JP2000138773A - Television receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To readily confirm a telephone number from a place away from a telephone set by detecting and storing the telephone number of a calling side which comes to the telephone set and displaying the stored telephone number on a television receiving part connected to the telephone set. SOLUTION: When an incoming call is received at a telephone set 2 connected to a television receiver, a CPU 14 sends a control signal that makes the bell of the telephone set 2 sound to the telephone set 2 to ring the bell and finishes processing, when the power of a TV functioning part 100 is in an off state. Because a RAM 17 stores a telephone number detected by a number display circuit 13, a user can show it on a CRT display 24 later and confirm it. When the power of the part 100 is in an on state, the CPU 14 superimposes the telephone number detected by the circuit 13 on an image outputted by a TV circuit 21 with an OSD circuit 22 by drawing it in a VRAM 18 and shows it on the CRT display 24.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a television receiver, and more particularly to a television receiver having a telephone number display function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art From February 1, 1998, NTT has started a number display service throughout Japan. Specifically, this service is a service in which when a call is received at a certain telephone, the telephone number of the calling telephone is displayed on a display attached to the called telephone. By using this service, the telephone number of the calling telephone can be determined without picking up the handset at the called side, so that it is possible to prevent mischievous calls and nuisance calls. In the event that the telephone number of the other party has been lost, the telephone number of the other party is known, so that it is possible to take a subsequent action.

[0003]

By the way, in order to use the number display service, an adapter having a dedicated function and a display is connected to an old telephone, or a telephone having a similar function is newly prepared. There is a need to. Also, if the phone bell turns,
In order to confirm the telephone number of the other party, it is necessary to look at the display of the telephone or the adapter, and it is troublesome when the user is away from the telephone.

The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and displays a telephone number to be displayed by a number display service on a display of a television receiver so as to be away from a telephone or an adapter. It is another object of the present invention to provide a television receiver that can easily confirm a telephone number in such a case.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a more convenient television receiver by displaying a user name or the like corresponding to a telephone number as an additional function.

[0006] With the spread of the Internet in recent years, a television receiver having a function that can use the Internet has been put into practical use. In such a television receiver, a telephone line is connected due to the nature of the Internet, and furthermore, a modem, an NCU (network control device) and the like are built in. Therefore, it is easy to use the original display of the television receiver. It is possible to realize a number display service.

[0007]

A television receiver according to a first aspect of the present invention is connected to a television receiver for receiving a television broadcast and displaying the television broadcast on a display device, and connected to the telephone. A telephone number detecting unit that detects a telephone number of a calling side when a call is made, a telephone number storing unit that stores a telephone number detected by the telephone number detecting unit, and a telephone number stored in the telephone number storing unit. A telephone number display unit having a display control unit for displaying a number on the display device.

In the television receiver according to the first aspect of the invention, when a call is received to the connected telephone, the telephone number of the calling side is displayed on the display device of the television receiving unit. Even if it is, it becomes possible to easily confirm the telephone number.

A television receiver according to a second aspect of the present invention is the television receiver according to the first aspect, wherein a telephone number and information corresponding to the telephone number are registered in advance and stored in the telephone number storage section. A comparison unit that compares the stored telephone number with a telephone number registered in the telephone number registration unit, wherein the display control unit stores the telephone number when the comparison result by the comparison unit matches The information registered in the telephone number registration unit corresponding to the telephone number stored in the unit is displayed on the display device.

In the television receiver according to the second aspect of the present invention, when the telephone number of the calling side is registered in advance, information registered in combination with the telephone number, such as a name and a company name, is displayed. Since it is displayed on the device, it is easy to find out where the call came from.

A television receiver according to a third aspect of the present invention is a television receiver according to the first or second aspect, wherein the power supply of the television receiver is turned on to block a call signal to the telephone. Is further provided.

