JPH0486130A - Individual selective calling receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily discriminate the presence of a message by providing a 1st visual sense notice means notifying the presence of the message in a reception signal and a 2nd visual sense notice means notifying the absence of the message in the reception signal and selecting either of them. CONSTITUTION:A notice section has a visual sense notice means, which consists of a 1st visual sense notice means (LED) 11 notifying the presence of the message in a reception signal and a 2nd visual sense notice means (LED) 12 notifying the absence of the message in the reception signal. Moreover, a decoder 4 is provided with a message presence detection section which detects the presence of a message in the reception signal in response to the detection signal of its own calling number and a switching section selecting either of the 1st and 2nd LEDs 11, 12 accordingly based on the detection of the message presence detection section. Thus, the presence of the message in the reception signal is easily discriminated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an individual selective call receiver, and more particularly to an individual selective call receiver having a notification means visually appealing to the user.

[Prior Art] When a conventional individual selective calling receiver receives a signal that matches its own calling number, it uses a visual notification means, such as a light emitting diode (hereinafter referred to as LED), to notify the reception of the signal.
(light emitting diode)). This notification is made using a light emitting pattern corresponding to the calling number, regardless of the presence or absence of a message in the received signal. There was also a system that changed the color of the light depending on the number being called.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, this conventional individual selective call receiver does not have a notification unit that provides notification that appeals to the visual sense of the user, or does not provide notification that appeals to the user's visual sense or does not allow the caller to make a notification that is visually appealing to the user. It is said that it is not possible to tell whether the call is a call with a message, a call with a message, or a tone-only call without a message unless you look at the display and confirm that the call only corresponds to the number. There were some problems.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and
An object of the present invention is to provide an individual selective calling receiver that can easily determine the presence or absence of a message in a received signal.

Means for Solving RAM] To achieve the above object, the individual selective calling receiver of the present invention includes a receiving section that receives and demodulates a carrier wave modulated with a signal including at least a calling number, and a demodulator thereof. an individual selective call receiver, comprising a decoder section that compares the calling number included in the received signal with a pre-stored number and activates a notifying section if they match, the notifying section having at least a visual notifying means that appeals visually. , the visual notification stage 1 is used to notify that there is a message in the received signal.

and a second visual notification means for notifying the presence or absence of a message in the received signal, and detecting the presence or absence of a message in the received signal in response to the detection signal of its own calling number. It has a configuration including a presence/absence detection section and a switching section that selects and switches between the corresponding first and second visual notification means based on the detection by the message presence/absence detection section.

If necessary, the first and second visual notification means are comprised of light emitting lights that emit light of different colors.

[Function] According to the individual selective call receiver having the above configuration, when the message presence detection section detects the presence of a message, the switching section enables the first visual notification means, while the message presence detection section detects the presence of a message. When detected, the switching section enables the second visual notification means.

[Example] An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an individual selective call receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The individual selective calling receiver according to the embodiment includes a receiving section 3 that receives and demodulates a carrier wave modulated and sent out with a signal including at least a calling number, and a ROM (Read Orily Memory) and a calling number included in the demodulated signal. )
The decoder 4 compares the number with the number stored in advance in the driver 5 and activates the notification section via the driver IC 9 if they match.

The receiving section 3 is composed of an antenna 1 and a radio section 2. The decoder 4 also includes a reset switch 6.
, a switch 7 which can be switched to the N or M position, and an ON10FF switch 8 are connected.

The notification section includes a speaker 10 and a vibrator 13, as well as visual notification means that appeals to the senses. This visual notification means is composed of a first visual notification means for notifying that a message is present in the received signal, and a second visual notification means for notifying that there is no message in the received signal. The second visual notification means includes a first LED II and a second LED 1 that emit different colors.
It is composed of 2 parts. The decoder 4 also includes a message presence/absence detection unit that detects the presence or absence of a message in the received signal in response to a detection signal of its own calling number, and corresponding first and second L.E.
and a switching section that selects and switches between DII and 12.

