JPH0661920A - Radio selective call receiver with display - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm the presence or absence of a received massage without carrying out any switch operation. CONSTITUTION:A schedule control part 8 outputs a control signal to a CPU 6 with operation of a schedule function when the previously set time for alam reporting comes. The CPU 6 receives the control signal form the part 8 and checks whether an unread message is stored in an EEPROM 7 or not. If so, the prescribed schedule alarm frequency or a prescribed pattern is changed and the presence of an unread message is reported by means of at least one of a liquid crystal display 12, an LED 14, a speaker 16 and a vibrator 18.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio selective call receiver with a display, and more particularly, to a method of notifying whether or not there is a received message using a schedule alarm.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a radio selective calling receiver with a display (hereinafter referred to as a receiver with a display), a message from a transmitting side is stored in a memory so that the message can be read and referred to even when the message is not received. Has become.

As a function for notifying that there is a message content (hereinafter referred to as an unread message) that has not been read in the memory, there is a function of notifying by a sound when a switch is operated and an unread message. There is a function of displaying a solid line below the stored memory number display to notify.

In such a conventional receiver with a display, when there is an unread message in the memory, it is necessary to display and confirm the message contents by a switch operation, so that the confirmation operation of the unread message is troublesome. There is a problem.

Further, when a receiver with a display is used in a crowd of people, a reception mode is often used in a silent mode in which only a light emitting diode (LED) blinks, and it is not noticed that there is a reception. There are also many. for that reason,
It is necessary to periodically display the received message for confirmation, and if this confirmation is forgotten, the unread message remains unread for a long time.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned problems of the conventional one, and a radio selective reading receiver with a display capable of confirming the presence or absence of a received message without operating a switch. For the purpose of providing.

[0007]

A radio selective reading receiver with display according to the present invention has a storage means for storing a message sent to itself, and a radio selection with display for displaying contents of the storage means. A call receiver, an informing means for informing an alarm at a preset time, an identifying means for identifying the presence or absence of an unread message based on the contents of the storing means at the preset time, And a control means for controlling the notification means so as to notify with a notification pattern different from the alarm when the identification means identifies the unread message.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a radio signal received by an antenna 1 is amplified by a radio section 2 and then demodulated. The signal demodulated by the radio unit 2 is converted into a waveform readable by the decoder 4 by the waveform shaping circuit 3.

The decoder 4 takes in the signal converted into a waveform readable by the waveform shaping circuit 3 in synchronization with the reference clock generated by the crystal unit 5, and EEP
It collates with the address number of its own device stored in the ROM 7 in advance. When the address number of the fetched signal matches the address number of its own device, the decoder 4 fetches the subsequent message signal.

When the CPU 6 knows that the received signal is taken in by the decoder 4, the liquid crystal display (LC
D) The drive circuit 11, the light emitting diode (LED) drive circuit 13, the speaker (SP) drive circuit 15, and the vibrator (VIB) drive circuit 17 are controlled to be activated.

The liquid crystal display drive circuit 11 is a CPU 6
When the startup is controlled by the liquid crystal display (LC
D) Display the message on 12. When the light emitting diode drive circuit 13 is activated and controlled by the CPU 6, the light emitting diode (LED) 14 blinks. When the speaker drive circuit 15 is activated and controlled by the CPU 6, the speaker (SP) 16 is caused to ring. Vibrator drive circuit 17
When activated by the CPU 6, the vibrator vibrates the vibrator (VIB) 18.

That is, the CPU 6 is the liquid crystal display 1
2 message display, light emitting diode 14 blinking,
At least one of the sound of the speaker 16 and the vibration of the vibrator 18 is controlled to perform a calling operation associated with signal reception.

The keyboard 10 can be operated with a calculation function, an address function, a schedule function, etc. When the schedule function is operated, the schedule information input by the operation is passed through the schedule control unit 8. It is stored in the schedule memory 9.

When the preset alarm notification time is reached by the operation of the schedule function, a control signal is input to the CPU 6 from the schedule control section 8. CPU
6 receives the control signal from the schedule control unit 8,
It is discriminated whether or not the EEPROM 7 has a message content which has never been read (hereinafter referred to as an unread message).

The presence / absence of an unread message is identified by the CPU 6 as follows. First, when a radio signal is received via the antenna 1, the calling operation described above is performed. At this time, when the operator operates the switch on the keyboard 10 in response to the calling operation, the message content stored in the EEPROM 7 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 12, so that the message content is read out. To be judged.

