JP7026162B2 - Notification system, electronic clock, and notification method - Google Patents

Description

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

The electronic clock may communicate with a computer such as a so-called smartphone, receive a notification from the computer, and display information about the computer. Specifically, the electronic clock may receive a notification from the computer when the computer receives a notification to the user such as an e-mail or a telephone, and may display to the computer that the notification has been sent to the user.

The following Patent Document 1 describes a mobile communication device that controls whether or not to notify an external terminal of an incoming call according to whether or not an external terminal such as a wristwatch is in a specific state (such as a state in which the remaining battery level is good). Is described.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2014-197912

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

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

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

The invention disclosed in the present application in order to solve the above problems has various aspects, and the outline of typical ones of these aspects is as follows.

(1) The electronic clock is stored in a receiving unit that receives notification existence information indicating that the computer has a notification to the user, and a storage unit of the computer, and whether or not it is necessary to notify the user of the notification existence information. It has a notification unit for notifying the user based on the determination result based on the filter information indicating.

(2) In (1), the receiving unit further includes a transmitting unit that transmits the notification existence information to a notification necessity determination unit that determines the necessity of notification to the user based on the filter information. An electronic clock that receives a judgment result by the notification necessity determination unit, and the notification unit notifies a user based on the determination result.

(3) In (1), the notification existence information further includes a notification necessity determination unit for determining the necessity of notification to the user based on the filter information, and the reception unit receives the filter information. Then, the notification unit is an electronic clock that notifies the user based on the determination result.

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

(5) In (1) or (3), the notification mode determination unit for determining the notification mode, which is the mode of notification to the user, is further provided, and the notification unit notifies the user by the notification mode. , Electronic clock.

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

(7) In any of (1) to (6), the user input receiving unit that accepts the user's input for the notification to the user by the notification unit and the user's input received by the user input receiving unit are the above. A user input transmitter to send to a computer and an electronic clock.

(8) In any of (1) to (7), the notification unit further has a breaking news determination unit for determining the necessity of immediate notification to the user based on the filter information for the notification existence information. , An electronic clock that notifies the user based on the judgment result of the breaking news judgment unit.

(9) The notification system uses the electronic clock according to any one of (1) to (8) and the notification existence information indicating that there is a notification to the user when the notification to the user is received. Includes a computer having a transmitter to transmit to.

(10) When the computer receives the notification to the user, the computer transmits the notification existence information indicating that there is a notification to the user to the electronic clock according to any one of (1) to (8). Have.

(11) In (10), the notification existence information further includes a notification necessity determination unit for determining the necessity of notification to the user based on the filter information, and the transmission unit determines the notification necessity. A computer that sends the judgment result of the unit to the electronic clock.

(12) In (10), the transmission unit is a computer that 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 clock, the notification existence information is received by the electronic clock, and stored in the storage unit of the computer. Then, based on the determination result based on the filter information indicating the necessity of notifying the user about the notification existence information, the electronic clock notifies the user.

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

Further, according to the aspect (2) of the present invention, it is possible to obtain an electronic clock having a reduced storage capacity and low power consumption.

Further, according to the aspect (3) of the present invention, an electronic clock having an improved speed of notification to the user can be obtained.

Further, according to the aspect (4) of the present invention, it is possible to obtain an electronic clock in which the user can more reliably recognize the notification and the power consumption is suppressed to a low level.

Further, according to the aspect (5) of the present invention, the notification to the user is quickly performed, and an electronic clock capable of more reliably recognizing the notification can be obtained.

Further, according to the aspect (6) of the present invention, it is possible to obtain an electronic clock that appeals to the user's visual sense, auditory sense and tactile sense to give notification.

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

Further, according to the aspect (8) of the present invention, it is possible to obtain an electronic timepiece in which the time lag between the time when the computer receives the notification to the user and the time when the electronic timepiece gives the notification is shortened.

