JPH04227561A - Electronic equipment with communicating function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To annunciate whether or not data which is sent from outside can be stored in a storage means. CONSTITUTION:Data stored in an external equipment 50 are passed through an interface 26, a communication circuit part 47, and a control part 43, and stored in a RAM 46. When they are stored, it is judged whether or not the sent data match storage specifications and only matching data are stored. The RAM 46 is provided with a register which counts the number of the stored data and the number of data which are not stored and they are displayed after the reception ends.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to electronic equipment with a communication function for transmitting and receiving data between devices each having a memory.

0002

[Prior Art] In recent years, personal schedule data, telephone number data with phone numbers added to names and addresses, business card data including company names, and free data such as arbitrary comments have been stored and used as needed. Electronic devices such as electronic notebooks and electronic wristwatches that call up and use these functions have been commercialized. All of these electronic devices are equipped with memory.

[0003] Furthermore, some of these devices have a data communication function that allows a plurality of electronic devices to be connected and data to be sent and received between them. For electronic devices with a data communication function, for example, data is entered on a large device (such as a personal computer) that allows easy data key entry operations, and then the data is transferred to a small, easily portable device (electronic notebook, electronic notebook, etc.). If the data is transferred to the device (such as a wristwatch),
Data entry becomes easier and electronic devices can be used more effectively.

0004

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Incidentally, the actual situation is that small electronic devices such as electronic notebooks and electronic wristwatches have considerably slower processing speeds than larger devices in order to suppress current consumption. For this reason, conventional small electronic devices have been unable to display data received during data communication due to processing speed.

On the other hand, for example, in data transmission mode, a mode such as telephone number mode or schedule mode may be selected and all data in that mode may be transmitted at once. Furthermore, data in all modes may be transmitted at once, such as when transmitting all data. In such a case, since received data is not displayed in conventional electronic devices, there is a problem in that it is not possible to confirm whether data communication has been reliably executed.

[0006] This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and when a plurality of pieces of data are received in a single reception process, the user can receive information as to whether the data has been received and stored or not. The purpose is to provide an electronic device with a communication function that broadcasts information.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a receiving means for receiving data transmitted from an external device, and when the data received by the receiving means conforms to storage specifications. The present invention is characterized by comprising a storage means for storing the data, and a display means for displaying the number of data stored in the storage means or the data that could not be stored.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an electronic wristwatch having an electronic notebook function will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show the external structure of the electronic wristwatch, and 11 is a wristwatch case. The wristwatch case 11 is made of metal such as stainless steel or synthetic resin, and has a watch glass 12 attached to its upper surface as an exterior cover, and a dot matrix liquid crystal display 13 arranged on its lower surface. Further, on the right side of the wristwatch case 11, a push button switch S1,
S2 is provided, and push button switches S3 to S5 are provided on the left side surface. In this case, the push button switch S1 is a mode switching key that increases the content of a mode register M (described later) by +1, the push button switch S2 is a sequential search key, the push button switch S3 is a transmission mode switching key that increases the content of a register N (described later) by +1, and the push button switch S4 is register F0, which will be described later.
The reception mode designation key and push button switch S5 are used to invert the contents of register F1, which will be described later.

Further, an input key group 15 for key-inputting data is provided below the watch glass 12 on the top surface of the wristwatch case 11. The input key group 15 includes character keys for inputting data using alphabets, numbers, symbols, etc., a set key 15a for setting input data, and an all clear key for clearing all stored data. (AC) key 15b, clear (C) to clear only the displayed data from the data memory
It is equipped with a key 15c.

The connector section 14 is for data communication with other electronic devices to be described later, and has conductive two conductive terminals that serve as connection terminals in long holes 16 each having a semicircular shape at both ends. Two pins 17, 17 (described later) are provided.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the appearance of an electronic notebook 21 that can be connected to the connector section 14. Here, it is assumed that the electronic notebook 21 has both a calculation function and a notebook function for storing and displaying free data such as telephone number data, schedule data, and arbitrary comments. Further, data transmission and reception processing is executed by the same processing as that of the above-mentioned electronic wristwatch, which will be described later. The electronic notebook 21 has a left case 21a and a right case 21b that are connected to form a single body, and when the case is folded, it is large enough to be held in the hand. FIG. 3 shows the case when it is opened. be.

