KR200249525Y1 - Speech Output Apparatus Of Caller Information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a caller information audio output apparatus capable of outputting a corresponding caller's telephone number or identification information (such as a person's name or a mutual name) by voice, and conventionally, a caller's telephone number or caller's telephone number The user is required to directly visually confirm the contents displayed on the display device in order to confirm the caller at the time of call incoming, There has been an inconvenience to go to the place where the caller information display device is located and confirm the displayed contents after the call is terminated.

Accordingly, the present invention checks whether or not the caller's telephone number provided from the telephone office is registered at the time of call incoming, and converts the telephone number or identification information (personal name or recipient name) It is possible to more effectively provide the caller information to the user, for example, it is possible to confirm the caller requested to be present at a long distance.

Description

[0001] Speaker Output Apparatus Of Caller Information [

The present invention relates to a caller information voice output apparatus, and more particularly to a caller information voice output apparatus capable of outputting a corresponding caller's telephone number or identification information (such as a person's name or a mutual name) by voice.

The Caller ID display service, which has recently become an issue, is a service for displaying a caller's telephone number and a caller's telephone number before starting the call so that the receiver (receiver) can confirm the identity of the caller (caller) Means a service that displays the name on the called party's terminal, which not only improves the inequality of a forced unilateral call, but also identifies the caller's name and phone number, thereby preventing mischief or verbal abuse. And can reject the reception of unnecessary telephone calls, and the caller information received in the absence can replace the automatic response function.

Meanwhile, in the conventional caller information display device, the caller's telephone number and the registered ID of the caller are displayed on the liquid crystal display unit using the caller's telephone number received from the caller side so that the user can visually confirm it. A telephone number retrieval unit 12, a caller information storage unit 13, a telephone number display unit 14, a liquid crystal display unit (not shown) 15 and a caller information registration unit 16.

The CO line interface unit 11 is physically connected to the CO line on the telephone line side to detect the caller's telephone number provided from the CO during telephone call through the CO line between the ring signals and delivers it to the telephone number search unit 12, The search unit 12 searches the caller information storage unit 13 for the sender's telephone number transmitted from the CO line interface unit 11 and confirms whether or not the caller's telephone number is registered. Based on the result, the caller's telephone number or the sender's telephone number (Or information that can identify the caller other than the name or the like) to the telephone number display unit 14.

The caller information storage unit 13 stores a caller telephone number registered by the user and a name corresponding to the caller telephone number. The telephone number display unit 14 displays a caller telephone number or a caller telephone number, which is transmitted from the telephone number search unit 12, And outputs the names registered together to the liquid crystal display unit 15.

The liquid crystal display unit 15 displays the name registered together with the caller's telephone number or caller's telephone number output by the telephone number display unit 14 so that the user can visually confirm the name, And registers the caller's telephone number and the corresponding name input in order to receive the caller's information display service including the name in the caller's information storage unit 13.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional caller information display apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When a call to be received is detected through the CO line connected to the telephone office, the CO line interface unit 11 sequentially detects the caller's telephone number information provided from the telephone office between the ring signals input upon reception of the call, and detects all the caller's telephone number information (Step S21), and transmits the detected caller's telephone number to the telephone number searching unit 12. [

Then, the telephone number search unit 12 searches the caller information storage unit 13 with the caller's telephone number transmitted from the telephone line interface unit 11 (step S22). When the caller's telephone number provided at the time of call incoming is registered It is confirmed whether or not it is the caller's telephone number (step S23).

At this time, when the caller's telephone number provided at the time of call reception is the pre-registered caller's telephone number, the corresponding telephone number search unit 12 extracts the caller's telephone number and the corresponding caller's name from the caller's information storage unit 13 The telephone number display section 14 outputs the caller's telephone number and name received from the telephone number search section 12 to the liquid crystal display section 15 and visually displays the telephone number and name S24), the user can visually check the caller's telephone number and name of the call currently received by viewing the caller information displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 15 after hearing the ringing sound separately from the caller information display operation.

However, in step S23, when the caller's telephone number provided at the time of call termination is not the pre-registered caller's telephone number, only the corresponding caller's telephone number is transmitted to the telephone number display unit 14, Only the caller's telephone number transmitted from the search unit 12 is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 15 and displayed visually (step S25). After the user hears the ringing sound separately from the caller information display operation, It is possible to visually check only the caller telephone number of the call currently received.

