JP3138268B2 - Automatic dial transmission method and automatic dial transmission device - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic dial transmission method and an automatic dial transmission device for managing stored numbers by a computer and automatically performing transmission in accordance with the stored numbers. .

[Summary of the Invention]

The present invention relates to an automatic dialing system for storing a telephone number consisting of a continuous number string inputted by operating an input unit in advance in a storage means, and for reading out the telephone number from the storage means and automatically dialing. In the method and the apparatus, when the telephone number is stored in the storage means, a first control code for stopping outgoing calls between any of the telephone numbers for a predetermined period is input, and the telephone number is stored in the storage means. When the user stores the telephone number, the user inputs the second control code for stopping the transmission between arbitrary telephone numbers for an arbitrary period desired by the user, and arranges the telephone number read from the storage unit in the input unit. Displayed on the displayed display,
When performing dial transmission control based on the read telephone number and the first and second control codes, during a period in which transmission is stopped based on the second control code, a transmission suspension state and the transmission suspension state And a release key for transmitting the remaining telephone numbers is displayed on the display unit, and the call stop state is continued until the release key is operated. Things.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an automatic dialing apparatus, an automatic dialer that generates a dial tone by cooperating with a computer (hereinafter referred to as a CPU) of a telephone number registered in advance has been known.

In such auto dialers, one
In order to interrupt outgoing calls for about seconds, there are those provided with an interrupt button or the like for interrupting for about 1 second.For example, when transmitting a telephone number with an auto dialer, operating this interrupt button between telephone numbers There has been proposed one in which the dial tone is interrupted halfway.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

The auto dialer described in the above conventional example is used only for telephone line calls that require a waiting time of about 1 second. For example, in the case of a foreign country, there is also a calling method that requires a waiting time of about 3 seconds. There was a problem that it was impossible to deal with these. Furthermore, in the case of multifunctional telephones such as answering machines, which have been widely used in recent years, it is necessary to respond to a response after a call has been made. ing. In particular, an auto dialer having a pause key that can continue a pause state until a specific key operation is performed during transmission has not been proposed yet.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to have a multifunctional telephone, a bank balance check, a train reservation, and a message function that can respond to various waiting times. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic dial transmission method and an automatic dial transmission device which can be frequently used for telephones and the like.

[Means for solving the problem]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic telephone system in which a telephone number consisting of a continuous number string inputted by operating an input unit in advance is stored in a storage unit, and the telephone number is read out from the storage unit and automatically dialed. A first input processing step of inputting a first control code for stopping transmission between any of the telephone numbers for a predetermined period when the telephone number is stored in the storage means in the dial transmission method; A second input processing step of inputting a second control code for stopping a call for an arbitrary period desired by a user between any of the telephone numbers when the telephone number is stored in the storage means; The telephone number read from the storage means is displayed on a display unit arranged so as to be superimposed on the input unit, and dial transmission control is performed based on the read telephone number and the first and second control codes. When the call is stopped based on the second control code, a call stop state and a release key for releasing the call stop state and transmitting the remaining telephone numbers are displayed on the display unit. And an automatic dial transmission method, wherein the transmission stop state is continued until the release key is operated.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic dial which stores a telephone number consisting of a continuous number string inputted by operating an input unit in advance in a storage means, reads out the telephone number from the storage means, and automatically dials. A first input processing unit for inputting a first control code for stopping a call between any of the telephone numbers for a predetermined period when the telephone number is stored in the storage unit;
A second input processing means for inputting a second control code for stopping a call for an arbitrary period desired by a user between any of the telephone numbers when the telephone number is stored in the storage means;
The telephone number read from the storage means is displayed on a display unit arranged so as to be superimposed on the input unit, and the dial transmission control is performed based on the read telephone number and the first and second control codes. Control processing means for integrally displaying, on a display unit, a transmission stop state and a release key for releasing the transmission stop state and transmitting the remaining telephone numbers during a period in which transmission is stopped based on the control code. And wherein the control processing means keeps the transmission stopped state until the release key is operated, thereby providing an automatic dial transmission device.

[Action]

The automatic dial transmission method and the automatic dial transmission device of the present invention can cope with a long waiting time when transmitting an automatic dial or the like, and can also respond to an instruction response of a multifunctional telephone.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, a case where the automatic dial transmission method and the automatic dial transmission device of the present invention are applied to an electronic organizer will be described.

