JP3457580B2 - Communication device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device connected to a communication line and capable of communicating with a partner device by designating and transmitting the partner.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of communication device, in order to easily send a telephone number (number data), a destination name and a telephone number corresponding to the destination name are stored in advance in an electronic telephone directory, The other party's name is searched, and the telephone number corresponding to the retrieved other party's name is read out.

Conventionally, in a communication device provided with such an electronic telephone directory, when dialing is performed using the electronic telephone directory function, first, a telephone directory mode is entered, and a desired partner is searched by a search key, When the desired party can be searched, the call key is pressed to automatically dial the telephone number of the searched party.

[0004]

However, in the case of the conventional technique, when it is desired to use the line of, for example, Daini Denden Co., Ltd. in addition to the registered telephone number at the time of searching, the state is left as it is. If you want to use the line of Daini Denden Co., Ltd. from the phonebook mode, you need to exit the phonebook mode once. However, there is a problem in that the degree of freedom is reduced, for example, the line cannot be selected when dialing. Such a problem also occurs when it is necessary to specify the inside and outside lines.

Further, when the numeric keypad is used as both a normal dial key and a search key, there is also a problem that it is necessary to once exit the telephone directory mode.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and dial information is input in a state in which information of a designated destination is displayed, and desired dial information is easily added. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device that can make a call.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the communication device according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a partner name and
And a phonebook mode.
Setting means for setting a de phonebook mode by said setting means
Stored in the storage means when it is set to
A searcher that searches for a destination phone number based on the destination name
And the destination name and phase retrieved by the retrieval means.
Display means for displaying the minion phone number and the searched partner
In communication apparatus provided with, an instruction means for instructing the calling telephone number, in a set of phonebook mode, the search
Input of dial information while the destination name and the telephone number of the destination retrieved by the means are displayed on the display means.
And dialing information is input, and then dialing is instructed by the instructing means, the dialing information input is followed by a search by the searching means.
It is configured to call the other party's telephone number .

According to this structure, it is not necessary to discard the destination telephone number retrieved by the retrieval means in order to transmit the inputted dial information first, and the trouble of re-designating the destination telephone number is saved. It becomes possible.

Further, the communication device according to claim 2 is a telephone.
When the book mode is set, the
Displayed destination name and destination telephone number
Before the instruction to send the other party's telephone number by the instructing means
In addition, it is possible to enter the dial information using the numeric keypad.
It is configured to that.

According to this configuration, the information displayed on the display means
Check the recipient's name and telephone number
You can enter accurate dial information, and
Required because dial information can be entered using the
It is possible to easily send dial information according to
It

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[0017]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a communication device embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view of the embodiment of the present invention.

The present embodiment exemplifies a case where the present invention is applied to a terminal device with an electronic telephone directory.

The terminal device of this embodiment is backed up and registered by a central processing unit (CPU) 11, a ROM 121 storing a program for controlling the terminal device and a program for controlling an electronic telephone directory, and a backup power source. It is provided with a memory 12 including a telephone number storage area for storing the destination name information and the destination telephone number information corresponding to the destination name information, and a RAM 122 having a work area. Usually, a handset 19 and a ten-key pad described later are provided. The mobile phone 141 is configured to operate as a general telephone. Further, the dial is configured so that it can be pressed by pressing the on-hook dial key 143 in addition to the off-hook of the handset 19.

The terminal device of this embodiment is further provided with a liquid crystal display 13 for displaying a destination name and a telephone number of the destination in association with a destination search, and a plurality of English characters assigned to one key. From the ten-key pad 141 that also serves as a search key and the dial key, the telephone directory key 142, the on-hook dial key 143, the call instruction key 144, and the stop instruction key 145 that enable dialing by pressing the handset 19 in addition to off-hook. A key group 14, a lamp 15 indicating the telephone directory mode, a handset hook monitor 16, a hook circuit 17, and a dialer circuit 18.

The output signal from the key group 14 and the output signal from the handset hook monitor 18 are input to the CPU 11, and the CPU 11 and the memory 12 cooperate in response to the output signal of the key group 14 and the output signal from the handset hook monitor 16. Then, the mode selection control for selecting one of the phonebook mode and the registration mode, the registration mode control for storing the destination name and the telephone number in the memory 12, the turning on / off control of the lamp 15, the telephone number from the memory 12 Readout, handset off-hook signal output from handset hook monitor 16 and on-hook dial key 14
In response to the signal output from the numeric keypad 141, the dialer circuit 18 is driven according to the signal output from the numeric keypad 141, and the hook circuit 17
Is turned off-hook, and the telephone number is transmitted by the ten-key 141 to the telephone line, or the registered telephone number read from the memory 12 is automatically transmitted instead of the signal from the ten-key 141.