The left case 21a of the electronic notebook 21 is equipped with a dot matrix type liquid crystal display section 22 and numerical/arithmetic operation keys 23 for inputting and calculating numerical values. Further, the right case 21b of the electronic notebook 21 is provided with character keys 24, such as alphabet keys or kana character keys, for inputting characters. Electronic notebook 21
When using , telephone number data, schedule data, and free data are input using numerical/arithmetic operation keys 23 and character keys 24 .

Furthermore, a connector portion 21c is provided on the upper side of the left case 21a, and is connected to an interface 26 via a cable 25. This interface 26 is connected to the electronic notebook 2 sent via the cable 25.
The voltage of the data signal No. 1 is converted to the voltage of the electronic wristwatch and sent through the cable 27. Further, the interface 26 converts the voltage of the data signal of the electronic wristwatch sent via the cable 27 to the voltage of the electronic notebook 21, and sends it out via the cable 25. The cable 27 through which the data signal is sent is connected to the connector portion 14 of the wristwatch case 11 through a jack 36 (described later) provided at its tip.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the detailed connection structure of the connector section 14. In the figure, the long hole 16 is formed by a resin pipe 31 with a bottom.
This pipe 31 is buried in the side surface of the wristwatch case 11, and the pin 17 is loosely inserted into the bottom 31a.

This pin 17 has a flange 17a formed at one end on the front side of the pipe 31.
A coil spring 32 is disposed between the bottom portion 31a of the pipe 31 and the body portion of the pin 17 so as to be inserted therethrough. pin 1
7 penetrates the waterproof packing 33 on the lower surface side of the pipe 31, and a stepped portion 17b is provided near the other end, and a pin removal prevention member 34 is engaged with the stepped portion 17b. On the other hand, the other end surface 17c of the pin 17 faces a fixed terminal 35 that is electrically connected to an electronic circuit to be described later.

When nothing is inserted into the elongated hole 16 of the pipe 31, the elasticity of the coil spring 32 positions the flange 17a on the same plane as the outer peripheral surfaces of the watch case 11 and the pipe 31, and the other end surface of the pin 17 17c is separated from the fixed terminal 35 and faces the fixed terminal 35.

As shown in FIG. 4, the elongated hole 16 of the pipe 31
When the jack 36 is inserted into the
a presses the pin 17 to the left in the figure, and the other end surface 17c comes into contact with the fixed terminal 35, and the electronic circuit of the electronic wristwatch and the cable 27 are electrically connected.

Note that 37 is the back cover of the wristwatch case 11, and 38 is a waterproof packing that maintains an airtight state between the back cover 37 and the wristwatch case 11.

FIG. 5 is a circuit block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic circuit provided in the wristwatch case 11 having the structure described above. In the figure, 41 is an oscillation circuit that oscillates a reference frequency pulse that serves as a reference for various operations and time measurement. The reference frequency pulse oscillated by the oscillation circuit 41 is frequency-divided/
The timing signal section 42 divides the frequency to produce a timing signal, which is sent to a control section 43 comprised of a CPU.

This control section 43 receives a key input signal outputted from a key input section 44 constituted by the pushbutton switches S1 to S5 and input key group 15 in accordance with a timing signal supplied from a frequency division/timing signal section 42. It controls the operation of each circuit according to the operation control, and reads the addressed microprogram from the ROM 45 that stores the microprogram for operation control, and also reads the addressed microprogram from the RAM 46 that stores various data. Perform input/output.

Further, the control section 43 transmits and receives data to and from the communication circuit section 47, and outputs display data to the display control section 48. This display control section 48 decodes the display data output from the control section 43 to obtain a drive signal, and uses this drive signal to control the liquid crystal display 13.
The display unit 49 is driven and controlled to display and output the time, communication data, etc.

