JPH0537443A - Radio receiver used for information processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the radio receiver used for a compact information processor, which can be used as an individual calling device, namely, as a pager and can execute the processings of various functions as well, having satisfactory portability. CONSTITUTION:The software of an IC card can be used while loading IC cards 20, 21 and 22 to a card loading part 6 at a main body 1 of the device. An individual calling device 30 is equipped with an application software inside, formed in the same shape as the IC cards 20, 21 and 22, can be loaded to the card loading part 6 at the main body 1 of the device and can execute data transfer or control with the main body 1 of the device while receiving voltage supply from the main body 1 of the device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wireless receiver used in an information processing device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pager (individual calling device) has been known as a wireless receiving device for receiving a wireless signal.
By making each individual have a pager, individual calls, emergency calls, group calls, etc. are made wirelessly. In addition to simply making individual calls, it is also considered to supply various service information wirelessly by contract.

On the other hand, this type of pager has been developed to be small, thin, and lightweight in order to improve portability, and pen type and watch type products have also been commercialized. On the other hand, multi-functionalization has been attempted, for example, a keyboard for character input is provided, and a large number of data such as name and telephone number are stored by key input, or those data are edited in a predetermined order. It is considered that Furthermore, it is also considered to have an auto dial function and a function of auto dialing a received telephone number.

[0004]

However, if the wireless receiving device such as a pager is to be provided with many functions as described above, the wireless device itself becomes large and it is difficult to make it compact, and the pager itself consumes a large amount of current. Has a drawback that the battery life is shortened, which makes it impossible to store and retain a large amount of data. Further, when a large battery is used to prolong the battery life, there is a problem that the device itself becomes large and heavy. Furthermore, although the pager function is used by some people on a daily basis, it is often used only when, for example, on a business trip. For such a person, a multi-functional and expensive pager is used. It's no use buying. Therefore, normally, a function other than the pager may be used, and the pager function may be used when necessary, but it is completely inconvenient to carry a large-sized device having the pager function when the pager is not used. Furthermore, it is currently considered to perform various service information by contract, but if the pager function is incorporated in the device, the address inside the device must be changed or set again each time the service information is contracted. It must be extremely inconvenient.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a radio receiving apparatus used in an information processing apparatus that can be used as a radio receiving apparatus only when necessary. To provide.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention has one of a plurality of external storage media of the same shape having an external storage medium storage section and storing different programs. The external storage medium storage of an information processing apparatus that can be stored in the medium storage unit and executes a program from the stored external storage medium to perform data processing to perform different data processing for each external storage medium stored. When a wireless receiving device having a wireless receiving function is attached to the unit, wireless reception can be performed.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an external view of the same embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a clock function for displaying the current time, a schedule function for displaying the schedule at a preset time, name data, address data, telephone number data, etc. of a large number of people A device body of an information processing device called a so-called electronic notebook, which has various functions such as a telephone number function capable of displaying data of a person who designates a key,
The apparatus main body 1 includes a base 2 and a lid 3 provided on the base 2 so as to be openable and closable.

On the upper surface of the base body 2, a keyboard 4 comprising a large number of keys such as alphanumeric keys and function keys,
A power on / off key 5 is provided, and on one side,
IC cards 20, 21, 2 which are external storage media described later
2 is inserted and attached, and a slide-type lock key 7 for mechanically locking the inserted card so that the inserted card does not come out of the card attaching section 6. And are provided.

Further, on the inner surface of the lid 3, a card key 8 for setting a card mode described later, a TEL key 9 for setting a mode of the above-mentioned telephone number function, and a memo function mode for storing and reading out and displaying free data. A memo key 10 for setting, a Sch key 11 for setting the above-mentioned schedule function, and a clock key 12 for setting a clock function which is a function for displaying the current time are provided in a row, and above these keys 8 to 12. Is provided with a dot matrix type liquid crystal display unit 13.

Further, between the keys 8 to 12 and the liquid crystal display unit 13, the F1 key 14, the F2 key 15 and the F3 key 1 are provided.
6, F4 key 17 and F5 key 18 are provided. The functions of these keys will be described later. Reference numeral 19 is a cursor movement key for moving the cursor on the liquid crystal display unit 13.

The IC cards 20, 21, and 22 execute functions other than the above-mentioned clock function, schedule function, memo function, and telephone number function, that is, the functions of the extension software, which can be used by the apparatus body 1 independently. For example, the IC card 20 is used for
Japanese-English translation function can be used when it is attached to the, and when the IC card 21 is attached, for example, a proverbial function, and when the IC card 22 is attached, for example, cooking data is displayed. As a function, etc., the function can be expanded, and although not shown, a RAM and an EEPROM which can write and read data are built-in, and the apparatus main body 1
A card for expanding the data memory capacity of the telephone number function that can be used independently can be used.

