JPH03166844A - Cordless telephone device with electronic notebook - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable direct dial origination on the cordless telephone set while an opposite party telephone number from the electronic notebook is retrieved and displayed by providing an optical wireless communication means as the communication means between a handset and the electronic notebook. CONSTITUTION:For the dial origination, the telephone number which is registered in the electronic telephone function of the electronic notebook 11 retrieved, displayed and confirmed selectively and then the opposite party telephone number which is selected is transferred directly to the main body 2 of the cordless telephone set 1 and dialed. Further, a light emission transmission part 14 and a photodetection reception part 10 are provided between the notebook 11 and handset 3 to eliminate trouble such as radio wave interference in the communication between the main body 2 of the telephone set 1 and the handset 3. Further, when the toll number of the telephone number transferred from the notebook 11 is equal to the toll number 12 of the telephone set installation area set and registered in the telephone set 1, the toll number is removed automatically from the transfer telephone number. Consequently, while the opposite part telephone number is retrieved from the notebook 11 and displayed, the direct dial origination is performed on the telephone set 1.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention is an electronic device that selectively utilizes telephone numbers registered in the electronic phonebook function of an electronic notebook and transfers them to a cordless telephone so that dialing can be made automatically. The present invention relates to a cordless telephone device with a notebook. [Prior Art] Conventionally, this type of cordless telephone and an electronic notebook have not been particularly functionally related to each other, and the phone number registered in the electronic phonebook function of the electronic notebook is used. When doing so, the operator first operates the electronic notebook to selectively search and display the desired telephone number of the other party, visually confirms and memorizes the selected telephone number, and then
Once again, I pressed the dial button on the cordless telephone with my fingertips, and dialed 6 times. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the combination use of the conventional cordless telephone and electronic notebook described above, it is difficult to display and store the called party's telephone number by searching the electronic notebook and making a call using the cordless telephone. In addition to requiring redundant effort, there is a high possibility of making an erroneous call due to an incorrect operation, which necessitates re-searching and dialing operations, which reduces the efficiency of telephone line usage and wastes the operator's time. There were problems such as waste and increased mental burden. The present invention is intended to solve these conventional problems, and is to provide an electronic notebook with which dialing can be directly performed using a cordless telephone while searching and displaying the telephone number of the other party from the electronic notebook. The purpose is to provide a cordless telephone device.

[Means to solve the problem]

The present invention combines the handset of a cordless telephone and an electronic notebook having an electronic telephone directory function for registering telephone numbers through a communication means, and selectively transfers the registered telephone numbers to the main body of the cordless telephone via the handset. It is designed so that it can be transferred to. Furthermore, the present invention uses an optical wireless communication means as a means of communication between the handset and the electronic notebook, and furthermore, the handset is equipped with a cordless telephone set and registered in the city where the telephone is installed. This system provides a means to automatically remove the area code from the forwarded phone number when the area code of the phone number transferred from the electronic notebook is the same as the area code. . [Function] Therefore, in the cordless telephone device with an electronic organizer of the present invention, after selectively searching and displaying the telephone numbers registered in the electronic telephone directory function of the electronic organizer, the cordless telephone device via the handset is used. It has the ability to directly transfer the selected destination's phone number to the main body of the phone and dial it. Furthermore, in the present invention, by adopting an optical wireless communication means between the electronic notebook and the handset, there is no problem such as radio wave interference in the communication between the main body of the cordless telephone and the handset, and furthermore, the cordless telephone can be easily set. If the area code of the phone number transferred from the electronic notebook is the same as the area code of the area where the registered phone is installed, the area code will be automatically removed from the transferred phone number. By providing a means for obtaining the destination telephone number, it is possible to automatically dial the selected destination telephone number without having to be aware of the area code of the destination telephone number at the time of dialing. .

