JPH0964761A - Receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a receiver side to easily register a message sent from a concerned party. SOLUTION: The receiver is provided with an antenna receiving transmission data being a radio signal, a reception section 2 receiving the transmission data received by the antenna, and a table 4 from which a character string based on transmission data from a sender received by the reception section 2 and in which at least an optional text generated by the sender and identification information to identify the text are recorded as an optional routine text and registered with cross reference between them, a display section 3 to display the character string converted by the data table 4, an operation entry section 6 for operation entry for the pager carrier, and a control section 5 controlling the signal reception operation of the reception section 2, write/read operation of the data table 4, and display operation of a character string on the display section 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a receiving device having a function of displaying a received message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a portable small radio calling device,
A so-called pager is a party that sends a message to the pager (hereinafter simply called a party).
Is used to call a pager carrier who is out through a telephone line.

In recent years, as shown in FIG.
A pager 50 having a display unit 51 for displaying a message from the above party is widely used.

On the display unit 51, for example, a message represented by character information is displayed, and when the message is spread over a plurality of screens, when the screen advance button 52 is pressed, the next page is displayed. . Also, the screen return button 53
When the pressing operation is performed, the previous screen is displayed.

When a party sends a message to a pager carrier, when a fixed phrase set for each pager is transmitted, an identification number (hereinafter referred to as a fixed phrase code) corresponding to each fixed phrase after a predetermined operation. ), Or when sending an arbitrary sentence, after a predetermined operation, enter a number string (hereinafter referred to as an arbitrary sentence code) consisting of a combination of “rows and columns” in the conversion table set for each pager. .

The pager that receives the transmission data from the parties displays on the display unit 51 based on the standard sentence code or the arbitrary sentence code.

[0007] In addition, among the arbitrary sentences, there is a model that can be registered as a fixed sentence for a sentence that is frequently transmitted.
Similar to the fixed phrase, the arbitrary sentence registered as the fixed phrase (hereinafter simply referred to as the fixed phrase) allows the parties to enter the identification number corresponding to the fixed fixed phrase into the pager after a predetermined operation at the time of transmission. A message corresponding to this arbitrary boilerplate can be sent.

[0008]

By the way, conventionally, when registering an arbitrary fixed phrase, the user has brought the fixed fixed phrase to a window handling a pager and registered the arbitrary fixed phrase at this window.

Therefore, if an arbitrary fixed phrase is not registered, the arbitrary fixed phrase is treated in the same way as a normal arbitrary sentence.
The parties had to perform a complicated operation when inputting an arbitrary sentence code corresponding to an arbitrary sentence. This input operation may be accompanied by a malfunction, and a message different from the message intended by the parties may be sent to the pager carrier.

[0010] Moreover, if the parties have sent an arbitrary sentence that has not been registered as an arbitrary fixed phrase,
When sending again to the same pager, there is no difference from the case of sending an ordinary arbitrary sentence, the same complicated operation is required, and there is a possibility that malfunction may occur.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a receiving apparatus which allows a receiving side to easily register a message transmitted from a party.

[0012]

A receiving apparatus according to the present invention is based on an antenna, a receiving section for receiving a signal received by the antenna, and transmission data from the sender received by the receiving section. A data table in which a character string is obtained, and at least the arbitrary sentence created by the sender and the identification information for identifying the arbitrary sentence are associated with each other and recorded and registered as an arbitrary fixed sentence, and the data table is converted. A display unit for displaying a character string, an operation input unit, and a signal receiving operation of the receiving unit according to an input from the operation input unit,
The problem described above is solved by including a control unit that controls the writing / reading operation of the data table and the display operation of the character string of the display unit.

Further, the control unit performs an editing process of the arbitrary fixed phrase registered in the data table and the fixed fixed phrase registered in advance, and the data table converts the fixed fixed phrase and the fixed fixed phrase into the fixed fixed phrase. Based on this, it is possible to record and register the fixed phrase obtained by being edited by the control unit and the identification information for identifying the fixed phrase in association with each other.

Further, the data table is converted into a character string according to an input by the user from the operation input section, and the converted character string is associated with identification information for identifying the character string. It is possible to add and record it as an arbitrary fixed phrase and register it.

Further, a speaker is provided, and the control section is
It is possible to extract the message selected and input by the input unit from the data table, convert the extracted message into transmission data, and output the voice from the speaker according to the transmission data.

According to the above receiving apparatus, the antenna receives the transmission data. The receiving unit receives the transmission data received by the antenna. The data table obtains a character string based on the transmission data received by the receiving unit, and also has a fixed form created by a party (hereinafter simply referred to as a party) who is a sender who transmits a message to a user, that is, a receiving device. A sentence (hereinafter referred to as an arbitrary fixed phrase) and identification information for identifying this arbitrary fixed phrase are recorded in association with each other and registered, and the registered contents are updated as necessary. The display unit displays the character string obtained in the data table. The operation input unit is operated when the receiving device carrier displays the message received by the receiving device on the display unit and when determining whether or not to register the message in the data table. It is operated when adding identification information to this message when registering. The control unit is
The signal receiving operation of the receiving unit, the writing / reading operation of the data table, and the display operation of the character string of the display unit are controlled according to the operation input from the operation input unit.

When a function for editing a character string registered in the data table is added to the control unit,
In the data table, the character string obtained by editing and the identification information of this character string are registered in association with each other.

When a function of obtaining a character string in response to an input from the operation input unit is added to the data table, the data table stores a character string created by the receiver carrier and identification information of the character string. Correspond and register.

Further, the receiving device carrier selects an arbitrary character string from the character strings registered in the data table in the operation input section, and the selected character string is used as a message to display the character string and this character string. When sending character string data consisting of identification information to identify to other receiving devices that share
The control unit converts the data for transmission into, for example, a tone dial signal according to the character string data, and the speaker outputs a voice based on the tone dial signal.

[0020]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION A specific example of a portable small radio calling device to which a receiving device according to the present invention is applied will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a specific structure of the portable small radio caller, so-called pager.

The pager includes, for example, an antenna 1 for receiving transmission data which is a radio signal, a receiver 2 for receiving the transmission data received by the antenna, and transmission data from the sender received by the receiver 2. A data table 4 that obtains a character string based on, and records and registers at least an arbitrary sentence created by the sender and identification information for identifying this arbitrary sentence in association with each other The display unit 3 for displaying the converted character string, the operation input unit 6 operated by the pager wearer, and the signal receiving operation of the receiving unit 2 and the data table 4 according to the input from the operation input unit 6. Write / read operation and display unit 3
And a control unit 5 for controlling the display operation of the character string.

The pager is characterized in that the following character strings can be registered in the data table 4 as arbitrary fixed phrases. As the above-mentioned character string, an arbitrary sentence sent from the sender, a character string obtained by the pager carrier editing this arbitrary sentence, a character string obtained by editing an already registered arbitrary fixed phrase, pager carrier An arbitrary sentence created by using the operation input unit 6 is given. Further, when registering these character strings, the pager carrier gives an identification number as identification information corresponding to each character string.

Therefore, in the above pager, the receiving unit 2
Receives the transmission data received by the antenna 1, and first sends a reception transmission signal indicating that the transmission data has been received to the speaker 7, the vibrating section 8, and the lighting lamp 9. Also,
The reception transfer signal is also sent to the control unit 5. Next, the received transmission data is sent to the data table 4. Further, a character string, which will be described later, sent from the data table 4 is sent to the display unit 3. The operation of the receiver 2 is controlled according to a control signal from the controller 5 as described later.

The display unit 3 is provided with a liquid crystal display device, for example, and displays the character string sent from the receiving unit 2 on the display screen.

The data table 4 is, as shown in FIG.
A character data block 21 which is a data table for converting the transmission data received by the receiving unit 2 into a character string,
It is composed of a fixed sentence data block 22 in which a sentence set in advance for each pager, that is, a fixed sentence is registered, and an arbitrary fixed sentence data block 23 in which the arbitrary fixed sentence is registered. Here, each data block is a part formed by tabulating the identification number as the identification information and the characters or sentences identified by the identification number.

Before explaining the data table 4, the transmission data received by the receiver 2 will be described.

The transmission data is a selection code that is input to distinguish a fixed sentence, an arbitrary sentence, and an arbitrary fixed sentence, for example, after the parties perform a predetermined operation to access the pager of the transmission destination. , And the identification code represented by the identification number.

For example, "* 3" is selected as a selection code when the parties send a fixed phrase, "* 7" is selected as a selection code when an arbitrary sentence is sent, and "* 7" as a selection code when an arbitrary fixed phrase is sent. * 9 ”is entered. Further, as the identification code, when a fixed phrase and an arbitrary fixed phrase are transmitted, an identification number defined corresponding to each sentence is input. When an arbitrary sentence is transmitted, the identification number defined corresponding to each character in the sentence is input by the number of transmitted characters.

Therefore, the data table 4 first recognizes the selection code and determines which data block is used to obtain the character string according to the selection code.
For example, when “* 3” is input as the selection code, the fixed phrase data block 22 is input, when “* 7” is input, the character data block 21 is input, and when “* 9” is input, the fixed fixed phrase is input. Block 23 is selected.

After the data blocks have been selected, a sentence or character is then retrieved from each data block based on the identification code. The extracted character string of the sentence or character is output to the receiving unit 2 and the control unit 5.

For example, when the transmission data "* 983" is sent, the character string registered with the identification number "83" in the arbitrary fixed form sentence is taken out.

As will be described later, when registering a character string not registered in the fixed phrase data block 22 and the arbitrary fixed phrase data block 23 (hereinafter simply referred to as an unregistered character string), the pager wearer inputs an operation. By inputting the identification number as the identification information for identifying the unregistered character string in the unit 6, the unregistered character string and the identification number are registered in the arbitrary fixed-form sentence data block 23.

The operation input section 6 is operated when the operation of the speaker 7, the vibration section 8 and the lighting lamp 9 is stopped, as will be described later. In addition, it is used as an operation input when operating the display unit 3, and is operated when switching between a state in which the receiving unit 2 is stopped (off) or a state in which transmission data can be received at any time, a so-called waiting state (on). To be done.

Further, when the receiving unit 2 is in the standby state,
The operation input unit 6 is operated when the pager wearer inputs whether or not the speaker 7, the vibration unit 8, and the lighting lamp 9 are to be operated at the time of receiving the wireless vibration.

When the pager wearer creates an arbitrary sentence and registers it in the data table 4, the operation input unit 6 receives a key input according to the conversion table provided in the character data block 21.

Further, an operation as to whether or not to register the unregistered character string is performed, and when registering the unregistered character string in the data table 4, the identification number of this character string is entered. To be done.

The operation input unit 6 is operated when voice-outputting a character string obtained based on the transmission data received by the receiving unit 2 or an unregistered character string created by the pager carrier. It

The control section 5 sends a control signal to each part according to the operation performed by the operation input section 6. For example, when an operation input relating to ON / OFF of the reception waiting state is made, a control signal indicating ON / OFF of the reception waiting state is output to the reception unit 2. When an operation input regarding the operation of the display unit 3 is made, a control signal for starting / stopping the display operation is output to the display unit 3 via the receiving unit 2. Further, when the receiving unit 2 is in the standby state, the control unit 5 outputs a control signal for controlling the operation to the speaker 7, the vibrating unit 8 and the lighting lamp 9 according to the operation from the operation input unit 6. .

Further, when the character string obtained based on the wireless information received by the receiving unit 2 is an unregistered character string, the control unit 5 displays a message asking whether to register this character string. A control signal is output to the display unit 3 via the receiving unit 2 so as to be displayed on the unit 3. In response to an operation input made by the pager wearer in response to this display, for example, when an operation to register an unregistered character string in the data table 4 is performed in the operation input unit 6, a display operation is performed on the display unit 3. A control signal for controlling is output via the receiving unit 2, and the display unit 3 displays a message asking whether to assign an identification number.

When the parties send a message, the data table 4 recognizes the automatic registration flag by putting an automatic registration flag for forcing the pager to execute the received message on the selection code. With this configuration, when the pager detects the automatic registration flag in the received transmission data, the pager registers the received message in the data table 4 regardless of the intention of the pager carrier. In this case, a number group that cannot be voluntarily assigned by the pager is provided in advance, and the identification number at this time is designated by the party from this number group.
Therefore, the control unit 5 sends a control signal for this series of operations to each unit.

FIG. 3 shows a flow for updating the contents of the data table 4 described above.

