JPH0468947A - Terminal equipment with electronic telephone directory - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use English letter notation assigned to a ten-key of a terminal equipment for the entry of an English letter of the terminal equipment by storing a destination name attended with destination name information read by a ten- key at registration to a destination storage means and reading the destination name from the destination storage means at the retrieval. CONSTITUTION:A destination name is registered and retrieved by using one English letter or over. The terminal equipment is provided with a read means 2 which reads an English letter assigned in advance to a depressed ten-key 1 as destination name information by depressing the ten-key 1 in the case of registering the destination name and a storage means storing a destination name attended with destination name information read by the read means 2 at registration to a destination storage means 3. Moreover, the terminal equipment is provided with a read means 5 reading a destination name attended with the destination name information read by the read means 2 at retrieval from the destination storage means 3. Thus, the English letter notation assigned to the ten-key of the terminal equipment is used for the English letter entry of the terminal equipment to improve the operability.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a terminal device with an electronic telephone directory connected to a telephone line.

(Prior Art) An electronic telephone directory is configured such that a destination name and a telephone number corresponding to the destination name are stored in advance, a destination name is searched, and a telephone number corresponding to the searched destination name is read out. has been done.

Conventionally, in a terminal device with an electronic phonebook, when dialing using the electronic phonebook function, first enter the phonebook mode, search for the desired destination using the search instruction, and then dial the desired destination. When the other party is found, the telephone number of the searched party is automatically dialed by pressing the call instruction key. In addition, in the case of registering the other party, the name and telephone number of the other party are registered according to a registration instruction.

However, in order to realize the electronic telephone directory function, each company must configure its own keys for searching or registration in addition to the numeric keys 0 to 9, ≠, and # on the terminal device, or the numeric keys on the terminal device must be shared. Even in some cases, each company uses its own unique method to use the English characters used for destination registration, searches, etc., independently of the English characters assigned to the numeric keypad of the terminal device. Ta.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, according to the conventional technology, the number of keys required to realize the electronic telephone directory function increases independently, and the total number of keys increases1. The key configuration may change when the manufacturer changes, or the key configuration may change depending on the model even if the manufacturer is the same.
There was a problem in that the operation method was different for each different model, making it difficult to get used to the operation.

In addition, because the English characters used to implement the electronic phonebook function do not correspond to the English character notation assigned to the numeric keypad in advance, each company's proprietary notation may be mistaken for the English character notation assigned to the numeric keypad. There was a problem that the operating method was difficult to understand.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by using the English character notation assigned to the numeric keypad of the terminal device for inputting English characters on the terminal device, and provides a terminal device with an electronic telephone directory that is easy to operate. The purpose is to provide.

(Means for Solving the Problems) As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device with an electronic telephone directory of the present invention is a terminal device with an electronic telephone directory that registers and searches a destination name using one or more English characters. A reading means 2 reads alphabetical characters pre-assigned to the numeric keypad 1 as destination name information by pressing the numeric keypad 1 when registering a destination name or searching for a destination name; storage means 4 for storing the destination name accompanying the received destination name information in the destination storage means 3;
and a reading means 5 for reading out the name of the other party from the other party storage means 3 along with the other party name information read by the reading means 2 at the time of search.

(Function) Since the terminal device with an electronic telephone directory of the present invention is configured as described above, in the terminal device with an electronic telephone directory that registers and searches the name of the destination using one or more English characters, By pressing the numeric keypad 1 when searching for the destination name or when searching for the destination name, the English characters assigned in advance to the pressed numeric keypad 1 are read by the reading means 2 for reading the destination name information. The destination name accompanying the destination name information read is stored and registered in the destination storage means 3 by the storage means 4, and when searching, the destination name accompanying the read destination name information is The name is read out from the destination storage means 3 by the reading means 5 and searched. Therefore, the alphanumeric characters assigned to the numeric keys of the terminal device are used for inputting alphanumeric characters on the terminal device.

(Example) The present invention will be explained below using examples.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an external view of one embodiment of the present invention.

This embodiment exemplifies the case of a telephone with an electronic telephone directory.

