JP2002057780A - Wireless telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wireless telephone that allows a user to handle calls in a complete hands-free state by allowing a master set to make dialing with a voice entry from a slave set such as a headset. SOLUTION: The wireless telephone is a headset type telephone set consisting of a combination of the headset A as the slave set and of the master set B. The headset A is provided with a loudspeaker 2a that sounds a voice by a wireless signal from the master set B and with a microphone 4 that transmits a user's voice to the master set A by a wireless signal. The master set B is provided with a voice recognition section that stores and recognizes in advance the voice signal from the headset A and with a control section that receives the voice signal recognized by the voice recognition section and makes dialing.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a headset-type wireless telephone device comprising a headset as a slave unit and a master unit used in combination with the headset, and more particularly to a hands-free wireless telephone device. And a wireless telephone device that can be operated by a voice recognition dial.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to use a telephone in a hands-free state, a headset combined with a base unit has been conventionally used. Most headsets use a headphone type, in which a speaker to one ear and a pad to the other ear are connected by a bendable arm, and another arm is protruded from the speaker or pad to protrude the tip. The basic configuration is to attach a microphone to the camera.

In a headphone-type headset, the user can use the headset in a completely hands-free state by putting the speaker on one ear with the bendable arm over the head and setting the microphone close to the mouth. Can be. A master unit used in combination with a headset usually has, for example, a push-type dial button. Then, the user can talk on the phone by putting the headset on his / her head and pressing the dial button of the master unit.

[0004]

[0007] If a headset is used, the user can talk without using any hands, so that it is possible to use it by hands-free. However,
When operating the master unit, it is necessary to press a dial button, so that the operation is performed by hand. Therefore, in the case of a handicapped person, outgoing calls cannot be made, and it cannot be dealt with completely hands-free.

On the other hand, some known headsets allow dial input by voice identification. In this system, a voice recognition function is provided in a headset to enable dialing by a user's voice input. However, there is a tendency that the circuit configuration and equipment for identifying voice and dial input are complicated, and the weight is increased. Against this background, if the master unit is provided with a voice identification function, the usability of the headset will be significantly improved.

However, in the field of conventional headsets, there has not been developed any device which has a voice recognition function in the master unit and enables dialing by voice input from the headset. Therefore, as described above, there remains a problem that the operation cannot be performed completely hands-free even when the headset is used.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a headset-type wireless telephone device capable of performing a completely hands-free operation by enabling dialing of a base unit by voice input from a headset. I do.

[0008]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a radio telephone apparatus comprising a combination of a headset as a slave unit and a master unit, wherein the headset emits a sound by a radio signal from the master unit. And a microphone for transmitting a user's voice to the master unit by a wireless signal, wherein the master unit previously recognizes and stores a voice signal from the headset, and a voice signal recognized by the voice recognition unit. And a dialing unit for receiving and dialing.

According to the present invention, dialing of the master unit can be performed by voice input from a slave unit such as a headset, so that complete hands-free handling is possible.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The invention according to claim 1 is a radio telephone apparatus comprising a combination of a headset as a slave unit and a master unit, wherein the headset emits a sound by a radio signal from the master unit. And a microphone for transmitting the user's voice to the base unit by a radio signal. The base unit receives a voice signal recognized by the voice recognition unit from a voice recognition unit that recognizes and stores the voice signal from the headset in advance. A wireless telephone device comprising a control unit for performing a ringing operation. Since a dialing operation of the master unit can be performed by voice input from a headset, the wireless telephone device can be used completely hands-free.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the wireless telephone device according to the first aspect, the control section outputs the voice recognized by the voice recognition section as it is to a speaker of the headset. This has the effect that what the user has input by voice can be confirmed by voice from the speaker of the headset.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the wireless device according to the first or second aspect, the master unit includes a speaker driven by the control unit and outputting the voice recognized by the voice recognition unit as it is. This is a telephone device, and has an effect that what the user has input by voice can be confirmed by voice from a speaker of the base unit.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the master unit is provided with a display unit for displaying information based on a voice signal driven by the control unit and recognized by the voice recognition unit. 3. The wireless telephone device according to any one of items 1 to 3, which has a function of visually confirming a voice input by a user as information on a display unit of the master unit.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a slave unit for performing wireless communication and a master unit, and the slave unit has voice input means and transmission means for transmitting a voice signal from the voice input means. Wherein the master unit comprises: receiving means for receiving a voice signal from the transmitting means; voice recognizing means for recognizing the voice signal from the receiving means; and output means for outputting a recognition result of the voice recognizing means. This is a wireless telephone device that can perform dialing operation of the base unit by voice input from the slave unit, so that it can be used completely hands-free and the result of voice recognition can be known, so that it can be used more conveniently. Have.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the wireless telephone device according to the fifth aspect, wherein the output means is a display means, and has an effect that a voice recognition result can be visually confirmed by the display means.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the output means includes a voice synthesizing means for synthesizing a voice corresponding to the recognition result by the voice recognizing means, and a voice output means for outputting the voice synthesized by the voice synthesizing means. 6. The wireless telephone device according to claim 5, wherein the speech recognition result has an effect of being able to be confirmed by a synthesized speech by a speech synthesis unit.

