JPH11150759A - Portable information terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a portable information terminal equipment having a radio telephone function to attain simultaneous recording of voice data and position information of a recording position. SOLUTION: In a portable terminal equipment consisting of a control section 3 including a CPU 2, a memory 4 that stores programs and data to control the control section 3, a storage device 5 that stores data even when no power supply is applied, a microphone 6, a speaker 7, an A/D converter 8, a D/A converter 9, a PHS personal handy phone system) radio telephone section 10, a global positioning system GPS reception section 11, an entry section 12 that receives entries from the user, and a display section 13 that displays information for the user, the A/D converter 8 generates digital information from voice data picked up from the microphone 6 and position information from the GPS and voice digital information are combined in this case and stored in the storage device 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable information terminal device for retrieving and storing information and transmitting / receiving messages via a wireless telephone line, for example.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional portable information terminal device, when audio data is recorded / reproduced as data in a database, or when audio data is attached to an e-mail, for example,
Inserting an IC (Integrated Circuit) card type voice recording / reproducing device as shown in JP-A-8-87300 into an IC card slot of a portable information terminal device,
Recording and playback of audio data was performed.

[0003] Further, a portable information terminal device having a built-in PHS (personal handy phone system) function has appeared. This terminal device provides a function of a voice call as a PHS, a function of a pager for transmitting and receiving text messages of several crosses, a function of personal computer communication via a telephone line, a function of an Internet connection, and the like.

A portable information terminal device usually has a built-in clock, and information on the time held by the clock is used when writing the transmission time of an e-mail in an e-mail or saving a file. This is one of the important functions constituting the portable information terminal device, such as setting the storage date and time. The adjustment of the time of the clock has been performed by the operation of the user of the portable information terminal device.

[0005] Further, with the spread of the Internet, a wide variety of information can be obtained by operating a portable information terminal device connected to the Internet via a telephone line. As information to be obtained, for example, information related to an arbitrary position such as map information or weather forecast is one of them.

[0006]

In the conventional portable information terminal device, when sound data is recorded, when the information of the place where the data was recorded at the same time as the recording is stored, the information of the place is separately stored. I had to do something to do it.

[0007] In addition, the number of characters of a message of character information sent from outside the terminal device to the portable information terminal device via the wireless telephone line is sometimes limited to several crosses.

[0008] Further, like a terminal device for receiving a message based on character information such as a pager, receiving image information,
Some items could not be displayed.

[0009] Further, the sender of the message sent to the user of the portable information terminal device cannot know whether the user of the portable information terminal device has read the message.

[0010] Further, when performing a search depending on the position where the terminal device is currently used, it is necessary for the user operating the terminal device to input information on the current position.

[0011] Further, the portable information terminal device is connected to the Internet via a wireless telephone line, and is connected to the WWW (World
(Wide web) If the telephone line is cut off due to poor signal conditions while collecting information while making a circuit connection,
In order to reconnect the telephone line and restore the connection to the WWW server, the user of the terminal device had to perform the connection operation.

Further, adjustment of the time of a clock incorporated in the portable information terminal device has to be performed by an operation of a user of the terminal device.

Further, it is difficult to know the position where the portable information terminal is currently used from outside the portable information terminal without being known to the user of the portable information terminal.

[0014] Further, even if it is desired to limit the place where the portable information terminal device can be used to prevent unauthorized use, the method has not been provided.

[0015] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and has as its object to significantly improve the usability and functions of a portable information terminal device. In particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide a portable information terminal device that can store voice information and position information in combination. Also,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable information terminal device capable of automatically receiving and displaying a message based on character information or image information transmitted via a wireless telephone line.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a portable information terminal device capable of notifying a source of a message that a user of the terminal device has read a message using character information or image information. It is another object of the present invention to provide a portable information terminal capable of searching for information on a WWW server depending on the current position of the terminal. It is also an object of the present invention to provide a portable information terminal device capable of automatically performing a redial when a telephone line is disconnected during acquisition of information on a WWW server and connecting the line to continuously acquire information. With the goal. It is another object of the present invention to provide a portable information terminal device that can adjust the time of a clock of the portable information terminal device using a standard radio wave. It is another object of the present invention to provide a portable information terminal device capable of providing information on a position where the portable information terminal device is currently used in response to a call from a telephone number designated in advance. It is another object of the present invention to provide a portable information terminal device capable of preventing unauthorized use of a terminal device by limiting a place where the terminal device can be used.

