JP3478509B2 - Display device and telephone equipped with display 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 display device and a telephone equipped with the display device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a user feels important during a telephone call such as telephone communication, a telephone equipped with an answering machine records the content of the matter on a recording medium or makes a note on paper. It was.

On the other hand, in a display device such as an electronic notebook and a portable information terminal, an address book function for registering an address book such as name, address and telephone number, and a memo function for storing memo contents by key input or pen input etc. , Etc., and instead of the above-mentioned paper memo, the memo function that memorizes the contents of the memo by key input or pen input was used to take notes about what the user felt important during a call by telephone communication etc. .

As a telephone equipped with a display device, as disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 162087/1993,
The digital image signal of the called party and the telephone number of the called party are associated in advance and stored in the image memory, and the image data corresponding to the telephone number of the called party detected at the time of an incoming call is read from the image memory. For example, by displaying on the display, it is possible to easily confirm the called party before picking up the handset.

[0005]

However, in the case of recording the content of the matter in the recording medium by using the answering machine as in the above-mentioned conventional technique, a complicated search is performed when a plurality of the content of the matter are recorded in the recording medium. Since it is necessary to operate and it is impossible to make a call again while reproducing the content of the recording on the recording medium, the complicated operation of reproducing the content of the recording on the recording medium and retaking the memo is not performed. However, even if you take a note on a piece of paper, you may lose the piece of paper on which you make the note, or you may not know which piece of paper was used for which call. It was

Further, when the content of the message is stored by using a memo function such as an electronic notebook and a portable information terminal, the content of the message has to be searched when making a call while confirming the content of the message. When there are a plurality of memo contents, the search becomes complicated and the user needs complicated operations.

Further, a telephone equipped with the above-described conventional display device also has the same problem as described above.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device and a telephone equipped with the display device, which can display the memo contents necessary for making a call without requiring a complicated search operation. .

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a telephone number input means for inputting a telephone number, an image data input means for inputting image data, and an input by the telephone number input means. Image data storage means for storing the image data input by the image data input means in correspondence with the stored telephone number and continuous data indicating the presence or absence of image data related to the image data, and the telephone number input means. External output of the phone number entered by
Telephone number output means and the telephone number output means
When the telephone number is externally output as a result, the image data reading means for reading the image data corresponding to the externally output telephone number from the image data storage means and the image data read by the image data reading means are displayed. The image data reading means reads the desired image data corresponding to the telephone number externally output by the telephone number output means, based on the continuous data stored in the image data storage means. It is configured.

[0010]

[0011]

[0012]

[0013]

Further , the present invention provides image data in a telephone having telephone number input means for inputting a telephone number and dial transmission means for making a dial transmission based on the telephone number input by the telephone number input means. Associated with the image data input means for inputting the image data, the image data input by the image data input means corresponding to the telephone number input by the telephone number input means, and the image data.
Image data storage means for storing continuous data indicating the presence or absence of image data to be stored, and when the telephone number is input by the telephone number input means, the desired image data corresponding to the input telephone number is displayed as the image data. image data reading means for reading out from the storage unit, while the Ru provided <br/> and display means for displaying the image data read out by said image data reading means and the image data reading means, said image data
Based on the continuous data stored in the data storage means
No. corresponding to the telephone number entered by the No. input means
The image data is read out .

[0015]

[0016]

In addition to the above configuration , the present invention further comprises a telephone number detecting means for detecting the telephone number of the other party based on the caller information coming from the telephone line at the time of incoming call.
The image data reading means, in which the image data corresponding to the telephone number detected by said telephone number detection means is configured to read from the image data storage means.

Further , according to the present invention, the telephone number detecting means for detecting the telephone number of the other party based on the caller information coming from the telephone line at the time of the incoming call, the image data inputting means for inputting the image data, and the above telephone number. The image data input by the image data input unit corresponding to the telephone number detected by the detection unit and the image data
Image data storage means for storing continuous data indicating the presence or absence of image data, image data reading means for reading out image data corresponding to the telephone number detected by the telephone number detection means from the image data storage means, and the image. while Ru is provided a display means for displaying the image data read by the data reading means, is the image data reading means, above
Based on the continuous data stored in the image data storage means,
Enter the telephone number entered by the above telephone number input means.
The configuration is such that desired image data corresponding thereto is read out .

According to the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned structure, a telephone number input means for inputting a telephone number is provided, while the image data reading means has image data corresponding to the telephone number input by the telephone number input means. Is read from the image data storage means.

Further, in addition to the above-mentioned structure , the present invention further comprises an image data receiving means for receiving image data coming from a telephone line, while the image data input means is an image received by the image data receiving means. The data is output as input image data.

The present invention according to claim 9 is any of claims 4 to 4.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described in any one of item 8,
Data storage means is input by the image data input means.
Associated with the image data
While continuing data indicating the presence or absence of image data to be stored is stored,
The image data reading means is stored in the image data storage means.
Based on the stored continuation data, the above telephone number input means
Therefore, the desired image data corresponding to the entered telephone number
Is read out .

[0022]

Therefore, according to the present invention, when the telephone number is input by the telephone number input means and the image data is input by the image data input means, the telephone input by the image data storage means and the telephone number input means is performed. while correspondingly stores the input image data by the number and the image data input unit, an input by the telephone number input means
When telephone number is of the external output <br/> is by telephone number output means reads from the image data storage means image data by the image data reading means corresponding to the external output electrodeposition <br/> telephone number by display means image data thus read out is displayed on the external, Te odor <br/> when performing dialing, displays the image data corresponding to the telephone number used for the dial-out on the display device be able to.

