JPH0946408A - Telephone set with dial number supplement function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To add a deficient number to a dial number and to make dialing the resulting dial number to a destination by using a means that discriminates whether or not the dial number is deficient when the same dial number as a dial number registered in advance is inputted and adds the deficient number to the dial number. SOLUTION: A dial number entered by a key input section 12 is stored in an entry dial number storage area 18a of a memory section 18. A code representing an end is automatically added to an end of the dial number after a dial key is inputted. When the processing is started, a head numeral in an address content in an entry dial number storage area 18a is discriminated. When the head numeral is a code denoting '0', it is discriminated that the dial number includes a toll station number and the dial number is copied to a dial destination number storage area 18d of the memory section 18 as it is. Then dial number supplement processing is terminated and a CPU14 sends a dial number in the dial destination number storage area 18d to a TDMA processing section 16, from which the destination is dialed by the dial number.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone set, and more particularly to a telephone set for coping with a case where an input destination dial number is insufficient.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, mobile phones or handheld mobile phones (PHS) have become widespread, and it is possible to make a phone call at any place, although there are restrictions without depending on the installed phone. It was

[0003]

However, these mobile phones or simple mobile phones (hereinafter, these two phones will be referred to as "mobile phones, etc.") are usually out of the city even when calling either party. It was necessary to enter from the area code. As is well known, the installed type telephones that are already popular are
Within the same city, you can call the other party without adding the area code.

Therefore, when a person who has become accustomed to a stationary type telephone calls a portable telephone or the like in the same city or near the current position, he / she may not enter the area code without knowing, or Sometimes I accidentally forget the area code. In that case, the telephone station will send a message that there is no other party, so if you do not know the addition of the area code, you may not be able to make a call as it is. If I realized I needed to add something, I had to start again with the area code and enter everything again, which was very annoying.

In addition, since the area code is required even in the same city in a mobile phone or the like, it is more troublesome to call the other party than a stationary phone. Of course, this was also a problem in terms of efficiency when calling a fixed-type telephone outside the city, particularly when calling outside the city frequently. Of course, functions of speed dial and allocation button are considered for this purpose, but these are
It is a number that is completely different from the actual dialed number or you just press a button.If you use it many times, you will forget the actual dialed number, and if you use a different phone, always call the other party. There was a problem that I could not do it.

[0006] There is known a portable telephone which changes an input additional code and redials when a communication terminal is not present in a predetermined connection area (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-178349).
However, since the mobile phone also needs to enter the area code, the above problem has not been solved.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to eliminate the troublesomeness associated with entering the area code.

[0008]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention
According to the described invention, when there is a shortage in the dialed number of the other party input to make a call, the insufficient dialed number is added to make a call to the other party. It is a telephone.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is insufficient dial number input means for inputting the dialed number of the other party, and whether or not the dialed number of the other party inputted from the dialed number input means is insufficient. And a adding means for adding a missing number to the destination dial number input by the dial number input means when the determining means determines that the number is insufficient. 2. The telephone with a supplementary dial number function according to claim 1, further comprising: a calling means for calling the destination with the dial number of the destination after the addition.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the telephone with supplementary dial number function according to the second aspect, wherein the deficiency determining means does not determine that the specific number is deficient. The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that the shortage judging means judges shortage of the area code, and the adding means adds the shortage area code to the destination dial number. Alternatively, it is a telephone with a dial number supplement function described in 3.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when the same dial number as the preregistered dial number is input, the shortage determination means determines that the dial number has a shortage number. 3. The telephone with a dial number supplement function according to claim 2, wherein the adding means adds a pre-registered shortage number to the destination dial number.

The invention according to claim 6 is a telephone with a supplementary dialing number function according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the telephone with a supplementary dialing number function is a portable telephone or a simplified portable telephone. is there.

When the telephone number with the supplementary dialing number function of claim 1 is insufficient in the dialed number of the other party input to make a call, the telephone number is added to the other party and the other party is called. Is characterized by. This allows, for example,
When the area code is forgotten, the area code is automatically added and the other party is called, so that the trouble of entering the area code is relieved. Moreover, the supplement of this missing number is
It is not limited to the area code. For example, even if a four-digit number is input without inputting the area code and the area code, the area code and the area code are supplemented, so that the call can be made more efficiently. In this case, assuming that the area code or area code is the area code or area code of the user, it is not necessary for the telephone to store the number to be input, and the number can be simply added. .

