JPH10229571A - Radio selective calling receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a radio selective calling receiver in which a user easily prepares a character string and the character string edited by the user is used again in the case of editing the character string again. SOLUTION: In the case of preparing a character string by a user, characters and the character strings recorded in advance in an optical disk 14 are retrieved and edited by an optical disk recording and reproducing means 13 and th edited character string is recorded newly in the optical disk 4. Furthermore, in the case of transmitting and editing the edited character strings again, the edited character strings are read and reproduced from the optical disk 14 by the optical disk recording and reproducing means 13 to make a character string being an object of transmission and re-editing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio selective call receiver capable of receiving and transmitting information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, radio selective call receivers have been put to practical use in various systems, and many of them have a transmission function. On the other hand, optical disk recording / reproducing apparatuses have been put to practical use in various systems, and in recent years, many small and lightweight portable apparatuses have been found.

When a user creates character information with the above-mentioned radio selective calling receiver, the character information is created by editing the character with an edit key or the like. Hereinafter, a conventional radio selective calling receiver capable of editing characters will be described.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional radio selective calling receiver capable of inputting characters. As shown in FIG. 9, the radio selective call receiver includes a receiving unit 1, a demodulating unit 2, an ID collating unit 3, an ID memory unit 4, a control unit 5, a display unit 6, a character display ROM 7, a transmission character string memory unit. 8, character string editing means 9, modulation means 10, speaker 1
1. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing an internal configuration of a transmission character string memory means in a conventional radio selective calling receiver capable of inputting characters. FIG. 11 shows an example of a configuration of a character string editing unit in a conventional wireless selective call receiver capable of inputting characters. The character string editing means includes a next candidate key 111, a previous candidate key 112, an enter key 113,
A delete key 114 is provided.

The operation of the radio selective call receiver comprising the above components will be described below. First, the basic operation at the time of reception will be described.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a receiving means for receiving a signal obtained by modulating a call ID and message information from a base station and transmitting the modulated signal. The demodulation unit 2 demodulates the modulated signal received by the reception unit 1 into a processable signal. The ID collating means 3 compares and verifies the calling ID of the signal demodulated by the demodulating means 2 with the terminal ID recorded in the ID memory means 4 in advance. 5 and a message acquisition signal is transmitted.

Control means 5 receiving the message acquisition signal
Retrieves the message information contained in the received signal and displays it on the display means 6. Here, the control means 5
The display dot data is read out using the character code stored in the character display ROM 7 in advance as an index code, and by controlling the dot display of the display means 6 to display the characters, the user is notified of the arrival and the contents of the message. .

Next, the operation at the time of transmission will be described. The control means 5 sends the character code stored in the transmission character string memory means 8 to the modulation means 10. The modulation means 10 converts this character code into a dual-tone multi-frequency signal (hereinafter referred to as DTM).
(Referred to as F signal) and output by the speaker 11.

When transmitting a character string created by the user, the character string stored in the transmission character string memory means 8 is
As described above, the character code of the character string is sent to the modulating means 10 and output from the speaker 11 in the same manner.

Next, the method and operation of character editing will be described.
When the user creates or edits any string,
At this time, when the next candidate key 111 or the previous candidate key 112 of the character string editing means 9 shown in FIG. 11 is pressed, the character string editing means 9 sends the next or previous character code to the control means 5. Send out. The control means 5 having received the character code from the character string editing means 9 reads out the display dot data using the character code stored in the character display ROM 7 in advance as an index code, and controls the dot display on the display means 6. Display characters.

For example, when creating the character string 101 shown in FIG. 10, the user checks the displayed character, and if the character is the target character, presses the enter key 113 of the character string editing means 9 shown in FIG. Push. By pressing the enter key 113,
The control means 5 records the determined character code in the transmission character string memory means 8. In the case of FIG. 10, character string number 1
The character code of “thing” is written in the place of “1” in 03.

If the displayed character is not the target character, the user presses the next candidate key 111 of the character string editing means 9. When the next candidate key 111 is pressed, the character string editing means 9 sends the next character code to the control means 5, and similarly displays the display dot data of the next character code on the display means 6. Thereafter, the above operation is repeated for each character to create a character string. In the case of FIG. 10, in the character string number 103, 1 to 2, 3, 4, 5,. . . 13
The operation is repeated for each character until a character string is created.

When transmitting the character string created in this way, the character code group of the transmission character string memory means 8 is transmitted by the modulation means 10 in the same manner as the above-described operation at the time of transmission.

[0014]

However, in the above-described conventional radio selective calling receiver, character editing is possible. However, in order to create various character strings created by a user, it is necessary to create a character string for each character. There is a problem that a complicated editing operation such as searching is required.

