JPH0937322A - Pager device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the secrecy of a message by providing this pager device with storing, receiving, converting, and extracting means and a means for converting information extracted by the extracting means into machine vibration and outputting the machine vibration. SOLUTION: An amplification part 2 amplifies a signal received by an antenna 1 up to a level to be demodulated by a demodulating part 3. The signal demodulated by the demodulating part 3 is sent to a decoding part 4 and converted into code information. A control part 5 selects information terminated to its own station, stores the output information of the decoding part 4 in a RAM 9, starts an amplification part 6, and drives a speaker 7 to inform a user of the incoming. When the user depresses a switch, the control part 5 successively transfers information stored in the RAM 9 to a display part 14 to display a message. Then the control part 5 refers to the ROM 10, extracts code information and sends the extracted information to a driving part 15. A vibrator part 11 outputs a machine vibration pattern in accordance with a signal received by a driving part 15.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pager device which receives various kinds of message information transmitted by radio and informs the contents of the message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been a pager device such as a pager, a wrist watch, a mobile phone, etc. which notifies a call by sound, light or vibration when a call is received by radio (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2-24591). reference).

[0003]

However, in the conventional pager apparatus, although it is possible to notify that the call is received by means of mechanical vibration, the contents of various message information received wirelessly are notified by the display. Therefore, there is a problem that it is difficult to confirm the content of the message so that it is not known to other users.

There is also a problem that a visually impaired user cannot easily know the contents of various messages. The present invention has been made in view of the above points,
It is an object of the present invention to enable various message contents received by radio to be transmitted to a user by vibration.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a storage means for storing code information of vibration patterns corresponding to a plurality of types of code information, and a receiving means for receiving message information by radio. A conversion means for converting the message information received by the means into code information, an extraction means for extracting the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information converted by the means from the storage means, and the extraction means for extracting the code information. There is provided a pager device having an output means for converting the message content into mechanical vibration based on the code information and outputting the mechanical vibration. Further, it is preferable to provide a rewriting unit that rewrites the code information and the code information stored in the storage unit.

Since the pager device according to the present invention can notify the content of the received message by mechanical vibration, the content of the message can be confirmed without being noticed by a third party. Further, a visually impaired user can easily know various messages.

Further, new code information and code information of a vibration pattern corresponding to the code information are added,
If the previously stored code information and the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information are deleted or changed and rewritten, the vibration pattern that can be output can be freely set, and specific users can It is possible to set any message content that can be used only in, and enhance the confidentiality of the message.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings. Since the pager device of this embodiment receives wireless message information and outputs a mechanical vibration pattern indicating the message content, a user wearing this pager device on the body can know the received message content by vibration. .

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a pager device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This pager device includes an antenna 1, a high frequency receiving / amplifying unit 2, a demodulating unit 3, a decoding unit 4, a control unit 5, a sound / amplifying unit 6, a speaker 7, a switch (SW1) 8, a RAM 9, and a ROM 10. .

Further, the vibrator section 11, the display section 14,
The vibrator drive unit 15, the switch (SW2) 16, the switch (SW3) 17, and the EEPROM 18 are also provided. Further, the vibrator portion 11 includes a motor 12 and an eccentric inertia 13.

The antenna 1 receives radio waves of message information from the air. The high frequency receiving / amplifying unit 2 demodulates the high frequency signal of the radio wave received by the antenna 1 into the demodulating unit 3
Amplify to the level until demodulation becomes possible. The demodulation unit 3 demodulates the FSK-modulated high-frequency signal and converts it into a baseband signal, that is, a digital signal composed of "1" and "0".

The baseband signal demodulated by the demodulation unit 3 is guided to the decoding unit 4, and the decoding unit 4 converts the message information into code information having meaning as a character. The code information system is, for example, J
AN compliant with IS standard 8-bit "JISX0201"
It is a K code.

The control unit 5 receives a radio wave, determines whether or not it is message information addressed to its own station, and when it determines that it is message information addressed to its own station, outputs it by the decoding unit 4. The generated code information is stored in the RAM 9, and the sound / amplification unit 6 is activated to sound the speaker 7 to notify that the message information has been received. After that, when the user presses the switch 8, the controller 5 causes the RA
The code information stored in M9 is sequentially transferred to the display unit 14 to display a message.

Further, the control section 5 refers to the ROM 10 in which the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to a plurality of types of code information is stored in advance and refers to the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information temporarily stored in the RAM 9. The code information (code pattern) is extracted and sent to the vibrator drive unit 15. The vibrator driving unit 15 outputs a control signal based on the code pattern to excite the vibrator unit 11.

The vibrator unit 11 rotates the motor 12 in accordance with the code pattern based on the control signal from the vibrator drive unit 15 to drive the eccentric inertia 13 to rotate, thereby causing mechanical vibration in accordance with the content of the received message. Output the pattern.