First, the receiving unit 2 receives the transmitting data, the data table 4 extracts a character string based on the transmitting data, sends the character string to the receiving unit 2 again, and then to the control unit 5. To be

In step S1, it is determined whether or not the transmission data carrying this character string has an automatic registration flag. If the determination result is YES, that is, if the automatic registration flag is present, the process proceeds to step S8. The number designated by the party is registered in the data table 4 by being assigned to this character string, and the processing in the control unit 5 ends.

Further, the determination result in step S1 is NO,
That is, when there is no automatic registration flag, the process proceeds to step S2. In step S2, it is determined whether the pager carrier himself edits the character string. If this judgment result is NO,
That is, if no editing is performed, the process proceeds to step S6.

Further, the judgment result in step S2 is YE.
S, that is, when editing is performed, the process proceeds to step S3. In step S3, the pager wearer operates the operation input unit 6 while visually observing the screen of the display unit 3 to specify an editing location, edit the designated location, and determine the edited content. Subsequently, in step S4, the control unit 5 actually performs the editing process in accordance with the operation of the operation input unit 6 described above. Further, in step S5, the pager carrier determines whether or not to end the editing of the character string. If this determination is NO, that is, if the editing work is to be continued, the process returns to step S3. If the determination result in step S5 is YES, that is, if the editing work is to be ended, the process proceeds to step S6.

In step S6, the received character string or the edited character string is converted into a data table 4
The pager carrier determines whether or not to register.
If the determination result is NO, that is, if the obtained character string is not registered, the process proceeds to step S7, and it is determined whether or not the character string is further edited. If the result of the determination in step S7 is NO, that is, if it is determined that no further editing is to be performed, the processing in the control unit 5 ends. If the result of the determination in step S7 is YES, that is, if the character string is to be further edited, the process returns to step S3.

Further, the judgment result in step S6 is YE.
When registering S, that is, the obtained character string, the process proceeds to step S8, where the pager wearer specifies the identification number corresponding to this character string on the operation input unit 6 and performs a predetermined operation, The character string is registered in the data table 4, and the processing in the control unit 5 ends.

Although the operation of registering the received character string in the data table 4 and the operation of the pager are mentioned here, for example, the pager carrier uses the conversion table created based on the character data block 21. By inputting an arbitrary sentence code composed of "line number" and "column number", an arbitrary sentence can be created and registered in the data table 4 as an arbitrary fixed sentence.

Next, the speaker 7 is a part for outputting an alarm sound in response to a reception transmission signal sent from the receiving section 2 when receiving the transmission data. That is, the speaker 7 responds to the reception transmission signal from the receiving unit 2 when the pager receives the transmission data in a state where the pager wearer in the standby state has input the operation on from the operation input unit 6. A warning sound is output to inform the pager carrier that the transmission data has been received.

The vibrating section 8 is a driving section for vibrating the entire pager in response to a reception transmission signal sent from the receiving section 2 when receiving the transmission data. That is, when the pager receives the transmission data while the pager receives the operation data from the operation input unit 6 in the standby state, the vibrating unit 8 outputs a reception transmission signal from the reception unit 2. It vibrates accordingly and informs the pager carrier that the transmission data has been received.

The lighting lamp 9 is a portion that lights up or blinks according to a reception transmission signal sent from the receiving unit 2 when receiving the transmission data. That is, the lighting lamp 9 is a reception transmission signal from the reception unit 2 when the pager receives the transmission data in a state in which the pager wearer in the standby state has input the operation ON from the operation input unit 6. It lights up or blinks in response to the fact that the pager carrier is informed that the transmission data has been received.

Further, a tone dialer function for outputting a dual tone signal, for example, is added to the control section 5 of the pager as transmission data, and a dual tone signal is output from the speaker 7, so that one pager carrier can , It becomes possible to send a message from a public telephone or the like to two pager carriers. However, the data for converting the transmission data of the pager carrier of 1 into a character string is stored in any of the character data block, the fixed phrase data block or the arbitrary fixed phrase data block of the data table of the pager 2 And In addition, such a character string is referred to as a shared arbitrary fixed phrase.

That is, the pager carrier inputs the identification number of the shared arbitrary fixed phrase to be transmitted at the operation input unit 6 in order to search for a transmission message. The control unit 5 sends this identification number to the data table 4 and extracts the character string corresponding to this identification number. Further, the data table 4 sends the extracted character string to the display unit 3 via the receiving unit 2 and displays it on the screen.