That is, the user of the caller information display device must register the caller information such as the caller's telephone number and name in the caller information storage unit 13 via the caller information registration unit 16, .

However, in the above-described conventional caller information display apparatus, the caller's telephone number of the present incoming call or the name registered together with the caller's telephone number is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 15, In particular, when a call is received while the user is working on another job, the caller goes to the place where the caller information display device is located and displays the displayed contents There was an inconvenience to check.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a method and apparatus for confirming whether or not a caller's telephone number provided from a telephone office when a call is received is registered, Etc.) to voice and output it, thereby making it possible to identify the caller who is currently requested to be called even at a long distance, and to provide caller information more efficiently to the user.

1 is a block diagram showing a conventional caller information display device.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a caller information display apparatus,

3 is a block diagram showing a caller information audio output apparatus according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating an operation of outputting caller information corresponding to a caller in the caller information voice output apparatus according to the present invention by voice.

Description of the Related Art [0002]

31: CO line interface unit 32: Telephone number search unit

33: sender information storage unit 34: TTS processing unit

35: Speaker 36: Caller information register

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a call connection method including: a CO line interface unit for detecting and transmitting a caller telephone number provided when a call is received; and a caller telephone number and identification information registered through the caller information registration unit by the user And a caller information storage unit for storing caller ID information of the caller information stored in the caller information storage unit, wherein the caller information storage unit searches the caller's phone number transmitted from the CO line interface unit for confirmation of registration, A telephone number retrieval unit for retrieving and delivering the caller's telephone number when the telephone number of the caller is not registered and the caller identification information corresponding to the caller's telephone number when the telephone number of the caller requesting the call is registered; And a TTS processing unit for converting the caller's telephone number or caller identification information transmitted in text form from the telephone number search unit into voice and synthesizing a predetermined announcement voice and outputting it as a voice through a speaker .

Here, the TTS processing unit synthesizes different announcement voices according to the attributes of the caller's telephone number or caller identification information transmitted from the telephone number search unit, and outputs the resultant voice through a speaker.

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The caller information display service according to the present invention is intended to output the corresponding caller information by voice to the user so that the user can visually confirm the caller information by using the caller's telephone number received from the caller. A telephone number retrieval unit 32, a caller information storage unit 33, a text-to-speech (TTS) processing unit 34, a speaker 35 and a caller information registration unit 36. [

The trunk line interface unit 31 is physically connected to the trunk line of the telephone office, detects the caller telephone number provided from the telephone office through the trunk line during call termination between the ring signals, and transmits the ringer signal to the telephone number search unit 32, The search unit 32 searches the caller information storage unit 33 for the sender's telephone number transmitted from the CO line interface unit 31 and confirms whether or not the caller's telephone number is registered. If the telephone number of the caller requesting the call reception is not registered If the telephone number of the caller who is currently requested to be called is registered, the caller identification information corresponding to the caller's telephone number (that is, information that can identify the caller, such as a person's name, a mutual name, or the like) To the TTS processing unit 34.

The sender information storage unit 33 stores the sender's telephone number registered by the user and the corresponding identification information. The TTS processing unit 34 receives the sender's telephone number or the sender's name from the telephone number search unit 32, After the identification information is converted into voice, a predetermined announcement voice is synthesized and output through the speaker 35.

The speaker 35 outputs the caller's telephone number and caller identification information converted into voice by the TTS processing unit 34 so that the user can audibly confirm the caller's telephone number and caller identification information. The caller information registration unit 36 stores the caller identification information To the caller information storage unit 33, caller information such as a caller's telephone number and identification information corresponding to the caller's telephone number input to receive the caller information voice output service.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of outputting caller information corresponding to caller information in the caller information audio output apparatus according to the present invention. Referring to FIG.

First, when a call to be received is detected through the CO line connected to the telephone office, the CO line interface unit 31 sequentially detects the caller telephone number information provided from the telephone office between the ring signals input upon reception of the call, (Step S41), and transmits the detected caller's telephone number to the telephone number searching unit 32. [

Then, the telephone number searching unit 32 searches the caller information storage unit 33 with the caller's telephone number transmitted from the telephone line interface unit 31 (step S42). When the caller's telephone number provided at the time of call incoming is registered It is confirmed whether or not it is the caller's telephone number (step S43).

