JP4126888B2 - Short-range wireless interface built-in clock - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a device that utters information related to time by voice and has a hands-free call function for a telephone or a terminal built in a short-range wireless interface and connected to a telephone line.
[0002]
[Prior art]
With regard to the hands-free function of mobile phones, headsets that integrate microphones and speakers using a short-range wireless interface in the 2.4 GHz band, etc. are considered, and the purpose is to make a call while inputting information from a personal computer. One of them.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
Cellular phones are very effective when used on the go, but are often not worn directly when at home. In that case, the mobile phone is hard to find because it is in the bag and does not notice the incoming call or it is in the clothes you took off. Therefore, it is very effective if there is a function that notifies the incoming call to a familiar place and can make a hands-free call.
[0004]
However, in the configuration using the conventional headset, except for special cases that require hands-free conditions such as keyboard input and car driving, the operation for searching for and mounting the headset by incoming call and making a call is performed directly on the mobile phone. There is no merit compared to taking a call. Moreover, since it is a form to be worn on the head, it is painful and cannot be used at home.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In view of the problems and problems described above, the present invention proposes a solution using a watch that is the most familiar household device, and attempts to construct the same.
[0006]
Therefore, a short-range wireless interface built-in clock that is placed in the home as home equipment, a short-range wireless interface with a portable phone connected to a telephone line, a clock circuit unit that performs time control, A speaker, a sound output unit that outputs sound including sound via the speaker, and a battery that supplies power, and the clock circuit unit is configured to perform the operation at a predetermined time when a user carrying the telephone goes out. The power to the short-range wireless interface is cut off, the power to the short-range wireless interface is supplied at other times, and the power is supplied to the short-range wireless interface by the clock circuit unit. When the incoming call is received by the telephone, the incoming information transmitted by the telephone is received by the short-range wireless interface and received by the sound output unit. The watch with a built-in short-range wireless interface is used to notify the user of the sound by means of sound through the speaker. Can increase the battery life time.
[0007]
Further, a watch with a built-in short-range wireless interface disposed in the home as a home device, a short-range wireless interface with a portable phone connected to a telephone line, a clock circuit unit for performing time control, and a speaker A microphone, a sound output unit that outputs sound including sound via the speaker, and a battery that supplies power, and the clock circuit unit is a predetermined time when the user carrying the phone goes out. The power to the short-range wireless interface is cut off, the power to the short-range wireless interface is supplied at other times, and the power is supplied to the short-range wireless interface by the clock circuit unit. The sound output unit receives the incoming information transmitted by the telephone when there is an incoming call to the telephone at the time, by the short-range wireless interface. A short-range wireless communication system which notifies the fact that there has been an incoming call by sound through the speaker and transmits / receives a telephone call using the voice transmission / reception slot of the short-range wireless interface via the microphone and the speaker. The interface built-in clock can realize a hands-free function in cooperation with incoming call notification and voice output clock elements, and can increase the battery life time.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In the following, embodiments of the timepiece with a built-in short-range wireless interface according to the present invention will be described with reference to examples.
[0010]
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a conventional headset system, in which there are a telephone 1 as a telephone on the other side and a telephone 2 on its own side through a telephone line, and the headset 3 has a short-range wireless interface for 2 respectively. 4 and 5 are connected in the vicinity. When there is a communication from 1 to 2, the incoming call information is also transferred to the headset 3, and the receiver uses the 3 transmission / reception start button to start a call. This requires a headset next to the receiver or a headset already worn, which is useful only under special conditions.
[0011]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a timepiece with a short-range wireless interface according to an embodiment of the present invention. 15A is a short distance wireless interface built-in timepiece according to the present invention. The internal structure includes a short distance wireless interface 5, a clock circuit 6 including an alarm circuit, a control unit 7 including a CPU, a storage buffer RAM, and a control firmware ROM, a speaker. 8, a sound synthesizing unit 9, a storage unit 10 for storing a plurality of pieces of acoustic information such as voice generator characteristics and melody sounds, a battery 11 serving as a power source, a switch 12, and a microphone 13. 9 and 10 form an acoustic output unit. In addition, the switch 12 is used for both ON / OFF of the time setting alarm and the setting related to the incoming call.
