JP2002314643A - Telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone system by which the time of the country of the opposite party can be recognized with simple operation and an international telephone call can be made without giving any trouble. SOLUTION: This telephone system having a key entry part 17 for inputting numerical numbers or symbols, a telephone part 11 for performing voice communication and a displaying part 18 for displaying data, is provided with a clock part 16 for counting Japanese time, a time difference storing part 19 for storing time differences between the Japanese time and the times of foreign countries, and a time calculating part 20 for calculating corresponding time from a time difference read from the time difference storing part 19, which corresponds to an overseas telephone number inputted by the key entry part 17 and displaying the corresponding time on the displaying part 18.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone apparatus for inputting a foreign telephone number and displaying the current time of the country or the Japanese time corresponding to the time of the country.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a portable telephone or a telephone provided at home is provided with a liquid crystal display for displaying the inputted telephone number and the current time, in addition to a key input unit for inputting a telephone number and the like. There is. When making an international call using such a telephone, dial the international call identification number of the calling country, the country code of the partner, the area code, and the number of the partner in this order.

[0003]

When making an international call from Japan to a foreign country, it is desirable to make the call at a time convenient for the other party. For example, when the time of the partner country making the call is midnight or the like, the partner may be inconvenienced. To do so, it is necessary to determine when to call in Japan, taking into account the time difference between Japan and the partner country of the call destination. However, every time you make an international call, consider the time difference depending on the foreign country,
Calculating the time of the partner country is complicated.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone device that allows an international call to be made without any trouble by knowing the time of a partner country with a simple operation.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a key input unit for inputting numbers or symbols, a telephone unit for voice communication, and a display for displaying data. A telephone unit having a clock unit for counting the time in Japan, a time difference storage unit for storing the time difference between the time in Japan and the time in a foreign country, and a telephone number corresponding to the foreign telephone number input by the key input unit. A time calculation unit that calculates a corresponding time from the time difference read from the time difference storage unit and displays the corresponding time on the display unit. The time calculation unit calculates the corresponding time from the time difference read from the time difference storage unit corresponding to the foreign telephone number entered with the key input unit and displays it on the display unit, so that the time of the partner country can be determined with simple operation. Make international calls without bothering you.

In the invention according to a second aspect, the corresponding time calculated by the time calculation unit is a current time in a foreign country based on the time of the clock unit and the time difference. . When you make a call, you can know the current time in that foreign country.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to a foreign telephone number, a foreign scheduled time is input in the key input section, and the corresponding time calculated by the time calculating section is the scheduled time. Is the Japanese time corresponding to. You can know the Japanese time to call according to the foreign time.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings. 1 to 3 are diagrams illustrating a telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the telephone device, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the telephone device, and FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a display example.

In these figures, a telephone device 10 of the present embodiment is, for example, a portable telephone, and has a telephone unit 11, an antenna 12, a speaker 13, a microphone 14, a current time which performs voice communication processing or data transmission / reception processing. Clock section 16, a key input section 17 for inputting telephone numbers and symbols, a display section 18 made of liquid crystal for displaying data inputted by the key input section 17 and a current time counted by the clock section 16, a time difference, , A time difference calculating unit 20 for calculating time, and a control unit 15 for controlling these units.

The time difference storage section 19 is a section for storing a time difference corresponding to a foreign country code and an area code.
In New York, USA, the country code is "1", the area code of New York is "212", and the time difference from Japan is -14 hours (14 hours before Japan time). 14 "is stored. Other countries also store the time difference corresponding to the country code and area code. The time difference is stored in association with the country code and the area code because, depending on the foreign country, the time difference may differ depending on the city area. In some foreign countries, the time difference is set according to the date, taking into account daylight saving time.

The time calculation unit 20 calculates the corresponding time from the time difference read from the time difference storage unit 19 corresponding to the foreign telephone number (country code and area code) entered by the key input unit 17 and displays it on the display unit 18. Part to be displayed. For this calculation,
Based on the input from the key input unit 17, the current time in a foreign country or the Japan time corresponding to the designated foreign time is calculated. The current time in a foreign country is calculated from the time in the clock unit 16 and the time difference in the time difference storage unit 19, and the Japan time corresponding to the specified foreign time is calculated from the designated (key input) foreign time and the time difference storage unit 19.
Calculated from the time difference of

[0012] For example, Mr. A in Tokyo, at 3:30 pm
In a minute, when calling Mr. B in New York, USA, when the user inputs “# 1212 #” using the key input unit 17, the time calculation unit 20 sets the clock unit 16 to “3:00 pm 30 minutes "and the time difference" -14 "read from the country code" 1 "and the area code" 212 "of the United States input from the key input unit 17, the current time in New York, USA," 1:30 am "Minute", and the display unit 18 displays the area and time as "NYam0" as shown in FIG.
130 ".

For example, when Mr. A in Tokyo wants to call Mr. B in New York, USA at 10:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m.) after returning home, the key input section 17 uses "# 1212pm1000 #". , The time calculation unit 20 also inputs the time difference “−14” read from the US country code “1” and the area code “212” input by the key input unit 17, "Pm
The corresponding Japanese time "8:00 am" is calculated from "1000" and the display unit 18 displays the Japanese time as "JPam0800" as shown in FIG.

In the telephone device 10 having the above-described configuration, the corresponding time is calculated from the time difference read from the time difference storage unit 19 corresponding to the foreign telephone number input by the key input unit 17 by the time calculation unit 19 and displayed on the display unit 18. By doing so, it is possible to know the current time of the partner country by a simple operation when making a telephone call, avoid inconvenience, and make a telephone call at a time convenient for the partner.

In the above-described embodiment, the input from the key input unit 17 is an example, and the input is arbitrarily made depending on whether the current time in a foreign country is known or the Japan time corresponding to the designated foreign time is known. The display on the display unit 18 is not limited to the embodiment. Further, the telephone device 20 may be a mobile telephone or a fixed telephone at home.

[0016]

As described above, the telephone device of the present invention is a telephone device having a key input unit for inputting numbers or symbols, a telephone unit for voice communication, and a display unit for displaying data. The corresponding time is calculated from the clock section for counting, the time difference storage section for storing the time difference between the Japanese time and the foreign time, and the time difference read from the time difference storage section corresponding to the foreign telephone number entered by the key input section. With the provision of the time calculation unit for displaying the time on the display unit, the time of the partner country can be known with a simple operation and an international call can be made without causing any inconvenience.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the telephone device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating another display example of the telephone device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Telephone apparatus 11 Telephone part 12 Antenna 13 Speaker 14 Microphone 15 Control part 16 Clock part 17 Key input part 18 Display part 19 Time difference storage part 20 Time calculation part

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Claims (3)

[Claims] A key input unit for inputting a number or a symbol;
A telephone device having a telephone unit for performing voice communication and a display unit for displaying data, a clock unit for counting the time in Japan, a time difference storage unit for storing a time difference between a Japanese time and a foreign time, and the key input. A time calculating unit that calculates a corresponding time from the time difference read from the time difference storage unit corresponding to the foreign telephone number input by the unit and displays the corresponding time on the display unit. 2. The corresponding time calculated by the time calculation unit is:
2. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the current time of the foreign country is obtained from the time and the time difference of the clock unit. 3. The key input unit inputs a foreign scheduled number in addition to a foreign telephone number, and the corresponding time calculated by the time calculating unit is Japan time corresponding to the scheduled time. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein