JPH0198329A - Radio paging system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inform a call surely to a carrier of a reception card by displaying a message designated by the information in a reception signal and outputting a call tone when the reception card number in the reception signal is coincident with the number of its own card. CONSTITUTION:In receiving information instructing the number of a reception card and a message to be displayed on a reception card from an operation console 12 of a transmitter 10, the said number and information are sent by a transmission control section 11 and a transmission circuit 13. On the other hand, a comparator 23 of the reception card 20 checks whether or not the reception card number in the reception signal received by a reception circuit 22 via a reception antenna 21 is coincident with the card number set by a reception code setting section 24. When the both are coincident, the message designated by display message command information sent succeedingly is read from a display message storage section 26 and displayed on a display device 27 and a call tone is outputted from a speaker 29 by a signal tone output section 28.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Application in Business A] The present invention relates to a radio paging system that includes a plurality of receiving cards and a transmitting device that transmits a paging signal to call the receiving cards.

[Conventional technology and its problems] Traditionally, hospitals, etc. have many examination departments.
When a large number of patients visit a hospital, each patient is usually examined in a different department. In these hospitals, patients are generally given a consultation card, and by presenting this card when they visit the hospital, they know that the patient is coming to the hospital.From then on, they either call the patient from a designated consultation place while looking at this consultation card, or they use the card. Upon presentation, the patient would be given a reservation number card, etc., the patient would be summoned, and the patient would be checked against the reservation number card before the actual examination.

However, in either case, the patient's call is made by voice or by audio signal from a loudspeaker.
The patient had to ask this question and go to a designated paging location.

For this reason, if the patient is called while the patient is out to relieve himself or is sick and misses the time, the call does not reach the patient and the patient has to be called several times.

Furthermore, if there is someone with the same surname, a situation may occur where the user mistakenly goes to a designated location only to find out that it is not the user's identity.

On the other hand, in tours etc. planned by travel agencies,
When free time is set, the meeting place and time are announced in advance, but sometimes it is difficult to gather as specified, resulting in delays in departure. Even for travelers,
There were times when I was so absorbed in the tour that I didn't notice that it was time to meet. However, in the past, it has been difficult to take appropriate measures in these cases.

In particular, it is possible to cope with a slight delay in the meeting time for buses, etc., but in the case of trains, and especially in the case of airplanes, delays in the meeting time can be irreversible.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above-mentioned problems, and includes the following configuration as a means for solving the above-mentioned problems.

That is, the wireless paging system is composed of a plurality of receiving cards and a transmitting device that transmits a calling signal for calling the receiving cards, and includes receiving means for receiving the calling signal from the transmitting device to the receiving card, and The present invention includes a determining means for determining whether the calling signal is a calling signal for the own card, and a notifying means for notifying the reception of the calling signal when the determining means determines that the calling signal for the own card has been received.

[Function] In the above configuration, the receiving card holder confirms the notification that a calling signal has been received from the transmitting device, and thereby
Take it by knowing the call reliably no matter where you are.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 10 is a transmitting device and 20 is a receiving card. A plurality of receiving cards 20 are prepared, but since they all have the same configuration, only the negative one is shown.

In the transmitter 10, reference numeral 11 indicates a transmission control section that controls the transmission of a receiving card calling signal from the transmitter circuit 13 in accordance with an instruction input from an operator 12, and 14 indicates a transmitting antenna.

Further, in the receiving card 20, 21 is a built-in receiving antenna, 22 is a receiving circuit that demodulates a received signal of a specific frequency received by the receiving antenna 21, converts it into a digital signal, and outputs it to a comparison circuit 23; A comparison circuit 25 compares the received code number with a number unique to the own card or common to other cards set in the reception code setting unit 24, and when the comparison circuit 23 detects a number match, a comparison circuit 25 is provided. A display control section receives a display message instruction from the reception circuit 22, selects a desired message from the display message storage section 26 according to the reception instruction, and displays the selected message on the display 2, 27 is a display made of liquid crystal, 28 is comparison circuit 2
3 is a signal sound output section which outputs a notification sound from a pressure type speaker 29 for a predetermined time when a number match from 3 is detected, and 30 is a power supply section which outputs driving power to each component.

Figure 2 (
A) shows a top view of the operation console of the transmitting device 10, and FIG.
Shown below.

Reference numeral 27 in the figure is a liquid crystal display, which can display characters including a predetermined number of digits of Chinese characters. Further, a hybrid IC 35 is incorporated in the lower part of the liquid crystal display 27, which integrates the piezoelectric speaker 29 and each component of the receiving card 20 shown in FIG.

Further, on the operation console 12, 12a is a part of the numeral keys for inputting card numbers, etc., 12b is part of the function keys for inputting the specified message to be displayed, etc., and 12c is a display for displaying input instructions, etc., and for confirming inputs. 12d is a power switch; 12e is a start key for instructing the receiving card to send a calling signal; and 12f is a correction key for correcting input; each input so far is cleared by inputting the correction key 12f. Further, 12g is a restart key for instructing retransmission of the same call signal.

The control of the hospital patient calling system of this embodiment having the above configuration will be explained below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the patient submits the medical examination card to the hospital, the patient receives the reception card of this embodiment in exchange.

This means that even if the nurse hands it in exchange for a medical examination card,
The patient may pick up the receiving card in order, starting with the top one.

By calling one of the receiving cards dealt in this manner, the person carrying that card can be called.

When the operator of the transmitting device calls a specific receiving card, the operator proceeds from step S1 to step S2, and when calling again the same receiving card as the previously called receiving card, the operator proceeds to step S and selects a new receiving card. If called, the process advances to step S3.

In step S3, the user inputs the number of the receiving card to be called up from the numeric keypad portion 12a of the operation console, that is, the setting number to the receiving code setting section 24 of the receiving card. Then, in the following step S4, the function keys 12 of the operation console are
From b, press and input the key corresponding to the message to be displayed on the reception card. An example of the correspondence between each function key manually and the message displayed on the receiving card 20 is shown in the fourth section.
However, the message output from the receiving card 20 shown in the figure is not limited to the above example, and can of course be specified arbitrarily.

Since the preparation for reading the reception card 20 is now completed, the start key 12e is pressed to input the input in the next step S5.

As a result, the transmission control section 11 energizes the transmission circuit 13,
The input paddy receiving card number to be called and the message instruction information to be displayed are converted into corresponding, for example, FM modulation signals, and the signals are wirelessly transmitted via the transmitting antenna 14. Then, the process returns to step S1.

On the other hand, in the case of re-calling in step S2, there is no change in the designation of the calling card number and display message that were previously set and input, so the restart key 12g is manually pressed in step S7. The process then advances to step S6.

An example of the format of the calling signal used in the above control is shown in FIG.

As shown in the figure, the calling signal is composed of a preamble 101 for synchronization, a receiving card number 102, a display message instruction number 103, and a post angle 104. Note that the display message instruction number 103 is the readout number of the display message storage section 26, but it is also possible to directly store and input the display message information code, or if necessary, any transmission information may be entered before the postamble 104. can be inserted.

On the other hand, on the receiving card side, in step S20, the receiving circuit 22 monitors whether or not the receiving circuit 22 has received the FM modulated signal from the transmitting device 10 via the receiving antenna 21. and,
When the received signal is detected, the process proceeds from step S20 to step S.
Proceeding to step 21, the comparison circuit 23 checks whether the receiving card number in the received signal matches the card number set in the receiving code setting section 24 of the own card. If the two numbers do not match, since the call is to another receiving card, the following receiving information is ignored and the process returns to step S20.

If the two numbers match, it means that the own card is being called, so in step S22 the display message instruction number 103 that is sent subsequently is received, and the display control section 25 stores the display message instruction number 103 in the display message storage section 26 in the subsequent step S23. The designated reception message is read out, and the designated message is displayed on the display 27 to notify the recipient of the reception card of the destination (diagnosis light). At the same time, the signal sound output unit 28 is energized, and a ringing sound is output from the piezoelectric speaker 29 for a predetermined period of time to audibly notify that the receiving card has been called.

Note that this calling may be performed by vibrating the receiving card with a vibration motor instead of outputting an acoustic signal from the piezoelectric speaker 29. The person carrying the device will check these notification outputs and go to a predetermined location.

As explained above, according to this embodiment, the patient's call is
Can be performed reliably and accurately. Furthermore, by having the patient carry a receiving card and arranging the transmitting antenna so that radio waves can be transmitted to the necessary locations within the hospital, even if the patient is in a separate room away from the waiting room, the patient can be called reliably. can.

Moreover, by making it possible to simultaneously notify the visitor of the arrival of light from the receiving card, there is no need to worry about where the patient is going or wander around the hospital. Further, the receiving card has only the minimum necessary configuration without unnecessary configuration, can be made small, and has excellent effects such as not being able to easily change the contents from the outside.

In addition, since it is possible to display the destination, even if the destination is often different, such as a health checkup or complete medical checkup, by giving this card to the examiner, you can be guided to the desired location without hesitation. It is possible to obtain particularly large effects.

[Second Embodiment] Although the above description describes an example in which this embodiment is applied to a patient call system in a hospital, this embodiment is not limited to this, and all receiving cards or It is also possible to control so that only the receiving cards of the - group are called. In this case, for example, the receiving card of this embodiment is given to each tour passenger, and the control console of the transmitting device is configured to have only a minimum of a start key and a restart key, and when these keys are pressed to input A ringing tone may be output from the desired reception card. In this case, a predetermined message such as "It's time to gather, please gather" or "It's time to depart." may be output.

When used for the above tours, for example, in the case of sightseeing or bus tours, the bus is equipped with a transmitting device equipped with a receiving card storage section, and when passengers leave the bus for free time etc., each customer can receive a receiving card. By pressing the start key when the meeting time arrives, a calling signal will be output from the reception card carried. Then, when the recipients return, by instructing them to store the receiving cards one after another in the storage section of the transmitting device, it is possible to know at a glance whether or not all the recipients have returned. Incidentally, the receiving card may be set not to operate while the receiving card is stored in this storage section.

By configuring as described above, it is possible to reliably read out the tour guests, and also to immediately determine the return status of the tour guests. Further, the transmitting device can be controlled to output a calling signal continuously until all the cards are stored, so that the meeting time etc. can be reliably notified with simple control.

In this manner, the transmitting device can not only call all receiving cards at once by setting the receiving card number, but also call only a specific group of receiving cards.

In this case, it is sufficient to transmit a common number signal only to a specific group.

For example, by using the device of this embodiment to call a passenger for a departure flight at an airport, it is possible to reliably notify the passenger that the departure flight time has arrived.

That is, it is possible to prepare a receiving card with a specific number for each departing flight, and to hand over the receiving card corresponding to the departing flight at the time of handing over the boarding pass, thereby making it possible to transmit various information regarding the departing flight.

It is also possible to change the output message depending on the location of the passenger, so that only those passengers who have not completed the airport boarding check will be notified, and when it is time for boarding, all receiving cards will be sent with “” Outputs a “Ready to board” message. Then, when the boarding procedure is completed, the reception card is collected, and if the departure time is approaching, a message such as "Please complete the boarding procedure immediately" is output, thereby providing detailed passenger service.

This card system can also be applied to the case of departure and arrival on international flights, etc., by storing the display message in the display message storage unit 26 as an output format in each language, and outputting a predetermined message according to the departure and arrival of the flight. By this,
Guide information can be output until the end of the "customs clearance procedure" or until leaving the airport, making the system extremely easy to use.

As explained above, according to the present embodiment, detailed services can be provided to passengers and passengers, and there is no chance of forgetting to board a train or passing by without noticing the departure time.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the structure of the receiving card can be made simple and compact, and can be formed into the same shape as a credit card or the like. Furthermore, the receiving card holder can confirm the notification from the transmitting device that the calling signal has been received.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 (A) is an external perspective view of the receiving card shown in Fig.'s1, and Fig. 2 (B) is the operation shown in Fig. 1. A top view of the desk, FIG. 3 is a call control flowchart of this embodiment, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the relationship between function keys and displayed messages of this embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a diagram of the call signal used in this embodiment. FIG. In the figure, 10... transmitting device, 11... transmission control unit, 1
2...Operation console, 12a...Part of the numeric keypad, 12b...
・Part of function keys, 12c, 27... Display key, 12e... Start key, 12 f-... Correction key, 12g... Restart key, 13... Transmission circuit,
2o...Reception card, 22...Reception circuit, 23...
- Comparison circuit, 24... Reception code setting section, 25...
Display control section, 26...Display message storage section, 28.
. . . Signal sound output section, 30 . . . Power supply.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A radio paging system comprising a plurality of receiving cards and a transmitting device that transmits a calling signal for calling the receiving cards, wherein the receiving card includes receiving means for receiving the calling signal from the transmitting device. , a determining means for determining whether or not a signal received by the receiving means is a calling signal for the own card, and a notifying means for notifying the reception of the calling signal when the determining means determines that the calling signal for the own card has been received. A wireless paging system comprising: (2) The radio paging system according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting device selects a specific receiving card and outputs the paging signal, and only the selected receiving card notifies reception of the paging signal. . (3) The transmitting device has a reception card storage section, and transmits a calling signal addressed to the reception card until a predetermined reception card is stored in the storage section. Radio paging system.