[0016]

A portable information terminal device according to the present invention has a control unit including a CPU, a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit, and a data storage device even when the power is off. A storage device that can store
The control unit includes a microphone, an A / D (analog / digital) converter, and a GPS receiver that obtains position information from a GPS (global positioning system) that can specify a current position using an artificial satellite. A / D converter creates digital information by digitizing a voice input from a microphone, obtains positional information by a GPS receiving unit, combines the digital information of the voice with the positional information from the GPS, and stores the combined information in a storage device. It is characterized by the following.

The portable information terminal device according to the present invention has a CP
U, a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit, a wireless telephone unit, and a display unit for displaying information to a user, wherein the wireless telephone unit is a wireless telephone line. Automatically receiving a message including at least one of character information and image information transmitted via the display unit, and displaying the message on a display unit.

The portable information terminal device according to the present invention has a CP
A control unit including U, a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit, a radio telephone unit, a display unit for displaying information to a user, and an input unit for receiving an instruction from the user. The control unit displays the message transmitted from the transmission source via the wireless telephone unit on the display unit, and by a user's arbitrary operation from the input unit,
The message transmission source is notified that the message has been read.

The portable information terminal device according to the present invention has a CP
U, a memory for storing programs and data for controlling the control unit, a storage device for storing data even when the power is not turned on, a radio telephone unit, and a satellite. A storage device comprising: a GPS receiving unit for obtaining position information from a GPS (global positioning system) capable of specifying a position; an input unit for receiving an instruction from a user; and a display unit for displaying information to the user. Is provided with a place name conversion table for converting the position information from the GPS receiving section into a place name. The control section connects to the Internet via a telephone line connected by the wireless telephone section, and stores the information in advance in the storage device. A specified WWW (World Wide Web) server having location-related information is automatically connected, and based on the location information obtained from GPS, each connected WW Characterized by storing in the storage device acquired by the information relating to the position from the server.

The portable information terminal device according to the present invention has a CP
A control unit including U, a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit, and a wireless telephone unit, wherein the control unit disconnects the telephone line during the acquisition of information by the wireless telephone unit. When detecting that the telephone line has been disconnected, redialing is repeated until the line can be connected again, and when the line is connected again, information acquisition is automatically restarted.

A portable information terminal device according to the present invention includes a clock for counting time, a time receiving unit for receiving time from a standard radio wave, and time adjusting means for adjusting the time of the clock using the received time. The time adjusting means automatically adjusts the time of the clock to the time obtained by the time receiving unit.

The portable information terminal device according to the present invention has a CP
U, a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit, a storage device for storing data even when the power is not turned on, and a radio for receiving the telephone number of the caller A telephone unit; and a GPS receiving unit that obtains position information from a GPS (global positioning system) that can specify a current position using an artificial satellite. The control unit controls a telephone number specified in a storage device in advance. In response to a call from a telephone, a telephone line is connected to the telephone number of the caller who made the call, thereby notifying information on the current position obtained by a GPS (global positioning system) receiving unit. It is characterized by the following.

The portable information terminal device according to the present invention has a CP
U including a control unit, a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit, and GPS reception for obtaining position information from a GPS (global positioning system) capable of specifying a current position using an artificial satellite And a control unit that limits the control operation based on position information from a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiving unit.

[0024]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 An embodiment for realizing a portable information terminal device according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a portable information terminal device according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a portable information terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, which includes a control unit 3 including a CPU (central processing unit) 2 and a program for operating the CPU, work data, and other data. Memory 4 to save
A storage device 5 capable of storing data even when the power is off, a microphone 6 for inputting audio, an A / D (analog / digital) converter 8 for digitizing audio data from the microphone 6, , A D / A (digital / analog) converter 9 for converting audio data into an analog signal for output from the speaker, a PHS wireless telephone unit 10 for connecting to a telephone line, GPS (global positioning system) receiving unit 11 for specifying the current position by radio waves, an input unit 12 for receiving an operation by the user of the portable information terminal device, and text information or text information for the user of the portable information terminal device. A display unit 13 for displaying image information, a time receiving unit 14 for obtaining time from a standard radio wave, and a clock 1 for managing the time of the portable information terminal device
6 and time adjusting means 15 for adjusting the time of the clock 16 based on the time from the time receiving unit 14. The storage device 5 stores a place name conversion table 18 that converts the position information received by the GPS receiver 11 into place names.

