KR19990015188A - Pager with Voice Function - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pager having a voice function capable of confirming a received message by voice as well as a liquid crystal display device. A pager having such a voice function includes an amplifier unit for receiving and amplifying radio waves and received radio waves. A demodulator for demodulating and reproducing the original signal, a decoder for checking a sync code from the demodulated signal and transmitting the received message to the controller, and for selecting a message to be checked when the message is received. Function key, light emitting device (LED) for generating light on the display panel, call signal sound generator and vibrating unit for notifying that the message has been received, liquid crystal display (LCD) for displaying the received message numerically, voice received message Voice memory storage unit for storing data, memory unit for storing the received message, the voice memory storage unit A digital / analog converter for receiving digital voice data through a control unit and converting the analog signal into an analog signal, a control unit for controlling operations of the decoder, vibration unit, LCD, voice memory storage unit, memory unit and digital / analog converter at the same time a message is received; And a speaker for generating sound by receiving the output of the digital / analog converter.

Description

Pager with Voice Function

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pager, and more particularly, to a pager having a voice function capable of confirming a received message by voice as well as a liquid crystal display device.

In general, a pager displays a received message through a liquid crystal display (LCD).

Referring to the drawings, a conventional pager is described as follows.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional structure of a conventional pager, and FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart for confirming a message of a conventional pager.

As shown in FIG. 1, the conventional pager receives an amplifier unit 1 for receiving and amplifying a radio wave, a demodulation block 2 for demodulating a received signal, and reproducing an original signal, and receiving the demodulated signal. Decoder (3) for transmitting the received message to the control unit (11) after checking the synchronous code, and a call signal tone generator (Buzzer) 5 or a vibrator for notifying the call that the call is received by receiving the decoded signal. (6), a function key (7) used to check messages, a light emitting diode (LED) (4), and a liquid crystal display (LCD) for displaying received messages. Crystal Display (LCD) 9 and a memory section 8 composed of nonvolatile memory cells used for storing received messages. At this time, the LED 4, the call tone generating unit 5, the vibrating unit 6, the function keys 7, the LCD 9, the memory unit 8, and the digital / analog converter 10 are controlled. It operates by the control signal of (11). The controller 11 operates by receiving a signal from the analog / digital converter 10 that converts an analog signal of a battery into a digital signal.

A message confirmation method of a conventional pager having the above configuration will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2, when a message is delivered to a conventional pager, the received message is stored in the memory unit 8. When the message is delivered, the pager will beep or the pager will vibrate to indicate that a call has arrived. After that, the user starts to check the received message. First, the read function key (7) is pressed to read the message received from the memory unit (8). If the lead function key 7 is not pressed at this time, the process returns to the step before confirming the message at first. After the message is read by pressing the function key 7, the received message is sequentially compared. The message is read in order from the recently received message. For example, if a user wants to check a recently received message (hereinafter referred to as 'first message') and selects the corresponding number, the control unit 11 reads the message stored in the memory unit 8 to display the LCD (9). Display as a number on the panel. If you want to check another message, that is, if you do not want to end the message check, press the function key (7) to select the number corresponding to the message you want to check. . The message is confirmed by displaying the plurality of received messages on the LCD 9 panel by the above method.

The conventional pager as described above has the following problems.

First, the conventional pager checks the displayed message using the LCD panel. In this case, the visually impaired have no method of checking a message displayed on a liquid crystal display (LCD), and even a normal person has difficulty in checking a message in a dark night.

Second, if the liquid crystal display is broken, it is not economical because the pager cannot be used.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and in particular, it is an object of the present invention to provide a pager with a built-in voice function that can be confirmed by voice in addition to the method to display the message entered on the pager on the LCD panel. .

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of functions of a conventional pager

2 is a flowchart illustrating operations for confirming a message of a conventional pager.

3 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a pager of the present invention;

4 is a flowchart illustrating operations for confirming a message received in a pager of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

21: amplifier unit 22: demodulation unit

23: decoder 24: call tone generator

25: vibration part 26: function keys

27: light emitting device (LED) 28: liquid crystal display (LCD)

29: memory unit 30: voice memory storage unit

31: Digital / Analog Converter 32: Speaker

33: control unit 34: analog / digital converter

In order to achieve the above object, a pager incorporating a voice function of the present invention includes an amplifier unit for receiving and amplifying radio waves, a demodulator for demodulating the received radio waves to reproduce the original signal, and a signal demodulated through the demodulator. Decoder for checking the sync code and delivering the received message to the control unit, function key for selecting the message to check when the message is received, light emitting device (LED) for generating light on the display panel, message received Call signal sound generation unit and vibration unit for indicating that the display, a liquid crystal display (LCD) for displaying the received message as a number, a voice memory storage unit for storing the received message as voice data, a memory unit for storing the received message, the voice Digital / analogue which receives digital voice data of memory storage part through control part and converts into analog signal The converter, a control unit for controlling the operation of the decoder, the vibration unit, the LCD, the voice memory storage unit, the memory unit, and the digital / analog converter at the same time as the message is received, the speaker receiving the output of the digital / analog converter to generate sound. Characterized in that configured to include.

