JPS60200675A - Communication charge calculating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable terminal equipment side to know communication charge by storing unit time data and distance data in a ROM and calculating and displaying the communication charge on the basis of the office number of outgoing and incoming stations, and the content of memory of the ROM and the time of communication. CONSTITUTION:A memory 4 is constituted to read unit time data from time data and distance data, and a memory 5 is constituted to read distance data by a distance table. A matrix table shown in the figure is provided to use as a distance table, and address AD is calculated to read distance data. Office number data of own station, telephone number data of destination and calculated communication tariff data etc. are stored in a memory 6. At first, the office number of own station and the telephone number of destination are stored in the memory 6. When talking is completed, a controlling circuit 1 reads the time from a clock circuit 7 and stores in the register, then, stores the distance data as above- mentioned on the basis of the office number of the memory 6. Then, the controlling circuit 1 calculates the charge from above-mentioned data and the time of communication.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] (b) Industrial application field The present invention relates to a communication charge calculation device.

(B) Prior Art Modern telephones have become electronic, and they can store multiple phone numbers and automatically dial out calls with a simple operation, and they also have a built-in clock that counts and displays communication time with a time display. Although some devices have been developed, there is still nothing that calculates and displays communication charges, and there has been a demand for calculation and display of communication charges. Also, even with modern facsimile machines, there is no way to calculate and display communication charges, so it is difficult to calculate and display communication charges, especially when sending a large number of documents. Display was requested.

By the way, the technology for calculating communication charges was developed in 1986-29.
This method is disclosed in Publication No. 905M, but calculations are performed by inputting unit time data corresponding to the communication distance from the communication charge tape ρ each time a call is made, and there is a problem in that the operation is cumbersome.

(c) Purpose of the Invention The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and provides a memory that can automatically calculate and display communication charges and that stores data for calculating communication charges. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication charge calculation device configured to minimize the

B) Structure of the Invention The present invention stores unit time data of communication charges and data for calculating communication distance from a telephone number in a ROM (!j-do, only, memory), and also stores the station number of the own station. 7, the distance data stored in the ROM is determined from the area number of the dialed party and the area number of the own station, and the RO call is made based on the further lengthened distance data.
The system is configured to read the corresponding unit time data from M, and calculate and display communication charges based on separately counted communication time.

(Mowing example Examples of the present invention will be described below along with one side.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the post-phone configuration in which the present invention is implemented.
Reference numeral 11 denotes a control circuit for controlling the entire telephone set, which is composed of a microprocessor and controls each part according to a program in a program memory (2) in which a processing program is stored. The control circuit +11 also houses a register for temporarily storing data for calculating communication charges, an arithmetic circuit, and the like. (3) is a keyboard consisting of a numeric keypad for inputting a telephone number or a plurality of memory keys for storing and selecting a telephone number, and the key signal is transmitted from the control circuit tl.
) is guided by. (4) is a gK1 memory which stores unit time table data as shown in FIG. 2, and is configured so that predetermined unit time data can be read out based on NO and data that classify one-time data and distance. (5) is a second memory that stores distance table data that calculates the communication distance from the station number data as shown in Figure 3. By selecting the row and column of the distance table shown in the table, distance data from the intersection point to the communication destination can be obtained.The distance data is obtained by selecting the distance N in the unit time table shown in Figure 2.
O, data is set. Here, to explain in detail about the distance deso μ in Fig. 3, generally speaking, when determining the distance between two points of α points by referring to a matrix table, one data is expressed in one byte. α3
A memory capacity of bytes is required, but the same combination is
Because it can pass through, in actual combinations, half is sufficient, and α3/2 bytes are sufficient. Furthermore, if combinations of the same points are omitted, the distance between two points can be determined with a minimum of (α3-α)/2 bytes. Therefore, in the present invention, in order to calculate the distances between α points, a matrix table as shown in FIG. When the addresses of the respective memories 7 to 7 that store
α-1) can be expressed as [α-2J, and (1,2) can be expressed as “α-1”. Here, if we consider an arbitrary point M, the address 1 color 4) of (M, M+1) becomes. Therefore, the address AD that stores the distance data of the same two points N and M where N>M is AI)=f(M)+l-1
-M) T given rel. The address AD is calculated and the distance data is read out by the method described below.

