JPH08163619A - Portable storage case for pager or the like - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To enable a user to surely discriminate that the pager that the user carries enters calling operation and eliminate dealing to an other-person's pager, etc., by providing a case body which contains the pager, etc., a sensor which is incorporated in the case body, a calling sound generating circuit, and a speaker. CONSTITUTION: The portable storage case for the pager, etc., consists principally of the case body 10 which contains the pager A, the sensor 11 which is incorporated in the case body 10, the calling sound generating circuit 12, and the speaker 13. the pager has a display means and a calling sound generating means A1. The pager A once receiving a radio wave Sa for calling form outside has transition from a stand-by state to the calling operation and can generate a calling sound Sa1 through the calling sound generating means A1. Once the user confirms that the pager A enters the calling operation, a specific message can be displayed through the display means on the device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable storage case such as a pager capable of accurately recognizing a calling operation of a pager or a mobile phone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Portable wireless communication devices such as pagers, mobile phones, personal radios and cordless phones (hereinafter simply referred to as pagers) receive radio waves for calling and shift from a standby state to a calling operation. Then, it is necessary to inform the user to that effect. Therefore, when the pager or the like shifts to the calling operation, a ringing tone is generated to inform the user of that.

A pager or the like is used as a method of informing the user of the shift to the calling operation, in addition to producing a ringing tone, blinking a light for calling, or vibrating the user's body for calling. A model that transmits it is also being developed,
The ringing tone is the mainstream. The blinking light method may not be noticed by the user, and the vibration method is effective only when carrying a pager or the like in close contact with the body, and is not effective at all in other cases. Because. When the user confirms that the pager or the like has shifted to the calling operation, the user may stop the ringing sound, read the message from the other party displayed on the machine, or start a call with the other party. it can.

[0004]

According to the prior art described above, the user can know, through the ringing tone, that the pager or the like has shifted to the calling operation. When gathering, it is not possible to distinguish what is carried by oneself and what is carried by another person, and many users have to check their pagers etc. all at once was there. This is because ringing sounds such as pagers are standardized and do not differ for each user.

Therefore, in view of the problems of the prior art, an object of the present invention is to provide a case main body for accommodating a pager or the like with a sensor for detecting the shift of the pager or the like to a ringing operation, and a ringing tone generating circuit. By providing a speaker and a speaker, a different ringing tone is generated for each user, and a portable storage case such as a pager for easily identifying the pager or the like that has shifted to the calling operation is provided. Especially.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The structure of the present invention for achieving the above object includes a case main body for accommodating a pager and the like, a sensor for detecting a shift of the pager or the like to a calling operation, and a sensor for the sensor. It is provided with a ringing tone creating circuit that operates by an output signal and a speaker connected to the ringing tone creating circuit, and the gist of the invention is to incorporate the sensor, the ringing tone creating circuit, and the speaker into the case body.

The sensors are optical sensors, pressure sensors,
It can be either a vibration sensor or a sound wave sensor.

The ringing tone creating circuit includes a memory circuit for storing at least one kind of melody, and a control circuit for outputting a specific melody stored in the memory circuit to the speaker in response to an output signal from the sensor. Can be provided.

Further, the ringing tone generating circuit includes a timer for measuring the duration of the output signal from the sensor, and the timer can control the volume controller connected to the output side of the ringing tone generating circuit.

[0010]

According to the structure of the present invention, the case body can accommodate a pager and the like, and the sensor is
It is possible to detect that the pager or the like has shifted to the calling operation and activate the ringing tone generating circuit. Therefore, the ringing tone creating circuit can generate a unique ringing tone created in the ringing tone creating circuit via the speaker.

If the sensor is any one of an optical sensor, a pressure sensor, a vibration sensor, and a sound wave sensor, the optimum sensor can be selected according to the specifications of a pager or the like. That is, when a pager or the like shifts to a calling operation, an optical sensor is used to blink the calling light, a pressure sensor or a vibration sensor is used to generate vibration, and a ringing sound is used to generate a ringing sound. A sound wave sensor may be used.

When a pager or the like uses two or more calling means in combination, these sensors may be used in combination.

