JPH01181259A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To input a telephone number described on a notebook or a pamphlet or the like immediately by using a read means to read the telephone number, using the read result and applying dialing. CONSTITUTION:When a read dial button 19 depressed, a read section 15 is driven, and when the user of the set uses the read section 15 to scan a relevant telephone number on, e. g., a telephone directory, the read picture information is stored sequentially in a RAM 14. Then a CPU 11 recognizes the end of reading the telephone number by the 2nd depression of the button 19, discriminates the telephone number by using various kinds or numeric pattern information stored in a ROM 13 and displays the discriminated telephone number on a display section 16. When the telephone number is read correctly, the user depresses again the read dial button 19, then an automatic dial pulse generating section 17 is started and a dial pulse corresponding to the telephone number is generated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a telephone device having an automatic dialing function.

[Conventional technology]

There are manual and automatic methods for dialing the other party using a telephone device.

The former manual method is a method of inputting a telephone number by pressing the push button or turning the dial directly by hand. Recently, a method has become widely used in which telephone numbers are registered and then read out in correspondence with special button switches or abbreviated numbers (codes) for automatic dialing.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, the former manual method requires a large number of button presses and dial rotations, which is not only complicated, but also poses a problem in that there is a high risk of erroneous connection due to erroneous input.

On the other hand, the latter registration method has the problem of (i) requiring the user to register a telephone number in advance, which is time-consuming; (ii >Also, the shorter the abbreviated number, the better the operability when manually inputting the phone number, but this also limits the types of phone numbers that can be registered.When associating a special button switch with a phone number However, the space in which button switches can be placed is limited, making it difficult to use them for many telephone numbers.Also, the number of telephone numbers that can be registered is generally limited due to memory capacity. There were restrictions (ii
i) Furthermore, in the latter method, since telephone numbers are associated with button switches or abbreviated numbers, there is also the problem of having to memorize these correspondences or refer to a correspondence table when making a call. Ta.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone device that allows dialing to be performed easily if there is something such as a telephone directory with telephone numbers marked thereon.

[Means for solving problems]

In the present invention, (i) a reading means for reading a telephone number written in a telephone directory or the like, (ii) a display means such as a liquid crystal display for displaying the telephone number read by the reading means, and (iii) a display. The telephone device is equipped with automatic dialing means for dialing a telephone number displayed on the means.

That is, in the present invention, a reading means is used to read a telephone number from a telephone directory or the like, this is displayed on a display means, and the number is automatically dialed after confirmation or correction if necessary. The above-mentioned object is achieved by dialing by means of the above-mentioned means.

〔Example〕

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to Examples.

FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing the main parts of a telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This telephone device includes a CPU (central processing unit) 11 and is connected to the following circuits via a bus 12.

(i) ROM 13: This is a read-only memory that stores programs for controlling the operation of this telephone device and also registers various patterns for discriminating numbers.

(ii) RAM 14: Random access memory that temporarily stores data. This RA 'M1
Part of the memory constituting 4 is backed up by a battery (not shown) and is a non-volatile memory. Necessary telephone numbers are registered in this non-volatile memory.

(iii) Reading section 15: This is a handy reading section using a one-dimensional image sensor, and is connected to the main body of the telephone device by a cord. By scanning a telephone directory or the like at a constant speed with this reading section 15, image information can be read as binary information. This binary information is compared with a pattern in the ROM 13 to recognize the number.

(iv) Display unit 16: Comprised of a liquid crystal display, which normally displays current time information, etc., but when a telephone number is read using the reading unit 15, the content (telephone number) is displayed in an authentic manner.

(V) Automatic dial pulse generator 17: This is a circuit portion that automatically generates dial pulses.

(vi) Dial pulse sending unit 18; sends a dial pulse corresponding to the telephone number confirmed on the display unit 16 to the line 2.
This is the circuit part for sending out data to 0.

(vj) Reading and calling button 19; This button is used when making a call using the reading section 15.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the telephone device having the above configuration when reading a telephone number using the reading section and making a telephone call.

The CPU II shown in FIG. 1 monitors whether the read/send button 19 is pressed (step ■), and if the read/send button 19 is pressed (Y), sets the device to read/send mode. do.

In this reading/transmission mode, the reading unit 15 is driven (step ①), and when the user of the device scans, for example, a corresponding telephone number part of the telephone directory with the reading unit 15, the read image information is sequentially stored in the RAM 14. (Step ■). The above reading operation is repeated until the user presses the reading/sending button 19 again (step 2; N).

Pressing the read/send button 19 for the second time (step ■; Y)
By this, the CPU II knows that the reading of the telephone number is completed, and discriminates the telephone number using various number pattern information stored in the ROM 13 (step 2). If it is impossible to identify the phone number, skip step ■;Y
), a warning message "Please read the telephone number again" is displayed on the display unit 16 (step ■), and the process returns to step ■.

On the other hand, if the telephone number has been determined (step ■; Y), the CPU II displays the determined telephone number on the display section 16 (step ■).

This is to allow the user to confirm the identified telephone number. If the phone number is read correctly,
The user presses the read/send button 19 again (step ■). As a result, the automatic dial pulse generator 17 is activated (step 2), and a dial pulse corresponding to the telephone number is generated.

This dial pulse is sent to the line via the dial pulse sending unit 18 (step 2).

In the embodiment described above, a case was explained in which numbers written in a telephone directory were read, but it is of course possible to make a call by identifying a telephone number manually entered by hand or using a Japanese word processor, etc. It is.

Further, in the embodiment, numbers were discriminated, but a telephone number may be written in a barcode and then read by a barcode league to make a call.

Furthermore, in the embodiment, the telephone number is read each time a call is made, but it is of course possible to register the read telephone number in the memory within the telephone device or to store it in correspondence with an abbreviated number. . Further, in the embodiment, the telephone number is displayed on the display unit, but the number determined at the reading stage may be outputted by voice so that confirmation can be performed immediately. This makes it possible to immediately re-enter numbers that have been entered incorrectly.

Furthermore, in the embodiment, the case where there is an error in the telephone number displayed on the display unit was not mentioned;
) There are two methods: (ii) a method of re-entering information; and (ii) a method of correcting an incorrect part.

Among these methods, (ii) methods to correct the incorrect part include correcting the corresponding number using the numerical keys, or memorizing the next most likely telephone number when making a determination.
There are methods such as displaying the number according to instructions.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, since the telephone number is read by the reading means and used for dialing, it is possible to immediately manually input the telephone number written in, for example, a notebook, pamphlet, etc. It has the advantage that even telephone numbers that are not used frequently can be easily dialed.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings are for explaining one embodiment of the present invention. Among these, Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an overview of the circuit configuration of a telephone device, and Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an outline of the circuit configuration of the telephone device, and Fig. 2 is a diagram showing how to make a telephone call using the reading section of this device. FIG. 11...CPU, 13...ROM. 14...RAM, 15...reading section, 1
6...Display section, 17...Auto dial pulse generation section, 19...
...Read and send button. Applicant NEC Corporation Agent Patent Attorney Umeo Yamauchi Figure 1 20-'

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] The invention comprises a reading means for reading a telephone number, a display means for displaying the telephone number read by the reading means, and an automatic dialing means for dialing the telephone number displayed on the display means. A telephone device characterized by: