JPH04344718A - Terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To output information in character and pattern to a conventional electronic notebook, a notebook personal computer or a wordprocessor, etc., by employing the transmission system capable of reception with a vehicle and a portable receiver, etc. CONSTITUTION:An FM signal received by an antenna 103 in a circuit for an electronic notebook is led to an FM stereo signal decoder 106 and an FM multiplex signal decoder 107 incorporated in the circuit, an FM stereo signal is decoded by the decoder 106 and outputted to an earphone terminal 105. Moreover, the FM multiplex signal is decoded by the decoder 107 and stored in a built-in memory 108. The character and pattern of the program of an FM multiple broadcast designated by a key operation section 101 is once stored in the memory 108, extracted from the memory 108 and displayed on a liquid crystal display section. When the FM multiplex signal is not received nor received, a data from, e.g. a satellite data broadcast receiver is inputted from the data input/output terminal of an I/F 104 and the information is displayed on a display section 100.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to terminal equipment, and the present invention relates to terminal equipment, for example, a mobile word processor, a mobile word processor, etc.
It is installed in portable terminal devices such as notebook computers, mobile phones, electronic notebooks, etc. that have a display means such as liquid crystal display, and for portable word processors, notebook computers, and electronic notebooks, the display device is shared, and the antenna is connected to the The present invention relates to a portable data display terminal device that is integrated into the periphery in a way that is as inconspicuous as possible, and for mobile phones, a new easy-to-read liquid crystal display is attached and the antenna is shared. In addition, traffic information for automobiles is provided through FM multiplex broadcasting.
This relates to a terminal device that displays information on a small liquid crystal display installed in locations such as the steering wheel, windshield, and sun visor that pose no safety concerns for the driver.

0002

[Summary of the Invention] The present invention incorporates a reception display function of data broadcasting for mobile objects, such as FM multiplex broadcasting, into a portable terminal device such as a portable word processor, a notebook computer, a portable telephone, or an electronic notebook. , always, wherever you are.
The system is configured to display new news, traffic information, weather forecasts, stock price information, etc.

[0003] Another attempt is to provide a small display panel such as a liquid crystal display at a location easily visible to the driver of an automobile, and to safely provide traffic information to the driver using characters and graphics.

0004

[Prior Art] Conventionally, in European FM multiplex broadcasting, RD
A system called S has been proposed with the premise of being incorporated into a car radio, but this system collects control data such as traffic information service identification, program identification, frequency data for auto-tuning, text and graphic news, and weather forecasts. It is not a system that sends stock price information, but a data broadcast that sends and receives text and graphics, and a system that can be received by mobile devices has not yet been developed.

Furthermore, none of the conventional notebook computers, portable word processors, electronic notebooks, and mobile phones that can receive data broadcasting has yet been developed.

[0006]Also, as a display terminal for automobiles, a CRT capable of displaying a television was installed at the bottom of the dashboard, but this posed a safety problem for the driver when driving the automobile.

[0007]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, conventional portable terminal devices such as portable word processors, notebook computers, mobile phones, and electronic notebooks are single-function devices that can receive data broadcasting. It wasn't.

[0008] Therefore, in the present invention, the display part or antenna part of these conventional portable terminal devices can be shared and used effectively to improve usability and make it possible to constantly obtain new information. The purpose is to provide terminal equipment.

[0009] Furthermore, for example, the terminals can be connected to, for example, satellite data broadcasting through a communication line interface, and information can be sent to and stored in these terminals so that desired information can be displayed.

Furthermore, by incorporating an FM receiver, the terminal can be used as a conventional portable receiver by attaching an earphone terminal to the terminal.

Furthermore, it is now possible for car drivers to view traffic information without causing any safety problems.

0012

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a portable terminal device comprising a data broadcast receiving means and a display means for displaying information received by the receiving means. It is characterized by

[0013]

According to the present invention, in addition to the original functions of a portable terminal device, information can be displayed by receiving data broadcasting.

