JPH09139970A - Selective radio call receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a selective radio call receiver by which the display notification and the sound notification of a message can simultaneously or jointly by used by the setting of a caller. SOLUTION: An antenna 101, a radio part 102 and a decoder part 103 receive/ decode selective radio call signals including a selective call signal matching with one's own selective call number and the message signal composed of the message succeeding this selective call signal and the control code for this message notification. A speaker 113 notifies a message by sound and a liquid crystal display device 109 notifies the message by a display. The control code includes the notifying method selection code designating the notifying method of the message and the routine sentence code designating the routine sentences stored in a routine sentence storage part 107 for display notification and a routine sound storage part 111 for sound notification. A control part 105 designates the notification of the message from the liquid crystal display device 109 and a speaker 112 based on the notifying method selection code.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio selective calling receiver, and more particularly, to a radio selective calling receiver capable of voice notification and display notification of a message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional radio selective call receiver of this kind, when a received and decoded radio selective call signal has a message, the message is displayed not only on a display but also reproduced by a speaker (loudspeaking). There are things that can be done (for example, JP-A-5-244061 and JP-A-4-129433.
JP-A-6-334591, JP-A-1-9
32222 publication). In the latter two of the above publications, a message is sent as a fixed message such as a fixed code, and this fixed message can be converted into voice of a fixed sentence and output. It should be noted that in the message notification in these receivers, either the display or the sound is given priority, and the message is notified by another notification method by the operation of the receiver by the user (callee).

[0003]

The above-mentioned conventional radio selective call receiver has a plurality of notifying means such as a display notifying and a voice notifying for message notification, but one of the notifying means is prioritized. I am doing message notification. Therefore, when the called party needs message notification by another notification means, there is a problem in that the called party needs to change the notification means, which imposes a heavy burden on the called party.

Further, there is a drawback in that voice notification, which has good promptness and recognizability of message notification, and display notification, which has good certainty of message confirmation, cannot be used simultaneously or together.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and to provide a radio selective call receiver which is less likely to cause a caller to make a mistake in message transmission.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A radio selective call receiver according to the present invention is a message signal including a selective call signal which matches its own selective call number, a message following the selective call signal and a control code for notifying the message. A radio selective calling receiver comprising at least receiving means for receiving and decoding a radio selective calling signal including: a voice notifying means capable of notifying the message by voice, and a display notifying means capable of notifying the message by display. The control code includes at least a notification method selection code for designating the notification means of the message from the voice notification means and the display notification means, and the notification means of the message is controlled based on the decoded notification method selection code. Determine a message notification method specified from the voice notification means and the display notification means Further comprising means, and notification control means for notifying the designated said notification means the decrypted the message.

[0007] One of the radio selective calling receivers may have a configuration in which the message and the notification method selection code are set in a one-to-one correspondence.

In another one of the radio selective calling receivers, the message includes at least a fixed phrase code corresponding to a fixed phrase, and the control code specifies a fixed phrase for discriminating the fixed phrase code. It is possible to adopt a configuration further including a code and further including fixed text selection means for sending a fixed text corresponding to the fixed text code to the notification control means when the fixed text code is present in the decrypted message.

In the radio selective calling receiver, the message includes at least a numeric message and the fixed phrase code, and the voice notifying unit performs voice synthesis with a voice synthesizing unit for voice synthesizing the decrypted message. Further, it is possible to adopt a configuration including at least a speaker that amplifies the message.

[0010]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a radio selective calling receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, this radio selective call receiver receives a radio selective call signal from a base station of a paging system to which the radio selective call receiver belongs by an antenna 101. The radio selective calling signal is demodulated by the radio section 102, and further shaped into a digital signal. This digital signal is input to the decoder section 103, and the decoder section 103 decodes this digital signal and compares the selective call signal included in this digital signal with its own selective call number written in the ID-ROM 104. To do. If the two match, the decoder unit 103 sends the detection signal of the selective calling signal and the message signal included in the digital signal and following the selective calling signal to the control unit 105. Upon receiving the detection signal, the control unit 105 stores the message signal in the built-in memory, then operates the speaker driver 112 to drive the speaker 113, and informs the called party, that is, the user of this receiver, that there is a call. Notify (call notification).

Here, the message signal comprises a message and a control code for notifying the message. The message includes at least a fixed text code corresponding to a fixed text that is a fixed message notification text and a numeric message such as a telephone number. The control code includes at least a notification method selection code that specifies a message notification method from a voice notification by the speaker 113 and a display notification by the liquid crystal display 107. The control code further includes a fixed text designating code for discriminating the fixed text code in the message signal. A plurality of fixed phrase designation codes and a plurality of notification method selection codes are prepared and set in a one-to-one correspondence. Further, the fixed sentence and the numerical message corresponding to the fixed sentence code have a display format stored in the fixed sentence storage unit 107 and digital data for fixed voice stored in the fixed voice storage unit 111 in advance.