Note that the station numbers are coded from O to α-1 in ascending order and are associated with the distance table shown in FIG.

Also, the program memory (2), the first memory (4) and the second memory
Memory (5) Consists of FiROM. (6) is R
The third memory consists of AM (Random, Access, Memory), which stores the local area number data entered using the numeric keys on the keyboard (3), telephone number data of multiple communication destinations, calculated communication charge data, etc. be remembered.

(7) is a clock circuit that outputs current time data, and the time data is read by the control circuit +1+ and displays the time on the display (8). Note that the time data is also used to calculate communication time. The display (8) normally displays the opposite side, but if a telephone number is entered using the numeric keys on the keyboard (3), or the telephone number stored in the third memory (6) is read out. If the
When switching to the telephone number display and further counting communication charges, the display is controlled to display communication time and communication charges. (9) is the telephone line (L) and handsera) (+
The speech network circuit connecting 01 detects the hook-off of the handset (10) or
) has a circuit that detects the other party's response by detecting the polarity of the
The detection signal is transmitted to the control circuit (1). (11) is a dial bias generation circuit driven and controlled by the control circuit +1+, which generates a dial tone signal or a dial tone signal based on the telephone number data, and connects the dial bias signal to the telephone line (L) via the speech network circuit (9). Diamond! Let's do all the sending.

(12j is a bell detection circuit connected to the speech network circuit (9), and the detected signal is guided to the control circuit f1+, and the control circuit (1) that detected the incoming call (l-1: speaker (13) Notifies the driver of an incoming call.

Next, we will explain the operation of the non-firing J consisting of a praying configuration.

Prior to use, input the station number of your own station using the numeric keys on the keyboard (3) and store it in the third memory (6).

In addition, the telephone number data of the main communication destination is input using the numeric keys of the keyboard (3) and stored in the third memory (6). At this time, since the telephone number inputted from the keyboard +3+ is displayed on the display (8), it is possible to confirm the input number for any errors.

Therefore, in the standby state when not in use, the control circuit FN
J[1] reads the time data from the clock circuit (7) and displays the time on the display (8), and also monitors whether there is an incoming call and whether the handset (+101) has been hooked off. If there is an incoming call now, the control circuit f++
The speaker θ3) generates a notification sound to notify the incoming call.

If the person who notices the incoming call picks up 001, they can make a call just like a normal telephone.

Next, the operation when firing F1 will be explained.

First, after hooking off the handset (101), enter the phone number of the destination using the numeric keys on the keyboard (3) or read out the phone number pre-stored in the third memory (6), and the phone number data is stored in the register. The input control circuit (1) displays the telephone number on the display (8), drives the dial signal generation circuit (11) to generate a dial bias according to the number of words in the speech network circuit. A dial call is made to the telephone line (L) via (9).Next, by detecting that the polarity of the telephone line (L) has been reversed, the control circuit (1) detects that the other party has responded to the dial call. ) reads the fourth time data from the clock circuit (7) and stores it in the register.When the control circuit (1) detects that the call with the other party has ended and the handset 00) has been hooked on, the control circuit (1) records the time at that time. Read from the clock circuit (7) and store in the register. next? 1" control circuit (1) stores the communication distance data in the third memory (
6) Read out the local station number (RO) stored in
It is determined whether or not the dial number (R1) matches the dialed party's station number (R1), and if they do not match, it is determined whether the local station's station number (RO) is larger than the dialed party's station number (R1).

If the station number (RO) of the own station is larger than the station number (R1) of the other station, the station number (RO) of the own station is transferred to the N register, and the station number (R1) of the other station is transferred to the N register. On the other hand, in the opposite case, the other party's station number (R1) is transferred to the N register, and the own station's station number (RO) is transferred to the N register. For example, if your station is Osaka and the station number is "06", the code number is "2".
”, and if the communication partner or Tottori station number 10857 is specified as the code number r30J, then when the code numbers are compared, 30>2, so the N register will contain “10857”.
30'' is transferred, and ``2'' is transferred to the N register. In the register that stores the data of the next address AD,
After setting "0", it is determined whether the N register is "0" or not.

