JPH0530171A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the number of key touches and to facilitate the retrieval operation of an electronic telephone directory by instructing a retrieval character with the syllable of a character unit. CONSTITUTION:When an operator emits the sound of 'a', for example, it is inputted to a syllable recognition part 105, a code corresponding to 'a' is outputted to CPU 109 and a content corresponding to 'a' in a telephone directory file is displayed in a display part 108. When a handset is on-hooked, a telephone line is closed to NCU 101 and dial data on a data block in the middle of display at present is transmitted to the telephone line.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone having an electronic telephone directory function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a telephone having an electronic telephone directory function, in order to search for desired data, a two-digit dial code is assigned to each character of katakana, and a dial button corresponding to the character to be searched. By selecting and pressing, the necessary characters were input, and the input characters were displayed on the display for confirmation. In addition, a configuration in which a dedicated keyboard for inputting search characters is provided is also known.

Furthermore, recently, when registering dial data, the name of the other party is registered by voice corresponding to the dial, and the registered name is uttered at the time of dialing, so that the name of the corresponding name can be displayed on the device side. Some are configured to retrieve and send dial data.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional example has the following drawbacks. (1) Since the search characters are entered using the dial buttons, if the number of digits in the search characters increases, the number of key touches will increase, and you will have to learn the correspondence between katakana and dial codes, or operate while looking at the correspondence table. The sex becomes worse. (2) In order to make up for the drawback of (1) above, there is also a method in which the search character is set to one digit, the corresponding name is displayed in one column, and selection is made from that, but a large display and selection means are required. The cost will increase. (3) If a dedicated keyboard is provided as described above, the cost will increase accordingly. (4) In addition, in order to utter a registered name and dial it, it is necessary to record in word units at the time of registering the name. For example, if one recording time is one second, 64 Kbi.
Since the memory of t is exclusively used, a large-capacity memory is required to register a large number of items as a telephone directory, resulting in an increase in cost. In addition, there is a problem that only the same person as the person who recorded the sound can be searched in order to increase the recognition rate during the search.

An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone which can easily perform a dial data search operation of an electronic telephone directory.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in a telephone having an electronic telephone directory function, a retrieval character designating means for designating a retrieval character by a syllable word by word when retrieving contents of the electronic telephone directory is provided. By having an input start instruction means for instructing to start inputting a search character and a display means for visually displaying and confirming the syllable recognized by the input of the search character by the syllable, desired data can be obtained with few key touches. Can be searched, and operability can be improved.

[0007]

1 is a block diagram showing a telephone 100 with an electronic telephone directory function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This telephone 100 is a handset for making a call with a network control unit 101 for detecting an incoming call from a telephone line, closing or opening the line, and sending a dial in response to a call or a disconnect operation. 102 and a speaker 103 for emitting a ring tone or the like
And a call circuit 104 for selecting a destination of sound output from the telephone line and an input source of sound to the telephone line, and a syllable from the input source selected by the call circuit 104, and the identification result is coded to generate a CPU 109. Syllable recognition unit 105 to notify
An off-hook detection circuit 106 for detecting a calling operation and a disconnection operation, a key input unit 107 such as a dial button,
A display unit 108 that displays the contents of a telephone directory, a CPU 109 that controls the whole, and an R that stores a control program
OM110 and RAM for storing phonebook data
111 and.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an electronic telephone directory table stored in the RAM 111.

FIG. 2 shows a telephone directory data file. This data file includes a plurality of data blocks 20
Each data block 201 includes a name part 202, which is data such as name and company name, and a dial data part 2.
It consists of 03. Each data block 201 has a name part 2
The data file is constructed by sorting the data in the order of aiueo according to the data of No. 02.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the appearance of the telephone of this embodiment.

In this telephone, as the key input unit 107, a speed button 107a for instructing speed dial and a search button 107b for instructing to search the contents of the electronic telephone directory.
A forward search instruction button 107c, a backward search instruction button 107d, a one-touch dial button 107e,
It has a numeric keypad 107f.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a code table output by the syllable recognition unit 105 in response to a voice input.

Further, FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a control operation at the time of searching the electronic telephone directory in the above configuration.

First, the CPU 109 has a key input section 107.
If it is detected that the search button 107b is pressed, the display unit 1 displays a message requesting search character input.
08 (S1) so that the voice from the handset 102 is input to the voice recognition unit 105.
To control. Then, it waits for the output from the voice recognition unit 105 (S2).

When the operator utters, for example, "a", the voice is input to the voice recognition unit 105, and the voice recognition unit 105 follows the table shown in FIG. In the example, “0”) is set to the CPU 10
Output to 9. The CPU 109 controls the call circuit 104 so that the voice from the handset 102 is recognized by the voice recognition unit 105.
The character corresponding to the code from the voice recognition unit 105 (“A” in this example) is displayed so as not to go to (S).
3).

In this state, the CPU 109 monitors whether the search button 107b, the forward search button 107c or the backward search button 107d is pressed, or whether the voice recognition unit 105 outputs the second output (S4 to S).
6).

If the search button 107b is pressed in S4, the process returns to S1 to enable re-input. If the forward search button 107c or the backward search button 107d is pressed in S5, the process proceeds to S10, where the first digit data of each name part 201 in the telephone directory data file is changed from the code corresponding to the input voice. The contents of the matched data blocks are compared and displayed on the display unit 108.

If there is a second output from the voice recognition unit 105 in S6, the recognized data is displayed on the display unit 108 in the same manner as described above (S7). And search button 1
If 07b is pressed (S8), the process returns to S1 to enable re-entry.

If the forward search button 107c or the backward search button 107d is pressed (S9), the 2-digit data of each name portion 201 in the telephone directory data file is compared from the code corresponding to the input voice. , The content of the matched data block is displayed on the display unit 108 (S1).
0).

In this state, it waits for being off-hook (S11). If the search button 107b is pressed without being off-hook (S8), the process returns to S1 to enable re-entry. If the forward search button 107c or the backward search button 107d is pressed (S
9) The process of displaying the contents of the data block before or after the previous one on the display unit 108 is repeated (S10).

If the off-hook is made in S11,
The NCU 101 is controlled to close the telephone line and send the dial data of the currently displayed data block to the telephone line (S12).

In the above embodiment, the search data is limited to 2 digits, but the number of digits is not particularly limited. Also, the timing to enter the search data is
It does not have to be limited before the search starts.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the operation in this case.

In this flowchart, n represents the search character digit being processed. First, 1 is given to n as an initial value (S20). Then, the CPU 109
Monitors the key input unit 107 and searches for the search button 107b.
If it is detected that the button is pressed, a message requesting the input of the search character is output to the display unit 108 (S21), and the call circuit 104 is controlled so that the voice from the handset 102 is input to the voice recognition unit 105. .. Then, the output from the voice recognition unit 105 is waited for (S22).

If there is an output from the voice recognition section 105, the communication circuit 104 is controlled and the handset 102 is controlled.
Then, the CPU 109 recognizes the input syllable according to the table shown in FIG. 4, and displays the corresponding character on the display unit 108 (S2).
3). In this state, the CPU 109 causes the search button 107
b, forward search button 107c or backward search button 10
It is monitored whether or not 7d is pressed or the "#" button for instructing the search character input is pressed (S24-).
S26).

If the search button 107b is pressed,
The process returns to S21 to enable re-entry. If the forward search button 107c or the backward search button 107d is pressed, the process proceeds to S28, where n of each name portion 201 in the telephone directory data file is selected from the code corresponding to the input voice.
The contents of the matched data block are displayed on the display unit 108 by comparison with the digit data.

In this state, it waits for the off-hook (S
29). Here, search button 10 without going off-hook
If 7b is pressed (S24), the process returns to S21 to enable re-input. If the forward search button 107c or the backward search button 107d is pressed (S2
5) The process of displaying the content of the data block before or after the previous one on the display unit 108 is repeated (S28).

If it is off-hooked in S29,
Proceed to S30, close the telephone line to NCU101,
Controls the dial data of the data block currently displayed to be sent to the telephone line.

If the "#" button is pressed, the digit number of the search character is incremented by 1 (S27), the input of the search character is requested, and the above process is repeated. Then, if the forward search button 107c or the backward search button 107d is pressed (S25), the n-digit data of the name portion 202 is searched from the currently displayed data block position according to the direction of the search button.

In this way, while displaying the data block, "#" is displayed.
Pressing the button allows you to continue the search with the next digit character.

In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, various buttons are fixed and exist on the telephone, but the same effect can be obtained by operating the special numbers by the dial buttons.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By designating the search character by the syllable on a character-by-character basis, there is an effect that the number of key touches can be reduced and the search operation of the electronic telephone directory can be easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an electronic telephone directory table in the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the outer appearance of the telephone in the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a corresponding code table for voice input in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of searching an electronic telephone directory in the above embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of searching an electronic telephone directory in another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 100 ... Telephone, 101 ... Network control unit, 102 ... Handset, 103 ... Speaker, 104 ... Call circuit, 105 ... Syllable recognition section, 106 ... Off-hook detection circuit, 107 ... Key input section, 108 ... Display section, 109 ... CPU, 110 ... ROM, 111 ... RAM.

Claims (1)

Claims: 1. In a telephone having an electronic telephone directory function, a retrieval character designating unit for designating a retrieval character for each word by a syllable when searching the contents of the electronic telephone directory; And a display means for visually displaying and confirming the syllable recognized by the input of the search character by the syllable;