When the above message is to be confirmed after the above call notification, the called party operates the switch section 106 to perform a message confirmation operation. When the message confirmation operation is started, the control unit 105 decodes the message signal stored in the built-in memory and determines whether the message is a fixed message, a numeric message, or both. The control unit 105 also determines the notification method selection code set in a one-to-one correspondence with each of the messages, and determines whether the message is a display message, a voice message, or both.

When the above message is a display message of a fixed text, the control unit 105 causes the fixed text storage unit 107 to output a fixed message that matches the fixed text code stored in the built-in memory, and the liquid crystal display driver 108
Is driven to display the standard message on the liquid crystal display 109. If the message is a voice message of a fixed sentence, the control unit 105 causes the fixed voice storage unit 111 to output digital data for fixed voice that matches the fixed sentence code and causes the voice synthesis unit 110 to output the fixed sentence. To synthesize. The voice synthesizer 110 uses the speaker driver 11
2 is made to drive, and the speaker 113 is made to speak a fixed phrase. Further, when the above message is notified by voice and display, the control unit 105 drives both the liquid crystal display 109 and the speaker 113. Even when the above message is a numerical message, the control unit 105 causes the liquid crystal display 109 and the speaker 113 to notify the message as in the case of the fixed text.

FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing a message notification method in the radio selective call receiver of FIG.

Referring to FIG. 2, this receiver provides [0
12-34-5678 Please make a phone call as soon as possible]. When waiting for a call, the liquid crystal display 109 normally displays only the clock display D2 such as [AM12: 20]. After receiving the call notification from the speaker 113 or the like, the called party switches the switch unit 10
When the message confirmation operation is performed by operating 6, the control unit 10
5 is a message memory number D3 to the built-in memory called [12345] corresponding to the above call and [012-34-5].
678] and the fixed form sentence D4 of [Immediately] are displayed on the liquid crystal display 109. Subsequently, the control unit 105 causes the speaker 113 to perform a voice notification of the fixed text message S1 "Call me". The voice notification may be the same as the display notification.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of the control code in the message signal in the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of fixed phrases stored in the fixed phrase storage unit 107 and the fixed voice storage unit 111 of the radio selective calling receiver of FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a comparative example of a message signal and a message to be notified.

Message signals to be input to the calling telephone when calling the radio selective calling receiver according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5.

First, referring to FIG. 3, the control code for message notification input from the calling telephone is composed of two or three symbols and numbers. "##" is the message end code indicating that the message has ended, "*"
"00" is a numeric transfer code indicating that the following signal is a numeric message. "* 11" is a notification method selection code for selecting the notification method of the preceding message. If the signal following this signal is "1", the "display" notification is executed, and if the following signal is "2". Perform a "voice" notification,
If the following signal is "3", simultaneous notification of "display" and "voice" is executed, and if the following signal is "4", "display" notification is followed by "voice" notification. Further, "* 22" is a fixed message transfer code indicating that the following signal is a fixed message. The number transfer code and the standard message transfer code are message type codes indicating the types of messages.

Referring to FIG. 4, fixed phrases are arranged in a matrix of Y (3) and X (3). This matrix is stored in the standard sentence storage unit 107 and the standard voice storage unit 111.
It is also a storage cell for the standard message stored in each. Fixed phrase code "11" to "company", "12"
"Immediately", "13""Pleasewait","2"
"1" for "home", "22" for "later", "23" for "go", "31" for "customer", "32" for "tomorrow", "33" for "telephone" Please give me. "

Referring to FIG. 5, there are shown four types of examples A to D in which a message signal is constructed by using the control code according to FIG. 1, the fixed form code according to FIG. 2 and the numeric message. The message signals are arranged in the order of message type code, message, notification method selection code, and message end code. When the caller sends a plurality of messages, the message type code, the message and the notification method selection code are repeatedly sent.

Now, when the message is [Please call me as soon as possible], [Immediate call] is notified by display, and [Call me] by voice, as in the example D, the caller calls from the calling telephone. An example of inputting a message signal will be described.

First, the caller inputs a message type code for distinguishing whether the message to be transmitted first is a fixed form sentence or a numeric message, and then inputs the message. In the example D, the message is "* 2212" because the fixed phrase is "very urgent". Next, the caller inputs the notification method selection code "* 11" and selects one from the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 representing the notification method and inputs it. D
In the example, since the display and notification is "very urgent", the additional message signal is "* 111".

Next, the caller inputs the second message from the calling telephone. In the example D, the second message is the fixed message "Call me" that is displayed by voice, so the message signal "* 2233 * 112" is additionally input. Finally, the code "##" indicating the end of message input is input to end the input of the message signal.
After all, the input in the D example is "* 2212 * 111 * 2233.
* 112 ## ”. In addition, in FIG. 5, in order to make the explanation easy to understand, a blank space is provided in the middle of the message signal.
However, there is actually no space as described above.

