JPH0454051A - Automatic dialer for telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly and surely retrieve a name and its relevant telephone number of an object destination by selecting sequentially a Kana (Japanese syllabary) key corresponding to one of series character pairs depending on number of times of depression of a series character key so as to apply desired retrieval operation and stopping the retrieval through the depression of a stop key. CONSTITUTION:When a series character key indicating 'A Ha' is depressed once, a '1st group shift' is implemented. When the key is depressed twice, a '2nd group shift' is implemented. Thus, the retrieval is implemented in the order of 'A I U E O' or 'Ha Hi Hu He Ho'. Then a name and its relevant telephone number extracted sequentially by the retrieval are displayed on a display section 4. Then a stop key 22 is depressed and a call key 23 is depressed, then the connection to a desired destination is implemented.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] This invention relates to an automatic dialing device for a telephone;
In particular, the operation section consisting of the keyboard for dialing is equipped with a bullet key, a stop q-, and a call key, each corresponding to a predetermined combination of bullet pairs among all kana characters. Depending on the number of times, a kana character key corresponding to a predetermined one of a pair of bullets targeted by the bullet key is sequentially selected to perform a desired search operation, and a stop key is pressed. This invention relates to an automatic calling device for a telephone, in which the above-mentioned search operation can be stopped.

[Prior Art] Various types of automatic dialing devices for telephones have been known in the past. For example, a suitable keyboard equipped with kana character keys and numeric keys is used to input the name of the person to be called and the corresponding telephone number. It is stored and registered in a predetermined storage means, and when a call is required, the name of the desired destination is input, the corresponding telephone number is read out, and the call is automatically made using this telephone number. Are known.

By the way, according to this conventional telephone automatic dialing device,
It has been common practice to search for the name of a desired destination or its telephone number only in a certain predetermined order. That is, for example,
When searching for a group with a name whose initial reading is [A, I, Tsu, Engineering, O], first specify "A" to search for the group, and from there on The search is performed in the order of ``→ENG→O''. A key for achieving this purpose is provided on an input means such as a keyboard as a so-called bullet key, and by selectively pressing this key, the above-described search operation is performed. By the way, in such a conventional example, it is necessary to provide the number of bullet keys corresponding to the related kana character groups such as the above [A, I, Tsu, Work, O], and the selection operation thereof is required. becomes complicated,
Furthermore, there was a problem in that it became troublesome to search for a destination to call.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the conventional automatic telephone dialing device as described above, many bullet keys are provided to search for the name of the desired call destination and its telephone number. However, there are problems in that the selection operation becomes complicated and searching for the destination to call becomes troublesome.

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and the operation unit consisting of the outgoing keyboard is equipped with line-heads that correspond to predetermined combinations of pairs of bullets among all kana characters. character keys, stop key, and
A recall key is provided, and depending on the number of times the bullet key is pressed, the kana character key corresponding to a predetermined one of the pair of bullets targeted by the bullet key is sequentially selected to perform the desired search. The above search operation can be stopped by pressing the stop key, and a small number of bullet keys can be used to display the name and corresponding phone number of the target party. To obtain an automatic calling device for a telephone, which enables quick and reliable searching.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The automatic calling device for a telephone according to the present invention includes: a transmitter/receiver unit; a bullet key, a stop key, and a call key, each corresponding to a predetermined combination of bullet pairs among all kana characters; An operation section with a key: a memory section in which the name of the person to be called and the corresponding telephone number are stored; a display section for displaying the name and corresponding telephone number retrieved from the memory section; a control unit for performing predetermined control on the bullet; and a control unit for performing predetermined control on the bullet, and depending on the number of times the bullet key is pressed, the kana character corresponding to a predetermined one of the pair of bullets that is the target of the bullet key. The present invention is characterized in that a required search operation is performed by sequentially selecting keys, and that the search operation is stopped by pressing a stop key.

[Function] According to the automatic dialing device for a telephone according to the present invention, the operation unit consisting of the keyboard for dialing has a bullet key, a stop key, and a stop key, each corresponding to a predetermined combination of bullet pairs among all kana characters. , a call key is provided, and depending on the number of times the bullet key is pressed, the kana character key corresponding to a predetermined one of the pair of bullets targeted by the bullet key is sequentially selected and the required number is selected. Since the search operation is performed and the above search operation is stopped by pressing the stop key, using a small number of bullet keys,
It is possible to quickly and reliably search for the name and corresponding telephone number of a target destination.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described based on the accompanying drawings. 1 to 5 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the embodiment device of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the display of the display unit in the above-mentioned embodiment device, and FIG.
Flowchart for explaining the operation of the above embodiment device)
・FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram regarding the operation of the operating section in the above embodiment device.

First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In this Figure 1, (1)
1 is a control section, which is composed of a suitable microprocessor or the like, and controls various means described below. <2) is the operation section, details of which can be found in Part 3.
This will be explained later with reference to the figures. Reference numeral (3) is a memory section in which names of called parties and corresponding telephone numbers are stored in a predetermined order, and a necessary register group is also provided.

Reference numeral (4) denotes a display section, which is composed of, for example, a fluorescent display tube dot display or a liquid crystal display dot display, and displays the name of a desired call destination and the corresponding telephone number. Further, (5) is a transmitter/receiver section, which is a normal telephone set consisting of a transmitter and a receiver.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the display of the display section in the above embodiment device.9 In this FIG. 2, the display section (4) is composed of a name display section (41) and a telephone number display section (42). .

