JPH0614095A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily execute dialing of the telephone set normally by providing an operation unit insert section of a card shape on a handset. CONSTITUTION:When a card shaped dialer 30 is inserted to an operation unit insert section 14 of a telephone set 10, a hook switch being a function key 13 of the telephone set 10 is operated to set a dialing enable state, and a telephone number is entered by depressing a dial key 31 exposed from a window 15 of the telephone set 10. When a telephone number registered in the dialer 30 is dialed, the hook switch being the function key of the telephone set 10 is operated to set an outgoing enable state and a function key 32 exposed from the window 15 is depressed similarly to the case with dialing by the dialer 30 only to display the telephone number onto a display section 33 and a dial command key is operated and an outgoing signal is outputted from a speaker. The signal is collected by a microphone and the dial signal is sent to a master set and the master set sends the dial signal to a telephone line.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to telephones.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when making a telephone call, in addition to operating a dial key provided in the telephone,
A calling device called a dialer may be used. This dialer has a memory for storing a plurality of telephone numbers, and when a calling operation of the number stored in this memory is performed, a calling signal corresponding to the number is created by a predetermined operation, and this calling signal is incorporated. Output from a small speaker. Then, the dialer is brought close to the microphone of the handset of the telephone, and the outgoing signal is transmitted to the exchange side through the telephone line.

Since the dialing work performed using the dialer in this manner can be performed by any telephone, it is possible to carry the dialer by a simple operation even when dialing from a public telephone etc. by carrying the dialer when going out. It is easy to make a call to a registered (memorized) number.

[0004]

On the other hand, in a personally used telephone such as a home telephone, the telephone number storage function (so-called speed dial function) of the telephone itself is used rather than using this dialer. In many cases, it is easier to make outgoing calls. That is, if you normally use the speed dial function, you can operate only the keys provided on the telephone.
You can easily make a call to the stored number. Therefore, it is possible to easily make a call to the registered number without using a dialer separate from the telephone.

However, in order to use the speed dial function of the telephone, it is necessary to register a telephone number in advance, and also in the case of a dialer, it is necessary to register a telephone number in advance. Therefore, if both the speed dial function of the telephone and the dialer are used in order to enable a simple call operation both at home and when going out, even if the same telephone number is duplicated When the registration work is required and there are many telephone numbers to be registered, there is a disadvantage that the registration operation is very troublesome.

An object of the present invention is to make it possible to easily perform a calling operation of a telephone at any time.

[0007]

According to the present invention, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a card-shaped operation unit insertion portion 14 is provided in a handset 10, and a predetermined operation is performed by an operation unit 30 inserted in the insertion portion 14. It is designed to be operable.

In this case, a telephone number storage unit is prepared and the telephone number storage unit is inserted into the operation unit insertion portion so that the telephone number storage unit in the handset can be used to make a telephone call. Is.

[0009]

According to the present invention, various operations can be performed by the operation unit inserted in the handset of the telephone, and the operation of the telephone can be simplified.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

This example is applied to a slave unit of a telephone called a cordless telephone, and is constructed as shown in FIG. That is, reference numeral 10 in FIG. 1 denotes a telephone set, which is a handset consisting of only a handset and wirelessly communicates with a base unit (not shown) connected to a wired telephone line. is there. Therefore, in the handset that constitutes the telephone 10, circuit components for communicating with the master unit are arranged. When the telephone 10 is not used, the telephone 10 is placed on the charging stand 20 as shown in FIG. 1, and the battery (secondary battery) in the telephone 10 is charged.

As shown in FIG. 2, the telephone 10 is provided with a speaker 11 and a microphone 12 on the inner upper and lower portions, respectively, and a telephone call can be performed using the speaker 11 and the microphone 12. An operation key 13 such as a hook switch is arranged between the speaker 11 and the microphone 12. However, in the case of this example, this operation key 13
There is no dial key for dialing.

In this example, as shown in FIG. 1, an operation unit insertion portion 14 is provided in the central portion of the rear side of the telephone 10, and a card is inserted in the operation unit insertion portion 14 from the side surface of the telephone 10. The operation unit is shaped like a box. The surface of the operation unit inserted into the operation unit insertion portion 14 is exposed from the window 15 at the center of the side surface of the telephone 10. Here, a card-shaped dialer 30 is inserted as an operation unit.