Further, according to the aspect (11) of the present invention, a computer that takes over the computational load of the electronic timepiece can be obtained.

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 clock.

It is a top view which shows an example of the appearance of the electronic timepiece which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the notification system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the notification method in the notification system which concerns on 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 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the transmission processing of the filter information in the notification system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a functional block diagram of the notification system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the notification method in the notification system which concerns on 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 appearance of the electronic wristwatch 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The electronic wristwatch 1 according to the present embodiment has the appearance of a so-called analog clock, and performs short-range wireless communication with a mobile terminal 30 which is a computer. The electronic wristwatch 1 has a dial 10 in a body which is an exterior (watch case). On the dial 10, a connection processing 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 are displayed. 12. It has an e-mail reception display 13 for notifying that the mobile terminal 30 has received an e-mail, and a telephone incoming call display 14 for notifying the mobile terminal 30 that an incoming call has been received. The connection processing display 11, the link loss display 12, the e-mail reception display 13, and the telephone incoming call display 14 are pointed to by the second hand 21, which will be described later.

The dial 10 is provided with a 24-hour display 15 that indicates the current time in a 24-hour clock by an auxiliary hand. In addition, the dial 10 has a remaining charge display 16 that indicates the remaining charge of the secondary battery in four stages of "0" to "3", and the current day of the week is set to "Sun" to "Sat" by the auxiliary hand. The day of the week display 17 is indicated, the alarm setting display unit 18 indicating whether or not an alarm is set by the auxiliary hand is "ON" or "OFF", and the connection state by short-range wireless communication with the mobile terminal 30 is indicated by the auxiliary hand is "ON" or. A connection status display 19 indicated by “OFF” is provided. Further, on the dial 10, the time display mode is indicated by pointing to "TME" with the secondary hand, and the chronograph display is indicated by pointing to "CHR" with the secondary hand. A mode display 20 is provided, which indicates that the alarm setting display is displayed by pointing to "ALM" and that the local time display is displayed by pointing to "L-TM" with the secondary hand. Further, on the dial 10, a second hand 21, a minute hand 22, and an hour hand 23, which are pointers indicating the time, are provided. A crown 2 and a push button 4 for 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. A back cover is attached to the body on the opposite side of the windshield. Hereinafter, in the present specification, the direction in which the windshield of the electronic wristwatch 1 is arranged (the direction toward the front of the paper in FIG. 1) is referred to as the front side, and the direction in which the back cover is arranged (the direction in the back of the paper in FIG. 1) is referred to as the back side.

A solar cell is arranged on the back side of the dial 10, and power is generated by the light received 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 cell in a 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. In addition to the ones shown here, for example, the body may be square instead of round, and the presence / absence, number, and arrangement of the crown 2 and the push button 4 are arbitrary. Further, in the present embodiment, the pointers are a total of six pointers, that is, the second hand 21, the minute hand 22, the hour hand 23, and the three auxiliary hands. You may add a date display.

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 an electronic wristwatch 1 and a mobile terminal 30. The mobile terminal 30 has 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 e-mail unit 36. Further, the electronic wristwatch has 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. Further, 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 is edited by the mobile terminal 30 (computer) and stores filter information indicating the necessity of notifying the user about the notification existence information indicating that the mobile terminal 30 has a notification to the user. The case where the mobile terminal 30 is notified by the user is a case where an incoming call is received by the telephone unit 35 via a telephone line or a case where an e-mail is received by the e-mail unit 36 via an internet line.

The filter information stored in the filter information storage unit 31 may include information indicating whether or not to notify the user when an incoming call is received by the telephone unit 35 or a reception is received by the e-mail unit 36. The information indicating whether to notify the user when an incoming call is received by the telephone unit 35 or received by the e-mail unit 36 may be information indicating the importance of the sender of the telephone or e-mail. It may be information indicating the importance of the content of the e-mail, or it may be information regarding the necessity of an immediate response to a telephone or e-mail.