The terminal device of this embodiment includes a central processing unit (CPU) 11,
Destination name information and destination telephone number information corresponding to the destination name information backed up by a ROM 121 storing a program for controlling the terminal device and a program for controlling the electronic telephone directory and a backup power source and registered. It is equipped with a memory 12 consisting of a RAM 122 having a telephone number storage area for storing , and a work area, and is normally configured to function as a general telephone using a handset 16 and a numeric keypad 14 to be described later.

The terminal device of this embodiment further includes a liquid crystal display 13 for displaying the name of the other party and the telephone number of the other party, as well as a plurality of English characters as in American telephones. Numeric keypad 1 is assigned to one key and serves as both a search key and a dial key.
43, telephone directory key 142, call instruction key 14. and a stop instruction key 145, and a handset hook monitor 15. and hook circuit 15. and a dialer circuit 15, and a lamp 17 indicating that it is in the telephone directory mode.

The output signal from the key group 14 and the output signal from the handset hook monitor 151 are input to the CPU 11, and the output signal from the key group 14 and the output signal from the handset hook monitor 151 are input to the CPU 11.
In response to output signals from the CPU II and the memory 12, the CPU II and the memory 12 cooperate to control a mode selection control for selecting either the telephone directory mode or the registration mode, a registration mode control for storing the destination name and telephone number in the memory 12, and a lamp. ] 7, reading the telephone number from the memory 12, receiving the handset off-hook signal output from the handset hook monitor 15□, driving the dialer circuit 153 in response to the signal from the numeric keypad 141, and driving the hook circuit 15□.
off-hook and press numeric keypad 14. on the phone line. or use the numeric keypad 14. to dial a phone number. It performs call control such as automatically calling the registered telephone number read from the memory 12 instead of the signal from the memory 12.

The operation of this embodiment configured as described above will be explained in accordance with the program stored in the ROMI 21 with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, mode selection will be explained with reference to FIG. 4(a).

In the standby state, it waits for the telephone directory key 14 to be pressed (step S). When the telephone directory key 142 is pressed, the telephone directory mode is entered (step S). When the phone book mode is entered, the lamp 17 is lit to indicate that the phone book mode has been entered.

Following step S8, the telephone directory key 14. When is pressed (step S), the mode is switched from the telephone directory mode to the registration mode (step 34).

Following step S4, the telephone directory key 14. When is pressed, the registration mode is switched to the telephone directory mode (step S). When the phonebook key 14□ is not pressed in step S, the phonebook mode continues, and when the phonebook key 142 is not pressed in step S5,
Registration mode continues. In other words, the telephone directory key 14□
By pressing , the phone book mode and the registration mode are alternately turned on and off. Furthermore, when the stop instruction key 145 is pressed in each state, the lamp 17 is returned to the standby state, and even in the 7 registration mode where it is used as a general telephone by other operations from the standby state, the lamp 17 continues to be lit and the standby state is returned. When the state is entered, the lamp 17 is turned off to indicate that the telephone directory mode and the registration mode have been exited.

Next, the registration mode will be explained with reference to FIG. 4(b).

The name and telephone number of the other party are registered as follows.

When the telephone directory key 14□ is pressed twice in succession from the standby state, the registration mode is entered. Registration is performed starting from the destination name. When entering the registration mode, the numeric keypad 141 becomes a key for inputting English characters for registration, and the numeric keypad 14. Characters are input by pressing , and the call instruction key 1 is pressed one by one.
44 to determine the input characters, the destination name is determined manually (step S, and step S). In this example, for example, "B
”, press 2II (AB
C) twice to display rBl on the liquid crystal display 13, and press the transmission instruction key 144 to determine r13J. Next, when inputting "R", press //7// (PH1) of the numeric keypad 14□ twice to display "rR", and press the call instruction key 14 to confirm. After determining the entire name using the same procedure (after pressing the call instruction key 144 to determine the last character), press the call instruction key 144 again.
．． By pressing , the registered name is confirmed.

