JPH0244951A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To locate a button close to a telephone number memo and to improve the operability by providing buttons to a card shaped operating section while being separated from a telephone set main body and transferring the information of a depressed button to the telephone set main body in a wireless. CONSTITUTION:Buttons 9 are placed separately from the telephone set main body 5 and the buttons 9 are provided to the card shaped operating section 8 separated from the telephone set main body 5. On the other hand, photodetection sections 12a, 12b to receive an optical signal from the operation section are provided to the telephone set main body 5 and the information of the buttons 9 of the operation section 8 is transferred to the telephone set main body 5 in a wireless. Thus, the buttons 9 and the telephone number memo are placed closely to each other, the necessity of the movement of visual line at button operation is not almost caused, mis-depression of a button is not caused and the operability is improved.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Industrial applications The present invention relates to telephones.

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 5, a conventional telephone has a telephone body 1 and a button 3 for making a call on the surface of the telephone body 1 when viewed from the handset 2. The transmission was made by.

2. Also, as shown in Figure 6, button 3 is pressed on handset 2.
A device equipped with a button 3 is also known, and in this case as well, a call can be made by pressing the button 3.

In recent years, card-shaped phone dialers have been commercially available that allow you to make calls without operating the buttons on your phone, but this 7-on dialer has part of its speaker attached to the earpiece of Ndo Sesoto 2. They were transmitting from close proximity.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, conventional telephones have had the problem of poor operability as buttons may be pressed incorrectly when operated. In other words, when sending a phone call, it is common to press a button while looking at a memo, and when pressing a button, the user's line of sight moves between the button on the phone and the memo, which can lead to mistaken presses. Ta.

In order to avoid this problem, many current telephones have a memory function such as speed dialing to simplify the second and subsequent button operations for the same number.

However, the memory function is not used for the first call.
1, so there is no difference in the fact that it is easy to make mistakes.

In addition, even if the button can be placed close enough to the terminal center to memo the phone number, due to the shape of the terminal center, it cannot be moved close enough to improve operability. Furthermore, the curl cord also limits operability.

Further, the phone dialer requires a telephone number registration process and the phone dialer must be placed in close contact with the earpiece, so it cannot be said that the phone dialer is easy to operate. Furthermore, since a button operation does not immediately result in a call, it takes more time to make a call.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has the advantage that there is less eye movement when dialing, and there is less chance of pressing mistakes.
The purpose is to provide a telephone with good operability.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention makes a button independent from the main body of the telephone, provides this button in a card-shaped operating section separate from the main body of the telephone, and furthermore, The section is provided with a light emitting section that transmits information on the selected button as an optical signal to the phone main body, and a control section that controls the button and the light emitting section. The device is equipped with a light receiving section for receiving optical signals, and is configured to wirelessly transfer button information on the operating section to the telephone body.

Function: As described above, the operation section provided with the buttons is card-shaped and is removable from the phone body, so it can be placed on the phone number memo, and the button and phone number memo can be placed on top of the phone number memo. The buttons can be placed extremely close to each other, so there is almost no movement of the line of sight when operating the buttons, and there is no difference in pressing the button, making it possible to greatly improve operability.

Embodiment FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 5 is a telephone main body, and 6 is a handset. The telephone main body 5 has a shallow recess 7 on its negative side, and a card-shaped operating section 8 is removably mounted within the recess 7. The operation unit 8 includes a button 9 for dialing a telephone number, a display 10 for displaying the telephone number, etc., and a light emitting unit for converting the selected button information into an optical signal, for example an infrared optical signal, and transmitting the signal to the telephone body 1. It has a magnitude of 11. On the other hand, the telephone main body 5 includes light receiving sections 12a and 12 for receiving optical signals from the operating section 8.
b is provided. The light receiving section 12a is provided at a position where it can easily receive an optical signal from the operating section 8 removed from the telephone main body 5, and the light receiving section 12b is provided at a position where it can easily receive an optical signal from the operating section 8 attached to the telephone main body 5.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the telephone shown in FIG.
It has 3.

The operation of the telephone configured as described above will be described below.

Usually, the operating section 8 is provided in several recesses 7 on the top surface of the telephone main body 5. The user of the telephone presses button 9 on operation section 8.
Press , confirm the number on the display 10, and operate the telephone. When the button 9 is pressed, the control unit 13 displays the number on the nice play 10 and transmits the number information from the light emitting unit 11 as infrared light to the light receiving unit 12 of the phone body 5.
Transfer to b. The information on the number transferred to the light receiving section 12b is transmitted in the same manner as a normal telephone.

When operating the buttons on the operating section 8, the user removes the operating section 8 from the telephone main body 5 as necessary and places it near the telephone number to call in the telephone directory 14, as shown in FIG. Press the button in that state. Information from the button operation is transmitted from the light emitting section 11 to the light receiving section 12 of the phone main body.
The call is transferred to A and the call is made. FIG. 4 shows an enlarged view of the operation unit 8 placed at the second position of the telephone directory 14. As can be clearly seen from Fig. 4, by placing the operation unit 8 near the telephone number you are trying to call, you can position the button 9 immediately near the desired telephone number. This eliminates the need for the user's line of sight to move between 7 and -5 numbers, and it also hides many phone numbers other than the desired number, eliminating mistakes in button operations and greatly improving operability.

Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above explanation, the present invention provides buttons independent of the telephone body and provided in a card-shaped operation section.
In addition, by configuring the device so that the pressed button information can be wirelessly transferred to the phone itself, the button can be placed very close to the phone number memo, which eliminates the need to move the eye when operating the button. This has the effect of reducing press errors and greatly improving operability.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the circuit configuration, Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing an example of how the operating section is used, Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of its main parts, and Figs. 5 and 6 are examples of conventional telephones. FIG. 5. Telephone body, 6. Ndosenote, 7. - recess, 1
Figure 8・Operation unit, 9 buttons, 10...Display, 11
Light emitting section, 12a, 12b-light receiving section, 13.control section, 14.telephone directory.

Claims (1)

[Claims] It has a telephone main body and a card-shaped operating section that is removable from the telephone main body, and the operating section has a button for making a call using the telephone, and transmits information on the selected button as an optical signal to the telephone main body. A telephone comprising: a light emitting section for transmitting light signals to the user; and a control section for controlling the button and the light emitting section, and wherein the telephone main body has a light receiving section for receiving optical signals from the operation section. .