The communication circuit section 47 is connected to the interface 26 via the connector section 14, and transmits and receives data to and from an external device 50 such as the electronic notebook 21. Further, the communication circuit section 47 includes a reception register X that stores received data, and a temporary storage register Y that stores at least one piece of data.

Although the circuit configuration of the external device 50 is not shown,
It is configured in the same way as the circuit configuration above, and includes a CPU, ROM, and RAM.
etc. However, after the data sent from the external device 50 via the interface 26 and the connector section 14 is received by the communication circuit section 47, the data is sent out by the control section 43.
It is stored in AM46.

FIG. 6 shows a detailed configuration of the RAM 46, which is composed of a register area 46a, a telephone number memory 46b, a schedule memory 46c, a free data memory 46d, and a work area 46e.

The register area 46a is composed of a display register, register F0, register F1, register N, mode register M, time register, pointer section P, register L, register Z0, register Z1, etc.

The display register stores and holds display data. Registers F0 and F1 are flag registers that store reception mode and transmission mode, respectively. Register F0 is "1" in reception mode, and register F1 is "1" in transmission mode.

Register N is a register that stores transmission mode data to be transmitted in the transmission mode. That is, register N is set to "0" when transmitting all data, "1" when transmitting all mode data, and "2" when transmitting one of the mode data, that is, 1 data. are set respectively. Here, transmitting all data means transmitting all data stored in the telephone number memory 46b, schedule memory 46c, and free data memory 46d. Mode data transmission means telephone number memory 46b, schedule memory 46c, and free data memory 46.
d to transmit all stored data in any one memory. Transmitting one data means transmitting one piece of display data held in the display register.

Mode register M is composed of a quaternary counter, and its count value indicates the display mode. That is,
When "M=0", it is in time display mode, when "M=1", it is in telephone number display mode, when "M=2", it is in schedule display mode, and when "M=3", it is in free data display mode. be. The count value of the mode register M is sequentially updated by operating the push button switch S1. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a change in the value of M according to the switch operation of the push button switch S1, that is, the order of mode changes.

The time register is a register that updates and stores time data. The pointer part P is a telephone number memory 46
4.b, schedule memory 46c, and free data memory 46d, each of which has a pointer for specifying and reading one data out of a large number of data stored in each memory.

[0030] Register L is a register that stores the transmission status, and "1" is stored only while data is being transmitted.

Register Z0 is a register for counting the number of received data stored in memory during reception processing, and register Z1 is a register for counting the number of received data not stored in memory.

[0032] The telephone number memory 46b is a memory that stores a plurality of sets of telephone number data (one data) consisting of, for example, a name, pronunciation, address, telephone number, and comment in alphabetical order of the name.

[0033] The schedule memory 46c is a memory that stores a plurality of sets of schedule data in the order of date and time, each set of date and time and schedule contents.

The free data memory 46d is a memory that stores any input free data.

The boundaries between the areas of the telephone number memory 46b and the schedule memory 46c, and between the schedule memory 46c and the free data memory 46d are variable, and the boundaries between the areas of the telephone number memory 46b and the schedule memory 46d are variable within a certain area.
c and the free data memory 46d whose boundaries are variably set depending on the amount of data in each memory. Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the overall processing contents. In step A1, the frequency division/timing signal unit 4 determines whether or not it is time measurement timing.
The determination is made based on the presence or absence of the timing signal from 2. In this step A1, if it is determined to be YES (denoted as Y in the diagram, the same applies hereinafter), proceed to step A2, and if it is determined to be NO (denoted as N in the diagram, the same applies hereinafter), step A
Skip step 2 and proceed to step A3.

In the timekeeping process of step A2, the time data stored in the timekeeping register in the register area 46a is updated to obtain current time data.

In the subsequent step A3, whether or not there is a key input, that is, the push button switches S1 to S5 in the key input section 44 are checked.
Alternatively, it is determined whether or not there is a key input using the input key group 15. If the answer is YES in step A3, the process proceeds to step A4, where processing corresponding to the key input is performed. Furthermore, if the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step A5.

