JPH04372256A - Communication equipment having sound generating function for dialing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the communication equipment in which an error in the operation of a ten-key applied to a telephone set and a facsimile equipment is eliminated. CONSTITUTION:This equipment is provided with a mode switching setting means 10 selecting the usual mode or the dial sound output mode, a sound generating means 11 outputting a sound signal in response to a dial number, and a signal processing means 1 operating the sound generating means 11 to output a sound signal in the case of the dialing or when a call destination dialing is made automatically in the abbreviated dialing mode.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device having a dial voice generating function, which is applied to facsimile machines and telephones.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some facsimile machines have a display section that displays the dialed number that has been dialed, but it has often been the case that the dialed number is dialed incorrectly. Furthermore, with telephones, the current situation is that incorrect calls are frequently made due to incorrect dialing operations.

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a communication device equipped with a dial voice generation function in order to reduce the number of dialing errors. It is said that

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[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention proposed to achieve the above object includes a mode switching setting means for switching the operation between a normal mode and a dial audio output mode, and a mode switching setting means for switching the operation between a normal mode and a dial audio output mode, and a mode switching setting means that outputs audio according to a dial number. The device is equipped with a voice generating means, and a signal processing means for activating the voice generating means and outputting the operated dial number as a voice when a dialed number is automatically called when a dial switch is operated or a speed dial operation is performed. be.

[0005]

[Operation] In the present invention, when the operator operates the mode switching setting means to set the dial voice output mode, the signal processing means determines that the dial is automatically dialed by operating the dial switch or by operating the speed dial. Then, the voice generating means is activated to output the dialed number operated or the dialed number made by the speed dial operation in voice, thereby preventing erroneous operations when making a call by dial switch or speed dial operation. Prevented.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile machine in which a communication device having a dial voice generating function according to the present invention is applied.

[0007] In the figure, a facsimile machine F has sending,
A signal processing means 1 including a CPU that performs signal processing necessary for reception, a line control unit 4 that switches and connects a telephone 2 and a modem 3 to a telephone line L, and a facsimile machine F that executes functions. A memory unit 5 consisting of a ROM 5a and a RAM 5b that store data and control programs necessary for the process, an image reading unit 6 that reads incoming image data, and a printing unit 7 that prints the read image data.
In addition to display section 8, numeric keypad, one-touch dial key, speed dial key, copy key, start key,
In addition to the basic configuration of the key operation section 9 including other operation keys, a switching setting means 10 for switching the operation between the normal mode and the dial sound output mode, a sound generation means 11 for outputting sound according to the dial number, and a speaker. 12, a dial registration memory 13 storing a call destination telephone number for one-touch dialing, abbreviated dialing, etc., automatic calling means 14, etc. are provided.

[0008]Here, when the dial voice mode is set to be switched by the switching setting means 10, and when the dialing destination is automatically called by the dial operation or the speed dial mode, the signal processing means 1 performs the above-mentioned operation. The sound generating means 11 is activated to output sound. Note that dial numbers corresponding to one-touch dialing and speed dialing are stored in the dial registration memory 13. Further, as described above, the mode switching setting means 10 includes a switch 10a for switching between the normal mode in which the dial number is not outputted audibly and the dialed voice output mode. The audio generating means 11 includes a buffer memory and an audio IC.
In addition to the voices of dial numbers from 0 to 9, in the case of a facsimile machine, voices corresponding to designated keys such as copy, start, registration, and communication are also stored.

