such as a tablet PC. The computer included in the notification system 100 is not limited to a portable computer and may be a stationary computer.

The filter information storage unit 31 stores the filter information indicating whether or not the notification presence information indicating that the mobile terminal 30 has a notification to the user, which is edited by the mobile terminal 30 (computer), needs to be notified to the user. The case where the user's notification is sent to the mobile terminal 30 is the case where an incoming call is received by the telephone unit 35 via the telephone line or the electronic mail unit 36 receives an email via the Internet line.

The filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 31 may include information indicating whether to notify the user when the telephone unit 35 receives an incoming call or the electronic mail unit 36 receives an incoming call. The information indicating whether or not to notify the user when the telephone unit 35 receives an incoming call or the electronic mail unit 36 receives an incoming call may be information indicating the importance of the sender of the telephone call or the electronic mail, The information may be information indicating the importance of the content of the email, or may be information regarding the necessity of an immediate response to a telephone call or email.

The notification necessity determination unit 32 determines, for the notification presence information, whether or not to notify the user based on the filter information. Further, the notification mode determination unit 33 determines a notification mode that is a mode of notification to the user. Here, the notification mode refers to a mode of notification via the user's sight, hearing and touch.

The terminal communication unit 34, when the notification to the user is received by the telephone unit 35 or the electronic mail unit 36, the terminal transmission unit 34a that transmits the notification presence information indicating that the notification is given to the user to the electronic wristwatch 1. The terminal receiving unit 34b that receives the notification presence information and the user input information from the electronic wristwatch 1.

The telephone section 35 sends and receives telephone calls through a telephone line. The telephone unit 35 may be connected via the Internet line or another line. The electronic mail unit 36 sends and receives electronic mail. The mobile terminal 30 may include an SNS (Social Networking Service) application unit that uses an Internet line, and may transmit the notification presence information to the electronic wristwatch 1 when the SNS application notifies the user. .. The SNS application unit controls the SNS application executed on the mobile terminal 30, accepts posts from the user, and notifies the user.

The user input receiving unit 40 of the electronic wristwatch 1 receives the user's input for the notification to the user by the notifying unit 42 described later. The user's input may include a gesture as well as an operation of the crown 2 and the push button 4. The gesture is to detect a specific operation of the user such as an operation of shaking the wrist wearing the electronic wristwatch 1. The electronic wristwatch 1 may include an acceleration sensor for gesture detection, and may detect a plurality of user gestures such as the number of times the wrist is shaken.

The clock communication unit 41 provides the notification necessity determination unit 32 of the mobile terminal 30 with the clock transmission unit 41a that transmits the notification existence information and the notification existence information that indicates that the mobile terminal 30 (computer) has a notification to the user. It includes a clock receiving unit 41b for receiving, and a user input transmitting unit 41c for transmitting the user's input accepted by the user input accepting unit 40 to the mobile terminal 30 (computer). The clock reception unit 41b receives the determination result by the notification necessity determination unit 32, and also receives a notification mode that is a mode of notification to the user.

The notification unit 42 notifies the user based on the determination result based on the filter information. The notification unit 42 notifies the user according to the notification mode determined by the notification mode determination unit 33 of the mobile terminal 30. Here, the notification mode is at least one of sound, vibration, pointer position, and pointer movement, and may be a combination thereof. The notification unit 42 includes an alarm unit 42a for notifying the user by sound, a vibrating unit 42b for notifying the user by vibration, and a hand movement unit 42c for notifying the user by the pointer position and pointer operation. .. The notification mode determination unit 33 makes it easy for the user to perceive a notification mode that is a combination of sound, vibration, pointer position, and pointer operation for important notifications. The notification mode in which the position and the pointer operation are combined may be kept quiet, and if the notification is of lower importance, the notification mode in which the pointer position and the pointer operation are combined may not bother the user. In the electronic wristwatch 1 according to this embodiment, the notification by the hand movement unit 42c is performed by pointing the electronic mail reception display 13 and the incoming call display 14 by the second hand, but the notification by the hand movement unit 42c is not limited to this. .. The hand movement unit 42c may give the notification by a disc or a retrograde.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a notification method in the notification system 100 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the process performed by the mobile terminal 30 is shown on the left side, and the process performed by the electronic wristwatch 1 is shown on the right side.