[0012]
The operation of FIG. 1 will be described first from the clock function. The time information and alarm information obtained from the clock circuit are output as voice and melody sound data using 10 acoustic information selected in advance by the control unit, amplified by the acoustic synthesis unit 9 as the final analog acoustic signal, and the speaker. 8 generates sound. The utterance sound can utter not only time information but also messages such as “Good morning” and “Let's go” at the arrival time. The generated sound can be set to the voice of a popular character stored in advance according to the design of the watch. In addition, a plurality of pieces of synthesized sound information such as male voices and female voices are stored in the storage unit 10 and can be selected according to the user's preference. The selection of the acoustic information, the current time, the alarm setting time, etc. are set by the switch 12 while confirming by voice. Therefore, 12 is composed of a plurality of buttons as required.
[0013]
Next, the incoming call function and the hands-free call function will be described. When there is an incoming call to the telephone 2, information is sent wirelessly from 4 to 5 of 15A, and the control unit uses the acoustic data selected in advance. It is synthesized and notified from the speaker. When the listener presses the switch 12 by the notification sound and designates switching to the reception start, a switching command to that effect is sent from 5 to 4, 2 starts to receive 1 and transfers the call information to 15A. The receiver uses the speaker and microphone embedded in the portion of the clock 15A to make a two-way call with the transmitter using 1 via 2. When the call is ended, if the switch 12 is pressed, an end command is sent from 5 to 4, 2 ends the call with 1, and the line is disconnected.
[0014]
As described above, the configuration regarding the incoming call notification and the hands-free function in addition to the clock operation has been described. However, the configuration of the timepiece with a built-in short-distance wireless interface according to the present invention can be simplified as a clock whose function is limited only to the ring tone. In any case, since power consumption increases due to the built-in short-range wireless interface, the time control for turning off the power of the short-range wireless interface is time-controlled using a clock circuit, Increasing the lifetime of the image can also be added by the configuration of the present invention.
[0015]
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a short distance wireless interface built-in timepiece according to an embodiment of the present invention. As an example, the design takes the form of a doll as a character goods, and it is assumed that the incoming call notification voice, the time report, alarm, and message are also associated with the character and are familiar. The watch 8, the microphone 13, and the switch 12 have inputs / outputs for the clock, incoming call notification, and hands-free functions described in FIG. 2, and the short distance wireless interface 5 circuit and the battery 11 are built in the watch body. . The antenna part 5 does not become an obstacle to transmitting and receiving radio waves even if the surface of 15C is embedded in the design because the surface of 15C is plastic or fiber. Radio waves can be transmitted to and received from the short-range wireless interface built in 2 and communicated even in the adjacent room. As an example of the usage scene, the short-range wireless interface 15C is placed at the bedside of the bedroom, and after an incoming call is notified to a telephone in a bag or the like, it is immediately brought close to the telephone to start a call at any time. Will be able to. The telephone 2 has a display unit 2A and a keyboard 2B on the front surface as general components. Further, the battery 11 is not particularly limited in size, and a general-shaped dry battery that is easily available can be used.
[0016]
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a timepiece with a short-range wireless interface according to another embodiment of the present invention. Reference numeral 15C denotes a watch with a built-in short-distance wireless interface according to the present embodiment, which has a voice recognition unit 14 and is configured to be interlocked with the microphone 13. The operation will be described based on these after the description of FIGS.
[0017]
FIG. 4 shows a time slot configuration in which data is transmitted and received by the short-range wireless interface. The time slot configuration includes a voice slot 20 suitable for real-time information such as a packet signal and a plurality of data slots 21, and a time of 10 to 20 ms. The entire slot is composed of frames. As a result, packet data for voice is transmitted and received without interruption within a range where there is no problem.
[0018]
FIG. 5 shows a physical layer 23 corresponding to a radio signal standard and a link layer 22 thereabove as a short-range radio interface layer. (The layer above the link layer is not shown) The link layer is roughly divided into an ASYNC 25 for asynchronous data connection and a SYNC 24 for synchronous data connection, 24 corresponding to voice packets and 25 corresponding to data packets. is doing.