When the ringing tone creating circuit includes a storage circuit and a control circuit, the storage circuit stores at least one kind of melody, and the control circuit stores the storage circuit in correspondence with the output signal from the sensor. It is possible to output a particular melody. However, the control circuit at this time may simply output one type of specific melody stored in the storage circuit, and may be one of two or more types of melody stored in the storage circuit. Alternatively, a specific one selected in advance may be output. Note that the control circuit restarts the melody from the memory circuit from the beginning for each output from the sensor. Also, the melody here is not only a musical melody, but also continuous single notes,
It also includes intermittent single notes.

When the ring tone generating circuit has a timer,
Since the timer can measure the duration of the output signal of the sensor and control the volume adjuster, the ringing tone having a specific melody output from the speaker can change the volume at regular intervals.

[0015]

Embodiments Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

A portable storage case such as a pager has a case main body 10 for storing the pager A, a sensor 11 incorporated in the case main body 10, a ringing tone producing circuit 12, and a speaker 13 as main members (FIG. 1). .

The pager A has display means (not shown) and ringing tone generating means A1. Pager A
When receiving the calling radio wave Sa from the outside, the device shifts from the standby state to the calling operation and can generate the calling sound Sa1 via the calling sound generating means A1. When the user confirms that the pager A has moved to the calling operation,
A predetermined message can be displayed via the display means on the machine.

The case body 10 is a portable case for accommodating the pager A. The case body 10 is
Matching the shape of pager A, making it convenient to carry,
It may be formed into any shape.

The sensor 11, the ringing tone generating circuit 12, and the speaker 13 are mounted in series on the board 10a.
a is incorporated in the case body 10. The substrate 10a is powered by the battery B via the switch SW.

The sensor 11 is a small sound wave sensor such as a microphone and can detect the ringing sound Sa1 from the pager A housed in the case body 10. That is, the sensor 11 can detect that the pager A has shifted to the calling operation. At this time, the ringing sound Sa1 generated by the pager A has only to be at the lowest level that can be detected by the sensor 11 and does not leak to the outside of the case body 10.

The ringing tone creating circuit 12 comprises a memory circuit 12a and a control circuit 12b (FIG. 2). The output of the sensor 11 is connected to the speaker 13 via the control circuit 12b, and the output of the storage circuit 12a is connected to the control circuit 12b. The storage circuit 12a stores a specific melody. Further, the speaker 13 may be a piezoelectric buzzer using a piezoelectric element.

When the pager A stored in the case body 10 receives the radio wave Sa for calling and shifts to the calling operation to generate the ringing tone Sa1, the sensor 11 causes the ringing tone Sa1 to occur.
Can be detected and the output signal S1 can be output. The ringing tone creating circuit 12 is activated by the output signal S1 from the sensor 11, and the control circuit 12b causes the melody stored in the storage circuit 12a to be output from the storage circuit 12a as an output signal S2a, and the speaker 13 outputs the output signal S2. Can be output as Therefore, the speaker 13 can acoustically output the melody from the storage circuit 12a to the outside.
That is, the ringing tone generating circuit 12 is activated by the output signal S1 of the sensor 11, and can cause the user to recognize that the pager A has shifted to the ringing action by the melody from the speaker 13.

Now, assuming that the melody to be stored in the memory circuit 12a can be individually selected by the user according to his or her preference, each user is based on a unique melody output from the speaker 13. That is, it is possible to reliably identify that the pager A of the user has shifted to the calling operation, and there is no need to mistakenly deal with the pager of another person. Also,
The user who recognizes that his pager A has made a calling operation operates the pager A stored in the case body 10 to stop the ringing sound Sa1 and display the message displayed on the machine. Can be read. In addition,
The sensor 11 stops the output of the output signal S1 when the ringing sound Sa1 from the pager A stops, and stops the operation of the ringing sound generating circuit 12.

In the above description, the memory circuit 12a may store two or more kinds of melody. At this time, it is assumed that the control circuit 12b causes the storage circuit 12a to output only a specific melody selected in advance from among the plurality of melody stored in the storage circuit 12a, and outputs it to the speaker 13.

The output signal S1 from the sensor 11 is
It may be input to the memory circuit 12a (FIG. 3). At this time,
The storage circuit 12a may output the stored specific melody as an output signal S2a to the control circuit 12b corresponding to the output signal S1, and the control circuit 12b may output it to the speaker 13 as an output signal S2. it can. However, the storage circuit 12a may output only a specific melody to the control circuit 12b from the plurality of stored melody, or may output all of the stored plurality of melody to the control circuit 12b in parallel. However, the control circuit 12b may select only a specific melody. That is, in the former case, a specific melody can be selected in the memory circuit 12a, and in the latter case, it can be selected in the control circuit 12b.

