WO1994018760A1

WO1994018760A1 - Select call receiver

Info

Publication number: WO1994018760A1
Application number: PCT/JP1994/000145
Authority: WO
Inventors: Takeo Nakazawa; Haruhiko Satoh
Original assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
Priority date: 1993-02-04
Filing date: 1994-02-02
Publication date: 1994-08-18
Also published as: JPH0856188A; KR940704087A; CN1066595C; CN1101215A; KR960012974B1

Abstract

A call radio wave from a base station is received by a receiver circuit (2) through an antenna (1) and is demodulated to a select call signal by a demodulation circuit (3). When a call signal of this select call signal is judged as a signal addressed to a receiver of its own by a collation circuit (4), the collation circuit (4) discriminates types of call designated on the call side according to a call switch message at the leading part of the message of the select call signal, and outputs this call kind to a control circuit (12). Based on the type of call, the control circuit (12) outputs a melody through a speaker (9) to deliver a message to a bearer of the receiver. Messages other than this call switch message are displayed on an LCD screen (7) through an LCD driving circuit (6).

Description

Description "Title of Invention"

The present invention relates to a selective call receiving apparatus for calling various types of calling methods (hereinafter, referred to as calling types) such as special sounds, vibrations, melodies, and screen displays.

Background art

Recently, the selective call receiving device has been used as a communication means. This selective call receiving device receives a call from the called party through a wireless communication network and converts the call to its own device into a special sound such as an intermittent sound, a voice, a vibration of a vibrator, a telephone number or a character. One or more of the screen displays are notified to the carrier.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional selective call receiving apparatus. In FIG. 1, a transmitting radio wave from a base station connected to a public wireless telephone network or the like is received by an antenna 1, and the received signal is converted by a receiving circuit 2 into, for example, an intermediate frequency signal. Thereafter, the selective calling signal demodulated by the demodulation circuit 3 is output. This selective calling signal is input to the decoder circuit 21 in the matching circuit 4. The selective call signal is composed of an individual number code assigned to the device, a BCH code including a message code, and a parity bit.

The decoder circuit 21 converts the individual number code of the selective calling signal into an individual number, and converts the message code into a message. The converted individual number is stored in the address storage circuit 22 and the message The message is stored in the message storage circuit 23.

The comparison circuit 24 compares the individual number stored in the address storage circuit 22 with the individual number of the device stored in the storage circuit 5 in advance, and when they match, a call to the own device is performed. Is output to the control circuit 12. Based on this signal, the control circuit 12 reads out the message stored in the message storage circuit 23, sends it out to the LCD 7 through the LCD drive circuit 6, and sends the message, for example, the telephone number of the contact. Display characters such as and comments on the screen. The control circuit 12 controls the melody generation circuit 13 or the tone generation circuit 14 simultaneously with the screen display of this character. With this control, the melody generating circuit 13 outputs a special sound such as a generated melody or an intermittent sound generated by the tone generating circuit 14 to the sound signal generating circuit 8 and outputs the sound from the speaker 9. Further, the control circuit 12 controls the sound signal generation circuit 8 to operate the vibrator 11 and generate a vibration force << in a part or all of the device.

The call type of the screen display on the LCD 7, the melody on the melody generation circuit 13, the special sound on the tone generation circuit 14, and the vibration on the vibration 11 The user operates the switch 15 to select one or a combination thereof, and sets this selection in the control circuit 12. Based on this setting, a call is made to the wearer. In such a conventional selective call receiving device, the caller who performs a manual call that allows the wearer to select and switch the call type of the device is called by the call type of the selective call receiving device at the call destination. Cannot be selected and specified. For this reason, for example, if the calling party wants to make a call to the mobile If you want to make a call in accordance with various situations, such as when you want to make a call, or when you want to call other

In this case, the call type is a type selected by the carrier in advance in the selective call receiving device. Therefore, even when a call that is not desired to be known to others in the vicinity of the person carrying the selective call receiving device is desired, a special sound or a melody sound is output, and the call may be informed to others. . Also, the type at the time of calling is the type selected and set by the carrier, and the calling type based on the selected sound cannot determine the intention of the calling side. In other words, unless the message displayed on the LCD 7 is viewed, the caller's intention to call, for example, an urgent telephone call request cannot be determined. At this time, there was a drawback in that it was burdensome to confirm the call of the mobile phone in places where it was difficult to see the display of LCD 7 such as in a crowded train. The present invention solves such a drawback in the conventional technology. In this case, the selective call receiving device to be called automatically hits the call from the calling side without automatically seeing the message display. The intent can be easily and reliably identified by the wearer, and the ringing volume can be automatically varied based on the ambient sound or light and shade. It is an object of the present invention to provide a selective call receiving device which can be used and has improved usability.

Disclosure of the invention

In order to achieve this object, the invention described in claim 1 is directed to a selective call receiving apparatus which performs a call when an individual number obtained from a code is addressed to its own apparatus. At Storage means for storing decision information of a calling method corresponding to a predetermined call switching message, and calling from a message obtained from the selected calling signal when an individual number obtained from the selected calling signal is addressed to the own device. Detecting means for detecting a switching message, and, when a call switching message is detected by the detecting means, determining a calling method stored corresponding to the detected call switching message corresponding to the detected call switching message. There is provided a calling means for making a call indicating a predetermined task based on the information.

The selective call receiving apparatus according to claim 2 has a configuration in which a call suggesting a predetermined task to be performed is performed by sending a message. The selective call receiving device according to claim 3, further comprising a manual switch and a second storage means for storing a message, wherein after a first paging operation by receiving the selective call signal is completed, the predetermined switch by the manual switch is used. A call that suggests the same predetermined task as that made at the time of the first call based on the message stored in the second storage means on a platform where there are human resources .

The selective call receiving device according to claim 4, wherein the sound detecting means for detecting an ambient sound of the apparatus, and a calling volume from the calling means when the sound detecting means detects an ambient sound of a predetermined threshold or more. And an automatic sound volume changing means for automatically changing the sound volume.

The selective call receiving device according to claim 5, wherein the light and dark detecting means for detecting light and dark around the device, and when the light or dark detecting means detects a lightness or darkness equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value, A sound volume automatic volume changing means for automatically changing a calling volume from the calling means in accordance with brightness or darkness. The selective call receiving apparatus according to claim 6 is configured to include a setting detection unit for setting or canceling the operation by the brightness detection unit and the Z or volume automatic volume change unit.

The selective call receiving apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the automatic volume setting means automatically sets the volume of the call from the calling means to a high volume when a brightness equal to or higher than the value is detected, and outputs the power. When a brightness equal to or lower than the threshold value is detected, a call from the calling means is automatically set to a low volume, and a reversing setting means for reversing the setting is provided. The selective call receiving device according to claim 8 is configured such that a media integrated circuit is used for sending the media performed by the calling means, and the media integrated circuit is provided in the device in a replaceable manner.

10. The selective call receiving device according to claim 9, wherein the stopping means sends out the media from the calling means for a certain period of time and stops, and the setting means sets the change of the time during which the stopping means sends the media and stops. It is configured to include:

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, the selective call receiving apparatus is configured to include a time screen displaying means for displaying a time from the stopping means set by the setting means to the stoppage of the sending of the media on the screen.

A selective call receiving apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the time-measuring means for measuring the time, a display means for displaying the time, a start-time setting means for performing a time setting for enabling the melody transmission from the calling means to be started, Stop time setting means for setting the time for stopping the setting of the melody transmission from the calling means, storage means for storing the time, melody transmission can be started at the stored start time, and the melody transmission is set at the stop time. And control means for performing control for canceling the setting of the transmission of the data. The selective call receiving apparatus according to claim 12 is configured to include a display setting unit for reading out the stored start time and stop time of the start of the transmission of the media stream and displaying the read time on the display unit.

The selective call receiving device according to claim 13 is provided with a melody operation setting means for making settings to output a melody from the calling means in order to confirm the contents of the melody output by the calling means. Configuration.

The selective call receiving device according to claim 14 is configured to include a media selection setting unit for selectively setting an output of a desired media out of a plurality of media output by the calling unit. .

15. The selective call receiving device according to claim 15, wherein the calling means is a screen display means for displaying a message character on a screen, a vibration transmitting means for transmitting the call by vibration, and a sound for outputting a sound to notify the call. It is configured to include a notifying unit, an optical notifying unit that optically displays a call to notify the user, and a melody notifying unit that outputs the call by a melody and notifies the user of the call. The selective call receiving device according to claim 16 selects any or a combination of the vibration transmission means, the sound notification means, and the optical notification means, and combines the force, the power, and the melody notification means with the melody notification means. It is configured to have setting means for setting.

The selective call receiving device according to claims 1 to 3 of this configuration stores call type determination information corresponding to a predetermined call switching message, and an individual number obtained from the selective call signal is addressed to the own device. At the base, a call switching message is detected from the message obtained from this selective calling signal. Based on the storage decision information of the call type that matches the call switching message, a call indicating a predetermined message is performed. Therefore, the intention related to the call from the caller is The user can easily and surely find out without having to look at the message display automatically by the automatic call receiver.

The selective call receiving device according to claims 4 to 7 detects ambient sound or light and dark and automatically changes the ringing volume in accordance with the sound volume or the light and dark level. Therefore, its usability is improved.

The selective call receiving and receiving apparatus according to claims 8 to 16 exchanges and changes the melody integrated circuit (IC), changes the force, time, and melody transmission stop time, reads the melody, and reads the melody. Confirmation of <done. Therefore, the melody of the call type can be easily checked, and the melody can be changed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES

The present invention will be better understood from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings, which illustrate embodiments of the invention. The embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings are not intended to specify the present invention, but merely to facilitate explanation and understanding.

In the figure, Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional selective call receiving device.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the selective call receiving apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the matching circuit in FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a table indicating a relationship between a call switching message and a call / call type stored in a storage circuit in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure related to the call control in the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 shows the configuration of the second embodiment for automatically adjusting the ringing volume. It is a block diagram.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for detecting the ambient noise and automatically adjusting the calling volume in the operation of the second embodiment. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for detecting the surrounding light and dark and automatically adjusting the calling volume in the operation of the second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the exchange state of the melody IC.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Hereinafter, a selective call receiving apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the following text and figures, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are given the same reference numerals.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the first embodiment of the selective call receiving apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 2, the first embodiment includes an antenna 1 for receiving a transmission radio wave from a base station (not shown), a reception circuit 2 for outputting an intermediate frequency signal obtained by frequency-converting a reception signal from the antenna 1, A demodulation circuit 3 for demodulating a reception signal output from the reception circuit 2 is provided. Further, a matching circuit 4 for determining whether the received signal is addressed to the own device and for determining a call type specified by the calling side, a storage circuit 5 for storing an individual number of the own device, an LCD, An LCD drive circuit 6 for outputting a drive signal for displaying a message and an LCD 7 for displaying a message are provided.

Also, in this example, a sound signal generation circuit 8 that generates and outputs a sound signal output from a speaker, a speaker 9 that outputs a special sound such as an intermittent sound, a speaker 9, and a drive that drives a vibrator A circuit 10 and a vibrator 11 for generating vibration and transmitting the vibration to a wearer are provided. In addition, specified by the calling party through the public wireless communication network

_ ₀ —— A control circuit 12 for controlling the call to the person carrying the device based on the call type data, a melody generating circuit 13 for generating various melody data, and an intermittent tone Tone generation circuit 14 that generates special sound data such as sound data, special sound, vibration, melody, screen display call type selection, and voice storage stored in voice generation circuit 13 A switch 15 is provided for setting a reading instruction at the time of reading and a volume adjustment of a ringing sound.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the matching circuit shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the matching circuit 4 includes a decoder circuit 21 for analyzing an input selective calling signal, an address storage circuit 22 for storing received individual numbers, and a message storage for storing received messages. The circuit 23 is provided with a comparison circuit 24 for comparing the content of the address storage circuit 22 with the storage content of the storage circuit 5. Further, a comparison circuit 25 for comparing the call switching message stored in the message storage circuit 23 with the contents stored in the storage circuit 26, and a storage for storing data indicating the relationship between the call switching message and the call type. Circuit 26.

FIG. 4 is a table showing a relationship between a call switching message and a call / call type stored in the storage circuit in FIG. In FIG. 4, for example, “_ 0” designates the type of call by vibrating the vibrator 11, and “−1” designates the type of call from the tone generation circuit 14. This shows designation of a call type by a special sound. “−2” to “−9” indicate the designation of the call type by the melody generated from the melody generating circuit 13. In this way, it is possible to specify the occurrence of the media of different songs by the call switching message. It has become. Each of these melodies is set to have sufficient content to associate with a certain requirement. For example, if you want to send the message "go home", call the song with the melody "go back", and if you want to send the message "wait", call the song with the melody "wait" . If you want to call a foreign song, for example, if you want to send a message "I want you to be near me", call the song with the melody "Standbyme (Standby Me)" If you want to send the message "Kure," the song will be called with the melody "He 1 p (Help)". Also, if you want to send a message that says "come back," call the song with a melody called "Getback. If you want to send a message," call me, " Call me with the melody “C a 1 1 me”.

In this way, the call is made with a well-known melody suitable for the country where the device is used, and the call is divided within the same country into melodies that are suitable for calling people in that country or people in other countries. If you do that, the calling power will be quickly and surely determined by the carrier.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.

A radio wave transmitted from a base station (not shown) is received by a receiving circuit 2 through an antenna 1 and becomes a received signal. The received signal is demodulated by a demodulation circuit 3 and a selective calling signal is output. Further, the selected calling signal power is input to the decoder circuit 21 of the observation table circuit 4. The decoder circuit 21 stores the individual number obtained by analyzing the input selective calling signal in the address storage circuit 22. In addition, the analyzed message is Store in storage circuit 23. The comparison circuit 24 compares the individual number stored in the address storage circuit 22 with the individual number of the device stored in the storage circuit 5 in advance, and only when the two match, the comparison circuit 24 is used. In addition to outputting an identification signal indicating that the call has been made, the message in the message storage circuit 23 is displayed on the LCD 7 through the LCD drive circuit 6. When the control circuit 12 receives the identification signal from the comparison circuit 24, the control corresponding to the call type from the calling side is performed. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure related to the call control. In FIG. 5, first, at step (shown by S in the figure) 400, the above-described call processing operation is performed. Next, in step 410, a call is determined. If there is a call (YES), that is, if the identification signal from the comparison circuit 25 is fetched, the process proceeds to step 402 and the message is sent. It is determined whether or not the first character of the message input to the storage circuit 23 is "1", and if it is "-" (YES), the flow proceeds to the next step 4003. When there is no "-"

(NO) proceeds to step 404, stops this call control operation, and ends the processing of this processing procedure.

