JPH05130177A - Telephone set for deaf-mute - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow even a deaf-mute to use the telephone set. CONSTITUTION:An incoming display light 4 recognizes the arrival of a call when a call reaches and reply is attained by lifting up a receiver 5. An opposite voice is recognized and displayed on a display section 9 and key input data operated by a deaf-mute are converted into a voice signal and sent to an opposite party. When a reply comes from the opposite party at the dialing, the talking is implemented similarly based on the display of the display section 9 and the conversion of the key entry into the voice signal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a deaf person telephone having a voice recognition / voice output function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional telephone makes a call by converting a voice of a caller into an electric signal and transmitting the electric signal and converting information transmitted from the other party as an electric signal into a voice signal.

[0003]

However, such a conventional telephone has the drawback that it cannot be used by a deaf person because it is made for a normal person.

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and makes it possible for a deaf person to use the telephone.

[0005]

In order to solve such a problem, the present invention recognizes and decodes the voice of the called party in order to make it usable by a deaf person, and at the same time displays it as a character and simultaneously receives a call. The person can press the character corresponding key to output the input character as a voice,
A voice decoding means for recognizing the voice of the other party and displaying it on the display section, a voice generating means for converting the data into a voice signal by key input and transmitting it to the line, and an incoming display section for visually displaying the incoming call. Is equipped with.

[0006]

[Operation] When an incoming call arrives, the incoming call indicator light informs the user of the incoming call and picks up the handset to respond. The voice of the other party is recognized and displayed on the display unit, and the key input data operated by the deaf person is converted into a voice signal and transmitted to the other party. At the time of calling, if there is a response from the other party, a call is similarly made by displaying on the display unit and converting the key input into a voice signal.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. The number part of the key input part 1 and various function keys are 5 in advance.
0 sound, dakuten, semi-dakuten, shift key (two inputs are possible depending on whether or not the shift key is pressed for one key),
A call / character display selection key, a character input mode key, an input completion key, etc. are assigned.

When the telephone detects an incoming call, the telephone control unit 2 is mounted on the telephone or a wall via the lamp driving unit 3 so that the telephone control unit 2 can be seen from a place away from the telephone at the same time as the normal ringing tone. The incoming call indicator light 4 flashes to notify the incoming call. In the normal state, the usage of the conventional telephone is exactly the same, and the ringing tone and the display of the incoming call lamp stop when the handset 5 is picked up.

When a deaf person or the like uses the incoming call indicator light 4
The incoming call is known by flashing, and the handset 5 is picked up
Press the character display selection key to select the character display mode. By this selection, the call / voice input / character input switching control unit 6 and the voice decoding / voice output control unit 7 are set to the voice input mode and the voice decoding mode, respectively. The received voice data is transferred to the voice decoding / voice output control unit 7 and decoded.

The deciphered data is passed to the time / voice deciphered character / input character display switching control unit 8 where it is converted into the corresponding character data and displayed on the display unit 9. The user can understand the contents transmitted by the other party by reading these display characters.

Next, when the listener responds to the other party, the character input mode key is pressed and the call / voice input / character input switching control 6 and the voice decoding / voice output control section 7 are set to the character input mode and voice output. After setting the mode, when the corresponding character key is input, those input data are transferred to the voice decoding / voice output control unit 7. Also, an echo back display is provided on the display unit 9 so that the input character can be confirmed.

After the character input is completed, when the character input completion key is pressed, the voice data corresponding to the input character is sent to the voice output section, where it becomes voice and is transmitted to the other party. Then, when the voice of the other party is received again, it is displayed on the display unit as described above and the communication can be continued.

Further, when it is desired to make a call to the other party from here, it is possible to make a call from the other party by performing character input in the same manner as in the case of the response after dialing.

Since the other party is making a voice call and this telephone transmits information to the other party by key input, there is a slight time lag, but key input is also faster due to learning, and during international communication. Since there is a time lag due to the satellite line, it cannot be resonated by voice communication, so it can be used with almost no discomfort when used for such purposes.

When both parties use this telephone, it can be used without any discomfort. However, in this case, it is not necessary to convert it into a voice signal for transmission, and the key code may be sent as it is.

[0016]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the call is displayed in characters, even a person who could not communicate by telephone until now can receive the service by telephone.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Key input unit 2 Telephone control unit 3 Lamp drive unit 4 Rotation type incoming indicator light 5 Handset 6 Call / Voice input / Character input switching control unit 7 Voice decoding / Voice output control unit 8 Time / Voice decoding character / Input character display switching Control unit 9 Display unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display unit, a voice decoding unit for recognizing a voice of the other party and displaying the voice on the display unit, and a voice generation unit for converting keyed data into a voice signal and transmitting the voice signal to a line. A phone for the deaf, which is composed of an incoming call display section that visually displays when an incoming call arrives.