Currently, the M register contains "2" and not "0", so
After setting the counter register n to "0", the counter is incremented by 1 and the calculation of AD=AD+α-n is continued until n=M. This is the aforementioned f (goods) = Σ
It performs the calculation of (α-n), and the requested value AD indicates the right end address of the line indicated by M in FIG. 3. Next, in order to find the address of the target intersection, perform the operation AD=AD1fl-M-1. This allows the address of the memory cell in which distance data between two points designated by two station numbers to be stored to be stored to be stored.

If the value of the M register is "0", that is, in the first row, the target address can be set by directly performing the operation AD=AD+N-M-1.

Control circuit that stores address data in this way +1)V
i, the address of the second memory (6) is specified, and the distance data from the corresponding memory cell ρ, that is, the NO of the distance classification in FIG.
, store the data in the read register. Next, the control circuit +1) uses the corresponding unit time data from the unit time table shown in Figure 2 stored in the first memory (4) based on the communication start time stored in the register and the distance data just obtained. I put it on. Since the communication between Osaka and Tottori starts at 10:00 a.m., the distance data No. from the second memory (5).

10, the unit time is 8 seconds, and the control circuit f+) that read this data stores it in the register.

Subsequently, the control circuit fl) calculates the opening during communication based on the start station side and end time data stored in the register, and then calculates the degree by dividing the communication interval by the unit time. Then, since it is 1 degree &fllO yen, the communication fee is calculated by multiplying it. For example, if you are talking on lNi for 184 seconds now,
The number of calls will be 23, and the communication fee will be 230 yen. When the communication charge calculation is completed, the control circuit f@0) performs cumulative control and stores i in the third memory (6), and displays the communication charge as HGrI44 on the display (8), and then goes to standby. return to the state. If it is detected that the first call number and the other party's number are the same, the distance classification N001 indicating the same area will be automatically set, and the communication charges will be calculated in the same manner as above. Perform calculations. In this way, just by dialing the other party, the communication charges are automatically calculated and displayed when the communication ends.

Note that the third memory (6) contains the cumulative communication charge data, so read it out as appropriate using the keyboard +31 and read it out on the display (
8) can be confirmed. Also second memory (5)
By storing the nationwide area code in the LAN, it is possible to calculate communication charges even when calling anywhere in the country.

Furthermore, even if a change occurs in the unit time due to a change in charges, it is only necessary to replace the first memory (4), and this can be easily handled.

(F) Effects of the Invention As mentioned above, the communication charge calculation device of the present invention is equipped with a memory that stores distance data and unit time data, and when the call ends, the corresponding data is stored in the memory by simply inputting the local station number. It is possible to read out the data and automatically calculate the communication charges, and it is effective when installed in a telephone or office facsimile machine. In addition, in the present invention, 2
By processing the memory address that stores distance data that calculates the communication distance between points based on two station number data, the memory capacity can be minimized, contributing to cost reduction. something to do

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The first factor is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication charge calculation device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a unit time table, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a distance table, and FIGS. FIG. (1)...Control circuit, (2)...Program memory, (3)...Keyboard, (4)(5)(6)...
Memory, (7)...Clock circuit, (8)...Display unit,
(9)...Speech network, (101...Handsera), (0)...Dial signal generation circuit, θ
2)...Pμ signal detection circuit. Applicant Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. and 1 other attorney, Shizuo Sano Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 8 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] ill An input means for inputting telephone number data, a first means for storing own number data inputted by the means, a clock circuit for outputting time data, and a second means to which a code number is assigned in correspondence with the station number. Distance chi 1/ that shows the distance between points
The address of the second means is determined by performing a performance based on the second means storing the v data, the code scent of the own number stored in the first means, and the code number of the dialed telephone number data. a calculation means for calculating specified address data; a control means for calculating distance data from the second means based on the address data determined by the means; and a communication start time determined by the requested distance data and the clock circuit; The third means stores unit time table data for calculating the unit time of communication from . A communication charge calculation device characterized in that the communication charge is calculated from the intertwined unit time.