KR100377930B1 - Power supply control method by self-diagnosis of radio paging receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A power supply control method by self-diagnosis of a radio paging receiver is provided to save power by diagnosing paging information received for a certain time period and automatically controlling supply of operation power. CONSTITUTION: A micro-controller reads plural time information stored in a memory, determines a receive time at which paging information is first received during a day as a minimum value and a receive time at which paging information is last received as a maximum value, and stores them. The micro-controller stores the smallest value of seven minimum values in MIN_MIN and the greatest value of seven maximum values in MAX_MAX after seven days elapses. The micro-controller determines a value obtained by subtracting one hour from the value stored in the MIN_MIN as an ON time of a radio paging receiver and a value obtained by adding one hour to the value stored in MAX_MAX as an OFF time of the radio paging receiver, and stores them. When a receiving pattern is formed, the micro-controller determines 6 o'clock as an ON time and 0 o'clock as an OFF time(202-208). The micro-controller checks whether it's 6 o'clock(212). When it's 6 o'clock(218), the micro-controller turns on the radio paging receiver(220).

Description

Control Method of Power Supply by Self Diagnosis of Wireless Call Receiver

The present invention relates to a method for controlling the power supply of a wireless call receiver, and in particular, diagnoses the call information received for a certain period of time and supplies the operating power before the reception time of the first received call information and the last received call information. The present invention relates to a method for saving power by cutting off the operation power after a reception time of.

A typical radio call receiver receives and analyzes a specific type of radio call information, and then displays or alerts the call information when it is related to itself. These functions are performed by the operating power supplied from the power supply included in the wireless call receiver. When the battery used as the operating power supply reaches the end of its life, the user must replace the battery to use the wireless call receiver again. However, as the life of the battery is shortened, there is a problem in that the user needs to replace the battery. To solve this problem, and to reduce the battery consumption, various methods are currently emerging.

A typical method is the so-called Auto ON / OFF function. According to this function, the microcontroller of the wireless call receiver checks the on time and the off time using a built-in clock, and controls the power supply unit at each time to automatically power on or off the wireless call receiver. At this time, the on time and off time is a value set by the user, for this purpose, the user had to operate the keys on the operation unit one by one. In addition, there is a disadvantage in that the call information received outside the time range set by the user cannot be received.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a control method for automatically supplying and cutting off power for the operation of a wireless call receiver even when a user does not set an on time and an off time.

Another object of the present invention is to diagnose the call information received for a certain period of time to determine the reception trend of the wireless call receiver, supply the operating power before the reception time of the first received call information among the call information, and the last received call. The present invention provides a method of saving power by cutting off the operation power after a reception time of information.

The present invention for achieving the above object is to store the time when each call information is received when a plurality of call information is received, to supply the operating power before the earliest receiving time of the plurality of stored time, Towards the wireless call receiver which cuts off the supply of the operating power after the latest reception time among the stored multiple reception times.

According to a first embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling operating power supplied to a wireless call receiver, including: a first storing process of storing reception times of a plurality of call information received during a preset period on a daily basis; Supplying power to the wireless call receiver using a second storing process of storing only the minimum time and the maximum time separately from the stored reception time, and using the smallest minimum time of the daily minimum time and the largest maximum time of the daily maximum time. An on / off time determination process for determining an on time and an off time for interrupting supply of power, an operation power supply process for supplying an operating power of a wireless page receiver to the determined on time, and supplying the operating power If there is a reception time less than the determined on-time by analyzing the reception time of the received call information during the following one day Determining the on-time of the radio call receiver and, if there is a reception time larger than the determined off time, determine this as the off time of a subsequent radio call receiver and then cut off the supply of the operating power of the radio call receiver at the determined off time. Characterized in that the operation power off process.

According to a second embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a method of controlling operating power supplied to a wireless page receiver, including: a first storing process of storing a time at which a plurality of call information received during a preset period is received daily; And a second storage process for storing only the minimum time and the maximum time separately from the received reception time, and supplying power to the wireless call receiver by using the smallest minimum time of the daily minimum time and the largest maximum time of the daily maximum time. Whether there is an on / off time determination process for determining the on time and the off time for cutting off the power supply, and the minimum time indicating the dawn time among the minimum times stored in the second storage process when the determined on time arrives. When the dawn time is confirmed during the confirmation of the dawn time and the minimum time stored in the second storage process is added during the dawn time The on-time change process of changing the time of one hour before the large minimum time to the on-time time, and the power supply process of supplying power to the wireless call receiver when the determined on-time is changed, and supplying power to the wireless call receiver. When the determined off time is reached, when the dawn time of the minimum time stored in the second storage process is confirmed, the off time change is determined by changing the time after one hour of the smallest minimum time of the non-dawn time to the off time. And a power supply blocking process for shutting off the power supplied to the wireless call receiver when the off time determined by the change is reached.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION A detailed description of preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the following description of the present invention, detailed descriptions of related well-known functions or configurations will be omitted when it is determined that the detailed description may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention. Terms to be described later are defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, and may be defined differently according to a user or a custom. That is, the self-diagnosis means that the microcontroller stores the reception times of the call information received for a certain period as a reception pattern, and then uses the same to diagnose the reception trend of the call information and turn on and off the radio page receiver according to the diagnosed trend. The term is defined in the sense, and the morning time means the time from 0 o'clock to 5 o'clock of the day.

1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a radio call receiver to which the present invention is applied.

In FIG. 1, the receiver 111 receives radio call information through an antenna AT and performs functions of frequency conversion, demodulation, and waveform shaping. The output of the receiver 111 is wireless call information converted into digital data and is applied to the decoder 112. The decoder 112 decodes the received data and sets an operation mode of the radio call receiver. That is, in the idle mode, the supply of operating power is controlled at regular intervals to detect the preamble data. In the batch mode, the word sync data and the set frame data are detected. The detected frame data is decoded and converted into the original data form.

The microcontroller 115 receives the decoded data output from the decoder 112 and generates an alarm control signal or a display control signal to control the overall operation of the radio page receiver. The alarm unit 118 generates an alarm signal such as a tone signal or a vibration signal for informing that the alarm unit 118 is called by the alarm control signal output from the microcontroller 115. The display unit 117 displays the call message and the status information of the wireless call receiver by the display control signal output from the microcontroller 115. The memory 116 is composed of EEPROM and RAM, stores unique address information and frame information allocated to the radio call receiver, and stores call messages processed by the microcontroller 115.

The operation unit 119 is a means for allowing a user to control the operation of the wireless call receiver. The call message stored in the memory 116 and the call message confirmation key for displaying on the display unit 117 are provided. A user selectable key to be alerted by a tone signal or a vibration signal, and a user can select one of a plurality of caller messages stored in the memory 116 and displayed on the display unit 117. And a plurality of keys, such as a selection key. However, these functions can be implemented by substantially pressing a few keys a number of times, and the operation of the self-diagnosis mode according to the present invention is also selected by the keys installed on the operation unit 119.

Since the wireless call receiver having the above configuration generally uses the battery as an operating power source, it is very important to save the battery. Therefore, it is common to perform the power saving mode in order to extend the life of the battery. The switch 113 is switched by a power control signal output from the decoder 112 to control an operation of connecting the output of the power supply 114 to the receiver 111. Since the configuration of the receiver 111 is composed of analog elements, which greatly affects the power consumption of the wireless call receiver, proper control of the power supply of the receiver 111 can effectively realize power saving of the wireless call receiver. have.

The method for controlling power supply by self-diagnosis according to the present invention is also to save power of the wireless call receiver, and the microcontroller 115 saves power by controlling the supply of operating power as shown in FIG. . The program according to the flowchart as shown in FIG. 2 is stored in the memory 116, and the memory 116 has a memory map of the form shown in FIG.

Operation according to the present invention can be largely divided and described as two embodiments. The first embodiment may be applied to a user living in a normal time zone (9 am to 6 pm), and the second embodiment may be applied to a user living in a dawn time zone (0 to 5 pm). 4 is a diagram illustrating the types of information stored in the memory 116 when performing an operation according to the first embodiment. 5 is a diagram illustrating the types of information stored in the memory 116 when performing an operation according to the second embodiment.

