JPH10191417A - Selective call receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a selective call receiver in which the inputted number of numerals for displaying message is reduced and a message rich in feeling expression is displayed. SOLUTION: In the case that a received telephone dial number coincides with an own call number, a control part 5 stores once received data to a reception data storage memory 6, then reads the received data from the memory 6 and reads a routine display text corresponding to a routine text number in the received data from a message code memory 7 to display it to a display part 3. A routine display text consisting of a decorative picture that constitutes a part of a face showing a feeling expression, for example, using combined displays newly and a simple text or the like is stored in the message code memory 7. Therefore, when a caller inputs by connecting two routine text numbers forming one face after inputting a message instruction code through a telephone set, eyes and a nose corresponding to the 1st routine text number are displayed on a 1st stage of the display part 3 and a mouth corresponding to the 2nd routine text number is displayed on a 2nd stage of the display part 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a selective call receiver, in particular, a combination of a plurality of fixed sentence numbers in data received from a caller to display a combination of decorative pictures, characters, sentences, and the like to express emotions. The present invention relates to a selective call receiver for displaying a rich message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A so-called pager service for wirelessly transmitting a telephone call or a message to a user who is out of the office is widely used. In recent years, such a selective call receiver is provided with a display unit, on which a message from a caller is displayed.

Generally, a selective call receiver has a configuration as shown in FIG. For example, when the caller inputs the telephone dial of the selective call receiver to be called from the telephone, the telephone dial number is transmitted to the receiving unit 1 via the antenna, and further transmitted from the receiving unit 1 to the control unit 5 (for example, CPU). Can be
The control unit 5 compares the received telephone dial number with the self-call number stored in the message code memory 7 (for example, ROM). If the two match, the received data consisting of the message is sent to the control unit 5. Supplied. When the received telephone dial number matches the self-call number, the control unit 5 operates the notification unit 4 to notify the user of the call by a dial tone or vibration.

[0004] The controller 5 temporarily stores the received data in a received data storage memory 6 (for example, a RAM). On the other hand, the message code memory 7 stores a fixed display sentence corresponding to a fixed sentence number in the received data in advance.
Accordingly, the control unit 5 reads out the received data from the received data storage memory 6, reads out the fixed display sentence corresponding to the fixed sentence number in the received data from the message code memory 7, and displays it on the display unit 3 composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display. I do.

[0005] Normally, when the telephone dial of the selective call receiver to be called is inputted from the telephone, an announcement "Please put a message." In response, when the caller inputs the message command code and then the fixed phrase number, there is an announcement "Please wait." And the message is transmitted to the selective call receiver.

[0006] Generally, there are two types of message transmission methods, one is a "free word method" and the other is a "fixed message method". Free word method is "* 2 * 2"
The message is transmitted by inputting a character number consisting of two digits corresponding to one character after the message command code. For example, when a message command code of “* 2 * 2” is input, the control unit 5 recognizes that the message is a free word, and reads from the message code memory 7 the “# 2” of the character number input after the message command code. In response to “12”, “A” is read out and displayed on the display unit 3. Therefore, by inputting a character number consisting of two digits corresponding to one character, a sentence can be created similarly to a word processor, and a message consisting of a sentence can be transmitted. On the other hand, the fixed message method is “* 0 *
This is a method of inputting a fixed sentence number consisting of a two-digit number corresponding to one simple sentence after the message instruction code “0”. For example, when the message command code “* 0 * 0” is input, the control unit 5 recognizes that the message is a fixed message,
From the message code memory 7, “Oh!” Corresponding to the fixed phrase number “01” input after the message instruction code is read out and displayed on the display unit 3.

[0007]

However, in the case of the free word method, inputting a message to a recipient is complicated and time-consuming. On the other hand, in the case of the fixed message method, a simple sentence can be displayed as a message by inputting a two-digit number. However, since the sentence is a fixed sentence, there is a limit in expressing emotions.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and has as its object to provide a selective call receiver that displays a message rich in emotional expression while reducing the number of input characters for displaying a message. That is.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the selective call receiver according to the present invention has the following features.

(1) In a selective call receiver having a display unit, a memory storing a fixed display sentence corresponding to a fixed sentence number in the received data, and, when the received data is received, the fixed sentence number from the memory. Display control means for reading a standard display sentence corresponding to and displaying on the display unit,
Further, the display control means displays a combination of the standard display sentences corresponding to a combination of a plurality of standard sentence numbers in the received data in a plurality of stages, and displays a specific message.

The display control means displays a combination of fixed display sentences corresponding to a combination of a plurality of fixed sentence numbers in the received data in a plurality of stages, and displays a specific message, for example, a message including a facial expression on the display unit. Can be displayed. Further, a message rich in emotional expression can be displayed with a smaller number of numeric inputs than in the past.

(2) In the selective call receiver according to the above (1), the fixed form display sentence comprises a decorative picture and / or characters or sentences.

Therefore, for example, it is possible to display a decorative expression on the display unit by combining and displaying decorative pictures in two stages. Furthermore, a sentence can be combined and displayed beside a face with an expression.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The configuration of the selective call receiver according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The same components as those of the conventional selective call receiver are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted.

The selective call receiver of the present invention, like the conventional selective call receiver described above, when the received telephone dial number matches the self-call number, as shown in FIG. The data is temporarily stored in the reception data storage memory 6 (for example, RAM). After that, the control unit 5 reads out the received data from the received data storage memory 6, reads out a fixed display sentence corresponding to the fixed sentence number in the received data from the message code memory 7, and displays it on the display unit 3.

