JP2000059484A - Cordless telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply and quickly retrieve KANA (Japanese syllabary) characters with one-hand operations in the cordless telephone set. SOLUTION: When a shift key is closed while a shuttle key is locked upward, processing of retrieving KANA characters in a direction of increasing consonants in an ascending order is executed (S20-S40). Meanwhile, when the shift key is open (S30: NO), retrieval processing for KANA characters in a direction of increasing vowels in the ascending order is executed (S50). Furthermore, when the shift key is closed while the shuttle key is locked downward, retrieval processing for KANA characters in a direction of decreasing consonants in the descending order is executed (S60-S80), and when the shift key is open (S70: NO), retrieval processing for KANA characters in a direction of decreasing vowels in the descending order is executed (S90).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cordless parent-child cordless telephone, a portable telephone, and a cordless telephone such as a PHS.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, in cordless telephones such as cordless parent-child telephones, portable telephones, and PHSs, the telephone book registration information is searched in the ascending or descending order by a shuttle key on the side of the main body. Rocking key)
And jog dial (rotary key for searching phonebook registration information in ascending or descending order by rotating)
Are known.

In this type of cordless telephone, the shuttle key is swung up and down, and the telephone directory is searched in ascending order or descending order in eyewear according to the swinging direction,
By rotating the jog dial up and down, it is possible to search the telephone directory in ascending order or descending order according to the rotation direction according to the rotation direction. According to these conventional cordless telephones, the telephone directory can be searched only by operating such a shuttle key or jog dial with one hand, which is very convenient.

[0004]

However, the shuttle key and the jog dial of the conventional cordless telephone only search one-dimensionally in ascending or descending order. There is a problem that it takes time to perform a search for. In particular, recently, as the size and cost of memories have been reduced, the amount of information that can be stored in cordless handsets, mobile phones, etc. has increased, making it difficult to search for telephone directory registration information. Is a more serious problem in improving operability.

In addition, when registering a telephone directory or the like in a conventional cordless telephone, by using a kana character input function assigned to the numeric keypad, for example, the numeric key "4" is pressed five times by pressing the numeric keypad. A character input method such as inputting a character "" is adopted. For this reason, when entering characters, hold the phone body with one hand,
It is necessary to perform an operation of pressing the numeric keypad with the other hand, and there is a problem that characters cannot be input with one hand.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a cordless telephone of this type which enables a quick search for kana characters, such as ta-line to c-line, which are in the middle of kana characters in the order of Iueo. A first object is to enable input of kana characters by one-handed operation, and a third object is to enable quick search of telephone directory registration information by one-handed operation. Aim.

[0007]

In order to achieve the first object, a cordless telephone according to claim 1 is a cordless telephone such as a cordless parent-child telephone, a portable telephone, or a PHS. Character storage means for storing in a two-dimensional matrix of vowel directions and consonant directions so as to be readable, and reading directions of kana characters stored in the character storage means, the vowel direction or consonant direction of the two-dimensional matrix. And character search means for searching for the kana characters stored in the character storage means in ascending or descending order according to the reading direction determined by the reading direction determining means.

According to the cordless telephone of the first aspect, the reading direction determining means is operated to read the kana character stored in the character storing means so that the reading can be performed in a two-dimensional matrix of the vowel direction and the consonant direction. Read direction
Determine whether to use vowel direction or consonant direction. By operating the character search means, the kana characters can be read in ascending or descending order according to the reading direction determined by the reading direction determining means. As a result,
According to the cordless telephone according to the first aspect, in performing the search of the telephone directory registration information, the input of the kana character, and the like, when specifying the kana character, only the reading direction determination means and the character search means are operated. Characters can be searched in a two-dimensional matrix, and desired kana characters can be quickly selected.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cordless telephone according to the first aspect, wherein the character searched by the character search means is input by a character. Character input determining means, and the reading direction determining means, the character search means, and the character input determining means can be operated with one hand holding the telephone when holding the telephone body with one hand. Mounted in position.