Further, according to the present invention, when the telephone number is inputted by the telephone number input means and the character data is inputted by the character data input means, it is inputted by the character image data storage means and the telephone number input means. while corresponding to storing the text data inputted by the telephone number and the character data input means, when the input telephone number is externally output by the telephone number output means by the telephone number input means, character data reading means the When the dial data is transmitted by reading the character data corresponding to the externally output telephone number from the character data storage means and displaying the read character data on the outside by the telephone used for the dial transmission. Character data corresponding to the number can be displayed on the display device.

[0024]

[0025]

[0026]

Further, according to the present invention, when the telephone number is inputted by the telephone number input means and the image data is inputted by the image data input means, the image data storage means is inputted by the telephone number input means. While the telephone number and the image data input by the image data input means are stored in association with each other, when the dial transmission means makes a dial call by the telephone number input by the telephone number input means, the image data reading means causes the input telephone The image data corresponding to the number is read from the image data storage means,
By displaying the read image data on the outside by the display means, the image data corresponding to the telephone number used for the dial transmission can be displayed on the display device at the time of dial transmission.

[0028]

[0029]

[0030]

Further, according to the present invention, the telephone number detecting means detects the other party telephone number based on the caller information included in the incoming signal coming through the telephone line and responds to the incoming signal. In the case of shifting to the call operation, when the image data is input by the image data inputting means during the incoming call, the image data storing means stores the telephone number detected by the other party telephone number detecting means and the image data inputting means. When the telephone number detecting means detects the telephone number of the other party on the basis of the caller information included in the incoming signal coming through the telephone line, the image data read while the image data inputted by Means reads out the image data corresponding to the detected telephone number from the image data storage means, and the display means displays the read image data outside. Ri, the image data stored in the incoming call in response to the incoming telephone number can be displayed on a display device.

[0032]

Further, according to the present invention, after the telephone number is inputted by the telephone number input means or after the telephone number of the other party is detected by the telephone number detecting means, the image data receiving means arrives from the telephone line. When the image data to be received is received, the image data input means outputs the received image data as input image data, and the image data storage means outputs the input image data to the telephone number input by the telephone number input means, or and corresponding remembers to have been detected counterpart telephone number by the telephone number detection means.
Then, the telephone number is input by the telephone number input means .
When it, or a telephone number detection means based on caller information included in the incoming signal arriving via the telephone line is in when it detects a counterpart telephone number, image data by the image data reading means corresponding to the telephone number Is read from the image data storage means, and the read image data is displayed on the outside of the display means, so that the image data coming from the telephone line at the time of dialing or receiving a call is the telephone number used for dialing or the incoming call. It can be stored corresponding to the telephone number detected at the time, and when dialing is performed using the telephone number stored in the image,
Alternatively, the image data stored before can be displayed on the display device when the telephone number storing the image is detected at the time of incoming call.

[0034]

[0035]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a portable information terminal which is a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing the appearance of the portable information terminal, and FIG. 3 is the portable information terminal. 5 is an explanatory view showing an image display example in FIG. 4, FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing a data configuration in a memory in the portable information terminal, FIG.
6 is a flow chart showing a control operation at the time of image registration in the display device, FIG. 7 is a flow chart showing a control operation at the time of dial transmission in the display device, and FIG. 8 is an electrical diagram of a telephone as a second embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram showing the general configuration, FIG.
Reference numeral 0 is an explanatory view showing an image display example of a display device provided in the same telephone, FIG. 11 is an explanatory view showing a data configuration in a memory of the same telephone, and FIGS. 12 and 13 are control operations at the time of image registration in the same telephone. FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing a control operation at the time of dial dialing of the telephone, FIG. 15 and FIG. 16 are flow charts showing a control operation at the telephone of the same telephone, and FIG. It is a flowchart showing.

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 shows the first embodiment.
It will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a liquid crystal display unit for displaying a telephone number input screen, an address recording surface, etc., 2 is a pen used for designating a predetermined operation and drawing an arbitrary image, 3 is a A touch panel 4 arranged on the liquid crystal display unit 1 for detecting a pressure position designated by the pen 2 and detecting an arbitrary image drawn by the pen 2 is a pen 2 based on the pressure position detection of the touch panel 3. A control circuit for recognizing an operation designated by the user and recognizing an image drawn by the pen 2, and controlling each part, 5 stores screen data to be displayed on the liquid crystal display part 1, address book data, an image recognized by the control circuit 4, and the like. The storage circuit 6 is a modem that performs predetermined signal processing on the data obtained by the control circuit 4 and externally outputs the data to a telephone or the like (not shown).

In the portable information terminal configured as described above, operation control in the case of inputting a memo corresponding to a telephone number will be described.

When the power source of the portable information terminal is turned on,
The control circuit 4 reads the menu screen data stored in the storage circuit 5, and controls the liquid crystal display unit 1 based on the read menu screen data to display the menu screen on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F1).

In the display state of the menu screen, when the dial transmission mode display is operated and designated by the pen 2 (step F2), the touch panel 3 detects the pressing position of the pen 2 and the control circuit 4 displays the touch panel 3. Recognizing that the dial transmission mode is designated based on the pressurization position detection, the storage circuit 5 is controlled to read the dial transmission screen data, and the liquid crystal display unit 1 is controlled based on the read dial transmission screen data. An image as shown in FIG. 3A is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F3).

Then, in the state where the screen as shown in FIG. 3A is displayed on the liquid crystal display section 1 by the designation of the dial transmission mode, the numeric keys or the auto dial displayed on the liquid crystal display section 1 by the pen 2 are displayed. When a key is designated for operation, the touch panel 3 detects the pressure position by the pen 2, and the control circuit 4 recognizes the operated numeric key or auto dial key based on the pressure position detection by the touch panel 3, while the storage circuit 5 The number data or the telephone number data recognized by controlling the number is read out, and the number and the telephone number corresponding to the auto dial are stored in the temporary storage area “00” of the telephone number data as shown in FIG. The liquid crystal display unit 1 is controlled based on the numerical data or telephone number data to display the input telephone number in a predetermined area of the liquid crystal display unit 1. (Step F4).