In the television receiver according to the third aspect of the invention, when a call is received on the telephone when the television receiver is on and the television broadcast is displayed on the display device, the telephone ringing the telephone rings. It is possible to prevent it from being done.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a state of connection of a television receiver according to the present invention to a telephone line. Television receiver according to the present invention (hereinafter referred to as the present device) 1
Is connected to LINE terminal 11 and existing telephone 2 TEL terminal
12 is provided, and the LINE terminal 11 is connected to the central office S1 via a telephone line. The telephone office S1 is connected to a public line
N) Connection to another central office via 4. Here, the telephone 5 connected to the telephone station S2 is shown as the other party to call (calling side).

The device of the present invention also has a remote control device 3 attached thereto. This remote control device 3 is basically the same as the one attached to a normal television receiver, and is similar to the remote control device 3 for turning on / off the power of the television receiver.
It is possible to remotely control channel switching, volume control, and the like, and also has a function unique to the present invention as described later. In addition, reference symbols
Reference numeral 30 denotes a receiving device of the remote control device 3.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the functional configuration of the apparatus 1 of the present invention. The TV functional unit 100 basically has a known configuration as a television receiver and a number display function is realized. A power supply to the TV function unit 100 can be performed by a user's operation, but the number display function unit 200 is always supplied with power at all times in principle.

As described above, the device 1 of the present invention is provided with the LINE terminal 11 and the TEL terminal 12 to which the existing telephone 2 is connected, and the LINE terminal 11 is connected to the public line network 4 via the telephone line. It is connected. On the other hand, these terminals 11 and 12 are connected to a number display circuit 13 in the device 1 of the present invention. The number display circuit 13 has a function equivalent to that of an adapter for a number display service, and when receiving a call to the telephone 2, detects the other party, that is, the telephone number of the calling side, and outputs it to the bus 10.

The bus 10 is connected to a CPU 14, a ROM 15, a flash memory 16, a RAM 17, a VRAM 18, a receiving circuit 30 of the remote control device 3, and the like.

The CPU 14 functions as a control center of the device 1 of the present invention, receives a signal transmitted from the remote control device 3 from the receiving circuit 30 via the bus 10, controls the TV circuit 21, and controls the TV circuit 21 to display an image on the CRT display 24. Display and speaker
In addition to controlling the audio output to 23, it controls the number display function that characterizes the present invention, as described below.

The ROM 15 is a non-rewritable non-volatile memory for storing programs and various data necessary for control by the CPU 14. The flash memory 16 stores a telephone number and a name (company name, store name) as described later. RAM 17 is a rewritable non-volatile memory for the user to register and store the correspondence with
4 is a rewritable volatile memory that temporarily stores data and the like necessary for the control by 4 and is used for temporary storage of telephone numbers and the like.

The VRAM 18 is a memory in which image data of various information to be displayed on the CRT display 24 is drawn under the control of the CPU 14, and the drawing result is represented by an OSD (On Screen Disp.
lay) circuit 22. The OSD circuit 22 superimposes the image output from the VRAM 18 on the image output from the TV circuit 21 and
Display on the RT display 24.

The TV circuit 21, OSD circuit 22, speaker 2
3, CRT display 24, receiving circuit 30VRAM18, etc. are included in TV function unit 100, and other number display circuit 13, CP
The number display function unit 200 includes U14, ROM 15, flash memory 16, RAM 17, and the like.

FIG. 3 shows that when a predetermined key arranged on the remote control device 3 is pressed, the CPU 14
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a soft keyboard displayed on the CRT display 24 by drawing on the AM 18. The user operates the soft keyboard 6 displayed on the CRT display 24.
By performing an operation of moving the cursor 61 on a desired key and determining and inputting the same with the remote control device 3, desired characters can be input on the screen of the CRT display 24.

