JP2000068887A - Portable communication system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a portable communication system that automatically searches an unknown person in matching with a desired condition so as to communicate with the person. SOLUTION: When other device to which a transmission reception channel in pairs with that of the system is in existence within an arrival range of a radio wave, a transmission reception section 1 receives an identification data signal of an opposite party and a control processing section 4 discriminates setup of communication through this reception and informs of the setup by sound and light through a notice section 10.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a portable communication device for creating a meeting between people.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, personal information tools such as mobile phones (including PHS) and pagers have become widespread, and people can easily communicate with each other regardless of location and time.

[0003] However, these information tools need to know the telephone number and the bell number of the portable telephone with which they communicate. In other words, it is a tool for communicating with known partners.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION With the above-mentioned information tools, it has not been possible to communicate with an unknown person.

[0005] The inventions of claims 1 to 3 have been made in view of the above points, and the object thereof is to automatically search for an unknown person matching a desired condition and to perform communication. It is to provide a portable communication device that enables the communication.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide a portable communication apparatus capable of exchanging image data and deepening communication with a partner in addition to the objects of the first to third aspects of the present invention. .

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the object of the fourth aspect, image data composed of photographs can be exchanged.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a portable communication device that can easily capture image data using a nonvolatile memory used in a digital camera.

[0008]

To achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a setting unit for setting communication condition data, and a signal corresponding to the set condition data is transmitted wirelessly during standby. While transmitting by radio wave,
A wireless transmission / reception unit that receives a signal corresponding to condition data from another device, a transmission / reception unit that performs a voice call through the wireless transmission / reception unit, a notification unit, and a condition of another device received by the wireless transmission / reception unit When a signal corresponding to the data is received, communication establishment is determined based on the reception. When the communication is established, the communication is notified by the notification unit, and the transmission and reception is performed so that the voice communication by the transmission and reception unit can be performed through the wireless transmission and reception unit. And a control processing unit for controlling the wireless transmission / reception unit is provided at least in a portable apparatus main body.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of communication condition data are registered in advance in the condition data storage unit, and the setting unit selects from the condition data registered in the condition data storage unit. The transmission of a signal corresponding to the condition data is performed by transmitting a radio wave from the wireless transmission / reception unit using the transmission channel corresponding to the setting condition data among the transmission / reception channels allocated separately for each condition data, and transmitting the corresponding reception signal. When a signal corresponding to condition data from another device is received in the channel by the wireless transmission / reception unit, the control processing unit determines that communication has been established.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the signal corresponding to the condition data is a data signal having set condition data contents, and the control processing unit transmits the condition signal transmitted from another device. The data content is compared with the set condition data content to determine that communication is necessary when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The data indicating the necessity is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit. Is determined to be established when communication is received.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, an image data storage unit for storing image data, image display means, and after the communication is established, the image data is transmitted in response to a transmission command. An image display unit for transmitting the image data stored in the data storage unit through the wireless transmission / reception unit, and displaying the image data from the other device via an image display unit when the image data is received through the wireless transmission / reception unit. It is characterized by comprising.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, the image data stored in the image data storage section is photographic data, and the image data is stored in a nonvolatile memory which can be written by a digital camera. It is characterized by comprising a part.

[0013]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows a conceptual configuration diagram of the present embodiment. In this embodiment, a radio transmission / reception unit 1, a transmission / reception unit 2, an operation unit 3, a transmission / reception control function A control processing unit 4, an image data storage unit 5, a liquid crystal display 6 constituting an image display means, a liquid crystal display, comprising a microcomputer having functions such as a judgment control function, a notification control function, an image processing function, and a memory rewriting control function. It comprises an image display unit 7 for controlling the unit 6, a system ROM 8, a condition data storage unit 9, a notification unit 10, a battery power supply 11, a RAM 12 for securing a work area and a temporary storage area, and an antenna AT.

The radio transmission / reception unit 1 is capable of constructing a radio data communication / communication line for transmitting and receiving digitized voice signals and data signals using a radio wave of a predetermined frequency band as a signal medium according to a well-known protocol. There are a plurality of sets of transmission / reception channels, and operations including setting of transmission / reception channels are controlled by a transmission / reception control function of the control processing unit 4.

