JPS62214425A - Dial number retrieving system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the burden on retrieval by dividing plural subscriber's names and their dial numbers into plural groups to which indexing characters different from one another correspond and storing them and displaying subscriber's names and their numbers belonging to the group to which a selected character corresponds. CONSTITUTION:This system consists of a selection key group 1, a control part 2, a storage part 3, and a display part 4, and a telephone set body 10 is provided with a liquid crystal display device 13, etc. Plural subscriber's names and dial numbers corresponding to them are divided into groups, to which indexing characters different from one another correspond, and are stored in the storage part 3. When a dial number is retrieved, all indexing characters are displayed on the display part 4, and one key of the selection key group 1 is operated to select a group of characters, and a character to be retrieved is selected from this group of characters by the selection key group 1. Subscriber's names and their dial numbers belonging to the group corresponding to the selected character are displayed on the display part 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a dial number search method for searching for a subscriber name and dial number i corresponding to certain index characters.

[Technical background of the invention]

Conventionally, there have been nine methods for searching dial numbers as shown in FIGS. 10 to 14.

A first conventional dial number search method is shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, and a second conventional dial number search method is shown in FIGS. 13 to 14.

In FIG. 10, 50 is a display section, 51. 52. to 514 are selection gears arranged vertically on the operation panel; Reference numerals 527 to 527 are selection keys arranged in horizontal rows on the operation panel. The display section 50 is in a standby state, and the selection key 52. This indicates that there is a function error key to switch to search mode. Selection key 52. When is operated, the mode shifts to the search mode, and the display section 50 displays the first
It changes as shown in Figure 1. All English characters serving as index characters are displayed on the matrix of selection key group 51 and selection key group 52. Then, the selection key group 51 and the selection key group 5
Desired alphabetic characters are selected by operating each one of the two.

Note that when the selection key 514 and the selection key 527 are operated, the display on the display unit 50 returns to the standby state as shown in FIG.

For example, select key 51. and selection key 52. When is operated, the English letter rAJ is selected, and as shown in Figure 12,
Subscriber name 5 corresponding to the English character rAJ, which is a reference or quotation character
3 and a dial number 54 are displayed on the display section 50. Note that when the selection ff1 key $- and the selection key 527 are operated here, the display section 5
The display of 0 returns to the standby state shown in FIG. 10°.

Next, a second conventional dial number search method will be described. 1st
In FIG. 3, numeral 50 is the same display section as shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, and in this figure, the standby state is displayed. Reference numeral 55 indicates a group of selection keys corresponding to each of the English letters serving as index characters, and reference numeral 57 indicates a function key for returning to the standby state.

The operator selects a desired alphabetic character by operating any one of the selection key group 55. for example,
When you operate the selection key written with the alphabet rAJ, the first
As shown in FIG. 4, the subscriber name 58 and dial number 59 corresponding to the index character rAJ are displayed on the display section 50.

[Problems with background technology]

However, in the first conventional dial number search method, the selection key group 52 and the selection key group 51 must be provided on the operation panel. From an ergonomic point of view, when operating selection keys arranged horizontally and operating selection keys arranged vertically in succession, the operator must be forced to change the direction of line of sight. In addition, in the second conventional dial number search method, it is necessary to provide the same number of selection keys as the number of index characters on the operation panel, so the number of selection keys is limited. There is a problem in that the number of dial number search methods increases and the area occupied on the operation panel becomes large, resulting in an increase in the size of the device using this dial number search method.

[Purpose of the invention]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a dial number search method that eliminates the above drawbacks, reduces the burden on the operator, and prevents the device from becoming larger.

[Summary of the invention]

In the present invention, different index characters correspond to a plurality of subscriber names and dial numbers corresponding to each subscriber name.
They are divided into a plurality of groups and stored in the storage means, and when searching for a dial number, all the index characters are displayed on the display means, and when one of the plurality of selection keys is operated, in the next case, the index characters to be searched are displayed. When a group of index characters containing a character is selected and one of the multiple selection keys is operated, the index character to be searched from among the index characters belonging to the group of index characters is selected. The above object is achieved by selecting the index character and displaying the subscriber names and dial numbers belonging to the group corresponding to the selected index character on the display means.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In this embodiment, a dial number search method corresponding to a pseudo telephone directory function provided in a multi-function telephone will be described as an example.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a selection key, 2 is a control section which is a control means, 3 is a storage section which is a storage means, and 4 is a display section which is a display means. be. The external appearance of the multi-function phone is as shown in Figure 2.
10 is the telephone body, 11 is the handset, 12 is the dial key, 13 is the liquid crystal display corresponding to the display section 4,
14 is a group of selection keys corresponding to group 1 of selection keys. Inside the telephone body 10, there are a CPU (not shown) corresponding to the control section 2 shown in FIG. 1, and a memory (not shown) corresponding to the storage section 3 shown in FIG. Data is stored inside this memory (not shown) as shown in FIG.

20, to 20n are registered next subscriber names, 21. ~2
1n is subscriber name 20. - Dial number corresponding to person's name 2on, 22. 222 English characters as an index for companies.

Subscriber name 20. ~Subscriber name 20n and dial number 2
1. The dial numbers 21n to 21n are English characters 22. They are classified according to English characters 22□6. Furthermore, each English letter is classified into English character group I to English character group V as an index character group, as shown in the table in Figure 4, and this table is also classified into
The data is stored in the same way as the data shown in the figure.

The operation of this embodiment will be explained using the flowchart shown below. FIG. 6 shows the display on the liquid crystal display 13 during standby. First, it is determined whether the search mode of the pseudo telephone directory function has been designated by a predetermined operation (step 30),
When specified, the liquid crystal display 13 displays a message to that effect as shown in FIG. 7, and the liquid crystal display 13
At the bottom of the screen, all English letters serving as index characters are displayed in alphabetical order (step 31). and selection key 14. English character groups I through V correspond to the selection keys 14°, respectively.

The selection key 144 functions as a return key for returning the liquid crystal display 13 to a standby state display.

Here, select key 14. or selection key 14. When any one of them is operated (step 32), the alphabet group corresponding to that selection key is selected (step 33),
As shown in FIG. 8, index characters belonging to the selected alphabetic character group are displayed at the bottom of the liquid crystal display 13 (step 34). Here, as an example, the alphabetical character group ■ shown in FIG. 7 is selected and the display in the following case is shown. Selection key 14. is the English letter rAJ, below selection key 14□ to selection key 1
4. correspond to the English letters rBJ to rBJ, respectively.

Furthermore, selection key 14. or selection key 14. When any one of them is operated (step 35), the alphabetic character corresponding to that selection key is selected (step 36), and the subscriber name corresponding to the selected nine alphabetic character is selected as shown in FIG. ,2
0 and the dial number 21 corresponding to the subscriber name are displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 (step 37). In addition, here, in the state shown in FIG. 8, select -14,
is operated on as shown below.

In addition, in FIG. 9, the selection key 14. and selection key 1
42 is a key having the function of scrolling up and down the subscriber name 20 and dial number 21.

In this way, in this embodiment, a plurality of subscriber names 20. .
．． When any one of the selection keys 14 . or selection key 14. When any one of them is operated, one of the displayed alphabetic characters is selected, and one of the plurality of subscriber names and dial numbers stored in the memory is selected.
The corresponding alphabetic character will be displayed.

Next, there is no need to provide selection keys corresponding to all alphabetic characters, and there is no need to provide selection keys separately for horizontal and vertical columns. Therefore, in this embodiment, a memory internally stored in the main body of the multi-function telephone is used as a storage means, but multiple subscriber names and dial numbers corresponding to each subscriber name can be stored in different indexes. Since it is sufficient if the characters can be stored in a plurality of corresponding groups, for example, a memory in a switchboard to which this multi-function telephone is connected may be used, and the memory is not particularly limited to the memory of this embodiment.

Further, in this embodiment, a liquid crystal display is used as an example of the display means, but the display means is not limited to a liquid crystal display as long as it can display index characters, subscriber names, and dial numbers.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, a multi-function telephone with a pseudo telephone directory function was used as an example of a device in which the dial search method of the present invention is used, but it may also be applied to, for example, a facsimile device having a display means. Not limited.

Next, in this embodiment, English characters are used as index characters, but the index characters may be, for example, katakana or hiragana, and are not particularly limited to English characters.

In this embodiment, in the pseudo telephone directory search mode which is the mode for dialing number search, when all the English letters that are index characters are displayed as shown in FIG. 7, the selection key is operated. Then, the corresponding English character group is selected, and the English characters belonging to that English character group are displayed as shown in FIG. This makes it easier to determine which selection key to operate.

In addition, in this embodiment, as described above, when the selection key is operated when all the English letters that are index characters are displayed as shown in FIG. , as shown in FIG. 8, the alphabetic characters belonging to the alphabetic character group are displayed, but the present invention is not limited to this example, as long as the alphabetic character group can be selected.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As detailed above, according to the present invention, a plurality of subscriber names and dial numbers corresponding to each subscriber name are divided into a plurality of groups corresponding to different index characters, and are stored in a storage means. , when searching for a dial number, all of the index characters are displayed on the display means, and when one of a plurality of selection keys is operated, a group of index characters including the index character to be searched is selected. Then, when one of the multiple selection keys is operated, the index character to be searched is selected from among the index characters belonging to that group of index characters, and the selected index character is used for the next index. The subscriber name and dial number belonging to the group corresponding to the characters are displayed on the display means. Therefore, it is possible to obtain a dial number search method that reduces the burden on the operator and prevents the device from becoming larger.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an external view of a multi-function telephone used in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a storage unit 3 shown in FIG. 1. 4 is a diagram showing a table stored in the storage section 3 shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the control section 2 shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 9 to 9 are diagrams showing display states of the liquid crystal display section 13 shown in FIG. 2, and FIGS. 10 to 14 are detailed diagrams illustrating a conventional dial number search method. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Selection key group, 2... Control section, 3... Storage section, 4... Display section, 13... Liquid crystal display, 14
．． ~146...Selection key 0

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) a storage means for storing a plurality of subscriber names and dial numbers corresponding to each subscriber name in a plurality of groups corresponding to different index characters; and the index characters;
a display means for displaying the subscriber name and the dialed number; a plurality of selection keys; and when searching for the dialed number;
Display all of the index characters on the display means, select a group of index characters including the index character to be searched when one of the plurality of selection keys is operated, and When one of the selection keys is operated, the index character to be searched is selected from among the index characters belonging to the group of index characters, and the selected index character is displayed on the display means. A dial number search method comprising: a control means for controlling display of the subscriber name and the dial number of a group corresponding to characters. (2) The control means causes the display means to display all of the index characters when searching for a dial number, and when one of the plurality of selection keys is operated, the control means displays the index characters including the index character to be searched for when one of the plurality of selection keys is operated. selecting a group and displaying index characters belonging to this index character group on the display means;
When one of the plurality of selection keys is operated, an index character to be searched is selected from among the index characters belonging to the index character group, and the selected index character is displayed on the display means. 2. The dial number search method according to claim 1, wherein said subscriber name and said dial number of a group corresponding to said group are controlled to be displayed.