According to the cordless telephone of the second aspect, the reading direction determining means and the character searching means can
After quickly reading the kana characters in a two-dimensional matrix, the input of the selected character can be determined by operating the character input determining means. Moreover,
According to the cordless telephone of the second aspect, while holding the telephone body with one hand, the reading direction determining means, the character search means, and the character input determining means can be operated with one hand holding the telephone body. By performing one-handed operation, a search in a two-dimensional matrix is executed, and a desired kana character can be quickly selected and determined as a character input.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cordless telephone according to the first aspect, further comprising: a telephone directory registration unit for registering telephone directory registration information; A telephone directory registration information retrieving unit for retrieving telephone directory registration information registered in the telephone directory registration unit in an ascending or descending order; and a character retrieved by the character retrieving unit. A search start character determining means for determining the initial character at the start of the search, wherein the reading direction determining means, the character searching means, the telephone directory registration information searching means, and the search starting character determining means hold the telephone body with one hand. When it is held, it is attached to a position where it can be operated with one hand of the person holding the telephone.

According to the cordless telephone of the present invention, the kana character is quickly read in a two-dimensional matrix by the reading direction determining means and the character searching means.
By operating the search start character determination unit, the selected character is determined as the search start character by the telephone directory registration information search unit. By operating the telephone directory registration information search means, the telephone directory registration information can be searched in ascending or descending order by using the selected characters as initials for starting the telephone directory registration information search. Therefore,
For example, to search for telephone directory registration information with a name such as "Tokichi Ichiro", the reading direction determining means and the character searching means are operated to read "G" as a search start character, and then the character is determined. In advance, by searching the registered contents of the phonebook registration information in ascending order,
Compared with the case where the telephone directory registration information is searched in the ascending order or the descending order in the order of the eye phones, the target telephone directory registration information can be searched very quickly. Moreover, according to the cordless telephone of the third aspect, the telephone is held while the telephone body is held with one hand by the reading direction determination means, the character search means, the telephone directory registration information search means, and the search start character determination means. Since it is mounted at a position where one of the two hands can operate, one-handed operation can be performed from the search of the two-dimensional matrix to the search of the telephone directory registration information.

[0013] For example, the character search means and the telephone directory registration information search means may be constituted by a rocking key attached to the side of the main body which can be operated with the thumb when holding the telephone main body with one hand. Good. When the swing key is operated by the thumb, a shift key that can be pressed by the index finger may be attached to the side of the main body opposite to the attachment position of the swing key.
Also, the character input determining means and the search start character determining means are set so that the swing key can be pushed and operated, and the desired character is displayed on a display means such as a liquid crystal display while swinging the swing key with the thumb. It is preferable that the character be determined by performing a pressing operation when the character is pressed. The character search means and the telephone directory registration information search means may be the same swing key. further,
The swing key itself as the character search means can also be used as the reading direction determining means. For example, a rocking key as a character search means can be rocked in a direction intersecting with a rocking direction for determining an ascending order or a descending order, and a two-dimensional matrix is determined by a rocking state in the crossing direction. Vowel direction or consonant direction can be determined as a reading direction.

[0014]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a base unit 10 connected to a telephone line and an external line as shown in FIG.
A child device 50 that communicates with a parent device via a wireless line as shown in FIG.
And a cordless parent-child telephone set.

The base unit 10 is configured as a multifunctional telephone having an answering machine function, a facsimile communication function, a copy function, and the like. The main unit 10 includes, as main components, a controller 11 which controls the control center and an operation panel 1.
3, liquid crystal display (LCD) 15, calling bell 17,
Scanner 19, printer 21, codec / decoder 23, modem 25, line control circuit (NCU) 27, handset 2
9, speaker 31, microphone 33, wireless communication control circuit 3
5, an antenna 37 and a switch 39.

The controller 11 includes a CPU, ROM, R
This is a logical operation circuit including an AM, an EEPROM, a timer, and the like, and its CPU executes various control processes such as voice response control. Note that programs for various control processes executed by the CPU and data necessary for the control processes are stored in a ROM in advance.
Is stored in The RAM is used as a work area and a buffer in various control processes. further,
The EEPROM is provided for storing information such as telephone directory registration. In addition, the timer is used for processing such as measuring the duration of a voice in voice response control.