【Example】

FIG. 1 shows the structure of an embodiment of the present invention. In the first diagram, reference numeral 1 denotes a cordless lightning block consisting of a main body 2 and a handset 3, the tree 2 has a telephone line connection cord 4 connected to a telephone wiring plug connector, and the handset 3 is A transmitting section 5, a receiving section 6, and a keyboard 7 are provided, and the main body 2 and handset 3 are wirelessly connected by a radio wave communication antenna 8.9. Here, each of these antennas 8.9 may be of a built-in type. As is well known, the cordless telephone 1 can be connected to the main body 2 without being restricted by the installation location of the telephone wiring plug connector while the main body 2 is connected to the telephone wiring plug connector. The wirelessly connected handset 3 can be moved freely and a dial call can be made from the moved position. Further, the handset 3 is separately provided with a suitable receiving means, in this case, an optical wireless light receiving section 10, and the light receiving section 10 transmits the received optical signal to an electric signal, as will be described later. It converts it into a signal, connects it to its own dialing function, and transmits it to Honkyu 2. The @optical element and t may be, for example, a phototransistor, and by arranging a condensing lens in front of it, the directivity can be set arbitrarily. Furthermore, if the area code of the received telephone number is the same as the area code of the telephone installation area in which the handset 3 is set and registered, the area code will be changed from this registered telephone number. Contains a selection means to automatically cut. Reference numeral 11 is an electronic notebook, which has a display section 12 and a keyboard 13, and is equipped with various desired functions such as an electronic telephone directory. By appropriately inputting information data such as a telephone number and company affiliation, and search data such as abbreviations and initials for retrieval, the information is displayed on the display section 12, which is relatively large and easy to read, and input. After confirming the data, it can be arbitrarily registered and edited such as changing, correcting, adding, etc., and the registered information data can be easily called up on the display unit 12 by inputting search data. Is possible. Here, as the display section 12, a liquid crystal display element (LCD) is usually used from the viewpoint of portability, power saving, etc. In addition to the various functions, the electronic notebook 1l is also provided with a transmitting function, and also has an optical wireless Light emission transmitter 14 by
The light emitting transmitter 14 also converts the electrical signal of the registered telephone number data into an optical signal and transmits the light to the light receiving section 10 as described later. The light emitting element may be, for example, a light emitting diode (LED), and in this case as well, the directivity can be set arbitrarily by arranging a condensing lens in front of the light emitting element. Further, in this electronic notebook l1, among the destination information data retrieved by inputting the search data, telephone number data is transferred from the light emitting transmitting unit 14 to the main body 2 via the light receiving unit lO of the handset 3. call button 15 for phone number transfer
is provided. Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained. When dialing a telephone number registered in the electronic telephone directory function of the electronic notebook 10 from the cordless telephone 1, first input search data into the electronic notebook l1 from the keyboard 13 to search for the desired telephone number. and display this on the display section 12. Next, after visually confirming the telephone number selected in this way, the luminescent transmission function is activated by inserting the call button 15 for telephone number transfer, and the user dials the cordless telephone by operating the dial button of the cordless telephone with his or her fingertips. Even without making a call, the selected destination telephone number data is converted into an optical signal and transmitted from the light emitting transmitter 14, received by the light receiver 10 of the handset 3 of the cordless telephone 1, and converted again into an electrical signal. At the same time, this destination telephone number data is directly transferred to the main body 2 of the cordless telephone 1, and the desired dialing can be performed automatically.As a result, the telephone number data selected from the electronic notebook 11 Since the telephone number of the other party is transferred directly to the cordless telephone 1 and dialed, there is no risk of erroneous dialing due to erroneous operation, which reduces the efficiency of telephone line usage and saves the operator's time. Waste etc. can be effectively and reliably eliminated. Therefore, when making the dial call, if the area code of the destination phone number data received by the handset 3 is the same as the area code of the installation area where this cordless telephone 1 is registered, then the destination Since the area code is automatically removed from the destination telephone number, there is no need to be conscious of the area code of the destination telephone number when making a telephone dial call. That is, for example, even if the area code of the destination is unknown, dialing the telephone number of the destination selected from the electronic