JPH05244243A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the telephone set able to use an abbreviation dial without the operation of registration of the abbreviation dial. CONSTITUTION:The telephone set is provided with a memory 31, an abbreviation key and a dial key 22. When a telephone number is entered by using a numeral key of the dial key 22, dialing processing is implemented by a phone call of the entered telephone number and the inputted telephone number is stored in the memory 31. When the abbreviation key and the numeral key of the dial key 22 equal to numerals of lower-4 digits in the entered telephone number are operated, the telephone number stored in the memory 31 is searched by using the numerals of the lower-4 digits as a key word. The telephone number whose lower 4-digits are coincident is extracted from the memory 31 through the search and dialing is made to a phone call with the extracted telephone number.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone having a speed dial function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Some telephones have a speed dial function. In the telephone having the speed dial function, for example, the phone number "03-" is added to the speed number "02".
3458-7163 "is registered in advance (in actuality,"-"is not necessary, but is described for convenience. The same applies hereinafter).

Then, when the call is made thereafter, 1. Go off hook. 2. Press the "shortcut key". 3. Enter the abbreviated number "02" using the dial keys. Phone number "03-345"
8-7163 "is dialed.

Therefore, according to the telephone having the speed dial function, it is possible to easily perform dialing operations for a frequent caller, a long telephone number such as a long distance telephone, and reduce dialing errors.

[0005]

However, in order to make a call using the speed dial function, as described above, the telephone number "03-3458-7163" of the intended other party is used.
Need to be registered in the phone beforehand. And, as a matter of course, it is impossible to call the unregistered telephone number by the speed dial.

[0006] Moreover, the registration is performed by the telephone number of the other party,
Since both the abbreviated number and the abbreviated number must be correctly input to the telephone in a predetermined procedure, registration may not be possible or incorrect registration may be made without looking at the instruction manual. ..

Further, even if the number is registered as an abbreviated number, if the number registered is large, the abbreviated number may be mistaken when making a call, and it is necessary to prepare a memo or the like. The present invention is intended to solve such a problem.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Here, considering a telephone used in a general household, the number of telephone parties is not so large. When the other party of the telephone is different, the last four digits or the last three digits of the telephone number rarely match. Therefore, the other party can be distinguished by the last four digits or the last three digits of the telephone number.

The present invention pays attention to such a point and, for example, when the first call is made, the telephone number "03-3458-" is used.
7163 "is dialed normally. Then, in addition to the normal dialing process for this phone number,
This telephone number is stored in memory. When calling from the second time onward, press the speed key and then
Enter the last four digits of the phone number, "7163". Then, the original telephone number "03-3458-7163" is retrieved from the memory using this "7163" as a keyword, and the retrieved telephone number "03-3458-7".
163 ”is dialed. It was done like this.

That is, in the present invention, when the reference numerals of the respective parts correspond to the embodiments described later, the memory 31 and
It has a speed key and a dial key 22, and when a telephone number is entered using the numeric keys of the dial key 22,
The input telephone number is processed, and the input telephone number is stored in the memory 31. The speed key and the lower 4 digits or lower 3 digits of the input telephone number are stored.
When the numeric key of the dial key 22 which is equal to the numeral of the digit is operated, the telephone number stored in the memory 31 is searched by using the lower 4 digits or the lower 3 digits as a keyword, and by this search, the lower 4 digits are searched. A telephone number having the same digit or lower three digits is retrieved from the memory 31, and a call is made to the telephone having the retrieved telephone number.

[0011]

When a telephone call is made once, the telephone number is automatically registered in the speed dial by using, for example, the last four digits of the telephone number as the abbreviated number. Therefore, after that, the user can make a call only by inputting the last four digits of the telephone number of the other party.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In FIG. 1, 1 is a telephone line and 11 is an NC.
U and 12 are communication circuits, 13 is a transmitter, and 14 is a receiver. During a call, the voice signal from the transmitter 13 is sent to the line 1 through the call circuit 12 and the NCU 11, and the voice signal from the other party is supplied from the line 1 to the handset 14 through the NCU 11 and the call circuit 12. It The NCU 11 has a DTMF signal forming circuit, a 4-line / 2-line converting circuit, a hook switch, and the like.

Reference numeral 21 is a ringer for incoming calls, 22 is a dial key, 23 is an auxiliary operation key or switch, and 2 is a dial key.
Reference numeral 4 denotes an LCD for displaying a telephone number and the like, 30 denotes a microcomputer for controlling the operation of the entire telephone, and the microcomputer 30 is connected to the means 11, 12, 21 to 24.

Further, the microcomputer 30 has a memory 31 for storing a telephone number at the time of speed dial, and a routine 60 shown in FIG. 2 for speed dial processing.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the appearance of this telephone, and an LCD 24 is provided above the dial keys 22. In this example, the shortened key is the “#” key of the dial keys 22.

<< Standby, Incoming Call, etc. >> In the standby mode, the microcomputer 30 determines whether the handsets 13 and 14 are off-hook, whether a ringer signal indicating an incoming call can be obtained from the line 1, and the key 23 is pressed. Is monitored for input.

When a ringer signal indicating an incoming call is obtained from the line 1, the ringer 21 is driven and the incoming call is announced. Then, when the handsets 13 and 14 are picked up, this is detected by the microcomputer 30, the ringer 21 is stopped, and the communication circuit 12 is connected to the line 1 through the NCU 11. Therefore, it is possible to make a call with the other party thereafter.

After the call, if the handsets 13 and 14 are hooked on, the call termination processing is performed, and then the standby state is resumed.

In the standby mode, when there is an input from the key 23, a process corresponding to the key input, for example, a one-touch dial or the like is executed, and then the standby state is restored.

<< Ordinary Call by Operating Dial Keys >> This is a case where a call is made to a partner whose telephone number is not yet registered in the speed dial. In this case,
As with a general telephone, the handsets 13 and 14 may be picked up and the telephone number of the other party may be dialed. In this case, the call is made to "03-3458-7163".

That is, when the handsets 13 and 14 are picked up, this is detected by the microcomputer 30, and the microcomputer 30
The process proceeds to step 61 of the routine 60, where the call circuit 12 is connected to the line 1 through the NCU 11 and then waits for a key input from the dial key 22 at step 62.

In this case, since the call is made by a normal dial key operation, the telephone number "03-3458-7163" of the other party is input from the dial key 22.

Then, the process proceeds from step 62 to step 63, and in this step 63, step 62
It is checked whether or not the first digit of the key input is the numeric key of the dial key 22.

In this case, since the first digit of the key input in step 62 is the numeric key ("0" key), the process proceeds from step 63 to step 64, and in step 64, the input is made in step 62. Below the telephone number you made
A digit number, its telephone number, and the number of calls to that telephone number are set as one set, and the one set is a memory 31 in a table format.
Be registered with.

In the present case, the telephone number is "03-3458-7".
Since "163" was entered for the first time, as shown in FIG. 3, the last four digits of this telephone number "# 7163", its telephone number "03-3458-7163", and the number of times of calling "1"
Are set as one set, and this one set is registered in the memory 31. In FIG. 3, "#" before the last four digits is a symbol (code) added at the time of registration, and the following four digits are abbreviated numbers. That is, thereafter, the last four digits "7163" are the telephone numbers "03-34".
It is a shortened number corresponding to "58-7163".

Subsequently, the processing of the microcomputer 30 is step 6
From 4 to step 65, in step 65, the display data indicating the telephone number input in step 62 is supplied to the LCD 24, and the telephone number is displayed on the LCD 24. In this case, the phone number is "03-3458-7".
163 ”is displayed.

Then, the process proceeds from step 65 to step 66, and in this step 66, step 62
The dial data of the telephone number entered in step 3 is the microcomputer 30
Is supplied to the NCU 11 through, and converted into a DTMF signal, for example, and then sent to the line 1. Therefore,
This means that the dialing of "03-3458-7163" has been made, and if the other party answers the call, then the call can be made as described above.

Further, in this case, even if the caller has never made a call in the past, if the caller is called, the last four digits of the caller's number are as shown in FIG. It will be registered in the memory 31 as a shortened number.

<< End of call at the time of calling >> The processing of the microcomputer 30 proceeds to step 71 after step 66. In step 71, it is checked whether or not the handsets 13 and 14 are on-hook, and when they are not on-hook. , Step 71 is repeated.

Therefore, during a call with the other party, it is monitored in step 71 whether or not the user goes on hook.

Then, the call ends, and the handsets 13 and 14
Is hooked on, this is detected in step 71, and the processing of the microcomputer 30 proceeds from step 71 to step 72, in which the data in the memory 31 is sorted. In this case, this sorting is performed with one set of the shortened number, the telephone number, and the number of times of calling as a unit, and the group with the highest number of times of calling is first.

When this step 72 is completed,
The routine 60 is terminated and the standby state is resumed.

<< Calling by Speed Dial >> This is a case where a call is made by the speed dial function. In this case, pick up the handsets 13 and 14 and then the dial key 2
Press the "#" key 2 and then enter the last four digits of the telephone number of the other party from the dial key 22. For example,
As shown in FIG. 3, when the abbreviated number is registered in the memory 31, when dialing "03-3458-7163", "# 7163" is input from the dial key 22.

That is, taking the handsets 13 and 14, the processing of the microcomputer 30 proceeds to step 61, where the calling circuit 12 is connected to the line 1 through the NCU 11, and then at step 62, the dial key 22 is connected. Wait for input from.

In the present case, since the call is made by the speed dial, the speed dialing number "#"
7163 ”is input.

Then, the process proceeds from step 62 to step 63, and in this step 63, step 62
It is checked whether or not the first digit of the key input is the numeric key of the dial key 22.

In this case, since the first digit of the key input in step 62 is not a numeric key, the process proceeds from step 63 to step 81. In this step 81, the first key input in step 62 is performed. It is checked whether the digit is the "#" key of the dial key 22.

Then, in this case, since it is the "#" key,
The process proceeds from step 81 to step 82. In this step 82, the abbreviated number of the memory 31 that matches the last 4 digits of the abbreviated number input in step 62 is searched, and it is paired with the abbreviated abbreviated number. The phone number is retrieved. In this case, the short number in the memory 31 is searched using "7163" as a keyword, and "7163" is searched.
Phone number "03-3458-716"
3 ”is taken out.

When the telephone number is taken out, the processing of the microcomputer 30 proceeds to step 83, and this step 8
In 3, the number of callings of the set of telephone numbers extracted in step 82 is incremented by “1”, and then the process proceeds to step 65.

Therefore, in step 65, the display data indicating the telephone number retrieved in step 82 is LC
It is supplied to D24, and its telephone number is displayed on LCD24. In this case, the phone number is "03-3458-716".
3 ”is displayed.

Then, the process proceeds from step 65 to step 66, and in this step 66, step 82
The dial data of the telephone number taken out in step 3 is supplied to the NCU 11 through the microcomputer 30, converted into a DTMF signal, and then sent out to the line 1. Then, if the other party answers the call, the call can be made.

Therefore, the call is made by the speed dial function.

In step 81, step 6
When the key input of No. 2 is not the "#" key, the process of the microcomputer 30 proceeds from step 81 to step 89. In step 89, the process corresponding to the key input is executed, and then the microcomputer 30 enters the standby state. Become.

<< Summary >> As described above, according to the present invention, when an ordinary telephone call is made, the last four digits of the telephone number are registered as an abbreviated number in the memory 31 for abbreviated dialing. Therefore, thereafter, the other party can be called by the speed dial by simply dialing the last four digits of the other party's telephone number, that is, without registering the speed dial.

Moreover, since the registration of the speed dial is automatically performed, it is not necessary to read the instruction manual or perform a troublesome key operation every time the registration is performed, and anyone can easily use the speed dial function. Can be used.

When the number of call destinations is large, the data in the memory 31 may overflow. However, since the data in the memory 31 is sorted by the step 72 in the descending order of the number of calls, the memory 31 is sorted. When the data of the above number overflows, the telephone number of the other party with a small number of calls is not registered in the speed dial, and even if the number of call destinations is larger than the capacity of the memory 31, the practical speed dial registration is performed. It can be performed.

<< Other example >> In the above, the lower 4 of the telephone number
If the digits (abbreviated numbers) match in the telephone numbers of two or more parties, the telephone numbers of the matching parties are selectively displayed by operating the key 23 in step 63, and the display is made. The dialed telephone number may be dialed.

Although the last 4 digits of the telephone number are set to the abbreviated number, the probability that the last 3 digits of the telephone number match is 1/1000,
The last three digits can be used as the abbreviated number. Or bottom 4
The user may select the digit and the last three digits by a switch.

Further, in the above, in the memory 31,
Although the abbreviated number, the telephone number, and the number of callings are registered as a set, only the telephone number is registered. In step 82, the last 4 digits of the telephone number and the abbreviated number input in step 62 are registered. You may check for a match and retrieve the matching phone number. Further, the present invention can be applied to a cordless telephone or the like.

[0050]

According to the present invention, when a normal telephone call is made, the last four digits of the telephone number are registered as an abbreviated number in the memory 31 for abbreviated dialing.
After that, simply dial the last 4 digits of the other party's telephone number,
That is, it is possible to make a call to the other party by using the speed dial without registering the speed dial.

Moreover, since the speed dial registration is automatically executed, it is not necessary to read the instruction manual or perform a troublesome key operation every time the registration is performed, and anyone can easily use the speed dial function. Can be used.

When the number of call destinations is large, the data in the memory 31 may overflow. However, since the data in the memory 31 is sorted by the step 72 in descending order of the number of calls, the memory 31 is sorted. When the data of the above number overflows, the telephone number of the other party with a small number of calls is not registered in the speed dial, and even if the number of call destinations is larger than the capacity of the memory 31, the practical speed dial registration is performed. It can be performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing an example of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a telephone number table.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Telephone Line 11 NCU 12 Speech Circuit 13 Transmitter 14 Receiver 21 Ringer 22 Dial Key 23 Auxiliary Operation Key 24 Display Means 30 Microcomputer 31 Memory 60 Processing Routine

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A memory, a speed key, and a dial key are provided, and when a telephone number is input by using the numeric keys of the dial key, a call is made to the telephone having the input telephone number. At the same time, the entered telephone number is stored in the memory, and when the abbreviated key and the numeric key of the dial key, which is equal to the last four digits or the last three digits of the entered telephone number, are operated. , Searching the telephone number stored in the memory by using the lower 4 digits to the lower 3 digits as a keyword, and by this search, the telephone number in which the lower 4 digits to the lower 3 digits match A telephone which is taken out from the memory and is adapted to make a call to the telephone having the taken out telephone number.