JPH04326632A - Radio selective calling receiver with a function changeable with time - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To devise the receiver such that it is provided with a function setting a time zone using a type of a notice means and a different notice means is used in response to the set time zone and other notice means for other time zone. CONSTITUTION:A time receiving a call signal and a setting time are compared at a comparator 6. An output device control section 7 makes a notice by using a 1st notice means set by an EEPROM 16 depending on the comparison result or a 2nd notice means set by a RAM 18.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to notification of received information of a radio selective calling receiver, and more particularly to function control for temporally changing notification means.

0002

[Prior Art] In the conventional technology, when the power is turned on, the EE
PROM (electrical erasable)
programmable read onl
ymemory) and select the function. This EEPROM has
Information for one notification method is written. The notification means is a speaker, an LED (light emitting
diode), LCD (liquid crystal)
(1) display), pattern of vibrator, etc., and ON/OFF combination information.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the above technology, since there is only one notification means written in advance in the EEPROM, it is not possible to change the notification means over time, and when changing the notification means, It has the following drawbacks.

(a) It is necessary to manually switch the switch position between muting and normal.

(b) It is necessary to change the notification means by operating a predetermined switch.

(c) It is necessary to rewrite the contents of the EEPROM.

[0007] Furthermore, in daily use, especially when a call is received by operating the radio selective call receiver late at night during a conference, the following drawbacks occur.

(e) If you receive a call late at night, the ringing will disturb your sleep.

(f) When there is a call during an important meeting, the ringing sound disturbs the meeting.

(g) Since the power switch is turned off when the user does not want the sound to ring, no reception is performed during that time, so information cannot be transmitted reliably.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a selective call receiver that overcomes these drawbacks.

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[Means for Solving the Problems] A wireless selective calling receiver with a temporal notification function changing function according to the present invention includes a receiving means for receiving and decoding a selective reception signal, and a receiving means for receiving and decoding a selective reception signal, and a receiving means for receiving and decoding a selective reception signal. a first notifying means and a second notifying means that respectively issue different types of notifications when they match, a clock means that counts the time, and a notification setting means that sets the notifying means according to the time measured by the clock means. It is characterized by having the following.

[0013]

Embodiment Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. In FIG. 3, the receiver of the present invention is
When the power is turned on in step 101, initial settings are performed in step 102. Here, the first notification means is EE.
The first notification means flag is set from the ROM 16 as shown in FIG.

[0014] Thereafter, in step 103, the system enters a reception standby state. The radio waves entering the antenna 2 from the antenna 1 between the broadcasting station and the receiving station are FSK (Frequency
The signal enters the RF amplifier 3 which has the role of receiving and demodulating the signal modulated by yShift Keying), and is demodulated by the radio section 4.

The demodulated signal enters the microcomputer 5 which performs each control, and in step 104 it is determined whether settings have been made to switch to the second notification means. If this setting has been made, in step 111 it is determined whether it is the time period in which the second notification means is to be used.

Here, there is a function 6 for comparing the current time and a set time, and a function 7 for controlling the first notification means and the second notification means based on the compared values. A comparator 25 compares the current time 22 T0, the start time 21 T1, and the end time 23 T2 to control the first notification means flag 26 and the second notification means flag 27. The inverters 24 are configured to disallow and permit each other.

If YES here, step 113 enters the auto silent mode using the second notification means. If NO, the normal mode is determined in step 112. Similarly, if NO in step 104, the normal mode is determined. When reception is performed in step 105, it is determined in step 114 whether the automatic silent mode is set. If NO, in step 117 the LCD driver 8 is
The notification is performed using the LED driver 10, speaker driver 12, and vibrator driver 13.

[0018] If a switch operation is performed during this notification,
In step 119, it is stored in the memory as confirmed. Further, if no switch operation is performed in step 118, the information is stored in the memory as unconfirmed.

If it is the automatic silent mode in step 114, then in step 115 the second notification means, the LCD driver 8 for driving the LCD, and the LC serving as the display section are activated.
D9, LED driver 10 for driving the LED;
Notification is performed by an LED 11 used as a reception information notification means, a speaker driver 12 for driving a speaker, a speaker 13 used as a reception information notification means, a vibrator driving driver 14 or a vibrator 15 used as a notification means, or a combination thereof.

[0020] The second notification means does not have to be a notification means. In this case, it is set to auto-silent.

If the reception in step 105 is not performed and the determination in the SW operation 106 in step 106 is NO, the process returns to standby mode, and if YES, the process moves to step 107.

With this combination, the switch sensor section 17 performs steps 122, 108, and 120.
branch to.

[0023] In step 122, it is determined whether there is an unconfirmed call. If there is no unconfirmed call, in step 121, the confirmed and stored call is read out.

[0024] If there is any unconfirmed information, the first notification means is used to notify the unconfirmed recognition.

In step 108, the time for starting the second notification means is repeated in steps 109 and 110, and the process returns to the standby state.

In step 120, the current time is set. When this is finished, the device returns to standby mode.

[0027]

As explained above, the present invention has the function of changing the notification means according to the set time.

[0028] One example of this function is the auto-silent function, which can be set when you do not want to use an output device as a call notification means to make notifications at time intervals so as not to disturb meetings, etc. Messages received during operation are notified of the time they were received after auto-silent ends, so information can be reliably transmitted after a meeting or the like ends.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a wireless selective call receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a comparator 6 and a device controller 7 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart when there is no auto-silent setting according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing switch operation of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a call read operation of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart when auto-silent setting is provided according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of setting the current time according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a memory alert of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Antenna 2 Radio section 5 CPV 8, 10, 12, 14 Driver 9 LC
D 11 LED 13 Speaker 15 Vibrator 16 EEPROM 17 Sensor section 18 RAM 19 Counter

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. Receiving means for receiving and decoding a selective reception signal, and first and second notifying means for respectively making different types of notifications when the received selective calling signal matches a calling number owned by itself in advance. 1. A radio selective receiver comprising: a clock means for counting time; and a notification setting means for setting the notification means according to the time measured by the clock means. [Claim 2] A first device in which a start time and an end time can be set.
further comprising a time setting means, the notification setting means changes from the first notification means to the second notification means when the time of the clock means coincides with the start time; 2. The wireless selective receiver according to claim 1, wherein the second notification means is changed back to the first notification means when the end time coincides with the end time. 3. Further comprising a second time setting means for setting an end time, and when the time of the clock means coincides with the end time, the second notification means returns to the first means. The radio selective receiver according to claim 1, characterized in that: 4. The notification setting means further comprises third time setting means capable of setting a start time, and the notification setting means is configured to change the time from the first notification means to the second notification means when the time of the clock means coincides with the start time. 2. The wireless selective receiver according to claim 1, wherein said second notification means is manually changed to said first notification means. 5. means for storing data of calls received between the time when the first notification means is changed to the second notification means and the time when the first notification means is changed again;
further comprising means for determining that the received call is an unconfirmed call, and when the second notifying means is changed to the first notifying means, the unconfirmed call is notified by using the first notifying means. 5. The radio selective calling receiver according to claim 1, wherein the radio selective calling receiver makes the notification.