The transmission / reception unit 2 digitizes the call voice from the microphone MIC and sends it to the radio transmission / reception unit 1, and converts the received digital voice data output from the radio transmission / reception unit 1 to analog and reproduces it from the speaker SP. The operation is controlled by a call control function of the control processing unit 4.

The operation unit 3 includes numeric keys and function keys, and a control processing unit 4 based on these key operation inputs.
An operation signal is sent to the

The control processing unit 4 is operated by an operation program stored in the system ROM 8, and based on an operation input of the operation unit 3, a call mode, a condition data setting mode, a standby operation mode, an image data transfer mode, and the like. In each of these modes, a transmission / reception control function using the transmission / reception unit 2 and the wireless transmission / reception unit 1, an image processing function for transmitting data for display on the liquid crystal display 6 to the image display unit 7, Performs a control process such as a condition determination process to be described later, a control of the notifying unit 10, and reading and transferring image data from the image data storage unit 5.

The condition data storage unit 9 is for setting and registering the gender of the user and condition data indicating the substance of communication desired by the other party. The condition data storage unit 9 is a nonvolatile memory such as an EEPROM which can be rewritten under the control of the control processing unit 4. Consists of

The condition data is specified by a key operation of the operation unit 3, and can be selectively set from a plurality of condition data registered in the system ROM 8 in a condition data setting mode set by the control processing unit 4. For example, words such as "let's make a comp", "let's make a tea", "let's make a karaoke" ... etc. are assigned as first condition data. In addition to these condition data, the gender of the user is set as second condition data.

In the embodiment, when the first condition data is the same and the second condition data is determined, the transmission channel from the own device determines that the first condition data is the same and the second condition data is the opposite sex. Corresponds to the reception channel of another device in which is set, and the transmission / reception channel is allocated such that its own reception channel corresponds to the transmission channel of the other device. In other words, a transmission / reception channel is set in advance for each combination of the first condition data and the second condition data (sex) so that transmission and reception can be performed between devices of male and female pairs in which the same first condition data is set. The control processing unit 4 controls the wireless transmission / reception unit 1 based on the set condition data so as to use the corresponding transmission / reception channel.

Set transmission / reception channel data is registered in the system ROM 8 for each combination of the first condition data and the second condition data.

The system ROM 8, the condition data storage unit 9, and the operation unit 3 constitute a setting unit for setting condition data.

The system ROM 8 stores the above operation program in addition to the above condition data.

The image data storage unit 5 comprises a card-type flash memory widely used in digital cameras and the like. In the present embodiment, the image data storage unit 5 which images a person with a digital camera and stores the image data is used. A card drive which is detachably mounted is provided, and the control processing unit 4 reads out image data from the image data storage unit 5 through the card drive. The image data stored in the image data storage unit 5 is, for example, photograph data of a person, and is stored in a format and a compression method generally used for image processing.

The notifying unit 10 notifies by sound and light using a piezoelectric speaker and a light emitting diode.
It is controlled by the control processing unit 4.

The liquid crystal display 6 has a backlight, and displays an image based on the image data sent through the image display unit 7.

The battery power supply 11 is composed of a rechargeable battery and is charged by an external charging device. The power is supplied to the circuit section of the entire device.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the present embodiment.
The small and portable device main body 13 containing the above-mentioned circuit section and the battery power supply 11 has a liquid crystal display 6 and keys of the operation section 3 arranged vertically on the front.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When a power switch (not shown) is turned on,
After performing the initialization processing, the control processing unit 4 sets the standby operation mode to the standby operation mode if the condition data is already set and registered in the condition data storage unit 9 or if there is no change in the condition data registered and set. If the condition data is not set and registered in the storage unit 9, or if there is a change, the condition setting mode is set, and the corresponding screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display 6 through the image display unit 7.

In the condition data setting mode, first, a screen for setting the first and second condition data is displayed on the liquid crystal display 6, and the user operates the function keys of the operation unit 3 to display these screens. The condition data is selected.

When an instruction indicating that the setting of these condition data is completed is sent through the operation unit 3, the control processing unit 4 sets the standby operation mode.

After entering the standby operation mode, the screen display is switched to the menu display by operating the keys of the operation unit 3, and then the above-mentioned condition setting mode can be set from the menu display screen (in the flowchart shown in the figure). Omitted).