If the first character of the message is “1” in step 402, in the processing procedure after step 403, which of the characters next to “1” is “0” to “9” Is determined. First, when the character following “1” is “0”, the table shown in FIG. 4 in the memory circuit 26 is checked, the process proceeds to step 405, and the vibrator 1 1 A vibrator drive instruction to vibrate is issued.

Next, in step 4 06, “1 1” is determined, and if “1 1”

(YES) matches the table shown in FIG. 4 in the storage circuit 26, Proceeding to step 407, the control circuit 12 instructs the speaker 9 to output a special sound such as an intermittent sound read from the tone generation circuit 14 through the sound signal generation circuit 8. If it is not "1" in step 406 (NO), "-2" is determined in the next step 408. In the case of “−2” in this step 408 (YES), the table shown in FIG. 4 in the memory circuit 26 is collated, and the process proceeds to step 409 where the control circuit 12 reads out from the media generation circuit 13. The data of the melody (tune 1) is instructed to be output from the speaker 9 through the sound signal generation circuit 8, and if not “_2”, the platform (NO) judges “_3” in the next step 410. In the case of “−3” in this step 41 ◦ (YES), the table shown in FIG. 4 in the memory circuit 26 is collated, and the process proceeds to step 411, where the control circuit 12 reads from the media generation circuit 13. An instruction is issued to output the data of the melody (tune 2) from the speaker 9 through the sound signal generation circuit 8. If it is not “—3” in step 410 (NO), “1 4” is judged in the next step 412.

In the case of “−4” in this step 412 (YES), the table shown in FIG. 4 in the storage circuit 26 is collated, and the process proceeds to step 413 where the control circuit 12 reads out the melody read from the melody generation circuit 13. An instruction to output the data of (tune 3) to the speaker 9 through the sound signal generation circuit 8 is given. If the result is not "1-4" (NO), "1-5" is determined in the next step 414 . In the case of “1-5” in step 414 (YES), the table shown in FIG. 4 in the memory circuit 26 is collated, and the routine proceeds to step 415, where the control circuit 12 reads out the melody read from the melody generation circuit 13. (Song 4) through the sound signal generation circuit 8 First, the sound output from the speaker 9 is instructed. If it is not “−5” in step 414 (NO), “−6” is determined in the next step 416. If “−6” is selected in step 416 (YES), the table shown in FIG. 4 in the memory circuit 26 is collated, and the flow advances to step 417 where the melody read out by the control circuit 12 from the melody generating circuit 13. An instruction is issued to output the data of (tune 5) from the speaker 9 through the sound signal generation circuit 8, and if it is not "-6" (NO), "_7" is determined in the next step 418.

If “−7” in this step 418 (YES), the table shown in FIG. 4 in the memory circuit 26 is checked, and the process proceeds to step 419 where the melody read out by the control circuit 12 from the melody generating circuit 13. An instruction is issued to output the data of (tune 6) from the speaker 9 through the sound signal generation circuit 8, and if it is not "-7" (NO), "1-8" is determined in the next step 420. In the case of “1 8” in this step 420 (YES), the table shown in FIG. 4 in the memory 26 is checked and compared, and the process proceeds to step 421 where the control circuit 12 and the melody generating circuit 13 are turned on. Instructed to output the data of the melody (tune 7) read from the speaker 9 through the sound signal generation circuit 8 and output the sound from the speaker 9. 9 ”.

In the case of “−9” in step 422 (YES), the table shown in FIG. 4 in the memory circuit 26 is illuminated, and the process proceeds to step 423 where the control circuit 12 reads from the media generation circuit 13. An instruction is issued to output the data of the music piece (tune 8) from the speaker 9 through the sound signal generation circuit 8, and the processing procedure thus far ends.

After this call is made, the operation of switch 15 If not, an auto-reset will be activated to automatically stop the call after a certain period of time. In this case, the message is registered in the address storage circuit 22 and the message storage circuit 23 as an uncalled message. Then, when the switch 15 is operated, the same sound is again generated from the speaker 9. Further, when a message is displayed on the LCD 7 by operating the switch 15 at any time, a message corresponding to the call switching message is generated from the speed 9 for a message having a call switching message.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the message input when calling from the calling telephone to the selective call receiving device of the target number is used at the head of the selective call receiving device. Only by inputting a call switching message that specifies the type of call to be performed, the type of call of the selective call receiving device can be specified, and a call can be made to the mobile phone according to the type of call that matches the intention of the caller. become able to do. Therefore, if the user wants to send a message "return home" to the mobile phone, and sends a call switching message that generates a melody that the song is "go home," Only by listening to the music, the caller's intention of "go home" can be known, and the display on the LCD 7 does not have to be visually checked.

