JPH10224869A - Radio telephone set with weather forecast - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display the weather forecast of a resident area on the radio telephone set for the service area throughout the country. SOLUTION: A telephone number of an information provider, an object area of forecast information, kinds of weather forecast information, an automatic reception time and display pattern information or the like are stored in a setting information memory 26, a control section starts periodically an automatic dial section 27 based on the information to connect a channel to the provider of weather forecast information and the weather forecast information is received and stored in the weather forecast memory 25 or updates the contents of the weather forecast memory 25. The control section 29 reads the weather forecast information stored in the weather forecast memory 25 by a display instruction from a key board and displays pictorial symbols corresponding to the weather forecast information onto a display section 28.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio telephone device with a weather forecast, and more particularly to a radio telephone device having a weather forecast display function using pictures and characters.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional weather forecast automatic display system is disclosed in JP-A-4-337950.
The weather forecast service is taken into the private branch exchange every time information is updated as text information converted by voice information and a voice recognition function, and the weather forecast service is provided as predetermined text information to a telephone having a text display function in the premises if necessary. Display,
It was a method of weather forecast service limited to extension calls, in which telephones without a text display function were notified by voice information.

[0003]

In the prior art, the weather forecast service information accumulated for each private branch exchange is provided on the private branch exchange extension, so that the usage range is limited to the range of the private branch exchange. It was to be put away.

In the prior art, a weather forecast service provided by a first-class telecommunications carrier is directly obtained by voice and converted into character information by a voice recognition system on a receiver side. When the technology is employed, there are disadvantages in that the cost increases and the amount of information stored in the memory increases.

Further, the conventional technique is provided to the user as only text information or audio information, and thus has a disadvantage that the content of the forecast is difficult to understand intuitively unlike display information such as pictograms.

An object of the present invention is to provide a radio telephone device capable of displaying weather forecast information from anywhere in the country as long as the radio telephone can be used.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a wireless telephone device capable of displaying weather forecast information at a glance so as to be understood.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wireless telephone device capable of automatically displaying weather forecast information in an area where the wireless telephone device is located.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a wireless telephone device which can always obtain the latest weather forecast information.

[0010]

A wireless telephone device with a weather forecast according to the present invention is a wireless telephone device used in a wireless telephone system which divides a service area into a plurality of base station zones, and is connected via a base station. Receives information of a weather forecast sent from an information provider (information provider) of the weather forecast, stores the information in a memory of the wireless telephone device, and saves the information stored in the memory by an operation of a user of the wireless telephone device. It is configured to display on the display unit of the device.

The display information of the display unit of the wireless telephone device with a weather forecast of the present invention is the information sent by the information provider as pictograms (icons) for intuitively understanding the weather forecast and digital data corresponding to the display information. And is configured to include at least the display information of the picture of the weather forecast.

Further, the weather forecast information transmitted from the weather forecast information provider of the wireless telephone device with weather forecast of the present invention is configured so as to correspond to the area where the wireless telephone device has performed location registration. You.

[0013] The wireless telephone device with weather forecast of the present invention comprises:
The transmission of the weather forecast to the information provider is configured to be automatically performed at a specified time.

(Operation) The wireless telephone device of the present invention for automatically accessing the weather forecast and displaying the weather as an icon is automatically received as the weather forecast information having a small data amount and temporarily stored in a memory. The user can obtain the weather forecast information with display information such as pictograms which are easy to understand when he / she wants to see.

[0015]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external view of a wireless telephone device of the present invention and a display portion thereof, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an entire configuration of an internal circuit of the wireless telephone device.

As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG.
Is a transmitter / receiver 6 consisting of a transmitter and a receiver for wirelessly transmitting and receiving signals to and from an antenna 5, a base station, a voice processor 7, a transmitter / receiver 8, a display (LCD) 9, a keyboard 10, It comprises a control device 11 for controlling.

The radio telephone apparatus has a function as a normal radio telephone which transmits radio waves from a transmission / reception apparatus to a base station in a radio telephone mode and receives radio waves from the base station to enable communication. A function is provided for displaying weather forecast information by a user operation in the weather forecast mode.

The display of the display unit 3 in FIG. 1 is a display example when displaying weather forecast information in the weather forecast mode.
Pictograms and character information corresponding to the weather forecast are displayed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a detailed block diagram of a control device-related portion related to the display of weather forecast information of the wireless telephone device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

As can be seen from the block diagram, the configuration of the present embodiment is composed of a transmitting unit 22, a receiving unit 23, an automatic calling unit 27 for periodically connecting a line with an information provider, and weather forecast information received from the information provider. , A setting information memory 26 for storing setting information to be described later such as a telephone number of an information provider, a display unit 28,
Central processing unit (CPU) for controlling information storage, reading, display and transmission / reception control of weather forecast information, setting information, and the like
And a keyboard 24 for inputting and controlling various types of information.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment in the weather forecast mode and the telephone waiting state will be described.

In the weather forecast mode, each of a "user setting" for setting information necessary for controlling acquisition of the weather forecast information and a display control of the obtained information, and a "weather forecast display" for allowing the user to display the weather forecast information. The operation is performed, and the operation of acquiring and updating the weather forecast information is performed in a call waiting state.