When the telephone unit 35 of the mobile terminal 30 receives an incoming call or the electronic mail unit 36 receives the incoming call (S1), the terminal transmission unit 34a sends notification presence information indicating that the mobile terminal 30 has a notification to the user. It is transmitted to the wristwatch 1 (S2). The notification presence information is received by the timepiece reception unit 41b of the electronic wristwatch 1 (S3) and transmitted to the electronic wristwatch 1 by the timepiece transmission unit 41a (S4). At this time, the user is not notified. The functions of the telephone unit 35 and the electronic mail unit 36 are prepared by the manufacturer of the mobile terminal 30, and it may not be possible to freely link with other functional blocks such as the notification necessity determination unit 32. Therefore, the mobile terminal 30 according to the present embodiment indirectly transmits the notification presence information to the electronic wristwatch 1 and returns the notification presence information to the mobile terminal 30, thereby indirectly determining the notification necessity information with the telephone unit 35 or the electronic mail unit 36. Cooperation with other functional blocks such as the unit 32 is realized.

In the mobile terminal 30 according to the present embodiment, the application that controls the telephone unit 35 and the application that controls the electronic mail unit 36 are an application that controls the filter information storage unit 31, an application that controls the notification necessity determination unit 32, and a notification. It is an application that is different from any of the applications that control the aspect determining unit 33. Each application is installed individually and updated individually. Therefore, the mobile terminal 30 according to the present embodiment can flexibly cope with the specification change and the function addition of the application. According to the mobile terminal 30 according to the present embodiment, even if the application that controls the telephone unit 35 and the application that controls the electronic mail unit 36 are updated by the manufacturer of the mobile terminal 30, the filter information storage unit 31 is stored. The application to be controlled, the application to control the notification necessity determination unit 32, and the application to control the notification mode determination unit 33 can be independently updated, which facilitates maintenance management.

The notification presence information sent back from the electronic wristwatch 1 is received by the terminal receiving unit 34b (S5), and the notification necessity determination unit 32 determines whether or not notification to the user is necessary based on the filter information. (S6). When it is determined that the notification to the user is not required, the terminal transmission unit 34a transmits the determination result that the notification is unnecessary to the electronic wristwatch 1 (S7). The electronic wristwatch 1 receives the determination result by the clock receiving unit 41b (S8), and ends the process according to the determination result that the notification to the user is unnecessary. If the notification necessity determination unit 32 of the mobile terminal 30 determines that the notification to the user is unnecessary, the determination result may not be transmitted to the electronic wristwatch 1 and the process may be terminated. On the other hand, when the notification necessity determination unit 32 determines that the notification to the user is necessary, the notification mode determination unit 33 determines the notification mode to the user (S9). Then, the determination result by the notification necessity determination unit 32 (the determination result that notification is required) and the notification mode determined by the notification mode determination unit 33 are transmitted to the electronic wristwatch 1 by the terminal transmission unit 34a (S10). In the electronic wristwatch 1, the watch receiving unit 41b receives the determination result and the notification mode (S11), and the notification unit 42 notifies the user according to the notification mode (S12).

According to the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, the filter information can be set/edited on the mobile terminal 30 that can perform a more complicated editing operation than the electronic wristwatch 1, so that the filter information can be easily set/edited. As a result, whether or not the information should be notified is determined more precisely, and it is possible to set the electronic wristwatch 1 not to notify the information that does not necessarily need to be notified, and the user is not bothered by a large amount of notifications.

Further, according to the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, since the notification of the necessity of notification is performed by the mobile terminal 30, the determination of the necessity of notification is made by using the relatively large capacity filter information and the complicated calculation with a heavy load. It can be performed. Therefore, as compared with the case where the same process is performed by the electronic wristwatch 1, the storage capacity and the calculation load of the electronic wristwatch 1 can be reduced, and the power consumption of the electronic wristwatch 1 can be reduced. 1 can also be downsized.

Further, according to the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, since the notification mode is determined by the mobile terminal 30, it is possible to determine the notification mode using a complicated calculation with a heavy load. Therefore, as compared with the case where the same process is performed by the electronic wristwatch 1, it is possible to reduce the calculation load of the electronic wristwatch 1 and allow the user to more reliably recognize the notification.

In addition, the notification unit 42 of the electronic wristwatch 1 according to the present embodiment includes the alarm unit 42a, the vibration unit 42b, and the hand movement unit 42c, so that notification can be made by appealing to the user's sight, hearing, and touch. A variety of notification modes can be realized. The notification unit 42 can notify the user in a notification manner according to the importance of the notification by combining the alarm unit 42a, the vibration unit 42b, and the hand movement unit 42c.

When the notification unit 42 notifies the user, the user input reception unit 40 receives the user's input (S13). The user input reception unit 40 is particularly useful when the user wants to reply to the sender of a telephone call or electronic mail when there is a situation in which the mobile terminal 30 cannot be operated, such as when the user is driving a car.

When there is a user input, the user input transmission unit 41c transmits the user input information to the mobile terminal 30 (S14). When the user input reception unit 40 recognizes a plurality of types of gestures of the user, the user input information is any one of a plurality of types of information corresponding to the plurality of types of gestures. For example, it is possible to set a plurality of types of standard messages to be described later and select which type of standard message to reproduce by a plurality of types of gestures.

In the mobile terminal 30, the terminal input unit 34b receives the user input information (S15), and the telephone unit 35 sends a standard message (S16). In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the telephone unit 35 transmits a standard message notifying that the telephone cannot be answered. In addition to the reply by the telephone unit 35, the standard message may be returned by the electronic mail unit 36.

According to the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, not only the notification to the user is indicated by the electronic wristwatch 1, but also the notification can be responded to by the electronic wristwatch 1, so that the mobile terminal 30 is not necessarily operated at the time of the notification. It is not necessary to obtain the notification system 100 with high convenience.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the notification system 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The notification system 100 according to the present embodiment differs from the notification system 100 according to the first embodiment in the functional blocks of the mobile terminal 30 and the electronic wristwatch 1. The mobile terminal 30 according to the present embodiment does not include the notification necessity determination unit 32 and the notification mode determination unit 33, and the electronic wristwatch 1 includes a notification necessity determination unit 44 and a notification mode determination unit 45. The electronic wristwatch 1 also includes a clock storage unit 43. In other respects, the mobile terminal 30 and the electronic wristwatch 1 according to the present embodiment and the mobile terminal 30 and the electronic wristwatch 1 according to the first embodiment have common functional blocks.

The clock storage unit 43 of the electronic wristwatch 1 stores the filter information indicating whether or not the notification presence information indicating that the mobile terminal 30 is notified to the user, which is edited by the mobile terminal 30 (computer), needs to be notified to the user. Remember. Further, the notification necessity determination unit 44 determines the necessity of notification to the user for the notification existence information based on the filter information. The notification mode determination unit 45 determines a notification mode that is a mode of notification to the user.

The clock receiving unit 41b of the electronic wristwatch 1 according to the present embodiment receives the filter information from the mobile terminal 30. The transmission of the filter information from the mobile terminal 30 to the electronic wristwatch 1 may be performed at any timing, and the filter information is transmitted from the mobile terminal 30 to the electronic wristwatch 1 every time the user edits the filter information by the mobile terminal 30. The filter information stored in the clock storage unit 43 may be automatically updated.