In the standby operation mode, the control processing unit 4 operates the radio transmission / reception unit 1 to transmit a predetermined identification data signal through a transmission / reception channel corresponding to the set condition data, and to transmit a signal from another device. Waits for reception.

Now, if the same first condition data is set in the range of mutual radio waves and there is a device in which the paired second condition data is set, the mutual transmission / reception channels are paired, and The transmission and reception of the identification data signal become possible. That is, devices that can establish communication with each other exist in the radio wave reach range.

When an identification data signal is received from another device, the control processing unit 4 determines that communication has been established, and notifies the establishment by sound and light through the notification unit 10.

When there is a notification and the user operates a call key provided on the operation unit 3, the control processing unit 4 sets a call mode for establishing a call line using the wireless transmission / reception unit 1 and the transmission / reception unit 2. Set. As a result, a call can be made with the other party through the transmission / reception section 2, and communication can be achieved. In the call mode, if the user wants to send the image data of his / her own photo to the other party, the user selects the image data transfer of the photo by operating the keys of the operation unit 3, and the control processing unit 4 stores the image data based on this instruction. It is also possible to read out image data of a photograph from the unit 5 and transfer it to the partner device through the wireless transmission / reception unit 1.

The apparatus which has received the text data or the image data of the above message causes the liquid crystal display 6 to display the message or the image through the image display unit 7 under the control processing of the control processing unit 4. By displaying the photographic image on the liquid crystal display 6, the appearance of the other party can be understood, and the recognition of the other party is deepened.

The call mode can be ended by operating the call end key of the operation unit 3. At the same time, the control processing unit 4 sets the operation mode to the standby operation mode.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when there is another device having the same communication condition in the vicinity, it is possible to automatically search for the device and communicate with the other party. Can be very effective as a quick-action dating tool.

By the way, once the communication line is established after the communication has been established, even if another device set to a channel capable of transmitting and receiving each other enters the radio wave range, the reception of the identification data from the device will be continued. Cancel import and prioritize current caller. Of course, this is not the case after the call ends.

In the first embodiment, the apparatus has a single function. However, the apparatus may be incorporated in a PHS having a transceiver function. Further, the function of the present apparatus may be added to a mobile phone. Although a card type memory used in a digital camera is used as the image data storage unit 5, a memory that directly captures image data from a personal computer or a digital camera by serial communication or parallel communication and stores the image data may be used. . Further, it may be used together with the use of a card type memory. Furthermore, a digital camera may be incorporated or combined so that image data can be captured on the spot.

(Second Embodiment) In the first embodiment, the transmission and reception channels are set according to the setting condition data, and the communication is established by establishing the combination of the transmission and reception channels with other devices. The form is such that the establishment of communication can be severely set by using condition data as composite data.

The configuration of this embodiment is basically the same as that of the first embodiment.
Since the same configuration as that of the case is used, only the differences will be described with reference to FIG.

First, in the condition data storage section 9 of the present embodiment, condition data including its own profile setting and the condition of the other party are registered.

The registered condition data is the same as in the first embodiment.
In the condition data setting mode specified by the key operation of the operation unit 3 and set by the control processing unit 4, the user can select from a plurality of options registered in the system ROM 8 as in The profile of the person can be set individually for individual, group distinction, gender, height, occupation, age, annual income if individual, and the other party conditions include gender, age range, height range, occupation, annual income range, Any of these partner conditions can be arbitrarily selected and set, and each condition can be selectively set to non-setting in order to loosen the establishment of communication conditions.

As in the first embodiment, the system ROM 8 pre-registers basic registration data of the condition data in addition to the operation program. This is controlled by the control processing unit 4.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When a power switch (not shown) is turned on,
After performing the initialization process, the control processing unit 4 changes the standby operation mode if the condition data and the message are already selectively registered in the condition data storage unit 9 or if there is no change in the condition data of the preset registration. If the condition data is not selectively registered in the data storage unit 9 or the data is changed, the condition data setting mode is set, and the corresponding screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display 6 through the image display unit 7.

In the condition data setting mode, first, a screen for setting a profile is displayed on the liquid crystal display 6, and the user operates the keys on the operation unit 3 to select the selection data displayed on these screens and input data. It is.

When there is an instruction from the operation unit 3 indicating that the data setting has been completed, the control processing unit 4 selects the gender, age range, height range, occupation, annual income range, The screen is switched to a selection screen for selecting a group, an individual, or the like, and the user performs selection and data input of selection data displayed on these screens by operating the keys of the operation unit 3.

