JPH01115254A - Calling device for telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To omit labor to dial a telephone number and to input the correct telephone number by providing a means to generate a dial pulse according to the inputted number with a bar code reader. CONSTITUTION:A calling party retrieves the bar code to express the telephone number of an opposite party from a telephone directory, etc., and input it to a bar code reader 2 connected to a telephone set 1. Thus, the bar code to express the telephone number of the opposite party is read, and inputted to the telephone set 1. Then, the inputted bar code is sent through a bar code input interface circuit 4 provided in the telephone set 1 to a bar code analyzing circuit 5, and the telephone number of the opposite party is identified. The identified telephone number is further sent to a dial pulse generating circuit, and the dial pulse corresponding to the number of the opposite party is sent to a opposite party transmission line.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a calling device for a telephone that is capable of efficiently and accurately calling the telephone number of the other party to whom the call is desired.

[Conventional technology]

Currently, telephones have become widespread as a convenient means of communication that is indispensable in daily life and business. Nowadays, phones with various functions are on the market, and the quality is important.

There are many types available in both performance and appearance.

Two types of conventional telephones are known: rotary telephones and bushing telephones. In a rotary telephone, a caller generates a dial pulse and makes a call by turning the dial of the other party's telephone number, which has been obtained from memory, notes, or reading from a telephone directory. On the other hand, in a pushbutton type telephone, by pressing a button corresponding to the telephone number of the other party, a dialing pulse is generated and a call is made.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, with the above-mentioned rotary telephone, it takes time to dial each 6 to 10 digit phone number, and it takes a lot of time to dial each number to obtain information.
It no longer matches the reality of a world where seconds count.

In addition, since the caller must manually dial the other party's phone number obtained from memory or reading from a telephone directory, if the caller misremembers or misreads the phone number, a different number may be dialed. There was a drawback that

Furthermore, even if the other party's phone number is correct, when rotating the dial, you may accidentally turn the wrong dial.
There were often cases where the call was connected to a different subscriber than the person you wanted to talk to.

On the other hand, with a button-type telephone, the number can be pressed rhythmically with a single touch, but as with rotary dial telephones, the caller must manually enter the telephone number of the other party, obtained from memory or reading from a telephone directory. Since it is operated by pressing buttons, it has the disadvantage that it cannot be expected to make calls as quickly and accurately as when using a rotary telephone.

Therefore, in recent years, among the bushing type telephones, those having a speed dial function and an auto dial function have been developed. In other words, if you have a phone with a speed dial function and register the other party's phone number as a 2-digit or 3-digit speed dial number, when you make a call to the registered destination, you can press the speed dial call button and the registered 2 or 3 digit speed dial button. By simply pressing a total of three to four dial buttons, a call can be made to the telephone number of the other party.

On the other hand, a telephone with an auto-dial function allows the user to register the telephone number of the person he or she frequently calls in the telephone and then dial the telephone number of the other party with a single touch of a button.

As mentioned above, the disadvantage of dial telephones in that it takes time to make a call can be overcome to some extent by using bushing telephones. However, there is a limit to the number of abbreviated numbers that can be registered as described above, and since the registration number must be memorized or read from a memo or the like before pressing the button, there is a risk of the same erroneous operation as mentioned above occurring. was high.

The purpose of the present invention is to solve such drawbacks and to provide an efficient and highly accurate system that can automatically call the other party's telephone number without requiring the caller to dial the other party's telephone number himself. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a telephone calling device.

[Means for solving problems]

A telephone calling device of the present invention includes a barcode reading device for reading a telephone number displayed in a barcode;
The present invention is characterized in that it has a calling means that generates a dial pulse according to the number inputted by the barcode reading device and automatically calls the other party having the inputted telephone number.

〔Example〕

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

Note that FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a calling device for a telephone according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a relay system.

In this embodiment, as shown in the block diagram in FIG. A barcode input interface circuit 4 connected to the calling party telephone 1 and provided in the calling party telephone 1.
It is connected to the other party's transmission line 7 via a barcode analysis circuit 5 and a dial pulse generation circuit 6.

Further, the calling party telephone 1 equipped with such a calling device is
As shown in FIG. 2, it is connected to the other party's telephone 10 via a switch 8 and a central control unit 9 provided in the telephone office.

The telephone calling device of this embodiment configured as described above is used in the following manner. That is, the caller searches the telephone directory to find the barcode representing the other party's telephone number. and,
A barcode reader 2 connected to the telephone 1 reads a barcode representing the other party's telephone number and inputs it into the telephone 1. Then, the input barcode is sent to the barcode analysis circuit 5 via the barcode input interface circuit 4 provided in the telephone 1, and the other party's telephone number is identified by the barcode analysis circuit 5. . The telephone number of the other party identified in this way is further sent to the dial pulse generation circuit 6, which sends out a dial pulse corresponding to the number of the other party from the transmission line 7 of the other party, and sends the dial pulse corresponding to the number of the other party to the other party. call

In this way, the calling party does not have to dial the telephone number of the other party or press a button, so that the calling operation can be made in a short time.

Furthermore, since the barcode reading device reads the barcode written in the telephone directory, it is possible to prevent calling errors due to human errors such as misremembering the telephone number or operational errors.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, by connecting a barcode reading device to a telephone, inputting the telephone number of the other party to be called using the barcode and making a call, it is possible to make a call without having to manually dial the telephone number of the other party. This eliminates the time required for calling operations, and furthermore, since the correct telephone number of the other party can be automatically entered, erroneous operations can be prevented.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a calling device for a telephone according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a relay system. 1...Caller side telephone 2...Barcode reading device 3...Barcode input transmission line 4...Barcode input interface circuit 5...
Barcode analysis circuit 6...dial pulse generation circuit 7...other party's transmission line 8...switch 9...center side? ig device 10...other party's phone

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A barcode reading device to read the telephone number displayed in the barcode, and a dialing pulse generated by the barcode reading device according to the number input, and automatically calling the other party with the inputted telephone number. 1. A calling device for a telephone, characterized in that it has a calling means.