When the display of the address book mode is instructed by the pen 2 in the menu screen display state (step F5), the touch panel 3 detects the pressing position of the pen 2 and the control circuit 4 touches the touch panel 3. Recognized that the address book mode was specified based on the pressure position detection by
The memory circuit 5 is controlled to read the address recording surface data, and the liquid crystal display unit 1 is controlled based on the read address recording surface data to display the address recording surface on the liquid crystal display unit 1. When a display request for personal data is made on the address recording surface by a name search or the like, the control circuit 4 controls the storage circuit 5 to read out the personal data for which the display request is made, and the telephone in the personal data is called. The number is stored in the temporary storage area "00" of the telephone number data as shown in FIG. 4, and the liquid crystal display unit 1 is controlled based on the read personal data, and the liquid crystal display unit 1 is displayed as shown in FIG. An image as shown is displayed (step F6).

The screen shown in FIG. 3A is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1 by the dial transmission mode designation, and the telephone number is input, and the liquid crystal display unit 1 is designated by the address book mode. When the display of "memo" is designated by the pen 2 in the state where the image as shown in FIG. 3B is displayed (step F8), the control circuit 4 is designated by the pressing position detection by the touch panel 3. It is recognized that the displayed message is “memo”, the memory circuit 5 is controlled to read the memo screen data, and the liquid crystal display unit 1 is controlled based on the read memo screen data. An image as shown in (c) is displayed (step F9).

It should be noted that the liquid crystal display unit 1 is shown in FIG.
In the state where the screen as shown in (b) is displayed,
When a display other than “memo” is designated by the pen 2 (step F7), the control circuit 4 recognizes the designated display by the pressing position detection by the touch panel 3,
The operation control corresponding to the recognized display is performed.

Then, in the state where the image as shown in FIG. 3 (c) is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1, the pen 2 is used for handwriting input of a memo such as characters on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F10). The control circuit 4 recognizes the handwriting input position by detecting the pressed position by the touch panel 3, controls the liquid crystal display unit 1, and changes the dot corresponding to the recognized handwriting input position (step F11).
The memo input by handwriting is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1.

Then, when the display of "registration" is designated by the pen 2 in the state where the handwritten memo is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F12), the control circuit 4 detects the pressed position by the touch panel 3. Recognizing that the designated display is "registration", the storage circuit 5 is controlled and the telephone number stored in the temporary storage area "00" of the telephone number is set to the empty number. Stored in the telephone number data area corresponding to the address No. The current date and time data is written in the date and time data area of, and the image data output from the control circuit 4 and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1 is written in the image data area (step F13).

At the time of writing this data, the address No. The same telephone number as the telephone number stored in the telephone number data area of another address No. If it is stored in the telephone number data area of that address number. When the continuation data area is searched and it is determined by the retrieval of the continuation data that there is related next data, the address No. of the related next data. When it is determined that there is no related next data, the data No. where the data is written as the related next data is searched. Write.

When the "previous page" is designated by the pen 2 while the image shown in FIG. 3 (c) is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F14).
The control circuit 4 controls the memory circuit 5 so that the current address No. When the continuation data area corresponding to is searched and it is determined that there is pre-related data by the continuation data search,
Address No. corresponding to the pre-association data. If it is determined by reading the image data of No. 1 and searching for the subsequent data that there is no pre-related data, the current address No. Address No. immediately before The image data of 1 is read, and the liquid crystal display unit 1 is controlled based on the read image data to display the image data of the previous screen on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F15).

When the "next page" is designated by the pen 2 in the state where the image shown in FIG. 3C is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F16).
The control circuit 4 controls the memory circuit 5 so that the current address No. When the continuous data area corresponding to is searched and it is determined that there is related next data by the search of the continuous data,
Address No. corresponding to the related next data. If it is determined by reading out the image data of No. 1 and searching for the subsequent data that there is no related next data, the current address No. Address No. after one. The image data of 1 is read, and the liquid crystal display unit 1 is controlled based on the read image data to display the image data of the previous screen on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F17).

Further, in the state where the image as shown in FIG. 3C is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1, the display of "erase" is designated by the pen 2 (step F18).
The control circuit 4 controls the memory circuit 5 so that the current address No. When the continuation data area corresponding to is searched and it is determined that there is pre-related data by the continuation data search,
Address No. corresponding to the pre-association data. “00” indicating that there is no related next data is stored as the related next data of the continuous data area corresponding to the above, and when it is determined that there is related next data, the address No. corresponding to the related next data is stored. “00” indicating that there is no pre-association data is stored as pre-association data in the continuous data area corresponding to, and when it is determined that there is pre-association data and related next data,
Address No. corresponding to the pre-association data. Associated next data in the continuous data area corresponding to and the address No. corresponding to the associated next data. While "00" indicating that there is no related next data is stored as the related data in the subsequent data area corresponding to the current address No. The telephone number data, the date and time data, the image data and the continuation data corresponding to are cleared.

Then, when the display of "end" is designated by the pen 2 while the image as shown in FIG. 3 (c) is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1, the control circuit 4 causes the touch panel 3 to apply. The pressure position detection recognizes that the designated display is "end", controls the memory circuit 5 to read out the menu screen data, dial transmission screen data or address recording surface data, and The liquid crystal display unit 1 is controlled based on the liquid crystal display unit 1
Display the menu screen, dialing screen or address recording screen on.

Therefore, according to the operation control as described above,
Image data such as a handwritten memo corresponding to the telephone number input on the dial transmission screen or the telephone number stored in the personal data of the address book can be registered in advance.

Although the handwritten input memo is stored as image data in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the contents of the handwritten input memo may be recognized and stored as a character data string. Is also good.

