JP3450865B2 - Wireless telephone equipment - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a radio telephone having a one-touch dial function. 2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional radio telephone apparatus, wherein 1 is a receiver, 2 is a transmitter, 3 is an antenna, and 4 is a radio telephone service network such as a cellular telephone and a radio. A radio unit for communication, a control unit for supplying power to the above units and controlling the entire apparatus including a flow of a voice signal and a radio unit, and a control unit for controlling a telephone number of a call destination and a state of the apparatus. A display unit for displaying, 7 a key input unit, 8 a memory unit for temporarily storing a dial input from the key input unit, 9 a speed dial storage unit for storing the telephone number of the call destination, 1
Reference numeral 0 denotes an apparatus main body including the above blocks. [0003] With respect to the radio telephone apparatus comprising the above components, the relationship and operation of the components will be described below. Normally, in a radio telephone device, a telephone number is transmitted to a base station in the form of data at the same time as a call is made.
Hereinafter, the calling procedure will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, when a dial key is input from the key input unit 7 (step A), the control unit 5 reads the input data, stores it in the memory unit 8, and displays the input number on the display unit 6 (step B, FIG. 6 (a). Subsequently, when the dial is sequentially input from the key input unit 7, the control unit 5 reads the input data string, stores the input data string in the memory unit 8, and displays the input number on the display unit 6 (FIG. 6).
(B)). After the dial number is input, when a key for requesting a call ([SND] key) is input from the key input unit 7, the control unit 5 determines the telephone number stored in the memory unit 8 according to the wireless telephone service network. It is converted into a format and transmitted to the base station via the radio unit 4 together with a transmission request (step C). [0005] In addition, it is also possible to call a telephone number stored in the speed dial storage unit 9 in the form of designating the speed dial number, and make a call in a simple procedure. That is,
Key to request speed dialing ([RCL] key)
Is input from the key input unit 7, the control unit 5 displays a request for input of a speed dial number on the display unit 6 (step D, FIG. 6C). When the speed dial number is input here (for example, 12, Step E), the control unit 5 reads the telephone number corresponding to the designated speed dial number from the speed dial storage unit 9 to the memory unit 8 and displays it on the display unit 6 (step F, FIG. 6D). Here, when a key for requesting a call is input from the key input unit 7, the control unit 5 transmits data to the base station via the radio unit 4 in the same procedure as in the case of normal dialing (step C). ). On the other hand, a key dedicated to one-touch dialing may be provided in the key input unit in order to perform a calling operation with fewer procedures. In this case, when the user inputs one of the one-touch dial keys (for example, [M · 1]), the control unit 5 stores the telephone number corresponding to the designated one-touch dial from the speed dial storage unit 9 to the memory unit 8. And displays it on the display unit 6 (step G, FIG. 6D), converts this telephone number into a format determined by the wireless telephone service network, and sends a call request to the base station via the wireless unit 4 together with a call request. Transmit (step C). As mentioned above, if the one-touch dial key is provided, it is possible to call the number registered in advance with a single press of the key, especially when using while driving a car, This eliminates the need to fumble and press the small key many times, which is effective. However, in the above-mentioned conventional radio telephone apparatus, it is necessary to increase the number of keys in a limited area in order to provide special keys for one-touch dialing. Yes, especially in order to reduce the size of mobile phones, the key size is reduced or the key interval is narrowed, and the key operability is deteriorated, and the number of numbers that can be used with the one-touch dial is one-touch -Since the number of dial keys matches the number, the number of dial keys is limited from the viewpoint of mounting. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and to provide a wireless telephone device that can use a plurality of sets of one-touch dials without specially providing one-touch dial keys that hinder miniaturization. I have. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention comprises a timer circuit which keeps counting while a key is pressed and issues a control signal when a predetermined time has elapsed. According to the present invention, one-touch operation is achieved by the above-described structure.