[0026]

[Other Embodiments] The ringing tone creating circuit 12 includes a timer 12c.
Can be attached (Fig. 4). The timer 12c has
The output signal S1 from the sensor 11 is branched and input, and the output of the timer 12c is connected to a volume controller 12d interposed between the control circuit 12b and the speaker 13.

The timer 12c has an output signal S of the sensor 11.
The duration T1 of 1 is measured (FIG. 5), and during the duration T1, an output signal S2c consisting of a pulse train generated every period T2 <T1 is output. However, the output signal S2c
Includes pulses corresponding to the rising and falling of the output signal S1. The volume controller 12d outputs the output signal S2 from the ringing tone generation circuit 12 for each pulse of the output signal S2c.
If the level is increased, the volume V from the speaker 13 can be controlled to increase with the passage of time. However, in FIG. 5, the volume V is set to the minimum level V1 with the rise of the output signal S1, and thereafter, a predetermined level ΔV is set for each pulse of the output signal S2c.
It is shown that it is increased only by the above and is finally maintained at the maximum level V2.

The timer 12c and the volume controller 12d
Can also be attached to the embodiment of FIG.

In the above description, the pager A is
At the time of shifting to the calling operation, instead of the calling sound Sa1, light for calling may be blinked, or vibration for calling may be generated outside. However, the sensor 11 at this time
Is a light sensor for detecting light for calling, or a pressure sensor or a vibration sensor for detecting vibration is used. The calling light may be continuously lit instead of blinking. Further, the pager A may be a combination of two or more of these means for calling, and the sensor 11 at that time corresponds to the means for calling of the pager A and has two or more types. You may use it in combination.

Further, a light emitting element which operates by the output signal S1 of the sensor 11 may be added to the ringing tone generating circuit 12. If the light from the light emitting element can be identified from the outside of the case body 10, for example, when the ringing tone generating circuit 12 operates in a dark place, the entire location can be easily recognized.

Further, the pager A may be a portable wireless communication device with an arbitrary calling function such as a mobile phone, a personal radio, a cordless phone and the like.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, by providing the case main body for accommodating the pager and the like, the sensor incorporated in the case main body, the ringing tone producing circuit, and the speaker, the sensor is a pager. Etc., the ringing tone creating circuit is activated by detecting that the ringing tone creating circuit is activated, and the ringing tone creating circuit can acoustically output the unique ringing tone through the speaker. It is possible to reliably identify that the carried pager or the like has shifted to the calling operation, and there is an excellent effect that the pager or the like of another person is not erroneously dealt with.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the overall configuration

[Fig. 2] System block diagram of main components

FIG. 3 is a view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing another embodiment (1).

FIG. 4 is a view corresponding to FIG. 2 showing another embodiment (2).

5 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A ... Pager S1 ... Output signal T1 ... Duration 10 ... Case body 11 ... Sensor 12 ... Ring tone creation circuit 12a ... Memory circuit 12b ... Control circuit 12c ... Timer 12d ... Volume controller 13 ... Speaker

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A case body for accommodating a pager, etc., a sensor for detecting that the pager etc. has shifted to a ringing operation, a ringing tone making circuit operated by an output signal of the sensor, and the ringing tone making circuit. A portable storage case such as a pager, characterized in that the sensor, the ringing tone generating circuit, and the speaker are incorporated in the case body. 2. The sensor is an optical sensor, a pressure sensor,
The portable storage case for the pager or the like according to claim 1, wherein the storage case is a vibration sensor or a sound wave sensor. 3. The ring tone creating circuit causes a storage circuit for storing at least one kind of melody and a specific melody stored in the storage circuit corresponding to an output signal of the sensor to be output to the speaker. A portable storage case such as a pager according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a control circuit. 4. The ringing tone creating circuit comprises a timer for measuring the duration of the output signal of the sensor, the timer controlling a volume controller connected to the output side of the ringing tone creating circuit. A portable storage case such as a pager according to any one of claims 1 to 3.