The selection of whether to output the content of the received message information to the display unit 14 or the vibrator unit 11 is made by pressing the switch 8 and which is selected by pressing the switch 8. The switching setting information of whether or not is recorded in the RAM 9 or the EEPROM 18.

Then, the control unit 5 uses the RAM 9 or the EEPR.
Based on the switching setting information recorded in the OM 18, switching control is performed to which of the display unit 14 and the vibrator unit 11 the message is output.

Further, the control unit 5 has a switch (SW2) 16
By pressing, the code information stored in advance and the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information are added and changed to the user-defined mode. In this user-defined mode, the controller 5 switches (SW2) 16
Also, the code information input by pressing the switch (SW3) 17 and the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information are set and registered in the EEPROM 18.

In this way, the control unit 5 controls the ROM 10
The code information pre-stored in the disk, the information obtained by changing the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information, and the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the new code information are
The message is stored in the EPROM 18, and when the message information is received, the ROM 10 and the EEPROM 18 are referred to.

That is, the ROM 10, the storage means for storing the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to a plurality of types of code information, the antenna 1, the high frequency receiving / amplifying section 2,
The demodulation section 3 corresponds to a receiving means for receiving message information by radio, and the decoding section 4 corresponds to a converting means for converting the received message information into code information.

Further, the control section 5 stores the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the converted code information in the ROM 10.
The vibrator unit 11 and the vibrator driving unit 15 correspond to the output unit that converts the message content into mechanical vibration based on the extracted code information and outputs the extracted message. Further, the control unit 5 and the EEPROM 18 also function as a rewriting unit that rewrites the stored code information and code information.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a message output process in the pager device of this embodiment.
In this process, the code (information) is input from the decoding unit in step (indicated by "S" in the figure) 1, and the process proceeds to step 2 where the received message information is the message (information) addressed to itself
If the message information is addressed to the own station, the process proceeds to step 3 and the code information of the message is stored in the RAM.

After that, the process proceeds to step 4, the message output method is determined, and if it is determined that the message is output to the display unit, the process proceeds to step 5 to output a message based on the code information stored in the RAM to the display unit for the first processing. Return.

If it is determined in step 4 that the vibration output is used, the process proceeds to step 6 to determine whether the function code is registered in the user-defined mode. If not, the process proceeds to step 7. The code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information of the RAM is taken out from the ROM and the process proceeds to step 8. If it is the function code, the process proceeds to step 9 and the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the function code is EEPR.
Remove from OM and proceed to step 8. Then, in step 8, the vibrator part is excited based on the extracted code information of the vibration pattern, and the process returns to the first process.

Further, this processing will be described. When a message is received and a code is input from the decoding unit, it is determined whether the message is addressed to the own station. If the message is addressed to its own station, the contents of the message are stored in the RAM 9 which is a rewritable memory.

Thereafter, if "output to display" is selected by the switch (SW1) 8 as a message output method, the code information is taken out from the RAM 9 and a message based on the code information is displayed on the display unit 14. .

If "output by vibration" is selected by the switch (SW1) 8 as the message output method, the code information is retrieved from the RAM 9, and if it is a function code, the code information of the corresponding vibration pattern from the EEPROM 18. If it is not a function code, the code information of the corresponding vibration pattern is extracted from the ROM 10, the vibrator unit 11 is excited based on the code information, and a message due to mechanical vibration is output.

Next, a case where the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information is Morse code information will be described.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a table format of vibration patterns of Morse code corresponding to the code information stored in the ROM 10. This table has an alphabet,
The vibration pattern of Morse code corresponding to the code information of various message information such as numbers and other characters and symbols is stored in a list format.

For example, assuming that the Morse code of the alphabet "A" is "to two", the vibration pattern information of the vibration time for expressing each "to" and "two" by vibration is stored. The "to" represents a short point with a short vibration period, and the "two" represents a long point with a long vibration period.

In this figure, the vibration pattern data of the dots and the dots are shown by a black line pattern. However, in reality, the dots are represented by "0" and the dots are represented by "1", respectively. Stores the data string.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a table format of a Morse code vibration pattern corresponding to the function code stored in the EEPROM 18. In this table, a user-definable function code and a Morse code vibration pattern of message contents corresponding to the function code that can be arbitrarily set by the user are stored in a list format.

The function code uses information different from the general combination of characters and symbols. For example, the function code “* 01” is associated with the Morse code vibration pattern indicating the message “Call the company”. Also, the vibration pattern of Morse code indicating the message "I'll be leaving now" is associated with "* 02".

In this way, if the vibration pattern of the Morse code corresponding to the user-defined function code is shared between the sender side and the receiver side of the message information, the message contents that can be exchanged only between the two parties. Can be transmitted to the other party.

Also in the case of this figure, as in the above-mentioned table, the vibration pattern data of the dots and the dots are shown by the black line pattern, but in reality, the dots are "0" and the dots are "0". The data strings of 0 and 1 which are respectively represented by "1" are stored.

