JPH09238202A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To select a communication equipment at the time of the other mode operation with a simple operation and to immediately restore to an original mode operation by switching two buffers and executing display. SOLUTION: When a bell number key 3i is depressed in a state where memorandum data is held by the first display buffer 15d and is displayed in a display part 2, the name of a transmission destination and a paging receiver type are read from the address book data bank area DB of RAM 18, is held by the second display buffer 15e and an index screen is displayed on the display part 2. When a transmission destination is decided in the display state, the call number of the paging receiver is read from the address book data bank area DB of RAM 18 and it is stored and transmitted in/to a transmission buffer 15c. When the transmission of the call number terminates, display data stored in the display buffer 15d is used and a system returns to the display of an original mode screen in the display part 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device suitable for an electronic notebook having a calling function such as a dial transmission function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an electronic notebook having a dial transmission function, for example, a schedule mode for registering and displaying schedule data belonging to the original electronic notebook function, a memo mode for storing memo data, and four arithmetic operations The dialing function is applied in parallel with the calculator mode, etc., which performs calculations, including message calculation mode that creates the message data to be sent to the paging receiver to be called, and the destination is called by dialing. In such a case, the operation of always selecting the destination after creating the message data as necessary with the message creation mode selected.

[0003]

Therefore, when a mode other than the message creation mode is being executed and the destination is called by dial transmission, the data is stored in the other operation mode that has been executed until then. Do not perform complicated operations, such as registering in the above and exiting once, selecting the message creation mode, sending in this message creation mode, then selecting the other operation mode again and returning. Even if a simple call is made without adding message data, the operability is very poor. Further, in the electronic notebook function, it is impossible to select a contact while maintaining the display of the schedule and memos.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to select a communication device at the time of operation of another mode by a simple operation, and immediately operate the other mode. It is to provide a communication device capable of returning to the above.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A display unit, a display storage unit that stores the display data displayed on the display unit, a storage unit that stores a plurality of individual information of the communication device and a calling number, and the display data is displayed on the display unit. Instruction means for instructing to read out a screen for selecting a communication device at a time point, and first display control means for reading out individual information of a plurality of communication devices from the storage means according to the instruction means and displaying the individual information on the display section. Corresponding to selection means for selecting any one of the individual information of the plurality of communication devices displayed on the display unit by the first display control means, and individual information of the communication device selected by the selection means Second display control means for reading and outputting the calling number to be displayed and for displaying the display data stored in the display storage means and displaying the display data again on the display section.

With such a configuration, it is possible to select a communication device without impairing the display contents when operating in another mode with a simple operation, and to immediately return to the original mode operation.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the storage means further stores attribute information of the communication device together with individual information of the communication device.
The display control means reads the individual information and the attribute information of the plurality of communication devices from the storage means according to the instruction means,
It is characterized in that it is displayed on the display section.

With such a configuration, in addition to the operation of the invention described in claim 1, when the destination is selected, its attribute information, for example, when paging receivers send message data, the paging is performed. Since the types of messages that the receiver can display are also displayed, it is possible to select the destination after confirming the content.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a paging receiver having an electronic notebook function and a dial transmission function will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG.
2 and FIG. 2 show the external configuration thereof. FIG. 1 is a front view of the notebook paging receiver 1 in an open state, and FIG. 2 is a rear view of the paging receiver 1 in a closed state.

In FIG. 1, in a state where the paging receiver 1 is opened, a display unit 2 using a dot matrix type liquid crystal display panel and a display ON key 3 are provided on the inner surface of the left side 1a thereof.
a, display off key 3b, display switching key 3c, menu key 3d, search key 3e, pictogram search key 3f, function key 3g, secret key 3h, bell number key 3i,
The release key 3j, the execution key 3k, the cursor key 3l, the message key 3m, the dial key 3n, and the IR transmitter / receiver 4 are arranged at the upper end thereof.

The display-on key 3a is a key for turning on the electronic notebook function, and when the electronic notebook function is already on, the display-off key 3b is for turning on the electronic notebook function. It is a key for turning off the display by turning it off.

The display switching key 3c is a key for switching the display, and the menu key 3d is a key for shifting to the menu display of all modes provided in the paging receiver 1.

The search key 3e is a key for instructing data search or cancellation of the same search state, and the pictogram search key 3f is key for instructing data search for each pictogram or cancellation of the same search state.

The bell number key 3i is a key for reading out only the name and paging receiver type from the registration data in the address book mode and displaying a list even in the middle of other operation modes.

The cancel key 3j is a key for canceling a function or operation being executed or canceling Kanji conversion, and the execute key 3k is a key for instructing execution of each function.