Therefore, the user can input the telephone number and the corresponding name using this soft keyboard.
, The CPU 14 registers the information in the flash memory 16 in the form of a table. Needless to say, an actual keyboard can be connected to the device 1 of the present invention and used instead of the soft keyboard.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a registration state of a telephone number and a name in a table of the flash memory 16. In this example, the combination of the telephone number and the name is "012-".
345-6789 "and" Sanyo Shoten "," 023-456-7890 "and" Taro Yamada "," 034-567-8910 "and" Hanako Yamamoto "are registered.

FIG. 5 shows a television receiver, that is, a TV function unit.
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a display screen on a CRT display 24 for setting whether or not to ring the bell of the telephone when the power of 100 is on. Whether to ring the bell of the telephone 2 can be controlled by transmitting the call signal transmitted from the telephone station S1 to the telephone 2 as it is or by cutting off the call signal.

When the user presses down a predetermined key of the remote control device 3, the CPU 14
Since the image is drawn on the AM 18 and displayed on the CRT display 24, the user operates the remote control device 3 to select either “sound” or “sound off”, saves the settings, and ends the process. When the user selects "ring" by such an operation on the screen, a call is received even when the power supply of the apparatus of the present invention, that is, the TV function unit 100 of the television receiver 1 is on. In this case, if the user selects “do not ring” so that the bell of the telephone 2 rings, the bell of the telephone 2 will be ringed even if a call is received when the power of the TV function unit 100 is on. The CPU 14 controls so as not to sound.

In the screen shown in FIG. 5, when the user operates the remote control device 3 to designate the "register telephone number" portion, the above-mentioned FIG.
The soft keyboard shown in CRT display 24
Is displayed, it becomes possible to input a telephone number and a corresponding name.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the number display service of the device 1 of the present invention.
Executed by U14. In this case, the telephone number and the name corresponding to the telephone number are registered in advance and stored as a table in the flash memory 16 in a state as shown in FIG. It is assumed that the setting of whether or not to sound is performed in advance.

Now, for example, the telephone number of the telephone 5 shown in FIG. 1 is "012-345-6789" and this telephone 5
It is assumed that an outgoing call is made and a call is received to the telephone 2 connected to the apparatus 1 of the present invention (step S11). In this case, since the telephone number "012-345-6789" of the telephone 5 is detected by the number display circuit 13, the CPU 14 reads the telephone number and reads the telephone number registered in the table stored in the flash memory 16. And (Step S12).

As a result of the comparison in step S12, if the matching telephone number is not registered in the table of the flash memory 16 ("NO" in step S12), the CPU 14
Represents the telephone number detected by the number display circuit 13
It is stored in M17 (step S13). On the other hand, if the matching telephone number is registered in the table of the flash memory 16 ("YES" in step S12), the CPU 14 registers the matching telephone number and the corresponding telephone number in the table of the flash memory 16. Store the name and name in RAM17 (Step
S14).

When a call is received from the telephone 5 whose telephone number is “012-345-6789” to the telephone 2 connected to the apparatus 1 of the present invention, the telephone number “012-345-6789” is stored in the flash memory 16. The CPU 14 reads out the registered name “Sanyo Shoten” and stores it in the RAM 17.

If the power supply of the TV function unit 100 is off ("NO" in step S15), the CPU 14 sends a control signal for ringing the bell of the telephone 2 to the telephone 2 to ring the bell ( Step S16), end the process. However, also in this case, the telephone number detected by the number display circuit 13 (and the corresponding name if the corresponding name is registered in the table of the flash memory 16) is stored in the RAM 17 so that it is stored later. The user can display it on the CRT display 24 and confirm it.

On the other hand, in step S15, the TV function unit 100
Is turned on ("YE" in step S15).
S "), the CPU 14 stores the telephone number detected by the number display circuit 13 (the corresponding name is the flash memory 16).
VR if the name is registered in the table)
By drawing on the AM 18, the OSD circuit 22 allows the TV circuit 21
Are displayed on the CRT display 24 so as to be superimposed on the image output by (step S17).