[0014]

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

FIG. 1 shows the appearance of a so-called electronic notebook to which the present invention is applied. 100 is a liquid crystal display section, 101
102 is a keyboard for performing key operations for various functions of a conventional electronic notebook, calculator, memo, etc.; 103 is an antenna section; and 104 is an input/output interface section having input/output terminals. I/F),
105 indicates an earphone terminal. FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram of the electronic notebook, and the FM signal received by the antenna 103 is sent to the built-in FM stereo signal decoder 106.
is guided to the FM multiplex signal decoder 107, and the FM stereo signal is decoded by the decoder 106 and sent to the earphone terminal 1.
Output to 05. Also, the FM multiplex signal is sent to the decoder 10
7 and stored in the built-in memory 108. The characters and graphics of the FM multiplex broadcast program specified by the key operation section 101 are temporarily stored in the memory 108, and then taken out from the memory 108 and displayed on the liquid crystal display section. If you do not want to input and display signals from FM multiplex signals,
For example, it is also possible to input data from a satellite data broadcasting receiver through the data input/output terminal of F104 and display the information on the display unit 100. It is also possible to output to an external printer from the output terminal of the I/F 104. Each of the above operations is controlled by the built-in CPU 109.

FIG. 3 shows the external appearance of a so-called notebook word processor (or a large liquid crystal display receiving terminal) to which the present invention is applied. 200 is A
The liquid crystal display section 201, which is similar to the version 4, is a keyboard for performing key operations for channel selection and program selection, and is also designed to perform key operations for conventional word processors. 20
2 represents an antenna, 204 an input/output interface (I/F) having input/output terminals, and 205 an earphone terminal. Note that since the circuit blocks are the same as those in FIG. 2, illustration thereof is omitted.

The embodiment shown in FIG. 3 has the following features compared to the embodiment shown in FIG.
The display section is large, so it is suitable for displaying detailed and large amounts of data, such as the contents of a newspaper. Therefore, like newspapers, they are extremely portable and easy to read, and will replace newspapers in the future.

FIG. 4 shows an apparatus for receiving and displaying traffic information using FM multiplex broadcasting according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the FM multiplex signal received by a normal car radio 300 is
It is decoded by the multiplex decoder 301 and displayed on the liquid crystal display section 3.
02, mainly displays text information. for example,
Traffic information and other information can be safely communicated to drivers by installing several lines of LCD displays in the center of the steering wheel, at the top or bottom of the windshield, in the sun visor, near the speedometer on the dashboard, etc. You will be able to do so.

[0019] In the present invention, FM multiplex broadcasting has been described, but the present invention is of course not limited to FM multiplex broadcasting, and is effective for any data broadcasting that can be received by a mobile body (for example, it is applicable to mobile phones as well). (in this case, the antenna is shared), it goes without saying that the display terminal is not necessarily limited to a liquid crystal terminal.

[0020]

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, by using a transmission method that can be received by a car, a mobile receiver, etc., information in the form of characters and figures is output to a conventional electronic notebook, notebook computer, word processor, car phone, etc. can do. Also, large amounts of data from other data broadcasting terminals can be loaded and displayed in a short time. Furthermore, by installing a simple LCD terminal in a location that is easily visible to car drivers, it has become possible to present traffic information without causing any safety issues.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an external view of an electronic notebook according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram showing main parts of the electronic notebook.

FIG. 3 is an external view of a notebook word processor according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a traffic information reception and display device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 Liquid crystal display section 101 Key operation section 107 FM multiplex decoder

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A portable terminal device comprising: data broadcast receiving means; and display means for displaying information received by the receiving means. 2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the display means is capable of displaying data from sources other than the data broadcast receiving means. 3. The terminal according to claim 1, wherein the data broadcast receiving means includes an FM broadcast receiving means and a multiplex signal decoder that decodes multiplexed data from a received signal from the FM broadcast receiving means. device.