JPH10155170A - Pager - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To input received and decoded information to a terminal equipment and to record a reception history or the like without using an interface cable or the like while reducing the power consumption. SOLUTION: The pager 1 receives a call signal sent from a pager call radio station by operating an information data bar code/numeral display changeover switch and a time bar code/numeral display changeover switch to select a bar code display form and displays information data sent with the call signal in the bar code form onto a display device 9 and allows a bar code reader 17 to read a bar code displayed on the display device 9 and allows a terminal equipment 16 to control each sensor 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pager for displaying, when a call signal is received, information received together with the call signal in a specified display format out of a normal display format and a barcode format.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a call signal is received, as one of pagers for displaying information received together with the call signal,
As shown in FIG. 5, a remote monitoring system that can be used as a receiver has been developed. This remote monitoring system 10
1 is a pager 1 having a function of decoding and displaying information data received together with the calling signal when receiving the calling signal and a function of outputting the information data from the output terminal 102.
03, a terminal device 105 that decodes a serial signal input to the input terminal 111 and controls each sensor 104 to be controlled, etc., and a buffer device 106 for an interface in the center portion. 107
Is connected to the output terminal 10 of the pager 103.
2 and the connector 110 of the output side cable 109
And an interface cable 112 connected to the input terminal 111 of the terminal device 105. When the call signal is transmitted, the pager 103 decodes the information data transmitted together with the call signal to output a serial signal, and while the interface cable 112 buffers the serial signal output from the pager 103,
The serial signal is taken in by the terminal device 105, decoded, and each sensor 104 is controlled based on the decoded result to change the type of collected data.

[0003]

The pager 1
03, the conventional remote monitoring system 101 uses a pager 10 for each manufacturer that manufactures the pager 103.
Since the output format, communication protocol, transmission speed, etc. of the serial signal output from 3 are different,
An interface cable 1 of a type designated by the manufacturer of the pager 103 used when the information data received by the pager 103 is decoded to convert a command or the like into numerical data and supplied to the terminal device 105.
12 have to be prepared, and there is a problem that the system construction cost increases accordingly. Therefore, as a method for solving such a problem, a pager 1
RS-2 as the format of the serial signal output from
Although a pager using the 32C format has been developed, there is a problem that the functions of the entire system are limited by the type of the pager when constructing the system because such pagers have few models. Further, in the conventional pager 103, the voltage and current of the serial signal are reduced in order to suppress the power consumption. Therefore, the signal is buffered by the buffer device 106 provided in the interface cable 112 and then transmitted to the terminal device 105. There was a problem that had to be entered. The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to input received and decoded information to a terminal device while suppressing power consumption and without using an interface cable or the like. It is intended to provide a pager capable of recording a history and the like.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a housing formed in a size that can be carried by a user, and a housing provided in the housing for receiving a call signal. A pager having a reception decoding circuit for decoding information data received together with a signal and a display arranged on one surface of the housing and displaying the information decoded by the reception decoder circuit; A display control circuit for displaying the information on the display in the form of a bar code.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on an embodiment shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a pager according to the present invention. A pager 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a housing 2 formed in a size that can be carried by a user, and a bar code of information data arranged on a side surface of the housing 2 and generating an instruction signal according to the operation content of the user. / Numerical display changeover switch 3 and time bar code /
A numeral display changeover switch 4; a clock 5 provided in the housing 2 for performing timekeeping operation to generate time data; an antenna 6 provided in the housing 2 for receiving a call signal and the like; A reception decoding circuit 7 for decoding a calling signal and information data received by the antenna 6 based on an instruction signal of the bar code / number display changeover switch 3 for information data and the bar code / number display changeover switch 4 for time; Data barcode / number display changeover switch 3 and time barcode / number display changeover switch 4
The decoding result output from the receiving decoder circuit 7 is fetched based on the instruction signal of (1), and the specified display format (normal numerical display data, bar code display data, etc.)
A display control circuit 8 for generating the display data of FIG. 1 and a display 9 arranged on one surface of the housing 2 to capture and display the display data output from the display control circuit 8.