As shown in FIG. 3, the dialer 30 has recesses 30a at the top and bottom, and when the dialer 30 is inserted into the operation unit insertion portion 14, the dialer 30 is operated as shown in FIGS. The bearings 17 arranged above and below in the unit insertion portion 14 are fitted in the recesses 30 a, and the dialer 30 is held in the insertion portion 14. In this case, each bearing 17 is connected to the telephone 1 via the coil spring 16.
It is held on the 0 side, and when the dialer 30 is inserted into the insertion portion 14 and when it is pulled out, the coil spring 16 is compressed and the position of the bearing 17 is retracted.

Next, the structure of the dialer 30 will be described. As shown in FIG.
A plurality of dial keys 31 corresponding to the symbols are arranged on the surface, a plurality of function keys 32 are arranged on the upper part of the dial keys 31, and a display section 33 composed of a liquid crystal display is further arranged on the upper part thereof. The display unit 33 is designed so that the display is performed in two stages, and the upper stage is the name display unit 33.
a, and the lower part is a telephone number display section 33b. Although not shown, a small speaker that outputs a transmission signal is arranged on the upper portion on the back surface side.

The dialer 30 has a built-in memory for storing a plurality of telephone numbers, and a name corresponding to the telephone number can be stored (registered) in this memory by operating the dial keys 31 and the function keys 32. it can. Then, by operating the function keys 32, the telephone numbers stored in a predetermined order such as the pronunciation order of the names are searched, the required telephone numbers and names are displayed on the display unit 33, and a key for instructing the start of transmission By operating, the outgoing signal of this telephone number is output from the speaker on the back side.

Further, the dialer 30 of this embodiment is designed so that when the dial key 31 is pressed, the outgoing signal corresponding to the pressed key can be directly output. That is, for example, when the dial key 31 displayed as "1" is pressed, the transmission signal of the frequency of the number "1" is output. In addition, a small button battery is built in the dialer 30 as a power source.

When the dialer 30 is used as an ordinary dialer, the speaker on the back side of the dialer 30 is brought close to the microphone of the handset of the telephone to be transmitted, and the telephone number registered in advance is used. A search is performed and the outgoing signal of the searched number is output from the speaker on the back surface of the dialer 30.

Next, the operation when the dialer 30 is inserted into the operation unit insertion portion 14 of the telephone 10 will be described. First, in the case of making a dialing operation on the telephone 10 based on the operation of a dial key, First, the hook switch constituting the function key 13 of the telephone 10 is operated to make it possible to make a call, and then the dial key 31 exposed from the window 15 of the telephone 10 is pressed to input a telephone number. By performing this operation, the outgoing signal is sequentially output from the speaker on the back surface in response to the key input, and the microphone 18 on the side of the telephone 10 facing the speaker picks up the outgoing signal and sends the outgoing signal to the master side. Is transmitted, and the master unit outputs a transmission signal to the telephone line side.

When the telephone number registered in the dialer 30 is to be called, the hook switch constituting the function key 13 of the telephone 10 is first operated to make it possible to make a call, and then the dialer 30 alone is used. The function key 32 exposed from the window 15 of the telephone 10 is the same as when calling
By pressing, the necessary telephone number is searched for and displayed on the display unit 33, and the key for instructing the start of transmission is operated to output the transmission signal of this telephone number from the speaker on the rear surface. When this calling signal is output, the microphone 18 on the side of the telephone 10 facing the speaker picks up the calling signal, the calling signal is transmitted to the base unit side, and the calling unit outputs the calling signal to the telephone line side. .

In this way, the telephone 10 is operated by using the dialer 30 mounted, so that the telephone 10 does not need to have a dial key and its control circuit. In addition to being simple, the telephone number registered in the dialer 30 is transmitted, so that it is not necessary to register the telephone number on the telephone 10 side. Also, the dialer 30 can be used as a normal dialer by removing it from the telephone 10, and a calling operation can be easily performed when going out.

In the above embodiment, the dialer 3 is used.
The transmission signal of the outgoing signal is transmitted only between the microphone 0 and the telephone 10 through the microphone and the speaker. However, when the dialer 30 is inserted into the insertion portion 14 of the telephone 10, it is connected to the circuit inside the telephone 10. The contact may be connected to a terminal provided on the dialer 30 to transmit data or supply power. By doing so, more advanced control becomes possible.

