JPH06177947A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a telephone set able to simply recognize a district name of an opposite district, month and day, weekday or time at the execution of call transmission reception, before dialing or during talking. CONSTITUTION:For example, in the case of dialing, when a caller enters a destination telephone number by using an entry section 5, a central processing unit 4 obtains the entered destination dial number and calendar and time information at that point of time for the caller from a calendar and clock section 9. The central processing unit 4 retrieves a relevant opposite party district name and calculates a current month day, weekday or time at the opposite district based on the information. The central processing unit 4 converts the obtained information into a display form and displays the form visually on a display section 7 or displays the result by a speech section 3 in a voice audibly through a channel 2 by a sound output section 8.

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 capable of informing a proper recognition of the area name, month / day, day of the week or time of a communication destination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the advent of information technology and the advancement of an internationalized society in recent years, the opportunity to make an international call from a telephone has increased. Under such circumstances, conventional telephone devices have a function to display the time (current time in your area) (time display function) and a function to display the call time (call time display function). There is.

[0003]

However, in the case of this, in the situation where the number of international calls increases in the internationalized society as described above, sufficient response cannot be expected. For example, in the case of an international call, it is peculiar to the telephone device. From the standpoint of the sender's advantage, which is a function, the call is often made without considering the circumstances of the communication destination, resulting in a nuisance call or the like.

For example, since the calling party makes a call without considering the time of the partner country, if the partner country is at midnight at that time and the partner of the communication partner is sleeping, it is uncomfortable for the partner. It can make you think. In addition, when a call is made with the other party, there is a time lag, and it is inconvenient that an appropriate greeting cannot be given. Furthermore, there is a possibility that the conversation may be misunderstood because the date and the day of the week are different from those of the other party.

Here, for example, if a person who is somewhat accustomed to international calls, when making a call to an area with a different time, the current time (or,
You can also take a look at (if applicable, month, day, day of the week) and calculate, which has been done,
However, it takes a lot of time and effort to find out by yourself, and it is very complicated, and there is a possibility that an error may occur.

In particular, nowadays when international calls are becoming easier due to the development of communication services, even unfamiliar people can easily make international calls, so that the case becomes a nuisance call as described above (for example, the caller side is It can be said that there is a large tendency for the called party to have late-night, etc. in the daytime, and for such a person, dealing with the above time conversion table becomes even more complicated.

The above-mentioned problems such as greetings and misunderstandings caused by the difference in the date, the day of the week, and the time can be said to be the same from the standpoint of the called party. There is a risk of mutual misunderstanding during conversation.

Further, if the time conversion table is used, even if the caller side makes a call, he or she can check the date, day of the week or time in the other area in advance before making a call and make a call in such a state. However, in the past, however, the called party has not been able to know the area, current time, month, day or day of the other party (that is, the calling party) prior to making a call.

It is convenient to be able to easily know the area name, month / day, day of the week, or time of the other party's area when making a call, before making a call, when receiving a call, or during a call. Time display (time display for your area)
, It does not have the function of displaying the call time, displaying the area name of the partner area, the current time, month, day, and day of the week.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and eliminates the above-mentioned disadvantages and inconveniences, and the area name, month and day of the partner area at the time of making / receiving a call, before making a call, or during a call. Its purpose is to make it possible to easily know the day of the week or the time.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the following telephone device is provided. Input means for dialing the destination number, means for obtaining the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time of the other area from the entered destination dial, and notification notifying the area name, month, day, day, or time thus obtained And a telephone device connected to the network to which the destination number of the other party who is the caller is sent when receiving a call, A means for receiving the other party's number, a means for obtaining the area name, month, day, day of the week or time of the other party from the received party number, and a means for notifying the thus obtained area name, month, day, day of the week or time A telephone device characterized by being equipped with a means for issuing a request to return the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time data of the other area to the other terminal during communication, and the area returned from the other party. Name, month , A telephone device characterized by having display means for displaying the day of the week or time data, means for receiving the destination number sent from the calling party, and A method to obtain the area name, month, day, day of the week or time,
A telephone device characterized by having means for transmitting the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time data of the other area thus obtained to the calling party, and the other party at the time of making or receiving a call. A telephone device connected to a network to which the area name, month, day, day of the week or time data is sent, and the area name, month day, day of the week or time data of the partner area sent from the network. The telephone device is characterized by comprising: means for receiving the information, and notification means for notifying the received area name, month, day, day of the week, or time data of the other area.

