JPH08275217A - Portable radio equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To accurately transmit information content by specifying the content of received information with an information graphic of a graphic display means and a call reception display of a corresponding call reception display section so as to allow the user to understand the content of the received information intuitionally. CONSTITUTION: A liquid crystal display panel 4 is arranged in the middle of a front side of a radio equipment case 2, and plural event marks (information graphics) 5a-5e specifying the content of the specific information with a pattern are printed in color on the front side of the radio equipment case 2 under the liquid crystal display panel 4. Various kinds of information such as weekday, month and day and time indicated respectively by captions 41-43 is displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 4 in the reception standby state. When a reception section receives the information, the received information is displayed in place of the time indication under the control of a control section. In this case, when reception data corresponding to the even mark 5 are received by the reception section, the event mark 5 by the pattern and the call reception indication of the liquid crystal display panel 4 specify the content of the received information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wrist-mounted or card-type portable wireless device for displaying received information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a portable radio apparatus of this type, a pager for displaying a message on a liquid crystal panel in addition to a telephone number is known. In this pager, the content of the message is transmitted by displaying the message as it is on a liquid crystal panel in hiragana or katakana.

[0003]

However, in the conventional pager, since the liquid crystal panel is made as small as possible in order to facilitate portability, the display area is extremely small. Therefore, the number of characters that can be displayed on the liquid crystal panel is limited, only simple messages can be transmitted, and the types of information that can be transmitted are also limited. in this case,
Although it is possible to increase the number of pixels on the liquid crystal panel and increase the number of characters that can be displayed, the LCD panel becomes expensive and the displayed message becomes difficult to see, and as a result, even if an urgent message is displayed. , The contents may be transmitted by mistake.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and provides a portable radio apparatus capable of accurately transmitting received information having complicated contents without enlarging a portion for displaying the received information. The main purpose is to provide.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object,
The portable wireless device according to claim 1 corresponds to an incoming call display unit having an incoming call display unit for displaying an incoming call of specific received information, and an information figure which is a graphic representation of the specific received information for displaying the incoming call on the incoming call display unit. And a display control unit for displaying an incoming call on a corresponding incoming call display unit of the incoming call display unit when specific received information is received. And

A portable radio apparatus according to a second aspect is the portable radio apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein the specific reception information is plural, and the incoming call display means is plural corresponding to each of the reception information. And the figure display means has a plurality of information figures respectively corresponding to the plurality of call reception display sections.

A portable wireless device according to a third aspect is the portable wireless device according to the first or second aspect, wherein the information graphic is printed.

A portable radio apparatus according to claim 4 is the portable radio apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The display control unit causes the incoming call display unit of the incoming call display unit to display the time when the specific received information is not received, and to display the incoming call instead of the time when the specific received information is received. Characterize.

A portable radio device according to claim 5 is the portable radio device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The incoming call display means is constituted by a liquid crystal display.

A portable radio apparatus according to claim 6 is the portable radio apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The incoming call display of the incoming call display unit is a number having a surface spread.

A portable radio device according to a seventh aspect is the portable radio device according to the sixth aspect, wherein the numeral is 8.

[0012]

In the portable radio apparatus according to the first aspect, when the specific received information is received, the display control section displays the incoming call on the corresponding incoming call display section of the incoming call display means. On the other hand, in response to the incoming call display on the incoming call display unit, an information figure which is a graphic representation of the content of the received information is fixedly displayed.
The content of the specific received information is immediately specified, and the user can understand the content through the information graphic. In this case, since the information figure is a graphic representation of the specific received information, the content of the specific information can be intuitively understood, and the content of the received information can be accurately transmitted. In this case, as means for making the information graphic correspond to the incoming call display, for example, a mark as the incoming call display is displayed at a position corresponding to the information graphic, or the information graphic is numbered in advance,
Display the number as an incoming call display. On the other hand, in response to an incoming call display such as a mark or a number on the incoming call display section, an information figure which is a graphic representation of specific received information is also specified because the content itself of the received information is specified by the information figure. It is only necessary to indicate that the specific reception information has been received. As a result, when a liquid crystal panel or the like is used as the incoming call display means, the content of the received information can be accurately transmitted without increasing the size of the liquid crystal panel. On the contrary, when the liquid crystal panel is used only as the incoming call display means, the liquid crystal panel can be downsized, and the portable wireless device can be further downsized.

