JPH0823560A - Portable radio communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To announce incoming call over a wide range with sounds by switching an announce mode from a vibration announce mode to an alert announce mode when a confirming operation or any operation to stop vibrations is not performed to the announce of incoming call. CONSTITUTION:A ROM 21 provided at a control part 5 stores a call incoming announce processing program. Then, the reception processing of a message is performed when receiving the transmitted message and when the vibration announce mode is set, the vibrations are generated by driving a vibrator motor 8. When it can not be decided a confirm key 22 is depressed, it is judged whether a fixed time elapses or not and when the lapse of the fixed time is judged, namely, when no confirmation is performed by a person who carries the equipment or the user of a pocket beeper although the vibrations are generated in the vibration announce mode for a fixed time, the announce mode is switched to the alert announce mode this time. Then, the announce is performed with sounds and after the lapse of a fixed time, the announce by sounds is stopped.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable wireless communication device, such as a pager, capable of flexibly switching a notification function for notifying that an incoming call has arrived.
The present invention relates to pagers, wireless telephone devices and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, portable pagers, wireless telephone devices and the like have become widespread, and are often used outdoors or outdoors. When using these pagers or wireless telephone devices outdoors or on the go, listen to the beeping sound or ringing tone that indicates that there is an incoming call, such as a pager or wireless telephone device, especially in a crowded environment. In addition, the vibration notification mode that can notify the wearer of the incoming call by vibration so that the notification sound and ringing sound do not disturb the atmosphere of the place in a movie theater or in a situation with little noise Is adopted in combination. Then, in this portable pager, wireless telephone device, etc., it is configured so that it is possible to manually select one of a vibration notification mode in which a call is received by vibration and an alert notification mode in which a sound is notified. There is.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a pager which is a conventional portable radio communication device. In the figure, 1 is an antenna that receives radio waves transmitted from a wireless base station, 2 is an FM receiver that amplifies and detects a signal that is FM-modulated and sent, and 3 is the information that is sent to itself. ID to be collated to identify whether the information is
An ID memory for storing codes and the like, 4 is a decoder for decoding code information from information received by the FM receiver 2, and 5 is a control unit, which is equipped with a microcomputer and is a core part for processing the received information. .

Reference numeral 6 is a liquid crystal display unit for displaying data obtained by processing the received information by the control unit 5, 7 is a key input unit equipped with various operation keys, and 8 is a mechanical input of an incoming call. A vibrator motor used in a vibration notification mode for notifying by vibration, and a speaker 9 used in an alert notification mode for notifying by sound that an incoming call has arrived. Reference numeral 10 is a light emitting diode for displaying an incoming call by light and for notifying other status display by light. Reference numeral 11 is a crystal oscillator 11a and a feedback capacitor 11
It is a clock signal generation circuit for generating the clock signal of the control unit 5, which is composed of b and 11c.

In this pager, a vibration notification mode in which a vibrator motor 8 is used to notify the user of an incoming call by vibration or an alert notification mode in which a speaker notifies by sound is manually selected.

[0006]

Since the conventional pager is constructed as described above, when switching to the vibration notification mode by a manual operation, the fact that there is an incoming call is notified by vibration. For example, when leaving the pager in the desk or leaving it in the pocket of the jacket, the user is completely away from the pager and is completely aware that there is an incoming call. There was a problem that the original function of the pager could not be effectively utilized.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and automatically switches from the vibration notification mode to the alert notification mode according to the situation and notifies a wide range of the fact that there is an incoming call by sound. It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable wireless communication device that can be used.

[0008]

A portable wireless communication device according to the present invention includes a vibration notification mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration, an alert notification mode for notifying by sound, and the vibration notification mode or alert notification. In a portable wireless communication device having a mode selection means for selecting a mode setting, a confirmation operation or an operation to stop the generated vibration is performed in response to notification of an incoming call in the set vibration notification mode. If not present, a mode switching means for switching the notification mode from the vibration notification mode to the alert notification mode is provided.

In addition, a portable device having a vibration notification mode for notifying the arrival of an incoming call by vibration, an alert notification mode for notifying by sound, and mode selecting means for selecting the setting of the vibration notification mode or the alert notification mode. In the wireless communication device, if the message sent when a call is received in the set vibration notification mode includes a repeat message or message information indicating an emergency, the alert notification is issued from the vibration notification mode. A mode switching means for switching the notification mode to the mode is provided.

[0010]

In the portable wireless communication device according to the present invention, when the confirmation operation or the operation of stopping the generated vibration is not performed in response to the notification of the incoming call in the set vibration notification mode, It is possible to switch the notification mode from the vibration notification mode to the alert notification mode, to notify a wide range of the incoming call by sound, and to reliably notify the user who is away from the portable wireless communication device of the incoming call. To

Further, in the portable radio communication device according to the present invention, a repeat message (the transmitted information data is a plurality of identical data is added to the message sent when an incoming call is received in the set vibration notification mode. (Repeated message) or if message information indicating an emergency is included, the notification mode is switched from the vibration notification mode to the alert notification mode by sound, and a wide range of sounds are notified by sound, It is possible to reliably notify a user who is away from the portable wireless communication device that there is an incoming call.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a pager which is a portable wireless communication device of this embodiment. In FIG. 1, parts that are the same as or equivalent to those in FIG. 4 are assigned the same reference numerals and explanations thereof are omitted. In the figure, 21 is a ROM provided in the control unit 5, and this ROM 21 stores the incoming call notification processing program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2 or FIG. A confirmation key 22 is operated by the wearer when an incoming call is notified by vibration or sound.