The notification necessity determination unit 32 determines the necessity of notification to the user based on the filter information regarding the notification existence information. In addition, the notification mode determination unit 33 determines the notification mode, which is the mode of notification to the user. Here, the notification mode refers to a mode of notification via the user's visual, auditory, and tactile senses.

When the terminal communication unit 34 receives the notification to the user by the telephone unit 35 or the e-mail unit 36, the terminal communication unit 34 transmits the notification existence information indicating that there is a notification to the user to the electronic wristwatch 1, and the terminal transmission unit 34a. It includes a terminal receiving unit 34b for receiving notification existence information and user input information from the electronic wristwatch 1.

The telephone unit 35 transmits and receives a telephone through a telephone line. The telephone unit 35 may be connected through an internet line or another line. The e-mail unit 36 sends and receives e-mail. The mobile terminal 30 may include an SNS (Social Networking Service) application unit that uses an Internet line, and may transmit notification existence information to the electronic wristwatch 1 when a notification is sent from the SNS application to 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 accepts the user's input for the notification to the user by the notification unit 42 described later. The user's input may include the operation of the crown 2 and the push button 4 as well as the gesture. The gesture detects a specific movement of the user, such as a movement of shaking the wrist wearing the electronic wristwatch 1. The electronic wristwatch 1 may include an acceleration sensor for gesture detection, and may distinguish and detect a plurality of user gestures such as the number of times the wrist is shaken.

The clock communication unit 41 supplies the notification necessity determination unit 32 of the mobile terminal 30 with the clock transmission unit 41a for transmitting the notification existence information and the notification existence information indicating 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 received by the user input receiving unit 40 to the mobile terminal 30 (computer). The clock receiving unit 41b receives the determination result by the notification necessity determination unit 32, and also receives the notification mode, which is the 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 by 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 operation, and may be a combination thereof. The notification unit 42 includes an alarm unit 42a that notifies the user by sound, a vibration unit 42b that notifies the user by vibration, and a hand movement unit 42c that notifies the user by the pointer position or pointer operation. .. The notification mode determination unit 33 makes it easy for the user to perceive as a notification mode that combines sound, vibration, pointer position, and pointer movement if it is an important notification, and if it is a relatively insignificant notification, vibration or pointer. Quietness may be maintained as a notification mode that combines the position and the pointer movement, and if the notification is less important, the notification mode that combines the pointer position and the pointer movement may not bother the user. In the electronic wristwatch 1 according to the present embodiment, the notification by the hand movement unit 42c is performed by pointing to the e-mail reception display 13 or the telephone 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 notify by a disk 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 there is an incoming call to the telephone unit 35 of the mobile terminal 30 or there is a reception to the e-mail unit 36 (S1), the notification existence information indicating that the mobile terminal 30 has a notification to the user is electronically transmitted by the terminal transmission unit 34a. It is transmitted to the wristwatch 1 (S2). The notification existence information is received by the clock receiving unit 41b of the electronic wristwatch 1 (S3) and transmitted to the electronic wristwatch 1 by the clock transmitting unit 41a (S4). At this time, the user is not notified. The functions of the telephone unit 35 and the e-mail unit 36 are prepared by the manufacturer of the mobile terminal 30, and may not be freely linked with other functional blocks such as the notification necessity determination unit 32. Therefore, the mobile terminal 30 according to the present embodiment transmits the notification existence information to the electronic wristwatch 1 and sends it back to the mobile terminal 30, thereby indirectly determining whether or not notification is necessary with the telephone unit 35 and the e-mail unit 36. Coordination with other functional blocks such as unit 32 is realized.

