JPH0376456A - Confirming system for telephone number - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To confirm a destination telephone number more accurately and with much simplicity by providing a means reciting a stored telephone number with voice synthesis and reciting the telephone number selected or inputted in voice before a destination telephone number is dialed. CONSTITUTION:A control section 2 stores an inputted destination telephone number or a selected telephone number into a memory 3 under the control of a processor. Then the number is sent to a voice synthesis circuit 5 and the synthesized voice by the known method is sent to a speaker 6 for each number and a numeral corresponding to the inputted number is broadcast from the speaker 6. When the operator inputs the destination telephone number with a dial ten-key, even time one number is depressed, since the corresponding number is broadcast, the error is easily recognized.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] In a device that once stores a selected or input telephone number and then makes a call in response to a call instruction and communicates with a partner device connected via a telephone line, the device stores the selected or input telephone number before making the call. The purpose of the present invention is to avoid inconvenience to the operator regarding a telephone number confirmation method in which the telephone number that has been selected or entered is read back aloud to enable the operator to recognize an error in the selected or input telephone number. In a device that once stores a selected or input telephone number, then makes a call based on the stored telephone number in response to a call instruction, and communicates with a partner device connected via a telephone line,
A means for repeating the stored telephone number by voice synthesis is provided, and the selected or input telephone number is read back by voice before calling the destination telephone number.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a device that once stores a selected or input telephone number and then makes a call in response to a call instruction and communicates with a partner device connected via a telephone line, and in particular, the present invention relates to a device that once stores a selected or input telephone number and then makes a call in response to a call instruction, and communicates with a partner device connected via a telephone line. The present invention relates to a telephone number confirmation method in which an error in the selected or input telephone number can be recognized by repeating it audibly.

In recent years, with the development of the information society, the spread of factor ξ devices has been remarkable, but since these facsimile devices have also come to be used at home, there is a demand for facsimile devices that can be used by a variety of operators. ing.

In other words, there is a need for a configuration that prevents operational errors from occurring, but as the number of facsimile machines in use increases, the probability of incorrect telephone numbers occurring is increasing, so It is desired to be able to perform checks in a simple manner.

[Conventional technology]

In conventional facsimile machines, for example, the telephone number of the destination is entered one by one using a dial numeric keypad, or the telephone number for one-digit or two-finger selection sent from a one-touch key or speed dial key is used to enter the telephone number in advance. In some cases, the set destination phone number is selected, but as a means of notifying the operator of the input or selected phone number, -g is displayed on a display panel using a liquid crystal element. It is displayed.

That is, the LCD panel generally displays a 10-digit destination telephone number when using a dial numeric keypad, and generally displays a 10-digit destination telephone number when using a one-touch key or speed dial key.
~The two-digit selection telephone number and the ten-digit destination telephone number are displayed.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, the liquid crystal display panel is very difficult to see, making it difficult for the operator to check all phone numbers. In particular, when inputting telephone numbers one by one using a dial numeric keypad, the operation of looking at the dial numeric keypad or the liquid crystal display panel is troublesome for the operator and can lead to errors.

In view of these problems, the present invention aims to make it possible to confirm the destination telephone number more accurately and in a simplified manner, thereby avoiding any inconvenience to the operator. There is.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve this purpose, the selected or inputted telephone number is once memorized, and then a call is made based on the memorized telephone number in response to a call instruction, and communications are made with the other party's device connected via the telephone line. The apparatus is provided with means for repeating the stored telephone number by voice synthesis, and the selected or input telephone number is read back by voice before calling the destination telephone number.

[Effect]

With this configuration, the operator is able to read back the destination telephone number aloud, and therefore can accurately and easily recognize errors in the input number or selection. Therefore, the operator is freed from trouble.

〔Example] The figure is a block diagram of a circuit showing one embodiment of the present invention.

The operation panel I is equipped with dial numeric keys, one-touch keys, speed dial keys, etc., and the control unit 2, which is composed of a processor and a program that operates it, sequentially displays destination phone numbers one by one from the dial numeric keys. A selection telephone number for indexing a destination telephone number stored in advance in the memory 3 of the control unit 2 is input from the one-touch key or speed dial key.

The control unit 2 stores the input destination telephone number or selection telephone number in the memory 3 under the control of the processor, and also sends it to the speech synthesis circuit 5 and sends it to the speaker 6 for each number using a known method. The speaker 6
The number corresponding to the number input from is broadcast.

Therefore, when a destination telephone number is input using the dial numeric keypad, the speaker 6 broadcasts the number corresponding to the number each time a number is pressed.

Furthermore, when a telephone number for selection is entered manually using a one-touch key or a speed dial key, the numbers corresponding to this number for selection are broadcast.

Therefore, when the operator inputs the destination telephone number manually using the dial numeric keypad, the corresponding number is broadcast every time one number is pressed, so that the operator can easily recognize an error.

Further, when a selected number is input using a one-touch key or a speed dial key, the number corresponding to the selected number is broadcast, making it easy to recognize a selection error.

The control section 2 stores the destination telephone number or selection telephone number in the memory as described above, and also sends and displays these destination telephone numbers or selection telephone numbers on the display section 4. Therefore, the operator can also recognize the occurrence of an error from the numbers displayed on the display section 4.

When the control unit 2 is instructed to make a call from the operation panel 1, it reads out the destination phone number stored in the memory 3 or the destination phone number indexed by the selection phone number under the control of the processor, and sends it to the network control circuit 8. to make a call. When an instruction to send a document is received and the other device is connected, the control section 2 causes the reading section 9 to read the document set under the control of the processor, sends this read signal to the modem 7, and modulates it. and sends it out to the telephone line via the network control circuit 8.

Further, when the network control circuit 8 notifies that the other device is connected, the control section 2 sends the received signal received via the modem 7 to the recording section 10 and records it under the control of the processor.

In this embodiment, each time a destination telephone number or a selection telephone number is input, numbers are broadcast from the speaker 6, but the invention is not limited to this. Before a call is made, all numbers are input. Of course, it may be broadcast at a later point in time.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention is less troublesome because the numbers are broadcast audibly, compared to when the operator operates while looking at both the keys on the operation panel for inputting a telephone number and the display panel for displaying the number. This has the effect of allowing you to more accurately and easily confirm your phone number without having to worry about it.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure is a block diagram of a circuit showing one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is an operation panel, 2 is a control unit, 3 is a memory, 4 is a display unit, 5 is a speech synthesis circuit, 6 is a speaker, 7 is a modem, 8 is a network control circuit, 9 is a reader unit,
10 is a recording section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A device that once stores a selected or inputted telephone number, then makes a call based on the stored telephone number in response to a call instruction, and communicates with a partner device connected via a telephone line, A telephone number confirmation method characterized by providing means for repeating the stored telephone number by voice synthesis, and repeating the selected or input telephone number by voice before calling the destination telephone number.