The notification unit 42 of the electronic wristwatch 1 according to the present embodiment notifies the user in the notification mode determined by the notification mode determination unit 45 based on the determination result of the notification necessity determination unit 44. The notification system 100 according to the present embodiment and the notification according to the first embodiment are that the electronic wristwatch 1 determines whether or not the notification is necessary, instead of notifying the user based on the determination result by the mobile terminal 30. This is a difference from the system 100.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a notification method in the notification system 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the process performed by the mobile terminal 30 is shown on the left side, and the process performed by the electronic wristwatch 1 is shown on the right side.

When the telephone unit 35 of the mobile terminal 30 receives an incoming call or the electronic mail unit 36 receives the incoming call (S20), the terminal transmitting unit 34a sends notification presence information indicating that the mobile terminal 30 has a notification to the user. It is transmitted to the wristwatch 1 (S21). The notification presence information is received by the clock reception unit 41b of the electronic wristwatch 1 (S22).

When the electronic wristwatch 1 receives the notification presence information, the notification necessity determination unit 44 determines whether the notification to the user is necessary based on the filter information (S23). Here, when it is determined that the notification to the user is necessary, the notification mode determination unit 45 determines the notification mode to the user (S24). Then, according to the notification mode, the notification unit 42 notifies the user (S25).

When the notification unit 42 notifies the user, the user input reception unit 40 receives the user's input (S26). When there is a user input, the user input transmission unit 41c transmits the user input information to the mobile terminal 30 (S27). In the mobile terminal 30, the user receiving information is received by the terminal receiving unit 34b (S28), and the fixed message is transmitted by the telephone unit 35 (S29). According to the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, not only the notification to the user is indicated by the electronic wristwatch 1, but also the notification can be responded to by the electronic wristwatch 1, so that the mobile terminal 30 is not necessarily operated at the time of the notification. It is not necessary to obtain the notification system 100 with high convenience.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a filter information transmission process in the notification system 100 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the process performed by the mobile terminal 30 is shown on the left side, and the process performed by the electronic wristwatch 1 is shown on the right side.

The mobile terminal 30 transmits the filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 31 by the terminal transmission unit 34a to the electronic wristwatch 1 when there is an instruction from the user or when the filter information is updated (S30). .. The electronic wristwatch 1 receives the filter information by the timepiece reception unit 41b (S31) and stores the filter information in the timepiece storage unit 43 (S32).

According to the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, the filter information can be set/edited by the mobile terminal 30 that can perform more complicated editing operation than the electronic wristwatch 1, and the filter information can be easily set/edited. As a result, with the filter information set in detail, it is possible to set the electronic wristwatch 1 not to notify information of low importance, so that the user is not bothered by a large amount of notifications. Further, by storing the filter information edited by the mobile terminal 30 in the electronic wristwatch 1 in advance, it becomes possible to notify the user at high speed.

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the notification system 100 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The notification system 100 according to the present embodiment is different from the notification system 100 according to the first embodiment in the functional blocks of the mobile terminal 30 and the electronic wristwatch 1. The electronic wristwatch 1 according to the present embodiment includes a flashiness determination unit 46 and a notification mode determination unit 45. The electronic wristwatch 1 also includes a clock storage unit 43. In other respects, the mobile terminal 30 and the electronic wristwatch 1 according to the present embodiment and the mobile terminal 30 and the electronic wristwatch 1 according to the first embodiment have common functional blocks.

The promptness determination unit 46 determines whether or not immediate notification to the user is necessary for the notification presence information based on the filter information. The promptness determination unit 46 determines whether or not an immediate response is required for the notification presence information based on the filter information. Examples of cases in which an immediate response is required include cases where the notification presence information indicates an incoming call, or cases where an important mail has arrived. The notification unit 42 notifies the user based on the determination result of the quickness determination unit 46. Specifically, when the promptness determination unit 46 determines that an immediate response is required, the notification unit 42 notifies the user.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a notification method in the notification system 100 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the process performed by the mobile terminal 30 is shown on the left side, and the process performed by the electronic wristwatch 1 is shown on the right side.