Next, the operation when applied to a telephone will be explained. The changeover switch 10a of the mode changeover setting means 10 is operated to set the dial audio output mode. If a numeric keypad (dial number) is entered while the hook switch is on, such as when the phone is hung up, a dial pulse corresponding to the entered dialed number is output, and the numeric keypad operated at this time emits a signal. It is determined by the processing means 1, and the sound generation means 11 is activated,
A sound corresponding to the dial number operated through the speaker 12 is generated. In this case, each time the numeric keypad is operated, a dial pulse corresponding to the operated numeric keypad is generated and a call is made, but when the numeric keypad operation is completed, the output of the dial pulse also stops and the audio output is also stopped. finish. For example, if you operate "06-353-0517" using the numeric keypad, each operation of the numeric keypad will produce "zero,""roku,""san,""go," and "san."
, ``Zero,''``Go,''``Ichi,'' and ``Nana.'' are output. When the hook switch is turned on and a speed dial key (including one-touch dial key) is operated instead of the numeric keypad, the signal processing means 1 refers to the dial registration memory 13 and records the operated speed dial key. The dial number corresponding to the dial key is read out, and the read dial number is stored in the buffer memory of the automatic calling means 14. After the dial number is stored in the buffer memory of the automatic calling means 14 in this way, the automatic calling means 14
is activated, a dial pulse is generated, and a calling operation is performed, at which time a voice corresponding to the dialed number is output. (
(See flowcharts 100 to 108 in FIG. 2). In this example, the voice generating means 11 is configured to operate only when the hook switch of the telephone is turned on, so that the voice output is stopped when the telephone is not making a call, thereby preventing tampering.

Next, the operation when applied to a facsimile machine will be explained. The changeover switch 10a of the changeover setting means 10 is operated to set the dial audio output mode. When the numeric keypad is input, the signal processing means 1 sequentially stores the dial numbers specified by the numeric keypad operation in the buffer memory of the automatic calling means 14, and continues calling until the start key operation is input. to wait. If the start key is operated within a predetermined period of time after inputting from the numeric keypad, the signal processing means 1 activates the automatic calling means 14. As a result, the automatic calling means 14 sequentially reads the dial numbers stored in the buffer memory and outputs a dial pulse to make a call, but at this time the voice generating means 11 is activated and the call is made. The audio corresponding to the dialed number is output. Note that if the start key is not operated within the call standby time after input using the numeric keypad, the input numeric keypad becomes invalid and the system returns to the transmission standby state (see step 211→end in FIG. 3). When a speed dial key is operated instead of inputting from the numeric keypad, the signal processing means 1 refers to the dial registration memory 13 and automatically sends a dial number corresponding to the speed dial key to the automatic calling means 1.
Transfer to buffer memory No. 4. In this way, when the dialed number corresponding to the abbreviated key is transferred to the buffer memory of the automatic calling means 14, the automatic calling means 14 reads the dialed number from the buffer memory and dials the dialed number according to the dialed number. A dialing pulse is generated to perform a calling operation, and at this time, the speaker 12 outputs a voice corresponding to the dialing pulse. Further, in addition to calling the dial number, when other operation keys are operated, the voice generating means 11 can be activated to output voice. Steps 220 → 205 → 209 → 210 show the operation in this case, and the content of the operation key operated to select the operation mode is guided by voice using the copy and other function keys. By adding this aspect, you can not only make dial calls, but also
Mistakes in all operation keys can be prevented (see flowcharts 200 to 210 in FIG. 3). Note that the sound generated by the sound generation means 11 is not limited to Japanese, and may be a foreign language such as English.

[0011]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in the present invention, when operating a dial key or speed dial key, it is possible to confirm by voice whether or not the pressed dial is incorrect. It is possible to prevent phone calls and erroneous transmissions.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram when the present invention is applied to a facsimile machine.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the telephone during dial operation according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facsimile device according to the present invention during dial operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1...Signal processing means 10...Switching setting means 11...Sound generation means 12...Speaker

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Mode switching setting means for switching the operation between a normal mode and a dial sound output mode, a sound generation means for outputting a sound corresponding to a dial number, and a dial number that can be input by operating a dial switch or speed dialing. When an automatic call is made, the above-mentioned voice generating means is activated,
What is claimed is: 1. A communication device having a dial voice generating function, comprising: signal processing means for outputting a voice of an operated dial number.