When the user operates the key on the operation unit 119 to set the wireless call receiver to the self-diagnosis mode, the microcontroller 115 performs the operation according to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the microcontroller 115 performs an operation of steps 202 to 208 to form a reception pattern. Forming the reception pattern is for diagnosing the reception trend of the call information received in the wireless call receiver, and indicates the time range within which the call information is received. The microcontroller 115 proceeds to step 208 to form a reception pattern each time the time is checked in step 202. This operation is performed in the same manner without distinction between the first and second embodiments.

That is, the microcontroller 115 checks whether call information is received every 60 minutes and stores the time information included in the checked call information in the memory 116. When 0 o'clock (24 o'clock), which is a time point at which the date changes every day, is checked in step 202, the microcontroller 115 reads a plurality of time information stored in the memory 116 to receive the first received call information during the day. Is determined as the minimum value and the reception time of the last received call information is determined as the maximum value and stored. Repeating this operation for a predetermined period of time, preferably a week (7 days), the seven minimum values MIN1 to MIN7 and the seven maximum values MAX1 to MAX7 in the memory 116 as shown in FIG. ) Can be stored. Next, the microcontroller 115 stores the smallest minimum value among the seven minimum values in the MIN_MIN of the memory 116 at the time of eight days after seven days have elapsed, and stores the largest maximum value among the seven maximum values. 116) in MAX_MAX. Next, a value obtained by subtracting 1 hour from the value stored in the MIN_MIN is determined and stored as the ON time of the radio call receiver, and the value obtained by adding 1 hour to the value stored in the MAX_MAX is turned off. Determine by time and save.

When the reception pattern is formed through the process as described above, the reception trend of the call information received by the wireless call receiver can be diagnosed, and it is supplied to the wireless call receiver according to the on time and the off time determined using the diagnosis result. When the power is controlled, call information can be received while saving power without the hassle of inputting the user's on / off time.

First embodiment

When the reception pattern is formed as shown in FIG. 4A, the microcontroller 115 determines the on time at 6 o'clock and the off time at the time elapsed from 7 to 8 days. On the eighth day after the reception pattern is formed, the microcontroller 115 checks whether the six o'clock time is 6 o'clock in step 212 and turns on the wireless call receiver in step 220 when it is confirmed. Then, power is supplied to the wireless call receiver, so that call information from the outside can be received.

When the call information is received, the microcontroller 115 reads time information included in the call information and stores the time information in the memory 116. The storage operation of the time information is performed until 0 o'clock, which is the predetermined off time, is confirmed in step 222. If the 0 o'clock is confirmed in step 222, the microcontroller 115 proceeds to step 230 and determines the reception time of the first received call information among the call information received during the day as the minimum value, and between the receivers of the last received call information. The reception pattern is updated by determining the maximum value. In the update of the reception pattern, the newest minimum and maximum values are newly stored, and the minimum and maximum values formed first are deleted. The minimum and maximum values on the eighth day and the minimum value on the first day instead of forming a new reception pattern The maximum value is deleted. The reception pattern thus formed is shown in FIG. 4B.

According to the newly formed reception pattern, instead of deleting the minimum value (7) of the first day, which is the smallest minimum value among the minimum values, a new minimum value (8) of the eighth day is stored. Since the maximum value 23 on the 6th day as a value maintains the largest maximum value as it is, the off time is still determined to be zero hours. The determined on time and off time are the on time and the off time of the next day on the ninth day.

As described above, the operation of updating the reception pattern is continuously performed on a daily basis. Accordingly, the reception trend of the user is continuously diagnosed to determine an appropriate on time and off time.

Second embodiment

When the reception pattern is formed as illustrated in FIG. 5A, the microcontroller 115 determines an on time at 1 o'clock and an off time at a time elapsed from 7 days to 8 days. Then, when the 1 o'clock time is confirmed at step 212, the microcontroller 115 checks whether there is an experience of receiving call information at dawn time in step 214. Since it is confirmed that the call information is received at the dawn time of the 3rd, 4th, and 7th days of the 7th day, the microcontroller 115 subtracted 1 hour from the largest maximum value of the non-dawn time in step 216. That is, 6 o'clock minus 1 hour is determined as on time. FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating that information stored in the memory 116 changes as the six o'clock time is determined. The microcontroller 115 repeats the operation of steps 202 to 212 until the newly determined 6 o'clock, and after 6 o'clock, powers the radio page receiver in step 220 after 212 to 218. Then, since power is supplied to the wireless call receiver, call information from the outside can be received.