notebook 11 can be easily and reliably made without considering the distinction between outside and within the city. It can be carried out. On the other hand, by applying the optical wireless transmission and reception method to the communication between the electronic notebook 11 and the handset 3 of the cordless telephone 1, radio wave interference etc. can be prevented in the radio wave communication between the main body 2 of the cordless telephone 1 and the handset 3. There is no risk of harmful effects, and strong directivity can be easily provided between the optical wireless light emitting transmitter 14 and the light receiver 10, so special advanced measures to prevent interference, recognition functions, etc. can be set. There's no need to. Furthermore, this optical wireless communication does not suffer from the problems of poor contact with connectors, problems with lifespan due to increased number of insertions and removals, and problems with disconnection and damage of connection cords, as in the case of communication using ordinary wire connections. It never occurs. In addition, in the above embodiment, the case where the optical wireless transmission/reception method is applied to the communication between the electronic notebook and the handset of the cordless telephone is described, but it is not necessarily limited to the same method, and any suitable method can be used. It is possible to adopt a communication means, and if necessary, it does not prevent the handset and electronic notebook from being integrated or a combination type that can be separated as desired. Furthermore, in the above embodiment, when the area code of the destination phone number transferred from the electronic notebook on the handset side is the same as the area code of the installation area where the cordless phone is registered, Although we have provided a means to automatically remove the area code, this means may also be provided in the electronic notebook, or when used within the same area code.
This means may also be omitted. [Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the description of the above embodiments, the present invention has the following effects:
The handset of the cordless telephone and the electronic notebook having an electronic telephone directory function for registering telephone numbers are connected through communication means, and the registered telephone numbers are selectively transferred to the main body of the cordless telephone via the handset. After selectively searching and displaying the phone number registered in the electronic phonebook function of the electronic notebook and confirming it, the phone number of the selected party is sent to the main body of the cordless phone via the handset. The destination phone number can be directly forwarded and dialed automatically.Therefore, there is no risk of erroneous dialing due to incorrect operation, improving the efficiency of telephone line usage, and also saving the operator's time. Waste can be effectively and reliably eliminated. In addition, when adopting optical wireless communication means between the electronic organizer and the handset, it should be possible to eliminate the risk of harmful effects such as radio wave interference in communication between the main body of the cordless phone and the handset, and to correct the inconveniences caused by ordinary wire connections. In addition, if the area code of the telephone number transferred from the electronic organizer is the same as the area code of the telephone installation area where the cordless telephone is set and registered, When providing a means to automatically remove the area code, dialing of the selected destination telephone number should be performed automatically without being aware of the area code of the destination telephone number at the time of dialing. There are effects such as being able to.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory front view showing an outline of a cordless telephone device with an electronic notebook according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Cordless telephone, 2... Body, 3...
...Handset, 4...Telephone line connection cord,
5...Talking unit, 6...Receiving unit, 7...Keyboard, 8.9...Antenna for radio communication, 10...
...Light receiving section, 11...Electronic notebook, 12...
Display section, 13...Keyboard, 14...Light-emitting transmitter, 15...Call button for telephone number transfer.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) It has a cordless telephone consisting of a main body and a handset, and an electronic notebook with an electronic phonebook function for registering telephone numbers, and the handset and the electronic notebook are connected by a communication means, and the electronic notebook A cordless telephone device with an electronic notebook is provided with a transmission function that selectively transfers a registered telephone number to the main body of the cordless telephone via a handset. (2) The cordless telephone device with an electronic organizer according to claim 1, wherein optical wireless communication means is used as the communication means between the handset and the electronic organizer. (3) If the area code of the telephone number transferred from the electronic organizer is the same as the area code of the telephone installation area where the cordless telephone is set and registered, the telephone number transferred to the handset is 3. A cordless telephone device with an electronic notebook according to claim 1, further comprising means for automatically removing an area code from a number.