The IC cards 20, 21 and 22 have insertion surfaces 20a, 21a and 22a into the card mounting portion 6, respectively.
Each of which is provided with a connector portion 51, which will be described later, including a large number of connector pins (not shown).
Inside the card mounting portion 6 of the
Connector parts 43a and 43b, which will be described later, are provided with connector pins (not shown) that are electrically connected to the connector pins of the connector part 51 when the connectors 1 and 22 are completely inserted.

Reference numeral 30 is an individual calling device which is a radio receiving device, that is, a pager. The individual calling device 30 is formed in the same shape as the IC cards 20, 21, and 22 described above, and the insertion surface 30 a into the card mounting portion 6 has an I shape.
Similar to the C cards 20, 21, and 22, connector portions 69a and 69b, which will be described later, having connector pins (not shown) are provided.

FIG. 2 shows a circuit configuration of an electronic circuit inside the apparatus main body 1, and reference numeral 41 in the figure denotes a control unit including a microprocessor, a CPU and the like. This control unit 41 has
ROM 42, connector section 43, key input section 44, RAM
The liquid crystal display unit 13 is connected via 45 and the display drive unit 46.

The ROM 42 stores a microprogram (hereinafter simply referred to as a program) for controlling the functions of the apparatus body 1, a program for controlling an external storage medium, numerical character data, display character data, and the like. The connector section 43a is disposed inside the card mounting section 6 and controls an extended application software program from an external storage medium such as the IC cards 20, 21, 22 and the individual calling device 30 and various data. 41, various command signals, address signals from the control unit 41,
A control clock signal or the like is supplied to an external storage medium.

The key input section 44 includes all keys other than the lock key 7 of the apparatus main body 1, and the RAM 45.
Is the clock function, schedule function, memo function,
It has a storage area for various data used in the telephone number function and the like, and also has a card flag storage area 45a to be described later when an external storage medium is used. Further, the display drive section 46 causes the liquid crystal display section 13 to perform a display corresponding to each mode.

A power supply voltage from a power supply circuit 47 using a battery or the like as a power supply is supplied to each of the above components, and the power supply voltage is also supplied to the connector portion 43b.

FIG. 3 shows the circuit configuration of the IC card 20. The connector section 51 and the extended application software program (in this case, Japanese-English translation software) arranged on the insertion surface 20a into the card mounting section 6 are shown. ) Is stored in the ROM 52. The IC cards 21 and 2
2 also has the same configuration, and only the software contents are different.

FIG. 4 shows a circuit configuration of an electronic circuit of the individual calling device 30. The individual calling device 30 determines whether the call information signal sent from the base station (not shown) is a signal for calling its own device, and uses the signal for calling its own device. When there is, it informs that there is a call by a sound, and message information (transmission information) sent from the base station to its own device continuously.
The signal is fetched and stored, and the stored message information is sent to the apparatus main body 1.

A radio signal including the call information and message information from the above-mentioned base station is input to the antenna 61, and the input signal is sent to the receiving unit 62. The reception unit 62 amplifies the input signal and sends it to the demodulation circuit 63, and the demodulation circuit 63 demodulates the signal from the reception unit 62 into "0" and "1" signals and sends it to the decoder unit 64.

An ID number storage section 65 for storing its own identification code is connected to the decoder section 64, and the decoder section 64 determines whether or not the call information from the demodulation circuit 63 is its own call information. Is compared with the identification code of the ID number storage unit 65, and if it is the calling information of its own, it supplies a calling presence signal A to the control unit 67, and a sounding unit including a speaker or a buzzer. 66 is driven to make a sound and at the same time, the message information sent continuously is taken in and sent to the control unit 67.

The decoder section 64 controls the receiving section 62 and the demodulation circuit 63 to be intermittently driven in order to save power consumption.

The control unit 67 is composed of a microprocessor, a CPU, etc., is connected to the decoder unit 64, and is also connected to the ROM 68, the connector units 69a and R.
It is connected to AM71.

The ROM 68 stores a program for controlling the individual calling device 30 and an extended application software program for controlling various functions using the individual calling device 30 under the control of the control unit 41 of the device body 1. is doing. The RAM 71 has a large number of storage areas for storing the above-mentioned message information and for storing information from the device body 1 described later.

The circuit components of the individual calling device 30 are
The power supply voltage from the apparatus body 1 is sent through the connector section 43a and the connector section 69a and supplied to the power supply voltage circuit 70. The power supply voltage circuit 70 converts the power supply voltage into a voltage required for each circuit and supplies the voltage. It works by.