When the power of the TV function unit 100 as described above is turned on, a call is received from the telephone 5 whose telephone number is "012-345-6789" to the telephone 2 connected to the apparatus 1 of the present invention. , The CPU 14 stores the telephone number “012-
345-6789 "and the registered name" Sanyo Shoten "corresponding thereto are drawn in the VRAM 18. This allows
As shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 7, a window 102 having a telephone number display window 103 and a name display window 104 is displayed below the screen 101 of the device 1 of the present invention. 5's phone number “012-345-6789” is displayed in the name display window 104
Displays "Sanyo Shoten".

In the case where the user has set so as not to ring the bell of the telephone 2 using the screen of FIG.
("NO" in step S18), the CPU 14 terminates the process as it is, but if it is set to ring the bell of the telephone 2 ("YES" in step S18), the CPU 14 resets the bell of the telephone 2 A control signal for sounding is sent to the telephone 2 to sound the bell (step S19).

In the above embodiment, the telephone number of the calling party and the registered name (company name, store name, etc.) are displayed together. When a name (company name, store name, etc.) is registered corresponding to the telephone number, only the name (company name, store name, etc.) need be displayed in practical use. However, needless to say, if the name (company name, store name, etc.) corresponding to the telephone number is not registered, it is necessary to display the telephone number. When the phone is set not to ring, it is possible to add a function that uses the audio circuit of the television receiver to guide the incoming call with synthesized voice. It is.

Further, with the spread of the Internet in recent years, a television receiver having a function that can use the Internet has been put to practical use. In such a television receiver, a telephone line is connected due to the nature of the Internet, and furthermore, a modem, an NCU (network control device) and the like are built in, so that the above-described device of the present invention can be easily realized. Becomes possible.

[0039]

As described in detail above, according to the television receiver of the first invention, a call is received to the telephone when the television receiver is on and the television broadcast is displayed on the display device. Then, the telephone number of the calling side is displayed on the display device, so that it is possible to easily know the telephone number of the calling side even when away from the telephone.

According to the television receiver of the second invention, when the telephone number of the calling side is registered in advance, information registered in combination with the telephone number, such as a name and a company name, is displayed. Since it is displayed on the device, it is possible to easily know the caller even if the user does not remember the telephone number.

Further, according to the television receiver of the third aspect of the invention, when a telephone is called while the television receiver is on and a television broadcast is displayed on the display device, the ringing bell of the telephone rings. Since it is possible to prevent the television broadcast from being interrupted, the television broadcast is not disturbed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a state of connection of a television receiver according to the present invention to a telephone line.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a functional configuration example of a television receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing a soft keyboard displayed on the television receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a registration state of a telephone number and a name of the television receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a display screen for setting whether to ring a bell of the telephone of the television receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a number display service of the television receiver according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a display state of a number display service of the television receiver according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Television receiver 2 Telephone 5 Telephone 13 Number display circuit 14 CPU 16 Flash memory (table) 17 RAM 24 CRT display 100 TV function unit 200 Number display function unit

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A television receiving unit for receiving a television broadcast and displaying it on a display device, and a telephone number detecting device connected to the telephone and detecting a telephone number of a calling side when the telephone is received. Unit, a telephone number storage unit that stores a telephone number detected by the telephone number detection unit, and a display control unit that displays the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage unit on the display device. A television receiver, comprising: a display unit. 2. A telephone number registration unit in which a telephone number and information corresponding to the telephone number are registered in advance, and a telephone number stored in the telephone number storage unit and a telephone registered in the telephone number registration unit. A comparison unit that compares the number with the telephone number registration unit, wherein the display control unit corresponds to the telephone number stored in the telephone number storage unit when the comparison result by the comparison unit matches. 2. The television receiver according to claim 1, wherein information registered in the television receiver is displayed on the display device. 3. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means for interrupting a call signal to said telephone when said television receiver is turned on.
3. The television receiver according to item 1.