The microphone 6 is connected to a bus line 17 via an A / D converter 8. Similarly, the speaker 7 is connected via a D / A converter 9 via a bus line 17. It should be noted that the PHS system radio telephone unit 10 has an A / D
When a conversion unit and a D / A conversion unit are built in, A / D
There is no need to specially provide the conversion unit 8 and the D / A conversion unit 9,
It can also be used for double use. The control unit 3, the memory 4, the storage device 5, the PHS wireless telephone unit 10, and the GPS receiving unit 1.
1, the input unit 12, the display unit 13, and the clock 16 are also connected to the bus line 17, respectively. The time receiving section 14 is connected to the bus line 17 via the time adjusting means 15.

FIG. 2 shows the input unit 12 of the portable information terminal device 1.
And an example of the display unit 13. The screen 20 also serves as a part of the input unit 12 and the display unit 13. When the user touches the display on the screen 20, the input unit 12 receives an input from the user of the portable information terminal device. User calculates button 21
Touch to activate the calculator function and press the mail button 22
Touch to activate the e-mail function and press the record button 2
Touching the button 3 activates the voice data recording function, touching the play button 24 activates the recorded voice data playback function, touching the telephone button 25 activates the wireless telephone calling function, and pressing the Internet button 29. W
The WW browser is activated, and the power of the portable information terminal device is turned on and off by touching the power button 26.

Next, the operation of each section shown in FIG. 1 will be described.
The operation of each unit described below is controlled by the control unit 3. When the user of the portable information terminal device records audio data to which location information is added, first, the recording button 23 is touched to put the portable information terminal device in a recording enabled state. The sound to be recorded is transmitted from the microphone 6 to the A / D converter 8, where it is converted from an analog signal to a digital signal. At the same time, the position data of the portable information terminal device at the time when the recording is enabled is obtained from the GPS receiving unit 11. The voice data and the position data are stored in a storage device in a data structure as shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the audio data file 30 includes a header 31 having information such as the file creation date and time, digitized audio data 32, and position data 33 from a GPS receiving unit.

To play the recorded audio data, the user touches the play button 24. Then, the audio data file 30 is called from the storage device 5, and the audio data 32 is stored in the D / D.
The signal is sent to the A converter 9 and is converted into an analog signal. The converted signal is reproduced from the speaker 7. At the same time, the position data 33 is displayed on the screen 20, so that information on the location where the audio data was recorded can be known.

For example, when a police mountain guard performs a patrol on a mountain climbing route and finds a dangerous place that requires some kind of treatment, the operation of recording the situation by voice can be used to accurately identify the dangerous place. Can be recorded at the same time, which can be used for later work.

As described above, even if the user of the terminal device does not separately perform the operation of storing the information of the place, the information of the place where the sound data was recorded can be simultaneously performed with the recording of the sound data. Become.

The reception of a message based on character information or image information is performed according to the flowchart shown in FIG. The PHS wireless telephone unit 10 is connected to a telephone line while the telephone line is not connected.
As shown in step 34, it is in a state of waiting for an incoming call. When a call arrives, a protocol communication step 39 is performed. In steps 35 and 37, it is determined whether the communication is voice communication or data communication by protocol communication with the other party, and according to the determination result, whether the normal communication processing step 36, the normal data communication processing step 38, or the automatic display processing step 47 is performed. Do one of Automatic display processing step 4
When step 7 is executed, first, it is determined in step 40 whether a message has arrived. In the conventional PHS protocol, only one of voice communication and data communication is determined, but in the present invention, it is also determined whether to automatically display data.

FIG. 10 shows the structure of the message 100. The message 100 includes a header 101, character information 102 by e-mail (e-mail), and image information 103 by MIME (multi-purpose interest mail extension). If the message has arrived, it is checked in step 41 whether the received message is character information 102 by referring to the header 101. If it is the character information 102, it is displayed as the incoming character information 27 on the screen 20 in step 42. If there is no character information 102, step 42 is skipped.
In step 43, it is checked whether or not the message is the image information 103. If the message is the image information 103, the message is displayed as the incoming image information 28 on the screen 20 in step 44. If there is no image information, step 44 is skipped.

After the display is completed, the portable information terminal device operates the screen for the user to read the message in step 45,
For example, if the user scrolls the screen or touches the display end button or the like on the screen, in step 46, the message transmission source is notified that the message has been read. The notification indicating that the message has been read is sent to the source of the message by operating the PHS wireless telephone unit 10 and connecting the telephone line.

As described above, even if the user of the portable information terminal device having the PHS wireless telephone unit does not perform any special operation, the message based on the character information and image information sent from outside the terminal device can be automatically transmitted. This has the effect of receiving and displaying it on the screen, and notifying the sender of the message that the message has been read.

