JPH08294152A - Receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To improve the incoming message display during the use of other mode than the incoming call standby mode in a multi-function pager. CONSTITUTION: When a data input is made through the selection of a schedule function mode in other mode than the incoming call standby mode in the incoming call processing and a control section 26 detects an incoming call, the schedule input display state is not forcibly switched to the incoming call message display, the display content of icon data stored in a ROM 27 depending on the type of the call reception data is flickered to a part of display position in a display section 29 to inform a user of the arrival of call reception, and when a reset key is depressed, the flickering display of the icon data is stopped to display the content of the incoming call data onto a prescribed window frame and when the reset key is not depressed, display is controlled such that the flickering display of icons is shifted to the lighting display.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display control means of a receiver represented by a multi-function paging receiver.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, pagers are cheaper to use than car phones and mobile phones, so not only companies have them for phone calls from outside offices but also friends who are out and about. The number of cases where it is used as an easy communication tool with is rapidly increasing. As a conventional access method to a pager, there is a telephone for an individual, a company, and an operation service company, a personal computer input, an information processing company, etc. for an individual information provider.

The information created by these access means is sent to the pager service company via the public line network, and the pager service company creates and sends the send information for each page number of the pager owned by the individual or the company. It The pager includes an NP (Numeric Pager) type capable of receiving numerical information and an IP (Information Pager) type capable of receiving character information.

Recently, the paging function, such as a schedule management function, a memo function, a calculator function, etc., has been used in addition to a call notification function to the self by utilizing the excellent portability of a pager and a message display function accompanying this. Multi-function type with additional unrelated functions is becoming popular.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional multifunctional pager, the receiving section is in the intermittent reception state even if the user uses each mode other than the incoming call waiting mode. In some cases, for example, the individual call signal is received during the input operation in the schedule mode or the like.

In such a case, in the conventional pager, the display in each of these modes or the input operation is compulsorily switched to display the message accompanying the individual call incoming. Although it is possible to check the message in the above, on the contrary, since it was forcibly switched to the message display, the input operation in each mode was reset, and it was redone after checking the message, which is a multifunctional type but inconvenient point. was there.

Further, even if a new incoming call is received while confirming the incoming message, the display is forcibly switched to the new incoming message in the same manner as described above. However, there is a drawback that the displayed contents are switched to the newly received message. It is an object of the present invention to improve the display of incoming messages when using other modes besides waiting for incoming calls in a multifunctional pager.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
Input means for inputting data, display means for displaying the input data, receiving means for receiving a radio signal,
When data is input, the display content of the display means is switched by the first control signal input from the input means, and when a wireless signal is received by the receiving means, the wireless signal is received by a part of the display means. And a display control means for displaying the content for informing.

Further, in this case, as described in claim 2, the display control means uses the second control signal input from the input means to display the display content by the received radio signal on the display means. May be displayed on the screen.

Further, as described in claim 3, the display control means stores the means for detecting the type of the wireless signal and the content for notifying the reception according to the type of the wireless signal. The display unit may display the content for notifying reception according to the type of wireless signal.

Furthermore, as described in claim 4,
The content for notifying the reception is illustration data that specifies the type of wireless signal, and it is effective that the display control unit displays the illustration data on the display unit according to the type of the wireless signal.

[0012]

According to the invention described in claim 1, in the receiving device, the display control means switches the display contents of the display means by the first control signal inputted from the input means at the time of data input, and When the wireless signal is received, the content for notifying the reception of the wireless signal is displayed on a part of the display means.

Therefore, it is possible to avoid invalidating the data being input or the data being displayed in a mode other than the incoming call waiting mode by receiving the call signal, and it is possible to improve operability.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the display control means causes the display means to display the display content by the received radio signal by the second control signal input from the input means. The contents of incoming data received during the other mode can be reliably transmitted.

According to the third and fourth aspects of the present invention, the display control means detects the type of the radio signal,
The storage unit stores content for notifying the reception according to the type of the radio signal, displays the content for notifying the reception on the display unit according to the type of the radio signal, and further includes content for notifying the reception. Is the illustration data for specifying the type of the wireless signal, and the display control means displays the illustration data on the display means according to the type of the wireless signal, so that the receiver can perform the input operation in each mode. When a message arrives at, it is possible to immediately determine whether or not the message requires immediate confirmation, and appropriately deal with it, so that the sender's intention can be surely transmitted.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12 are views showing an embodiment of a multifunctional pager to which the present invention is applied. First, the configuration will be described. FIG. 1 shows a pager 1 of this embodiment.
1A is a front view and FIG. 1B is a right side view.