For example, if the entered dial number is 6 digits or 7 digits (may be 5 digits or 8 digits), or if there is no "0" at the beginning of the number, the area code of the user is insufficient. Therefore, the call is made by adding the area code of the user. If the input dial number is four digits, it is determined that the own area code and area code are insufficient, and the area code and area code of the user are added to make a call.

Of course, if it is decided to omit a specific area code or a specific area code and a specific area code, the specific area code, or the specific area code and specific area code, is omitted. The dial number entered by the user is stored in the memory setting and is 6 digits or 7 digits (5
If there is no "0" at the beginning of the number, it is determined that the specific area code is insufficient, and the call is made with the specific area code added. If the input dial number is four digits, it is determined that the specific area code and the specific area code are insufficient, and the specific area code and the specific area code are added to make a call.

The above-mentioned function can be achieved by a dial number input means, a shortage determination means, an addition means, and a calling means, for example, as follows. The dial number input means inputs a destination dial number. The shortage determination means is
It is determined whether or not there is a shortage in the destination dial number input from the dial number input means. The addition means is
When the shortage determination means determines that there is a shortage, the shortage number is added to the dial number of the destination input by the dial number input means. The calling means calls the destination with the dialed number of the destination after being added by the adding means. This brings about the above-mentioned effects.

Further, since a number such as a time signal is a specific number (which is called a "special number" in the embodiment) and no area code or area code is added, the shortage determining means is
It is also possible not to determine the shortage for a specific number such as a time signal. The shortage determination means may determine the shortage of the area code, and the addition means may add the shortage area code to the destination dial number to compensate for the shortage of the area code only. good.

In addition, in the case where the user consciously wants to make a call with the insufficient number, if the same dial number as the previously registered dial number is input to the insufficient determination means, It may be configured such that it is determined that there is an insufficient number in the dial numbers, and the adding means adds the insufficient number registered in advance to the destination dial number. For this purpose, a means for registering in advance may be provided, and the dial number and the additional number to be added may be registered in the telephone with the dial number supplement function in the registration mode. The addition target dial number and the addition number may be registered. This does not mean that they are registered to completely different abbreviated numbers or allocation buttons, so even if they are frequently used, the user remembers some of the actual dial numbers of the other party, and even if they use different phones You can remember the dialed number and make a call.

In particular, the telephone with the supplementary dial number function is a mobile telephone or a simple mobile telephone (so-called,
"PHS") requires the area code other than a specific number, which is useful when the present invention is applied.

[0020]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The block diagram of FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a mobile phone 2 with a dialing number supplementing function, which is an embodiment of the present invention. The mobile phone 2 with the supplementary dial number function includes a receiver 4, a transmitter 6, an ADPCM processor 8, a display 10, a key input unit 12, a CPU 14, a TDMA processor 16, a memory 18, a synthesizer 20, and a transmitter. Two
2, a receiver 24, an antenna switch 26, and an antenna 28. Of these, the CPU 14, the TDMA processing unit 16, and the memory unit 18 are configured as a control unit 30 of the mobile phone 2 with a dial number supplement function.

The receiver 4 converts the electric signal into an acoustic signal,
The transmitter 6 converts the acoustic signal into an analog electric signal. A
The DPCM processing unit 8 converts the analog electric signal from the transmitting unit 6 into an ADPCM digital signal of 32 kbps to perform TD.
It is sent to the MA processing unit 16 and the A from the TDMA processing unit 16 is sent.
The DPCM digital signal is converted into an analog electric signal and output to the earpiece 4.

The display unit 10 is a liquid crystal display that displays the dial number, the state of the user, and the like. Key input unit 12
Is equipped with a key to input dialed numbers and various operations.
The CPU 14 generates and analyzes control channel data and controls the entire device. The TDMA processing unit 16 is the CPU 14
Control channel data sent from the ADPCM processor 8 and information channel data sent from the ADPCM processor 8 to the TDMA / TD
The control channel data and information channel data for the own station in the TDMA / TDD data received from the receiving unit 24 are extracted and converted to CP.
It is sent to U14 and the ADPCM processing unit 8.

The memory section 18 has a program area, a dialed number, an additional area code, a data area for storing a special number that does not need the area code, and a work area for program processing. Program is started and data is read and written. The synthesizer unit 20 generates a timing signal for TDMA processing,
Further, the modulation / demodulation signals of the transmitter 22 and the receiver 24 are generated. The transmission unit 22 performs quadrature phase shift modulation of the TDMA / TDD data formed by the TDMA processing unit 16 and modulation into a radio frequency band. The receiving unit 24 forms TDMA / TDD data by demodulation from the radio frequency band and quadrature phase shift demodulation. The antenna switch 26 switches between transmission and reception of the antenna. The antenna 28 transmits and receives radio waves.

