JP3246466B2 - Telephone equipment - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone device, and more particularly to a telephone device having a display unit, a key input unit, and a dial memory storing a plurality of telephone numbers corresponding to labels such as personal names and company names. Regarding improvement.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, this type of telephone apparatus has an appearance as shown in FIG. 7 or FIG. FIG. 7 shows a shape that is often used in automobile telephones and the like, and FIG. 8 shows a shape that is often used in household and business use wired telephones. In this type of telephone device, an operation of making a call using a telephone number stored in a built-in dial memory, that is, a speed dialing operation is performed as follows.

For example, in a case where a call is made to JOHN WHITE stored at the address 18 in the telephone apparatus shown in FIG.
"RCL", "1", "8", etc. are input by key. As a result, a display as shown in FIG. 9 appears on the display unit provided in the telephone device. After confirming this display, the user will see
Calling is instructed by using the "ND" key, etc. In the telephone device of FIG.
After the display as shown in (a) is made on the display unit, FIG.
The display changes as shown in (c), and a call is made to the destination stored at address 5 in the dial memory.

[0004] That is, in the conventional telephone device, in any case, only the telephone number and label of the other party to be transmitted are displayed on the display unit, and are displayed only after the above-described operation is performed. Was to be done.

[0005]

In the above-mentioned conventional telephone device, a display unit is used for the purpose of confirming the contents of the address of the dial memory entered by key. Therefore, before inputting the address, it is necessary for the user to memorize which telephone number and label are stored in the address. Alternatively, it is necessary to prepare a correspondence table that records what number is stored in the dial memory. Originally, simple dialing by speed dial was a function that considered the convenience of operation of the user, but the user himself had to memorize the correspondence between addresses and contents, Having to prepare is a big disadvantage in terms of simplicity of operation. In addition, conventional telephone devices also have the advantage that the advantage of the inherent display function is merely used for confirmation, and cannot be said to be useful for improving operability. There's a problem.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to make effective use of the display function of the telephone device so that the correspondence between the address of the dial memory and the label such as the name of the other party is not stored by the user himself. It is another object of the present invention to provide a telephone device that can quickly send a call to a desired party by a very simple operation without preparing a correspondence table.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a telephone device according to the present invention comprises a line connection unit for connecting a line, a display unit , a key input unit, and an operation of the key input unit. And a control unit for controlling a process based on the plurality of pieces of selected information, the plurality of pieces of selected information are displayed on the display unit so as to correspond to an arrangement of keys operated by the key input unit, and the displayed information is displayed. In response to the selection information, information indicating a key corresponding to the key input unit is displayed.

[0008]

Further, the telephone device of the present invention has a line connection unit for performing line connection, a display unit , a key input unit, and a control unit for controlling a process based on an operation of the key input unit. Is displayed on the display unit so as to correspond to the arrangement of the key operated by the key input unit, and indicates the key to be operated by the key input unit with respect to the displayed selection information. Displaying information.

[0010]

It is preferable that a corresponding process is executed by operating the key. Further, it is preferable that the selection information is displayed on the display unit by operating the key input unit. Further, it is preferable that the key is a numeric keypad.

[0012]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of an embodiment of the telephone apparatus of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the telephone device of this embodiment has a display unit 1 having a display surface capable of displaying at least two or more sets of labels, a key input unit 2 having numeric keys and various function keys, and a telephone. It includes a dial memory 3 for storing a plurality of sets of numbers and labels, a line connection unit 5 for controlling functions relating to line connection, and a control circuit 4 connected thereto for controlling the entire telephone apparatus. The appearance of the telephone device to which the present invention is applied is the same as FIG. 7 or FIG.

The control circuit 4 has a normal function of controlling the line connection unit 5 to set a communication path and transmit a call in response to a key input operation of a normal telephone number from the key input unit 2. In the simple transmission mode, a plurality of labels stored in the dial memory 3 are displayed on the display unit 1 in a display form in which the correspondence with the keys of the key input unit 2 is clear,
Thereafter, when one of the displayed labels is selected by a corresponding key of the key input unit 2, a calling operation is performed using the telephone number stored in the dial memory 3 corresponding to the selected label. Also controls the

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing executed by the control circuit 4 in the simple transmission mode. Hereinafter, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 1, when the user performs an operation for setting the telephone apparatus in the simple transmission mode, for example, a key operation such as “FCN” or “#” in the key input unit 2, the control circuit 4
Shifts to the control of the simple transmission mode, and starts the processing shown in FIG. First, the control circuit 4 clears the display on the display unit 1 and erases the previously displayed display (S1). Next, the control variable i is set to the initial value "1" (S2), and the dial memory 3 is set.
From a plurality of labels DM corresponding to the initial value "1"
(1) is read out and displayed on the display unit 1 in a display form in which the correspondence with the keys of the key input unit 2 becomes clear (S3). The display unit 1 shown in FIG. 1 shows this state, in which nine labels are displayed at one time, and the arrangement relationship of the nine labels is changed from “1” to “9” in the key input unit 2. It is made to be the same as the arrangement relationship of numeric keys. That is, TONY is the numeric key “1”, TED is the numeric key “2”,..., HOM
E corresponds to the numeric key “9”, respectively.