Without special dial keys, multiple sets of one-touch dials can be used. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the present embodiment, wherein 1 is a receiving section, 2 is a transmitting section, 3 is an antenna, 4 is a radio section, 5 is a control section, 6 is a display section, and 7 is a key input section. , 8 is a memory unit,
Reference numeral 9 denotes an abbreviated dial storage unit, which performs the same operation as the conventional example. The difference from the conventional example is that a timer circuit 11 that keeps counting while a key of the key input unit 7 is pressed and issues a control signal when a predetermined time has elapsed is provided.
Reference numeral 12 denotes an apparatus main body including the above blocks. The operation of the wireless telephone device having the above-described configuration when making a call will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The operations of calling by a normal dial and calling by abbreviated dial are the same as in the conventional example. When making a call using the one-touch dial, when the user inputs a dial key from the key input unit 7 (step H), the control unit 5 reads the input data and stores it in the memory unit 8,
The input number is displayed on the display unit 6 (step I, FIG. 3A). At the same time, the timer circuit 11 is started (step J), and continues counting while the key is pressed.
When the first time (for example, one second) has elapsed, the first control signal is output to the control unit 5 (step K). Upon receiving this signal, the control unit 5 reads out the telephone number corresponding to the number of the dial key being pressed from the speed dial storage unit 9 (step L), stores it in the memory unit 8, and
This number string is displayed on the display unit 6 (step M, FIG.
(B)). If the user confirms this display and further presses the same dial key, the timer circuit 11 continues counting and outputs the next control signal after a second time (for example, 2 seconds) has elapsed (step N). ), The control unit 5 receives this signal, converts it into a format defined by the telephone number wireless telephone service network stored in the memory unit 8, and
Is transmitted to the base station together with the transmission request via the terminal (step O). As described above, according to the present embodiment, the telephone number corresponding to each dial key can be called by simply pressing the dial key for a certain period of time or more.
Up to twelve one-touch dials corresponding to '1' to '0', '*', '#' are available without adding special one-touch dial keys. In this embodiment, the control signal is output from the timer circuit in two ways, and the destination is confirmed by the display. However, the dial key is kept pressed for a predetermined time without providing a display. Then, the call may be transmitted immediately. Also, if the dial is kept pressed for a predetermined time,
The telephone number that has been read out may be displayed, and then a call may be made when another control key is pressed. As is apparent from the above embodiments, according to the present invention, a one-touch dial which is an obstacle to miniaturization is provided.
It is possible to provide a wireless telephone device that can use a plurality of sets of one-touch dials without providing special keys.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a wireless telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a one-touch dial calling procedure in the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional wireless telephone device. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for making a call from a conventional cellular phone. FIG. 6 is a conventional cellular phone. Example of display when calling from telephone [Description of symbols] 1 Receiver 2 Transmitter 3 Antenna 4 Radio unit 5 Control unit 6 Display unit 7 Key input unit 8 Memory unit 9 Abbreviated dial storage unit 11 Timer circuit

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(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] A dial / key input unit which has a function of enabling wireless communication with a base station in a wireless telephone service network, and inputs a telephone number of a call destination and a speed dial number. And the shortening
Store the dialed number and the telephone number of the call destination in correspondence
A speed dial storage unit , a memory unit for temporarily storing a number input from the dial key, and a memory unit for initiating a call when receiving an incoming call and a wireless telephone service network for making an outgoing call. a control key for instructing to call a number that is stored in the speed dial storage unit continues to count while the key is pressed, a timer circuit which emits a control signal a predetermined time has elapsed, dial Key input
Phone number entered from the department and speed dial storage
Display unit for displaying the telephone number read out from the terminal. When a dial key is pressed for a shorter time than the first time when making a call, a normal dial key is input. Deemed,
Keep in store the entered number in the memory unit, the
By repeating the operation sequentially, the number string is memorized, and at the same time when the control key is pressed, a call is made to this number ,
If the key is pressed longer than the first time,
Phone stored in the speed dial storage corresponding to the number
The number is read out and displayed on the display, and at the second time
If it is pressed for more than a minute, it will call that phone number.
A wireless telephone device, comprising: