JPH02302150A - Automatic dial telephone number display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm the fact of automatic dialing of a telephone number visually by bringing a number of a digit during dialing sequentially in the display state different from other digit number among digits of the telephone number during automatic dialing. CONSTITUTION:When a retrieval key on a keyboard 3 is operated, a telephone number data is sequentially read from a storage medium 1 and the telephone number is being displayed on a display section 2. When a desired telephone number is displayed and the dial key on the keyboard 3 is operated, the number of the head digit of the telephone number is dialed and '0' of the head digit is deleted from the display section 2 for this period. When the dialing of '0' is finished, the next digit '4' is dialed succeedingly and '4' is deleted from the display section 2 for this time. The number during dialing is deleted in the display section 2 while the telephone number is sequentially dialed from the number of the head digit. When the dialing of the numbers of the entire digits is finished, all the digits of the telephone number are again like.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an auto-dial telephone number display method.

[Prior art] Conventionally, in an electronic phonebook with an auto-dial function, the third
As shown in the figure, all digits of the phone number to be auto-dial are initially lit on the display, and when auto-dialing starts, all 0s are cleared once, and the dialed digit numbers are lit and displayed one after another. There is a method.

[Problems to be Solved] In the above-mentioned conventional display method, only the dialed digits of the telephone number are illuminated during auto-dialing, so it is impossible to confirm whether the telephone number is the one desired. Therefore, for example, if there are multiple confusing phone numbers registered that differ only in the lower digits of the phone number, even if you are worried about checking the phone number before making a call, you will not be able to re-check it until the transmission is complete. , you may end up dialing the wrong phone number.

The present invention provides an auto-dial phone number display method that allows the phone number to be easily and reliably confirmed even during auto-dial.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides an electronic telephone directory that stores a plurality of telephone numbers and selectively auto-dials a desired telephone number among them. , and while the telephone number is being dialed, the dialing digit is displayed differently from other digits.

[Example] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a storage medium such as an IC card that stores a plurality of telephone number data, 2 is a display unit that displays a telephone number based on the telephone number data stored in the storage medium 1, and 3 is a display unit that displays a telephone number based on the telephone number data stored in the storage medium 1. A keyboard, which includes a dial key for automatically dialing the telephone number displayed on the display unit 2, a search key for searching for a desired telephone number from the telephone number data stored in the storage medium 1, and a storage medium 1. It is composed of various keys such as a registration key for registering telephone number data. 4 is a dialer that sends a telephone number; 5 is a RAM that temporarily stores the telephone number data read from the storage medium 1; 6 is a device for writing and reading telephone number data to and from the storage medium 1, and for making a telephone call on the display unit 2; This is a control circuit that controls number display, etc.

Next, the auto-dial operation will be explained.

First, when the search key on the keyboard 3 is operated, telephone number data is sequentially read from the storage medium 1, temporarily stored in the RAM 5, and the telephone number is displayed on the display unit 2 based on this telephone number data. When the desired phone number is displayed, if you operate the dial keys on the keyboard 3, the dialer 4 will call the phone number in sequence starting from the first digit based on the phone number data stored in the RAM 5. To go.

FIG. 2 shows the display state of the display unit 2 while the telephone number is being automatically dialed. In the figure, (a) shows a state before an automatic call is made, that is, before a dial key is operated, with all digits of the telephone number illuminated. Next, when the dial keys on the keyboard 3 are operated, the first digit of the telephone number is called, and during this time the display section 2 displays the first digit "O" as shown in (b).
a goes out, indicating that this number is calling.

When the transmission of this 0" is completed, the next digit "4" is sent.
During this time, "4" goes off on the display section 2 as shown in (C), indicating that this number is being called. In this way, calls are made sequentially from the first digit of the telephone number, and the number that is currently being called is displayed as extinguished on the display section 2. (d) shows the display state of the display unit 2 when the last digit "0" is being transmitted, and 0" is off. When all digits have been transmitted, as shown in (e). All digits of the phone number will be displayed again.

As a result of the above operation, during auto-dial, the digits of the phone number that are being called are sequentially turned off.
You can check your phone number even while making a call.

In the above embodiment, the number of the digit being called is displayed as off, but the present invention is not limited to this, and any display state that is different from the other digit numbers may be used, such as blinking or inverted display.

[Effects] According to the present invention, during automatic dialing, the number of the digit being called among the digits of the telephone number is sequentially displayed in a different state from the numbers of other digits, so that the telephone number is not automatically dialed. It is possible to visually confirm that the telephone number is correct, and even during automatic dialing, it is possible to confirm whether the telephone number is correct or not, which is useful in preventing mistaken calls.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the display during auto dialing, and FIG.
The figure is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional example. 2... Above the display area

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an electronic phonebook that stores multiple phone numbers and selectively auto-dials a desired phone number, all digits of the phone number to be auto-dial are displayed on the display, and while a call is being made to that phone number, the An auto-dial telephone number display method characterized by displaying a digit that is currently displayed in a different display state from other digits.