Referring to the drawings, a pager with a voice function according to the present invention will be described as follows.

Figure 3 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the pager of the present invention, Figure 4 is a flow chart for checking the message received in the pager of the present invention.

The pager incorporating the voice function of the present invention includes an amplifier unit 21 for receiving and amplifying radio waves and a demodulation block 22 for demodulating the received signal to reproduce the original signal. A decoder 23 which receives the demodulated signal and checks the synchronization code, and delivers the received message to the controller 33; and a call signal tone generator (Buzzer) that receives the decoded signal and notifies a call. 24, a vibrator 25 that vibrates to receive the decoded signal and notifies a call, a function key 26 for checking a received message, and a display of a pager. A light emitting diode (LED) 27 for brightening the panel, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 28 for displaying a received message, and used for storing the received message. Nonvolatile Memory Cells The memory unit 29, a voice memory storage unit (ROM) 30 for storing received messages as voice data, and digital / analog for converting voice data stored in the voice memory storage unit 30 into analog signals. It was configured to include a converter 31 and a speaker 32 for audio output of the signal converted into analog. In this case, the ROM constituting the voice memory storage unit 30 includes a signal obtained by digitalizing voice data, and the memory unit 29 is a nonvolatile memory cell such as an EPROM or an EEPROM. Or volatile memory cells (Random Access Memory: RAM). At this time, the LED 27, the call tone generator 24, the vibration unit 25, the function key 26, the LCD 28, the memory unit 29, the voice memory storage unit 30 and the digital The analog converter 31 operates by the control signal of the controller 33. The control unit 33 operates by receiving a signal from the analog / digital converter 34 that converts the analog signal of the battery into a digital signal. Here, the pager of the present invention can be configured in addition to the LCD 28 because it can also check the received message by voice.

The operation of the pager incorporating the voice function of the present invention having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart.

As shown in FIG. 4, a pager incorporating the voice function of the present invention stores the received message in the memory unit 29 or the voice memory storage unit 30 when the message is delivered to the pager. When the message is delivered, the pager will beep or vibrate to indicate that a call has arrived. After that, the user starts to check the received message. First, when the read function key 26 is pressed, the message received from the memory unit 29 is read. If the lead function key 26 is not pressed at this time, the process returns to the step before confirming the message at first. After reading the message by pressing the function key 26, the received message is sequentially compared, and the message is read in order from the latest message. For example, when you want to check a recently received message (hereinafter referred to as 'first message'), select the corresponding number. After that, you want to confirm by voice and select the voice selection key. When the voice selection key is selected in this way, the voice data corresponding to the number is transmitted from the ROM in the voice memory storage unit 30 to the digital / analog converter 31 and then received through the speaker (). You will see the message. At this time, when the number corresponding to the message to be confirmed is not confirmed by voice, the number is displayed through the LCD 28 display panel. Thereafter, the same process can be repeated from the stored second message to the nth message. If you want to check the message stored in the middle, go back to reading the message from the memory cell, press the number corresponding to the message you want to check, and then use the LCD 28 display panel to receive the received message. Can be displayed numerically and can also be confirmed by voice.

The pager incorporating the voice function of the present invention as described above has the following effects.

Firstly, the received message can be checked not only by the numbers through the LCD display panel but also by voice, so it can be checked through the LCD. You can check.

Second, even if the LCD is broken, it can be confirmed by voice, so the life of the pager is long, so it is economical.

Claims (4)

An amplifier unit for receiving and amplifying radio waves, A demodulator for demodulating the received radio wave to reproduce the original signal; A decoder for checking a sync code in the demodulated signal through the demodulator and delivering the received message to the controller; Function keys for selecting the message you want to check when a message is received, Light emitting device (LED) for generating light in the display panel, Call tone generator and vibration unit for notifying that the message has been received, LCD, which displays received messages numerically, Voice memory storage unit for storing the received message as voice data, A memory unit for storing the received message, A digital / analog converter which receives the digital voice data of the voice memory storage unit through a control unit and converts the digital voice data into an analog signal; A control unit for controlling the operation of the decoder, the vibration unit, the LCD, the voice memory storage unit, the memory unit and the digital / analog converter at the same time a message is received; And a speaker for generating sound by receiving the output of the digital / analog converter. The pager of claim 1, wherein the voice memory storage unit comprises a read only memory (ROM). 2. The voice unit of claim 1, wherein the memory unit comprises at least one of a nonvolatile memory device (EPROM), an EPIROM, and a volatile memory device (RAM). One pager. The pager with a voice function according to claim 1, further comprising a liquid crystal display device (LCD).