In the setting information memory 26, control information necessary for control by the control unit 29 is set by a user's operation of the keyboard 24 in user setting. For example, the information provider name and telephone number of the information source to be accessed, the type of weather forecast information such as atmospheric pressure and precipitation establishment, the target area of the forecast information, the type of pictogram for display, the display pattern information and the data for updating the data Information such as the automatic capture time is stored in the setting information memory 26 from the keyboard 24 via the control unit 29. In this operation, an input operation can be performed while performing necessary display on the display unit 28. The stored information defines the contents of writing the weather forecast information in the weather forecast memory 25, the data update operation, the display format, and the like.

The automatic calling unit 27 stores the telephone number of the information provider stored in the setting information memory 26 for storing the weather forecast information in the weather information memory 25 and updating the information in the standby state of the telephone. A line connection with a specific information provider is automatically executed based on the update time information or the like.

The control unit 29 controls the automatic calling unit 27, the two memories 25 and 26, and the display unit 28. That is, the telephone number of the information provider and the update time stored in the setting information memory 26 are read, and the automatic calling unit 27 is controlled for each update time to control automatic call and line connection to the information provider. Further, after the line connection with the information provider, a signal requesting transmission of necessary weather forecast information is transmitted. Icon information and display information are transmitted from the information provider in a simple digital data format, and the data received by the receiving unit 23 is stored in the weather information memory 25.

In the weather forecast display, the control unit 29 reads out the weather forecast information stored in the weather information memory 25 by operating a display command from a keyboard, and responds to the weather forecast information from the setting information memory 26. The information such as the type of pictogram to be read is read, and the weather forecast information is displayed on the display unit 28 using the pictograph information.

In the above embodiment, an example has been described in which various types of setting information are mainly set manually by the user. However, the setting information memory 2 is used to facilitate the operation of the user.
It is preferable that all necessary standard information or a minimum of the necessary standard information be written in advance. For example, as connection or control information related to the information provider,
PCVAN, NIFTY, AOL, MESH, etc.
The weather forecast information includes weather conditions, temperature, wind power, atmospheric pressure, humidity, precipitation probability, and the like. As the display information, the type of pictogram such as an icon corresponding to the weather forecast information as a mode of a transmission request to the information provider, or a large number of registered pictograms selectable as a display mode on the wireless telephone device side and standard use There are pictograms and the like, and as an update period or time of data from the information provider, there is automatic call cycle or time information and the like. Further, it is control information and the like necessary for the setting operation, such as displaying options for setting control of the above setting information. Here, the control unit 29 writes and reads out the setting information memory 26 in response to the input from the keyboard 24 and reads out the display unit 28 so that the control information can be stored and set in the setting information memory 26 in an interactive manner. Control between displays.

By using the information stored in the setting information memory 26, the stored information is read out in response to the user's input operation of the setting information, and sequentially displayed as options on the display unit to set the user's setting information. And the selection operation can be facilitated.

With the above configuration, the user of the wireless telephone device operates the keyboard to operate the information provider,
It is possible to receive and display the desired weather forecast information at the location of the wireless telephone device or the desired area by selecting any setting or standard setting for the weather forecast information, the pictogram used, the update time of the data, etc. Becomes

FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b) are flowcharts showing the operation of the control unit for fetching weather forecast information and displaying the fetched information.

First, regarding the operation of taking in weather forecast information, the control unit 29 has a clock function, and when the time data coincides with the data update time set and stored in the setting information memory 26 in advance. (S1), the telephone number of the information provider, the target area of the forecast information, the type of the weather forecast information, and the like are read from the setting information memory 26 (S2), the automatic calling unit 27 is activated, and the line is connected to the information provider. A request for transmission of the set information is made (S3).

Next, the weather forecast information corresponding to the target area of the forecast information and the type of weather forecast information is received from the information provider in a simple digital data format for display corresponding to pictograms and the like (S4), and the control unit is controlled. 29 stores the data in the weather information memory 25 (S5).

Here, as the weather forecast information from the information provider, a local weather forecast closest to the location of the wireless telephone device can be obtained. The information provider transmits local weather forecast information using information determined by a base station or the like obtained by searching for the location of a terminal (wireless telephone device) located in the mobile wireless telephone system. Usually, the information provider belongs to the switching system or the base station system and can obtain the information, and even if the information provider is a general subscriber itself, the location information of the wireless telephone device can be obtained from the switching system or the like. Because it is possible to obtain

With respect to the determination of the base station or the like by searching for the location of the terminal, in the mobile radio telephone system, the area is determined in the location registration area on the exchange side as the first step for the radio telephone apparatus, and the radio communication is performed in the second step. The base station is determined by the page response from the telephone device.

Next, regarding the operation of displaying the weather forecast information in FIG. 4B, the user of the wireless telephone device operates the menu key / dedicated key when necessary to display the weather forecast (S).
6), read the recorded contents from the weather information memory 25 (S
7) The control unit 29 converts the weather forecast information into pictograms and character data that are easy to understand intuitively (S8), and displays the converted information on the display unit (S9).