In the mobile terminal 30 according to the present embodiment, the application for controlling the telephone unit 35 and the application for controlling the e-mail unit 36 are an application for controlling the filter information storage unit 31, an application for controlling the notification necessity determination unit 32, and a notification. It is an application different from any of the applications that control the aspect determination unit 33. Each application is installed and updated individually. Therefore, the mobile terminal 30 according to the present embodiment can flexibly respond to changes in application specifications and addition of functions. According to the mobile terminal 30 according to the present embodiment, even when the application for controlling the telephone unit 35 and the application for controlling the e-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, and maintenance management becomes easy.

The notification existence 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 necessary, the determination result that the notification is unnecessary is transmitted to the electronic wristwatch 1 by the terminal transmission unit 34a (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 (determination result that notification is necessary) by the notification necessity determination unit 32 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). The electronic wristwatch 1 receives the determination result and the notification mode by the clock receiving unit 41b (S11), and notifies the user by the notification unit 42 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 which can perform complicated editing operations as compared with the electronic wristwatch 1, so that the setting / editing of the filter information becomes easy. As a result, it is possible to more precisely determine whether or not the information should be notified, and it is possible to set the electronic wristwatch 1 not to notify the information that does not necessarily need to be notified, so that the user is not bothered by a large amount of notification.

Further, according to the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, since the mobile terminal 30 determines whether or not notification is necessary, it is determined whether or not notification is necessary by using a relatively large amount of filter information and a complicated calculation with a large load. It can be performed. Therefore, 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 as compared with the case where the same processing is performed by the electronic wristwatch 1. 1 can also be miniaturized.

Further, according to the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, since the notification mode is determined by the mobile terminal 30, the notification mode can be determined by using a complicated calculation with a heavy load. Therefore, as compared with the case where the equivalent processing is performed by the electronic wristwatch 1, the calculation load of the electronic wristwatch 1 can be reduced and the user can more reliably recognize the notification.

Further, 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 the user can appeal to the visual, auditory, and tactile senses to make a notification. Various notification modes can be realized. By combining the alarm unit 42a, the vibration unit 42b, and the hand movement unit 42c, the notification unit 42 can notify the user in a notification mode according to the importance of the notification.

When the notification unit 42 notifies the user, the user input reception unit 40 accepts the user's input (S13). The user input receiving unit 40 is particularly useful when it is desired to reply to the sender of a telephone or e-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 receiving 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, a plurality of types of standard messages, which will be described later, may be set so that a plurality of types of gestures can be used to select which standard message to play.

The mobile terminal 30 receives user input information by the terminal receiving unit 34b (S15), and transmits a standard message by the telephone unit 35 (S16). In the present embodiment, the telephone unit 35 sends 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 replied by the e-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 notification. It is not necessary to obtain a highly convenient notification system 100.

[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 is different from the notification system 100 according to the first embodiment in the functional block of the mobile terminal 30 and the functional block of 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 the notification necessity determination unit 44 and the notification mode determination unit 45. Further, the electronic wristwatch 1 includes a clock storage unit 43. Regarding other points, 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 a common functional block.

The clock storage unit 43 of the electronic wristwatch 1 is edited by the mobile terminal 30 (computer), and filters information indicating the necessity of notifying the user about the notification existence information indicating that the mobile terminal 30 has a notification to the user. Remember. Further, the notification necessity determination unit 44 determines the necessity of notification to the user based on the filter information regarding the notification existence information. The notification mode determination unit 45 determines the notification mode, which is the mode of notification to the user.

The clock receiving unit 41b of the electronic wristwatch 1 according to the present embodiment receives 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 an arbitrary timing, and each time the user edits the filter information by the mobile terminal 30, the mobile terminal 30 transmits the filter information to the electronic wristwatch 1. , 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 by the notification mode determined by the notification mode determination unit 45 based on the judgment result of the notification necessity determination unit 44. The point of determining the necessity of notification by the electronic wristwatch 1 is that the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment and the notification according to the first embodiment are determined 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 there is an incoming call to the telephone unit 35 of the mobile terminal 30 or there is a reception to the e-mail unit 36 (S20), the terminal transmission unit 34a electronically transmits notification existence information indicating that the mobile terminal 30 has a notification to the user. It is transmitted to the wristwatch 1 (S21). The notification existence information is received by the clock receiving unit 41b of the electronic wristwatch 1 (S22).