In the portable radio apparatus according to the second aspect, when any one of the plurality of pieces of specific reception information is received, the reception display section corresponding to the reception information displays the reception. In this case, the incoming call display on the incoming call display section immediately identifies the corresponding information graphic, and the information graphic enables the content of the specific received information to be understood. In this case, since the incoming call display section and the information figure correspond to a plurality of specific reception information separately and independently, even when a plurality of specific reception information are simultaneously received, all the specific reception information is received. Can be intuitively understood at a time and the contents of the received information can be accurately transmitted.

In the portable radio apparatus according to the third aspect, since the information graphic is printed, even a complicated graphic can be constructed at low cost, and the cost of parts for displaying the received information is reduced. It can be reduced significantly.

In the portable radio apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the display control section causes the incoming call display section of the incoming call display means to display the time when the specific received information is not received, and displays the specific received information. When received, the incoming call is displayed instead of the time. That is, the incoming call display means can be used as both displays, and the incoming call display means can be effectively utilized.

In the portable wireless device according to the fifth aspect, since the incoming call display is displayed by the liquid crystal display, the current for the incoming call display can be extremely reduced. As a result, the portable wireless device can be continuously operated for a long time. Can be activated. Further, since the display content is only an incoming call display, even a display having a small number of pixels can be used.

In the portable radio apparatus according to the sixth aspect, since the incoming call display on the incoming call display section has a planar spread, the incoming call display is easy to see. Further, when the information is displayed at a position corresponding to the information figure, the user can be surely recognized that the received information is received. Furthermore, if the combination of numbers and information graphics is given meaning, the amount of information can be increased.

In the portable radio apparatus according to the seventh aspect, the incoming call is displayed by numeral 8. In this case, the numeral 8 has the largest display area among the numerals, and is thus the easiest to see. Further, since it is symmetrical, it is easy to positionally correspond to the information figure. Furthermore, for example, in the case of displaying 7 segments, since there are the most lit parts, it is possible to surely recognize the incoming call display.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A portable radio apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a portable wireless device 1 which is a so-called pager, and the portable wireless device 1 is used for communication in a specific small premises such as a pachinko parlor, a hospital, and a theater. The portable wireless device 1 has a predetermined ID number and receives various data in the transmission data when its own ID number is transmitted by the POCSAG communication method. Specifically, the portable wireless device 1 is
Intermittent reception is always performed, and when a preamble signal is transmitted from the transmitting device 21 (see FIG. 3) side, this is detected and switching to continuous reception is performed. After that, the portable wireless device 1 receives a predetermined block signal (hereinafter, the received block signal is referred to as “reception data”) among the plurality of block signals transmitted after the transmission of the preamble signal is completed. The received data includes the ID number of the portable wireless device to be called and various information data (reception information), and the portable wireless device 1 transmits the transmitted ID.
Compare the number with your own ID number, and if they match,
The various information data is received and the received various information data is stored in the RAM 15 (see FIG. 3). After that, the portable wireless device 1 notifies that the reception information based on various information data has been received. In the present embodiment, an example in which the portable wireless device 1 is used in a pachinko parlor will be described.

The portable radio device 1 includes a radio case 2 and
A band 3 for mounting the wireless device case 2 on the wrist. This portable wireless device 1 is carried by a clerk at a pachinko parlor.

A liquid crystal panel (incoming call display section, incoming call display means) 4 is disposed in the center of the surface of the radio case 2, and specific information is provided on the surface of the radio case 4 below the liquid crystal panel 4. A plurality of event marks (information graphics) 5a to 5e whose contents are specified by patterns are printed in color (these form graphic display means, and hereinafter, unless otherwise distinguished, they are collectively referred to as "event mark 5". ")). Further, below the event mark 5, an operation switch 6 for switching the display of the liquid crystal panel 4 and an operation switch 7 for stopping the operation of the built-in piezoelectric buzzer are respectively arranged.

The event mark 5 simply displays the contents of matters that are frequently contacted in the pachinko parlor business. Specifically, the event marks 5a to 5e are "currently big hit", "out of order", "the clerk call button is pressed", "please stop", and "call clerk from office". Represents the contents of each.

The liquid crystal panel 4 has a symbol 4 when waiting for reception.
Various information is displayed, including the day of the week, month and day, and time indicated by 1, 42 and 43, respectively. On the other hand, when the information is received by the receiver 12 (see FIG. 3), under the control of the controller 13 (display controller, see FIG. 3),
Instead of the time display, the reception information shown in FIG. 2 is displayed. Specifically, in the figure, reference numeral 44 indicates the number of received information, reference numeral 45 indicates the island number of the pachinko machine, and reference numeral 46 indicates the machine number of the pachinko machine. Also, reference numeral 47
The numeral 8 indicated by a and 47b indicates that the information corresponding to the lower event mark 5 on which the numeral is displayed has arrived. In this case, the liquid crystal panel 4 displays the reception information 1 indicating that the pachinko machine with the island number 3 and the machine number 71 is out of order. Also, if the operation switch 6 is pressed, the reception information 1
The content of the reception information 2 is displayed instead of the display of.

In this case, the number 8 is displayed as
The reason is as follows. That is, reference numerals 47a and 47b
The part (1) needs to be composed of 7-segment pixels for displaying the time during reception standby, and is also used for displaying the incoming call of the received information. Therefore, the incoming call display is made easy to see by displaying the numeral 8 having the largest display area and the most lit part. At the same time,
This is because the numeral 8 is bilaterally symmetric, and as a result, the positional relationship with the event mark 5 can be made clearer, and as a result, the user can be surely recognized that the received information has been received. It should be noted that by using other numbers, if the combination of the numbers and the event mark 5 has a meaning, the amount of information can be further increased.

Next, an electric circuit of the portable radio apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

The portable radio device 1 includes a slot antenna 1
1, receiving unit 12, control unit 13, ROM 14, RAM 15
And the liquid crystal panel 4 described above.

The receiving unit 12 is an FM receiver that receives a single conversion frequency of 430 MHz band, demodulates a radio signal incident through the antenna 11 by intermittent reception, and demodulates the received data into the control unit 13. Output to. The receiving unit 12 may be configured by the double conversion method or the direct conversion method.

The control unit 13 is composed of a one-chip microcomputer and executes a time display process, a reception process, an information display process, etc., which will be described later.

The ROM 14 stores an operation program of the control unit 13, an ID number predetermined for each portable radio apparatus 1, a specific reception data table, and the like. The specific reception data table is composed of a plurality of pieces of specific reception data (specific reception information) associated with the event marks 5a to 5e in advance, and address data corresponding to the plurality of pieces of specific reception data. Specifically, the specific reception data is composed of five sets of binary codes respectively corresponding to the event marks 5a to 5e described above. Also,
The address data is composed of 5 sets of 2 indicating the address of the display portion (for example, the portion where the numeral 8 shown by the reference numeral 47a is displayed) at the positions corresponding to the event marks 5a to 5e among the pixels of the liquid crystal panel 4. It is composed of a base code.

The RAM 13 stores the received data transferred by the controller 13.