The operation of the present embodiment configured as described above is
The program stored in the OM 121 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4.

First, mode selection will be described with reference to FIG.

Waiting for the telephone directory key 142 to be pressed in the standby state (step S1). When the phonebook key 142 is pressed, the phonebook mode is set (step S
2). When the phonebook mode is entered, the lamp 15 is lit to indicate that the phonebook mode has been entered. At this time, the ten-key pad 141 becomes a search key. When the phonebook key 142 is pressed after step S2 (step S3), the mode is switched from the phonebook mode to the registration mode (step S4). When the phonebook key 142 is pressed after step S4, the registration mode is switched to the phonebook mode (step S5). When the phonebook key 142 is not pressed in step S3, the phonebook mode is continued, and when the phonebook key 142 is not pressed in step S5, the registration mode is continued. That is, by pressing the phone book key 142, the phone book mode and the registration mode are switched alternately. In addition, the stop key 14
When 5 is pressed, it is returned to the standby state and used as a general telephone by other operation from the standby state. The lamp 15 continues to light up even in the registration mode. When the standby state is entered, the lamp 15 is turned off and it is displayed that the telephone book mode and the registration mode have been exited.

Next, the registration mode will be described with reference to FIG.

From the standby state, the telephone directory key 142 continues to be 2
Press the button twice to enter the registration mode. When the registration mode is entered, the ten-key pad 141 becomes an English character input key, the characters are input by pressing the ten-key pad 141, and the input characters are determined by pressing the send key 144 character by character, and the destination name is determined. Decision was made
It is input (steps S6 and S7). In this example, when inputting "B", for example, the ten key 141
The "2" (ABC) is pressed twice to display "B" on the liquid crystal display 13, and the transmission key 414 is pressed to determine "B". Next, when inputting "R", the "7" (PRS) of the ten-key pad 141 is pressed twice to display "R", and the transmission key 144 is pressed to confirm. After determining all the names in the same procedure (after pressing the transmission key 144 to determine the last character), the transmission key 144 is pressed again to determine all the names. When the input and determination of the other party's name in step S6 and step S7 are completed, the ten key 141 has numbers 0 to 9, *, and #.

After step S7, the other party's telephone number is input by depressing the ten key 141 to input a number, and the caller's key 144 is depressed to determine and enter the other party's telephone number (steps S8 and S9). ). The destination and the telephone number of the destination determined after step S9 are stored and registered in the telephone number storage area of the RAM 122 (step S10), one registration is completed, and then the next partner is registered. The previous input is made (step S11). Necessary destinations are registered by repeating steps S6 to S11. It should be noted that the characters and numbers input when the destination name and the destination telephone number are input are displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 each time. It should be noted that the lamp 15 is turned on during the registration mode, which indicates that the ten-key pad 141 does not function as a dial key.

When the user exits the registration mode or finishes halfway, the stop key 145 is pressed to return to the normal telephone state.

Next, the telephone directory mode will be described with reference to FIG.

When the telephone book key 142 is pressed once from the standby state, the telephone book mode is entered and the lamp 15 is turned on. At this time, the ten-key pad 141 becomes a search key, and the other-party name is searched by pressing the ten-key pad 141. When the ten-key 141 is pressed down (step S21), this search is stored in the head of the telephone number storage area in the memory 12 of the destination name whose first character is one of the English characters assigned to the pressed ten-key 141. The destination name and the telephone number corresponding to the destination name are read and displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 (step S2).
2). Use the numeric keypad 1 until this display shows the desired destination.
The search is continued until the desired destination name is displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 by repeatedly pressing 41 (step S).
23). An example of the search is as follows. If you press "2" on the numeric keypad 141 once, you will search for "A", and the first name on the LCD 13 will be "A".
One of the destination names is displayed. If there are multiple destination names whose names start with "A", press the ▼ (*) key,
Alternatively, by pressing the ▲ (#) key, the desired partner is searched. When the name starts with "B", the search is performed by pressing the "2" on the ten-key pad 141 twice and then pressing the ▼ (*) key or the ▲ (#) key. The desired destination name is searched by the above method.

When the desired partner is found by the search in step S23, the transmission key 144 is pressed (step S24). Call key 14 in step S24
When 4 is pressed, the destination telephone number displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 is automatically dialed (step S2
5) Then, the normal telephone state is set (step S26).