The operation panel 13 has a numeric keypad used for inputting a telephone number and a facsimile number for communication with the outside, and a function for switching a mode for executing a facsimile function of the base unit 10 and the like. A key, an enter key pressed when registering a telephone directory, and the like are provided. The LCD 15 is used for displaying a function selection when activating a facsimile transmission function, displaying a telephone number of a caller corresponding to a number display service, displaying various messages, and the like. is there. The ringing bell 17 is for ringing the ringing bell when there is an incoming call from an outside line. In addition, the ringing bell 17 repeats ringing for one second and stopping for two seconds at the time of an incoming call to notify of the incoming call. The scanner 19 is provided for reading a document when facsimile transmission or copying is performed by the master device 10. The printer 21 is provided to print out facsimile data received from the outside on recording paper or to execute a copy function of printing out image data of a document read by the scanner 19 on recording paper. Code / decoder 23
Encodes image data read by the scanner 19 in facsimile transmission into a data format for facsimile transmission such as G3 compression format, or decodes compressed facsimile image data into data in a format that can be output to a printer. It is provided in order to.

The modem 25 and the NCU 27 are provided to communicate with the outside and to perform facsimile transmission / reception via a telephone line. Further, in the present embodiment, the modem 25 transmits a voice in a predetermined frequency band corresponding to a human voice so that the modem 25 can also function as a DSP for making a line connection by voice response at the time of an incoming call from an outside line. It is configured to be able to perform processing such as extraction.

The handset 29 performs a call via a telephone line by making an off-hook operation when making a call through an outside line or when an incoming call is made from an outside line. The speaker 31 is provided to output the voice of the other party when a conversation is performed in a hands-free state (hereinafter, referred to as “hands-free talk”). Further, the microphone 33 is provided for detecting the voice of the user during a hands-free talk and transmitting the voice to the other party, or for detecting a voice response for starting the hands-free talk at the time of an incoming call. In addition, the wireless communication control circuit 35
It is provided for performing wireless communication between the parent device 10 and the child device 50 via the antenna 37. Further, the switch 39
Is for switching between the voice input from the microphone 33 and the voice input from the slave unit 50 received by the antenna 37 to the modem 25.

The slave unit 50 includes, as main components, a controller 51 for controlling the control center, an operation panel 53, and an LC.
D55, call bell 57, speaker 61, microphone 63, wireless communication control circuit 65, and antenna 67 are provided.

The controller 51 includes a CPU, ROM, R
This is a logical operation circuit including an AM, an EEPROM, and the like, and its CPU executes various control processes such as a character search process described later. Note that programs for various control processes executed by the CPU and data necessary for the control processes are stored in a ROM in advance.
Is stored in In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, in particular, as data for character input and for determining the search start character of the telephone directory registration information, 50 kana characters are composed of a vowel direction (Y direction) and a consonant direction (Y direction). (X direction) in advance so as to be readable in a two-dimensional matrix form. The RAM is used as a work area and a buffer in various control processes. Furthermore, E
The EPROM is provided for storing information such as telephone directory registration.

The appearance of the slave unit 50 is configured as shown in FIG. 3. An LCD 55 is arranged on an upper part of a main body 69, and a number of key groups 70 as an operation panel 53 are arranged below the LCD 55. Are located. By pressing the “catch / function” key arranged at the lower right of these key groups 70, the processing mode of the slave unit 50 is switched to a telephone directory registration mode, a telephone directory search mode, or the like. Can be done. The "catch / function" key is also used to activate a call waiting function when an incoming call is received during an outside line call. In addition, each key of the key group 70 includes a numeric keypad for inputting a numerical value described on the surface thereof, an “outside line” key for performing an off-hook operation, a “disconnect” key for performing an on-hook operation, and an outside line call. When pressed during the hold mode, it is set to the hold mode. When it is pressed at the normal time, the "hold / extension" key is set to the extension call mode. The "speakerphone" key is used to switch to the speakerphone. Key and the like. The numeric keypad also has functions for setting and canceling the answering machine function of the base unit by remote control, and for playing back messages recorded on the answering machine by remote control. I have. Further, the speaker 61 is provided at the top of the main body 69,
The microphone 63 is arranged at the bottom of the main body 69.

In addition, on the right side of the main body 69, when reading a kana character in order to determine a character for inputting a character or searching for telephone directory registration information, the reading direction is set to a vowel direction or a consonant direction. A shift key 71 for determining whether or not the shift key is provided is provided. When the shift key 71 is depressed with the index finger of the left hand, the shift key 71 is turned on and the vowel direction is set as the reading direction. In the shift-off state, the reading direction is set to the consonant direction. On the left side of the main body 69, a shuttle key 73 for reading kana characters and telephone directory registration information in ascending or descending order when inputting characters or searching for telephone directory registration information is provided. . This shuttle key 73
The search in the ascending order is executed by pushing up the bar 73a upward with the left thumb, and the search in the descending order is executed by pushing down the bar 73a downward with the left thumb. ing. Also, the entire shuttle key 73 can be pushed toward the main body 69, and the kana character searched by this pushing operation is determined as an input character or a search start character of telephone directory registration information. I have. For example, it is configured such that the kana character searched by pressing once is determined as the initial character at the time of starting the search of the telephone directory registration information, and the kana character searched by pressing twice is determined as the input character in inputting the kana. Keep it. Note that the shift key 7
1 and the shuttle key 73, as shown in FIG.
Is held so that the user can hold down the shift key 71 with the index finger while operating the shuttle key 73 with the thumb when holding the main body 69.

The LCD 55 displays the telephone number of the caller corresponding to the number display service,
It is provided for displaying search characters at the time of kana character search, displaying the name and telephone number of the other party when searching the telephone directory registration information, and displaying various other messages. The ringing bell 57 is for ringing the ringing bell when there is an incoming call from an outside line. The ringing bell 57 repeats ringing for one second and stopping for two seconds at the time of an incoming call to notify of the incoming call.

The speaker 61 is used to communicate with an outside line or
It is provided to output the voice of the other party during an extension call with the user. On the other hand, the microphone 63 is provided to detect the voice of the handset 50 side and transmit it to the outside line or the base unit 10 during an external call or an internal call. The microphone 63 also has a role of detecting a voice response for starting hands-free talk at the time of an incoming call. Also,
The wireless communication control circuit 65 controls the slave 5 via the antenna 67.
It is provided for performing wireless communication between the master device 10 and the master device 10.

Next, the contents of the kana character search control processing executed by the cordless parent-child telephone of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In this process, first, it is determined whether or not a key input has been made (S10). If there is a key input (S10: YES), the key input is performed by the shuttle key 73.
It is determined whether the input is a key input indicating that has been swung upward (S20). If it is determined that the shuttle key 73 has been swung upward (S20: YES), then it is determined whether or not the shift key 71 has been turned on (S20).
30). If the shift key 71 is turned on (S30: YES), the kana character is searched in the ascending order of the consonant direction of the kana character (X direction of the two-dimensional matrix in FIG. 2) to the + (plus) side. Execute the processing (S4
0). On the other hand, when the shift key 71 is off (S3
0: NO), a process of searching for the kana character in ascending order of the vowel direction of the kana character (the Y direction of the two-dimensional matrix in FIG. 2) to the + (plus) side is executed (S50).

If it is determined in S20 that the shuttle key 73 has not been swung up (S20: NO), then the key input is made to the shuttle key 73.
It is determined whether the input is a key input indicating that has been swung downward (S60). If it is determined that the shuttle key 73 has been swung downward (S60: YES), then it is determined whether or not the shift key 71 has been turned on (S7).
0). When the shift key 71 is turned on (S70: YES), the consonant direction of the kana character (FIG. 2)
(X direction of the two-dimensional matrix) is searched for kana characters in descending order to the-(minus) side (S8).
0). On the other hand, when the shift key 71 is off (S7
0: NO), a process of searching for the kana character in descending order of the vowel direction of the kana character (the Y direction of the two-dimensional matrix in FIG. 2) to the-(minus) side (S90).

If it is determined in S20 and S60 that the shuttle key 73 has not been swung up and down (S60: NO), other key input processing is executed (S100).

Thus, according to the present embodiment, kana characters are retrieved in ascending or descending order in the vowel or consonant direction according to the operation states of the shift key 71 and the shuttle key 73, and the desired kana character is displayed on the LCD 55. The shuttle key 73 is set to the neutral state in the displayed state. When the shuttle key 73 is depressed only once in this state, the current LCD 5
The kana character displayed in 5 is registered as the initial character at the start of the search when searching the telephone directory registration information later. For example, if the shuttle key 73 is set to the neutral state and the push-in operation is performed only once while the kana character “g” is displayed on the LCD 55, the shuttle key 73
Is swung up and down to determine "G" as the initial character at the start of the search when searching the telephone directory registration information. As a result, for example, in the case of searching for and reading a telephone number registered under the address of "Tokyo Ichiro", the purpose is much quicker than in the case of searching for telephone directory registration information in ascending or descending order in aileo. You can search for phone numbers.

Similarly, if the desired kana character is
When the shuttle key 73 is set to the neutral state in the state displayed on the screen 55 and the shuttle key 73 is pressed twice in this state, the kana character currently displayed on the LCD 55 is determined as an input character at the time of telephone directory registration or the like. You. Therefore, by repeating the above-described processing, for example, “Tokyo Taro”
The input of the address at the time of registering the telephone directory can be executed by one-handed operation of the shift key 71 and the shuttle key 73.

As described above, according to the cordless handset 50 of the present embodiment, it is possible to easily and quickly input a kana character and retrieve telephone directory registration information by one-handed operation. The effect of being able to execute character input and retrieval of telephone directory registration information very quickly compared to the conventional one in which kana characters are retrieved in the order of Iueo is exerted.

While one embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and various other forms can be adopted without departing from the gist of the present invention. Of course.

For example, without providing the shift key 71, the shuttle key 73 is configured to be swingable in a direction perpendicular to the plane of FIG. 3, and the search direction by the shuttle key 73 is determined by the swing direction. It is also possible to adopt a configuration that can switch between the direction and the consonant direction.

The present invention can be applied not only to the cordless handset of the cordless parent-child phone but also to various cordless phones such as a mobile phone and a PHS.

Further, the present invention is not limited to inputting kana characters for telephone directory registration, and if a cordless telephone has a function of transmitting and receiving short messages, the configuration for inputting kana characters in the present invention is applied to input of such short messages. can do.

In addition, a function for converting kana characters input by operating the shuttle key into kanji may be provided.

[0038]

As described above, claims 1 to 3 are described.
According to this cordless telephone, it is possible to quickly search for a kana character such as a line from a line to a line in the middle of kana characters in the order of Iueo.

According to the cordless telephone set of the second aspect, in addition to the above-described effects, the kana character input can be easily and quickly performed by one-handed operation.

According to the cordless telephone set of the third aspect, it is possible to easily and quickly search the telephone directory registration information by one-handed operation.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a cordless parent-child phone according to an embodiment, where (A) is a block diagram of a parent device and (B) is a block diagram of a child device.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a state in which kana characters in the embodiment are stored in a ROM of a child device so that the characters can be read in a two-dimensional matrix.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a key arrangement state in the child device of the cordless parent-child telephone of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the contents of a kana character search control process according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... master unit, 11 ... controller, 13 ...
Operation panel, 15 ... LCD, 17 ... Call bell,
25: Modem, 27: NCU, 29: Handset, 31: Speaker, 33: Microphone, 3
5 wireless communication control circuit, 37 antenna, 39
... Switcher, 50 ... Slave unit, 51 ... Controller, 53 ... Operation panel, 55 ... LCD, 57
..Call bell, 61 ... Speaker, 63 ... Microphone, 65 ... Wireless communication control circuit, 67 ... Antenna, 69 ... Main body, 70 ... Key group, 71 ... Shift key 73 Shuttle key.

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A cordless telephone such as a cordless parent-child cordless handset, a mobile phone, or a PHS, wherein character storage means for storing kana characters so as to be readable in a two-dimensional matrix of vowel and consonant directions; Reading direction determining means for determining whether a kana character reading direction stored in the character storage means is a vowel direction or a consonant direction of the two-dimensional matrix; and reading the kana character according to the reading direction determined by the reading direction determining means. A cordless telephone comprising: character search means for searching for kana characters stored in a storage means in ascending or descending order. 2. The cordless telephone according to claim 1, further comprising: a character input determining unit that determines a character searched by the character searching unit as a character input; the reading direction determining unit, the character searching unit, and the character input. A cordless telephone, characterized in that the determination means is mounted at a position where the holding means can be operated with one hand when holding the telephone body with one hand. 3. The cordless telephone according to claim 1, wherein: a telephone directory registration unit for registering telephone directory registration information; and a telephone directory registration information registered in the telephone directory registration unit.
A telephone directory registration information search unit for searching in ascending or descending order; and a search start character determination unit for determining a character searched by the character search unit as an initial character at the start of search by the telephone directory registration information search unit. The reading direction determining unit, the character searching unit, the telephone directory registration information searching unit, and the search start character determining unit are operable with one hand holding the telephone when holding the telephone body with one hand. A cordless telephone characterized by being mounted at a position.