When the above table is stored, the control unit 5 of this pager device returns E if the code information of the received message information is a function code defined by the user.
The EPROM 18 is referred to, and if it is not the function code, the ROM 10 is referred to and the vibration pattern of the corresponding Morse code is read out, and the vibrator unit 11 generates the mechanical vibration of the Morse code based on the vibration pattern.

Next, the processing in the user definition mode of the pager device of this embodiment will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing in the user definition mode of the pager device of this embodiment. In this process, in step (indicated by "S" in the figure) 11, it is judged whether or not the switch (SW2) has been pressed for a predetermined time, and if not pressed, it is judged as the reception mode, and the process proceeds to step 15. Then, the receiving process is performed and the process returns to the first process.

In addition, the switch (S
If W2) is pressed for a predetermined time, step 12
When it is detected that the switch (SW2) has been pressed n times after pressing the switch (SW2) n times, the process proceeds to step 13 where the vibration pattern registration process is performed for the function code "* 0n".

In this vibration pattern registration process, when the switch (SW2) is pressed, the data "1" indicating the long point "two" is selected, and when the switch (SW3) is pressed, the short point "to" is selected. The data "0" shown is input, and a series of "0" and "1" data string patterns of Morse code corresponding to arbitrary message contents are stored in the EEPROM as the function code set by the user. Then, step 14
If the switch (SW2) and the switch (SW3) are pressed at the same time, the process returns to the first process.

Further, this processing will be described. When the switch (SW2) 16 is continuously pressed for a predetermined time, the control unit 5 shifts to the user-defined mode and selects n of the function code “* 0n”. This n is an integer value arbitrarily set by the user.

After that, when the switch (SW2) 16 is pressed, "1" corresponding to the long point "two" of the vibration pattern.
When the switch (SW3) 17 is pressed, "0" corresponding to the dot "G" of the vibration pattern is input, and the input data strings of "0" and "1" are selected as above. The vibration pattern corresponding to the function code is recorded in the EEPROM 18.

In this way, the user can additionally register the vibration pattern corresponding to the new message content. In addition, when the code information set as the deletion target by the user is input, the ROM is controlled by the control unit 5.
If the code information registered in 10 is not extracted, it can be processed in the same manner as when it is deleted from the ROM 10.

Further, the code information set as a change target by the user and the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information are registered in the EEPROM 18, and when the code information is input, the control section 5 does not refer to the ROM 10. If you refer to the EEPROM 18, ROM
The same processing as when the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information of 10 is changed can be performed.

Since the pager device of this embodiment can notify the worn user of the Morse code indicating the received message content by mechanical vibration, the pager device confirms the message content so as not to be noticed by a third party. be able to. Also, if worn by a visually impaired user, various messages can be easily known.

Further, new code information and code information of the Morse code vibration pattern corresponding to the code information are added, or code information stored in advance and the code of the Morse code vibration pattern corresponding to the code information are added. By deleting or changing the information and rewriting it, the user can freely set the vibration pattern corresponding to any message, and it is possible to convey the message contents that can be used only by specific users. , Message confidentiality can be improved.

In the pager device of the above embodiment, the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information is R
The case of storing in the OM10 has been described, but the ROM1
A rewritable memory may be provided instead of 0, and the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information may be stored in the memory.

Then, if the control unit 5 changes or deletes the information in the memory based on the user input and adds the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the new code information in the memory, the control unit 5 Since it is possible to reduce the processing load and the number of memories, it is possible to reduce the manufacturing cost of the pager device.

Further, in the pager device of the above-described embodiment, the case where various characters are represented by two types of Morse code, a dot and a dot, has been described, but a plurality of types of Morse codes and other vibration patterns are used. However, it can be implemented in the same manner.

[0048]

As described above, according to the pager apparatus of the present invention, a user wearing the pager apparatus can know various message contents wirelessly received by vibration.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a pager device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a message output process by the pager device shown in FIG.

3 is a diagram showing an example of a format of a correspondence table of code information and code information stored in a ROM shown in FIG.

4 is a diagram showing an example of a format of a correspondence table of user definition information and code information stored in the EEPROM shown in FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing processing in a user-defined mode of the pager device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Antenna 2: High frequency receiving / amplifying unit 3: Demodulating unit 4: Decoding unit 5: Control unit 6: Sounding / amplifying unit 7: Speaker 8: Switch (SW1) 9: RAM 10: ROM 11: Vibrator unit 12: Motor 13: Eccentric inertia 14: Display unit 15: Vibrator drive unit 16: Switch (SW2) 17: Switch (SW3) 18: EEPROM

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Storage means for storing code information of vibration patterns corresponding to a plurality of types of code information, receiving means for receiving wireless message information, and conversion for converting message information received by the means into code information. Means for extracting the code information of the vibration pattern corresponding to the code information converted by the means from the storage means; and converting the message content into mechanical vibration based on the code information extracted by the means. A pager device comprising: 2. The pager device according to claim 1, further comprising a rewriting unit that rewrites the code information and the code information stored in the storage unit.