JPH04172739A - Telephone number printer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily add a telephone number bar code to a personal database storing data so far by converting a telephone number entered by a dial or a pushbutton of a telephone set or a facsimile equipment or the like into a bar code and printing out the code onto recording paper. CONSTITUTION:A temporary storage means is provided, a telephone number after dialing is displayed once on a telephone number display section 8, and after the destination is finally confirmed by talking, a print start switch 9 is activated as required, that is, it is possible to make succeeding calls frequently, then the telephone number processed into a bar code is printed out on recording paper. Thus, wrong dialing is much reduced and the personal database is built up very efficiently.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to telephone numbers or facsimile numbers, and more particularly to a printer device that prints barcoded telephone numbers that are effective during automatic dialing operations.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, telephones used for telephone communication and facsimile communication required dialing or push button operation in order to call the other party.

That is, it is necessary for the user to input the telephone number after confirming the telephone number, which has been retrieved from the user's memory or from a notebook, business card, telephone directory, or the like. However, there were many cases in which the intended party could not be called due to misunderstandings, errors in checking notebooks, business cards, telephone directories, etc., errors in key operations or dial operations, etc. In particular, elderly people often have difficulty reading business cards or telephone numbers in small font sizes recorded in telephone directories due to their presbyopia. In addition, there is a system called speed dial that has already been proposed in which a storage device is installed in the phone body to store the phone number of the other party, but when using a phone other than the phone in which the speed dial is stored, the same system is used. The system cannot be used, and even this system cannot fundamentally eliminate operational errors, input errors, etc. as described above.

In view of these points, Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 10827/1982,
Utility Model Application No. 63-165949, Utility Model Application No. 1-7275
In Publication No. 8, etc., a telephone device was proposed that made it possible to encode a telephone number into a bar code, etc., read it with an appropriate reading device to generate an electrical signal, and send this electrical signal to a telephone line to call the other party. has been done.

However, in order to fully utilize such a telephone transmission mechanism, each user must have a telephone memo pad, etc.
One of the bottlenecks was that personally, I had to barcode the phone numbers and facsimile numbers of people I frequently called. On the other hand, in order for a user to barcode a telephone number in this way, a dedicated barcode printer or a computer system with a barcode generation function is usually required, which is expensive and some Except for enthusiasts, it requires a huge amount of effort and a lot of time to be able to use it.
Furthermore, even if the above-mentioned barcode printer or computer system were purchased and became operational, it would still require strict verification when entering a phone number, so it is still not widely used to this day. This is the current situation.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, convert a telephone number or facsimile number into a barcode symbol that can be automatically dialed, and print it easily and reliably with ease of use. An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone number printer device that makes it possible to do this.

If you use recording paper on which a barcode is printed by the device of the present invention, you can read the barcode using the telephone described in the above-mentioned patent publication, etc., and you can quickly and accurately obtain the desired results as many times as you like. This makes it possible to communicate with other parties.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention, which achieves the above-mentioned objects, has the following configuration.

That is, the printer device of the present invention is a telephone number printer device that converts a telephone number input by dial or push button of a telephone or facsimile device into a code and prints it on recording paper. .

Further, in the telephone number printer device of the present invention,
Preferably, the recording paper is characterized in that input can be made using a sound signal, or alternatively, an adhesive is applied to the back surface of the recording paper so that it can be transferred and pasted.

[Action Co. The present invention will be explained in detail below.

The telephone number printer device of the present invention can be inserted into a telephone line connected to an existing telephone set or facsimile machine, or can receive sound signals emitted from the handset during dialing using an acoustic coupler or the like. The dial signal is converted into a bar code and printed.

In other words, a telephone number can be converted into a barcode by the conventional dialing operation, and the line can be connected by the above dialing operation, making it possible to make calls or communicate.
It becomes possible to input a telephone number extremely accurately without performing a confirmation operation again.

In addition, by using the telephone number printer device of the present invention, it is easy to construct a barcoded telephone number book, telephone memo pad, card, etc., that is, a personal database of telephone numbers, without having to worry about installing a separate device. It is possible.

The sound signal referred to in the present invention is a sound signal emitted from a receiver when dialing a conventional telephone. That is, it refers to a dial pulse signal tone or a push button signal tone. The dial pulse is used to interrupt the loop current by the number of dial numbers by opening and closing the dial contacts, and the signal sound corresponding to this is the dial pulse sound. Further, the push button signal tone is a combination of two frequencies, low group and high group, assigned to each of the 12 buttons arranged in 4 rows and 3 columns.