When the telephone unit 35 of the mobile terminal 30 receives an incoming call or the electronic mail unit 36 receives the incoming call (S40), the terminal transmitting unit 34a sends notification presence information indicating that the mobile terminal 30 has a notification to the user. It is transmitted to the wristwatch 1 (S41). The notification presence information is received by the clock reception unit 41b of the electronic wristwatch 1 (S42).

The promptness determination unit 46 of the electronic wristwatch 1 determines whether or not to immediately notify the user of the notification presence information based on the filter information stored in the clock storage unit 43 (S43). When it is determined that the immediate notification is necessary, the notification mode determination unit 45 determines the notification mode (S50), and the notification unit 42 notifies the user (S51).

On the other hand, when the promptness determination unit 46 determines that the immediate notification is not necessary, the clock transmission unit 41a transmits the notification existence information (S44) and the notification reception information is received by the terminal reception unit 34b of the mobile terminal 30 (S45). ). Then, the notification necessity determination unit 32 determines whether the notification presence information needs to be notified to the user based on the filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 31 (S46). When it is determined that the notification is necessary, the notification mode determination unit 33 determines the notification mode (S47), and the determination result by the notification necessity determination unit 32 and the notification mode determined by the notification mode determination unit 33 are the terminal transmission unit. It is transmitted by 34a (S48). The determination result and the notification mode are received by the timepiece reception unit 41b (S49), and the notification unit 42 notifies the user (S51).

When the notification unit 42 notifies the user, the user input reception unit 40 receives the user's input (S52). When there is a user input, the user input transmission unit 41c transmits the user input information to the mobile terminal 30 (S53). In the mobile terminal 30, the user input information is received by the terminal receiving unit 34b (S54), and the standard message is transmitted by the telephone unit 35 (S55). According to the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, not only the notification to the user is indicated by the electronic wristwatch 1, but also the notification can be responded to by the electronic wristwatch 1, so that the mobile terminal 30 is not necessarily operated at the time of the notification. It is not necessary to obtain the notification system 100 with high convenience.

According to the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, by storing the filter information regarding the necessity of the immediate notification in the timepiece storage unit 43, the electronic wristwatch 1 judges only the necessity of the immediate notification. While reducing the storage capacity and the calculation load, general filter information is stored in the filter information storage unit 31 of the mobile terminal 30, and the mobile terminal 30 determines whether notification with a large calculation load is necessary. It is possible to reduce the time lag from the reception of the notification to the user until the electronic wristwatch 1 gives the notification, and also to reduce the storage capacity and power consumption of the electronic wristwatch 1.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the specific configuration shown in this embodiment is shown as an example, and the technical scope of the present invention is not intended to be limited thereto. For example, when the computer has an SNS application unit, the notification mode of the notification unit of the electronic timepiece may be determined according to the type of notification to the user indicated by the SNS application. Those skilled in the art may appropriately modify these disclosed embodiments, and it should be understood that the technical scope of the invention disclosed in the present specification includes such modifications.

1 electronic wrist watch, 2 crown, 4 push button, 10 dial, 11 connection processing display, 12 link loss display, 13 mail reception display, 14 incoming call display, 15 24 hours display, 16 remaining charge display, 17 day display, 18 alarm setting display, 19 connection status display, 20 mode display, 21 second hand, 22 minute hand, 23 hour hand, 30 mobile terminal, 31 filter information storage unit, 32 notification necessity determination unit, 33 notification mode determination unit, 34 terminal communication unit , 34a terminal transmitting unit, 34b terminal receiving unit, 35 telephone unit, 36 electronic mail unit, 40 user input receiving unit, 41 clock communication unit, 41a clock transmitting unit, 41b clock receiving unit, 41c user input transmitting unit, 42 notification unit , 42a Alarm part, 42b Vibration part, 42c Hand movement part, 43 Clock storage part, 44 Notification necessity judgment part, 45 Notification mode judgment part, 46 Rapidity judgment part, 100 Notification system.