On the other hand, even if the above-mentioned calling operation is performed, if the operator does not perform the switch operation on the keyboard 10 in response to the calling operation, it is determined that the content of the message has not been read out. The message is stored in the EEPROM 7 corresponding to the contents of the message. Therefore, the CPU 6 can identify the presence or absence of the unread message by checking the information stored in the EEPROM 7.

When the CPU 6 identifies that there is an unread message, it changes the preset frequency or pattern of the schedule alarm, and the liquid crystal display 12
, Light emitting diode 14, speaker 16 and vibrator 1
At least one of 8 and 8 is used to notify that there is an unread message.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a notification pattern according to the present invention. In the figure, the first notification pattern shows a normal schedule alarm pattern, and the second notification pattern shows a pattern for notifying that there is an unread message.

The first notification pattern and the second notification pattern are used as a blinking pattern in the light emitting diode 14, a sounding pattern in the speaker 16 and a vibration pattern in the vibrator 18.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of one embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, when the schedule is input from the keyboard 10 and the alarm time is set, the schedule information including the alarm time is stored in the schedule memory 9 through the schedule control unit 8 (step 20 in FIG. 3).

The schedule control unit 8 detects whether or not the current time is the preset alarm notification time (step 21 in FIG. 3) and outputs a control signal to the CPU 6 at the alarm notification time. When the CPU 6 receives the control signal from the schedule controller 8, the CPU 6 identifies whether or not there is an unread message in the EEPROM 7 (step 22 in FIG. 3).

When the CPU 6 discriminates that there is no unread message in the EEPROM 7, the CPU 6 outputs the first notification pattern to the speaker driving circuit 15 (or the light emitting diode driving circuit 1).
3 or the vibrator driving circuit 17) (step 23 in FIG. 3), and the speaker 16 (or the light emitting diode 1).
4 or the vibrator 18) notifies that the alarm notification time has come according to the first notification pattern (step 25 in FIG. 3).

On the other hand, when the CPU 6 identifies that there is an unread message in the EEPROM 7, it gives the second notification pattern to the speaker drive circuit 15 (or the light emitting diode drive circuit 13 or the vibrator drive circuit 17) (step 24 in FIG. 3), The speaker 16 (or the light emitting diode 14 or the vibrator 18) notifies that there is an unread message in the second notification pattern (step 25 in FIG. 3).

As described above, when there is an unread message at the alarm time set by the schedule function, the unread message has a pattern (second notification pattern) different from the normal alarm notification time pattern (first notification pattern). By notifying that there is a message, it is possible to confirm whether or not there is a reception without performing a switch operation.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the blinking pattern by the light emitting diode 14, the sounding pattern by the speaker 16, and the vibration pattern by the vibrator 18 are different from the normal alarm notification time pattern, so that the unread operation is not performed. Although it is informed that there is a message, the light amount of the light emitting diode 14, the volume of the speaker 16,
The vibration may be notified by changing the strength of vibration of the vibrator 18, and the present invention is not limited to this.

[0028]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is discriminated whether or not there is an unread message among the messages sent to itself at a preset time, and the unread message is identified. When the presence of a received message is identified, it is possible to confirm the presence or absence of a received message without performing a switch operation by controlling the notification pattern to be different from the alarm at the preset time. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a notification pattern according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 CPU 7 EEPROM 8 Schedule control unit 9 Schedule memory 10 Keyboard 11 Liquid crystal display drive circuit 12 Liquid crystal display 13 Light emitting diode drive circuit 14 Light emitting diode 15 Speaker drive circuit 16 Speaker 17 Vibrator drive circuit 18 Vibrator

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A radio selective call receiver with a display, which has storage means for storing a message sent to itself and display means for displaying the contents of the storage means, the preset time being set. An alarm means for notifying an alarm, an identifying means for identifying the presence or absence of an unread message based on the contents of the storing means at the preset time, and an identifying means for identifying an unread message. A radio selective calling receiver with a display provided with a control means for controlling the notifying means so as to give a notification pattern different from that of the alarm. 2. The radio selective call receiver with a display according to claim 1, wherein said notifying means comprises means for appealing to the hearing. 3. The radio selective call receiver with a display according to claim 1, wherein said notifying means comprises a means for appealing to the sense of touch.