When the electronic wristwatch 1 receives the notification existence information, the notification necessity determination unit 44 determines whether or not 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 accepts 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). The mobile terminal 30 receives user input information by the terminal receiving unit 34b (S28), and transmits a standard message 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 notification. It is not necessary to obtain a highly convenient notification system 100.

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 instructed by the user or when the filter information is updated (S30). .. The electronic wristwatch 1 receives the filter information by the clock receiving unit 41b (S31) and stores the filter information in the clock 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 which can perform complicated editing operations as compared with the electronic wristwatch 1, and the filter information can be easily set / edited. As a result, it is possible to set the electronic wristwatch 1 not to notify less important information by the filter information set in detail, and the user is not bothered by a large amount of notification. 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 block of the mobile terminal 30 and the functional block of the electronic wristwatch 1. The electronic wristwatch 1 according to the present embodiment includes a breaking news determination unit 46 and a notification mode determination unit 45. Further, the electronic wristwatch 1 includes a clock storage unit 43. Regarding other points, 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 a common functional block.

The breaking news determination unit 46 determines the necessity of immediate notification to the user based on the filter information regarding the notification existence information. The breaking news determination unit 46 determines whether or not an immediate response is required for the notification existence information based on the filter information. Examples where an immediate response is required include cases where the notification presence information represents an incoming call or represents an incoming important email. The notification unit 42 notifies the user based on the determination result of the breaking news determination unit 46. Specifically, when the breaking news 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 e-mail unit 36 receives a call (S40), the terminal transmission unit 34a electronically transmits notification existence information indicating that the mobile terminal 30 has a notification to the user. It is transmitted to the wristwatch 1 (S41). The notification existence information is received by the clock receiving unit 41b of the electronic wristwatch 1 (S42).

The breaking news determination unit 46 of the electronic wristwatch 1 determines the necessity of immediate notification to the user based on the filter information stored in the clock storage unit 43 for the notification existence information (S43). When it is determined that immediate notification is necessary, the notification mode is determined by the notification mode determination unit 45 (S50), and the notification unit 42 notifies the user (S51).

On the other hand, when the breaking news determination unit 46 determines that immediate notification is unnecessary, the notification existence information is transmitted by the clock transmission unit 41a (S44) and received by the terminal reception unit 34b of the mobile terminal 30 (S45). ). Then, the notification necessity determination unit 32 determines whether or not the notification existence 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 notification is necessary, the notification mode is determined by the notification mode determination unit 33 (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 clock receiving unit 41b (S49) and notified to the user by the notification unit 42 (S51).

When the notification unit 42 notifies the user, the user input reception unit 40 accepts 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). The mobile terminal 30 receives user input information by the terminal receiving unit 34b (S54), and transmits a standard message 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 notification. It is not necessary to obtain a highly convenient notification system 100.

According to the notification system 100 according to the present embodiment, the electronic wristwatch 1 stores filter information regarding the necessity of immediate notification in the clock storage unit 43, and the electronic wristwatch 1 determines only the necessity of 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 or not a notification with a large calculation load is necessary. The time lag from receiving the notification to the user until the electronic wristwatch 1 gives the notification can be shortened, and the storage capacity and power consumption of the electronic wristwatch 1 can be reduced.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the specific configuration shown in this embodiment is shown as an example, and it is not intended to limit the technical scope of the present invention to this. For example, when the computer has an SNS application unit, the notification mode by the notification unit of the electronic clock 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 herein also includes such modifications.