To obtain information related to the position from a WWW server designated in advance, the user presses the Internet button 29 on the screen 20. Then, the screen 20 is switched to the WWW browser screen shown in FIG.

In FIG. 5, reference numeral 50 denotes a WWW browser screen, a connection button 51 for connecting a telephone line to connect the portable information terminal device to the Internet, and a URL (uniform resource locator) for specifying a URL of a WWW server. A button 52, a re-read button 53 for re-reading the currently displayed content, and a return button 5 indicated by an arrow for performing forward-forwarding of the displayed page in reverse.
4, a forward button 55, a position search button 56 for storing information related to the position based on the position information obtained from the GPS receiving unit 11, and a URL display unit 57 for displaying the URL of the currently displayed WWW server. And a display unit 58 on which the content pointed to by the URL display unit 57 is displayed.

When the position search button 56 is pressed, information related to the current position is obtained as shown in the flowchart of FIG. First, in step 60, it is confirmed whether the portable information terminal device is connected to the Internet. If not, in step 61 the PHS wireless telephone unit 10
Control to connect the telephone line and connect to the Internet. After connecting to the Internet, step 6
In step 2, the GPS receiver 11 is controlled to obtain information on the current position. The obtained position information is converted into a place name using the place name conversion table 18 in step 63. In step 64, one of the WWW servers designated by the user in advance is selected and connected. The WWW server connected in step 65 is searched using the place name obtained in step 63 as a key. The obtained search result is stored in the storage device 5 in step 66. WW specified by user in step 67
It is checked whether there is a WWW server not yet connected among the W servers.
Performs a search by connecting to the WW server and specifies the W specified by the user.
The process is repeated until all WW servers are searched. When the search is completed, the search result is stored in the storage device 5, so that the user can refer to the search result even if the telephone line is disconnected.

For example, a user specifies in advance two WWW servers, a WWW server that can obtain a weather forecast from a place name and a WWW server that can obtain map information around a position indicated by a place name from a place name. If a location search operation is performed at a travel destination, a weather forecast and map information of the surrounding area can be obtained.

As described above, the information on the WWW server depending on the position where the terminal device is currently used is automatically searched without the user of the portable information terminal device inputting the current position. However, the result can be referred to even after the connection with the WWW server is disconnected.

If the radio wave condition deteriorates and the wireless telephone line is disconnected during the search in the above example, the processing is performed according to the flowchart of FIG. A search condition setting step 70 and a search start step 71 are performed, and a line disconnection detection wait state is set. The search process is performed by a search end check step 76, a search end check step 77, and a next search setting step 78. During this process, the occurrence of a line disconnection is detected in step 72. If a line disconnection occurs, the processing of the line reconnection step 73 is set to P
The HS-type wireless telephone unit 10 performs the operation. A check step 74 is performed to check whether the line has been connected. If the line cannot be connected, the line reconnection step 73 is repeated. When the connection is established, the search re-execution step 75 is executed under the search conditions set in step 70 or step 78.

For example, when searching and collecting the weather forecast of the current position in a running train, the line disconnection occurs during the running of the train due to the characteristics of the PHS wireless telephone. Also in this case, by applying the above example, the line is reconnected at the time when the train stops at the station, and the search can be automatically continued.

As described above, even if the telephone line is disconnected during the acquisition of information, there is an effect that the search can be continued without the user performing the operation of reconnecting.

The time of the clock 16 provided in the portable information terminal device is adjusted as follows. When the power of the portable information terminal device is turned on, the time receiving unit 14 transmits a radio time signal representing the current time transmitted on a long wave standard radio wave (JG2AS) operated by the Communications Research Laboratory of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.
And the time adjustment means 15 automatically rewrites the current time of the clock 16 to the received current time.

As described above, there is an effect that the time of the clock in the portable information terminal device can be adjusted without the user of the terminal device performing an operation.

When the current position of the portable information terminal device is known from outside the portable information terminal device, the process is performed according to the flowchart of FIG. In the storage device 5 of the portable information terminal device, a telephone number to which the current position is notified is stored in advance.

The PHS has a function of notifying the telephone number of the caller, so that when a call is received, the telephone number of the caller can be known before connecting the line.

When a PHS call arrives at the portable information terminal device, it is checked in step 81 whether or not the notification destination telephone number of the current position stored in the storage device 5 matches the telephone number of the caller. If they do not match, a normal incoming call processing step 87 such as ringing is performed.
If the telephone numbers match, step 82 is executed in which line connection is temporarily refused. Next, at step 83, the GPS
The current position of the portable information terminal device is obtained from the receiving unit 11. After the acquisition, the telephone line to the source of the incoming call is connected in step 84, and the current position obtained in step 83 is notified in step 85. In step 86, the line is disconnected after the notification is completed.

As described above, in response to a call from a telephone having a telephone number designated in advance, information on the current position of the portable information terminal device obtained by GPS (Global Positioning System) is used for the telephone that has made the call. Since the portable information terminal device notifies the number by making a telephone line connection, the current position of the portable information terminal device can be determined from outside the portable information terminal device without being known to the user of the portable information terminal device. There is an effect that can be known.

Further, the limitation of the place where the portable information terminal device can be used to a specific place is performed according to the flowchart of FIG. The available location of the portable information terminal device is stored in advance in the storage device 5 of the portable information terminal device.

When the clock 16 of the portable information terminal reaches 00 seconds per minute, a step 92 for obtaining information on the current position of the portable information terminal from the GPS receiver 11 is executed. In step 94, it is checked whether or not this position corresponds to an available place stored in the storage device 5 in advance. When the current position of the portable information terminal device does not correspond to the usable place, in step 95, the operation of the portable information terminal device is stopped.

For example, a usable location of the portable information terminal device used by a business person whose business area is Kanagawa Prefecture is set in Kanagawa Prefecture. When the portable information terminal device is taken out of Kanagawa Prefecture, the portable information terminal device cannot be used by the above function, and unnecessary use of the terminal device can be prevented.

As described above, since the operation of the portable information terminal device is restricted by the position information from the GPS (Global Positioning System), the place where the portable information terminal device can be used is limited to an arbitrary place. .

Embodiment 2 In the first embodiment, the PHS method is used as the wireless telephone method. However, the wireless telephone method is not particularly limited as long as it is a wireless telephone method capable of notifying the caller ID. For example, the PHS wireless telephone unit 10
Can be replaced with a PDC (Personal Digital Cellular) wireless telephone unit to obtain the same effect.

[0055]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the information inputted from the microphone is digitized by the A / D conversion unit built in the wireless telephone unit, and the position information and the sound from the GPS at this time are created. In order to combine and store digital information of
There is an effect that the information of the location where the audio data was recorded can be performed simultaneously with the recording of the audio data without separately performing the operation of storing the information of the location.

According to the second invention, a message based on character information or image information sent from outside the terminal device via the wireless telephone line is automatically received and displayed on the display unit. There is an effect that a message of character information or image information can be received without the user of the portable information terminal device operating the terminal device for receiving a message.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, after a message based on character information or image information is displayed on the display unit, the user can operate the input unit to perform an arbitrary operation on the displayed character information or image information. To notify the sender of the message that the message has been read, without having to perform an explicit operation to notify the user of the portable information terminal device that the information has been read, the sender of the message This has the effect that the user can know that the message sent by the user has been read.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, a connection is made to the Internet via a telephone line connected by a wireless telephone unit, and a WWW server having information on a position designated by a user in advance is automatically visited. Connected, and each connected W
The current terminal device is used for the WW server to acquire information related to the position based on the position information obtained from the GPS on the portable information terminal device and store it in the storage device on the portable information terminal device. The information on the WWW server that depends on the current position is automatically searched without inputting the current position by the user of the portable information terminal device, and the result is displayed on the WWW.
There is an effect that reference can be made even after the connection with the W server is disconnected.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, when it is detected that the telephone line has been disconnected during the acquisition of information, the redial is repeated until the line is connected again. When the telephone line is disconnected during the acquisition of information, the telephone line is reconnected without the user of the portable information terminal device operating, and the information is automatically restarted. There is an effect that acquisition of information can be continued.

According to the sixth aspect, the time adjusting means automatically adjusts the time of the clock provided in the portable information terminal device to the time obtained by the time receiving unit. There is an effect that the time of the clock in the portable information terminal device can be adjusted without performing the operation.

Further, according to the seventh invention, in response to a call from a telephone having a telephone number designated in advance, information on the current position of the portable information terminal device obtained by GPS (Global Positioning System) is stored. In order to notify the called telephone number by connecting a telephone line from the portable information terminal device, the portable information terminal device can be accessed from outside the portable information terminal device without being known to the user of the portable information terminal device. There is an effect that the current position of the device can be known.