In addition, if you want to call the mobile phone without noticing the people around you, you can specify vibration by vibrator 11 as the type of call, and specify a special sound if you want to make an emergency call. come. That is, it is not necessary to visually check the message displayed on the LCD 7. For this reason, for example, it is troublesome to see the display on the LCD 7 in a crowded train or the like, and even in such a case, the intention of the caller is transmitted to the carrier. Will be able to reach it. Furthermore, the caller cannot confirm the call, for example, because he / she left the selective call receiving device without wearing it, and even if the call is reset automatically, the same switch operation as the call is performed again by a subsequent switch operation. The ability to output spoken words makes it possible to convey messages reliably. In this case, it is possible to transmit many different messages even with a selective call receiving device that does not have a message display. It is extremely easy to implement without any change in the hardware / software etc. of the calling telephone.

Next, a second embodiment will be described.

In the selective call receiving device, the sound volume of the sound and the special sound from the speaker 9 can be set by the switch 15. In the second embodiment, the surrounding noise or light / dark (day / night) is further determined, and when the surrounding noise is high, the ringing volume from the speaker 9 is automatically increased, and the noise is low. In this case, the ringing volume from the speaker 9 is automatically reduced. Also, when the surroundings are bright, the ringing volume from the speaker 9 is automatically lowered, and when the surroundings are dark, the ringing volume from the speaker 9 is automatically reduced. In addition, the opposite setting is performed, for example, a setting is made such that the ringing volume from the speaker 9 is automatically increased in a dark place when the selective call receiving device is stored in a bag or the like.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration for performing automatic adjustment of the call volume according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 6, the second embodiment includes a photo sensor 30 for detecting surrounding light and darkness, and an AZD for converting a detection signal from the photo sensor 30 into a digital signal and outputting the digital signal to the control circuit 12. this' —Evening 31 is provided. Furthermore, a microphone 33 for detecting ambient noise and an AZD converter 34 for digitally converting a detection signal from the microphone 33 and outputting the converted signal to the control circuit 12 are provided. Other configurations are the same as those of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for automatically adjusting the ringing volume from the speaker 9 by detecting ambient noise. In FIGS. 6 and 7, first, the same processing as in Steps 400 to 405 of FIG. 5 is performed. That is, the call processing operation is performed fi ¹ by step 500. In step 501, this call is determined. If there is a call (YES), the process proceeds to step 502, where the first character of the message input to the message storage circuit 23 is "1". It is determined whether or not it is “1”. If it is “1” (YES), the process proceeds to the next step 503. If there is no "-" (NO), proceed to step 504, stop the call control, and end this processing procedure. If the first character of the message is "-" in step 502, in the processing procedure after step 503, which of the characters next to "-" is "0" to "9" Judgment is performed, and the setting of the automatic ringing volume adjustment by detecting the force, the ambient noise and the surrounding noise is processed. First, in step 503, it is determined whether or not the character following “1” is “1 0”. The “1 0” field (YES) is stored in the table shown in FIG. Then, the process proceeds to step 505 to issue a vibrator driving instruction for vibrating the nozzle 11 through the driving circuit 10.

Next, in step 506, "1 1" is judged. If it is "1 1" (YES), the process proceeds to step 507, and the call by detecting the ambient noise is performed. The setting of the automatic volume adjustment is read out from the RAM (not shown) of the control circuit 12 or the like. Then, in step 508, the setting of the automatic volume adjustment is determined. If the setting of the automatic volume adjustment by the noise detection is not performed in this step 508 (NO), the table shown in FIG. 4 in the memory circuit 26 is collated, and the process proceeds to step 509. The control circuit 12 gives an instruction to output a special sound such as an intermittent sound read from the tone generation circuit 14 from the speaker 9 through the sound signal generation circuit 8.

If the automatic volume adjustment by noise detection is set in step 508 (YES), then in step 510, the control circuit 12 detects the signal from the microphone 33 through the A / D converter 31. Capture the signal. Next, in step 511, the level of the detection signal of the ambient noise is compared with a threshold value X set in advance in the control circuit 12 such as a RAM (not shown). The threshold value X is set so that when the noise detection level m exceeds this value, the sound output from the speaker 9 can be sufficiently large to be heard even when there is ambient noise. If the noise detection level m exceeds the threshold value X in step 5 1 1 (YES), the control of the control circuit 12 instructs the sound signal generation circuit 8 in step 5 12 and the special sound from the speaker 9 Set to output at high volume. This setting is performed by adjusting the electronic volume and the like in the sound signal generation circuit 8. After this setting, in step 5 13 the control circuit 12 instructs the speaker 9 to output special sound data such as intermittent sounds read from the tone generation circuit 14 through the sound signal generation circuit 8. . Therefore, in step 5 14, the special sound set to output at a large volume by the sound signal generation circuit 8 is output from the speed 9, and the sound output ends. Step 5 If the noise detection level m does not exceed the threshold X in step 1, (NO) indicates that the ambient noise is low due to steps 5 and 15, so the control of the control circuit 12 instructs the sound signal generation circuit 8 to perform the special sound from the speed 9 with a small output. Set to. This setting is performed by adjusting the electronic volume and the like in the sound code generation circuit 8. After this setting, in step 5 16, the control circuit 12 instructs the speaker 9 to output a special sound such as an intermittent sound read from the tone generation circuit 14 through the sound signal generation circuit 8. . Therefore, in step 5 17, the special sound set to a low volume by the sound signal generation circuit 8 is output from the speed 9. It should be noted that instead of the two-step large and small sound output as described above, the sound output from the speed 9 may be continuously variable so as to monotonically increase in accordance with the noise detection level m.