When the input of the registered name of the other party in steps S6 and S7 is completed, the numeric keypad 14. is O~9, ≠, #
number, and the system waits for the next number input.

Following step S7, enter the telephone number of the other party from O to 9, ≠, #.
The numeric keypad has become the number 14. The number is entered as is by pressing down, and after entering all digits, press the call key 14.
By pressing 4, the telephone number of the other party is determined and input (step S, and step S). Following Step S, the determined destination and the phone number of the destination are stored and registered in the phone number storage area of the RAM 122 (Step S), one registration is completed, and the next destination is registered. The system waits for the other party's name to be input. By repeating steps S to S10, the required destination is registered. Note that when inputting the name of the other party and the telephone number of the other party, the input characters and numbers are displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 each time. Here, the lamp 17 is lit during the registration mode, indicating that the numeric keypad 14□ is not functioning as a dial key.

When exiting the registration mode or ending it midway, press the stop instruction key 14. By pressing , you exit from the registration mode and return to the normal telephone state.

Next, the telephone directory mode will be explained with reference to FIG. 4(C).

When the telephone directory key 142 is pressed once from the standby state, the telephone directory mode is entered and the lamp 17 is turned on. At this time, numeric keypad 14. serves as a key for inputting English characters for searching, and by pressing the numeric keypad 141, the name of the other party is searched. This search is performed when the numeric keypad 14□ is pressed down (step 5zx).
Among the destination names whose first character is one of the alphabetic characters assigned to , the destination name stored at the beginning of the telephone number storage area of the memory 12 and the telephone number corresponding to the destination name are read out. is displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 (step S), and the search is continued by repeatedly pressing the numeric keypad 141 until the name of the desired destination is displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 (step S). Continue (Step S.).

An example of the search is as follows. Numeric keypad 14□
Pressing ll 2 n once will search for rAj, and the first letter of the name will appear on the LCD display 13.
” is displayed. If there are multiple recipient names whose first letter is "A", mark (≠)
key or the # key to search for the desired partner.The first character of the name is "B".
If so, press numeric keypad 14. Pressing ``2'' twice will search for [B1, and the first character of the name will be displayed on the LCD 13 as in the case of rA-1 above.
One of the destination names is displayed.

If there are multiple recipient names whose names begin with r13J, press the M (≠) key or the M (#) key to search for the desired recipient using 0 or more methods. A search for the destination name is performed.

As explained above, when the desired destination is found through the search in steps S and So, the call instruction key 1
4. is pressed (step 524). Step S1
14, when the call instruction key 144 is pressed, the telephone number of the other party displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 is automatically dialed to the telephone line (step S0), and then the telephone directory mode is exited and the normal telephone state is returned. , (step 526), and after the call ends, it returns to the standby state.

Further, by pressing the stop instruction key 145, the telephone directory mode is exited at any time and the normal telephone state is returned.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the present invention, by pressing the numeric keypad when registering a destination name or searching for a destination name, English characters are preassigned to the pressed numeric keypad. is read as destination name information, at the time of registration, the destination name accompanying the read destination name information is stored in the destination storage means, and at the time of search, the destination name is stored along with the read destination name information. is configured to be read from the destination storage means, the English character notation assigned to the numeric keypad of the terminal device is used for character input using English characters on the terminal device, which not only facilitates operation, but also This has the effect of improving operability.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plot diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an external view of one embodiment of the present invention. FIGS. 4(a), (b), and (c) are flowcharts for explaining the operation of one embodiment of the present invention. 1... Numeric keypad, 2... Reading means, 3... Other party storage means, 4... Storage means, 5... Reading means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a terminal device with an electronic telephone directory that registers and searches for a destination name using one or more alphabetic characters, a message assigned to the numeric keypad in advance by pressing the numeric keypad when registering a destination name or searching for a destination name. a reading means for reading certain English characters as destination name information; a storage means for storing in a destination storage means the destination name accompanying the destination name information read by the reading device during registration; and a storage device for reading when searching. 1. A terminal device with an electronic telephone directory, comprising reading means for reading out a destination name from a destination storage means along with destination name information read by the device.