Next, the operation control when dialing out to the telephone number destination for which the memo is input by the above operation control will be described.

In the state where the menu screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F1), the dial transmission mode display is designated by the pen 2 (step F2).
In addition, a state as shown in FIG. 3 (a) in which the destination telephone number is input by the designation of the number keys or the auto dial key on the dial transmission screen (step F3) displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1 in accordance with the designation ( In step F4), or in the menu screen display, the display of the address book mode is designated by the pen 2 (step F5), and desired personal data is displayed by the subsequent search operation.
In the state as shown in (b) (step F6), "call" is designated by the pen 2 (step F6).
7), the touch panel 3 detects the pressure position by the pen 2, and the control circuit 4 recognizes that "call" is specified based on the pressure position detection by the touch panel 3, and controls the memory circuit 5 to control the memory circuit 5. Temporary storage area for telephone numbers as shown in
The telephone number stored in "0" is read (step F2
At the same time as 1), it is searched whether the same telephone number as the read telephone number is stored in another area (step F2).
2).

When it is determined by the search operation that the same telephone number as the telephone number stored in the temporary storage area "00" is stored in another area (step F
23), the address No. Is searched (step F24), and when it is determined by the continuous data search that there is pre-association data (step F25), the address No. corresponding to the pre-association data is searched. Address No. When the continuous data area corresponding to is searched, and when it is determined by the continuous data search that there is no pre-related data, the address No. The image data corresponding to is read from the storage circuit 5, and the liquid crystal display unit 1 is controlled based on the read image data to display the image data corresponding to the input telephone number on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F26).

In accordance with the display, the control circuit 4 controls the storage circuit 5 to read the telephone number stored in the temporary storage area "00" and outputs the read telephone number to the modem 6. Then, the modem 6 performs predetermined signal processing and externally outputs it to a telephone or the like (not shown).

On the other hand, the same telephone number search (step F2
If it is determined by 2) that the same telephone number as the telephone number stored in the temporary storage area “00” is not stored in the other area (step F23), the storage circuit 5 is controlled and the memo screen is displayed. At the same time as reading the data, the liquid crystal display unit 1 is controlled based on the read memo screen data, and the memo screen in a state where nothing is drawn is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1. At this time, temporarily "no corresponding image data"
Such a message may be displayed, or the memo creation screen may not be displayed.

Then, the control circuit 4 controls the storage circuit 5 in accordance with the display of the memo screen or the like to read the telephone number stored in the temporary storage area "00" and outputs the read telephone number to the modem 6. To do. Then, the modem 6 performs predetermined signal processing and externally outputs it to a telephone or the like (not shown).

Therefore, according to the above dial transmission operation,
At the time of dialing, it is possible to automatically display the image data stored corresponding to the telephone number input by the pen 2 and the telephone number stored in the personal data specified in the address book mode before dialing. it can.

Next, the operation control when a new memo is input at the telephone number destination dialed by the above operation control will be described.

While the call is being made with the other party by the dial transmission operation and the dial transmission screen or the address book personal data screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display section 1 (step F28), the "Memo" Display is pen 2
When the operation is designated by (step F29), the control circuit 4 recognizes that the designated display is “memo” by detecting the pressed position by the touch panel 3, and the storage circuit 5
Is controlled to read the memo screen data, and the liquid crystal display unit 1 is controlled based on the read memo screen data to display the memo creation screen on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F30).

When a call is being made with the other party by the dial transmission operation and the image data or the like corresponding to the dialed telephone number is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1. When a memo such as a character is input by handwriting on the liquid crystal display unit 1 with the pen 2, an image is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 1 by the same operation as the above-mentioned memo input operation, and the “registration” operation is performed. The displayed image data can be stored in association with the temporarily stored telephone number.

Therefore, according to the above operation control, when a memo is input while a call is being made by dialing, the memo input is stored in correspondence with the dialed telephone number, and the call is terminated once. Even in this case, the content of the memo entered in the previous call can be automatically displayed by dialing the telephone number.

In the present embodiment, the image data stored corresponding to the telephone number is described as a handwritten memo, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, an image obtained by inputting a video signal or a telephone line is used. The image transmitted from the other party and the FAX image obtained by facsimile transmission / reception may be stored as image data corresponding to the telephone number.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 8 shows the second embodiment.
It will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, 11 is a telephone line connected to the other party's telephone through an exchange (not shown), 12 is a telephone line 1 captured / released and the other party's telephone connected by capturing the telephone line 1. A line interface for forming a call path with the handset, 13 is a handset for making a call with the other party's telephone using the call path formed by the line interface 12, and 14 is a hook switch for detecting the pick-up / placement state of the handset 13. is there.

Reference numeral 15 is an incoming call detection circuit for detecting an incoming call signal coming from the telephone line 1, and 16 is a speaker for emitting an incoming call tone to the outside based on the incoming call detection by the incoming call detection circuit 15.
A caller information detection circuit 17 detects caller information included in an incoming signal coming from the telephone line 1 and detects the other party's telephone number based on the detected caller information.
A numeral key 18 is for inputting the telephone number of the other party, a setting key for turning on / off the image display, a memo input key,
And an operation input unit including other function keys.

Reference numeral 19 is a liquid crystal display portion on which a telephone number input screen, an address recording surface, etc. are displayed, 20 is a pen used for designating a predetermined operation and drawing an arbitrary image, and 21 is arranged on the liquid crystal display portion 1. A touch panel for detecting a pressure position designated by the pen 20 and detecting an arbitrary image drawn by the pen 20, and 22 is an operation command from the operation input unit 18 and a pressure position detection of the touch panel 21. A control circuit that controls each part based on operation designation by the pen 20 and that recognizes an image drawn by the pen 20 based on detection of a pressed position of the touch panel 21.
A storage circuit 3 stores screen data displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19 and images recognized by the control circuit 22.