Claims (12)

A terminal communication unit that transmits notification presence information indicating that there is a notification to the user to the electronic timepiece when the notification to the user is received,
A storage unit that stores filter information indicating whether or not to notify the user of the notification presence information,
With respect to the notification presence information, a notification necessity determination unit that determines whether or not to notify the user based on the filter information,
A computer having
The notification presence information transmitted from the terminal communication unit is received, the received notification presence information is returned to the terminal communication unit, and the notification necessity information is returned from the notification presence information. A timepiece communication unit that receives from the terminal communication unit a determination result of whether or not notification in the determined electronic timepiece is necessary,
A notification unit that notifies the user based on the determination result by the notification necessity determination unit,
The electronic timepiece having
Notification system including. The electronic timepiece includes a notification necessity determination unit instead of the notification necessity determination unit included in the computer,
The clock communication unit receives the filter information,
The notification unit notifies the user based on the determination result by the notification necessity determination unit of the electronic timepiece ,
The notification system according to claim 1. The computer further includes a notification mode determination unit that determines a notification mode that is a mode of notification to a user,
The clock communication unit receives the notification form,
The notification unit notifies the user according to the notification mode,
The notification system according to claim 1 or 2. The electronic timepiece further includes a notification mode determination unit that determines a notification mode that is a mode of notification to the user,
The notification unit notifies the user according to the notification mode,
The notification system according to claim 1 or 2 . The notification mode is at least one of sound, vibration, pointer position and pointer operation,
The notification system according to claim 3 or 4 . The notification mode is a pointer position,
The electronic timepiece has a hand movement section that moves the hands at a position according to the type of notification to the user,
The notification system according to claim 5 . The electronic timepiece is
A user input receiving unit that receives a user input for a notification to the user by the notification unit;
A user input transmission unit that transmits the user input accepted by the user input acceptance unit to the computer;
Notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising a. The electronic timepiece further includes a promptness determination unit that determines whether or not immediate notification to the user is necessary, based on the filter information, for the notification presence information.
The notification unit notifies the user based on the determination result of the flashiness determination unit,
Notification system according to any one of claims 1-7. The electronic timepiece is
A connection status display showing the connection status with the computer,
A hand movement section that moves a pointer to indicate the connection state display according to the connection state,
Notification system according to any one of claims 1-8 having. The filter information includes information indicating the importance of the sender or transmission content,
The notification mode determination unit determines a notification mode based on the importance,
The notification system according to any one of claims 3 to 6. A terminal communication unit that transmits notification presence information indicating that there is a notification to the user to the electronic timepiece when the notification to the user is received,
A storage unit that stores filter information indicating whether or not to notify the user of the notification presence information,
With respect to the notification presence information, a notification necessity determination unit that determines whether or not to notify the user based on the filter information,
An electronic timepiece that communicates with a computer having
The notification presence information transmitted from the terminal communication unit is received, the received notification presence information is returned to the terminal communication unit, and the notification presence information is returned from the notification presence information returned by the notification necessity determination unit. A timepiece communication unit that receives from the terminal communication unit a determination result of whether or not notification in the determined electronic timepiece is necessary,
A notification unit that notifies the user based on the determination result by the notification necessity determination unit,
The electronic timepiece further including. When the computer receives the notification to the user, it sends notification presence information indicating that there is a notification to the user to the electronic timepiece,
The electronic timepiece returns the received notification presence information to the computer,
The computer determines whether or not to notify the user based on filter information that is stored in a storage unit of the computer and indicates whether or not to notify the user of the notification presence information,
The computer transmits the determination result of the necessity of the notification to the electronic timepiece,
The electronic timepiece notifies the user based on the determination result,
Notification method.

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