JPH0482333A - Portable information device - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a notification method control means for portable information equipment.

[Prior Art] Many conventional portable information devices output acoustic signals to notify users of coincidence of alarm times, expiration of timers, reception of preset calling signals, etc.
The sound output could be manually disabled by the user. This function was necessary to prevent users from being notified by unexpected acoustic signals in conference rooms and concert halls.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the conventional method for prohibiting the above-mentioned notification by the acoustic signal of a portable information device was manually performed by the user.

Therefore, it is very troublesome for the user to switch between the prohibited state and the permitted state of the acoustic signal, and in order to prevent the user from accidentally forgetting it and being criticized by the people around him, the user has to disable the acoustic signal at all times, so it is necessary to notify the user by using the acoustic signal. Functionality was often not utilized. Also, vibration means has been adopted as a notification means in place of acoustic signals, but it is not comfortable for the user. As described above, conventional portable information devices have a problem in that the operation of inhibiting audio signals is extremely troublesome. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a highly functional portable information device that does not cause discomfort to the user by providing a means for performing this acoustic signal prohibition operation using an external signal. be.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The portable information device of the present invention has a means for comparing a preset calling number of the device itself with a received calling signal and notifying the user when they match, or a means for notifying the user when they match, or a means for notifying the user when they match, or according to preset conditions. A portable information device having at least a means for detecting and notifying a coincidence of the information, a notifying method selecting means for selecting whether the notifying is to be performed by an acoustic signal, and a notifying method selecting means for receiving a preset signal from an external source and selecting the notifying method. It is characterized by having a notification control means for controlling.

Hereinafter, the details of the present invention will be shown by examples.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a portable information device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 10 is an antenna, 11 is a radio receiving circuit,
12 is a decoding circuit; 13 is a memory for storing individual call addresses (hereinafter referred to as ID-M); 14 is a speaker; 15 is an LED; 16 is a control circuit; 17 is a display device;
8 is an interface device, 19 is a vibration device, 20 is a notification signal selection circuit, 21 is a notification control circuit, and 22 is an acoustic notification prohibition timer circuit. A signal input from an antenna 10 is converted into a digital signal by a radio receiving section 11, and error correction is performed by a decoding circuit 12. The address in ID.M: 13 and the calling address in the received signal are compared in the decoding circuit 12, and if a match is detected, an address match signal is output to the control circuit 16. The control circuit 16 starts message reception based on this signal, processes the message signal from the decoding circuit 12, and uses the contents of the message signal, the state of the interface device 18, and the determination result of the notification control circuit 21 to send the message to the speaker 1.
4. Controls the LED 15, display device 17, and vibration device 19 to notify the reception, and provides necessary information to the control circuit 1.
The data is stored in the memory circuit in 6. User requests such as reading stored information are sent from the interface device 18 to the control circuit 1.
6 and processed. When the decoding circuit 12 determines that a preset broadcast control signal has been received, the control circuit 1
A signal is input from 6 to the notification control circuit 21, and the notification control circuit 21 sets a specific timer value in the acoustic notification prohibition timer circuit 22, and when this timer is other than 0, the notification selection circuit 20 is set to prohibit notification by an acoustic signal. Set to prohibit.

That is, the user does not need to switch since the acoustic notification signal is automatically prohibited for the necessary time by the notification control signal transmitted in the area where notification by acoustic signal is prohibited.

The broadcast control signal is a signal that can be transmitted to multiple portable information devices simultaneously, and the decoding circuit 12 accurately determines the signal.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a portable information device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

Although the configuration is basically the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the operations of the decoding circuit 12 and the notification control circuit 21 are different. In this embodiment, the decoding circuit 12 has a function of determining whether the acoustic notification prohibition signal or the acoustic notification permission signal is present, and notifies the notification control circuit 21 of the reception of each signal.

When the acoustic notification prohibition signal is received, the notification control circuit 21 sets a specific timer value to the acoustic notification prohibition timer 22, and when this timer is other than 0, the notification selection circuit 20 is configured to prohibit notification by the acoustic signal. Set to . Further, when the acoustic notification permission signal is received, the notification control circuit 21 resets the acoustic notification prohibition timer 22. As a result, the notification selection circuit 20 is set so that notification by an acoustic signal is permitted.

In this embodiment, in a hall with separate entrance and exit, an acoustic notification prohibition signal transmitting device is installed at the entrance and an acoustic notification permission signal transmitting device is installed at the exit, thereby automatically disabling portable information devices in the hall. It is possible to prohibit acoustic notification.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a portable information device that is an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 3, 10 is an antenna, 11 is a radio receiving circuit,
12 is a decoding circuit, 13 is a memory for storing individual call addresses, 14 is a speaker, 16 is a control circuit, 17
18 is a display device, 18 is an interface device, 19 is a vibration device, 20 is a notification signal selection circuit, 21 is a notification control circuit,
22 is an acoustic notification prohibition timer circuit, 30 is a clock circuit, 3
1 indicates an alarm time storage circuit, respectively.

When the time information in the clock circuit 30 matches the set time in the alarm time storage circuit 31, the control circuit 16 controls the speaker 14, display device 17, and vibration according to the state of the interface device 18 and the judgment result of the notification signal selection circuit 20. The device 19 is controlled to notify the reception, and necessary information is stored in a storage circuit within the control circuit 16.

The acoustic notification control signal is received through the antenna 10 and the radio receiving circuit 11 and processed in the same manner as in the embodiment of FIG. 1 or 2. With this, it is possible to automatically control alarms and the like of conventional wristwatches.

Although the embodiments have been described above, the present invention can be applied not only to the above embodiments but also to a wide variety of devices having an acoustic notification function, and the acoustic notification control signal is not limited to radio waves.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a user can receive a notification by an acoustic signal when necessary without bothering other people, so that the acoustic notification device can be used effectively. This has the effect of making it possible.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. 10 is an antenna, 11 is a radio receiving circuit, 12 is a decoding circuit, 13 is a 2-M, 14 is a speaker 15 is an LED, 1
6 is a control circuit, 17 is a display device, 18 is an interface device, 19 is a vibration device, 20 is a notification signal selection circuit, 2
Reference numeral 1 designates a notification control circuit, and 22 designates an acoustic notification prohibition timer circuit. Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] A portable information device having at least means for comparing a preset own calling number and a received calling signal and notifying when they match, or means for detecting and notifying a match of preset conditions, A portable information device characterized by having a notification method selection means for selecting whether the notification is based on an acoustic signal, and a notification control means for receiving a preset signal from the outside and controlling the notification method selection means. .