JPH0644780B2 - Button telephone device - Google Patents

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a key telephone device having a function of automatically transmitting a preset telephone number.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of key telephone device, as a method of storing and transmitting a telephone number, a method of shortening to a one to three digit dial or a group of buttons in which one destination number corresponds to one button Method is used. Further, a display phone or the like for displaying characters is equipped with a keyboard, and by pressing the key, characters such as katakana can be input.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention In such a conventional configuration, the correspondence between the shortened number and the telephone number of the other party must rely on a storage sheet, and if the number of the other parties to be stored is increased, the number of digits of the shortened number is reduced. I had to increase it. Further, in the method of associating the destination telephone number with the button, there is a problem that the number of buttons increases, and the area occupied by the buttons and the area for writing the characters for displaying the destination are also increased.

The keyboard for inputting characters also has a problem that the area occupied by the keys becomes large.

Means for Solving Problems The key telephone device of the present invention includes a memory for storing kana information and a telephone number corresponding to the kana information, a consonant key provided for inputting the kana information, and a consonant key. Retrieval display means for reading out the kana information of the row to which the consonant designated by the consonant key of the two vowel keys belongs from the memory and displaying it on the display corresponding to the vowel key, and displayed on the display screen. Calling control means for reading out a telephone number corresponding to the kana information designated by the vowel key among the kana information from the memory and transmitting the telephone number is provided.

Operation According to this configuration, when the stored telephone number is to be transmitted, by pressing the consonant key corresponding to the other party's kana information of the consonant key and the vowel key of the matrix system, the kana information read from the memory Is displayed on the screen of the display, and the stored telephone number is sent to the line by designating the other party with the vowel key.

Embodiment An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the present invention. In FIG. 1, each key telephone 1 is connected to a second controller 4 via a first controller 2 and a bus 3,
A memory 5 is connected to the second control device 4, and the information input by the key telephone 1 is stored in the memory 5 through the first and second control devices 2 and 4. Reference numeral 6 is a third control device for controlling the connection between the station line 7 and the key telephone 1.

As shown in FIG. 2, ten key consonant keys 8 corresponding to the consonants A to W, five vowel keys 9 corresponding to the vowels of aiueo, and katakana and numbers are provided on the operation surface of the button telephone 1. A liquid crystal display 10 for displaying, a ten-key pad 11, a station line button 12 for capturing a station line, and the like are arranged. The internal structure of the button telephone 1 is controlled by the microcomputer 13 as shown in FIG.

Consonant key 8 and vowel key 9 when registering a destination or phone number
What is input from the numeric keypad 11 is recognized by the microcomputer 13, and data is sent from the terminal 15 through the transmission / reception circuit 14 to the first control device 2 shown in FIG. It is displayed on the liquid crystal display 10.

The configuration of the microcomputer 13 and the first and second control devices 2 and 4 will be described based on the operation.

First, when registering the name and telephone number of the other party, the monitor key 17 provided on the operation surface of the key telephone 1
Press and then the registration key 18 to enter the registration state. To register Mr. Aizawa with the telephone number "036721231", first select "A" of "Aizawa" with the consonant key 8 and the vowel key 9. Specifically, the procedure is as follows.
Consonant key 8 When is pressed, the vowel key 9 is displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display 10 as shown in FIG. Corresponding to, "aiueo" is displayed at the right end. Here, the vowel key 9 corresponding to "A" on the display When is pressed, “A” is displayed at the left end of the first line of the liquid crystal display 10, and at the same time, the above “aiwei” at the right end disappears.
Next, select "a" in the same way When you press, “AIUEO” is displayed on the right side of the vowel key 9 corresponding to “I”. When is pressed, “A” is displayed to the right of “A” on the first line of the liquid crystal display 10. Similarly, "sa", "〃",
Pressing each consonant key 8 when selecting "wa"
Each katakana in the katakana correspondence diagram shown in FIG. 7 is a vowel key 9.
Is displayed on the left side of, and the necessary one is input by the vowel key 9. When the hook key 19 is pressed after the selection of "wa", the input name is registered. Next, enter the telephone number on the numeric keypad 11
When input from, the numbers are displayed one after another under the letters "Aizawa" as shown in FIG. Finally, when the hook key 19 is pressed, the information is stored in the memory 5 from the microcomputer 13 through the transmitting / receiving circuit 14 and the first and second control devices 2 and 4. The inside of the memory 5 is stored in the order of Japanese syllabary as shown in FIG. 8, and the telephone number is stored corresponding to each.