Reference numeral 21 shown in the figure is a transmitting device for transmitting information to the portable wireless device 1 and is arranged in the office of a pachinko parlor. The transmission device 21 includes the operation unit 2
2, the transmitter 23 and the antenna 24 are provided. The operation unit 22 includes operation buttons 25a to 25e (hereinafter, collectively referred to as “operation button 25” unless otherwise specified) corresponding to the event marks 5a to 5e, an ID number, an island number, a pachinko machine, and the like. A numeric keypad 26 for designating is provided. The operation unit 22 outputs transmission data corresponding to the operated operation button 25 or the ten-key pad 26 to the transmission unit 23. The transmitter 23 has a transmission frequency of 430.
An FM transmitter with a transmission power of 10 mW in the MHz band,
The wireless signal modulated by the input transmission data is transmitted to the portable wireless device 1 via the antenna 24.

Next, regarding the operation of the portable radio apparatus 1,
The above-mentioned time processing, reception processing, and display control processing will be mainly described.

First, the time display processing will be described.
The control unit 13 constantly executes this process, counts the time by dividing the reference clock oscillated by a crystal oscillation circuit (not shown), and displays the time on the liquid crystal panel 4 via the dedicated line 16. Output display data. In the liquid crystal panel 4, predetermined pixels are driven based on the input time display data, and the time shown in FIG. 1 is displayed.

Next, the reception process and the display control process will be described. For example, on the transmitting device 21 side, the operation button 2
When 5b and 25c are pressed and the numeric keypad 26 is used to specify an ID number, an island number and a platform number, a wireless signal modulated by these transmission data is transmitted from the transmission unit 23. On the other hand, when the receiving unit 12 of the portable wireless device 1 receives the wireless signal, it demodulates the received data into the control unit 13.
Output to. When the reception data is input, the control unit 13 starts the reception process. In this process, the control unit 13
Compares the ID number of the received data with the ID number stored in the ROM 14, and if they match, reads the information data of the received data, and
It is transferred to the RAM 15 via the bus line 17 and stored therein.

Next, the control unit 13 starts the display control process. In this processing, the control unit 13 controls the information data and R
The specific reception data in the specific reception data table of the OM 14 is compared, and the address data stored together with the matching specific reception data are read out. After that, the control unit 13
Outputs the information display data instead of the time data to the liquid crystal panel 4 to display the number of information, the island number, and the unit number, and the event marks 5b and 5c.
The position associated with (in this example, reference numerals 47a, 47a
The numeral 8 is displayed in the pixel portion at the position of the numeral 8 indicated by b). FIG. 2 shows the state at this time. Also,
When the information data that matches the specific reception data is received, the control unit 13 executes the display control process and activates the vibrator or the piezoelectric buzzer (not shown). As a result, the clerk carrying the portable wireless device 1 can know that he / she has been called, and the event mark 5 and the incoming call display on the liquid crystal panel 4 cause the predetermined pachinko machine to break down. Intuitively understand that the store clerk call button is pressed on a given pachinko machine,
You can take prescribed actions immediately.

By operating the operation switch 7, the operation of the vibrator and the piezoelectric buzzer is stopped. When a plurality of pieces of information are transmitted, the push button switch 6 is operated to switch the content of the information displayed on the liquid crystal panel 4.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the reception data corresponding to the event mark 5 is received by the receiving section 12, the event mark 5 by the pattern and the incoming display of the liquid crystal panel 4 are received. Since the content of the received information is specified, even if the received information is complicated, it can be intuitively understood, and as a result, the information content can be accurately transmitted.

Further, by using the plurality of event marks 5 and the plurality of incoming call displays, it is possible to simultaneously intuitively understand a plurality of received data and accurately transmit the content of the received information.

Furthermore, since the event mark 5 for specifying the content of the received data is formed by printing and the liquid crystal panel 4 also serves as the time display and the incoming call display, the liquid crystal panel 4 can be effectively used. it can. Conversely, when the liquid crystal panel 4 is exclusively used for displaying the received information, the liquid crystal panel 4
Since the number of pixels can be reduced, the cost of parts can be reduced and the portable wireless device 1 can be downsized. In addition, since the incoming call is displayed by the liquid crystal panel 4, the current consumption is low, and the portable wireless device can be operated for a long time.