The cursor keys 3l are used to instruct the cursor to be moved in the up, down, left, and right directions, which are displayed in a shape corresponding to the state of the menu display, file selection display, date selection display, character edit display, etc. On the other hand, it is also a key for instructing the display of the previously displayed data or the next data in combination with the shift key of the sheet key 3o described later.

The message key 3m is a key for shifting to the data display of the latest received message in the message reception mode, and the dial key 3n is a dial signal of a telephone number or data, for example, DTMF (Dual Tone).
A key for instructing the start of transmission of a Multi Frequency (dial tone) signal.

The IR transmitter / receiver 4 is integrally provided with a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion for directly transmitting / receiving various data and the like by infrared signals. Also, the right side 1 of the paging receiver 1
On the inner surface of b, there are provided sheet keys 3o in which a large number of kana keys, alphabet keys, numerical keys, symbol keys, and other various function keys are arranged in an overlapping manner. Data input, data editing and conversion, data Enter and instruct registration, calculator, message protection, etc.

FIG. 2 shows the external structure of the rear surface of the paging receiver 1 with the paging receiver 1 closed, and the rear surface of the left side 1a of FIG. 1 as shown in FIG. A battery lid 5 for accommodating four batteries, a lock switch 6 for preventing the battery lid 5 from being opened accidentally, and a button battery for backing up the memory contents separately from the batteries accommodated in the battery lid 5. There is provided a backup battery lid 7 for storing the data, a paging receiver as a paging receiver, a speaker 8 for outputting an incoming call sound, outputting a DTMF signal, and the like.

Next, FIG. 3 shows a circuit configuration provided in the paging receiver 1. The radio wave for calling the paging receiver 1 is received by the antenna 11 and sent to the receiving unit 12. The receiving unit 12 demodulates the reception data received by the antenna 11 and sends it to the decoder 13.

At the time when the power-on is detected, the decoder unit 13 continuously drives the receiving unit 12 based on the control of the control unit 15 until a synchronization signal is received within a predetermined time,
When the synchronization signal is received, the intermittent driving is performed based on the control signal from the control unit 15 which has fetched the data of the ID-ROM 14 this time. Then, the signal demodulated by the receiving unit 12 is converted into 8-bit parallel data and transmitted to the control unit 15, and the control unit 15 outputs a signal for determining that this coincides with the address data of the ID code set in the own device. When you type
The subsequently received vector data and message data are sent to the control unit 15.

The control unit 15 internally includes a timer clock 15a for measuring time, a digit number memory 15b for storing the total number of digits of message data to be transmitted, telephone number data, call number data, message data, and the like. A transmission buffer 15c, a first display buffer (indicated as "display buffer 1" in the figure) 15d that stores data to be displayed on the display unit 2, and a second display buffer (in the figure, "display buffer 2"). 15e)
Bell key 3i, dial key 3n, and all keys 3a to 3h and 3j other than these keys 3i and 3n.
A key input unit 16 composed of 3 m and 3 o, the display unit 2,
ID-ROM 14, ROM 17, RAM 18, notification unit 1
9 and the memory 20 are connected, and the decoder 13 is connected in accordance with the operation program stored in the ROM 17.
And the control operation of the entire circuit.

The RAM 18 is an address book data bank for storing a plurality of addresses as individual information and the type of the paging receiver of the transmission destination, as shown in FIG. 4, together with a memory area of various modes for an electronic notebook function (not shown). It has an area DB, a transmission data memory area TD for storing message data to be transmitted, and an incoming data memory area RD for storing incoming message data.

Address book data bank area DB
As shown in FIG. 5 as an example, the name of the destination, the reading, the telephone number as the individual information, the paging receiver type and its type number as the attribute information, the calling number, and the address are set as a set and stored at the beginning of the memory. The storage addresses for storing the data are stored in a plurality of sets of transmission destinations.

Regarding the type of paging receiver and its type number, the type number of "kanji display", which is a paging receiver capable of receiving and displaying a message including kanji, is "1", and a free direct type ( RCR ST
Paging receiver capable of receiving and displaying a message of D-43 standard) is a paging receiver capable of receiving and displaying a message of "free" type number "2" and free number / kana type It is assumed that the type number of “kana display” is “3”, and the type number of “numerical display”, which is a paging receiver capable of receiving and displaying a message with only numbers, is “4”.

The notification section 19 drives the small speaker 23 other than the speaker 8 to sound based on the control signal from the control section 15 in a state where the call is received, and notifies the call state by a buzzer sound or the like. Let

The memory 20 reads all the call number data of the transmission destination and the message data to be transmitted from the transmission buffer 15c of the control unit 15, sequentially encodes them and sends them to the DTMF signal conversion unit 22. D
It has a counter 20a for counting the data sent to the TMF signal conversion section 22, and the count value thereof is the control section 1 described above.
Sent to 5.