The telephone number printer device of the present invention that allows input using sound signals is a device that can record a telephone number by inputting the sound signal corresponding to the telephone number. Data corresponding to a telephone number is printed by setting the receiver on the audio signal input section and then operating the dial or push button of the telephone. In this case, since the interface with the telephone is a sound signal, it can be realized as a separate device from the telephone main body, and there is no need to make any modifications to the existing telephone or facsimile machine. Furthermore, even if it is not necessary to convert the dial input of another telephone into a bar code, this can be done very easily by setting the handset to the audio signal input section of the telephone number printer of the present invention. Furthermore, even if the telephone number printer of the present invention is inserted into a telephone line, most telephones in recent years are modular jacks that can be easily connected to and disconnected from the line, so it cannot be used with existing telephones. Does not require any modification.

In addition, the barcode referred to in the present invention refers to a code encoded in a barcode symbol, and as long as it can be read and processed optically, there are no particular limitations on the encoding standards, etc. Furthermore, there are no limitations on the printing method.

The recording paper printed by the telephone number printing device of the present invention can be effectively utilized in an appropriate automatic dialing device, a telephone set having an automatic dialing function, or a facsimile device as proposed in the above-mentioned patent publication. . Furthermore, especially label-like items with adhesive applied to the back,
It can be used by pasting it on cards such as conventional business cards or booklets such as notebooks and telephone directories, and it is very easy to add telephone number barcodes to personal databases that have been accumulated. Ru.

[Example code] Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to Examples.

FIG. 1 is an external model diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a telephone number printer device 1 of the present invention.

This telephone number printer device 1, as shown in FIG.
It is composed of three parts: a sound signal input section 2, a code conversion section 3, and a printing section 4.

The sound signal input section 2 receives a push-button signal sound emitted from a receiver when dialing a telephone or a facsimile machine main body, and converts it into an electrical signal. Furthermore, a code conversion section 3 that receives the output signal of the sound signal input section 2 and recognizes the code, and a printing section 4 that prints a predetermined barcode according to the recognition result obtained by the code conversion section 3 are provided. and the printing section 4
This is to print a code (corresponding to the dialed telephone number) on the recording paper 6. Note that the broken line 7 in FIG. 1 indicates the handset 7 of the telephone set, and shows the state in which the handset 7' of the handset 7 is set to the acoustic coupler 5 when using the telephone number printer device 1. . That is, when it is desired to code a telephone number using the telephone number printer device 1, the operating procedure is as follows.
Lift up the handset 7' of the telephone set, align the handset 7' with the acoustic coupler 5, and then dial the telephone body.

It goes without saying that the reliability can be further improved by providing a temporary storage means for telephone numbers, a telephone number display section 8 for confirming the sound signal reception result, and a print start switch 9. In other words, a -time storage means is provided, and after dialing, the number is displayed on the telephone number display section 8, and after the final confirmation of the other party's name by telephone, it can be used as needed, that is, in the future. If you are likely to make frequent phone calls, actuating the print start switch 9 to print the barcoded phone number on recording paper will reduce mistakes and make it very efficient. You can build a personal database.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the sound signal input section 2, the code conversion section 3, and the printing section 4 are constructed as one unit, but in the telephone number printer of the present invention, these Of course, it may be configured as a separate entity as appropriate.

Although preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the validity of the invention and the scope of rights of the present invention are not limited by these embodiments. Rather, it brings about the next application and development.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the telephone number printer device of the present invention allows you to accurately print the corresponding telephone number or facsimile number by normal dialing on a telephone or facsimile device. It is possible to print code symbols, and it can be implemented at low cost by using existing telephones as is, so it will be very effective in spreading the various barcode automatic dialing systems that have been proposed so far. be.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic model diagram showing one embodiment of the telephone number printer device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram thereof. 1: Telephone number printer device 2: Sound signal input section 3: Code conversion section 4: Printing section 5: Sound signal input section 6: Recording paper 7: Handset 7': Handset 8: Display section 9 Start printing Sui-Sochi patent application Daitoshi Co., Ltd. procedural amendment form

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) A telephone number printer device that converts a telephone number input by dial or push button of a telephone or facsimile device into a bar code and prints it on recording paper. (2) The telephone number printer device according to claim (1), wherein input is possible using a sound signal. (3) Claim (1) or (2) characterized in that the recording paper is coated with an adhesive on the back surface and can be transferred and pasted.
Telephone number printer device as described in section.