When the call information is received, the microcontroller 115 reads time information included in the call information and stores the time information in the memory 116. The storage operation of the time information is performed until 0 o'clock, which is the predetermined off time, is confirmed in step 222. If the 0 o'clock is confirmed in step 222, the microcontroller 115 checks whether there is an experience of receiving call information at a dawn time. As described above, since it is confirmed in step 224 that the call information has been received at the dawn time of the third day, the fourth day, and the seventh day of the seventh day, the microcontroller 115 at the largest maximum value of the dawn time in step 226. The off time is determined by adding one hour, that is, five o'clock plus four hours. The microcontroller 115 repeats the operation of steps 202 to 21 and 222 until the newly determined 5 o'clock. After 5 o'clock, the microcontroller 115 powers off the radio page receiver after the step 222 to 228. At this time, the reception pattern is updated before the radio call receiver is powered off.

That is, the reception time of the first received call information among the call information received during the day is determined as the minimum value, and the reception time of the last received call information is determined as the maximum value to update the reception pattern. In the update of the reception pattern, the newest minimum and maximum values are newly stored, and the minimum and maximum values formed first are deleted. The minimum and maximum values on the eighth day and the minimum value on the first day instead of forming a new reception pattern The maximum value is deleted. FIG. 5C is a diagram illustrating that information stored in the memory 116 changes as the 6 o'clock time is determined as the on time and the 5 o'clock as the off time, and as the reception pattern is updated.

As described above, the operation of updating the reception pattern is continuously performed on a daily basis. Accordingly, the reception trend of the user is continuously diagnosed to determine an appropriate on time and off time.

As described above, the user must diagnose the call information received for a predetermined period of time and supply the operation power before the reception time of the first received call information and cut off the operation power after the reception time of the last received call information. There is an advantage in that the battery life can be extended by saving power without the hassle.

Meanwhile, in the detailed description of the present invention, specific embodiments have been described, but various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

1 is a block diagram of a radio page receiver to which the present invention is applied.

2 is a flowchart showing an operation in which the microcontroller of FIG. 1 controls the power supply of the wireless page receiver by self-diagnosis.

3 is a map of the memory of FIG. 1 for operation in accordance with the present invention.

4 is a diagram showing information stored in a memory of FIG. 1 when performing an operation according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a diagram showing information stored in the memory of FIG. 1 when performing an operation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

111: receiver 112: decoder

113: switch 114: power supply

115: microcontroller 116: memory

117: display unit 118: alarm unit

119: control panel

Claims (2)

In the method for controlling the power supply of the wireless call receiver, A reception time storing process of storing times when each call information is received when a plurality of call information are received; An operation power supply process for supplying operation power before the earliest reception time among the plurality of stored reception times, and an operation power interruption process for blocking supply of operation power after the latest reception time among the stored multiple reception times. Characterized in that. In the method for controlling the power supply of the wireless call receiver, A first storing step of storing reception times of a plurality of call information received during a preset period on a daily basis; A second storing step of separately storing only a minimum time and a maximum time of the reception time stored for each day; On / off to determine the on time for supplying power to the wireless call receiver and the off time for shutting off the power supply by using the smallest minimum time of the daily minimum time and the largest maximum time of the daily maximum time. Visual decision process, An operation power supply process of supplying operation power of the wireless call receiver at the determined on-time; Analyzing the reception time of the call information received during the day after the operation power is supplied, if there is a reception time smaller than the determined on time, it is determined as the on time of a subsequent radio call receiver, and is greater than the determined off time. If there is a reception time, it is determined by the off time of the subsequent wireless call receiver, characterized in that the operation power off step of shutting off the supply of the operating power of the wireless call receiver at the determined off time.