A dial number supplementing process for supplementing the area code, which is executed by the CPU 14, is shown in the flowchart of FIG. This process is started prior to the calling process when the user of the mobile phone with a dial number supplement function 2 operates the key input unit 12 to input the dial number and then inputs the calling key. Processing.

By inputting the dial number from the key input unit 12, the dial number is already stored in the input dial number storage area 18a of the memory unit 18 shown in FIG. 3 (a). A code "FFh" indicating the end is automatically added to the end of the dial number after the call key is input.

When the processing is started, first, of the address contents of the input dial number storage area 18a, the contents of the head address "A", that is, the head digit of the input dial number is determined (S110). Unlike FIG. 3 (a), if the code that starts with the number "0", for example "00h" (h indicates hexadecimal), is a dial number with an area code. The dialed number is directly copied to the destination number storage area 18d of the memory section 18 shown in FIG. 3D (S120). After that, the dial number supplement process ends, and the CPU 14 sends the dial number in the destination number storage area 18d to the TDMA processing unit 16 to call the other party with this dial number.

As shown in FIG. 3A, step S1
If the content of the head address "A" is not "00h" in the judgment of 10, the special address counter CS set in the register of the CPU 14 or the work area of the memory unit 18 is shown in FIG. Special address storage area 18
The head address "B" of b is set (S130). Further, C
The head address “A” of the input dial number storage area 18a shown in FIG. 3A is set in the input address counter CI set in the register of the PU 14 or the work area of the memory unit 18 (S140).

Next, each address counter CS, C
It is determined whether or not the contents indicated by I (represented by * CS and * CI, respectively) are the same (S145). For example, in the example of FIG. 3, the content * CI indicated by the input address counter CI is “01h” of the address “A”, and the content * CS indicated by the special address counter CS is “01h” of the address “B”. Therefore, since they match, a positive determination is made and both the input address counter CI and the special address counter CS are incremented (S15).
0). Next, the content indicated by the input address counter CI * CI
Is determined (S160).

Contents of input address counter CI * If CI is not "FFh", then the special address counter CS
Content * CS is determined (S180), and if it is not "F0h" or "FFh", the process returns to step S145 again, and the content * CI of the input address counter CI and the content * CS of the special address counter CS are compared. Is resumed. That is, thereafter, in step S160, it is not "FFh", and in step S180 it is not "F0h" but "FFh".
If not "h", the contents of the input address counter CI *
The comparison between CI and the content * CS of the special address counter CS is repeated.

After the determination of coincidence in step S145 is repeated, if the content * CI indicated by the next input address counter CI becomes "FFh" in step S160, the dial number entered is the end. Next, the content * CS indicated by the special address counter CS is determined (S1).
70).

In the special number address storage area 18b, one or a plurality of special numbers are listed. When there are a plurality of special numbers, they are separated by a delimiter (separation code) “F0h”. The end of the list of special numbers is "FFh". Therefore, step S170
When the delimiter or terminal symbol on the special number side appears, it means that the input dial number exactly matches one special number in the list of special numbers. Since the special number is a dial number that can be called without adding the area code, the process proceeds to step S120, and the contents of the input dial number storage area 18a are copied as they are to the destination number storage area 18d, and this processing ends. After that, the call is made using the dial number in the destination number storage area 18d.

If it is determined in step S170 that the input dial number is not the delimiter or the terminal symbol, it means that the input dial number and the special number do not match.
At 190, the content * CS of the special address counter CS is determined. If * CS is other than the delimiter or the terminal symbol, the special address counter CS is incremented until the delimiter or the terminal symbol appears (S20).
0). When the terminal symbol (FFh) appears in step S190, the special number does not exist any more, so it is determined that it does not match any of the special numbers in the special number list, and the area code to be added is shown in FIG. 1 is copied from the additional number storage area 18c of the memory unit 18 to the destination number storage area 18d, and the input dial number subsequent to the additional number is input from the input dial number storage area 18a to the destination number storage area 1d.
8d is copied (S220).

As a result, the destination number storage area 18
For area d, the area code "0123" and the input dial number "1"
Dial number "0" composed of 23456 "
123123456 "is completed. After this processing is completed, the call is made with the dial number in the destination number storage area 18d.

In the process of step S190, the delimiter (FO
When h) appears, it indicates that the next special number exists in the special number list shown in FIG. 3B. Therefore, after incrementing the special number address counter CS (S210),
Returning to step S140 again, the input address counter CI is set to "A" and the input dial number storage area 18 is set.
Returning to the head of a, the contents * CI of the input address counter CI and the contents * CS of the special address counter CS are compared in step S145.

In step S180, the content * CS of the special address counter CS is "F0h" or "FFh".
If it is determined that the special number address counter CS is incremented in step S210 for comparison with the next special number, the process returns to step S140. Also, "F
If it is “Fh”, it is determined that the special number and the input dial number do not match, and the area code is added in step S220.
A call is made after this processing is completed.

As described above, the mobile telephone 2 with the supplementary dialing number function automatically adds the area code when making a call when the area code does not exist in the input dial number. Therefore, there is no need for the user to re-enter the dialed number again, and even if the user does not know that the other party within the same city needs to add the area code, the user cannot make a call.

Since the special number is not added even if there is no area code, the special number cannot be called or it takes time to make a call. In the present embodiment, the key input unit 12 corresponds to dial number input means,
Steps S110 and S130 to S210 correspond to the process as the shortage determination unit, step S220 corresponds to the process as the addition unit, and the calling process by the control unit 30 and the transmission unit 22 corresponds to the process as the calling unit. .

[Others] In the above embodiment, the own area code is registered in the additional number storage area 18c. This registration is performed by the mobile phone 2 with the supplementary dial number function.
It may be registered in advance by the manufacturer at the time of manufacturing, or may be registered by the user using the registration function of the mobile phone 2 with the dial number supplement function.

When the user can freely register this area code, a dial number to which the area code should be added can also be registered, and only when the registered dial number is input. The registered area code may be added to the dialed number to make a call.

By doing this, for the dialed number of the other party to be frequently contacted, if the area code is registered as an additional area code and the area other than the other party's area code is registered as a specific dialed number. As for the other party, if the area code other than the area code is entered, the area code is automatically added and the call is made. Therefore, the trouble of entering the dial number can be saved. In this case, if the station number is further added, the labor of inputting is further reduced, and the transmission operation is more efficient.

As described above, if at least a part of the dialed number of the other party is input to make a call, the user always remembers a part of the dialed number of the actual partner, and the abbreviated number. You can never forget the actual dialing number of the other party while you are using it, such as or the allocation button. Therefore, even if it is necessary to use another telephone, it is not impossible to call the other party who often calls.

The present invention can be applied not only to a mobile phone but also to a simple mobile phone (PHS), and by registering the area code other than the area code of the destination dial number described immediately above, and the area code. The function of saving the calling process can also be applied to a normal stationary telephone. Of course, even in the case of a stationary type telephone, if the area code must be entered without fail, the above-described embodiment can be applied to a stationary type telephone.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile phone with a dial number supplementing function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of dial number supplement processing.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a storage state of a memory.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... Mobile phone with supplementary function of dialing number 4 ... Receiving section 6 ... Sending section 8 ... ADPCM processing section 10 ... Display section 12 ... Key input section 14 ... CPU 16 ... TDMA
Processing unit 18 ... Memory unit 18a ... Input dial number storage area 18b ... Special number address storage area 18c ... Additional number storage area 18d ... Destination number storage area 20 ... Synthesizer unit 22 ... Transmission unit 24 ... Reception unit 26 ... Antenna switch 28 ... Antenna 30 ... Control unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A supplementary dial number function, characterized in that, when there is a deficiency in the dialed number of the other party input to make a call, the deficient dialed number is added to call the other party. Telephone. 2. A dial number input means for inputting a destination dial number, a shortage determination means for determining whether or not there is a shortage in the destination dial number input from the dial number input means, and the shortage. If the determining means determines that the number is insufficient, the adding means for adding the insufficient number to the destination dial number input by the dial number input means, and 2. The telephone with supplementary function for dial number according to claim 1, further comprising: calling means for calling the other party by the other party's dial number. 3. The telephone with supplementary dial number function according to claim 2, wherein the shortage determination means does not determine that the specific number is insufficient. 4. The shortage determining means determines shortage of the area code, and the adding means adds the shortage area code to the destination dial number. Telephone with supplementary dial number function. 5. When the same dial number as a dial number registered in advance is input, the shortage determination means determines that the dial number has a shortage number,
3. The telephone with supplementary function for dial number according to claim 2, wherein said adding means adds a pre-registered insufficient number to the dial number of the other party. 6. The telephone with dial number supplementary function according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the telephone with supplementary dial number function itself is a mobile telephone or a simplified mobile telephone.