Further, according to the eighth invention, the operation of the portable information terminal device is restricted by the position information from the GPS (Global Positioning System), so that the place where the portable information terminal device can be used is set at an arbitrary place. There is an effect that can be limited to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a portable information terminal device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exemplary view showing an example of a screen serving as an input unit and a display unit in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an exemplary view showing the structure of an audio data file according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process for receiving a message based on character information or image information in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is an exemplary screen view of a WWW browser according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process when acquiring information related to a current position in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing when a line disconnection occurs in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a process when the current position of the portable information terminal is known from outside the portable information terminal according to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is an exemplary flowchart showing a process in a case where locations where the portable information terminal device can be used in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 are limited.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a structure of a message in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

1 portable information terminal device, 2 CPU, 3 control unit, 4
Memory, 5 storage devices, 6 microphones, 7 speakers,
8 A / D converter, 9 D / A converter, 10 PHS wireless phone unit, 11 GPS receiver, 12 input unit, 13
Display unit, 14 time receiving unit, 15 time adjusting means, 1
6 clocks, 17 bus lines, 18 place name conversion tables,
20 screens, 21 calculation buttons, 22 mail buttons,
23 record button, 24 play button, 25 telephone button, 26 power button, 27 character information, 28 image information, 29 internet button, 30 audio data file structure, 31 header, 32 audio data, 33
Position data, 50 WWW browser screen, 51 connection button, 52 URL button, 53 reload button, 54
Return button, 55 forward button, 56 position search button, 57 URL display section, 58 display section.

Claims (8)

[Claims] A control unit including a CPU; a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit; a storage device for storing data even when the power is off; a microphone and an A / D (analog). / Digital) conversion unit, and a GPS receiving unit that obtains position information from a GPS (global positioning system) that can specify the current position using an artificial satellite. The control unit converts audio input from the microphone into A A digital information generated by a / D conversion unit, a position information obtained by a GPS reception unit, and a combination of the digital information of the voice and the position information from the GPS, which are stored in a storage device. Terminal device. 2. A radio telephone unit comprising: a control unit including a CPU; a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit; a radio telephone unit; and a display unit for displaying information to a user. Wherein a message including at least one of character information and image information sent via a wireless telephone line is automatically received and displayed on a display unit. 3. A control unit including a CPU, a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit, a wireless telephone unit, a display unit for displaying information to a user, and an instruction from the user. The control unit displays a message transmitted from the transmission source via the wireless telephone unit on the display unit, and controls the transmission source of the message by a user's arbitrary operation from the input unit. A portable information terminal device for notifying that a message has been read. 4. A control unit including a CPU, a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit, a storage device for storing data even when the power is not turned on, a radio telephone unit, an artificial satellite, A GPS receiving unit that obtains position information from a GPS (global positioning system) that can identify a current position using a GPS, an input unit that receives instructions from a user, and a display unit that displays information to the user The storage device has a place name conversion table for converting the location information from the GPS receiving unit into a place name. The control unit connects to the Internet via a telephone line connected by the wireless telephone unit. Automatically connect a WWW (World Wide Web) server having location information specified in a storage device in advance, and store location information obtained from GPS. DOO, a portable information terminal apparatus characterized by storing in the storage device information related to the position of the WWW server connected acquired by. 5. A control unit including a CPU, a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit, and a wireless telephone unit, wherein the control unit is connected to a telephone line while the wireless telephone unit is acquiring information. If the line is disconnected and the telephone line is disconnected, redial is repeated until the line can be connected again, and when the line is connected again, information acquisition is automatically restarted. Mobile information terminal device. 6. A clock for counting time, a time receiving unit for receiving time from a standard radio wave, and time adjusting means for adjusting the time of the clock using the received time, wherein the time adjusting means is a clock. A portable information terminal device, which automatically adjusts the time to the time obtained by the time receiving unit. 7. A control unit including a CPU, a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit, a storage device for storing data even when the power is off, and receiving a telephone number of a caller. And a GPS receiver that obtains position information from a GPS (global positioning system) that can determine the current position using an artificial satellite. The control unit specifies the storage device in advance. In response to a call from a telephone having a given telephone number, by connecting a telephone line to the telephone number of the calling party, GP
A portable information terminal device for notifying information of a current position obtained by an S (global positioning system) receiving unit. 8. A control unit including a CPU, a memory for storing a program and data for controlling the control unit, and positional information from a GPS (global positioning system) capable of specifying a current position using an artificial satellite. A portable information terminal device, comprising: a GPS receiving unit that obtains a GPS signal; and the control unit restricts a control operation based on position information from a GPS (global positioning system) receiving unit.