A feature of the present invention is that when a plurality of fixed sentence numbers are inputted in combination, the fixed display sentences corresponding thereto are displayed in combination over a plurality of rows, and a specific message is displayed on the display unit 3. is there. For this reason, in the message code memory 7 (for example, ROM), a fixed display sentence including a plurality of decorative pictures, simple sentences, etc. constituting a part of a face with an expression as shown in FIG. Is stored.

FIG. 2 shows an example of a decorative picture and a sentence stored in the message code memory 7 (FIG. 1) of the selective calling receiver of this embodiment. Here, “□” means a space, and “black square” means no registration (FF). As shown in FIG.
(FIG. 1) includes fixed phrase numbers (51 to 51) each composed of two digits.
70), a fixed display sentence composed of a decorative picture, a sentence, or the like that constitutes a part of the face to be paired with is stored in advance for 12 digits.

In the case of the present embodiment, a fixed sentence consisting of the upper part of the face is stored with the left three digits forming the eyes and the nose and the remaining nine digits with spaces. In addition, the fixed form display sentence consisting of the lower part of the face is displayed with three digits left-justified by combining the mouth and space, and the remaining nine digits are stored as unregistered. Further, sentences and words are stored left-justified, and short sentences are stored without registration.

Generally, the display on the display unit 3 shown in FIG.
This is a column display, and 12 columns can be displayed in one column. When the display is up to 12 digits left-justified, the 13th and subsequent digits are displayed from the left end of the second row.

Therefore, for example, when a face with an expression is displayed on the screen to convey the caller's feeling, as shown in FIG. After inputting two fixed phrase numbers after "0" and inputting "5556" from the telephone, first, a decorative picture of the eyes and nose of the face with the half-bladed face of the fixed phrase number "55" is displayed on the first line. You. Since this fixed phrase number “55” has 12 digits including spaces, the display of the mouth of the next fixed phrase number “56” is displayed in the second row. Is displayed. Also, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), if two standard text numbers are connected after "* 0 * 0" of the message instruction code and "6254" is input from the telephone, the sleeping face will be similar to the above. It is displayed on the display unit 3. Further, FIG.
As shown in the figure, when three fixed phrase numbers are connected after “* 0 * 0” of the message instruction code and “515267” is input from the telephone, the above-mentioned two fixed phrase numbers “5152” correspond to the above two fixed phrase numbers. Similarly, a smiling face is displayed in a two-stage combination. Further, since the remaining nine digits of the decorative picture of the mouth of the fixed phrase number “52” are unregistered, “G” of the fixed phrase number “67” is not registered.
OOD! "Can be displayed on the right side of the mouth. That is, it is possible to convey the caller's emotional expression to the recipient in the same manner as a free word in a two-stage display, simply by combining and inputting two decorative figures and three sets of two-digit numbers corresponding to one sentence.

The message code memory 7 of the selective call receiver according to the present embodiment stores a fixed form sentence number consisting of two digits, and 100 fixed form sentence pairs which are paired with each other. Instead, a plurality of fixed display sentences that are paired with a plurality of digits of the fixed sentence number may be stored. As a result, the information amount of the communication items increases.

Further, in the present embodiment, the blank portion of the fixed display sentence composed of the decorative picture of the mouth is not registered so that it can be displayed beside the decorative picture of the mouth, but a space of nine digits is input in advance. You may. In such a case, six fixed phrase numbers are connected after “* 0 * 0” of the message instruction code to “5152”.
When "57585860" is input from the telephone, first, a two-stage combination of a laughed face corresponding to the fixed phrase number "5152" is displayed on the display unit 3 (FIG. 1). Next, when the recipient presses the scroll button of the operation unit 2 shown in FIG. 1, the screen is scrolled, and a surprised face corresponding to the fixed phrase number "5758" is displayed in a two-stage combination. Further, when the recipient presses the scroll button, the winked face corresponding to the fixed phrase number “5960” is displayed in a two-stage combination.

Further, in the case of the selective calling receiver of the present embodiment, the display on the display unit is a two-stage display, but the present invention is not limited to this. In such a case, a facial expression can be displayed in a plurality of stages, and a plurality of sentences can be combined and displayed.

[0025]

As described above, according to the selective calling receiver according to the present invention, the display control means can display a plurality of fixed display sentences corresponding to a combination of a plurality of fixed sentence numbers in the received data. Combination display, specific message,
For example, a message including a facial expression can be displayed on the display unit. Further, it is possible to reduce the number of input numbers for displaying a message as compared with the related art, and to display a message rich in emotional expression.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a selective call receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a standard display sentence paired with a standard sentence number stored in a message code memory of the selective call receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a screen display example of the selective call receiver according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 reception unit, 2 operation unit, 3 display unit, 4 notification unit, 5
Control unit, 6 Received data storage memory, 7 Message code memory.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A selective call receiver having a display unit, wherein: a memory storing a fixed display sentence corresponding to a fixed sentence number in received data; and when the received data is received, the memory assigns the fixed sentence number to the fixed sentence number. Display control means for reading out the corresponding fixed-form display sentence and displaying the read-out fixed form display sentence on the display unit, further comprising: A selective call receiver characterized by displaying a specific message in combination and displaying over a plurality of stages. 2. The selective call receiver according to claim 1, wherein the fixed display sentence comprises a decorative picture and / or a character or a sentence.