Next, the operation of the individual selective calling receiver according to the embodiment will be explained using the block diagram of FIG. 1 and the flowchart of FIG. 2. In the configuration shown in FIG. 1, a radio signal received by an antenna 1 is amplified and demodulated by a radio section 2, and is input to a decoder 4 as a signal including a calling number. Decoder 4
determines whether the call number matches its own call number written in advance in the ROM 5 or not. If the calling numbers match, the decoder 4 outputs to the driver IC 9 a signal necessary for making a notification using the notification means and notification time desired to be specified in the ROM 5. There are at least two output lines, the first output line 14 is for switching between the speaker lO and the vibrator 13, and the second output line 15 is for switching between the first LED 11 and the second LED 12. be.

That is, when the switch 7 is in the N position, the signal from the switch 7 to the decoder 4 becomes high level, and the decoder 4 identifies that the switch 7 is in the N position, and outputs the driver IC 9 Hessbeaker 10 through the first output line 14. Send driving signals.

In addition, when the switch 7 is in the M position, the signal from the switch 7 to the decoder 4 becomes low level, and the decoder 4 identifies that the switch 7 is in the M position, and passes the first output line 14 to the dry IC9. 13 drive signal.

In addition, if there is a message following the own call number, the decoder 4 sends a signal for switching the LED to the driver IC 9 through the second output line 15, and the first L
It emits light when EDII is selected.

On the other hand, if you only see your calling number and there is no message,
An LED switching signal is sent from the decoder 4 to the driver IC 9 through the second output line 15, and the second LED
12 is selected and it emits light. Therefore, the first LEDI
Since the I and the second LED 12 are different colors, it can be easily determined whether there is a message or not.

If the wearer does not press the reset switch 6 to stop the notification within a preset time (in seconds), the notification will be automatically stopped. Through the above-described operations, the carrier is notified that there is an incoming call, and the presence or absence of a message is notified by a visually appealing change.

This will be explained in more detail using the flowchart of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.

First, the carrier or receiver turns on the power (SO). The receiver enters a state of waiting for reception (Sl), and if there is an incoming call (S2), it reads the notification means from the ROM 5 (S3). Next, determine whether there is a message following the received signal or the called number (SS)
, if there is a message, the first LED II should light up (S9), and if there is no message, the second LED 12 should light up (S9).
S8).

At the same time, if the switch 7 is in the N position (S4), the speaker 10 is activated (S6), the notification is started (SIO), and the receiver presses the reset switch 6 of the receiver (S4).
Sll) or repeats the notification for t seconds after starting the notification (S12) If the switch is in the 7 or M position (S4), the vibrator 13
(S7) to start notification.

Then, until the carrier presses the reset switch 6 on the receiver (Sll), or for t seconds after starting the notification,
The notification is repeated (S12).

At this time, a timer is started at the same time as the notification (SI
O), the timer will count up for seconds until the wearer presses the reset switch 6 (Sll) or
13), stop the count up (S12),
The notification ends (S14) and returns to the standby state (Sl).

In addition, in this embodiment, the notification sound has a volume of one foot, or one
A notification sound that increases at intervals of seconds can also be used to notify the user.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the individual selective calling receiver of the present invention, the visually appealing notification to the carrier changes depending on the presence or absence of a message at the time of an incoming call. It is not possible to tell whether a call is a tone-only call by looking at the display or whether it is a call with a tone-only message or by looking at the display. It saved me a lot of time and complication.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an individual selective calling receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of incoming call notification in the individual selective calling receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention. Antenna radio section, receiving section decoder OM Reset switch switch ON10 FF switch driver IC ・Speaker 1st LED 2nd LED Hiflater 1st output line ・2nd output line 9 ・

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A receiving unit that receives and demodulates a carrier wave modulated with a signal containing at least a calling number, and compares the calling number included in the demodulated signal with a pre-stored number, and if they match, and a decoder section for activating the notifying section, and the notifying section has at least a visual notifying means that appeals to the sense of sight.
Comprised of a first visual notification means to notify that there is a message in the received signal, and a second visual notification means to notify that there is no message in the received signal, and responds to the detection signal of its own calling number. a message presence/absence detection unit that detects the presence or absence of a message in a received signal; and a switching unit that selects and switches between the corresponding first and second visual notification means based on the detection by the message presence/absence detection unit. An individual selective call receiver characterized by comprising: (2) The individual selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein the first and second visual notification means are constructed of light emitting diodes that emit light of different colors.