JP3053473U - Public telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] A memory unit (70) that always stores bulletin information and temporary bulletin information in a liquid crystal unit (90), and when a caller picks up and receives a handset, the bulletin information is constantly suspended and temporarily suspended. A public telephone having a control unit 80 for posting the bulletin information and always posting the bulletin information again when the handset is returned. [Effect] The liquid crystal unit 90 of a public telephone, which merely temporarily displays limited information such as a connection operation method of a personal computer, a mobile device, etc., can always display a company advertisement or the like, thereby increasing its use value. Advertising revenue.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 This invention relates to a public telephone in which, for example, a corporate advertisement or the like stored in a memory unit is displayed before picking up a handset on a liquid crystal unit of the telephone.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 Recently, the use of multimedia functions such as video phones has become widespread for corporate and home telephones, but public telephones have come to need the corresponding multimedia functions. However, the lack of financial resources has led to delays in equipping these multimedia functions.

The number of public telephones used has decreased due to the delay of the multimedia function equipment and the recent spread of mobile telephones, and there has been a movement in the communication industry to reduce the number of public telephone facilities.

[0004]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 On the other hand, conventional public telephones are provided with a liquid crystal unit. These liquid crystal units are used for ordinary telephones, and the call time and charge balance. When data is transmitted to the other party, the connection operation method and the charge balance according to the usage time are displayed.

[0005] In addition, a map or address information of a place where a public telephone is installed is displayed on the liquid crystal unit for an emergency call to the police or fire department (Japanese Patent No. 26 13545). No.)

However, in any case, there is a problem that the liquid crystal unit is used only for an extremely narrow range of purposes and information is displayed only when the caller picks up the handset.

[0007] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to make it possible to publish a corporate advertisement or the like on the liquid crystal unit and to enhance its use value.

[0008]

[Means for solving the problems]

 In view of the above circumstances, this invention is based on the above circumstances. The present invention proposes a public telephone having a control unit for posting the posting information at all times when the handset is returned and the handset is returned.

Here, examples of the information posted on the liquid crystal unit at all times include information for advertising from various companies.

[0010] Moreover, as the temporary posting information on the liquid crystal unit, specifically, when the general telephone function is used, call time and charge balance information. In the case of the videophone function, the other party's image, self-monitoring screen, call time and charge balance information in some cases. In the case of external data such as personal computers and mobile devices, the connection operation method, monitor, call time and charge balance information stored in memory are stored. In the case of an emergency call to the police or fire department, map information and address information stored in memory can be given.

Further, examples of the memory unit include an IC, an FD, and a CD.

[0012]

[Action]

 In other words, in the present invention, the constant posting information such as corporate advertising information and the temporary posting information as described above are stored in the memory unit, and the corporate advertising information is constantly displayed in the liquid crystal unit by the control unit. However, when the caller picks up the handset, the notice is temporarily stopped so that the temporary notice information is posted.

Therefore, in the present invention, the liquid crystal unit of the public telephone can be effectively used, and when advertising information from various companies is displayed, advertising revenue can be obtained.

[0014]

【Example】

 The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiment. FIG. 1 shows a basic structure of a public telephone, 70 is a memory unit for storing external information, 80 is a control unit for controlling the same, Reference numeral 90 denotes a liquid crystal unit for displaying information selected by the control unit 2 on an image.

As the memory unit 70, an IC, a floppy disk, a CD, or the like can be used.

In the memory unit 70, there are always posted information such as corporate advertisements and product (service) advertisements received from various companies, or a connection operation method with external data such as a personal computer and a mobile terminal, and furthermore, police, fire and the like. Temporary information, such as the installation location of a public telephone required for emergency calls, is stored through a personal computer.

FIG. 2 shows an example of input and storage of external information to the memory unit 70. The advertisement data 10 is requested by a company to have a term contract. The connection method 20 for connecting the terminal is input to and stored in the memory unit 70 through a computer or a personal computer 60.

Further, the map information on the installation location of the public telephone and the data 50 such as the address obtained by processing the information from the GPS Global Positioning System satellite 30 by the map information measuring device 40 such as a car navigation system are stored in a computer or personal computer. The data is input to the memory unit 70 through the computer 60 and stored.

The memory unit 70 in which the external information is input and stored is stored in a public telephone, and is displayed on the liquid crystal unit 90 through the control unit 80.

When a user makes a telephone call with a public telephone, a TV camera 100 installed in the device is provided, and an image of the other party is also displayed on the liquid crystal unit 90.