In this radio selective calling receiver, a character string can be transmitted. However, in order to store a character string edited once and then transmit the stored character string, a dedicated storage memory is required. There was also a problem that it became necessary.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems. When a user creates a character string, the user can edit the character string based on the character string stored in the optical disk, and can easily edit the character string. A line can be created, and a character string edited by a user is stored, so that the character string can be used again when re-editing, and furthermore, a radio selective call reception that can reproduce a music source or the like. Offer machine.

[0017]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a radio selective calling receiver according to the present invention has a structure in which when a user creates a character string, it is recorded in advance on an optical disk by an optical disk recording / reproducing means. Search and edit the characters and character strings that are included, and record the edited character strings on the optical disk again.When transmitting or re-editing the edited character strings, the optical disk It is characterized in that an edited character string is read out and played back to be a character string to be transmitted and re-edited.

As described above, when a user creates a character string, editing based on the character string stored in the optical disk is enabled, and the character string can be easily created. By storing the edited character string, the character string can be used again when re-editing,
Further, music sources and the like can be reproduced.

[0019]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A radio selective call receiver according to a first aspect of the present invention is a radio selective call receiver for receiving information from a base station by selective paging by radio from a base station. An optical disk on which character information and index information for searching the character information are recorded; an optical disk reproducing unit for reproducing the information of the optical disk; and character information on the optical disk reproduced by the optical disk reproducing unit. Search means for searching, display means for displaying the character information searched by the search means, transmission character string memory means for storing the character information searched by the search means, and transmission character string memory means Character string editing means capable of editing the stored character information; and information capable of transmitting the character information stored in the transmission character string memory means. And a modulation means for converting only a function information to receive from the base station, a structure having the function of transmitting any information through the modulating means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a radio selective call receiver,
A radio selective calling receiver for receiving information from the base station by selective calling by radio from a base station, wherein an optical disc on which character information and index information for searching for the character information are recorded, Optical disk recording / reproducing means for recording / reproducing information on the optical disk, retrieval means for retrieving character information on the optical disk reproduced by the optical disc reproducing means, and display means for displaying the character information retrieved by the retrieval means Transmission character string memory means for storing the character information searched by the search means; character string editing means capable of editing the character information stored in the transmission character string memory means; Modulating means for converting the character information stored in the column memory means into transmittable information; Character information and recording means for recording on an optical disk mounted in the optical disk recording and reproducing device, together with the function of receiving information from the base station,
It has a function of transmitting arbitrary information via the modulating means.

According to these configurations, when a user creates a character string, the optical disk recording / reproducing means searches and edits a character and a character string recorded in advance on the optical disk, and edits the edited character string. When the edited character string is transmitted or re-edited, the edited character string is read out from the optical disk by the optical disk recording / reproducing means to be reproduced, and is transmitted and re-edited. Character string.

Hereinafter, a radio selective call receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) A radio selective call receiver according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the radio selective calling receiver according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 shows information stored in advance on the optical disc in the first embodiment. The stored information is composed of an index code 21 and a character string code 22. Therefore, the content of the character string code 22 is expressed. FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory diagram of the transmission character string memory unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a configuration example of a character string editing unit according to the first embodiment. This string editing means includes:
A next candidate key 41, a previous candidate key 42, an enter key 43, and a delete key 44 are provided.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a call I from the base station.
It is a receiving unit that receives a signal in which D and message information are modulated and transmitted. The demodulation unit 2 demodulates the modulated signal received by the reception unit 1 into a processable signal. The ID collating means 3 compares and compares the call ID among the signals which can be processed and the ID pre-recorded in the ID memory means 4, and as a result, when both IDs match, the control means 5
Extracts the message information from the modulated and transmitted signal and displays it on the display means 6. Here, the control means 5
The display dot data is read out using the character code stored in the character display ROM 7 in advance as an index code, and by controlling the dot display of the display means 6 to display the characters, the user is notified of the arrival and the contents of the message. .

On the other hand, in the transmission operation, the control means 5 sends the character code stored in the transmission character string memory means 8 to the modulation means 10. The modulating means 10 converts this character code into D
The signal is converted into a TMF signal and output by the speaker 11.

Next, as shown in FIG.
An optical disk 14 on which an index code 21 for searching the character string 2 and its character string is recorded is mounted on the optical disk reproducing means 13. When the user creates or edits an arbitrary character string, by pressing the next candidate key 41 or the previous candidate key 42 of the character string editing means 9 shown in FIG. The index code next or previous to the previously edited index code is sent to the control means 5.