On the other hand, the handset 19 is in the telephone directory mode.
When is off-hook or when the on-hook dial key 143 is pressed, the lamp 15 is turned off, the retrieved display is left on the liquid crystal display 13 as it is (step S27), and the ten-key pad 141 functions as a normal dial key. (Step S28). Therefore, it is indicated that the ten key 141 is in a state of functioning as a dial key by turning off the lamp 15.

Subsequent to step S28, it is checked whether or not the transmission key 144 has been pressed (step S2).
9). If the call key 144 is not pressed in step S29 and the destination telephone number is dialed by the ten keys 141 following step S28 (step S3).
0), which means that only the normal dial with the ten keys 141 is performed. Following step S30, it is checked whether or not the transmission key 144 has been pressed (step S30).
31) When the call key 144 is not pressed, the normal telephone state is set (step S32), and it is possible to communicate with the partner dialed by the ten keys 141 in step S30.

When the call key 144 is pressed after step S30, the numeric keypad 1 is pressed in step S30.
Following the dial made by 41, the destination telephone number displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 is automatically dialed (step S33), and the normal telephone state is set after step S33 (step S34). Therefore, in step S30, for example, by using the ten-key pad 141 to use the telephone line of Daini Denden Co., Ltd.
If the outgoing call key 144 is pressed in step S31 subsequently, the telephone number of the destination displayed in step S27 is automatically transmitted after 0077, and the registered destination What,
For example, it is possible to make a call using the telephone line of Daini Denden Co., Ltd.

Further, if the off-hook is set in the telephone directory mode or the on-hook dial key 143 is pressed, the ten-key pad 141 functions as a normal dial key, so that all telephone numbers are dialed in step S30. Also in the case of making a call, the call can be made by dialing the telephone number of the other party following 0077 as in the above example.

When the call key 144 is pressed in step S29, the displayed destination telephone number is automatically dialed (step S33), and the normal telephone state is set after step S33 (step S34). Therefore, in step S29, the call key 144 can be pressed to automatically dial the destination telephone number displayed on the liquid crystal display 13.

It should be noted that even when dialed by the ten keys 141 or automatically dialed by the call key 144, the telephone directory mode is exited after the call is made, and the normal telephone state is restored.

When the stop key 145 is pressed during the search for the other party, the telephone directory mode is exited, the lamp 15 is turned off, the display on the liquid crystal display 13 is extinguished, and the normal telephone state is set.

[0040]

As described above, according to the communication device of the first aspect of the present invention, the phase retrieved by the retrieval means is
In a state where the hand name and destination telephone number is displayed on the display unit, it is possible to input the dialing information after the input of the dialing information has been made, if the instruction calling is made by instructions means, input Search following dialed information
It is configured to call the destination telephone number . As a result, it is not necessary to discard the destination telephone number retrieved by the retrieval means in order to transmit the input dial information first, and it is possible to save the trouble of redesignating the destination telephone number .

Further, according to the communication device of the second aspect, while the telephone directory mode is being set, the search means is used.
The contact name and phone number searched for are displayed.
In the state where the
You can enter the dial information using the numeric keypad before instructing
And the partner name and phase displayed on the display means.
Check the handset phone number and enter the correct dialing information.
You can also press the dial key information on the numeric keypad
Since it is possible to enter the
Information can be transmitted.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a terminal device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an external view of a terminal device of this embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation of the terminal device of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the terminal device of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

11 CPU 13 LCD display 14 keys 16 Handset hook monitor 17 hook circuit 18 dialer circuit 19 handsets 121 ROM 122 RAM 141 numeric keypad 142 Phonebook key 143 Off-hook dial key 144 Send instruction key

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A destination name and a destination telephone number are stored.
Storage means, setting means for setting the phonebook mode, and when the phonebook mode is set by the setting means ,
The other party based on the other party's name stored in the storage means
Searching means for searching the destination telephone number, and the destination name and the destination telephone number searched by the searching means.
Display means for displaying the telephone number, the communication apparatus and a instruction means for instructing the sending of retrieved destination telephone number, in a set of phonebook mode, search by the searching means
Search has been the destination name and in a state in which the destination telephone number is displayed on the display unit, to allow the input of dialing information,
When dialing information is entered and then dialing is instructed by the instructing means, the destination telephone searched by the searching means following the dialed information entered
A communication device characterized by transmitting a number . 2. When the phonebook mode is set, the
Destination name and destination telephone number retrieved by searching means
Is displayed, the other party's telephone number
Before instructing to issue the number, use the numeric keypad to enter the dial information.
The communication device according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is capable of inputting .