In FIG. 1, a display device made of liquid crystal or the like, that is, a display unit (1) is formed in a left housing (17) including left and right housings (16) and (17). The display unit (1) displays image data from a CPU or the like, which will be described later. An input tablet (2) including an input device, a so-called transparent touch sensor, is provided on the surface of the display unit (1). Further, (3) is a pen for inputting arbitrary data and the like in cooperation with the input tablet (2). The pen has a detecting means for extracting a change in capacitance between the pen (3) and the tablet. Then, even if the pen tip is not in contact with the tablet (2), the coordinate position can be detected and the marker is displayed at a position facing the pen tip.

By taking out the pen (3) and touching the input tablet (2) with the pen tip, information such as the contact state and the contact position is supplied to the CPU via the code (4) or the like,
Input of arbitrary data and the like is performed. (5a) (5b)
(5c) (5d) and (6a) (6b) (6c) (6d) are predetermined key switches, respectively, and signals from these are also supplied to the CPU.

(7c) indicates a speaker unit. This speaker section (7
c) constitutes a handset rest on which a telephone handset is placed. (7a) (7a) ‥‥ is a sound emission hole for a speaker,
It is formed corresponding to the speaker (7) attached to the lower surface of the upper panel of the right housing (16). At a position surrounding these sound emission holes (7a) (7a) ‥‥, a protruding portion (7b) having a flat and rounded square shape is formed, and this protruding portion (7b) is formed as shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the twill line is inclined so that the protruding portion on one side is low and the protruding portion on the other side is high.

Therefore, when the transmitting part (18a) of the telephone receiver (18) is placed on the protruding part (7b), the twill line of the protruding part (7b) is often on the surface of the transmitting part (18a). The handset (18) is configured so as to make contact and stabilize the posture of the handset (18).

According to such a configuration, when the CPU reads out the telephone number stored in the memory or the like in the electronic organizer and emits a dial tone, the handset (18) of the telephone accurately catches the dial tone. I can do it.

Referring back to FIG. 1, reference numeral (8) denotes a battery accommodating portion, in which a battery for power supply is accommodated in a lid which is opened and closed by releasing the lock mechanism (9). Further, (10) is a power switch, and (11) is a microphone. (12) is an operation key for solid-state recording described later, (12a) is a recording key, (12b) is a playback key, (12c) is a stop key, (12d)
Is a volume control key capable of adjusting the volume to large, medium, and low. The sound signal supplied to the microphone (11) is recorded by pressing and sliding these operation keys (12). Sound is emitted from (7c). Further, (13) indicated by a broken line is a socket into which an IC card such as ROM or RAM is inserted and connected, and (14) is an expansion socket or the like for connection to an external device or the like. It is provided in.

Also, (15) is a hinge incorporating a flexible substrate or the like for transmitting a signal, and the hinge (15) allows the device to be folded in two without being affected by an electric obstacle or the like. In addition, the size of the device in the expanded state is about 29 cm in length, 20.5 cm in width, and about 4 cm in thickness when folded, and the size of the display unit (1) is It is about 15cm x 10cm.

Further, in this apparatus, the configuration of built-in hardware is as shown in FIG. In the figure,
(21) is a CPU, (22) is its bus line, and various functional ICs and the like are connected through this bus line (22). First, (23) is a ROM. In the ROM (23), in addition to the system program of the entire apparatus, for example, a kana-kanji conversion program for a word processor function and dictionary data therefor, and a recognition program for handwriting input and Dictionary data and the like for that purpose are written.

(24) is working RAM, (25) is power supply (2
This is the backup RAM attached to 6).

Further, (27) is a timer IC. This IC (27) is also driven by the power supply (26), counts the clock from the crystal oscillator (28), and constantly counts the date and time at that time. Output data.

In the following, a description will be given including the connection relationship with each part shown in the perspective view of FIG. First (29) is the display unit (1)
The controller (29) is controlled by the CPU (21), and the display data created by the CPU (21) is transmitted to the V-RAM (30) via the display controller (29). And the written data is supplied to the display unit (1) through the controller (29).