When the index code is input to the control means 5, the search means 12 performs a search operation using the index code 21 stored in the optical disk 14 in advance. When the search is completed, the search unit 12 sends the searched character string code 22 to the control unit 5. The control means 5 reads the display dot data stored in advance from the character display ROM 7 from the searched character string code 22. The control means 5 displays the read display dot data on the display means 6. For example, index code 21
Assuming that the character string “1A7-01” is the search result, the characters to be displayed are “82e96” to “82d”.
6 "to" to "is displayed.

When the user confirms the displayed character string and finds that the character is the target character, the user presses the enter key 43 of the character string editing means 9 so that the character string code corresponding to the index code determined by the control means 5 is obtained. Is written in the transmission character string memory means 8. If the user presses the next candidate key 41 of the character string editing means 9 shown in FIG. 4 when the character string is not the target character string, the character string editing means 9 sends a search signal to the control means 5 again, and thereafter performs the search operation. The user repeatedly searches for the target character string. Further, when the user wants to connect the character strings, the above-described search operation is repeated. For example, by storing "To office A" in the transmission character string memory means 8 in the first search operation, the character string "Please call" is linked to the transmission character string memory means 8 by the above-described search operation. , It is possible to create a long sentence character string.

When transmitting the long character string created in this way, the character string code group of the transmission character string memory means 8 is transmitted by the modulation means 10 in the same manner as the above-described operation at the time of transmission. (Embodiment 2) A radio selective call receiver according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the radio selective calling receiver according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6 shows information when a character string created by a user is stored in the optical disc according to the second embodiment. This stored information is composed of an index code 61 and a character string code 62.
The character string in the figure expresses the contents of the character string code 62 for explanation of the operation. FIG. 2 shows the index code 21 and the character string code 22 before the character string created by the user is recorded on the optical disc according to the second embodiment. FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a transmission character string memory unit according to the second embodiment. FIG. 8 shows a configuration example of a character string editing unit according to the second embodiment. The character string editing means includes a next candidate key 81, a previous candidate key 82, and a decision key 83
, A delete key 84, and a record key 85.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 1 denotes a call I from the base station.
It is a receiving unit that receives a signal in which D and message information are modulated and transmitted. The demodulation unit 2 demodulates the modulated signal received by the reception unit 1 into a processable signal. Call I among the processable signals received by the 1D matching means 3
D is compared with an ID recorded in the ID memory means 4 in advance, and as a result, when both IDs match, the control means 5 extracts the message information from the modulated and transmitted signal and displays it on the display means 6. Here, the control means 5 reads out the display dot data using the character code stored in the character display ROM 7 in advance as an index code and reads out the display dot data.
By controlling the dot display and displaying characters, the user is notified of the arrival and content of the message.

On the other hand, in the transmission operation, the control means 5 sends the character code stored in the transmission character string memory means 8 to the modulation means 10. The modulating means 10 converts this character code into D
The signal is converted into a TMF signal and output by the speaker 11.

Next, as shown in FIG.
The optical disk 14 on which the optical disk 2 and the index code 61 for searching the character string are recorded,
3 is attached. When the user presses the next candidate key 81 or the previous candidate key 82 of the character string editing means 9 shown in FIG. 8 in order to create or edit an arbitrary character string, the character string editing means 9 uses the previously edited index code. Is sent to the control means 5. When the index code is input, the control means 5 causes the search means 12 to perform a search operation using the index code 61 stored in the optical disk 14 in advance. When this search is completed, the search means 12 sends the searched character string code 62 to the control means 5. The control unit 5 reads the display dot data stored in advance from the character display ROM 7 from the searched character string code 62. The control means 5 displays the read dot data on the display means 6. For example, the index code 61 "1A7-
Assuming that the character string of “01” is the search result, the characters to be displayed are “from” of “8e96” to “to” of “82d6”.

The user confirms the displayed character string, and if the character is a target character, presses the enter key 83 of the character string editing means 9 shown in FIG. The corresponding character string code is written in the transmission character string memory means 8. If it is not the desired string, the user
When the next candidate key 81 of the character string editing means 9 shown in FIG. 8 is pressed, the character string editing means 9 sends a search signal to the control means 5 again, and thereafter the search operation is repeated, and the user searches for a target character string. Will be. Further, when the user wants to connect the character strings, the above-described search operation is repeated. For example, store "To office A" in the transmission character string memory means 8 in the first search operation, and then "call" by the above search operation.
Is connected to the transmission character string memory means 8, it is possible to create a long character string.

When transmitting the long character string created in this manner, the character string code group of the transmission character string memory means 8 is transmitted by the modulating means 10 in the same manner as the above-described operation at the time of transmission.

