JPH10322738A - Radio type individual receiver and manufacture thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform display by a day-of-the-week array corresponding to the country and religion of a shipping destination by operating an external switch, specifying the leading day of the week of a day-of-the-week icon, resetting a day-of-the-week order and storing reset day-ofthe-week icon position information in a nonvolatile memory. SOLUTION: A power source is turned on by sliding a power switch 12 serving also as a function selection switch and calendar information and the set leading day of the week are read from the ROM of a memory 26 for a program. Based on the judged result, a basic control part 32 computes the difference of the present day of the week and the leading day of the week. Then, the basic control part 32 instructs the day-of-the-week display icon of what order from the leading day of the week is to be lighted or made to flicker to a day-of- the-week icon display part, displays the day of the week and stands by until the next operation is performed. In such a manner, an optional day-of-the-week array is set in the final manufacture stage of a device and the day-of-theweek array corresponding to individuals is reset on a user side as well.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio individual receiving apparatus for receiving a call individually by radio. In particular, the present invention relates to a wireless individual receiving device that displays a day of the week on a message display unit based on calendar information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a wireless individual receiving device in which day icons are arranged at positions corresponding to respective days, calendar information is read from a read-only memory ROM, and the day icons are turned on.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a conventional wireless type individual receiving apparatus 10. In the figure, the wireless individual receiving device 10
Is a message display unit 1 of a liquid crystal screen including a switch 12 for both power supply and function selection and a day of the week icon display unit 16.
4. An operation switch 18 for scrolling the display contents of the message display unit 14 and a day display 20 for displaying the day of the week corresponding to the day icon display unit 16. The current month / day information is displayed by the function selection switch 12 and the operation switch 18. Is input, and the built-in CPU executes a calculation process of the day of the week based on the month and day information, and displays the corresponding day of the week on the day of the week icon display unit 1.
6 was displayed. The illustrated day of the week indicates Monday, and the day of the week display icon is divided into segments for a total of seven days corresponding to Monday to Sunday, and the day of the week display icon for Monday displayed in this segment is fixed to the first day of the week 22.

[0004]

However, the wireless individual receiving apparatus 10 as described above uses the inexpensive segment display type message display section 14 to light the corresponding day display icon every seven days. Therefore, there is a disadvantage that calendar display corresponding to the market cannot be performed.

Further, it is complicated to change the internal program for each country to which the wireless individual receiving device is shipped, and there is a disadvantage that the production cost is increased because of a small lot.

[0006] Further, when the religion of the person carrying the wireless individual receiving device relies on Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, etc., the calendar day order is also different, and the fixed day display is different. There was also a drawback that could not cope with the problem.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and has as its object to freely reset the first day of the weekday display icon of the wireless individual receiver. is there.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a wireless individual receiving apparatus according to the present invention is provided with an external switch for designating the first day of the week icon and resetting the order of the days. A non-volatile memory that stores the day of the week icon position information, a day of the week display plate that is arranged adjacent to the message display section and displays the day of the week in accordance with the reset day of the week order, and a day of the week that is reset based on the calendar information. It has a day display device for lighting or blinking the corresponding day icon.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing a wireless individual receiving apparatus, comprising the steps of: preparing a wireless individual receiving apparatus for displaying day icons in predetermined day order; Specify the first day of the weekday icon, reset the order of the day of the week, store the reset day of the week icon position information in the non-volatile memory, and place the day of the week display plate corresponding to the reset day of the week on the message display. They are arranged adjacent to each other.

[0010]

According to the present invention having the above-described configuration, the order of the day of the week displayed on the wireless individual receiving device can be arbitrarily changed.

[0011]

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Although not particularly limited, this device is configured for a pager.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless individual receiving apparatus 30 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a wireless individual receiving device 30 is connected to a microprocessor 28, a program memory 26 for storing a program and data for a calendar function, a basic control unit 32 including a timer having a clock function, and the basic control unit 32. Message display unit 14, shift key control unit 34, scroll key control unit 36, volume circuit 38, power switch / function selection switch 12 connected to shift key control unit 34, and operation switch connected to scroll key control unit 36 The message display unit 14 can display a day setting mode for designating the first day 22 by operating the switch 12. One of the seven days from Monday to Sunday displayed on the message table section 14 is selected by the operation switch 18 to specify the first day 22. The designated first day 22 can be stored in the program memory 26 through the microprocessor 28,
The memory 26 is an SRAM backed up by an internal power supply, E
Non-volatile memory such as EPROM can be used,
Even if the power is turned off by sliding the switch 12 of the wireless individual receiving apparatus, the stored contents do not disappear. In addition, the designated first day 22 is the first day 2 that is set in advance.
If the storage contents are changed, unlike FIG. 2, the volume circuit 3 for notifying that the new first day of the week 22 has been stored.
A confirmation sound can be emitted from the speaker 24 via the speaker 8. Further, by pressing down the switch 12, the input mode of the local time can be displayed on the message display unit 14. The local time can be input by changing the displayed number indicating the date and time with the operation switch 18. The microprocessor 28 can execute the calendar function processing based on the input month, date, and time to determine the day of the week, and can store the determined day of the week, month, day, and time in the program memory 26.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a wireless individual receiving apparatus 40 according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the wireless individual receiving apparatus 40 has seven day display icons arranged on a day icon display section 16 displayed on the message display section 14, and the first day 22 is set to Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, The order can be arranged in the order of Thursday, and the microprocessor 28 executes the program of the calendar mechanism.
Can be turned on or off. Since the acrylic plate 42 on which the day display corresponding to the arrangement from Friday to Thursday is printed can be attached to the surface of the wireless individual receiving device 40, after assembling the wireless individual receiving device 40 of one basic model, The specification of the day of the week can be changed at the final manufacturing stage, and the wireless individual receiving device 40 of the individual specification corresponding to the destination can be provided. Further, the switch 12 is depressed to display the alarm setting mode on the message display section 14, and the operation switch 1 is pressed.
If the alarm valid day of the clock function is designated at 8, the wireless individual receiving device 40 can be sounded at the designated time on the designated day. Further, by specifying the incoming valid day of the week by the same operation, it is possible to freely select the day of the week that the wireless individual receiving apparatus 40 can receive. For example,
The reception of the wireless individual receiving device 40 can be permitted corresponding to the working days from Monday to Friday.