1 electronic wristwatch, 2 crown, 4 push button, 10 dial, 11 connection processing display, 12 link loss display, 13 mail reception display, 14 phone call display, 15 24-hour display, 16 remaining charge display, 17 day of the week 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 transmission unit, 34b terminal reception unit, 35 telephone unit, 36 e-mail unit, 40 user input reception unit, 41 clock Communication unit, 41a clock transmission unit, 41b clock reception unit, 41c user input transmission unit, 42 notification unit, 42a alarm unit, 42b vibration unit, 42c hand movement unit, 43 clock storage unit, 44 notification necessity determination unit, 45 notification mode. Judgment unit, 46 breaking news judgment unit, 100 notification system.

Claims (9)

In a notification system that notifies a user of at least one of an incoming call or a reception to a computer with an electronic clock.
The computer or the electronic clock has a notification mode determination unit that determines a notification mode, which is a mode of notification to the user.
The electronic clock is equipped with a pointer that indicates the time.
The notification mode determination unit
Determine the notification mode based on the importance of the sender or the content of the transmission,
When the importance is the first importance , the first notification mode is determined by combining sound, vibration, pointer position and pointer movement.
When the importance is the second importance lower than the first importance, the second notification mode is determined by combining the vibration, the pointer position and the pointer movement.
When the importance is a third importance lower than the second importance, the third notification mode in which the pointer position and the pointer operation are combined is determined.
Notification system. The electronic timepiece has a hand-moving unit that moves the pointer to a position corresponding to the type of notification to the user in the first notification mode, the second notification mode, and the third notification mode .
The notification system according to claim 1. The electronic clock
A connection status display showing the connection status with the computer and
In the first notification mode, the second notification mode, and the third notification mode , a hand movement unit that moves a pointer so as to indicate the connection state display according to the connection state.
Have,
The notification system according to claim 1 or 2. The computer or the electronic clock has a storage unit for storing filter information indicating the necessity of notification to the user.
The filter information includes information indicating the importance.
The notification mode determination unit determines the notification mode based on the importance.
The notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3. In an electronic clock that notifies the user of at least one of incoming and outgoing calls to a computer.
A pointer that shows the time and
A notification mode determination unit that determines a notification mode, which is a notification mode to the user,
Have,
The notification mode determination unit
Determine the notification mode based on the importance of the sender or the content of the transmission,
When the importance is the first importance , the first notification mode is determined by combining sound, vibration, pointer position and pointer movement.
When the importance is the second importance lower than the first importance, the second notification mode is determined by combining the vibration, the pointer position and the pointer movement.
When the importance is a third importance lower than the second importance, the third notification mode in which the pointer position and the pointer operation are combined is determined.
Electronic clock. It has a hand-moving unit for moving the pointer to a position corresponding to the type of notification to the user in the first notification mode, the second notification mode, and the third notification mode .
The electronic clock according to claim 5. A connection status display showing the connection status with the computer and
In the first notification mode, the second notification mode, and the third notification mode , a hand movement unit that moves a pointer so as to indicate the connection state display according to the connection state.
Have,
The electronic clock according to claim 5 or 6. It has a storage unit that stores filter information indicating the necessity of notification to the user.
The filter information includes information indicating the importance.
The notification mode determination unit determines the notification mode based on the importance.
The electronic clock according to any one of claims 5 to 7. In a notification method for notifying a user of at least one of an incoming call or a reception to a computer by an electronic clock having a pointer indicating a time.
The computer or the electronic clock comprises a step of determining a notification mode, which is a mode of notification to the user.
In the step of determining the notification mode
Determine the notification mode based on the importance of the sender or the content of the transmission,
When the importance is the first importance , the first notification mode is determined by combining sound, vibration, pointer position and pointer movement.
When the importance is the second importance lower than the first importance, the second notification mode is determined by combining the vibration, the pointer position and the pointer movement.
When the importance is a third importance lower than the second importance, the third notification mode in which the pointer position and the pointer operation are combined is determined.
Notification method.

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