The operation of recording the character string code group created in the transmission character string memory means 8 on the optical disk 14 will be described. As shown in FIG. 7, when the character string code group 72 created by the user is in the transmission character string memory means 8, when the user presses the recording key 85 of the character string editing means 9 shown in FIG. The column editing unit 9 sends an instruction signal to the control unit 5 to acquire the character string code group 72 stored in the transmission character string memory unit 8. Further, the control means 5 having acquired the character string code group 72 sends the character string code group 72 to the recording means 15.

The recording means 15 assigns the index code 61 of the acquired character string code group by comparing the acquired character string code group 72 as shown in FIG. 7 with the character string code 62 pre-recorded on the optical disk. . In the case of the character string code group 72 in FIG. 7, "1A7" of the index code 21 in FIG.
-1 "and" 1A7-02 ", the index code of the character string code group to be recorded is" 1A7-02 "as shown in the index code 61 in FIG. −02 ”and“ 1A7-03 ”are respectively“
1A7-03 "and" 1A7-04 ".

As described above, according to each embodiment, when a user creates a character string, the optical disk recording / reproducing means searches and edits the character and character string recorded in advance on the optical disk. When the edited character string is newly recorded on the optical disk, and when the edited character string is transmitted or re-edited, the edited character string is read from the optical disk by the optical disk recording / reproducing means and reproduced, and then transmitted. And a character string to be re-edited.

As a result, when a user creates a character string, editing based on the character string stored in the optical disk is enabled, and the character string can be easily created, and the user can easily create the character string. By storing the edited character string, the character string can be used again when re-editing,
Further, music sources and the like can be reproduced.

In the above description of each embodiment, the index code 21 and the index code 61 have been described as an example in which the reading code of the first character of the character string code is used. If so, other codes can be similarly implemented. The modulation means is DTM
Although the description has been given of the example in which the signal is converted into the F signal, any other modulation method can be used as long as the modulation can be transmitted.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a user creates a character string, the optical disk recording / reproducing means searches and edits characters and character strings recorded in advance on the optical disk. When the edited character string is newly recorded on the optical disk, and when the edited character string is transmitted or re-edited, the edited character string is read from the optical disk by the optical disk recording / reproducing means and reproduced, and then transmitted. And a character string to be re-edited.

Therefore, when a user creates a character string, the user can edit the character string based on the character string stored in the optical disk, and can easily create the character string. By storing the changed character string, the character string can be used again when re-editing,
Further, music sources and the like can be reproduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a radio selective calling receiver according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of character information stored on an optical disc in the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a transmission character string memory unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a character string editing unit according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a radio selective calling receiver according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of character information stored on an optical disc in the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a transmission character string memory unit according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a schematic configuration diagram of a character string editing unit according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram of a conventional radio selective calling receiver.

FIG. 10 is a schematic explanatory view of a transmission character string memory means in the radio selective calling receiver of the conventional example.

FIG. 11 is a schematic configuration diagram of a character string editing unit in the radio selective calling receiver of the conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Receiving means 2 Demodulation means 3 ID collation means 4 ID memory means 5 Control means 6 Display means 7 Character display ROM 8 Transmission character string memory means 9 Character string editing means 10 Modulation means 11 Speaker 12 Search means 13 Optical disc reproduction means (optical disc recording Reproduction means) 14 Optical disk

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A radio selective calling receiver for receiving information from a base station by selective calling by radio from a base station, wherein character information and index information for searching the character information are recorded. A reproduced optical disc, an optical disc reproducing means for reproducing the information of the optical disc, a search means for searching for the character information on the optical disc reproduced by the optical disc reproducing means, and displaying the character information searched for by the search means. Display means, a transmission character string memory means for storing the character information searched by the search means, a character string editing means capable of editing the character information stored in the transmission character string memory means, Modulation means for converting the character information stored in the transmission character string memory means into transmittable information, and receiving information from the base station. A radio selective call receiver having a function of transmitting arbitrary information via the modulating means as well as a function of transmitting the information. 2. A radio selective calling receiver for receiving information from a base station by selective calling by radio from a base station, wherein character information and index information for searching the character information are recorded. Optical disc, and optical disc recording / reproducing means for recording / reproducing information on the optical disc;
Searching means for searching for character information on the optical disk reproduced by the optical disk reproducing means; display means for displaying the character information searched for by the searching means;
Transmission character string memory means for storing the character information retrieved by the retrieval means, character string editing means capable of editing the character information stored in the transmission character string memory means, and the transmission character string memory Modulating means for converting the character information stored in the means into transmittable information; and recording means for recording the character information edited by the character string editing means on an optical disc mounted on the optical disc recording / reproducing means. And a radio selective call receiver having a function of receiving information from the base station and a function of transmitting arbitrary information via the modulating means.