In the above embodiment, the day of the week is displayed in Chinese characters on the message display section 14 and the acrylic plate 42, but other characters may be used. For example, English, German, French, Russian, Spanish, etc. Further, although the day display icon is a square segment display, other icons such as rectangles, circles, and asterisks can be used as long as the icons can be lit adjacent to the day display 20. Further, the seven day display icons may have the same shape or different shapes, and may of course be configured in color or monochrome.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a wireless individual receiving apparatus 44 according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the wireless individual receiving device 44 can display the day of the week display 20 on the acrylic plate 42 with kanji and dots of day, water, and soil, instead of displaying all the days of the week. In addition, the day display icons from the first day of the week 22 to the current Friday can be lit on the day of the week icon display section 16 and the display of the day of the week display icon on Saturday can be displayed to represent the day of the week. According to the present embodiment, the wearer of the wireless individual receiving device 44 can store the first day of the week 22 and confirm the current day of the week simply by looking at the number of lit day display icons. Therefore, the day of the week display 20 is displayed on the acrylic plate 42.
The day of the week can be confirmed by the display form of the day of the week display icon that is lit even if there is no icon. In addition, since it is clear at a glance how long there is a period until the weekend, visibility of day confirmation can be increased. Further, the day display icons are lit in order from the first day, but the configuration may be reversed. That is, all the day display icons may be turned on on Sunday, and may be turned off in order from the day display icon on Sunday as the day of the week elapses.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the system flow of the day of the week display of the wireless individual receiver according to another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the wireless individual receiving apparatus includes a step 50 of turning on the power by sliding the switch 12, a step 52 of reading the calendar information and the set first day 22 from the ROM of the program memory 26, and a step 52 of reading the first day 22. And the basic control unit 32 calculates the difference between the current day of the week and the first day of the week 22 based on the result of the determination in step 5.
6 to 62, based on the calculation result, the basic control unit 32 instructs the day of the week icon display unit 16 to indicate which number of the day of the week display icon from the first day of the week 22 is to be turned on or blinked. An idle step 66 is provided for waiting until an operation is performed. An arbitrary day arrangement can be set at the final manufacturing stage of the wireless individual receiver, and the user can reset the individual day arrangement at the user side. it can.

In the above description, the present invention has been described with reference to the day of the week display for a wireless individual receiving apparatus. However, the present invention is not necessarily limited to the wireless individual receiving apparatus. Needless to say, In the above embodiment, the first day of the week is set only by operating the switch. However, by changing the contents of the program memory and transmitting the day of the week setting code included in an external call message, the first day of the week is set. 22 can also be changed. For example, the first day of the week 22 can be reset to Monday by "* 09 --- 01 #" and the first day of the week 22 to Friday by "* 09 --- 07 #" by an external wireless call.

[0018]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it has the following effects.

Since the day-of-week display arrangement of the wireless individual receiving device can be set arbitrarily, the days of the week can be displayed in the day-of-week arrangement corresponding to the country or religion of the shipping destination.

Further, since the arrangement of the day of the week display can be changed at the final manufacturing stage of the wireless individual receiving apparatus, there is no need to prepare a program memory for each country. It is easy to reduce the production cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless individual receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the wireless individual receiver according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of a wireless individual receiver according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a system flowchart of the wireless individual receiving apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a conventional wireless individual receiver.

[Explanation of symbols]

12 switches, 14 message display section, 18 operation switches, 20 day display, 22 first day, 26 program memory, 28 microprocessor, 32
Basic control unit, 42 acrylic board.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An external switch for specifying a first day of a day icon and resetting the order of the day in a wireless individual receiving apparatus for displaying a day icon at a position corresponding to each day on a message display section for displaying a call message. A nonvolatile memory for storing the reset day-of-the-week icon position information, a day-of-week display plate arranged adjacent to the message display unit for displaying the day of the week in accordance with the reset day-of-week order, and calendar information. A wireless individual receiving device comprising a day display device for lighting or blinking a day icon corresponding to a reset day order based on the day order. 2. A method of manufacturing a wireless individual receiving apparatus for displaying a day icon at a position corresponding to each day on a message display unit for displaying a call message, wherein the wireless individual receiving apparatus displays the day icons in a predetermined day order. Preparing the device, specifying the first day of the week icon by operating an external switch, and resetting the day order, and storing the reset day icon position information in a non-volatile memory; Arranging a day display plate corresponding to the reset day order adjacent to the message display unit.