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

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a headset type wireless telephone device according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a headset type radio telephone apparatus according to the present embodiment comprises a radio telephone headset A as a slave unit and a base unit B paired with this headset A. It is.

The headset A of the radio telephone apparatus is provided with a bendable arm 1 which can be used by putting it on a head, a functional section housing 2 attached to one end of the arm 1, and attached to the other end of the arm 1. And a pad 3.

The arm 1 has a built-in antenna 1a for wireless communication with the master unit, and wiring (not shown) for supplying electricity from the battery (described later) stored in the pad 3 to the functional section of the functional section housing 2. Z).

The function unit housing 2 has a built-in wireless unit for processing a signal transmitted and received for wireless communication with the master unit, and has a speaker 2a on a surface facing the pad 3.
A rod 4a is attached to the functional unit housing 2, and the microphone 4 is fixed to the tip of the rod 4a.

The pad 3 is made of a soft material so that the pad 3 can be put on the ears of the user. The pad 3 contains a replaceable battery 3a, and the radio section and the speaker of the functional unit housing 2 are separated from the battery 3a. Driven by energization.

The master unit B has a body 5 on which a push-type dial button 5a displaying numbers 0 to 9 and an auxiliary button 5b having abbreviated dialing and other functions and a hold button 5c are arranged. Further, an antenna 5d for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the wireless unit of the headset A is provided, and a display unit 5e for displaying a call dial and other information is arranged. The display unit 5e utilizes a liquid crystal display panel.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a radio unit of a headset for a radio telephone.

As shown in the figure, the radio unit 10 driven by the battery 3a includes a reception filter 10a, a demodulation unit 10b, and an audio amplification unit 10c provided on the signal reception side from the master unit.
An audio amplification unit 10d, modulation unit 10e, transmission filter 10f provided on the audio signal transmission side from the microphone 4 and a control unit 10g for controlling operations of the demodulation unit 10b and the modulation unit 10e are provided. Note that the block configuration of the wireless unit 10 of such a headset A is the same as that of a conventionally known one.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of functions provided in the master unit.

Base unit B includes a line interface 11a connected to a wired telephone line, a control unit 11b, a modulation unit 11c and a transmission filter 11d provided on the signal transmission side, a reception filter 11e and a demodulation unit 11f provided on the signal reception side. It has a voice recognition unit 11g and a voice synthesis unit 11h. The control unit 11b exchanges signals between the modulation unit 11c and the demodulation unit 11f, and inputs a signal to the control unit 11b after the voice signal from the demodulation unit 11f is recognized by the voice recognition unit 11g. Also, the control unit 11b controls the dial button 5a of the base unit B.
In this configuration, a manual operation can be performed by dialing in response to the input signal, and a signal can be output from the control unit 11b to the dialing function to dial without pressing the dial button 5a. And the control unit 11
b transmits a voice signal to the voice synthesis unit 11h,
A voice is emitted from a speaker 5f built in the main body 5. Further, the input of the dial button 5a is displayed as a number on the display unit 5e via the control unit 11b. The display unit 5e can display not only the telephone number of the call destination at the time of dialing but also information such as what the current operation status is.

In the above configuration, when the arm 1 of the headset A is put on the head and the functional unit housing 2 and the pad 3 are put on both ears, the microphone 4 is located near the mouth. By exchanging communication signals with the master unit B, the voice of the other party can be heard from the speaker 2a, and the user can transmit the voice to the other party by the microphone 4. Anyone who can use their hands freely can perform a call operation by pressing the dial button 5a of the base unit B in the same manner as a normal telephone.

Here, in the present invention, the function unit of the master unit B is provided with a voice recognition unit 11g for storing and recognizing the voice of the user, and the control unit 11b operates the dialing function of the master unit B. . That is, the voice recognizing unit 11g stores and recognizes the voice of the user in advance, activates the dialing function of the master unit B via the control unit 11b by a voice signal, and makes a dial transmission. In such dialing, when the user wearing the headset A speaks the telephone number of the called party toward the microphone 4, the voice recognition unit 11g recognizes the voice and performs a dialing function via the control unit 11b. It is to operate. That is, the user can dial the call destination simply by speaking the call number without pressing the dial button 5a.

The voice recognition signal input to the control section 11b is input to the speaker 5f via the voice synthesis section 11h and transmitted to the user by voice. Even if the speaker 5f is not provided, the voice recognition signal is transmitted to the control unit 11b.
Is transmitted to the wireless unit of the headset A via the modulation unit 11c and the transmission filter 11d, and is output from the speaker 2a. Therefore, the user can confirm whether or not the dial number issued by the user is correct by the sound from the speaker 2a. When the headset A is removed, it can be similarly confirmed by the sound from the speaker 5f incorporated in the main body 5 of the master unit B.

In addition to the confirmation of the dial number by the voices from the speakers 2a and 5f, the voice recognized by the voice recognition unit 11g is transmitted to the display unit 5 via the control unit 11b.
e, and the dial number is displayed on the display section 5e. Therefore, the user can confirm the number by displaying the dial number on the display unit 5e without using the speakers 2a and 5f.

The voice recognition unit 11g also preliminarily stores and recognizes the voice of a person who frequently talks, and the called party tells his / her telephone number or name by voice, so that the telephone number of the called party is displayed on the display unit 5e. Numbers and names can also be displayed.

[0034]

According to the present invention, the user wearing the headset can automatically dial and talk by simply telling the telephone number of the call destination, so that the call is completely hands-free. And the usability can be greatly improved.

Further, if the configuration is such that the dial number is transmitted to the user by voice or image display, the dial number can be easily confirmed and used without mistake.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a headset type wireless telephone device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a wireless unit of a headset for a wireless telephone.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of functions provided in a master unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Headset B Master 1 Arm 1a Antenna 2 Function Housing 2a Speaker 3 Pad 3a Battery 4 Microphone 4a Rod 5 Main Body 5a Dial Button 5b Auxiliary Button 5c Hold Button 5d Antenna 5e Display 5f Speaker 10 Radio 10a Receiving Filter 10b Demodulation Unit 10c Audio amplification unit 10d Audio amplification unit 10e Modulation unit 10f Transmission filter 11a Line interface 11b Control unit 11c Modulation unit 11d Transmission filter 11e Receiving filter 11f Demodulation unit 11g Voice recognition unit 11h Voice synthesis unit

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification symbol FI Theme coat ゛ (Reference) H04M 1/2745 H04M 1/56 1/56 1/725 1/725 H04B 7/26 109Q (72) Inventor Hiroshi Koishi 1006 Kazuma Kadoma, Kazuma, Osaka Prefecture F-term (reference) in Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. FF26 FF38 GG01 HH07 HH23 KK15

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A wireless telephone device comprising a combination of a headset as a slave unit and a master unit, wherein the headset outputs a speaker that emits a sound based on a radio signal from the master unit and a user's sound to the master unit. A voice recognition unit for transmitting and receiving a voice signal from the headset; and a control unit for receiving and dialing the voice signal recognized by the voice recognition unit. And a wireless telephone device. 2. The wireless telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit outputs the voice recognized by the voice recognition unit as it is to a speaker of the headset. 3. The wireless telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the master unit includes a speaker driven by the control unit and outputting the voice recognized by the voice recognition unit as it is. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said master unit includes a display unit which is driven by said control unit and displays information based on a voice signal recognized by said voice recognition unit. The wireless telephone device according to any one of the above. 5. A slave unit for performing wireless communication and a master unit, wherein the slave unit has voice input means and transmission means for transmitting a voice signal from the voice input means. Is
A wireless unit comprising: receiving means for receiving a voice signal from the transmitting means; voice recognizing means for recognizing the voice signal from the receiving means; and output means for outputting a recognition result of the voice recognizing means. Telephone equipment. 6. The wireless telephone device according to claim 5, wherein said output means is a display means. 7. The output means comprises: voice synthesis means for synthesizing a voice corresponding to the result of recognition by the voice recognition means; and voice output means for outputting a voice synthesized by the voice synthesis means. The wireless telephone device according to claim 5, wherein