■Key Processing Details of this key processing are shown in FIG. First, in step B1, it is determined whether the key input is the push button switch S1. If YES is determined in step B1, the process proceeds to step B2. In step B2, the contents of the mode register M are incremented by 1, and the next display mode is set. After execution of step B2, the process of FIG. 8 ends.

Further, if the determination in step B1 is NO, the process proceeds to step B3. In step B3, it is determined whether the key input was the push button switch S2. If YES is determined in B3, the process advances to step B4.

In step B4, the pointer in the pointer section P is updated (+1) according to the set display mode.
The data in each mode is sequentially searched one data at a time. After executing step B4, the process in FIG. 8 ends.

On the other hand, if the determination in step B3 is NO, the process advances to step B5. In step B5, it is determined whether the key input was the push button switch S3. If YES is determined in this step B5, step B
Proceed to step 6. In step B6, the contents of register N are incremented by 1 and the transmission mode is switched. Note that when the contents of register N exceeds "2", "0" is set again. After execution of step B6, the process of FIG. 8 ends.

[0042] If the determination in step B5 is NO, the process proceeds to step B7, where it is determined whether the key input was from the pushbutton switch S4. If YES is determined in step B7, the process proceeds to step B8, where the contents of register F0 are inverted. After execution of step B8, the process of FIG. 8 ends.

[0043] If the determination in step B7 is NO, the process proceeds to step B9. In step B9, it is determined whether the key input was the push button switch S5. If YES is determined in step B9, step B1
0, and the contents of register F1 are inverted. In the subsequent step B11, it is determined whether the contents of the register F1 are "1" or not. If YES is determined in step B11, the process proceeds to step B12. In step B12, "1" is written in the register L to store the transmitting status, and the process of FIG. 8 ends. If the determination in step B11 is NO, the process in FIG. 8 is immediately terminated.

If the determination in step B9 is NO, the process proceeds to step B13, where other key processing, ie, key processing corresponding to the key input in input key group 15, is executed. After executing this step B13, the process of FIG. 8 ends. When the key processing in FIG. 8 is completed, the process proceeds to the display processing in step A12 in FIG. In step A12, a display is made according to the display mode. For example, in the time display mode where M=0, as shown in FIG.
9 (liquid crystal display 13).

If there is no key input from the pushbutton switches S1 to S5 in the key input unit 44 or the input key group 15 in step A3 above, and the determination is NO, step A3 is performed.
Proceed to step 5.

In step A5, it is determined whether or not the flag "1" indicating the reception mode is set in the register F0 in the register area 46a of the RAM 46. If YES is determined in this step A5, the reception mode is selected, and the process proceeds to step A6, where reception processing is executed. Furthermore, if the determination is NO, step A7
Proceed to.

① Reception Process The details of the reception process in step A6 above are shown in FIG. In the receiving process, the transmitted/received data includes various command codes such as an ON/OFF code, a completion code, and a non-storable code, which will be described later, and a data type code indicating the type of transmission mode and the type of data.

In step C1, data transmitted from the external device 50 and received via the interface 26 and connector section 14 is sequentially stored in the reception register X of the communication circuit section 47.

In the next step C2, it is determined whether or not the received data includes a registration code. The registration code is sent by the sending side when it completes sending one piece of data, and is a code that instructs the sending data to be registered (stored) in the memory. In step C2, if the registration code has not been transmitted yet, it is determined as NO and the process proceeds to step C3.

In step C3, it is determined whether the reception register X is full, that is, whether there is no free space. There is free space in reception register X, so NO at step C3.
If it is determined that this is the case, the process returns to step C1, and the received data is sequentially stored in the reception register X. Also, step C
If the determination in step 3 is YES, the process advances to step C4. In step C4, an OFF code is transmitted to the other party's device (sending side) to instruct it to stop transmission. OF
When the F code is sent, the device on the other end stops transmitting data until the ON code is sent.

In step C5, the contents of the reception register X are written into the temporary storage register Y. Next step C
Proceeding to step 6, an ON code is sent to the other party's device to instruct it to start transmission. After executing step C6, the process returns to step C1, and the processes of steps C1 to C6 are repeated in the same manner as described above.

[0052] When the transmission of one data is completed and the registration code is transmitted from the other party's device, YES is determined in step C2, and the process proceeds to step C7.

[0053] In step C7, similarly to step C4, an OFF code is transmitted to the other party's device,
Stop data transmission.

In the next step C8, the reception mode is determined based on the mode data code included in the received data. That is, if the content of the mode data code is the all data reception mode, the process advances to step C9. If the content of the mode data code is the mode data reception mode, the process advances to step C10. If the content of the mode data code is 1 data reception mode, the process advances to step C11. The processing of steps C9 to C11 will be described in detail below.

In the all data reception process in step C9, all the received data are stored in the telephone number memory 46b of the RAM 46,
Schedule memory 46c and free data memory 4
6d performs storage processing according to the type of data, and outputs an ON code after the processing is completed.

In the mode data reception process of step C10, the received data is stored in the RAM 4 according to the mode.
6 telephone number memory 46b, schedule memory 46c
, or performs processing to store it in any one of the free data memories 46d, and transmits an ON code after the processing is completed.

①Mode Data Reception Process FIG. 10 shows details of the mode data reception process in step C10. In step D1, the contents of the reception register X are written into the temporary storage register Y. In the next step D2,
Data format (storage specifications) of received data
matches its own, and it is determined whether or not the data can be stored in the RAM 46. For example, if the data format on the sending side is "a name in alphabetical form consisting of 5 bits per character, a telephone number in numerical form consisting of 4 bits per character, and an address including Kanji data consisting of 32 bits per character",
If the data format on the receiving side is only "name, telephone number", it is impossible to store the received data in the RAM 46 because the data formats of the two parties are different. If YES is determined in step D2, the process proceeds to step D3.

In step D3, the contents of register Z0 are incremented by 1 to count up the number of stored data (ie, the number of received data that can be stored in the memory). In step D4, one piece of received data determined to be storable is edited into a format suitable for each memory 46b, 46c, 46d of the RAM 46, and stored in the corresponding memory. In step D5, a completion code indicating that storage of one data is completed is transmitted to the other party's device. After executing this step D5, the process in FIG. 10 ends.

Further, if the determination in step D2 is NO, the process proceeds to step D6. In step D6, the contents of the register Z1 are incremented by 1 to count up the number of unstorable data (ie, the number of received data that could not be stored in the memory). In the next step D7, a storage disable code indicating that the received data cannot be stored in the RAM 46 is transmitted to the other party's device. After executing step D7, the process in FIG. 10 ends.

Note that when the mode data reception process in FIG. 10 is completed, the reception process in FIG. 9 is also completed, and the process proceeds to the display process in step A12 in FIG.

In this display process, the number of stored data stored in the register Z0 and the number of unstorable data stored in the register Z1 are written to the display register, and the data written to the display register is displayed on the display section 49. In this case, the display format is, for example, "number of stored data = 40, number of unstorable data = 10".

In the 1 data reception process in step C11,
Similar to the mode data reception process described above, the reception register
The stored contents are written into the temporary storage register Y, and then it is determined whether the received data can be stored in the RAM 46. If YES, edit the received data and store it in the RAM 46.
If the answer is NO, a storage not allowed code is sent and the process ends.

[0063] Transmission Processing If the determination in step A5 is NO, the process proceeds to step A7 since it is not in the reception mode.

In step A7, it is determined whether "F1=1", that is, whether the flag "1" indicating the transmission mode is set in the register F1. If YES in step A7, the process is in the transmission mode, so the process proceeds to step A8; if NO, the process proceeds to step A12.

In step A8, the contents of register N in register area 46a are determined and a transmission mode is selected. If it is determined in step A8 that "N=0", the process proceeds to step A9, where all data is transmitted, and "N=1" is determined.
If it is determined that "N=2", the process proceeds to the mode data transmission process of step A10, and if it is determined that "N=2", the process proceeds to the one data transmission process of step A11.