Further, (31) is an interface circuit of the input tablet (2) and the pen (3) integrated with the display unit (1), and the data written on the input tablet (2) by the interface circuit (31). Etc. are CPU (21)
Supplied to

Reference numeral (32) denotes a processing circuit for solid-state recording, in which a sound signal from the microphone (11) is subjected to processing such as AD conversion and stored in the backup RAM (25) through the CPU (21). The audio signal data stored in the backup RAM (25) is subjected to processing such as DA conversion in the processing circuit (32),
It is supplied to the speaker (7) through the mixer (33).

Furthermore, (34) is a dialer circuit, and CPU (21)
Is supplied with an arbitrary telephone number or the like, an acoustic signal corresponding to a so-called dual tone of a push phone is generated, and this signal is supplied to the speaker (7) through the mixer (33).

Further, (35) is a key interface circuit, which is described above in (5a) to (5d), (6a) to (6d), (10) and (1).
2) The signal from the key switch group is supplied directly or through the power supply circuit (36), and a predetermined converted signal is supplied to the CP.
U (21). The operation keys (12) except for the power switch (10) and the key switches (6a) to (6d) and the stop key (12c) are supplied to the interface circuit (35) through the power circuit (36). When the switch is operated, the power supply circuit (36) is first activated, and thereafter information on key operation is supplied to the interface circuit (35).

Further, (37) and (38) are interface circuits for the IC card and an external device at the time of expansion, which are connected to the sockets (13) and (14), respectively.

In the above electronic organizer, the RAM (24) of the CPU (21)
The method of registering the telephone number stored in the.

First, when the power switch (10) shown in the perspective view of FIG. 1 is pressed, as shown in FIG. 5, an icon (Icon: a character in a menu on the screen) is displayed in a hatched area (50) on the display unit (1). ) Group (40) is displayed in place of the image. Here, when the pencil icon (51) shown in the right area of FIG. 5 is brought into contact with the pen (3), the pencil icon (51) turns the “Kaku” page.
Characters such as an action (51a), a connection (51b), and a report (51c) are displayed at the end of the right area. In this example, since numbers and symbols such as telephone numbers are registered, when the pen tip is brought into contact with the connection (51b) corresponding to the address book, a connection image (7) shown in FIG.
0) is obtained. Next, touch the tip of the pen (3) with the icon (52) indicated as "knoll" displayed on the upper side of the icon group (40), and without touching the center of the panel of the display unit (1) as it is, When pulled out, the type plate image (41) shown in FIG. 4A is superimposed on the connection image (70) and displayed.

The telephone key (42) in the type plate image (41) is brought into contact with the pen (3), and the telephone number to be registered in the display unit (45) is entered using the numeric keypad (43) and the code key group (44). register. In this registration method, the tip of the pen (3) may be brought into contact with the ten keys (43) and predetermined keys of the code key group (44), for example, 0 [.] 03-448-1111. Here, "0" is an outside line calling number, [•] is stopped for 1 second, "03" is an area code, "-" is a hyphen, "448" is a local code, "1"
“111” is a telephone number. In the code key group (44) Means space, […] means stop for 3 seconds, Indicates a pause key.

In the example registered as described above, when an automatic dial device is used to make a call directly from an extension to an external line, the automatic dial device waits for one second after emitting an acoustic signal corresponding to "0", and Area code after the connection with
A sound signal corresponding to a telephone number can be emitted as well as a local area code. Similarly, registration with the mark [...] may be used when it is desired to place 3 seconds between phone numbers. In the case of bank balance verification, etc., a pause key is added after the bank phone number. When a pause is registered in advance and a personal identification number or the like is registered in advance, a pause operation is performed during an inquiry of the personal identification number on the bank side, and the personal identification number can be transmitted after a specific key is pressed.

Further, a call of a multi-function telephone such as an answering machine or the like may be registered using a pause key.

After the registration of the telephone number is completed, when the pen tip is touched next on the handwriting key (71) displayed above the type plate image (41), a handwriting input image (FIG. Four
6) is superimposed and displayed on the connection image shown in FIG. Here, use pen (3) to fill in the name and company name necessary for the eyes by hand, and enter the character type key of the image (47)
Is touched by the pen point, the CPU (21) checks the handwritten character and converts it into a predetermined printed character.

In this way, the address book is sequentially registered in the memory. Needless to say, the names are rearranged in the order of eye-weather in the apparatus and registered sequentially without registering them in the order of eye-weather.