The DTMF signal conversion unit 22 sequentially converts the coded data sent from the memory 20 into a DTMF signal. The DTMF signal output from the DTMF signal conversion unit 22 is passed through the amplifier 21. After being amplified, it is amplified and output from the speaker 8.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. Here, for example, in the case of operating in the memo mode, the bell number key 3i is operated to select the destination, only the call without message data is performed, and then the operation is immediately returned to the memo mode. It shall be.

FIG. 6 is a subroutine showing the processing contents when the bell number key 3i is operated at the time of operating the mode related to the electronic notebook function such as the schedule mode, the memo mode and the calculator mode. From the state of the normal mode screen display in which the display data of the mode is held in the first display buffer 15d therein and is displayed on the display unit 2 using this display data (step S1), the bell number key 3i is pressed. Waits for (step S
2).

FIG. 7 exemplifies a display screen on the display unit 2 in the memo mode, in which "Okaimono list", "apple" and "tie" are stored in the RAM as memo data.
18 is input and stored in a memo mode memory area not shown in FIG.
The state held in d and displayed on the display unit 2 is shown.

When it is determined that the bell number key 3i is pressed, the name of the transmission destination and the paging receiver type are collectively stored as individual information from the address book data bank area DB of the RAM 18 corresponding to the operation. Then, a part of the data is read out and stored in the second display buffer 15e (step S3), and then the index screen is displayed on the display unit 2 based on the content stored in the second display buffer 15e ( Step S4).

FIG. 8 exemplifies the display state of the index screen on the display unit 2 corresponding to the operation of the bell number key 3i. The index line for prompting the selection instruction of the name of the transmission destination is displayed on the first line. In addition to displaying the guide message “Who should you send it to?” And the display capacity of the display unit 2 is limited, the letter “A” indicating the alphabet is displayed on the second line.
Character, “A” character indicating “A” line, “A” character indicating “K” line, “...”, “W” character indicating “W” line, and keyhole pictogram indicating a secret name are listed, especially Currently "A"
In order to show that the name of the transmission destination corresponding to the line is displayed, only the part of the character "a" is highlighted, and the transmission corresponding to the "a" line is displayed on the third to fifth lines. The above three names are displayed together with the characters indicating the paging receiver type.

That is, in FIG. 8, in FIG.
As shown in Figure 4, "Taro Akishima" owns a kanji display type paging receiver, "Jiro Arakawa" owns a kana display type paging receiver, and "Kazuko Ando" owns a free direct type paging receiver. In addition to displaying the index, the name part of Mr. Taro Akishima at the beginning position as the destination and the character part indicating the paging receiver type as the attribute information are also highlighted as the sender name cursor NC. There is.

In this way, not only the name of the destination but also the type of the paging receiver is displayed as its attribute information, so that the destination can be selected after confirming the contents.

Thereafter, the sender name cursor NC is pressed by pressing the cursor key 3l in the vertical direction, if necessary.
Is moved and the destination is selected, it is determined whether or not the destination is determined by pressing the execution key 3k (step S5). The execution key 3k is not pressed and the cursor key 3l is pressed. If there is only a key pressing operation in the up and down direction, the sender name cursor NC is moved in response to the operation and the operation from step S3 is repeated again to scroll the area of the index display as appropriate.

In FIG. 9, the sender name cursor NC is operated by pressing the downward key of the cursor key 3l twice from the display state shown in FIG. 8, and the sender name cursor NC is "Kazuko Ando" of the free direct type paging receiver. It shows the display state after moving to Mr.

When the execution key 3k for determining the transmission destination is pressed in this display state, this is immediately judged in the above step S5, and then the paging receiver call number data corresponding to the selected name. Is read from the address book data bank area DB of the RAM 18 and stored in the transmission buffer 15c (step S6). At the same time, the total number of digits of the data of the calling number is stored in the digit number memory 15b, and the actual transmission operation is performed. It is in the ready state, and then waits for the pressing operation of the dial key 3n for starting the transmission (step S7).

That is, as an actual transmission operation, the DTMF signal of the calling number is put in a state in which the speaker 8 on the back surface of the paging receiver 1 shown in FIG. 2 is brought into contact with the transmitter of an arbitrary push line telephone. When it is determined that the dial key 3n is pressed, the data of the called number of the destination stored in the transmission buffer 15c is transferred to the memory 20 and DT is output.
The MF signal converting unit 22 sequentially converts the DTMF signal into a DTMF signal, and then outputs the sound from the speaker 8 via the amplifier 21 (step S8).