The pager 1 is composed of a case body 2 and a lid portion 3, and FIGS. 1A and 1B both show the lid portion 3.
Shows the opened state. That is, the lid 3 is provided rotatably by a support shaft (not shown), and the liquid crystal display panel 4 is provided on the inner surface side of the lid 3. The liquid crystal panel 4 is, for example, 119 dots wide ×
31 dots vertically and 5 dots horizontally x 7 dots vertically 20 characters horizontally
It is a dot-matrix type that can display a total of 80 characters (character x 4 characters), and is turned on when necessary.
It is provided with a backlight composed of (Electroluminescence). Further, 4a in the drawing indicates a set position of an icon display frame for displaying icon data which is illustration data according to the type of incoming call data which will be described later.

The "menu" key, "function" key, "alphanumeric" key, and "symbol" are provided on the inner surface of the case body 2 which is in contact with the liquid crystal panel 4 with the lid 3 closed. Key, "pause" key, "blank" key, "delete" key,
Function key 5, "0" to "9" key, "*" key and "#", which are composed of "insert" key, "registration" key, "search" key and up / down / left / right cursor keys
Numerical keys 6 composed of keys and dial transmission keys 7 are provided, and these are protected when the lid 3 is closed when carrying the device.

In addition to the numbers, the numerical keys 6 can also be used in combination with the function keys 5 to input kana characters and alphabets. The numeric keys 6 are stored in correspondence with telephone numbers and names and selected as required. It also has a telephone number bank function to be displayed dynamically and a calculator function to perform a numerical calculation using the numerical keys 6 and the function keys 5.

Further, a dial transmission key 7 for instructing transmission is provided so that it can be operated even when the lid portion 3 is closed, and an LED 8 for indicating a calling state or the like by blinking is arranged near the dial transmission key 7. ing. Furthermore, the case body 2
On the right side surface, a speaker 9 that also serves as an output unit for dial tone signals and an IR transmitting / receiving unit 10 are provided. The IR transmitting / receiving unit 10 is for transmitting / receiving data to / from another similar pager 1 or other electronic device having an infrared communication function by an infrared signal,
An infrared ray receiving section including a phototransistor and the like and an infrared ray emitting section including an LED lamp and the like are provided inside.

On the left side surface of the case body 2 (not shown), there are provided a power switch for turning on / off the power of the pager 1, a reset key for stopping the notification of the calling state, and the like. Next, a block configuration of circuits provided in the case body 2 and the lid 3 will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 2, the pager 1 includes an antenna 21, a receiver 22, a decoder 23, and an ID-ROM 2.
4, key input unit 25, control unit 26, ROM 27, RAM
28, a display unit 29, a speaker 30, an LED 31, and a vibrator 32.

The antenna 21 receives an individual call signal wirelessly transmitted from a transmission base station (not shown), and the receiving section 22.
Output to. The receiving unit 22 is controlled by the intermittent signal input from the decoder unit 23, intermittently receives the individual calling signal input from the antenna 21, demodulates the received signal, and then outputs the received signal to the decoder unit 23.

The decoder unit 23 compares the individual calling signal demodulated by the receiving unit 22 with the address data stored in the ID-ROM 24, and if they match, the message data received after the individual calling signal is matched. Output to the control unit 27.

The ID-ROM 24 stores data such as frames and addresses assigned to the pager 1 for receiving normal message data and service information, and data set individually, and is stored under the control unit of the decoder unit 23. The data such as the existing frame and address is decoded by the decoder unit 23.
Output to.

The key input section 25 is composed of the function key 5, the numeric key 6 and the dial transmission key 7, and outputs the signals associated with the respective operations to the control section 27. The control unit 26 is a CPU (Central Processing Unit).
), A decoder unit 2 based on various control programs stored in the ROM 27 and configured by an input register for holding input operations in the timer and the key input unit 25.
The message data input from the controller 3 is stored in the input register, and each circuit unit in the pager 1 is controlled according to the control signal input from the input unit 25.

In the receiving process described later, the control unit 26 selects a predetermined mode other than the incoming call waiting mode, for example, a schedule management function mode for registering and managing the schedule of the user of the pager 1 to select a predetermined mode. When an incoming call is detected while data is being input by key operation, the schedule input display state is not compulsorily switched to the incoming call message display, and the ROM 27 is selected according to the type of function data or the like included in the incoming call data.
The display content of the icon data stored in is displayed in a blinking manner at a part of the display position in the display unit 29 to notify the arrival of this data. When the reset key is pressed, the data being processed is temporarily displayed. Store in RAM 28, stop blinking display of icon data, open a window, display the contents of incoming data in a predetermined window frame, and if the reset key is not pressed, shift blinking display of icon to lighting display Then, display control is performed such as instructing unconfirmation of incoming data.

When the control unit 26 detects the bank code data for identifying the sender when identifying the type of the incoming data, it reads the icon data indicating the type of the incoming data from the ROM 27 and sends the icon data. TEL in the RAM 28 for portrait icon data that identifies the person
Display control is performed by reading from the bank memory and displaying on the display unit 29.

A ROM (Read Only Memory) 27 stores an incoming call processing program and various control programs executed by the control unit 26, and also stores an icon data table shown in FIG. 3, in which tone only and normal messages are stored. Etc., the display contents of the icon data corresponding to the type of incoming message data are set.
A RAM (Random Access Memory) 28 forms a memory area for temporarily storing the data being processed by the control unit 26 at the time of incoming call processing, a message memory area for storing the incoming data at the time of calling, and
The TEL bank memory shown in FIG. 4 is stored, and the portrait code icon for identifying the sender is set in association with the bank code, telephone number, name, and illustration data.

The display unit 29 is constituted by the liquid crystal display panel 4 and displays various input data input from the key input unit 25 according to the selected mode, and the display control performed by the control unit 26 during the incoming call processing. Thus, the icon data indicating the type of incoming call data is blinked and lit at a predetermined display position, and the contents of the incoming call data are displayed in the window frame at the predetermined display position.

The speaker 30 is controlled by the control unit 26 and generates a dial tone based on the DTMF signal obtained by converting the input transmission message, and also a predetermined ring tone for notifying an incoming call. The vibrator 31 includes the control unit 2
It is controlled by 6 and generates a vibration for notifying an incoming call. L
The ED 32 is controlled by the control unit 26 and performs a blinking display for notifying an incoming call.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The incoming call processing executed by the pager 1 of this embodiment will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG. The pager 1 is turned on by a power switch on the main body (step S1), and for example, the function key 5 shown in FIG.
When the schedule management mode is selected as shown in FIG. 6 by operating the “menu” key and the cursor key, and the data input and the data display are controlled by a predetermined key operation, the decoder unit is operated at the same time. The presence / absence of a call detection signal input from 23 is checked (step S2).
When the call detection signal is input, the incoming data is fetched (step S3), and it is determined whether or not the pager 1 is currently in the incoming call waiting mode (step S3).
4).

When the schedule management mode is used instead of the incoming call standby mode, the content of the incoming data is analyzed by reading the function data included in the incoming data, and the icon data corresponding to the content is analyzed in the ROM 27.
The icon data display contents stored in the icon data table therein are selected and read (step S5), and a timer for setting the time to wait for pressing the reset key is started (step S6).

Then, as shown in FIG. 7, the display contents of the read icon data are set by setting the icon display frame 4a at the display position at the upper right of the liquid crystal display panel 4 and blinking the display, so that the incoming call is received. Is notified (step S7). In the icon display example of FIG. 7, it is displayed that the type of incoming data is a normal message.

Then, the detection of the pressing of the reset key is waited (step S8), and when the reset key is pressed, the timer is reset, and the data input so far in this schedule management mode is temporarily stored in a predetermined memory area of the RAM 28. Then, the blinking display of the icon is erased, the content based on the incoming data is displayed in the window frame 4b as shown in FIG. 8 (step S9), and this processing is ended.

If the pressing of the reset key is not detected in step S8, the timer is timed up (step S10). At the time of waiting for the time up, the icon blinking display is continued to confirm the time up. The blinking display of the icon is changed to a lighting display (step S11), an unconfirmed flag is set at the address of the message memory area where the received data is stored, and the icon display, which is illustration data corresponding to the received content, is continued. Then, this processing is finished.

If no incoming call detection signal is input from the decoder section 23 in step S2, operation control of each mode is performed based on various key input operations from the key input section 25 (step S12), and call detection is performed. Return to signal input check.

If the current mode is only the incoming call waiting mode in step S4, a timer for setting the waiting time for pressing the reset key is started (step S13), and the arrival of the incoming call from the speaker 30 is started. Ring tone, vibration by vibrator 31, or LE
Notification is made by blinking display of D32 (step S14).
Then, the detection of pressing the reset key is awaited (step S1
5) When the reset key is pressed, the timer is reset, the content based on the incoming data is displayed in the full display area of the liquid crystal display panel 4 (step S16), and this processing ends. If the reset key is not pressed in step S15, the timer is timed out (step S17), the above-mentioned incoming call notification operation is continued, and when the time-up is confirmed, the received data is stored in the message memory area. The unconfirmed flag is set at the address No., the incoming call notification operation is stopped, the operation returns to the incoming call waiting mode (step S18), and this processing is ended.

The icon display content shown in FIG. 9 differs depending on the type of function data or the like included in the incoming data. For example, when an emergency call is made and a bank code for identifying the sender is received, As shown in FIG. 9, in the icon display frame 4a, an icon for displaying an emergency call and a portrait icon of the sender are displayed.