Next, when the pen (3) is touched on the “Mill” icon (53) arranged on the right side of the icon group (40) shown in FIG. 5, the right side of the screen is displayed as shown in FIG. "Day", "Weekly", "Monthly" on the left side of the icon group (40)
A character group (72) such as "telephone", "address", and "report" is displayed. When the tip of the pen (3) is touched to the telephone in the character group (72), a telephone directory (55) in which names as shown in FIG. . Here, for example, in the case of selecting the flat ○○○, the index “73” indicated at the lower end of the telephone directory (55) corresponds to the “A line ~ wa line” corresponding to the flat ○○○ Touching "ha line" with the pen tip displays the name and telephone number corresponding to "ha line" on the display unit (1) every six people. Here, if the telephone number of the person who wants to automatically dial is obtained, the above-mentioned pen (3) is obtained from the icon group (40).
Touches the dialer icon (56) (see FIG. 5, in FIG. 6, which is drawn out of the image and disappears), and pulls out the pen (3) to the center of the image to obtain the image as shown in FIG. The dialer image (57) is displayed overwritten on the telephone directory (55). Of course, the dialer image can be freely moved between the pen tip and the display unit (1), so that the pen tip may be selected so as not to overlap the telephone number of the person who wants to automatically dial. Next, touch the key (58) marked "From page" of the dialer image (57) overwritten on this telephone directory (55) with the pen tip and select it. Since it is displayed in the first column above, if "1" is selected from the numeric keypad (59) and touched with the pen tip, the telephone number registered in the telephone directory (55) will be displayed in the dialer image (57). Can be imported to the display (48).
As shown in FIG. 6, in the dialer image (57), a key or dial for setting a pause time is set to normal, a key for setting to tone, a key for setting speed to normal or slow, etc. have. Then use the dial keys (6
When the pen point is touched at 0), a dial tone corresponding to the registered telephone number is emitted from the speaker (7) of the speaker unit (7c) shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the handset (18) Pick up the dial tone. In such an automatic dialing method and an automatic dialing device, in this example, one second stop, three second stop, or a waiting time such as a pause or the like registered between telephone numbers in advance is performed. It is configured so that a dial tone such as an automatic dial can be made to wait.

Hereinafter, this example will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7 and the screen explanatory diagram of FIG. 8 as well as FIG.

The dialer function of this embodiment is operated by a system program written in the ROM (23) shown in FIG. In FIG. 7, the CPU (21) displays the dialer image (5
Dial keys in 7) (60) is equal to or is pressed in a first step ST _1. That is determined whether the tip of the pen (3) touches the dial keys (60), the first is returned to step ST ₁ If "NO" in the first step ST _1, made that other You. Dial key in the first step ST ₁ (6
When the tip of the pen (3) comes into contact with (0), the second step S
T second step ST ₂ the CPU (21) proceeds to ₂ determines whether there is [-] code of 1 Byomachi in telephone number registered. Without [-] code in the second step ST ₂ sixth step S
The process proceeds to T _6, since the display portion of the dialer image 6 (57) (48) 0 [·] 03-448-1111 and the [-] code is incorporated in the third step ST ₃ willing to wait only set time a = example 1.1 seconds, a fourth routine proceeds to step ST ₄ then, CPU (21) is advanced by one address pointer in memory, which is registered corresponding to the address pointer telephone number, in this example reads data corresponding to "0", this delivery to transmit a sound signal corresponding to the "0" is performed in the eleventh step ST ₁₁ to be described later. The fourth step ST ₄ after the end is advanced to a fifth step ST _5, the other registration number, i.e., determines whether there is numeric data, in this example, or in the case of the last 1 of 1111 reaches the end, the numbers It is returned to the second step ST _2, if the waiting time determination between each digit of the telephone number is repeated. Without [-] code in the second step ST ₂ proceeds to a sixth step ST _6, it is determined whether there is a code [...] of 3 seconds for a seventh step ST ₇ if there is [...] Code Proceed to. Only seventh step ST ₇ set time B = e.g. 3 seconds to wait, the third step ST
₃ ends and are similarly returned in the fourth step ST ₄ → 5 step ST ₅ → second step ST ₂ loop to a second step ST _2.
Without [...] code in the sixth step ST _6, the process proceeds to the eighth step ST _8. In the eighth step ST ₈ The presence or absence of the code is determined, Ninth step ST ₉ to advance ninth step ST pause release display such as shown in FIG. 8 in ₉ (75) is displayed on the display unit (1) if any. This pause release display (75) shows [Current The transmission of the telephone number is paused (paused) by the mark. You can call (dial) the remaining numbers with "OK". ] Message is displayed. Then the tenth step
Pause release display proceed to ST ₁₀ (75) in the understanding key (76)
There pen (3) determines whether or not touched by, if "NO" is returned to the 10 step ST _10, if "YES" the fourth and fifth steps ST ₄ and the second through ST ₅ It is returned to the step ST _2. Eighth step ST ₈ is “NO” for pause Code transmits an acoustic signal that matches the telephone number at the 11 step ST ₁₁ must be included in the registration telephone number, complete the address pointer in the fourth step ST ₄ will look at the following telephone number, the Proceed to 5 steps ST ₅ and 2nd step ST ₂
Is entered to enter a loop or to end.