The liquid crystal unit 90 includes (1) advertising data [FIG. 3 (a)] and (2) a videophone image [FIG. 3] which a public telephone company (NTT, Japan Telecom, etc.) deposited from various companies. (b)], (3) Instructions on how to connect to a personal computer or mobile [Fig. 3 (c)], (4) Map on which a public telephone is installed, address information, etc. [Fig. 3 (d)] are displayed. .

The advertising data of the above (1) is always displayed on the liquid crystal unit 90 under a contract for a fixed period.

The image in (2) above is assumed to be displayed on the liquid crystal unit 90 when the telephone user desires a videophone call with the other party and presses the videophone button, and the information in (3) above is used for telephone use. When a user transmits data from a mobile or notebook-type personal computer to the other party, when the data transmission button is pressed, the data shall be displayed on the LCD unit 90, and the information in (4) above will be used in case of emergency to notify the case or accident. When the telephone number of 110 or 119 is pressed, the telephone number is displayed on the liquid crystal unit 90.

When the images and information (2) to (4) are displayed on the liquid crystal unit 90, the posting of the advertisement information (1) on the liquid crystal unit 90 is temporarily stopped. Is controlled through the control unit 80.

FIGS. 4 to 7 show flowcharts of operation results of the liquid crystal screen. FIG. 4 shows a case of a general telephone function, FIG. 5 shows a case of a TV telephone function, FIG. 6 shows a case of data transmission, and FIG. Indicates the case of an emergency call.

When the general telephone function is used, as shown in FIG. 4, when the handset is picked up, the advertisement of the company is stopped, the charge is inserted, the call is started after the other party number is pushed, and the charge is over. The remaining charge is displayed on the LCD before the handset is returned, and the advertisement of the company is displayed on the LCD again.

When using the TV phone function, as shown in FIG. 5, when the charge is inserted, the TV phone function button is pressed, and the other party's telephone number is pushed, if the other party is a TV phone, the other party's image is displayed on the liquid crystal unit. The remaining charge is displayed on the LCD before the charge is exceeded, and when the handset is returned, the advertisement of the company is displayed again on the LCD.

When the data transmission function is used, as shown in FIG. 6, when a charge insertion and data transmission function button are pressed, a terminal connection operation method such as a personal computer or a mobile terminal is displayed on the liquid crystal unit, and the other party's number is displayed. The data transmission is started by the push, the remaining charge is displayed on the LCD before the charge is exceeded, and when the handset is returned, the corporate advertisement is displayed again on the liquid crystal.

At the time of an emergency call to the police, fire department, etc., as shown in FIG. The map and address display data built into the public telephone are displayed on the liquid crystal display, the call starts, and after the call ends, the corporate advertisement is displayed again on the liquid crystal display. In this case, there is no need to indicate the fee.

[0030]

[Effect of the invention]

 In short, according to the present invention, a limited amount of information such as a connection operation method of a personal computer, a mobile device, or the like can only be temporarily displayed, but a liquid crystal portion of a public telephone can always display a company advertisement or the like. Use value can be increased.

Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain advertising revenue, thereby further improving the function of the public telephone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic configuration diagram of a public telephone according to the present invention.

[Fig. 2] Input of external information on the same public telephone,
Illustration of memory

FIG. 3 shows an example of posting external information on a liquid crystal unit of the above public telephone, wherein (a) is a corporate advertisement and (b)
Is a videophone image, (c) is information on how to connect to a PC or mobile, (d) emergency map information

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation result of an LCD screen in a general telephone function.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an operation result of a liquid crystal screen in a TV phone function.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an operation result of an LCD screen in data transmission.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of an operation result of an LCD screen at the time of an emergency call.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 is corporate advertisement, product (business) advertisement data 20 is personal computer, mobile connection operation data 30 is GPS global positioning system satellite 40 is map information measuring machine such as car navigation 50 is map or address information 60 is computer or The personal computer 70 is an information memory medium such as FD, CD, IC, etc. 80 is a control unit 90 is a liquid crystal unit 100 is a videophone camera

Claims (2)

[Utility model registration claims] When a caller picks up and receives a handset, a memory unit for constantly storing notice information and temporary notice information in a liquid crystal unit.
A public telephone, comprising: a control unit that stops posting of the bulletin information at all times, posts temporary bulletin information, and posts the bulletin information again when the handset is returned. 2. The public telephone according to claim 1, wherein the always posted information is advertising information.