In the telephone configured as described above,
The operation control when a memo is input corresponding to a telephone number will be described.

When the power of the telephone body is turned on, the control circuit 22 reads out the main screen data stored in the storage circuit 23 and controls the liquid crystal display unit 19 based on the read out main screen data to display the liquid crystal display. FIG. 1 in part 19
The main screen as shown in 0 (a) is displayed (step F41).

With the main screen displayed, the memo input key of the operation input section 18 is operated (step F4).
2), the control circuit 22 controls the memory circuit 23 based on the operation command from the operation input unit 18 to read the memo screen data, and controls the liquid crystal display unit 19 based on the read memo screen data. As shown in FIG.
An image as shown in (b) is displayed (step F4
3).

Then, in the state where the image as shown in FIG. 10B is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19, the pen 2
When a memo such as a character is input by handwriting on the liquid crystal display unit 19 by 0 (step F44), the control circuit 22 recognizes the handwriting input position by detecting the pressed position by the touch panel 21, and controls the liquid crystal display unit 19. The dot corresponding to the recognized handwriting input position is changed (step F4
5) The memo input by handwriting with the pen 20 is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19.

Then, in the state where the handwritten memo is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19, the "registration" is displayed by the pen 20.
Is designated by (step F46), the control circuit 2
2 detects that the designated display is "registration" by detecting the pressed position by the touch panel 21, and puts it in a telephone number input waiting state (step F47). At this time,
The liquid crystal display unit 19 may display a message such as "Please input a telephone number."

When the telephone number is input by using the numeric keys of the operation input section 18 in the state of waiting for the telephone number input (step F48), the control circuit 22 causes the storage circuit 2 to operate.
3 is controlled to store the input telephone number in the temporary telephone number storage area "00". At this time, the telephone number input to the liquid crystal display unit 19 may be displayed at any time.

When the "registration" display is designated by the pen 20 again (step F49), the control circuit 2
2 recognizes that the designated display is “registration” by detecting the pressed position by the touch panel 21, and the storage circuit 2
3 by controlling the telephone number stored in the temporary telephone number storage area "00". Stored in the telephone number data area corresponding to the address No. The current date and time data is written in the date and time data area of the above, and the image data output from the control circuit 22 and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19 is written in the image data area (step F5).
0).

At the time of writing this data, the address No. The same telephone number as the telephone number stored in the telephone number data area of another address No. If it is stored in the telephone number data area of that address number. When the continuation data area is searched and it is determined by the retrieval of the continuation data that there is related next data, the address No. of the related next data. When it is determined that there is no related next data, the data No. where the data is written as the related next data is searched. Write.

When the "previous page" is designated by the pen 20 in the state where the image shown in FIG. 10B is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19 (step F5).
In 1), the control circuit 22 controls the memory circuit 23 so that the current address No. If it is determined that there is pre-association data by searching the continuation data area corresponding to, the address No. corresponding to the pre-association data is searched. If it is determined by reading the image data of No. 1 and searching for the subsequent data that there is no pre-related data, the current address No. Address No. immediately before Of the image data of the liquid crystal display unit 1 based on the read image data.
Is controlled to display the image data of the previous screen on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F52).

When the display of "next page" is designated by the pen 20 while the image shown in FIG. 10 (b) is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19 (step F5).
In 3), the control circuit 22 controls the memory circuit 23 so that the current address No. When the continuation data area corresponding to is searched and it is determined that there is related next data by the search of the continuation data, the address No. corresponding to the related next data is determined. If it is determined by reading out the image data of No. 1 and searching for the subsequent data that there is no related next data, the current address No. Address No. after one. Of the image data of the liquid crystal display unit 1 based on the read image data.
To display the image data of the previous screen on the liquid crystal display unit 1 (step F54).

Further, in the state where the image as shown in FIG. 10B is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19, the display of "erase" is designated by the pen 20 (step F5).
In 5), the control circuit 22 controls the memory circuit 23 so that the current address No. If it is determined that there is pre-association data by searching the continuation data area corresponding to, the address No. corresponding to the pre-association data is searched. “00” indicating that there is no related next data is stored as the related next data of the continuous data area corresponding to the above, and when it is determined that there is related next data, the address No. corresponding to the related next data is stored. “00” indicating that there is no pre-association data is stored as the pre-association data of the following data area corresponding to, and if it is determined that there is pre-association data and related next data, the address corresponding to the pre-association data is stored. No. Associated next data in the continuous data area corresponding to and the address No. corresponding to the associated next data. "00" indicating that there is no related next data as related data in the continuous data area corresponding to
While storing the current address No. The telephone number data, the date and time data, the image data and the continuation data corresponding to are cleared.

Then, in the state where the image as shown in FIG. 2B is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19, "end"
Is designated by the pen 20, the control circuit 2 recognizes that the designated display is “end” by detecting the pressed position by the touch panel 21, and controls the storage circuit 23 to display the main screen data. The liquid crystal display unit 19 is read out and based on the read main screen data.
To display the main screen on the liquid crystal display unit 19.

Therefore, according to the operation control as described above,
Image data such as a memo input by handwriting can be registered in advance in association with an input telephone number.

Next, the operation control when dialing to the telephone number destination for which the memo is input by the above operation control will be described.

When the handset 13 is picked up (step F61), the hook switch 14 is turned off, while the control circuit 14 detects that the handset 13 is picked up by turning off the hook switch 14, and controls the line interface 12 to control the telephone line. 11 is captured (step F62).

On the other hand, after the handset 13 has been picked up, when the telephone number of the other party is input by the operation of the numeric keys or the auto dial keys of the operation input section 18, the control circuit 22 controls the storage circuit 23 to display in FIG. The data is stored in the calling telephone number temporary storage area "00" as shown (step F63).

