JPH01311656A - Telephone number transmission system by business card, and telephone set and business card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To rapidly and accurately place a call by preventing a wrong number from being dialed by writing telephone number information consisting of a bar code on a business card, and assembling a bar code reader and a converter to convert bar code information to a dial signal in a telephone set. CONSTITUTION:The telephone number information consisting of the bar code printed on the business card is read by the bar code reader of the telephone set, and the bar code information is converted to the dial signal by the converter, then, the telephone number is transmitted. Therefore, it is not required to dial the telephone number with a finger as reading the telephone number on the business card, or to depress a push-button by a person. In such a way, since the wrong number can be prevented from being dialed and mechanical reading can be performed, reading can be accelerated compared with a case where the person finds the telephone number out of a various kinds of information printed on the business card and reads printed small numerals with one's eyes.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a telephone number transmission system using business cards and parts related thereto.

[Prior Art] Traditionally, telephone numbers were transmitted by imitating dialing or by pressing a button.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, when making a call using the recipient's business card, with conventional telephones, you read the phone number printed on the business card with your eyes and turn the dial with your finger or press the button, making it easy to make a mistake. . In addition, the numbers printed on business cards are inevitably small, making them difficult to read, which causes a long time to read, and also causes numbers to be mistaken.

The present invention was developed because, as mentioned above, in the conventional telephone number transmission system, a person had to read the telephone number printed on the business card with his or her eyes and turn the dial of the telephone with his/her finger or press the button. The purpose of this invention is to provide a quick and accurate telephone number transmission system that solves the problem that it is easy to make mistakes in numbers.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention writes telephone number information using a barcode on a business card, incorporates a barcode reading device and a conversion device that converts the barcode information into a dial signal into a telephone, and combines these devices. This achieved the above objectives.

[Function] With the above configuration, the telephone number information from the barcode printed on the business card is read by the barcode reading device of the telephone, and the barcode information is converted into a dialing signal by the converter and the telephone number is read. Send. Therefore, there is no need for a human to read the phone number on a business card with their eyes, turn the dial with their fingers, or press a button, so there is no need to make a mistake when reading the phone number. It is faster to read a phone number than when searching for a phone number among various information printed on a business card and reading the small printed number by eye.

〔Example〕

A telephone with the circuit shown in FIG. 1 was manufactured. - On the other hand, I wrote phone number information using a barcode at the bottom of the business card.

In Figure 1, Ilo indicates input/output, ROM is a read-only memory in which processing procedures are written, and RAM is a memory that can be read and written at any time.
You can write information such as speed dials and answering machines. Conversion device A is a device that converts barcode information read by a barcode reader into a dial signal (PB double signal, and conversion word fB is a device that converts information pressed with a button on the keyboard into a dial signal. .

When transmitting a phone number using this phone, pick up the handset, bring a business card with barcode phone number information written close to the phone's barcode reader, and the barcode reader reads the phone number written on the business card. , the read barcode information is converted into a dial signal by converter A, and the control device sends it to Ilo according to the processing procedure written in the read-only memory ROM, and from there to the other party via the telephone office. call the other party. This telephone is also equipped with a normal telephone number transmission system, and when making a call using this normal system, press the button on the keyboard with your finger and use converter B to dial the entered information. It is converted into a signal and sent by the control device to Ilo, from where it is sent to the other party via the telephone office to call the other party. By providing the telephone with a RAM for storing telephone numbers, it is possible to make calls using abbreviated dialing from the second time onwards.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, by writing telephone number information in the form of a barcode on a business card and incorporating a barcode reading device and a conversion device for converting the barcode information into a dialing signal in the telephone, a human can easily It is no longer necessary to read the telephone number printed on a business card with your eyes, turn the dial with your finger, or press a button, and calls can now be made quickly and accurately without making mistakes.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a circuit of a telephone according to the present invention. Patent applicant Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) Business card with barcode phone number information written on it. (2) A telephone that incorporates a barcode reading device and a conversion device that converts barcode information into dialing signals. (3) A telephone number transmission system consisting of a business card with barcode telephone number information written thereon, and a telephone set incorporating a barcode reading device and a conversion device that converts the barcode information into a dialing signal.