JP4293101B2 - Telephone device and caller number display system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention searches the phone book information based on the caller number notified at the time of incoming call, and displays the phone book information such as the name of the caller registered in advance, other than the phone book information of the incoming phone device The present invention relates to a telephone device and a caller ID display system that can use telephone directory information of other devices.

A service is provided in which a caller number (caller's phone number) is notified from the exchange to the caller's phone device when an incoming call is received from the caller's phone device. Further, in the telephone device corresponding to this service, when the caller number is notified, the telephone directory information storage unit that stores the telephone number and the name in advance is searched, and the notified caller number is A telephone device that displays the name when it is stored in advance in the book information storage unit is also known (see Patent Document 1).
JP-A-8-79336

  The number of mobile phone devices is rapidly increasing due to the progress of miniaturization, higher functionality, and lower prices, and mobile phone devices equipped with an image sensor called a camera-equipped mobile phone device are also rapidly spreading. is there. Also in these mobile phone devices, search and name display of phone book information based on a caller number as described in Patent Document 1 is performed.

  However, in the telephone device described in Patent Document 1, if the caller number is not stored in the telephone directory information storage unit in advance, only the caller number is displayed. If the caller number notified at that time is not stored as phone book information in the fixed telephone device, the caller's name is displayed using it even if it is stored as phone book information in the mobile phone device. Can not do it. The same applies when an incoming call arrives at the mobile phone device.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and its purpose is to search the phone book information based on the caller number notified at the time of incoming call, and display the name of the caller, etc. It is to make available telephone directory information of a device with an image sensor other than the incoming phone device.

The invention according to claim 1 is a means for detecting a telephone number of a caller, a means for converting the detected telephone number into a barcode, a display means for displaying the barcode, a telephone directory information storage means, Determining means for determining whether or not the detected telephone number is stored in the telephone directory information storage means; and means for causing the display means to display if the detected telephone number is not stored as a result of the determination by the determining means; A telephone device characterized by comprising:
According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided: means for detecting a telephone number of a caller; means for converting the detected telephone number into a bar code; display means for displaying the bar code; and means, determination means for determining whether or not the detected telephone number is stored in the first telephone directory information storage means, the result of determination of said determining means, if it is not stored, on the display means A telephone device having a means for displaying, an imaging means, a second telephone directory information storage means, a means for recognizing a barcode in an image taken by the imaging means, and the recognized barcode Means for converting to a telephone number; determination means for determining whether or not the converted telephone number is stored in the second telephone directory information storage means; and the telephone number converted by the determination means is the second Phone book information storage Caller number display system comprising: an image input processing device including means for displaying telephone directory information corresponding to the stored telephone number when it is determined that the stored telephone number is stored It is.

(Function)
According to the telephone device of the present invention, the telephone number of the caller is detected, the detected telephone number is converted into a barcode, and it is determined whether or not the detected telephone number is stored in the telephone directory information storage means. If not stored, the bar code is displayed.
Further, according to the caller number display system according to the present invention, the bar code converted from the caller's telephone number is displayed on the telephone device, the displayed bar code is captured by the image input processing device, and the image is processed. Then, the barcode is recognized, converted into a numeric string, and the telephone number information of the caller is acquired, and the telephone directory information is searched based on the telephone number information and displayed.

According to the present invention, since the display in the telephone device converts the telephone number of the caller to the bar code, searches the telephone directory information based on the notified caller ID when a call arrives, displays the caller's name, etc. When reading, the bar code is read by a device other than the telephone device having the image pickup device and the telephone book information storage means, and the telephone number information of the caller can be obtained and the phone book information of the device can be used. become. Also, since the barcode recognition process is simpler than the number recognition process, a device that obtains the caller's phone number information from the displayed information is lower in cost than the display of the caller's phone number. Can be realized.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
1 and 2 are diagrams for explaining the configuration of a telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Here, FIG. 1 shows a fixed telephone device, and FIG. 2 shows a mobile phone device. Further, the user of the fixed telephone device 1 in FIG. 1 and the user of the mobile phone device 4 in FIG. 2 are the same.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the fixed telephone device 1 can communicate with other fixed or mobile phone devices 3 via wired and wireless public telephone lines 2. The fixed telephone device 1 includes a main control unit 11 that controls the entire fixed telephone device 1 and various processes, an operation unit 12 including numeric keys and various function keys, a display unit 13 including an LCD, and a public telephone. A communication control unit 14 that performs communication with the fixed or mobile phone device 3 via the line 2, and a caller number detection unit 15 that detects a caller telephone number of a caller from a signal received at the communication control unit 14. A telephone directory information storage unit 16 for storing a telephone number in association with the name of the other party making the call, and a telephone number / barcode for converting a numeric string of the telephone number into a one-dimensional or two-dimensional barcode. And a conversion table 17.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the cellular phone device 4 includes a control unit 41 that controls the entire cellular phone device 4 and various processes, an operation unit 42 that includes numeric keys and various function keys, and a display that includes an LCD and the like. Unit 43, antenna 44 for transmitting and receiving radio waves, radio unit 45 connected to antenna 44, baseband unit 46 connected to radio unit 45, speaker 47 and microphone 48 connected to baseband unit 46 And a phone book information storage unit 49 for storing a telephone number in association with the name of the other party to be called, and a camera unit 50.