Then, the input of the other party's telephone number by the operation of the number keys and the auto dial key of the operation input unit 18 is completed, and the input telephone number is stored in the calling telephone number temporary storage area "00" of the storage circuit 23. Then, the control circuit 2
2 determines whether the image display is set to the ON state by operating the setting key of the operation input unit 18 (step F6).
4) When it is determined that the image display is set to the ON state, the storage circuit 23 is controlled to store the same telephone number as the telephone number stored in the outgoing telephone number temporary storage area "00" in another area. It is searched whether it is present (step F65).

When it is determined by the search operation that the same telephone number as the telephone number stored in the calling telephone number temporary storage area "00" is stored in another area (step F66), the address is stored. No. Is searched (step F67), and when it is determined by the continuous data search that there is pre-association data (step F68), the address N corresponding to the pre-association data is found.
o. Address No. When the continuous data area corresponding to is searched, and when it is determined by the continuous data search that there is no pre-related data, the address No.
And the liquid crystal display unit 1 based on the read image data.
9 is controlled to display the image data corresponding to the input telephone number on the liquid crystal display unit 19 (step F69).

In accordance with the display, the control circuit 22 controls the storage circuit 23 to read the telephone number stored in the temporary storage area "00" and outputs the read telephone number to the line interface 12. Then, the telephone line 1 which has been subjected to predetermined signal processing in the line interface 12 and captured as a dial pulse or a DTMF signal
(Step 70).

On the other hand, in the image display ON state setting judgment, when it is judged that the image display is set to the OFF state, the telephone number stored in the immediate temporary storage area "00" is read out and The read telephone number is subjected to predetermined signal processing in the line interface 12 and sent to the telephone line 1 captured as a dial pulse or a DTMF signal (step F70).

Also, the same telephone number search (step F65)
When it is determined that the same telephone number as the calling telephone number stored in the calling telephone number temporary storage area “00” is not stored in another area (step F66), the storage circuit 22 is controlled. After reading the memo screen data and controlling the liquid crystal display unit 19 based on the read memo screen data to display the memo screen in a state where nothing is drawn on the liquid crystal display unit 19, the temporary storage area “00” is displayed. The telephone number stored in is read out, and the read telephone number is subjected to predetermined signal processing in the line interface 12 and sent to the telephone line 1 captured as a dial pulse or a DTMF signal (step F70).
As the display of the liquid crystal display unit 19, a message such as "no corresponding image data" may be temporarily displayed, or the main screen may be displayed without displaying the memo creation screen. Is also good.

Therefore, according to the above dial transmission operation,
At the time of dialing, the image data stored corresponding to the input telephone number can be automatically displayed before dialing.

Next, the operation control in the case of newly inputting a memo at the telephone number destination dialed by the above operation control will be described.

While the call is being made with the other party by the dial transmission operation and the main screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19, the setting key of the operation input unit 18 is operated to turn on the image display. When the state is set (step F72), the control circuit 22 controls the memory circuit 23 based on the operation command from the operation input unit 18 to make it equal to the telephone number stored in the outgoing telephone number temporary storage area "00". It is searched whether the telephone number is stored in another area (step F73).

If it is determined by the search operation that the same telephone number as the telephone number stored in the outgoing telephone number temporary storage area "00" is stored in another area (step F74), the address is stored. No. Is searched (step F75), and when it is determined by the continuous data search that there is pre-association data (step F76), the address N corresponding to the pre-association data is determined.
o. Address No. When the continuous data area corresponding to is searched, and when it is determined by the continuous data search that there is no pre-related data, the address No.
And the liquid crystal display unit 1 based on the read image data.
9 is controlled to display the image data corresponding to the input telephone number on the liquid crystal display unit 19 (step F77).

On the other hand, while the call is being made with the other party by the dial transmission operation and the main screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display section 19, the operation input section 1
When the memo input key 8 is operated (step F71), the control circuit 22 controls the memory circuit 23 based on the operation command from the operation input unit 18 to read the memo screen data, and the read memo screen data is displayed. Based on this, the liquid crystal display unit 19 is controlled to display a memo creation screen on the liquid crystal display unit 19.

Then, while the liquid crystal display unit 19 is displaying the memo creation screen by operating the setting key or the memo input key of the operation input unit 18 (step F78), characters or the like are displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19 by the pen 20. When the memo is input by handwriting (step F79), an image is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19 by the same operation as the memo input operation (step F80), and the "registration" operation is performed (step F81). The displayed image data is stored in association with the telephone number stored in the calling telephone number temporary storage area "00" (step F82).

Further, when "previous page", "next page", "erase" and "end" are designated in the state where the memo creation screen is displayed on the liquid crystal display section 19, the memo input operation is performed. Control for each operation designation is performed by the same operation as.

Therefore, according to the above operation control, when a memo is input while a call is made by dialing, the memo input is stored in correspondence with the dialed telephone number, and the call is terminated once. Even in this case, the content of the memo entered in the previous call can be automatically displayed by dialing the telephone number.

Next, the operation control when receiving an incoming call from the telephone number destination for which the memo is input by the above operation control will be described.

When an incoming signal arrives from the telephone line 11 (step F91), the incoming signal is sent to the incoming call detection circuit 15 via the line interface 12, and the incoming call detection circuit 15 responds to the incoming call signal by the speaker 16 Drive the ringtone to the outside (step F92), while
The incoming signal from the telephone line 1 is the line interface 12
11 is also transmitted to the caller information detection circuit 17, and the caller information detection circuit 17 detects the other party telephone number from the caller information included in the incoming signal coming from the telephone line (step F93). It is stored in the called telephone number temporary storage area "01" shown (step F94).