FIG. 3 is an illustrative diagram of the key arrangement of the operating section in the apparatus of the above embodiment. In FIG. 3, (21) indicates a plurality of bullet keys (five in this case), each of which corresponds to a predetermined combination of bullet pairs among all kana characters. That is, in this embodiment, five bullet keys (21) are provided: "Aba J", "Kama", "Saya J", "Tara", and "Nawa". Also,
Reference numeral (22) is a stop key, which functions to stop sequential search operations at a desired stage. Furthermore, (
Reference numeral 23) is a call key, which, when a desired call destination is found, enables a call to be made by pressing this key. The operation section (2) is operated by the various keys mentioned above.
is configured.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the apparatus of the above embodiment. In FIG. 4, first, one of the bullet keys (21) on the operation section (2) is pressed (S40). Here, for example, it is assumed that the bullet key on which "ABA" is displayed is pressed. Next step (
In S41), it is checked how many times the button has been pressed.

Here, if it is pressed once, step (S42)
Then, an operation called "first group shift" is performed. On the other hand, if the button is pressed twice, the process moves to step (943) and an operation called "second group shift" is performed. Currently, it is assumed that the first key with "ABA" displayed is pressed, so step (
342), the search is performed in the order of [A → I → Tsu → Engineering → O]. On the other hand, in step (34B), the search is performed in the order of "Ha → Hi → Fu → Go → Ho".

In the next step (S44), the names and corresponding telephone numbers retrieved one after another by the search are displayed on the display section (4), for example, as shown in FIG. Then, it is checked whether or not Stop 4-(22> has been pressed) (S45). If the result of this check is NO, the process moves to the following step (S46) and is stopped for a certain predetermined time (S45). 1) has elapsed.If the result of this check is No, the process returns to the previous step (S45).On the other hand, if the check in the previous step (S46) The result is Y
If it is ES, the process moves to the next step (S47), and the number of times the target line head key has been pressed is checked again. Then, depending on the result of this check, the process returns to either step (S42), t or step (843).

If the result of the check in the previous step (S45>) is YES, the process moves to step (348) and it is checked whether the call key (23) has been pressed.The result of this check is NO. If there is, the process stays at this step (348) and waits for the check result to become YES, and when the check result becomes YES, the next step (S49) is to connect to the desired call destination. A connection will be made.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram regarding the operation of the operating section in the apparatus of the above embodiment. In FIG. 5, (23) is a suitable register group, which can be provided at a suitable location within the memory section (3), for example.

In the top row, the Roman letters rAH, KM, SY, TR, and NWJ, which correspond to the first letters of all the kana characters [aba, kama, saya, tara, and nawa], are given.

Also, in its leftmost position, the number [1, 2, 3, 4, 5” has been granted.

Therefore, for example, the address of the register containing "a" is A1, and the address of the register containing "hi" is H2, and so on, all kana characters are stored in a certain register stage. It can be made to correspond.

Here, we will provide a supplementary explanation of the mode of operation shown in FIG. 4 above. In the step (S40) of FIG. 4, it was assumed that the first letter pair "aba" was pressed, but if we look at this in FIG. Oha, Hi, ), He, Ho'' are in the register stages rAl, A2, A3, A4, A5J rH1, H2, 1 (3, 1-14, H5J), respectively.

Therefore, when the above-mentioned pair of bullets "ABA" is pressed once, the search starts from "A1" and is performed in the order of rA2→A3→A4→A5° (first group shift).

On the other hand, if it is pressed twice, the search will start from "Hl" and proceed in the order of rH2→H3→H4→l(5) (second group).
shift).

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, the automatic calling device for a telephone according to the present invention includes: a transmitter/receiver part, a bullet key corresponding to a predetermined combination of bullet pairs among all kana characters, a stop key, and an operation section equipped with a call key; a memory section in which the name of the called party and the corresponding telephone number are stored; a display section for displaying the name and the corresponding telephone number taken out from the memory section; and the above-mentioned a control unit for performing predetermined control over the apologizing means; and, depending on the number of times the bullet key is pressed, corresponds to a predetermined one of the pair of bullets targeted by the bullet key. The desired search operation is performed by sequentially selecting the kana character keys to be searched, and the above search operation is stopped by pressing the stop key; Using the character keys, it is possible to quickly and reliably search for the name of the target destination and the corresponding telephone number.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a display of the display unit in the apparatus according to the embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an operation unit in the apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the apparatus of the embodiment, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the operating section in the apparatus of the embodiment. (1) is a control section, (2) is an operation section, (3) is a memory section, (4) is a display section, and (5) is a transmitter/receiver section. Note that the same reference numerals in the figures indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Transceiver section; Operation section equipped with a bullet key, a stop key, and a call key, each corresponding to a predetermined combination of bullet pairs among all kana characters; A telephone device comprising: a memory section in which the information is stored; a display section for displaying the name and corresponding telephone number retrieved from the memory section; and a control section for performing predetermined control over the various means described above. The automatic transmission device includes: Depending on the number of times a bullet key is pressed, a kana character key corresponding to a predetermined one of a pair of bullets targeted by the bullet key is sequentially selected to perform a desired search. An automatic calling device for a telephone, characterized in that the search operation is stopped by pressing a stop key.