Next, specific operations and operations for setting and displaying weather forecast information according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a setting flowchart of setting information for displaying weather forecast information.

First, a "weather forecast mode" is set in which the weather forecast function is activated by a menu key or a dedicated key for weather forecast operation provided on the wireless telephone device (S2).
1).

In the "weather forecast mode", "user setting" in which setting information is set by the user is performed or "weather forecast display" is performed.
Is determined (S22).

When the user setting is selected, the operation proceeds to an information provider selecting operation. As information providers, for example, PCVAN, NIFTY, AOL and ME
By setting these in advance so that they can access the SH or the like, they are displayed as options and any information provider can be selected. For example, after selecting one of the options, the information provider Is entered using the numeric keypad and confirmed (S2
3).

After selecting an information provider and determining its telephone number, an automatic access time for requesting automatic transmission of weather forecast information to the information provider is set. In the setting of the automatic access time, a time or an access interval is input (S24).

Next, an area (area) relating to weather forecast information is selected as the last item of the user setting (S2).
5). For example, when the location of the wireless telephone device is selected (Y of S26), automatic access and display of the weather forecast of the area including the wireless telephone device are enabled. When an area outside the location of the wireless telephone device is selected (N in S26), it is possible to capture and display the weather forecast information of the selected area. For example, as a setting area, it is possible to display a prefecture name such as Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Tochigi, etc. in a selectable manner in advance,
One of the prefecture names is selected and confirmed by inputting, for example, a prefecture name (number) (S27). Thus, the setting operation for displaying the necessary weather forecast information ends.

If neither the user setting nor the weather forecast display is performed (N in S22), the state returns to the initial mode by a reset operation (S28), and the wireless telephone device sets
The user enters the setting state set by the user or the standby state with the standard setting.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart for displaying a weather forecast in a call waiting state of the wireless telephone device.

A "weather forecast mode" is set in which the weather forecast function is activated by operating a menu key or a dedicated key of the wireless telephone device (S31). A weather forecast display is selected from "user setting" or "weather forecast display" (S32). Information such as a weather forecast and a precipitation probability of a desired area previously taken in from the information provider by the control unit is displayed on the display unit as a display including an icon (S33). If the weather forecast display is not selected, a reset operation returns to the initial state and the wireless telephone device enters a standby state (S34).

[0047]

According to the wireless telephone device of the present invention, the weather forecast information is received from the weather forecast information provider connected via the base station, and stored in the memory of the wireless telephone device. Since the information stored in the memory is displayed on the display unit of the wireless telephone device by the operation, the weather forecast information can be displayed in any area of the whole country as long as the wireless telephone can be used.

The display information according to the present invention is intuitively understandable pictograms and the like including at least a picture of a weather forecast, so that the weather forecast can be displayed at a glance.

Further, since the information of the weather forecast sent from the information provider according to the present invention is in the area where the location of the wireless telephone is registered or in the area designated by the wireless telephone, the location of the wireless telephone is determined. It is possible to appropriately display weather forecast information of an area or a desired area.

The display information of the weather forecast according to the present invention is automatically updated when the weather forecast information is automatically received from the information provider at a designated time or the like, so that the latest weather forecast information can be displayed.

[0051]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an external view and a display example of a wireless telephone device with a weather forecast of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing circuit blocks of the wireless telephone device with a weather forecast of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing detailed blocks of a control device-related portion relating to the display of weather forecast information of the wireless telephone device with weather forecast of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing flowchart of an operation of acquiring the weather forecast information and displaying the acquired information of the wireless telephone device with a weather forecast of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a user setting of the wireless telephone device with a weather forecast according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a flowchart relating to display of a weather forecast of the weather forecasting wireless telephone device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 5, 21 antenna 2 menu selection key / dedicated key 3 weather forecast information pictogram, character information display example 4 wireless telephone device 6 transmitting / receiving device 7 voice processing device 8 transmitting / receiving device 9 display device 10 input device 11 control device 22 transmitting unit 23 Receiving part 24 Keyboard 25 Weather information memory 26 Setting information memory 27 Automatic calling part 28 Display part 29 Control part

Claims (3)

[Claims] In a wireless telephone system used in a wireless telephone system for dividing a service area into a plurality of base station zones, a weather forecast information provider connected from the wireless telephone device via a base station is provided. Receiving the weather forecast information sent from the mobile phone, storing the information in a memory of the wireless telephone device, and displaying the information stored in the memory on a display unit of the wireless telephone device by an operation of a user of the wireless telephone device. A wireless telephone device with a weather forecast. 2. The display information on the display unit is information transmitted by an information provider in digital data corresponding to pictograms and display information that allow an intuitive weather forecast, and includes at least information on a picture of the weather forecast. The wireless telephone device with a weather forecast according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The weather forecast information sent from the weather forecast information provider is an area in which the wireless telephone device has performed location registration.
The described wireless telephone device with weather forecast. [Claim 4] The transmission from the wireless telephone device to the information provider of the weather forecast connected via the base station is automatically transmitted at a designated time.
The wireless telephone device with a weather forecast according to 2 or 3.