The example A is a contrast example of the message and the message signal displaying both [012345] and [call me], and the example B is the notification and voice of [678910] and [call me], respectively. Example C is an example in which [012345] and [Call me] are displayed by the former and the latter by display and voice.

As described above, the radio selective calling receiver according to the present embodiment can simultaneously use and use the voice notification with good immediacy and recognizability and the display notification with good certainty of message confirmation for message notification. It has the feature that it can be done. Since the calling party sets the conditions for the combined use of the voice notification and the display notification, the called party does not have to perform any operation that burdens the selection of the message notification method.

If the number M of notification methods and the number N of standard message codes are large, there is a possibility that the notification method selection code and the standard message code may be erroneously selected when the caller inputs a message signal to the telephone. Get higher Even if there is a selection error, the caller will not notice unless he can contact the called party, so this selection error is a big problem for the one-way communication radio selective call receiver.
It is necessary to devise a method that eliminates a mistake in the caller's selection.

In the example of the present embodiment, the number M of message notification methods is 4, and the number N of fixed phrases is 9. When the fixed texts are classified according to the message notification method, the number P of fixed text codes needs to be M × N (4 × 9 = 36 in the radio selective call receiver of the present embodiment), which corresponds to the message signal input of the caller. The burden will be extremely heavy. However, in the receiver of the present embodiment, the control code relating to the fixed phrase selection and the notification method selection is set separately for the fixed code and the notification method selection code, so the number Q of control codes becomes (M + N). . Therefore, M> 2 and N>
If 2, then P> Q, and the receiver of the present embodiment
It is possible to reduce the total number Q of the selection codes of the fixed form sentence and the notification method, and it is possible to reduce the mistakes when the caller selects these codes. Further, when the same message is to be notified by a plurality of methods, only one fixed-form sentence code needs to be selected, so that a caller can easily input a message signal.

[0030]

As described above, in the radio selective calling receiver of the present invention, the control code in the message signal is the notification method selection code for designating the notification means of the message from the voice notification means and the display notification means. A message notification method determining means for specifying at least the notification means for the message based on the decoded notification method selection code from among the voice notification means and the display notification means, and for specifying the decoded message. Since the notification control means for making notification by the notification means is provided, there is no need for the callee to change the message notification means, and the callee's burden in selecting the message notification method can be reduced.

Further, the present invention has an effect that voice notification, which has good promptness and recognizability of message notification, and display notification, which has good certainty of message confirmation, can be used simultaneously or together.

Further, according to the present invention, when the message includes a fixed text, the control code for selecting the fixed text and selecting the notification method is set separately for the fixed code and the notification method selection code. When there are many display methods, it is possible to reduce the total number of the control codes, and it is possible to reduce mistakes when the caller sets a standard message.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a radio selective calling receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a diagram conceptually showing a message notification method in the radio selective calling receiver of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a control code in a message signal according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a fixed text storage unit 10 of the radio selective call receiver of FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of fixed phrases stored in 7 and fixed voice storage unit 111.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a contrast example of a message signal and a message to be notified.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 antenna 102 wireless unit 103 decoder unit 104 ID-ROM 105 control unit 106 switch unit 107 fixed sentence storage unit 108 liquid crystal display driver 109 liquid crystal display 110 voice synthesis unit 111 fixed voice storage unit 112 speaker driver 113 speaker

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Receiving means for receiving / decoding a radio selective calling signal including a selective calling signal that matches its own selective calling number and a message signal consisting of a message following the selective calling signal and a control code for notification of the message. When,
In a wireless selective call receiver comprising at least a voice notifying unit capable of notifying the message by voice and a display notifying unit capable of notifying the message by displaying, the control code causes the notifying unit of the message to be the voice notifying unit and the voice notifying unit. A message notification that includes at least a notification method selection code that is specified from among the display notification means, and that specifies the notification means for the message from among the voice notification means and the display notification means based on the decoded notification method selection code. Method determining means,
A radio selective calling receiver, further comprising notification control means for causing the designated notification means to notify the decrypted message. 2. The radio selective calling receiver according to claim 1, wherein the message and the notification method selection code are set in a one-to-one correspondence. 3. The message includes at least a fixed phrase code corresponding to a fixed phrase, and the control code is
A fixed sentence selection means for sending a fixed sentence corresponding to the fixed sentence code to the notification control means when the fixed message code is included in the decrypted message. The radio selective call receiver according to claim 1, further comprising: 4. The message includes at least a numeric message and the fixed phrase code, and the voice notifying unit voice-synthesizes the voice-synthesized voice-synthesizing unit for voice-synthesizing the decrypted message. 4. The radio selective calling receiver according to claim 3, further comprising a speaker.