The display of the condition data to be selected can be incremented by a key operation of the operation unit 3, and the user only has to input the number assigned to the displayed option from the plurality of options using the numeric keypad. . Of course, non-setting may be selected particularly for the conditions that do not need to be set among the other party's conditions.

When an instruction indicating that the setting of these condition data is completed is sent through the operation unit 3, the control processing unit 4 sets the standby operation mode.

After entering the standby operation mode, the screen display is switched to the menu display by operating the keys of the operation unit 3 and then the above-described condition data setting mode can be set from the menu display screen (flow chart shown in the figure). In the standby operation mode, the control processing unit 4 operates the wireless transmission / reception unit 1 to transmit the profile data as condition data, and waits for reception of condition data from another device. Do.

In this case, transmission and reception are performed intermittently and alternately. Here, the probability of synchronizing the transmission and reception of another device with the transmission and reception of the other device is extremely low, so there is no practical problem. In addition, since the transmission is intermittent, the battery consumption can be suppressed, and the own transmission radio wave is not received, so that the number of the radio channel in the standby operation mode can be reduced to one.

If two devices exist in the range of mutual radio waves, condition data of each other will be received.

Upon receiving condition data from another device,
The control processing unit 4 compares the profile of the other party with the data of the other party's condition set and registered on the own device side, and determines whether the profile of the other party is permitted by the set other party's condition. The necessity of communication is determined, and if necessary, data indicating the necessity and message data are transmitted through the wireless transmitting / receiving unit 1 if unnecessary.

Similarly, data indicating the necessity or unnecessary is transmitted from the partner device. Here, when necessary data is also transmitted from the partner device, the control processing unit 4 determines that communication has been established because both are necessary, and notifies the establishment by sound and light through the notification unit 10. .

If data indicating unnecessary is sent from the other party, communication is not established, and the above-described notification and message display are not performed. That is, the user is not notified that another device is nearby.

When there is a notification and the user operates a call key provided on the operation unit 3, the control processing unit 4 sets a communication mode for establishing a communication line using the radio transmission / reception unit 1 and the transmission / reception unit 2. Set. As a result, a call can be made with the other party through the transmission / reception section 2, and communication can be achieved. The above-mentioned message to be sent to the other party is sequentially displayed on the liquid crystal display 6 by the key operation of the operation unit 3 and the message to be sent to the other party is selected, and the text data of the message is transmitted by the key operation of the operation unit 3. It can be sent arbitrarily to the other party.

Similarly, when the user wants to send a picture to the other party during the call mode, the user selects the picture data transfer by operating the key of the operation unit 3, and the control processing unit 4 sends the image data storage unit 5 based on this instruction. It is also possible to read out the image data of the photograph and transfer it to the partner device through the wireless transmission / reception unit 1.

The apparatus which has received the text data or the image data of the above message causes the liquid crystal display 6 to display the message or the image through the image display section 7 under the control processing of the control processing section 4. By displaying the photographic image on the liquid crystal display 6, the appearance of the other party can be understood, and the recognition of the other party is deepened.

The call mode can be ended by operating the call end key of the operation unit 3. At the same time, the control processing unit 4 sets the operation mode to the standby operation mode.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when there is another device having the same communication condition in the vicinity, it is possible to automatically search for this and communicate with the other party. Can be very effective as a quick-action dating tool.

[0065]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a setting section for setting communication condition data, a signal corresponding to the set condition data is transmitted by a radio wave during standby, and A wireless transmission / reception unit that receives a signal corresponding to condition data from another device, a transmission / reception unit that performs a voice call through the wireless transmission / reception unit, a notification unit, and a condition of another device received by the wireless transmission / reception unit When a signal corresponding to the data is received, communication establishment is determined based on the reception. When the communication is established, the communication is notified by the notification unit, and the transmission and reception is performed so that the voice communication by the transmission and reception unit can be performed through the wireless transmission and reception unit. At least a control processing unit for controlling the radio unit and the wireless transmission / reception unit is provided in the portable device main body, so that an unknown person matching the desired conditions can be automatically searched. Out make it possible to communicate with, because it can be used while moving, there is a very effective effect is as fast-acting encounter tool of in the city.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, a plurality of communication condition data are registered in the condition data storage section in advance, and the setting section selects from the condition data registered in the condition data storage section. The transmission of a signal corresponding to the condition data is performed by transmitting a radio wave from the wireless transmission / reception unit using the transmission channel corresponding to the setting condition data among the transmission / reception channels allocated separately for each condition data, and transmitting the corresponding reception signal. When a signal corresponding to condition data from another device is received by the wireless transmission / reception unit on the channel, the control processing unit determines that communication has been established, so that the condition data can be easily set and the control processing is performed. Can be determined by receiving the signal of the other party, so the determination process is simple and a complicated processing program There is an effect that it does not required.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the signal corresponding to the condition data is a data signal having the contents of the set condition data, and the control processing section transmits the condition signal transmitted from another device. The data content is compared with the set condition data content to determine that communication is necessary when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The data indicating the necessity is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit. Is received, it is determined that communication has been established. Therefore, there is an effect that communication with a more compatible partner can be established by a combination of complicated condition data. According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, an image data storage unit for storing image data, an image display unit, and the image data storage unit in response to a transmission command after the communication is established. And an image display unit for transmitting image data stored in the wireless communication unit through the wireless transmission / reception unit and displaying the image data from the other device through an image display unit when the image data is received through the wireless transmission / reception unit. Thus, it is possible to make the other party recognize the person image, and as a result, the communication with the other party can be further deepened.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, the image data stored in the image data storage section is photographic data, and the image data is stored in a non-volatile memory which can be written by a digital camera. Since the unit is configured, image data can be easily captured.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a circuit block diagram according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the same device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the above.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining an operation according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 wireless transmission / reception unit 2 transmission / reception unit 3 operation unit 4 control processing unit 5 image data storage unit 6 liquid crystal display 7 image display unit 8 system ROM 9 condition data storage unit 10 notification unit 11 battery power supply 12 RAM MIC microphone SP speaker AT antenna

Continued on the front page F term (reference) 5C064 AA01 AA04 AB03 AC02 AC06 AC12 AC16 AD06 5K011 CA11 CA12 DA26 GA03 HA06 HA07 JA01 LA04 5K067 AA34 EE02 EE25 FF02 FF24 FF25 GG11 HH22 KK15

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A setting unit for setting communication condition data, a signal corresponding to the set condition data is transmitted by a radio wave during standby, and a signal corresponding to the condition data from another device is received. A wireless transmitting and receiving unit;
A transmission / reception unit for making a voice call through the wireless transmission / reception unit, a notification unit, and when a signal corresponding to the condition data of another device received by the wireless transmission / reception unit is received, a communication establishment is determined based on the reception. When established, while notifying by the notification means, at least a control processing unit that controls the transmission and reception unit and the wireless transmission and reception unit so that voice communication by the transmission and reception unit can be performed through the wireless transmission and reception unit,
A portable communication device characterized by being mounted on a portable device body. 2. A plurality of communication condition data are registered in advance in a condition data storage unit, and a setting unit sets by selecting from condition data registered in the condition data storage unit, and transmits a signal corresponding to the condition data. Is transmitted by radio waves from the above-mentioned wireless transmission / reception unit using the transmission channel corresponding to the set condition data among the transmission / reception channels allocated separately for each condition data, and corresponds to the condition data from another device by the corresponding reception channel. The mobile communication device according to claim 1, wherein when the signal is received by the wireless transmission / reception unit, the control processing unit determines that communication has been established. 3. A signal corresponding to condition data is a data signal having setting condition data contents, and the control processing section compares condition data contents transmitted from another device with the setting condition data contents. When the predetermined condition is satisfied, it is determined that communication is necessary, and the data indicating the necessity is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit. When the required data is received from the other device, it is determined that communication is established. A portable communication device characterized by the following. 4. An image data storage unit for storing image data, image display means, and after the communication is established,
The image data stored in the image data storage unit is transmitted through the wireless transmission / reception unit in response to the transmission instruction, and when image data from the other device is received through the wireless transmission / reception unit, the image data is displayed on the image display unit. The portable communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising an image display unit. 5. The image data storage unit according to claim 1, wherein the image data stored in the image data storage unit is photographic data, and the image data storage unit is constituted by a nonvolatile memory to which data can be written by a digital camera. Item 5. A portable communication device according to Item 4.