[0019]
In FIG. 3, the transmission data input from the microphone 13 is AD-converted by the voice recognition unit and sent to the control unit 7 so as to be directly transmitted as a voice packet. The speech recognition is performed at 14, and the resulting recognition output data in character units is returned to 2 as a data packet through the short-range wireless interface. The amount of character data is small compared to the call speed and is several tens of bytes or less per second. The occupation ratio in short-distance wireless communication is small and does not become a load. The telephone 2 only needs to be configured to display data received by the short-range wireless interface on the display unit 2A. In a call using the above-described method, a call can be made by a normal voice or by a method in which the content of the other party's call is displayed and the content is visually confirmed to determine the break of the displayed content and respond by voice.
[0020]
【The invention's effect】
As described in detail above, according to the watch with a short-range wireless interface of the present invention, it is possible to notify the watch as a home device that is most accessible and accessible, and to search quickly when there is an incoming call. And missed calls. At the same time, a hands-free function can be realized, and it is possible to make a call without difficulty in finding the location of the phone, particularly at night, which greatly contributes to convenience. Furthermore, since the power to the short-range wireless interface is cut off at a predetermined time when the user carrying the telephone goes out, the battery life time can be increased.
[0021]
Moreover, in the notification, a plurality of sound selections including voice can be selected, and the user's preference can be widened.
[0022]
Furthermore, in the present invention, since the character information of the received call can be displayed on the display unit of the telephone, it is possible to enhance the confirmation of the received content. By using the telephones side by side, it is possible to give a great effect that the telephone can be used.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a timepiece with a short-range wireless interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a timepiece with a short-range wireless interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a timepiece with a short-range wireless interface according to another embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 shows a time slot of a short-range wireless interface.
FIG. 5 shows a communication layer of a short-range wireless interface.
FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a headset system according to a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Counter telephone 2 Self-side telephone 3 Headset 4, 5 Short-distance wireless interface 8 Speaker 12 Switch 13 Microphone 15A, 15B, 15C Short-distance wireless interface built-in clock

Claims (4)

A watch with a built-in short-range wireless interface installed in the home as a home device,
A short-range wireless interface with a portable telephone connected to a telephone line;
A clock circuit for performing time control;
Speakers,
A sound output unit that outputs sound including sound via the speaker;
A battery for supplying power,
The clock circuit unit cuts off the power to the short-range wireless interface at a predetermined time when the user carrying the telephone goes out, and supplies the power to the short-range wireless interface at other times,
When the power is supplied to the short-range wireless interface by the clock circuit unit, the incoming information transmitted by the telephone is received by the short-range wireless interface when there is an incoming call to the telephone. A short-range wireless interface built-in timepiece, wherein the output unit notifies that there is an incoming call by sound through the speaker. A watch with a built-in short-range wireless interface installed in the home as a home device,
A short-range wireless interface with a portable telephone connected to a telephone line;
A clock circuit for performing time control;
Speakers,
A microphone,
A sound output unit that outputs sound including sound via the speaker;
A battery for supplying power,
The clock circuit unit cuts off the power to the short-range wireless interface at a predetermined time when the user carrying the telephone goes out, and supplies the power to the short-range wireless interface at other times,
When the power is supplied to the short-range wireless interface by the clock circuit unit, the incoming information transmitted by the telephone is received by the short-range wireless interface when there is an incoming call to the telephone. The output unit informs that there is an incoming call by sound through the speaker, and sends / receives a call using the voice transmission / reception slot of the short-range wireless interface via the microphone and the speaker. Distance built-in radio interface clock.   3. The short-range wireless interface built-in clock according to claim 2, wherein the clock circuit section has an alarm function and an alarm on / off button, and the alarm on / off button also serves as a call start / end setting. .   3. The short-range wireless interface according to claim 1, wherein the sound output unit stores a plurality of synthesized speaker feature data, selects one of them, and notifies an incoming call by the sound output unit. Built-in clock.

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