JPH0482430A - Radio selective call receiver with display function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent overlooking and erroneous recognition from occurring by providing a control means which displays an emergency call mark on a display area when incoming by an emergency address is received. CONSTITUTION:When a received own address is the emergency address, a speaker 8 is rung, and a message is stored after putting a mark in a RAM 43, and it is displayed on a message display area 51, and the emergency call mark 53 is displayed on the display area 52 of an LCD 5. When the readout of the message is performed at an operating part 6, the message, when it being the emergency call massage, is displayed on the area 51, and the emergency call mark 53 is displayed on the area 52.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a wireless selective calling receiver with a display function, and more specifically, an emergency call mark is placed on the display when displaying a message for an emergency call. The present invention relates to a wireless selective calling receiver with a display function.

[Conventional technology]

In recent years, radio selective calling receivers have become more and more multifunctional, and models having various functions have been proposed or put into practical use. For example, there is a wireless selective call receiver having the following functions (1) to (4).

(1) A function that provides a call notification using one or a combination of sound, light emission, and vibration.

(2) A function that has two types of addresses as addresses (non-selective calling numbers), a normal address and an emergency address, and when an address signal matching either of them is received, a call notification is made in a different format.

(3) Receive and detect a message following an address signal that matches its own address, display it on the display and store it in memory, and when a message read operation is performed later, read the message from memory and replay it on the display. Function to display. When displaying a message on the display, two letters, such as A and B, are usually displayed to let the carrier know whether the message was received from a normal address, emergency address, or address. Addresses and emergency addresses are associated in advance, and the characters corresponding to the incoming address are displayed on the display.

(4) Normal call mode and silent call mode can be selected, and when silent call mode is selected, if a call is received from a normal address, a silent call notification will be made regardless of the preset call mode, and otherwise A function that notifies you of a call in a preset format when there is an incoming call from any address when the normal calling mode is selected or when there is an incoming call from an emergency address when the silent calling mode is selected.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of a conventional radio selective calling receiver having the above-mentioned functions.

As shown in the figure, after the power is turned on, it is determined whether or not the setting mode is the silent calling mode (520). address or emergency address) is received (S21)
, the notification is made in the normal calling mode (S22). That is, the call notification is made in a preset format, and the received message is displayed on the display and stored in the memory.

On the other hand, if the silent call mode is set (YES in S20) and the own address is received (
S23), the received own address is analyzed 524), and it is determined that it is a normal address, not an emergency address (NO in S25).
), the notification is made in silent call mode (S26).

That is, for example, a silent call notification is made by flashing a light, and the received message is displayed on the display and simultaneously stored in the memory. Also, if it is an emergency address (
YES in S25), notification is made in the same way as in the normal call mode (S27). That is, the call notification is made in a preset format, and the received message is displayed on the display and stored in the memory.

Although not shown in FIG. 4, when the person carrying the receiver performs an operation to read out a message stored in the memory, the message is read out from the memory and redisplayed on the display.

The radio selective calling receiver as described above has many advantages as follows.

■ Call notifications can be made in a format that suits the situation and preference.

■ It is possible to send not only a simple call notification but also a message.

■ You can reconfirm the message by redisplaying the message stored in memory.

■ There are two types of addresses: normal addresses and emergency addresses, and 51! By making a call using an emergency address only in an emergency, and making a call using a normal address in normal non-emergency situations, the person carrying the receiver can recognize the degree of urgency of the call and can take appropriate action.

■ For example, if you have preset the call notification by ringing and select the silent ring mode, when a call arrives from a normal address, the call will be notified silently regardless of the settings. Since the call notification is made by sound or vibration, it is convenient during a meeting.

■ When a call arrives at an emergency address when the silent call mode is selected, the call is not made silently but with a sound at a normal volume, so there is less risk of missing the emergency call [Problem to be solved by the invention] As mentioned above. Wireless selective calling receivers with such functions have many advantages as mentioned above and are very convenient, but they do not display the presence of an emergency call and the corresponding message. There was a problem in that it was difficult for the person carrying the receiver to notice this.