When the bar code / number display changeover switch 3 for information data or the time bar code / number display changeover switch 4 is operated to select the normal display format, the pager calling radio station 13 (see FIG. 2) ) Is received by the antenna 6, and is received by the antenna 6. The receiving decoder circuit 7 decodes the calling signal and the information data, and the display control circuit 8 converts the decoding result into display data in a normal display format. A numeric string is displayed on the container 9. Also, a bar code / number display changeover switch 3 for information data or a bar code /
When the number display changeover switch 4 is operated and the bar code display format is selected, as shown in FIG. 2, the system user 11 operates the push-phone type public telephone 12 to input control information, and When a calling signal is transmitted from the station 13, the signal is received by the antenna 6, the calling signal and the information data are decoded by the receiving decoder circuit 7, and the decoding result is displayed by the display control circuit 8 in the form of bar code display data. Then, a bar code is displayed on the display 9 as shown in FIG.

When the pager 1 is used as a receiver of a remote monitoring system, as shown in FIG.
After operating the bar code / number display changeover switch 3 or the time bar code / number display changeover switch 4 of the information data to select the bar code display format, the pager 1
Is fixed to the holder 14. Next, the reading surface 18 of the bar code reader 17 whose terminal end of the code 15 is connected to the terminal device 16 faces the display 9 of the pager 1. As a result, the pager 1 receives the call signal and decodes the information data received together with the call signal,
When the bar code is displayed on the display 9, the bar code is read by the bar code reader 17 and the terminal device 16
, Each sensor 20 and the like are controlled, and the type of collected data and the like are changed.

At this time, the time data obtained by the clock 5 is displayed on the display 9 in a barcode display format together with the above-described information data as necessary, and the reception time of the information data is displayed on the terminal device 16 side. Recognize and record received data history. In this manner, in this embodiment, if the bar code / numerical display changeover switch 3 for information data and the bar code / numerical display changeover switch 4 for time are operated to select the bar code display format, the pager calling radio station 1
When the pager 1 transmits a call signal, the pager 1 receives the call signal and displays the information data transmitted together with the call signal on the display 9 in a barcode format. Obtainable. First, since numerical data is displayed according to a general display standard called a barcode, only by using the barcode reader 17 without specifying a communication company and a maker of the pager 1, the shape of the pager 1, Regardless of the size,
The sensor 20 and the like can be controlled by reading data without contact.

In addition, by constructing the remote monitoring system 19 using the pager 1 without using a specific frequency or a specific radio, the user does not need to obtain a license under the Radio Law, and the user is not required to obtain a license. The burden on the side can be reduced, and the price can be considerably lower than the cost of constructing a remote monitoring system using a specific radio. In addition, since the system on the user side constituted by the barcode reading device 17 and the terminal device 16 is connected to the pager 1 without contact, the pager 1 is connected.
The electrical characteristics of the system and the electrical characteristics of the system can be prevented from interfering with each other. As a result, the power consumption of the pager 1 can be kept low, and the received and decoded information can be input to the terminal device 16 without using an interface cable or the like. When the control record on the system side is necessary, the time data can be displayed on the display 9 using the clock 5 provided on the pager 1 and the reception history can be left on the terminal device 16 side. .

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to input received and decoded information to a terminal device while suppressing power consumption and without using an interface cable or the like. Reception history and the like can be recorded.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one embodiment of a pager according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a call operation of the pager shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an example when a barcode is displayed on the pager shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a detailed configuration example of a remote monitoring system using the pager shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an example of a conventionally known remote monitoring system using a pager.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pager, 2 ... Housing, 3 ... Barcode / number display changeover switch for information data, 4 ... Barcode / number display changeover switch for time, 5 ... Clock, 6 ... Antenna, 7 ... Reception decoding circuit, 8 ... Display control circuit, 9 ... display, 11 ...
System user, 12: public telephone, 13: pager calling radio station, 14: holder, 15: code, 16: terminal device, 17: bar code reader, 18: reading surface

Claims (1)

[Claims] At least one housing, a reception decoding circuit provided in the housing and configured to decode information data received together with the call signal when the call signal is received, the reception decoding circuit being disposed on an outer surface of the housing, A pager having a display for displaying information decoded by the reception decoder circuit, comprising: a display control circuit for displaying the information decoded by the reception decoder circuit on the display in a barcode format. Pager to do.