In step A9, all data transmission processing, R
All data stored and held in the telephone number memory 46b, schedule memory 46c, and free data memory 46d of the AM46 are sequentially read out, and the communication circuit section 4
7 to the external device 50. After executing this step A9, the process proceeds to step A12.

In the mode data transmission process of step A10, one of the telephone number memory 46b, schedule memory 46c, or free data memory 46d of the RAM 46 is selected according to the display mode set in the mode register M. All the data stored and held in the memory are sequentially read out and transmitted to the external device 50 by the communication circuit section 47. After executing step A10, the process advances to step A13.

In the 1 data transmission process in step A11,
The memory corresponding to the display mode is addressed by the pointer P, one piece of data is read out, and the communication circuit section 47 transmits it to the external device 50.

■ 1 data transmission process The details of the 1 data transmission process in step A11 are shown in FIG.
Shown below. In step E1, it is determined whether or not there is a reception code of the external device 50. Also, the external device 50 is turned on.
If a reception code such as a code or an OFF code is not sent, it is determined NO in step E1 and step E2
Proceed to.

In step E2, it is determined whether the contents of register L are "1", that is, whether the transmitting state is set. Now, if the transmission mode is set by the push button switch S5 and "L=1", it is determined as YES and the process proceeds to step E3.

At step E3, data transmission processing is performed. That is, depending on the contents of mode register M, RAM4
6 telephone number memory 46b, schedule memory 46c
Alternatively, one of the free data memories 46d is selected, and only one piece of data addressed by the pointer of the pointer section P corresponding to the selected memory is read out and transmitted to the external device 50 via the communication circuit section 47. .

[0072] In the next step E4, it is determined whether data transmission for one data has been completed. This step E
If the determination in step 4 is NO, the process returns to step E1 and data transmission continues through the processing of steps E1 to E4. still,
When the data transmission is completed by the process described later, that is, when the transmission of one data is completed, YES is determined in step E4, and the process proceeds to step E5.

At step E5, a registration code is transmitted to instruct the registration of the transmitted data, and the process proceeds to step E6, where "0" is written in register L and the transmitting state is canceled.

[0074] However, in the external device 50, as shown in FIG.
Since the same processing as in Fig. 10 is performed, O
Outputs codes such as N code, OFF code, and completion code. Once these codes are sent, step E1
If the answer is YES, the process proceeds to step E7. Step E
In step 7, it is determined whether the received code is an OFF code. If it is determined YES in this step E7,
That is, when an OFF code is transmitted from the external device 50, the process advances to step E6, where "0" is written in register L.
Stop data transmission.

If the determination at step E7 is NO, the process proceeds to step E8, where it is determined whether the received code is an ON code. If YES in step E8, the process advances to step E9, where "1" is written in register L, and data transmission is restarted.

[0076] If the determination in step E8 is NO, the process proceeds to step E10, where it is determined whether the received code is a storage completion code indicating completion of reception and storage of one data into the memory. In this step E10, Y
If it is determined to be ES, the process advances to step E11.

In step E11, "
1" is written and data transmission is restarted. The contents of the pointer section P are updated by the process of the subsequent step E12, and the next data in the selected memory is designated.

In step E13, it is determined whether the data transmission has been completed, that is, whether the push button switch S5 for canceling the transmission mode has been operated, for example. If the determination at step E13 is NO, the process returns to step E1 to continue transmitting one data; if the determination is YES, the process proceeds to step E16.

In the termination process of step E16, "0" is written in the register F1, the transmission mode is canceled, and the process of FIG. 11 is terminated.

[0080] If the determination in step E10 is NO, the process proceeds to step E14. In step E14, it is determined whether the received code is a non-storable code. If the determination in step E14 is YES, the process proceeds to step E11, and if the determination is NO, the process proceeds to step E15. In step E15, other code processing corresponding to the code other than the above-mentioned code is executed, and the process returns to step E1.

In the above embodiment, the number of stored data and the number of data that could not be stored are displayed after reception is completed, but they may be displayed during reception.

