JP5119813B2 - Telephone device that can operate the phone book function during a call - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone device capable of operating a telephone directory function during a call.

While calling on a mobile phone, etc., you may receive an inquiry about the phone number of a specified party from the other party, but if that phone number is stored in the phone book of the mobile phone you are using, While listening, it is troublesome to confirm the operation of the phone book function on the display and perform key operations. On the other hand, Patent Document 1 proposes a technique for operating a telephone directory during a call to convert the retrieved telephone number into a voice and notifying the other party.
JP 2007-53508 A

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 has a drawback in that a telephone call cannot be performed while the telephone book function is activated, and a telephone book search cannot be performed while confirming with the caller of the inquiry source.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone device that enables a telephone call while operating a telephone directory function and enables an efficient telephone directory search while confirming with a call partner of an inquiry source. .

The telephone device capable of operating the telephone directory function during a call according to the present invention includes a telephone directory function activation means for activating the telephone book function during a call and a hands-free call transition means for shifting to a hands-free call during the call. And when a predetermined operation is performed during a call, the phone book function is activated while the call is maintained, and the call is automatically transferred to a hands-free call. The middle phone book function starting means displays a menu related to the operation of the phone book function on a display unit provided in the own telephone device, and while the phone book function is activated , the telephone is kept in a state where the call during the call is held to allow the operation of the book function, the hands-free call transition means to enable the hands-free communication during operation of the telephone book function, a part or all of the telephone directory data retrieved by the telephone directory function during a call, the sound Wherein the voice guidance to the destination in the converted call to.

  According to the present invention, since the telephone book function can be operated while talking to the other party by switching to a hands-free call, a telephone device capable of searching the telephone book during an efficient and comfortable call while checking the search contents is provided. Can be provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the telephone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a telephone device 1 stores a telephone directory function unit 7 for storing and referring to a telephone directory, a voice input processing unit 10, a transmitter 11, a voice output processing unit 12, a receiver 13 and a loudspeaker that control a voice call. Speaker 14, key input unit 4 for performing key operations, display unit 3 including an LCD, search result storage unit 8 for storing searched phone book data, and voice conversion for converting searched phone book data into voice data It comprises a processing unit 9, an e-mail generation unit 5 that manages the creation of an e-mail, an e-mail transmission processing unit 6 that transmits the generated e-mail, and a main body control unit 2 that controls the above-described units. In the present embodiment, for ease of explanation, the speaker built in the receiver 13 and the loudspeaker 14 will be described separately, but an integrated speaker may be used.

  The display unit 3 includes an LCD and displays data transmitted from the main body control unit 2. The key input unit 4 notifies the main body control unit 2 of detection of key input. The e-mail generation unit 5 generates e-mail data from the data sent from the main body control unit 2, and outputs the generated e-mail data to the main body control unit 2. The e-mail transmission processing unit 6 manages the process of transmitting the e-mail data sent from the main body control unit 2.

  The phone book function unit 7 stores and refers to the phone book data instructed to the main body control unit 2 and outputs the search result to the search result storage unit 8. The search result storage unit 8 stores the character data sent from the telephone directory function unit 7 and outputs it to the main body control unit 2 and the voice conversion processing unit 9.

  The voice conversion processing unit 9 converts the character data sent from the search result storage unit 8 into voice data and outputs the voice data to the main body control unit 2. The voice input processing unit 10 converts an analog signal input from the transmitter 11 into a digital signal and outputs the digital signal to the main body control unit 2. The audio output processing unit 12 converts the digital signal into an analog signal and outputs it from the receiver 13 and the loudspeaker 14 to the outside. The main body control unit 2 controls the entire telephone device. The control unit also performs communication control with the other party.

  FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the telephone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The operation of the telephone device will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  When the telephone device 1 having a telephone directory function for storing and retrieving telephone book data is in a call state, when the caller himself / herself receives a request for notification of a telephone number from the other party, the caller himself / herself receives the voice from the receiver 13. The telephone directory is activated by a predetermined operation set in advance. The main body control unit 2 detects that a predetermined operation for starting up the telephone book is performed by a signal from the key input unit 4, and the process proceeds to step S2 (S1). If there is no phone book activation operation, the call is continued. (S1: No)

  When the main body control unit 2 detects that a predetermined operation for starting the phone book is performed in accordance with a signal from the key input unit 4 (S1: Yes), the main body control unit 2 starts a hands-free call (S2). ). At the same time, the main body control unit 2 outputs the phone book menu data to the display unit 3, and the display unit 3 displays the phone book menu (S3). Then, while the telephone book is activated in the call state, the main body control unit 2 invalidates the normal call disconnection operation in the key input unit 4 and holds the call (S4).