After that, the control circuit 4 operates the numeric keys "1" to
The process waits for a selection instruction by pressing "9" (S4), or waits for a page break instruction by a predetermined key operation for changing the display on the display unit 1 to another label group (S5). In this state, when the user performs, for example, an operation of pressing the numeric key “5” or an operation of pressing the SEND key in addition to the pressing of the numeric key “5”, the control circuit 4 responds to the numeric key “5”. Then, the telephone number stored in the dial memory 3 is read in accordance with the NEC label displayed on the display unit 1, and the line connection unit 5 is controlled to perform a calling operation to the telephone number destination (S7).

The control circuit 4 is in a waiting state.
When a page break instruction is input from the key input unit 2, the control variable i is updated in accordance with the page break direction (S6), the process returns to step S3, and information D of a plurality of labels corresponding to the new control variable i is obtained.
M (i) is read out and displayed on the display unit 1 in a display form in which the correspondence with the keys of the key input unit 2 is also clear. Therefore, when there is no target destination in a plurality of labels displayed on the display unit 1, the user operates the key input unit 2 and inputs a page break instruction to sequentially change the label group of the display unit 1. It is possible to make a change, and if a selection operation is performed when a desired label is displayed, a call can be transmitted to a desired partner.

As for what kind of label group is taken out from the dial memory 3 according to the value of the control variable i, for example, the following various methods can be adopted.

(1) The plurality of labels stored in the dial memory 3 are divided into a plurality of label groups including nine labels from the head address, and D is sequentially arranged from the head label group.
M (1), DM (2),..., DM (n).

(2) An area for holding the frequency of use is added to each label stored in the dial memory 3 to update the frequency of use of the label on which the actual transmission operation has been performed. .., DM (n) from the top label group in order from the top label group.

(3) A plurality of labels stored in the dial memory 3 are arranged in alphabetical order and divided into a plurality of label groups including nine labels from the top, and DM (1), DM (DM) are arranged in order from the top label group. (2), ..., DM
(N).

FIG. 3 shows the contents of the labels stored in the dial memory 3 arranged in alphabetical order and number keys "1" to "1".
This is an example of displaying in correspondence with “9”, which corresponds to the above (3).

In addition, if the user frequently sends a small number of destinations, or if there are circumstances in which displaying too many labels at one time causes the displayed characters to become small or the number of characters to be restricted, the number of characters is limited. The number of labels to be displayed may be smaller. FIG. 4 shows an example in which four labels are displayed at one time, and the numeric key “1” is set to “PHILL” and the numeric key “3” is set to “RIC”.
HARD, the numeric key "4" is associated with "STIVE", and the numeric key "6" is associated with "ELVIS". The transmission operation is the same as in FIG. 1 in any case.

FIGS. 1, 3 and 4 show examples in which the correspondence between labels and keys is clarified by displaying a plurality of labels on the display unit 1 corresponding to the physical arrangement of the keys. However, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a similar effect can be obtained by a method of displaying the label with the key number corresponding to the label added to the head of the label.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, for example, in addition to the display of the label, a display 6 showing a simple operation method, a frame 7 showing a key shape, and the like are also displayed on the display unit 1. A user who is unfamiliar with the operation can correctly and easily use the simple transmission method provided by the present invention.

Although several embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various other modifications can be made. For example, a structure is provided in which a scroll mechanism for the display screen of the display unit 1 is provided, and the control circuit 4 scrolls the display contents in response to a predetermined key operation of the key input unit 2 and changes the contents of the labels line by line. You may.

[0028]

As described above, in the telephone device of the present invention, it is very possible to recognize a caller who wants to make a call from a plurality of labels displayed on the display unit and operate a key corresponding to the label. Calls can be transmitted promptly with simple operations. This eliminates the need for the user to memorize the address of the dial memory and the name of the other party in association with each other and to prepare a separate correspondence table such as an abbreviated number table. And the cost performance of the apparatus is greatly improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a main block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a process of a control circuit 4.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing different examples of label display methods.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing different examples of label display methods.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing different examples of a label display method.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing different examples of a label display method.

FIG. 7 is an external perspective view of the telephone device.

FIG. 8 is an external perspective view of the telephone device.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example when abbreviated dialing is made in a conventional telephone device.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display example when abbreviated dialing is performed in a conventional telephone device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display part 2 Key input part 3 Dial memory 4 Control circuit 5 Line connection part

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Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] A line connection unit for performing line connection; a display unit ; a key input unit; and a control unit for controlling a process based on an operation of the key input unit. Displaying on the display unit corresponding to an arrangement of keys operated by the key input unit, and displaying information indicating a key corresponding to the key input unit in response to the selection information. apparatus. 2. A communication device comprising: a line connection unit for performing line connection; a display unit ; a key input unit; and a control unit for controlling a process based on an operation of the key input unit. , and displayed on the display unit so as to correspond to the arrangement of keys operated in the key input unit, before
A telephone device for displaying information indicating a key to be operated by the key input unit in response to the selection information. 3. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein a corresponding process is executed by operating the key. 4. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the selection information is displayed on the display unit by operating the key input unit. 5. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the key is a numeric keypad.