Furthermore, either or both of the total number of received data and the number of stored data may be displayed.

Further, in the above embodiment, the mode data reception process was explained in detail with reference to FIG.
M46 may be configured as shown in FIG. 13 to perform all mode reception as shown in FIG. Therefore, the RAM shown in FIG.
46 includes the above-mentioned register Z0 in the work area 46e.
, Z1, registers Z2, Z3, Z4, and Z5 are provided. And register Z0 is telephone number memory 4
This is a register that counts the number stored in 6b,
Register Z1 is a register that counts the number of telephone number data that could not be stored. Also, register Z2,
Z3 is a register that counts the number of data stored in the schedule memory 46c and free data memory 46d, respectively, and registers Z4 and Z5 are registers that count the schedule data and free data that could not be stored, respectively.

Further, in the work area 46e, if some data that could not be stored, for example, telephone number data, is composed of name, pronunciation, address, telephone number, etc., the first data is stored. A large number of partial storage registers L0, L1, L2, . . . that store only certain name data are provided.

In the above configuration, step C9 in FIG.
The entire data reception process is performed as shown in FIG. First, in step F1, the received data of register , registers corresponding to the mode are +1 (updated), such as corresponding registers among registers Z0, Z1, and Z2, that is, for example, register Z0 for telephone number data. And in the next step F4,
Store it in the memory according to the mode and then proceed to the next step F5
Then, a code signal indicating the end of storage is sent.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step F2 that storage is not possible, the process advances to step F6, and registers Z3,
The corresponding register among Z4 and Z5, i.e. register Z3 for phone number data, which stores the number that could not be stored depending on the mode, is +1.
(Update. In the next step F7, the first few characters of the data that could not be stored are stored in the register L1.
, L2, L3, etc., sequentially. Then, in the next step F8, a storage prohibition code is transmitted.

By doing this, registers Z0, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4,
Z5 stores the stored numbers and unstored numbers for each mode, and for example, the numbers are displayed in the display process of step A12 in FIG. Also, for example, although not shown, a specific switch may be provided, or
Alternatively, for example, by operating a switch such as the set key 15a in FIG. 1 in the non-set mode, the registers L1 and L
By displaying the contents of 2, L3, etc., it is immediately possible to know which data could not be stored.

In each of the above embodiments, data is exchanged by wire using a cable, but data may also be exchanged by radio, infrared rays, ultrasonic waves, or the like.

[0089]

Effects of the Invention As detailed above, according to the present invention, when a plurality of data is received in one reception process, the number of received data stored in the memory is counted and displayed. It is possible to provide an electronic device with a communication function that can confirm whether data communication has been reliably executed without performing the above steps.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the external configuration of an electronic wristwatch to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the same.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an externally connected electronic notebook.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the specific structure of the connector section.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an electronic circuit.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the configuration of a RAM.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the overall processing content.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the contents of key processing.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the contents of reception processing.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the contents of mode data reception processing.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the contents of one data transmission process.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the order of mode changes according to switch operations.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram of a RAM in another embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart in the other embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

41...Oscillation circuit 42...Frequency division/timing signal section 43...Control unit 44...Key input section 45...ROM 46...RAM 47...Communication circuit section 48...Display control section 49...Display section 50...External device

Claims (3)

[Claims] Claim 1: receiving means for receiving data transmitted from an external device; storage means for storing the data when the data received by the receiving means conforms to storage specifications; An electronic device with a communication function characterized by comprising a counting means for counting the number of data and a display means for displaying the counted number of the counting means. 2. Receiving means for receiving data transmitted from an external device; storage means for storing the data when the data received by the receiving means conforms to storage specifications; 1. An electronic device with a communication function, comprising: a counting means for counting the number of data collected; and a display means for displaying the counted number of the counting means. 3. Receiving means for receiving data transmitted from an external device; storage means for storing the data when the data received by the receiving means conforms to storage specifications; What is claimed is: 1. An electronic device with a communication function, comprising a partial storage means for storing part of the data stored in the partial storage means, and a display means for displaying the data stored in the partial storage means.