That is, in the conventional wireless selective calling receiver, when an emergency call arrives at an address in silent calling mode,
You should be able to tell that there is an emergency call due to the occurrence of a ringing sound that should not have occurred, but if you forget that you have set it to silent call mode, the i! There is a high possibility that the message will be recognized, and in that case the letter A or B will be displayed on the display together with the message.
With just such a display, it is difficult to notice that there was a call. Additionally, when a call arrives at an emergency address in normal call mode, the ringing sound is the same as when a call is received at a normal address, and the display on the display is as described above, so there is no chance of inadvertently receiving a call. Then, I didn't notice that there was an emergency call.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to display an emergency message that makes it obvious at a glance that the message corresponds to an emergency call when it is displayed on a display. A wireless selective calling receiver with a display function that also displays a call mark to prevent the receiver wearer from overlooking an emergency call or mistakenly recognizing a displayed message as not a message related to an emergency call. It is about providing.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a call notification by receiving an address signal that matches either a preset normal address or an emergency address, and subsequently stores the received message in a memory. In the radio selective calling receiver with a display function, the display function displays the message stored in the memory on the display again in response to a subsequent message reading operation, wherein the display displays an emergency message. It has a display area for a call mark, and includes a control means for displaying the emergency call mark in the display area when a call from the emergency address is received.

Further, the control means stores a message related to an incoming call using the emergency address in the memory, distinguishing it from other messages, and when reading the message from the memory and redisplaying it on the display, the message is based on the emergency address. In the case of a message related to an incoming call, the emergency call mark is redisplayed in the display area of the display device.

[Function] In the wireless selective calling receiver with display function of the present invention, the display for displaying a message has a display area for an emergency call mark, and when a call is received from an emergency address, the control means is activated. , displays the received message on the display and at the same time displays an emergency call mark in the display area.

Further, the control means stores a message related to an incoming call from an emergency address in the memory, distinguishing it from other messages, reads the message from the memory in response to a later message reading operation by the person carrying the receiver, and reproduces the message on the display. When the message is displayed, if the message is a message to prevent an incoming call from an emergency address, the emergency call mark is redisplayed in the display area of the display unit.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Figure 1 shows the heat with display function of the present invention! 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a III selective call receiver; FIG. Referring to the figure, the wireless selective calling receiver with display function of this embodiment receives, for example, FSK (Frequency
An antenna for receiving a radio signal modulated with 5-hift Keying 1. A receiving section 2 that performs amplification, demodulation, etc. of the received signal. A decoder 3 that detects its own address in the received signal. A control section 4 that performs main control of the radio selective calling receiver. An LCD (Liquid) equipped with a message display area 51 and an emergency call mark display area 52.
(Crystal Display) 5. An operating section for the receiver carrier to give various instructions to the wireless selective call receiver.6. L E D (Li
ght Es+ittjng Diode) 7, a speaker 8, and a vibrator 9. In addition, the control unit 4
is CPU (Central Processing).
Unit) 41, a program FROM that stores programs to be executed by this CPU 41
(Programmable Read Only
memory) 42, RAM for storing received messages (Randos+ Access Me
mory) 43, L LCD that drives CD5
A driver 44 is included.

By operating the operation unit 6, the settings of the normal call mode, silent call mode, instruction to continue sending messages, designation of the notification format, etc. are performed. , it is assumed that the silent call is performed by blinking the LED 7.

When the radio selective calling receiver with display function shown in FIG. 1 is powered on, it performs operations as shown in FIG. 2 under the control of the CPU 41 in the control section 4. First, it is determined whether the currently set mode is the site call mode or not (Sl), and if it is not the silent call mode but the normal call mode (No in Sl), it waits for reception of its own address in step S2. , when in the silent call mode (YES at 31), it waits for reception of its own address in step S6.

When a radio signal is received at antenna 1 in FIG.
The signal is amplified, demodulated, etc. in the receiving section 2, and is input to the decoder 3. The decoder 3 determines whether or not the received signal added from the receiver 2 contains an address that matches either a normal address or an emergency address previously assigned to the decoder 3. notifies the control section 4 of the address, and detects a message following the address in the received signal and sends it to the control section 4.