Next, the operation of the pager shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flow chart shown in FIG. First, it is determined whether there is an incoming call (step S1). When an incoming call arrives, the message sent is received (step S2), and it is further determined whether the notification mode is set to the vibration notification mode (step S3). When the notification mode is set, the vibration notification mode is set. The biplane motor 8 is driven to generate vibration (step S4). Then, it is determined whether or not the confirmation key 22 is pressed, and when the confirmation key 22 is pressed, the vibrator motor 8 is stopped assuming that the user or the user of the portable wireless communication device has confirmed that there is an incoming call. Then, the generation of vibration is stopped (step S12). On the other hand, if it cannot be determined in step S5 that the confirmation key 22 has been pressed, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed (step S5).
6), the processes of steps S5 and S6 are repeated until the predetermined time has elapsed.

When it is determined in step S6 that a certain period of time has passed, that is, although the vibration is generated in the vibration notification mode for a certain period of time, confirmation is not performed by the user or the user of the pager. At this time, the notification mode is switched to the alert notification mode (step S7), and the sound notification is performed (step S7).
8). Then, in the alert notification mode, the confirmation key 22
The operation of determining whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed while checking whether or not is pressed is performed by repeating steps S9 and S10 until the predetermined time has elapsed.
When a certain period of time has passed, the notification by sound is stopped (step S11), and the processing from step S1 is repeated.

Therefore, in this embodiment, when the vibration notification mode is set when an incoming call arrives and the vibration notification is performed, the pager is not carried and the user of the pager When does not notice the notification by vibration, it automatically switches to the alert notification mode, and the notification by sound is performed. For this reason, even if the user is away from the pager or the pager is left in the drawer of the desk, the pager user can notice the sound notification in the alert notification mode. As long as it is, the user can be surely notified that an incoming call has arrived.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the pager according to another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment,
When the repeat message or the message sent includes an emergency signal, even if the notification mode is set to the vibration notification mode, the alert notification mode is automatically switched to the notification by sound. That is, if there is an incoming call and the vibration notification mode is set at this time (step S19, step S20, step S2)
1) In contrast to the conventional notification by vibration, in the present embodiment, it is determined whether or not the message sent as shown in FIG. 3 includes a repeat message or an emergency signal (step S23, step S23). S24). As a result, when it is determined that the sent message includes the repeat message or the emergency signal, the alert notification mode is automatically switched to the notification by sound without the notification by vibration (step S2).
8) Unless a confirmation key 22 is pressed, a sound notification is given (step S30), and when a certain time has elapsed (step S32), the alert notification mode is canceled (step S31) and the process returns to step S1.

Further, when the sent message does not include a repeat message or an emergency signal, on the condition that the confirmation by the vibration is not performed as in the case of the above-described embodiment (for example, after a certain period of time elapses). Also, if the confirmation key is not pressed down, the alert notification mode is switched to (step S25, step S26,
Step S27). If the confirmation key is pressed down within a predetermined time in step S26, the vibration by the vibrator motor 8 is stopped, and the process returns to step S19 (step S29).

Therefore, in this embodiment, in the case of an urgent request such as a repeat message from the calling side or a highly important communication request, the alert notification mode is automatically set even if the notification mode is set to the vibration notification mode. When the repeat message or the emergency signal is not included, the sound notification is performed on condition that the notification by the vibration is not confirmed. Therefore, even if the user is away from the pager or the pager is left in the drawer of the desk, the user of the pager can be notified by the sound of the alert notification mode. As long as it is in the state, the user can be surely notified that there is an incoming call.

[0019]

As described above, according to the present invention, the user is away from the portable wireless communication device set in the vibration notification mode, or the portable wireless communication device set in the vibration notification mode is set on the desk. Even if it is left in the drawer, as long as the user of the portable wireless communication device can notice the sound notification in the alert notification mode, the sound alerts that there is an incoming call. Since the notification is given, there is an effect that the user of the portable wireless communication device can surely know that there is an incoming call. Further, when the vibration notification mode is set, when a repeat message or a message including message information indicating an emergency arrives, the user of the portable wireless communication device promptly switches the notification mode to the alert notification mode. There is an effect that you can know for sure.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a pager according to an embodiment of a portable wireless communication device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of a pager according to an embodiment of a portable wireless communication device of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of a pager according to another embodiment of the portable wireless communication device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a pager, a so-called pager, which is a conventional portable wireless communication device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 FM receiver 3 ID memory 4 Decoder 5 Control unit 6 LCD display unit 7 Key input unit 8 Vibrator motor 9 Speaker 10 Light emitting diode 11 Clock signal generation circuit 21 ROM (mode selection means, mode switching means) 22 Confirmation key

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A portable device having a vibration notification mode for notifying an incoming call by vibration, an alert notification mode for notifying by sound, and a mode selecting means for selecting setting of the vibration notification mode or the alert notification mode. In the wireless communication device, if the confirmation operation or the operation to stop the generated vibration is not performed in response to the notification of the incoming call in the set vibration notification mode, the vibration notification mode is notified to the alert notification mode. A portable wireless communication device comprising mode switching means for switching modes. 2. A portable device having a vibration notification mode for notifying a user of an incoming call by vibration, an alert notification mode for notifying by sound, and a mode selecting means for selecting setting of the vibration notification mode or the alert notification mode. In the wireless communication device, if the message sent when a call is received in the set vibration notification mode includes a repeat message or message information indicating an emergency, the alert notification is issued from the vibration notification mode. A portable wireless communication device comprising a mode switching means for switching a notification mode to a mode.