Then, the telephone number of the other party is stored in the storage circuit 2.
When it is stored in the incoming call telephone number temporary storage area “01” of No. 3, the control circuit 22 determines whether the image display is set to the ON state by operating the setting key of the operation input unit 18 (step F95), and the image display is performed. If it is determined that the telephone number is set to the ON state, the storage circuit 23 is controlled to search whether the same telephone number as the telephone number stored in the outgoing telephone number temporary storage area "00" is stored in another area ( Step F96).

If it is determined by the search operation that the same telephone number as the telephone number stored in the calling telephone number temporary storage area "01" is stored in another area (step F97), the address is stored. No. Is searched for (step F98), and it is determined by the continuous data search that there is pre-association data (step F99), the address N corresponding to the pre-association data is found.
o. Address No. When the continuous data area corresponding to is searched, and when it is determined by the continuous data search that there is no pre-related data, the address No.
And the liquid crystal display unit 1 based on the read image data.
9 is controlled to display the image data corresponding to the input telephone number on the liquid crystal display unit 19 (step F100).

Then, in this image display state, the handset 13 responds to the ring tone emitted from the speaker 16 or the content of the memo displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 19 by the user.
(Step F101), the hook switch 14 turns off, while the control circuit 14 detects that the handset 13 has been picked up by turning off the hook switch 14, and controls the line interface 12 to capture the telephone line 11 ( Along with step F102), a call path with the other party's telephone is formed to enable a two-way call with the handset 13.

On the other hand, in the image display ON state setting determination (step F95), when it is determined that the image display is set to the OFF state, the picking up of the handset 13 by the immediate user is detected (step F10).
1).

In addition, the same telephone number search (step F96)
If it is determined that the same telephone number as the calling telephone number stored in the calling telephone number temporary storage area “00” is not stored in another area (step F97), the storage circuit 22 is controlled. After reading the memo screen data and controlling the liquid crystal display unit 19 based on the read memo screen data to display the memo screen in a state in which nothing is drawn on the liquid crystal display unit 19, the user sets the handset 13 The picking up is detected (step F101).
As the display of the liquid crystal display unit 19, a message such as "no corresponding image data" may be temporarily displayed, or the main screen may be displayed without displaying the memo creation screen. Is also good.

Therefore, according to the above incoming operation,
The image data stored corresponding to the telephone number detected based on the caller information included in the incoming signal can be automatically displayed before picking up the handset.

Regarding the operation control in the case of newly inputting a memo at the telephone number of an incoming call by the above-mentioned operation control, the telephone number corresponding to the image data registration is stored in the incoming telephone number temporary storage area. The only difference is the other party's telephone number, and the other points are almost the same as the operation for newly inputting a memo after dialing, and the description thereof is omitted.

In this embodiment, the image data stored corresponding to the telephone number is described as a handwritten memo, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, an image obtained by inputting a video signal or a telephone line is used. The image transmitted from the other party and the FAX image obtained by facsimile transmission / reception may be stored as image data corresponding to the telephone number.

Therefore, for example, when a videophone is used as a telephone equipped with the display device, and the image transmitted from the other party via the telephone line is stored as image data corresponding to the telephone number, dialing is performed. When a call is made by calling or when an incoming call is received, the image of the other party (face image, etc.) displayed on the display is stored in correspondence with the dialed telephone number and the telephone number detected at the time of the incoming call. In addition to being able to do so, when dialing later or receiving an incoming call, the image of the other party can be displayed on the display in advance, so the image of the other party can be registered without complicated operations. In addition, it is possible to add the video of the other party to the call very easily.

Further, in the present embodiment, the liquid crystal display section 19 for displaying image data is integrally formed on the telephone body, but the invention is not limited to this. For example, the information portable terminal of the first embodiment is provided on the telephone body. In contrast, the liquid crystal display unit 1 of the information portable terminal may be used by being detachably provided, and at this time, the control circuit 4 and the storage circuit 5 of the information portable terminal are also used to widen the range of use. You can

That is, by bidirectionally connecting to the telephone of the second embodiment using the modem 6 of the information portable terminal of the first embodiment, the contents noted in the information portable terminal at the time of incoming call correspond to the telephone number of the other party. Since the information can be stored in the portable information terminal and the image data corresponding to the other party's telephone number can be read and displayed on the portable information terminal at the time of an incoming call, by removing the portable information terminal, other information can be displayed. Even if the user moves to a place, he / she can work while confirming the contents of the memo during the call, and accordingly, the portable information terminal can be used more as if he / she made a memo on a paper.

By reconnecting the telephone of the second embodiment to the two-way communication, it is possible to correspond to the telephone number for dialing and the telephone number of the other party detected at the time of dialing and receiving of the call. It goes without saying that the image data can be displayed, and by connecting to a telephone different from the telephone of the second embodiment, it can be operated only when dialing.

[0113]

As described above, according to the present invention, the input telephone number and the image data are stored in correspondence with each other, and the telephone number in which the image data is stored correspondingly is input and externally output. when, since the image data corresponding to the external output telephone number is displayed on the display device, Oite sometimes dialing, the image data stored corresponding to the telephone numbers used for the dialing It can be displayed very easily.

[0114]

[0115]

Further, according to the present invention, the inputted telephone number and the character data are stored in correspondence with each other, and the telephone number stored in correspondence with the character data is inputted and externally output.
When, therefore the external output character corresponding to phone number is displayed on the display device, dialing sometimes placed <br/> Te, and stored corresponding to the telephone numbers used for the dialing Characters can be displayed extremely easily, and since they are coded as character data, they can be handled with a smaller storage capacity than image data.

Further, according to the present invention, the input telephone number and the image data are stored in correspondence with each other, and when the telephone number stored in correspondence with the image data is input, the input telephone number is input. Since the image data corresponding to the number is displayed on the display device, the image data stored in the previous outgoing call can be saved when dialing again to the telephone number in which the image data was stored in the previous outgoing call. It can be displayed very easily.