Assuming that the wireless selective call receiver is set to the normal call mode, the CPU 41 of the control unit 4 receives its own address in step S2 of FIG. 2, and then performs the next step S3.
Parse the address with . If the address is a normal address (NO in S4), the CPU 41 performs notification in normal call mode (S5). That is, the speaker 8 is sounded to notify the call, and the received message is given to the LCD driver 44 to be displayed on the message display area 51 of the LCD 5 and stored in the RAM 43. If the received own address is an emergency address (YES at 54), the process proceeds to step S10, where notification is made in the same manner as in the normal call mode, and an emergency call mark is displayed on the LCD 5. That is, the speaker 8 is sounded to notify the call, the received message is marked and stored in the RAM 43, the received message is given to the LCD driver 44 to be displayed on the message display area 51 of the LCD 5, and the emergency call is made. A mark display instruction is given to the LCD driver 44 and the LCD 5
For example, an emergency call mark 53 as illustrated in FIG. 1 is displayed in the mark display area 52.

On the other hand, if the current setting mode is the silent call mode (YES in Sl), the CPU 41 of the control unit 4
receives its own address in step S6 of FIG. 2, and analyzes the address in the next step S7. Then, if the address is a normal address (No in S8), CPU4
1 performs notification in silent call mode (S9).

That is, the L and ED7 are blinked to notify the call, and the received message is given to the LCD driver 44 to be displayed on the message display area 51 of the LCD 5 and stored in the RAM 43. If the received own address is an emergency address (YES in 3B), the process proceeds to Sho, where notification is made in the same manner as in the normal call mode, and an emergency call mark 53 is displayed on the LCD 5. As a result, the 4 speakers 8 sound to notify the caller, and the received message is marked and the RA
M43, the message is displayed in the message display area 51 of the LCD 5, and the emergency call mark 53 is displayed in the emergency call mark display area 52.

Next, the operation when redisplaying a message will be explained with reference to FIG.

When the person carrying the receiver performs operations related to reading out a message using the operation unit 6, the CPU 41 of the control unit 4 reads out one message from the RAM 43 (5ll) as shown in FIG. It is determined whether the message is marked or not, that is, whether it is a message related to an emergency call (512), and if it is a message related to a normal call without a mark (No in S12), the LCD driver 44 displays the message on the LCD 5. Message display area 5
1 (S13); on the other hand, if it is a marked vj or a message for an emergency call (S12: YES)
), the message is displayed on the LCD by the LCD driver 44.
The emergency call mark 53 is displayed in the message display area 51 of No. 5 and the emergency call mark 53 is displayed in the emergency call mark display area 52. Note that when the next message reading instruction is issued by the operation unit 6, the control unit 4 performs the process S in FIG.
ll, the next message is read out and redisplayed in the same manner as described above.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, in the wireless selective calling receiver with a display function of the present invention, when a call is received from an emergency address regardless of the normal calling mode or the silent calling mode, when a call is received from an emergency address, a security bag and a calling mark are displayed along with the received message. is displayed on the display, so the person carrying the receiver can easily notice from the mark that there is an emergency call, and that the displayed message is a message related to a call. .

In addition, when multiple calls are made in succession, when it is determined whether or not an emergency call is included in the calls by reading the message, the present invention also allows the messages related to the emergency call to be checked even when the message is redisplayed. Since the emergency call mark is redisplayed, such confirmation can be performed extremely easily and reliably.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless selective calling receiver with a display function according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the operation after power-on of the embodiment of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is an implementation of the embodiment of FIG. A flowchart of an example message reading operation and FIG. 4 are a flowchart of an operation of a conventional radio selective calling receiver. In the figure, 1... Antenna 2... Receiving section 3... Decoder 4... Control section 41... CPU 42... Program FROM 43... RAM 44... LCD driver 5.・LCD 51 ・Message display area 52 ・Emergency call mark display area 53 ・Bullet bag, call mark 6 ・Operation unit 7 ・LED 8 ・Speaker 9 ・Vibrator

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) By receiving an address signal that matches either a preset normal address or an emergency address, a call notification is made, and the subsequently received message is stored in the memory and displayed on the display. , a wireless selective call receiver with a display function that redisplays a message stored in the memory on the display in response to a subsequent message reading operation, wherein the display has a display area for an emergency call mark, and 1. A radio selective call receiver with a display function, comprising a control means for displaying an emergency call mark in the display area when there is an incoming call from an emergency address. (2) The control means stores a message related to an incoming call at the emergency address in the memory, distinguishing it from other messages, and when reading the message from the memory and redisplaying it on the display, the message is configured to address the emergency address. 2. The wireless selective call receiver with a display function according to claim 1, further comprising a structure for redisplaying said emergency call mark in a display area of said display device when a message regarding an incoming call is received.