  When the main body control unit 2 detects the start of the phone book data search by the caller himself / herself from the key input unit 4, the main body control unit 2 searches for the telephone number corresponding to the caller's operation in cooperation with the phone book function unit 7. The phone book data is sent to the search result storage unit 8. Note that the phone book data includes not only the telephone number but also an e-mail address, an address, etc., and it is possible to search for such information, and it is sent to the search result storage unit 8 as phone book data (S5). .

  When the search result storage unit 8 receives the phone book data, the search result storage unit 8 stores the search result phone book data in the main body control unit 2, and sends the phone book data to the display unit 3 in response to a request from the main body control unit 2. The display unit 3 displays the sent telephone directory data (S6).

Caller himself performs a predetermined key operation from the phone book data displayed to select whether to notify by voice data results retrieved (S7). When an operation to notify by voice data is detected from the key input unit 4 (S7: Yes), the search result storage unit 8 sends the phone book data to the voice conversion processing unit 9, and the voice conversion processing unit 9 Is converted into audio data and sent to the main body control unit 2. Further, the main body control unit 2 notifies the other party of the voice data of the voice data sent from the voice conversion processing unit 9 from the main body control unit 2 (S8). When the notification of the audio data is completed, the process proceeds to step 12. It should be noted that whether or not notification by voice data is possible may be configured such that a menu is displayed on the display unit 3 and can be selected.

If no notification by voice data (S7: No), the caller himself performs a predetermined key operation to select whether to notify email communication partner results retrieved (S9).

  When an operation to be notified by e-mail is detected from the key input unit 4 (S9: Yes), it is associated with the telephone number of the other party in the phone book data from the phone book function unit 7 according to an instruction from the main body control unit 2. Search for e-mail addresses. The searched e-mail address is stored in the search result storage unit 8 (S10).

  Next, the search result storage unit 8 sends the mail address of the call partner searched in step 10 and the phone book data searched in step 5 from the main body control unit 2 to the e-mail generation unit 5. The e-mail generation unit 5 that has received the mail address of the other party and the searched phone book data generates e-mail data by attaching the phone book data to the e-mail address of the other party, and sends the e-mail data to the main body control unit 2 Send mail data. The main body control unit 2 outputs the sent e-mail data to the e-mail transmission processing unit 6, and the e-mail transmission processing unit 6 transmits the e-mail to the call partner (S11).

  Although explanation is omitted in the present embodiment, when the telephone book data is searched in step 5, if the mail address of the other party is not registered, the process automatically shifts to No in step 9.

  Further, it is determined whether or not the caller himself / herself terminates the telephone book function of the present invention (S12). When the phone book function is to be ended (S12: Yes), the hands-free call is stopped and this flow is ended. Whether or not the phone book search can be terminated may be displayed on a menu on the display unit 3 and can be selected.

  Further, when the telephone book function is not terminated (S12: No), when the main body control unit 2 detects the disconnection of the call from the other party in the state where the call disconnection operation is invalidated during the telephone book search. The call can be disconnected (S13). Note that it may be a case where a specific operation by the caller himself, for example, a long press of the “OFF” button is detected.

  According to the above configuration, the searched phone book data is notified by the caller's own voice in a hands-free call, or the converted phone book data is converted into voice data to be notified, or the searched phone book data is electronically stored. It is possible to notify by e-mail, and the phone number searched by the caller himself / herself during the call can be notified to the other party efficiently and comfortably while checking the search contents. it can.

  In the present embodiment, transmission of a telephone number has been described for the telephone directory data, but the present embodiment is not limited to a telephone number. For example, information such as an e-mail address and an address is also included, and a part or all of these can be selected and notified.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of the telephone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the telephone device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone apparatus 2 Main body control part 3 Display part 4 Key input part 5 E-mail production | generation part 6 E-mail transmission process part 7 Phonebook function part 8 Search result memory | storage part 9 Voice conversion process part 10 Voice input process part 11 Transmitter 12 Audio output processing unit 13 Handset 14 Loudspeaker

Claims (2)

In a telephone device having a telephone directory function for storing and retrieving telephone directory data,
In-call phone book function activation means for activating the phone book function during a call, and hands-free call transition means for shifting to a hands-free call during a call,
When a predetermined operation is performed during a call, the phone book function is activated while maintaining the call, and the call is automatically transferred to a hands-free call.
The in-call telephone directory function activation means displays a menu relating to the operation of the telephone directory function on a display unit provided in the own telephone device , and holds the call during the telephone call while the telephone directory function is activated The phone book function can be operated with the hands-free call transfer means, enabling the hands-free call during the operation of the phone book function,
A telephone device capable of operating a telephone directory function during a call, wherein a part or all of the telephone book data searched by the telephone book function during a call is converted into voice and voice guidance is provided to the other party during the call . The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein
A telephone device capable of operating a telephone directory function during a call, wherein a normal call disconnection operation is invalidated while the telephone book function is activated during a call.

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