Also, in the determination of “−1” in step 506, if it is not “−1” (NO), the determination process of “−2” is performed in step 518. In this determination process, the platform that is “1-2” performs the process of “−2” in the same manner as the above “−1”. That is, the same processing as in steps 507 to 517 is performed, and the data of the melody (tune 1) shown in FIG. 4 is read from the melody generation circuit 13 to generate a force, sound, and sound signal generation circuit. A process is performed to output a sound with a volume large or small from speed 9 through 8.

Next, if the platform is not “−2” in step 5 18, the judgment process of “−3” is executed according to step 5 19. In this judgment process,

In the case of “1-3”, the processing of “−3” is performed in the same manner as “−1”. In other words, the same processing as in steps 507 to 517 is performed, and the data of the melody (tune 2) shown in FIG. Is performed. In the same manner, the judgment processing of “−4” is executed in step 520, and the processing power of outputting the sound of the melody (tune 3) shown in FIG. 4 from the speaker 9 through the sound signal generation circuit 8 is performed. .

In this way, the determination process of “1-5” is sequentially performed in step 5 21, and a process of outputting a melody (tune 4) with a large or small volume is performed. Further, in step 5 22, the judgment processing of “−6” is executed, and the processing of outputting the music (music piece 5) with a large or small volume is performed. In step 523, the judgment process of “_7” is executed, and the process of outputting the melody (tune 6) with a large or small volume is performed. Next, in step 524, a judgment process of “—8” is executed, and a process is performed to determine whether or not to output the melody (tune 7) with a large or small volume. Thereafter, in step 525, the judgment process of “1-9” is executed, and the process is executed to determine whether or not to output the melody (tune 8) with a large or small volume, and the processing ends.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a main part of a processing procedure for automatically adjusting the ringing volume from the speaker 9 by detecting surrounding light and darkness. In FIGS. 6 and 8, in this example, after processing steps 500 to 506 shown in FIG. 7, the surrounding volume is detected to automatically adjust the ringing volume from the speech force 9. The processing procedure from Step 61 to Step 61 in 8 is executed.

First, “−1” is determined in step 506 shown in FIG. 7, and if “−1” (YES), the ringing volume is automatically detected by detecting ambient light / dark in step 601 in FIG. The adjustment settings are read from the RAM (not shown) of the control circuit 12 or the like. Then, in step 62, the setting of the volume automatic adjustment is determined. If the automatic volume adjustment by ambient light / dark detection has not been set in step 62 (NO), the storage circuit 26.Check the table shown in FIG. 4 in 6 and proceed to step 603, where the control circuit 12 converts the special sounds such as intermittent sounds read from the tone generation circuit 14 into a sound signal generation circuit. Instruction to output sound from speaker 9 through 8.

If the automatic volume adjustment by ambient light / dark detection has been set in step 602 (Y E S), then, in step 604, it is determined whether or not the automatic volume adjustment based on the light / dark detection should be inverted. That is, if normal, the sound output of the speaker 9 is automatically adjusted to a high volume when the brightness is low, and the sound output from the speaker 9 is automatically adjusted to a low volume when the brightness is low. Conversely, in the case of the reverse setting, the sound output from the speaker 9 is automatically adjusted to a small volume when it is bright, and the sound output from the speaker 9 is automatically adjusted to a large volume when it is dark. This inversion setting is, for example, when a dark situation is detected when the selective call receiving device is stored in a bag, the volume is automatically adjusted to a high volume from the speaker 9, and the caller can reliably hear the call. That's what we do.

In the case of normal setting in step 604 (Y E S), in step 605, the control circuit 12 fetches the detection symbol from the photosensor 30 through the AZD converter 31. Next, in step 606, the level of the ambient light / dark detection signal is compared with a threshold value X set in advance in the control circuit 12 such as a RAM (not shown).

If the ambient light / dark detection level exceeds the threshold value X in step 606 (YES), that is, if the surroundings are bright, in step 607, the control of the control circuit 12 instructs the sound signal generation circuit 8. To set the special sound from the speaker 9 to be output at a high volume. This setting is performed by adjusting the electronic volume and the like in the sound signal generation circuit 8. After this setting In step 608, the control circuit 12 instructs the tone generation circuit 14 to output a special sound such as an intermittent sound read out from the tone generation circuit 14 through the sound signal generation circuit 8 from the speaker 9. Therefore, in step 609, the special sound set to a large output by the sound signal generation circuit 8 is output from the speed 9 and the sound output ends.