In the above structure, the apparatus main body 1 operates according to the flow chart shown in FIG.

In FIG. 5, when the power-on key 5 shown in FIG. 1 is operated and the power is turned on, each part is initialized in step A1, and each part is set in a predetermined state. . In the next step A2, it is determined whether or not the external storage medium is stored in the card mounting portion 6, and when it is stored, the process proceeds to step A3 to perform the initial processing. The initial process of step A3 is exactly the same as steps A6, A7 and A8 described later,
The description is omitted here.

Then, the next step A4 is to detect whether or not any key of the key input section 44 has been input. When it is detected that any key has been input, the process proceeds to step A5. Then, it is determined whether or not the key input is the card key 8. When the input key is the card key 8, it is the time when the card key 8 is pressed in order to use the extended application software of the external storage medium mounted in the card mounting portion 6. In this case, In step A6, "1" is stored in the card flag storage area 45a of the RAM 45, and the card name is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 13 in the next step A7.

This card name is displayed as "Japanese-English translation" if the card mounted in the card mounting portion 6 is, for example, the IC card 20, and when the IC card 21 is mounted. Is displayed as "proverbial encyclopedia", "ICARD 22" when the IC card 22 is installed, and
When the individual calling device 30 is mounted, a "card pager" is displayed as shown in FIG. 7, and the type of the card mounted in the card mounting portion 6 can be clearly displayed. Further, when the individual calling device 30 is attached, the characters "search", "correction", "IN", "OUT", and "CR" are displayed corresponding to the F1 to F5 keys as shown in FIG. It

When the processing of step A7 is completed, step A
In step 8, the pre-processing required for using the extended application software of the external storage medium is performed, and the processing ends.

If it is determined in step A5 that the key input is not the card key 8, step A
The process proceeds to step 9 and it is determined whether "1" is stored in the card flag storage area 45a of the RAM 45. If "1" is not stored, the card key 8 is not operated and each function that can be used only by the apparatus main body 1, that is, the clock function, the schedule function, the memo function, and the telephone number function are used. Yes Go to step A10.

In step A10, the operated key is discriminated, and the key processing of the clock function, the schedule function, the memo function and the telephone number function is executed according to the key in accordance with the program stored in the ROM 42.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step A9 that "1" is stored in the card flag storage area 45a of the RAM 45, the process proceeds to step A11. In step A11, the operated key is discriminated and the key processing is executed according to the application software of the external storage medium mounted on the card mounting portion 6.

For example, the individual calling device 3 is installed in the card mounting portion 6.
When 0 is attached and the display as shown in FIG. 7 is displayed, when the F1 key is pressed, the control unit 4 of the apparatus main body 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes a program for sequentially switching and displaying the message information stored in the RAM 71 of the individual calling device 30 on the liquid crystal display unit 13 from the ROM 68 of the individual calling device 30, and each time the cursor moving key 19 or another key is operated. The above switching display is performed.

Similarly, when the F2 to F5 keys are operated, the application software program is similarly loaded from the ROM 68 of the individual calling device 30 and is controlled by the subsequent key input. The F2 key is input. Then, the message information stored in the RAM 71 of the individual calling device 30 is corrected, and the corrected message information is RA
In the case of the F3 key, the message information stored in the RAM 71 of the individual calling device 30 can be stored in the RAM 45 of the device body 1 in the case of the F3 key, and in the case of the F4 key, the device can be stored. RA of body 1
The data stored in M45 can be selected and stored in the RAM 71 of the individual calling device 30, and the F5 key clears the RAM 71.

FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of the operation controlled by the control unit 67 of the individual calling device 30 of FIG. Step B1 is a reception process of receiving a radio signal from the base station, and the control unit 67 causes the receiving unit 62 and the demodulation circuit 63 to be intermittently driven via the decoder unit 64. Then, the decoder unit 64 detects that the call information received in the next step B2 is its own call information, and the control unit 6
7 is supplied with the ringing presence signal A, the next step B3
Then, the alarm unit 66 is driven to generate an alarm. Then, when it is determined in the next step B4 that the message information has been continuously sent, the message is stored in the RAM 71 in the next step B5.

Next, in step B6, the RAM 71 is
The message information stored in the device main body 1 is sent to the device main body 1 and the message information stored in the RAM 71 is sent to the device main body 1.
The program for batch display on the liquid crystal display unit 13 is sent to the control unit 41 of the apparatus main body 1 (note that the liquid crystal display section 13 of the apparatus main body 1 is a relatively large one that can collectively display message information).