The operations of the fixed telephone apparatus 1 and the mobile telephone apparatus 4 having the above configuration will be described.
Incoming calls from the public telephone line 2 to the fixed telephone device 1 are detected by the communication control unit 14 and notified to the main control unit 11. The caller number notified at the time of incoming call is detected by the caller number detection unit 15 and sent to the main control unit 11. When the main controller 11 is notified of incoming call detection (YES in step S1), it performs incoming call processing (step S2). Next, the main control unit 11 searches the telephone directory information storage unit 16 (step S3), and determines whether there is a telephone number that matches the caller number notified at the time of incoming (step S4). . If it exists, the phone book information such as the caller number and the name of the caller registered in the phone book information storage unit 16 is displayed on the display unit 13 (step S5), and the process proceeds to the incoming call response process. . If it does not exist, the telephone number / bar code conversion table 17 is referred to and the caller number is converted into a one-dimensional or two-dimensional bar code (step S6). The number is displayed on the screen 13a of the display unit 13 (step S7), and the process proceeds to the incoming call response process.

  As described above, in the fixed telephone device 1 according to the present embodiment, when the caller number notified at the time of the incoming call is registered in the telephone directory information storage unit 16 in advance, the telephone number such as the caller number and the caller name is called. The book information is displayed on the display unit 13, and when the caller number notified at the time of incoming call is not registered in the telephone book information storage unit 16, the caller number and its barcode are displayed on the display unit 13. Note that the fixed telephone device 1 can be set by the operation unit 12 to display in other display modes, for example, the bar code only when the caller number notified at the time of incoming call is not registered in the telephone directory information storage unit 16 or It can also be operated to display only the caller ID.

  A user who possesses the mobile phone device 4 is ringing on the fixed phone device 1, and when a caller number and a barcode are displayed on the screen 13 a of the display unit 13, a predetermined key on the operation unit 42 is displayed. , And the camera unit 50 is operated to capture a barcode, and then a barcode search operation is performed. When there is a barcode search operation (YES in step S11), the control unit 41 extracts and recognizes the barcode from the video signal captured by the camera unit 50 (step S12), and the recognized barcode is a numeric string (telephone). Number) (step S13). Next, the control unit 41 searches the telephone directory information storage unit 49 (step S14), and determines whether there is a telephone number that matches the telephone number converted from the barcode (step S15). If it exists, the phone book information such as the phone number and the name of the caller registered in the phone book information storage unit 49 is displayed on the display unit 43 (step S16), and the process is terminated. On the other hand, if it does not exist, an error is displayed on the display unit 43 (step S17), and the process ends.

  As described above, according to the telephone device according to the present embodiment, when the telephone number of the caller who has arrived at the fixed telephone device 1 is a telephone number that is not registered in the fixed telephone device 1 as telephone directory information, When the phone book information of the telephone device 4 is retrieved and registered as the phone book information in the mobile phone device 4, the mobile phone device 4 displays the phone book information, so the name corresponding to the caller's phone number, etc. The certainty of displaying is increased.

  In the above embodiment, the phone book information of the mobile phone device with the camera is made available when searching for the caller ID notified when the incoming call is received to the fixed phone device. When searching for a caller number notified when an incoming call is made to the telephone device, the telephone directory information of a fixed telephone device with an image sensor (line sensor or the like) can be used. The present invention can also be applied to a fixed telephone apparatus having a facsimile communication function and a fixed telephone apparatus having a moving image transmission function. Furthermore, although the telephone number and the barcode are displayed on the display unit 13 in the above embodiment, only the barcode may be displayed.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the fixed telephone apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the mobile telephone apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the fixed telephone apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the mobile telephone apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Fixed telephone apparatus, 4 ... Mobile telephone apparatus, 13, 43 ... Display part, 15 ... Caller number detection part, 16, 49 ... Phonebook information storage part, 50 ...・ Camera part.

Claims (2)

Means for detecting a caller's telephone number; means for converting the detected telephone number into a bar code; display means for displaying the bar code; telephone book information storage means; and A determination unit that determines whether or not the information is stored in a book information storage unit; and a unit that causes the display unit to perform display when the determination unit does not store the determination result. Telephone device. Means for detecting the telephone number of the caller; means for converting the detected telephone number into a bar code; display means for displaying the bar code; first telephone directory information storage means; and the detected telephone number. Determining means for determining whether or not is stored in the first telephone directory information storage means, and means for causing the display means to display if the result of determination by the determining means is not stored A telephone device,
Imaging means, second telephone directory information storage means, means for recognizing a barcode in an image taken by the imaging means, means for converting the recognized barcode into a telephone number, and the converted telephone number Is determined to be stored in the second telephone directory information storage unit, and it is determined that the converted telephone number is stored in the second telephone directory information storage unit by the determination unit. A caller number display system comprising: an image input processing device including means for displaying telephone book information corresponding to the stored telephone number when the telephone number is stored.

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