If the ambient light / dark detection level m does not exceed the threshold value X in step 6 06, L (NO), that is, if the surrounding area is dark, the sound is controlled by the control circuit 12 in step 6 10. The signal generation circuit 8 is instructed so that the special sound from the speaker 9 is output with a small volume. This setting is performed by adjusting the electronic volume and the like in the sound signal generation circuit 8. After this setting, in step 6 11 the control circuit 12 power tone generation circuit 14 power, and an instruction to output a special sound such as intermittent sounds read out from the speaker 9 through the sound signal generation circuit 8 Do. Therefore, in step 6 12, the special sound set to a low volume by the sound signal generation circuit 8 is output from the speed 9.

For this reason, the special sound is automatically output at a low volume from the speaker 9 automatically, especially when used in a quiet place such as a dark night, so its use is convenient.

It should be noted that instead of the two-stage large and small volume output, the sound output from the speaker 9 may be varied so as to monotonously increase in accordance with the ambient light / dark detection level m.

If the inversion of the automatic volume adjustment based on the light / dark detection is set in step 6 04, in step 6 13, the control circuit 12 sends the detection signal from the photo sensor 30 through the AZD converter 31. take in. Next, in step 6 14, the ambient light / dark detection level m and the control circuit 1 Compare with the threshold value x set in 2 (not shown). If the noise detection level m exceeds the threshold value X in this step 6 14 (YES), that is, if the surroundings are bright, the processing from step 6 10 to step 6 12 is executed, and the low volume Is output from the speaker 9, and the process ends with this sound output. If the noise detection level m does not exceed the threshold value X in step 614 (NO), and if the surroundings are dark, the processing from step 607 to step 609 is executed. That is, the special sound set to the large output is output from the speaker 9, and the process ends at this sound output. Therefore, in the setting of the inversion of the automatic volume adjustment, the special sound is output at a small volume from the speaker 9 when the surroundings are bright and the special sound is large from the speaker 9 when the surroundings are bright. Output at the volume. For this reason, it is convenient to use this inversion setting when it is difficult for the wearer to hear the ringing sound, such as when the selective call receiving device is stored and used in a dark background.

After the execution of the processing of Steps 61 to 614, as described with reference to FIG. 7, if the judgment in Step 506 is not “−1” (NO), the next Step 51 According to 8, the judgment process of “_ 2” is executed. In this determination process, if “1 2”, the process of “1 2” is performed in the same manner as the above-mentioned YES process of “_1”. That is, the same processing as in steps 61 to 6 14 is performed, and the data of the melody (tune 1) shown in FIG. 4 is read out from the melody generating circuit 13 to generate a force, sound, and sound signal generating circuit. A process of outputting the sound at a high or low volume from the speed 9 through 8 is executed. That is, the ringing volume by the melody from the speaker 9 by detecting the surrounding light and dark is output at a large volume when the setting is normal and bright, and It is output at low volume when it is dark and dark. In addition, when the reversal is set, the ringing volume of the sound from the speed 9 is output at a low volume when it is bright and at a high volume when it is dark.

Next, if it is not “−2” in step 5 18, the judgment processing of “−3” is executed in step 5 19. In this judgment process,

If it is "_3", the process of "-3" is performed in the same manner as in "1-1". That is, the same processing as in steps 61 to 6 is performed, and the processing power for outputting the data of the melody (tune 2) shown in FIG. Done. Similarly, in step 520, the judgment processing of “_4” is executed, and the processing power of outputting the sound of the melody (tune 3) shown in FIG. 《It will be done.

In this way, the judgment processing of “−5” is executed in step M 2, step M 21, and the processing for outputting a melody (tune 4) is executed. Further, in step 52, a determination process of “−6” is executed, and a process of outputting a melody (tune 5) as sound is performed. Also, in step 5 23, the judgment process of “−7” is executed, and the process of outputting the melody (tune 6) as sound is performed. Next, in step 524, the judgment process of “−8” is performed, and the process of outputting a melody (tune 7) as sound is performed. After this, in steps 5 2 5

The judgment process of “–9” is executed, the melody (tune 8) is output as sound, and the processing procedure up to now <ends.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a state in which the melody IC constituting the melody generating circuit 13 is replaced. In FIG. 9, in this example, the melody IC 40 used for the melody generating circuit 13 is configured to be exchangeable from outside the selective call receiving device 41. In this case, the melody IC 40 Is inserted into the socket (not shown) of the selective call receiving device 41 and attached. That is, when the program is changed, the melody IC 40 already mounted is removed, and a new melody IC 40 is mounted. After this attachment, the music stored in the new melody IC 40 is sequentially read out by operating the switch 15 and the sound is output from the speaker 9 so that the melody can be confirmed.

In this embodiment, the call type corresponding to each call switching message includes a specific message transmitted in advance determined by a voice message, a silent mode in which only a message is displayed on a display, and the like. Of various types are conceivable.