[0118]

Further, according to the present invention, when an incoming signal arrives through a telephone line and a partner telephone number is detected based on caller information included in the incoming signal, the detected telephone number Since the image data corresponding to the number is displayed on the display device, when there is an incoming call from the telephone number where the image data was stored in the previous call,
It is possible to very easily display the image data stored in the previous outgoing call before the call.

Further, according to the present invention, the telephone number detected at the time of incoming call and the image data are stored in correspondence with each other, and the telephone number stored correspondingly with the image data is detected at the time of incoming call. , The image data corresponding to the detected telephone number is displayed on the display device.Therefore, when there is an incoming call again from the telephone number where the image data was stored in the previous incoming call, the previous The image data stored in the incoming call can be displayed very easily.

Further, according to the present invention, when the telephone number stored in correspondence with the image data is input, the image data corresponding to the input telephone number is displayed on the display device. The image data stored in advance in the previous incoming call can be very easily displayed when dialing to the telephone number in which the image data is stored in the incoming call.

Further, according to the present invention, the image data coming from the telephone line is stored in correspondence with the telephone number input at the time of dialing or the telephone number detected at the time of incoming call, so that the last call when the passing story or to dialing the telephone number of the image data is stored <br/> coming from the telephone line in the previous incoming call, or the last outgoing communication talking or coming from the telephone line in the last incoming call in case there from incoming telephone number destination stores the image data, it is possible to display an image that has been previously transmitted from the other party before the call to the display device, for example, a video of the other party telephone line to If it is stored has been sent more, when there is an incoming call from the time or the calling party placing a call to the other party, film pre-call partner before the call Can be displayed, thus the call partner can be easily confirmed in the previous call.

[0123]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a mobile information terminal which is a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an appearance of the portable information terminal.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of image display on the portable information terminal.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a data structure in a memory of the portable information terminal.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control operation at the time of image registration in the display device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a control operation at the time of image registration in the display device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a control operation at the time of dialing in the display device.

FIG. 8 is a schematic functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a telephone which is a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a front view showing the appearance of the telephone.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an image display example of a display device included in the telephone.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a data structure in a memory of the telephone.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a control operation at the time of image registration in the telephone.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a control operation at the time of image registration in the telephone.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the same telephone at the time of dialing.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a control operation during a call in the telephone.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the telephone at the time of a call.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a control operation when the telephone receives an incoming call.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 19 Liquid crystal display 2, 20 pen 3, 21 touch panel 4, 22 Control circuit 5,23 Memory circuit 6 modem 11 telephone lines 12 line interface 13 handsets 14 hook switch 15 Call detection circuit 16 speakers 17 Caller information detection circuit 18 Operation input section

Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-2-218251 (JP, A) JP-A-1-137858 (JP, A) JP-A-3-124185 (JP, A) JP-A-5-304596 (JP , A) JP-A-4-42654 (JP, A) JP-A-7-44617 (JP, A) JP-A-3-2971 (JP, A) JP-A-6-319137 (JP, A) JP-B 3-75110 (JP, B2) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04M 1/02-1/23 H04M 1/26-1/57 H04M 11/00-11/10 G06F 17 / 30 G06F 3/033 G09G 3/36

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A telephone number input means for inputting a telephone number, an image data input means for inputting image data, and an image data input means for inputting a telephone number input by the telephone number input means. and image data, an image data storing means for storing the connection data indicating the presence or absence of image data associated with the image data, the telephone number inputted by said telephone number input means outside the
A telephone number output means for partial output , and an image data reading means for reading image data corresponding to the externally output telephone number from the image data storage means when the telephone number is externally output by the telephone number output means , Display means for displaying the image data read by the image data reading means is provided, while the image data reading means is externally operated by the telephone number output means on the basis of the continuous data stored in the image data storage means. A display device for reading out desired image data corresponding to an output telephone number. 2. An image for inputting image data in a telephone having a telephone number input means for inputting a telephone number and a dial transmission means for making a dial transmission based on the telephone number input by the telephone number input means. Data input means, image data input by the image data input means corresponding to the telephone number input by the telephone number input means, and presence / absence of image data related to the image data
And an image data storage means for storing the following data, and a desired image data corresponding to the inputted telephone number when the telephone number is inputted by the telephone number input means. a data reading means, while Ru provided and display means for displaying the image data read out by said image data reading means, said image data reading means, said image data storage means
Based on the stored continuation data, the above telephone number input means
Therefore, the desired image data corresponding to the entered telephone number
A telephone equipped with a display device for reading out. 3. A telephone number detecting means for detecting the other party's telephone number based on caller information coming from a telephone line at the time of incoming call is provided, while the image data reading means is detected by the telephone number detecting means. The image data corresponding to a telephone number is read from the image data storage means.
A telephone equipped with the display device according to 2 . 4. A telephone number detecting means for detecting the other party's telephone number on the basis of caller information coming from a telephone line when receiving a call, an image data inputting means for inputting image data, and a telephone number detecting means for detecting the telephone number. The presence or absence of the image data input by the image data input means corresponding to the telephone number that has been set and the image data related to the image data.
And image data storing means for storing the following data, image data reading means for reading the image data corresponding to the telephone number detected by the telephone number detecting means from the image data storing means, and the image data reading means. while Ru is provided a display means for displaying the image data read out, the image data reading means, said image data storage means
Based on the stored continuation data, the above telephone number input means
Therefore, the desired image data corresponding to the entered telephone number
A telephone equipped with a display device for reading out. 5. A telephone number input means for inputting a telephone number is provided, while the image data reading means reads image data corresponding to the telephone number input by the telephone number input means from the image data storage means. Claims characterized by
A telephone equipped with the display device according to item 4 . 6. An image data receiving means for receiving image data coming from a telephone line is provided, while the image data input means outputs the image data received by the image data receiving means as input image data. A telephone equipped with the display device according to any one of claims 2 to 5 .