Further, in the above embodiment, the telephone 10
Although the dialer 30 for making a telephone call is used as the device to be inserted into the operation unit insertion portion 14 in the above, a dialer having another operation function may be inserted into the operation unit insertion portion 14. For example, a dialer that incorporates a remote control device that remotely controls various electronic devices may be inserted into the operation unit insertion portion 14.
In this case, a key that functions as a remote control device is provided on the dialer, and a light emitting unit that outputs an infrared signal by operating this key is provided. And telephone 1
When this dialer is inserted into the operation unit insertion portion 14 of 0, the infrared signal output from this light emitting portion is transmitted to the window portion 15
It is configured to be output to the outside from.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, dialer keys such as dial keys 31 are provided as dialers 30 'to be inserted into the operation unit insertion portion 14 of the telephone set 10', and keys 34 for remote control are provided. . Here, a power on / off operation key of the television receiver, a channel operation key, a volume operation key, and a muting operation key are provided. Then, an infrared signal emitting section 35 for outputting an infrared signal corresponding to the operation of each remote control key 34 is provided on the dialer 30 ', for example. Then, a light guide material 19 made of a transparent acrylic resin or the like is provided on the side of the telephone 10 ', and the light guide material 1
One end 19a of 9 is located at a position facing the infrared signal emitting portion 35 of the dialer 30 'inserted in the operation unit inserting portion 14, and the other end is exposed to the outside of the telephone 10'.
The infrared signal output from the infrared signal emitting section 35 of the dialer 30 ′ is output to the outside via the light guide member 19.

With this configuration, by operating the remote control key 34, a corresponding infrared signal is output to the outside of the telephone set 10 ', and the telephone set 10'.
It becomes possible to remotely control the television receiver on the side. For example, pressing the muting operation key temporarily controls the volume of the television receiver to decrease by a predetermined amount (or restores the original volume), which is convenient.

Further, in this case, the muting control of the television receiver may be automatically performed.
That is, generally, when using a telephone while watching television, the volume of the sound output from the television receiver is reduced so that the telephone conversation is not disturbed. However, the volume control in this case may be automatically performed. That is, for example, as shown in the flowchart of FIG.
It is detected whether or not the robot is lifted from the ground (step 10
1) When it is lifted, this is notified to the dialer 30 'side, and the infrared signal emitting section 35 outputs a muting control signal for turning on the muting (step 102). Then, the telephone 10 'is replaced by the charging stand 20.
Is detected (step 103), and when it is returned, the dialer 30 'is notified of this fact and the infrared signal emitting section 35 outputs a muting control signal for canceling the muting (step 104). .

It should be noted that the detection of attachment / detachment of the telephone set 10 'from the charging stand 20 may be carried out, for example, by the presence or absence of a charging current supplied from the charging stand 20. Also, the muting control signal is always output when the telephone is used, even when the television receiver is not used, but the muting control signal is not transmitted when the power of the television receiver is off. However, there is no problem because it does not affect the operation of the television receiver.

By controlling in this way, when using the telephone 10 'configured as a cordless telephone handset, the telephone 10' is always lifted from the charging stand 20, so that when the telephone 10 'is used automatically. The muting control signal is output. Therefore, the volume of the television receiver automatically decreases while the telephone 10 'is in use.
There is no need to control the volume of the television receiver when using the telephone. It should be noted that the detection of whether or not the telephone 10 'is in use may be performed by another mechanism (for example, detection of a hook switch).

Here, an example in which the function as a remote control device is incorporated in the dialer has been described, but if the telephone 10 'has a dialing function such as a dial key or a dialer circuit, only the remote control device is provided. You may make it insert the operation unit comprised by the operation unit insertion part 14. Alternatively, when the telephone 10 'is used only for incoming calls, the telephone 10' may not have a calling function.

Further, although the remote control device is configured to be detachable from the telephone 10 'here, the remote control device may be integrated with the telephone 10'.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the cordless telephone is constructed as a slave unit, but it may be applied to a handset portion of an ordinary telephone. Further, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and needless to say, various other configurations can be adopted.

[0032]

According to the present invention, various operations can be performed by the operation unit inserted in the handset of the telephone, and the operation of the telephone can be simplified.

In this case, since the telephone number storage unit is inserted into the operation unit insertion portion so that the telephone number storage unit can be used to make a telephone call, the stored telephone number can be easily sent. At the same time, the telephone side does not need to have a transmitting circuit, and the configuration of the telephone can be simplified.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an example.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing an operation unit insertion portion of one embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line IV-IV in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the example of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10, 10 'Telephone 11 Speaker 12, 18 Microphone 14 Operation unit insertion part 15 Window part 19 Light guide material 19 20 Charging stand 30, 30' Dialer 31 Dial key 32 Function key 33 Display part 34 Remote control key 35 Infrared signal output Department

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A telephone in which a handset is provided with a card-shaped operation unit insertion portion, and a predetermined operation can be performed by the operation unit inserted in the insertion portion. 2. A telephone number storage unit is prepared, and by inserting the telephone number storage unit into the operation unit insertion portion, a telephone call operation can be performed by the telephone number storage unit in the handset. The telephone set 1.