JPH0119486Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed explanation of the idea] The present invention relates to improvement of telephones.

Generally, when calling someone to make a phone call,
Turn a dial or press a push button. If you do not know the telephone number, you must look for the other party's telephone number in your telephone book, then turn the dial or press a button while looking at the number in the telephone book. However, sometimes they misjudged the number and dialed back, or called the wrong person, causing trouble for the other person, and there were problems with turning the dial or operating the push buttons while looking at the phone book. .

The present invention aims to improve the deficiencies in the equipment of such telephones.

The configuration of the telephone according to the present invention that achieves the above object is characterized by incorporating an optical character reading device for reading a telephone number in a part of the handset.

An embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view illustrating the configuration of a telephone according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cutaway view showing the internal circuit configuration of the telephone shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the usage state of the telephone according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing the circuit configuration of the optical character reading device for the telephone according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the telephone according to the present invention has an optical character reading device built into the receiver 2 of the main body 1 of the telephone, and the opening 3 of the optical sensor of the optical character reader is exposed in the receiver 2. are doing. The telephone number entered using the dial 5 or read by the optical character reader is displayed on the display 4, and the input is confirmed.

FIG. 2 is a cutaway diagram showing the internal circuit configuration of the device shown in FIG. In Fig. 2, 1 is the telephone body, 2 is the handset, 3 is the opening of the optical sensor of the optical character reader, 4 is the display, 6 is the sensor part of the optical character reader, and 7 is the optical character. Lead wires connect the sensor section 6 of the reading device and the identification processing circuit 8, 8 is the identification processing circuit, and 9 ₁ and 9 ₂ are contacts of the power supply circuit. Contact 9 ₁ is fixed to the inside of the case of the telephone body 1, and contact 9 ₂ is attached to the receiver (hook).
10, and the handset is fixed on the handset rest 10.
When the handset receiver 10 is lifted up, the contacts 9 ₁ and 9 ₂ are configured to close. Contacts 9 ₁ and 9 ₂ are inserted in series in the power supply circuit 11 to the identification processing unit 8 of the optical character reading device, and the power is turned on only while the handset 2 of the telephone is picked up and a call is made, and the call is terminated. When the handset 2 is placed back on the telephone, the contacts 9 ₁ and 9 ₂ are separated and the identification processing unit 8 is disconnected from the power source.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the usage state of the telephone set according to the present invention, in which the user takes off the handset 2 from the telephone set and searches the telephone book 13 for the telephone number of the other party. The telephone number 14 is then optically read by scanning the sensor aperture 3 of the optical character reader of the handset 2 over the telephone number 14 following the name of the other party on the telephone book 13 from one side to the other. Read by a character reader. The read telephone number is displayed on the telephone display 4 for confirmation, and is output to the subscriber telephone line 12 in a predetermined signal format.
Thereby, it is possible to call the desired party in exactly the same way as when calling the telephone number of the other party by dialing.

The optical character reading device used in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, consists of a sensor section 6 built into the handset and an identification processing circuit 8 built into the telephone main body 1. The detailed structure of the optical character reading device is shown in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 16133/1983. That is, the sensor unit 6 installed in the receiver 2 includes a lamp that illuminates the characters on the paper to be read, an optical system 6a that receives the light 15 reflected from the document on which the characters are written, and an optical system 6a that receives the light 15 reflected from the document on which the characters are written. An image sensor section 16 on which an image is formed and a two-dimensional array of photoelectric conversion elements
and a binarization circuit 17 that determines black and white of the image of each photoelectric conversion element.
The apparatus is provided with an identification processing circuit 8 for processing and identifying the binary signal in step 7 to determine characters, and a display 4 for displaying the characters read. The telephone number read by the optical character reading device is displayed on the display 4 and is also input to the exchange at the central office via the subscriber's telephone line 12, and the telephone number of the other subscriber is connected. to call the other party.

The telephone according to the present invention has a built-in optical character reader, so instead of looking up the other party's phone number on a telephone book and looking at it while turning a dial or pressing a pushbutton, the telephone uses an optical character reader. Since the phone number is read with a character reader and the caller is automatically called, it is possible to connect to the target caller's phone more accurately and quickly. Further, in the telephone according to the present invention, when the handset 2 is lifted from the phone body 1, the optical character reading device is turned on, and when the handset 2 is returned to its original position, the power is turned on.
By turning it off, you can reduce the power consumption of the device. In addition, it is possible to use an optical character reader that can also read handwritten characters.
In this case, you can also read the phone number from your own phone number booklet and make a call.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external view of the telephone according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a cutaway view of the telephone shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing the use of the telephone according to the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a diagram of the telephone according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a circuit configuration diagram of an optical character reading device. In the drawings, 1 is the telephone body, 2 is the handset, 3 is the optical sensor opening, 4 is the display, 5 is the dial, 6 is the sensor section, 6a is the optical system, 7 is the lead wire, and 8 is the identification processing circuit. , 9 ₁ , 9 ₂ are contacts, 10 is a receiver, 11 is a power supply line, 12 is a subscriber telephone line, 13 is a telephone book, 14 is a telephone number character, 15
16 is a reflected light, 16 is an image sensor, and 17 is a binarization circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of claims for utility model registration] (1) A telephone characterized by having an optical character reader for reading telephone numbers built into a part of the handset. (2) Lifting up the handset turns on the power to the optical character reading device, and placing the handset in its original position turns off the power to the optical character reading device. A telephone according to claim 1 of the utility model registration claim characterized by: