JPH05176052A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a telephone set capable of quick response and improving the operability. CONSTITUTION:ID numbers given to the specific opposite party and the specific opposite party are made correspondent to be stored in a memory 5. When the ID number received through the line coincides with the ID number stored in the memory 5, the name of the specific caller corresponding to the ID number is outputted by voice. The message code is set corresponding to the content of the message to be stored in the memory 5. When a call comes from the specific caller, the message corresponding to the message code sent from the specific caller is outputted by voice, improving the operability.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone device, and more particularly to a telephone device which facilitates confirmation of a caller and improves operability.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, many functions have been provided, such as an answering machine when you are away from home, an answering machine function that records a message from a caller, and a secret phone function that answers only calls from a specific caller. Telephones have become widespread. In the conventional answering machine with the secret telephone function, the ID number given in advance to the specific caller after the caller dials the telephone number with the telephone set to the absence or the answering machine operating state. Is sent, the answering machine function is activated, and the answering function and the message recording function are activated.

[0003]

As described above, in a telephone device such as an answering machine having a conventional secret function, a response from the telephone device is confirmed only after confirming that the ID numbers sent from the caller side match. The operation will be started. However, even if the ID numbers match, if the sender is not confirmed by actually answering the telephone and inquiring about the sender's name, etc., the person who should respond to the sender is identified. This is not possible, and there is a problem in terms of quick response, especially when a large number of respondents are in the office. Also, in the answering machine with a secret function, the answering machine answering function starts after confirming that the ID numbers match, and the message is recorded on the tape. Even though there are many standard requests such as telephone requests, the message content must be recorded on tape, which is a problem in terms of operability.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone device which enables quick response and has improved operability.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a telephone device according to the present invention is a telephone device that performs a predetermined response operation when a received ID number matches a predetermined ID number. When a memory that stores the predetermined ID number information and the name information of the specific person to which the ID number is assigned in association with each other and the received ID number matches the ID number stored in the memory A voice output circuit for reading out the name information corresponding to the matching ID number from the memory and outputting the name by voice based on the name information. A telephone device according to another aspect of the present invention is a telephone device that performs a predetermined answering machine answering operation when a received ID number matches a predetermined ID number. A memory for storing the name information of the specific person to which the ID number is assigned in association with each other, a memory for storing a message code corresponding to a predetermined message content, and the received ID number are stored in the memory. When it matches the ID number,
A voice output circuit that reads out name information corresponding to the matching ID number from the memory, outputs a name based on the name information by voice, and outputs a message corresponding to the received message code by voice. ..

[0006]

In the present invention, the ID number given to the specific partner,
The ID number received through the line is stored in the memory in association with the specific party.
When the name matches the D number, the name of the specific caller corresponding to the matching ID number is output by voice, and a message code is determined in advance corresponding to the message content and stored in the memory. When an incoming call is received from a specific caller, a message corresponding to a message code sent from the specific caller is similarly output as voice to improve operability.

[0007]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of a telephone device according to the present invention. A network control unit (NCU) 8 is connected to the telephone line LINE, and an MF indicating dial information or the like from the NCU 8 received from the line.
The signal is processed by the MF receiver 9 and sent to the CPU 3. The CPU 3 receives the input information from the input key 1 via the input unit 2, controls the NCU 8 and performs operation processing described later. The line LINE is connected to the call circuit 10 via the NCU 8, and the call circuit 10 connects the line to the handset 12 through the switch 11 to enable a call with the other party.

In the present embodiment, an ID number is set in advance for a specific party, and a predetermined voice is generated from a speaker or the like when the telephone number of the partner is transmitted.
The setting of the ID number for each specific partner is performed by operating the input key 1, for example. That is, the number key of the input key 1 is pressed to set the ID number, the name of the other party to which the ID number is assigned is also set by pressing the alphabet key of the input key 1, and the information is stored in the RAM 5. Store it. In the RAM 5, a message code is further added and stored for each predetermined message (message).

When the ID number information is transmitted from the telephone of the other party via the line LINE, the information is received via the NCU 8 and the MF receiver 9 and supplied to the CPU 3.
When the CPU 3 receives the information, it searches the ID number stored in the RAM 5, and when a matching ID number is detected, the name data of the other party to whom the detected ID number is given is added to the phoneme-synthesized sound circuit. Send to 7. The phoneme-synthesized sound circuit 7 sends voice data for voice-outputting the name to the speaker 13 based on the name data transmitted from the CPU 3, and outputs the voice data. In the speech synthesis in the phoneme synthesis sound circuit 7, for example, the character phoneme conversion table 6 obtains the character phoneme information based on the alphabet information obtained by the CPU 3, and the character phoneme information is used to generate a speech signal. That is, the character-phoneme conversion table 6 is provided with a conversion table for converting character data composed of alurfabet into phoneme data, and character data composed of alphabets supplied from the CPU 3 is converted into phoneme data and output. The CPU 3 sends this phoneme data to the phoneme synthesized sound circuit 7, and sends a voice signal of the name to the speaker 13, for example.

The switching device 11 switches and connects the handset 12 to the phoneme synthesis sound circuit 7 and the call circuit 10. When talking with the other party, the call circuit 10 is connected to the handset 12 to receive an incoming call from the other party. There is RAM5 by CPU3
It is also possible to send out the name of the specific partner corresponding to the ID number read from the phoneme to the handset 12 as a voice signal from the phoneme synthesis sound circuit 7 and output the name as voice. LCD
On the (liquid crystal display) 4, the ID number and the ID
Information such as the name determined corresponding to the number is displayed. The RAM 5 can store the ID number and name information, and can also store the above-mentioned message code determined for each predetermined message. The message code sent from the other party via the line LINE can be stored in the ID. When the CPU 3 receives the message along with the number, it controls the phoneme-synthesizing sound circuit 7 to output the message voice of the message code to the speaker 13 or the handset 12 to generate and output the message voice signal. The RAM 5 can further store incoming time data and the like.

FIG. 2 shows an example of information stored in the RAM 5. The set ID number and the name of the other party to which the ID number is assigned are associated with each other and stored in a table. In addition, the aforementioned predetermined message, for example,
Similarly, a message code indicating "xx sama yori odenwa" or the like is stored in the RAM 5 as a table. These information data are set by key input from the input key 1. The ID number (NO.) Sent from the other party is sent to the CPU
When 3 receives, the table of the RAM 5 is searched to select the matching ID number, and the message corresponding to the name or message code corresponding to the ID number is output to the speaker 13 by the phoneme synthesis sound circuit 7.

In the configuration of FIG. 1, the telephone set can be set to the absence mode so that only the incoming call from the specific party can be received. In the absence mode, the message from only the specific party can be received. For example, it is also possible to record only the same on a recording medium such as a magnetic tape and to generate and output an audio signal corresponding to the stored information at the time of reproduction after returning home.

[0013]

As described above, in the telephone device according to the present invention, the ID number given to the specific party and the specific party are stored in the memory in association with each other, and the ID number received through the line. Is configured to output the name of the specific caller corresponding to the matching ID number as a voice when the ID matches the ID number stored in the memory, so that even if the telephone is not accessed directly, The name of the caller can be known from and the operability is greatly improved. Also, in the operating state of the answering machine function, a message code is set in advance corresponding to the message content, and when an incoming call is received from a specific person, the message corresponding to the message code sent from the specific person is similarly set. If the configuration is such that audio is output, usability is further improved. At this time, since mechanical moving parts such as a magnetic tape are not used, failures are reduced. Furthermore, if the circuit for voice output is a phoneme synthesis circuit, the stored content of the phoneme corresponding data can be easily changed and set by, for example, inputting an input key.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram showing an embodiment of a telephone device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example diagram showing contents stored in a RAM in the embodiment of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Input Key 2 Input Section 3 CPU 4 LCD 5 RAM 6 Character Phoneme Conversion Table 7 Phoneme Synthesizing Circuit 8 NCU 9 MF Receiver 10 Communication Circuit 11 Switcher 12 Handset 13 Speaker

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A telephone device that performs a predetermined response operation when a received ID number matches a predetermined ID number, wherein the predetermined ID number information and the specific person to whom the ID number is assigned are provided. A memory that stores the name information in association with each other, and an I that stores the received ID number in the memory.
A telephone device, comprising: a voice output circuit that reads out name information corresponding to the match ID number from the memory when the D number matches, and outputs a name by voice based on the name information. 2. A telephone device that performs a predetermined answering machine answering operation when the received ID number matches a predetermined ID number, wherein the predetermined ID number information and a specific person to whom the ID number is assigned. When the received ID number matches the ID number stored in the memory and the memory for storing the message code in correspondence with the predetermined message content, The name information corresponding to the matching ID number is read from the memory,
A telephone device, comprising: a voice output circuit that outputs a voice name based on the name information and outputs a voice message corresponding to a received voice code.