Further, it is also possible to superimpose the incoming call data stored in the memory without being confirmed in the past on the icon display, and in such a case, as shown in FIG. 10, a plurality of icon display frames 4a are displayed. It can be set repeatedly.

Furthermore, when a new incoming call is detected while the display content based on the incoming call data shown in FIG. 8 is being displayed in the window display frame 4b, as shown in FIG. It is also possible to set the icon display frame 4a on and display the new incoming call by blinking the icon data based on the incoming call data type.

Then, in the display state of FIG.
If it is detected that the reset key has been pressed,
As shown in FIG. 2, a new window display frame 4c can be set on the window display frame 4b to display the display content based on the newly received incoming call data.

As described above, in the incoming call processing by the multi-function pager 1 of this embodiment, when an incoming call is detected in any mode other than the incoming call standby mode, the display state of that mode is forcibly switched. Instead, the icon display frame is set to blink the icon data based on the type of incoming data to notify the incoming call, and the window display frame is set by detecting that the reset key is pressed while the icon is blinking. Since the display content based on the incoming call data is displayed, it is possible to avoid invalidating the data being input or the data being displayed in the other mode, and the operability can be improved.

Since the icon corresponding to the type of the incoming message (normal message, emergency call, group call, secret message, etc.) and the illustration data such as the portrait icon for identifying the sender are displayed, the recipient can Therefore, it is possible to immediately judge whether or not the message needs confirmation immediately and appropriately respond to it, so that the intention of the sender can be surely transmitted.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the display form of the icon display frame and the display form of the window display frame for displaying the incoming message can be displayed, for example, sequentially from the latest incoming data. Since it is possible, it is easy to confirm and switch the display of the previously received incoming message and the newly received incoming message.

As a result, it is possible to effectively use the modes other than the incoming call waiting mode in the receiving apparatus typified by a multi-function pager and the like, and it is possible to improve the convenience of the installed functions and to transmit the incoming data. The function can also be improved.

Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment but can be carried out by appropriately modifying it within the scope of not changing the gist. For example, the present invention is not limited to a pager using a public line, but is applied to various types of receiving devices having a wireless communication function.

[0048]

According to the first aspect of the invention, it is possible to avoid invalidating the data being input or the data being displayed in a mode other than the incoming call waiting mode by receiving the ringing signal, and to perform the operation. It is possible to improve the property.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the contents of the incoming data received during the other mode can be reliably transmitted.

According to the third and fourth aspects of the invention, when a message arrives during the input operation in each mode, the recipient immediately determines whether or not the message requires immediate confirmation. It can respond appropriately and can reliably convey the sender's intention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a multifunctional pager to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block configuration diagram inside the multifunctional pager of FIG.

3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an icon data table stored in the ROM of FIG.

4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a TEL bank memory stored in the RAM of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a reception process executed by the multi-function pager of this embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of data display on a display unit in use of the multifunctional pager of the present embodiment in a scheduler function mode.

7 is a diagram showing an example of icon display when an incoming call is detected in the display state of FIG.

8 is a diagram showing a state in which the display content of an incoming message is displayed from the icon display state of FIG. 7.

9 is a view showing another icon display example when an incoming call is detected in the display state of FIG.

10 is a diagram showing a state in which a plurality of icon display frames are displayed in an overlapping manner in the display state of FIG.

FIG. 11 is a view showing an example of icon display when a new incoming call is detected in the display state of FIG.

12 is a diagram showing a state in which the display content of an incoming message is displayed from the icon display state of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Multi-function pager 2 Case body 3 Lid 4 Liquid crystal display panel 5 Function keys 6 Numeric keys 7 Dial transmission key 21 Antenna 22 Receiver 23 Decoder 24 ID-ROM 25 Key input 26 Control 27 ROM 28 RAM 29 Display Part 30 Speaker 31 Vibrator 32 LED

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An input means for inputting data, a display means for displaying the input data, a receiving means for receiving a radio signal, and a first control signal input from the input means for data input. Display control means for switching the display content of the display means and, when a wireless signal is received by the receiving means, displaying a content for notifying reception of the wireless signal on a part of the display means. A receiver characterized by. 2. The display control means displays on the display means the display content of the received wireless signal in response to a second control signal input from the input means. Receiver. 3. The display control means includes means for detecting the type of the wireless signal and storage means for storing the content for informing the reception according to the type of the wireless signal, and the display control means is responsive to the type of the wireless signal. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the display unit displays the content for notifying the reception. 4. The content for notifying the reception is illustration data for specifying the type of wireless signal, and the display control means displays the illustration data on the display means according to the type of the wireless signal. The receiving device according to claim 3, wherein