When the pager carrier visually checks this screen and the character string is a desired one, he / she performs a predetermined operation by telephone and then presses a predetermined operation button provided in the operation input section 6. The character string displayed on the screen is converted into a dual tone signal by the control unit 5 and output from the speaker 7.

Further, the character string displayed on the screen is
If the pager carrier does not have the desired character string,
The operation is continued until a desired character string appears by searching or inputting a new identification number in the operation input unit 6. Apart from this, it is possible to create an arbitrary sentence, in which case an arbitrary sentence code consisting of a "line number" and a "column number" corresponding to each character is input.

As described above, by configuring the pager, the character string received by the receiving unit 2 and edited, corrected,
Furthermore, it is possible to easily perform the registration to the data table 4, that is, the updating operation of the contents of the data table 4, and it is also possible to easily perform the creation, editing, correction, and registration of a self-made arbitrary sentence. , Operability is improved.

Since the arbitrary text is registered in the pager of the transmission destination, the parties do not need to perform a complicated operation when sending the same arbitrary text to the same pager, and the identification number when the text is registered in the pager. You can send a message just by inputting, which improves usability.

By adding the tone dialer function to the pager, when an arbitrary sentence is transmitted to another pager having the same data, it is only necessary to perform an operation of transmitting the arbitrary fixed phrase registered in the data table. Good and complicated operation is not required, so the usability is improved.

[0060]

As described above, according to the receiving apparatus of the present invention, the contents of the data table are updated, that is, the character strings and the edits and corrections received by the receiving unit, and the data table are updated. It becomes possible to easily perform registration, creation, editing, correction, and registration of a self-made arbitrary sentence with a simple configuration, and operability is improved.

Since the arbitrary sentence is registered in the receiving device of the transmission destination, the parties also register the same arbitrary sentence in the receiving device without requiring a complicated operation when transmitting the same arbitrary sentence to the same receiving device. The message can be sent by simply inputting the identification information at the time, and the usability is improved.

Further, by adding a tone dialer function to the above receiving device, when an arbitrary sentence is transmitted to another receiving device having the same data, the operation of transmitting the arbitrary fixed phrase registered in the data table can be performed. Since it only needs to be performed and complicated operations are not required, usability is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration of a portable small-sized wireless calling device, that is, a pager to which a receiving device according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a specific example of a data structure of a data table of the pager.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation and an operation when registering a character string received in the data table as an arbitrary fixed phrase.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a specific pager.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Antenna 2 Receiver 3 Display 4 Data Table 5 Control 6 Operation Input 7 Speaker

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An antenna, a receiving unit for receiving a signal received by the antenna, a character string based on transmission data received by the receiving unit from the sender, and at least created by the sender. A data table for recording and registering an arbitrary sentence and identification information for identifying this arbitrary sentence in association with each other, a display unit for displaying a character string converted in the data table, and an operation input unit And a control unit that controls a signal receiving operation of the receiving unit, a writing / reading operation of the data table, and a display operation of a character string of the display unit according to an input from the operation input unit. Receiving device. 2. The control unit performs edit processing of an arbitrary sentence created by the sender, an arbitrary fixed phrase registered in the data table, and a fixed fixed phrase registered in advance to obtain the data. In the table, the arbitrary sentence, the arbitrary fixed sentence, or the fixed sentence obtained by the editing processing by the control unit based on the fixed sentence and the identification information for identifying the fixed sentence are recorded in association with each other and registered. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein 3. The data table is converted into a character string according to an input by a user from the operation input unit, and the converted character string is associated with identification information for identifying the character string. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving device is recorded as an arbitrary fixed phrase and registered. 4. The transmission data includes a flag for automatically registering a character string obtained based on the transmission data in the data table, and the data table includes the transmission data having the flag. 2. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the character string obtained based on this is automatically registered as an arbitrary fixed phrase. 5. The receiving apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a speaker is provided, and the control unit converts the message into voice and outputs the voice to the speaker. 6. A speaker is provided, the control unit extracts a message selected and input by the operation input unit from the data table, converts the extracted message into transmission data, and the speaker includes: The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein audio is output according to the transmission data. 7. At least one of a speaker for outputting voice, a vibrating vibrating section, and a lighting lamp for lighting is provided, and is operated when data for transmission from a sender is received by the receiving section. The receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the receiving device notifies the user that the transmission data has been received.