Since this example is configured as described above, automatic dialing when connecting a telephone to an outside line by sending "0" from an extension, or checking the balance of a bank, etc., in advance by using a predetermined bank telephone number and PIN For poses between If you register the code with an intervening code, the call will be automatically dialed and the pause function will be activated while the bank enters a message such as "Please provide your security code." Is touched with the pen (3), the automatic dialing device automatically transmits the personal identification number as an acoustic signal. It is clear that such a use method can be used for a multifunctional telephone, a telephone having a message function, and the like, and according to the automatic dial transmission method and the automatic dial transmission device of the present invention, those corresponding to various waiting times. Is obtained.

It is apparent that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be variously modified without departing from the gist of the present invention.

〔The invention's effect〕

According to the present invention, the automatic dialing method and the one-second stop registered in the memory of the automatic dialing device,
By registering seconds stop, pause, etc., the calling time can be arbitrarily interrupted between telephone numbers, and since these waiting times are provided in a variety of ways, some can be set for various telephones or telephone systems. can get.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the automatic dial device of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view showing a state where a receiver is placed on a speaker unit, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the automatic dial device of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a type plate image, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a connection image, FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a dialer, and FIG. 7 is an embodiment of the automatic dial device of the present invention. FIG. 8 is a screen explanatory diagram for explaining FIG. 7. (1) is a display unit, (5a) to (5d) are key switches, (21) is a CPU, and (57) is a dialer image.

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An automatic telephone system comprising: a storage means for storing a telephone number consisting of a continuous number string inputted by operating an input unit in advance, and reading out the telephone number from the storage means and automatically dialing; In the dial transmission method, a first input for inputting a first control code for stopping transmission between arbitrary numbers of the telephone numbers when the telephone number is stored in the storage unit. Processing step, and when storing the telephone number in the storage means, a second control code for inputting a second control code for stopping a call for an arbitrary period desired by a user between any of the telephone numbers. An input processing step, displaying the telephone number read from the storage unit on a display unit arranged so as to overlap the input unit, and reading the read telephone number and the first and second telephone numbers. When dialing control is performed based on the control code, during the period in which the transmission is stopped based on the second control code, the transmission stop state and the transmission stop state are released and the remaining telephone numbers are transmitted. And a control processing step of integrally displaying a release key for performing the operation on the display unit. In the period until the release key is operated, the automatic dialing stop state is continued. Calling method. 2. An automatic telephone system comprising: a storage means for storing a telephone number composed of a continuous number string inputted by operating an input unit in advance; and reading out the telephone number from the storage means and automatically dialing. In the dial calling device, a first input for inputting a first control code for stopping transmission between any of the telephone numbers for a predetermined period when storing the telephone number in the storage unit. A second control code for inputting a second control code for stopping a call for any period desired by a user between any of the telephone numbers when storing the telephone number in the storage means; Input processing means for displaying a telephone number read out from the storage means on a display unit arranged so as to be superimposed on the input part, and displaying the read telephone number and the first and second control codes. When performing dial transmission control based on the above, during a period in which transmission is stopped based on the second control code, a transmission suspension state and a state in which the transmission suspension state is released and the remaining telephone numbers are transmitted. Control processing means for integrally displaying a release key and the release key on the display unit, wherein the control processing means continues the transmission stop state until the release key is operated. Automatic dialing device.