When confirming the destination and the telephone number registered in this way, the following operation is performed.

First, press the monitor key 17 and, for example, to check "Shimizu", press the consonant key 8 corresponding to the first character "shi". When is pressed, as shown in FIG. 6, the five destinations from the beginning of the address of the destination stored in the memory 5 are displayed in correspondence with the five vowel keys 9. Next, press the vowel key 9 corresponding to the desired "Shimizu". When is pressed, the telephone number “0455551332” stored in the memory 5 corresponding to “Shimizu” is “Shimizu”.
Is displayed on the right side of. Vowel key 9 Before operating the consonant key 8 If is pressed again, the name of the next destination of "Suzuki" is displayed if there is still the destination of the destination in memory 5. When the monitor key 17 is pressed, the display disappears.

When making a call from the registered user to the other party, the name of the other party is displayed on the liquid crystal display 10 in the same procedure as when confirming the registration. If there is a destination you want to call, the station line key
Press 12 to capture the local line. Next, in the case of the vowel key 9 corresponding to the other party, for example, "Suzuki" in FIG. When the key is pressed, the dialed telephone number "9329356" is displayed at the same time when the dial is transmitted to the office line.

With this configuration, since the consonant keys 8 and vowel keys 9 in the matrix system are used, it is possible to select and input 50 kana in romaji with 15 fewer keys, which reduces the number of control lines. In addition to being able to save space. Vowel key 9 in the key group is displayed on the liquid crystal display 10
To the right of Since the keys of are arranged vertically, the displayed ones can be associated with the keys, making it easier to select katakana and the name of the other party. The memory 5 stores the destination names in the order of appearance and is displayed on the liquid crystal display 10 in the order of appearance, so that the destination can be easily selected and dialed.

The search and display means and the transmission control means in the claims are the first and second control devices 2 and 4 in the above embodiment.
And a microcomputer 13 or a combination of a plurality of them.

As described above, the search display means reads out the kana information of the row to which the consonant designated by the consonant key of the five consonant keys belongs from the memory and displays it in correspondence with the vowel key. The telephone number corresponding to the kana information designated by the vowel key of the kana information displayed on the display screen is read out from the memory and sent out. There is no place to write letters to display the tip, and moreover, by combining the consonant key and the vowel key, it is possible to give a lot of kana information input and send instructions, and the area occupied by the input / output buttons can be made smaller than before. Therefore, a large reduction in occupied space can be achieved as a whole.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 to 8 show an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a button telephone device, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the button telephone in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is FIG. FIG. 4 to FIG. 6 are explanatory views of the contents displayed on the liquid crystal display in the course of operation, FIG. 7 is an explanatory view of Katakana input / output correspondence, and FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the correspondence memory of a telephone number. 1 ... button telephone, 2,4 ... first and second control devices, 5 ... memory, 8 ... consonant key, 9 ... vowel key,
10 …… Liquid crystal display, 11 …… Numeric keypad, 13 …… Microcomputer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A memory for storing kana information and a telephone number corresponding to the kana information, a consonant key provided for inputting the kana information, and a consonant key of five vowel keys. The search and display means for reading out the kana information of the row to which the consonant belongs from the memory and displaying it on the display corresponding to the vowel key, and the kana information of the kana information displayed on the display screen, which is designated by the vowel key. Button telephone device provided with a transmission control means for reading out and transmitting a telephone number corresponding to the pseudonym information from the memory.