At this time, when the caller's telephone number provided at the time of call reception is the pre-registered sender's telephone number, the corresponding telephone number search unit 32 fetches the registered caller identification information corresponding to the caller's telephone number from the caller's information storage unit 33 (Step S44). The TTS processing unit 34 then converts the caller identification information received in the form of text from the telephone number search unit 32 into speech, and then synthesizes a predetermined guidance voice And outputs it through the speaker 35 (step S45).

For example, when the caller identification information received from the telephone number search unit 32 is' Hong Kil Dong ', the TTS processing unit 34 converts it into a voice and then' 000 (Mr.) Quot ;, and " request a call ", and outputs the synthesized voice through the speaker 35.

In this case, the caller identification information registered in correspondence with the caller's telephone number in the telephone number search unit 32 can be registered not only in the name but also in the name. In this case, the caller information storage unit 33, The telephone number searching unit 32 transmits the registered property information together with the caller information to the TTS processing unit 34 so that the corresponding telephone number and corresponding caller identification information The TTS processing unit 34 can synthesize announcement voices corresponding to the respective attributes and output them through the speaker 35 as shown in the example of Table 2 below. At this time, it is preferable that the TTS processing unit 34 manages table 2 in order to synthesize the guidance voice suited to each attribute in Table 2.

Caller's phone number Caller identification information property (02) 123-4567 Hong Gil Dong Person (0331) 450-1234 LG Electronics Mutual ... ... ...

property Guide voice Person (Hong Gil-dong). Mutual (LG Electronics). Unregistered (if only caller's phone number is delivered) (XXX-XXXX).

Therefore, when the user registers the caller identification information called 'Hong Gil Dong', when the caller (Hong Gil Dong) requests the call reception, the user can hear a voice such as' It is a call from Hong Gil Dong So that it is possible to more easily confirm who is the caller (Hong Gil-dong) when receiving a call.

However, if the caller's telephone number provided at the time of call termination is not the pre-registered sender's telephone number at step S43, only the corresponding sender's telephone number is transmitted to the TTS processing unit 34. The TTS processing unit 34 then, Only the caller's telephone number received in text form from the telephone 32 is converted into voice, and then a predetermined announcement voice, that is, a call from '000 is synthesized, is output through the speaker 35 S46), so that the user can hear the voice such as "It is the call from XXX-XXXX" instead of the ringing tone, so that it is easier to check which telephone number (XXX-XXXX) .

Meanwhile, in the embodiment of the present invention described above, the TTS processing unit 34 first converts the caller's telephone number or identification information received in the form of a text into a voice, and then synthesizes a predetermined announcement voice and outputs it through the speaker 35 However, in another embodiment, a text corresponding to a predetermined announcement voice may be first synthesized with a caller's telephone number or identification information transmitted in text form, then converted into voice and outputted through a speaker 35 .

The embodiments according to the present invention are not limited to those described above, and various alternatives, modifications, and changes may be made within the scope of the present invention to those skilled in the art. For example, , The caller's telephone number provided at the time of call reception is the pre-registered caller's telephone number. In the above-described embodiment, only the caller identification information corresponding to the caller's telephone number is converted into voice and outputted. However, in another embodiment In addition to the caller identification information, the caller's telephone number may also be converted into voice and output.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is confirmed whether or not the sender's telephone number provided from the telephone office is registered upon reception of a call, and the telephone number or identification information (personal name, mutual name, etc.) It is possible to more effectively provide the caller information to the user, for example, the caller who is currently requested to be called at a long distance can be confirmed.

Claims (2)

A caller's telephone number registered through a caller information registration unit by a user, and a caller information storage unit storing identification information, so that the caller information is transmitted to the user, In a providing device, The calling party's telephone number is retrieved from the calling party information storage unit to check whether or not the calling party's telephone number is registered, and if the telephone number of the calling party requesting the incoming call is not registered, the calling party's telephone number is transmitted to the calling party's telephone number A telephone number search unit for fetching and delivering caller identification information corresponding to the caller's telephone number when the number is registered; And a TTS processing unit for converting a caller's telephone number or caller identification information transmitted in text form from the telephone number search unit into voice and synthesizing a predetermined announcement voice and outputting it as a voice through a speaker Voice output device. The method according to claim 1, Wherein the TTS processing unit synthesizes different announcement voices according to the attributes of the caller's telephone number or caller identification information transmitted from the telephone number searching unit and outputs the synthesized voices through a speaker.