When the above-mentioned program is sent, the control unit 41 of the apparatus main body 1 interrupts and temporarily stops the operation even when the other function is in use, and the message information stored in the RAM 71 is displayed. Liquid crystal display unit 1 of device body 1
Execute the process of displaying all at once.

After the steps B1 to B6 are completed,
Alternatively, if NO in steps B2 and B4, the process proceeds to step B7. In step B7, it is determined whether or not there is a program or data request from the apparatus main body 1 by inputting the above-mentioned F1 to F5 keys. If there is, the program or data is transmitted in the next step B8. The process is performed, and the process returns to step B1.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, since the extended application software of the apparatus main body 1 is stored in the portable small individual calling apparatus 30 having no power source, the apparatus main body 1 is also stored. Since it is operated with the power supply voltage from the device, it can be used as an individual calling device only when it is housed in the card mounting portion 6, and it can be connected to the device body 1 to use the keys and functions of the device body 1 for data It is possible to perform complicated control such as transfer of data, correction, etc.

In the above embodiment, an example in which an electronic notebook is used as the apparatus main body 1 has been described, but the invention is not limited to the electronic notebook, and an external storage medium such as a personal computer or a word processor may be used. I can.

FIG. 8 shows another example of the wireless reception device 30 inserted into the card mounting portion 6. The wireless reception device 30 has the same shape as the IC cards 20, 21, and 22 and is internally formed. A flat card portion 31a in which a circuit board (not shown) is stored, a dot matrix type display device 32 which is thicker than the card portion 31a and which displays information received therein, and an antenna (not shown) and the like The part 31b is integrally formed, and the side surface 30a of the card part 31a is electrically connected to the connector pin of the connector part inside the card mounting part 6 when the card part 31a is inserted into the card mounting part 6. A connector portion, which will be described later, having a large number of connector pins (not shown) for However, according to the configuration of FIG. 8, the antenna is provided outside the card mounting portion 6, so that the receiving sensitivity can be improved.

The extended application software of the individual calling device 30 can perform various functions in addition to the above-described function of displaying the received message and inputting the F1 to F5 keys. For example, various service information can be sent to the individual calling device. The service information received at 30 may be processed on the electronic notebook side, or a telephone may be used as the device body 1 so that the telephone number data received at the individual calling device 30 can be automatically dialed by the telephone. Good.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, an example was described in which the external storage medium was an individual calling device, but the external storage medium is not limited to the individual calling device as long as it is a device that receives information wirelessly.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention, the external storage medium used as the wireless receiving device does not require a power source, and in addition to the configuration for the wireless receiving function, the external storage medium is not required. Since it is only necessary to store the program data sent to the device body to which the medium is attached, it is possible to make the device compact without increasing the size, and it is extremely portable, and the external storage medium equipped with this wireless reception function is used as the device. By attaching it to the main body, it is possible to easily achieve multiple functions.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an apparatus main body 1 and an IC according to an embodiment of the present invention.
External view of cards 20, 21, 22 and individual calling device 30

FIG. 2 is a circuit configuration diagram of the apparatus main body 1 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a circuit configuration diagram of the IC card 20 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a circuit configuration diagram of an individual calling device 30 of FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the apparatus body 1 of FIG.

6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the individual calling device 30 of FIG.

7 is a diagram showing a display example on the liquid crystal display unit 13 of the apparatus main body 1 of FIG.

FIG. 8 is an external view showing another example of the individual calling device 30.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 device body 4 keyboard 6 Card mounting part 8 card keys 13 LCD display 20 IC card 30 Individual calling device 32 display 43 Connector 51 connector section 51 61 antenna 65 ID number storage 69 Connector part

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. One of a plurality of external storage mediums having the same shape and having an external storage medium storage portion, each storing different programs, can be stored in the external storage medium storage portion, and Is a wireless receiving device used in an information processing device that performs different data processing for each external storage medium that is stored by executing the program of FIG. 1, the wireless receiving device receiving a wireless signal. Receiving means for outputting a reception signal including at least call information and transmission information, determining means for determining whether or not the call information of the received signal output from the receiving means is call information addressed to itself, and this determining means. Sending means for sending the transfer information of the received signal to the information processing device when the call information addressed to itself is discriminated by the sending means, and the transfer sent by the sending means. A program data storage unit for storing a program sent to the information processing apparatus for processing the information in the information processing apparatus, and at least a part or the whole of which is stored in the external storage medium storage unit. A radio receiving apparatus used in an information processing apparatus, which further comprises a power supply voltage terminal for receiving a power supply voltage from the information processing apparatus. 2. The wireless reception device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless reception device is configured in the same shape as the external storage medium.