As is apparent from the above description, the selective call receiving device according to claims 1 to 3 can select and specify the call type of the selective call receiving device from the calling side, and This has the effect that the calling intention of the caller can be determined based on the calling type (melody) when the call is made.

The selective call receiving device according to claims 4 to 7 detects the surrounding sound or light and dark, automatically changes the ringing volume in accordance with the volume or the light and dark level, and uses it to win. This has the effect of improving

The selective call receiving apparatus according to claims 8 to 16 exchanges a melody integrated circuit (IC) to change and change a force, a force, and a melody transmission stop time, and reads a melody to play a program. Is confirmed, the melodies of the call types can be easily confirmed, and the melodies can be changed, thereby improving the convenience. It should be noted that various modifications, omissions, and additions can be made to the disclosed embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention by those skilled in the art. It is self-evident. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be understood to include the scope defined by the elements described in the claims and the equivalent scope thereof.

Industrial applicability

As described above, the selective call receiving device according to the present invention is extremely useful as a wireless communication device that selects various call types such as special sounds, vibrations, melodies, and screen displays and calls a portable person through a wireless communication network. is there.

Claims

The scope of the claims

1. In the selective call receiving device that performs a call when the individual number obtained from the selective call signal including the message and the individual number from the base station is addressed to the own device, the call method determination information corresponding to a predetermined call switching message. A detecting means for detecting a call switching message from a message obtained from the selective calling signal on a platform where the individual number obtained from the selective calling signal is addressed to the own device. When the call switching message is detected by the detecting means, a call indicating a predetermined requirement based on the call method determination information stored corresponding to the call switching message that matches the detected call switching message. And a calling unit for performing a call.

2. The selective call reception according to claim 1, wherein a call indicating a predetermined task performed by the calling means is performed by transmitting a melody.

3. A manual switch, and a second storage means for storing a message, wherein after a first paging operation by receiving the selective paging signal is completed, a position where a predetermined input by the manual switch is provided, Making a call, which is stored in the second storage means and suggests the same predetermined task as that performed at the time of the first call, based on the message. Item 4. The selective call receiving device according to Item 1 or 2.

4. Sound detection means for detecting the ambient sound of the device, and sound volume for automatically changing the calling volume from the calling means when the sound detection means detects an ambient sound of a predetermined threshold or more. 2. The selective call receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising an automatic volume changing unit.

5. a light / dark detecting means for detecting light / dark around the device, and when a light or darkness equal to or greater than a predetermined value is detected by the light / dark detecting means.

2. The selective call receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising: automatic volume change means for automatically changing a calling volume from the calling means in accordance with the brightness or darkness.

6. The selective call receiving device according to claim 5, further comprising a setting canceling unit for setting or canceling the operation by the brightness detecting unit and the Z or volume automatic volume changing unit.

7. When the automatic volume control unit detects brightness above the threshold, it automatically sets the call from the calling unit to high volume, and detects brightness below the power, threshold, and threshold. 6. The selective call receiving device according to claim 5, further comprising: inversion setting means for automatically setting a low volume from the calling means and inverting the setting.

8. The selective call receiving device according to claim 1, wherein the melody integrated circuit is used for sending out the melody to be performed and the melody integrated circuit is exchangeably provided in the device.

9. A stop means for sending out a melody from the calling means for a certain period of time and stopping, and a setting means for setting a change of a time when the stop means sends the melody and stops. Selective call according to claim 1

1〇. The selective call receiving device according to claim 9, further comprising a time screen displaying means for displaying on a screen the time from the stopping means set by the setting means to the stoppage of the media sending.

1 1. Timing means for measuring the time, display means for displaying the time, and start time for setting the time to enable the sending of the media from the calling means Time setting means, stop time setting means for setting the time for stopping the setting of the sending of the media from the calling means, storage means for storing the time, and enabling transmission of the media at the stored start time. 2. The selective call receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising: a control unit configured to set and release a melody transmission setting at a stop time.

12. The selective call receiving device according to claim 11, further comprising display setting means for reading out the stored start time and stop time of the melody transmission start setting and displaying the screen on the display means.

1 3. A melody operation setting means for setting a melody to be output from the calling means in order to confirm the contents of the melody output by the calling means. Selective call receiver

3. A selective call according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a melody selection setting means for selectively setting an output of a desired melody among a plurality of melody output by the calling means. Receiver.

1 5. The calling means is a screen display means for displaying the characters of the message on the screen, a vibration transmitting means for transmitting the calling by vibration, a sound notifying means for outputting a sound to notify the calling, and an optical display of the calling. 2. The selective call receiving device according to claim 1, further comprising: an optical notifying means for notifying, and a melody notifying means for outputting and notifying the call in a melody.

1 6. It is equipped with setting means for selecting any one or combination of vibration transmission means, sound notification means, and light notification means, and setting together with force, strength, and melody notification by melody notification means. A selective call receiving device according to claim 15, wherein