In the present embodiment, an example in which the portable wireless device 1 is used in a pachinko parlor was explained, but the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to other uses in other premises. For example, FIGS. 4-7 show event mark 5 when used in hospitals, theaters, group travel destinations, and zoos, respectively.
Shows an example of. In these cases, by specifying the content of the received information in advance by the pattern, the person who receives by the portable wireless device 1 can intuitively understand the received content and immediately act.

Further, in the present embodiment, the numeral 8 of the incoming call display is displayed at the position corresponding to the event mark 5,
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of event marks 5a to 5e may be given different numbers in advance, and the event marks 5a to 5e may be specified by displaying the numbers as an incoming call. Good.

The position where the event mark 5 is printed is not limited to the position shown in this embodiment, and the event mark 5 and the liquid crystal panel may be separated from each other. In this case,
It is preferable to clarify beforehand the correspondence between the event mark 5 and the incoming call display portion of the liquid crystal panel 4 by printing or the like. Furthermore, the event mark 5 may be configured by engraving, sticker, or the like instead of printing. Further, the event mark 5 may be displayed on the liquid crystal panel 4, and the pixel of the liquid crystal panel 4 below the event mark 5 may be blinked.

Further, the liquid crystal panel 4 may illuminate the incoming call display with flicker. In this case, the relationship between the event mark 5 and the incoming call display can be made clearer. Further, instead of the liquid crystal panel 4, a 7-segment LED may be used, and the liquid crystal display panel 4 may be a dot display. Further, the incoming call display is not limited to the numeral 8 in the present embodiment, other numbers may be used, and any display including a special shape by dot display may be used.

[0045]

As described above, in the portable radio apparatus according to the present invention, the content of the received information is specified by the information graphic on the graphic display means and the incoming call display on the incoming call display section corresponding thereto. , The contents of the received information can be intuitively understood and the information contents can be accurately transmitted. Further, since the content itself of the received information is specified by the information figure, the incoming call display unit only needs to display the fact that the received information has been received, and can have a simple configuration. Moreover, if the information graphic is formed by printing, the cost of parts for displaying the received information can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of the portable wireless device according to the present embodiment when it is not receiving information.

FIG. 2 is a front view when the portable wireless device according to the present embodiment receives information.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a portable wireless device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing event marks when the portable wireless device according to the present invention is used for another purpose.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing event marks when the portable wireless device according to the present invention is used for another purpose.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing event marks when the portable wireless device according to the present invention is used for another purpose.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing event marks when the portable wireless device according to the present invention is used for another purpose.

[Explanation of reference symbols] 1 portable radio device 4 liquid crystal panel 5 event mark 13 control unit

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An incoming call display unit having an incoming call display unit for displaying an incoming call of specific received information, and an information figure which is a graphic representation of the specific received information is fixedly provided corresponding to the incoming call display of the incoming call display unit. It is provided with a graphic display means to be displayed and a display control section for making an incoming call display on a corresponding incoming call display section of the incoming call display means when the specific reception information is received. Portable wireless device. 2. The specific reception information is plural, the incoming call display means has a plurality of incoming call display portions corresponding to the respective plurality of received information, and the graphic display means,
2. The portable wireless device according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of information graphics corresponding to the plurality of incoming call display portions. 3. The portable wireless device according to claim 1, wherein the information graphic is printed. 4. The display control unit causes the incoming call display unit of the incoming call display unit to display time when the specific reception information is not received, and when the specific reception information is received, 4. The portable wireless device according to claim 1, wherein the incoming call is displayed instead of the time. 5. The portable wireless device according to claim 1, wherein the incoming call display means is a liquid crystal display. 6. The portable wireless device according to claim 1, wherein the incoming call display of the incoming call display unit is a number having a planar spread. 7. The portable wireless device according to claim 6, wherein the number is eight.