At this time, the counter 20 of the memory 20
In a, the number of digits of the data of the calling number read to the DTMF signal conversion unit 22 is counted and the count value is calculated by the control unit 1.
5

The control unit 15 controls the counter 20 of the memory 20.
A count value indicating the number of digits of the transmitted calling number sequentially sent from a, the total number of digits of the same data stored in the digit number memory 15b, and a preset DTMF signal conversion unit 22.
DTMF signal transmission rate and timer clock 1
The display unit 2 displays a countdown of the remaining time (seconds) required to transmit the calling number data by an update clock sent from the unit 5a at regular intervals, for example, in units of 1 second.

FIG. 10 exemplifies the display state on the display unit 2 at this time, and the remaining seconds are indicated as "5 seconds remaining" together with the characters "during dialing" and the pictographs of the telephone dialed with fingers. And a guide message for interrupting the transmission is displayed with "Cancel with release key"
It is displayed like.

After such a display of the remaining seconds is updated for a certain period of time, for example, every 1 second, and is continued while counting down the value of the seconds, at the time when the value of the remaining seconds becomes "0". , It is judged that the data transmission of the calling number is completed, and the first display buffer 15 is replaced with the display shown in FIG.
Using the display data stored in d, the display unit 12 returns to the display of the original mode screen (step S9), and this subroutine is completed.

That is, FIG. 11 shows a display screen which is exactly the same as the screen display in the original memo mode shown in FIG. 7, and the display data stored in the first display buffer 15d in this way is used as the original display screen. By automatically returning to the mode screen display of, the indirect expression that the transmission process of the specified calling number has been completed is omitted, and key operations such as troublesome mode selection can be omitted, and the calling number can be easily set. It is possible to make a call and return to the original mode screen.

In the above-described embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to the paging receiver having the electronic notebook function and the dial transmission function has been exemplified, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the digital portable telephone and the transceiver are provided. Besides, the present invention can be applied not only to various electronic devices that transmit wireless signals, but also to a composite mobile terminal such as an electronic notebook that can be connected to a digital mobile phone and can send and receive data.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment,
Although the present invention is limited to the paging receiver having the electronic notebook function and the dial transmission function, the present invention is not limited to this and can be applied to an electronic computer having a transmission function for transmitting data by infrared rays. In addition, the present invention can be variously modified and implemented without departing from the gist thereof.

[0047]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to select a communication device without impairing the display contents when operating in another mode with a simple operation, and immediately return to the original operation in another mode. it can.

According to the invention described in claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, when the destination is selected, its attribute information, for example, when the message data is transmitted to the paging receiver, Since the types of messages that can be displayed by the paging receiver are also displayed, it is possible to select the destination after confirming the content.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an external configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing an external configuration according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a memory area configuration of a RAM 18 of FIG.

5 is a diagram exemplifying the storage contents of an address book data bank area DB of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of a subroutine for operating the bell number key 3i according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen during operation according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a view showing an example of a display screen during operation according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen during operation according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a view showing an example of a display screen during operation according to the same embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a diagram exemplifying a display screen at the time of operation according to the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Paging receiver 2 ... Display part 3i ... Bell number key 3j ... Release key 3k ... Execution key 3l ... Cursor key 3n ... Dial key 3o ... Sheet key 4 ... IR transceiver 5 ... Battery cover 6 ... Lock switch 7 ... Backup Battery cover 8 ... Speaker 11 ... Antenna 12 ... Receiving part 13 ... Decoder 14 ... ID-ROM 15 ... Control part 15a ... Timer clock 15b ... Digit number memory 15c ... Transmission buffer 15d ... First display buffer (display buffer 1) 15e ... second display buffer (display buffer 2) 16 ... key input section 17 ... ROM 18 ... RAM 19 ... notification section 20 ... memory 20a ... counter 21 ... amplifier (Amp.) 22 ... DTMF signal conversion section DB ... address book data Bank area TD ... Transmission data memory area RD ... Incoming data memory area

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A display unit, a display storage unit for storing display data displayed on the display unit, a storage unit for storing a plurality of individual information and a calling number of a communication device, and the display data on the display unit. An instruction means for instructing to read out a screen for selecting a communication device at the time of displaying, and individual information of a plurality of communication devices is read out from the storage means according to the instruction means and is displayed on the display section. Display control means, selection means for selecting any one of the individual information of the plurality of communication devices displayed on the display unit by the first display control means, and the communication device selected by the selection means. And a second display control means for reading and outputting the calling number corresponding to the individual information, and reading the display data stored in the display storage means and displaying it again on the display section. A communication device characterized by the above. 2. The storage means further stores attribute information of the communication device together with individual information of the communication device, and the first display control means stores the plurality of communication devices from the storage means in response to the instruction means. 2. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the individual information and the attribute information of the item are read out and displayed on the display unit.