[0012]

According to the present invention, the area name of the other area, the current date of the other area, and the
It is possible to inform the parties of the day of the week or the time of day. It is possible to prevent misunderstandings due to the difference in the day, the day of the week, or the time in the conversation, and to be able to give an appropriate greeting etc. helps to carry the conversation smoothly. Also,
Before calling the other party at the time of calling, if the month, day, day, or time of the other party's area can be surely known, there are cases in which the calling party feels uncomfortable with the daytime and the called party late at night. Can be prevented. Also, when the callee's area name can be confirmed at the time of making a call, this contributes to the prevention of erroneous dialing, and the fact that the callee's area name can be confirmed at the time of an incoming call enables a smooth response.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which a caller inputs a destination dial number, and from a calendar and clock information provided in a caller side telephone device,
The structure when calculating and displaying the area name, month day, day of the week, and time of the partner area is shown.

In FIG. 1, the dial sending unit 1 is a communication path.
It is connected to the call unit 3 via 2, and the dial sending unit 1 and the call path 2 are connected to the central processing unit 4. The central processing unit 4 also includes an input unit 5 for dial input, a tone generation unit 6, a display unit 7 of, for example, an LCD, a voice output unit 8 for voice synthesis, a calendar and clock unit 9, and a storage unit. Department
10 and are connected.

For example, in the case of the telephone of FIG. 2, the call section 3 and the input section 5 can be configured as a call section including the handset 21 and the speaker 22 and an input section including the button dial 23, respectively. it can. As the display unit 7, for example, a display 24 capable of displaying kanji (when used in Japan) can be used. The input section 5 can also include various function buttons 25.

In this embodiment, in order to inform the operator (caller) of the area name, month, day, day of the week or time of the other area, the central processing unit 4 dials the destination number. In this case, the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time of the other area is obtained from the input destination dial, and the display section 7 as a notification means is provided to notify the obtained area name, month, day, day, or time. And / or control the audio output unit 8. Data and processing programs required for such control can be stored in the storage unit 10 in advance, an example of which is shown in FIG.

When the caller inputs the other party's subscriber number through the input unit 5 (S1), the central processing unit 4 uses the entered other party's subscriber number and the calendar and clock section 9 to indicate the caller's current number. Then, the central processing unit 4 retrieves the corresponding partner area name and calculates the current month, day, day of the week or time in the partner area (S2).

The information on the area name can be obtained by the country code and area code for international transmission. The information about the month, day, day of the week, and time can be obtained by calculation processing based on the current time of the sender and the value of the time difference with the corresponding partner area.

Then, a display process is executed to inform the user of the fact (S2). That is, further, in the central processing unit 4, the obtained information is converted into a display format and visually displayed on the display unit 7, or the voice output unit 8 outputs the voice to the call unit 3 through the call path 2. Display aurally at.

As described above, based on the destination number dialed from the input unit 5, the central processing unit 4 uses the calendar and time data of its own to obtain the region name of the destination region, month, day, day or , Time data is calculated. The calculated relevant data is notified to the operator through the communication path 2 by the screen display of the LCD by the display unit 7 or by the voice synthesis by the voice output unit 9, or preferably both in combination.

The form of the LCD screen can be, for example, as follows. "Screen display example" London, UK 9:30 AM, October 6 (Tue) Also, when using voice, the area name, time,
If all the elements of the month, day, and the day of the week are targeted, it is possible to comply with the above content items.

In this way, in order to know the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time of the other party's area, if the other party's subscriber number is known in advance, such as when making a call, the calendar that the user has Also, the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time data of the destination area is calculated and displayed based on the time information, and the caller contacting this calculates the area name of the destination area and the current month of the destination area. You can easily and surely know the day, the day of the week, or the time.

Even when the caller makes a call to an area where the time is different, the sender does not have to rely on the time conversion table to calculate and calculate, which is a time-consuming and error-prone method. , Such a disadvantage,
Even if it is necessary to eliminate the inconvenience and know the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time of the other area when making a call, it is often possible to easily respond to that.

[0024] When a call is made with the other party, it is possible to avoid a situation in which the received greeting was not appropriate due to the time difference, and the month, day, day of the week, or time is different in the conversation. In addition, it is possible to prevent misunderstandings in the conversation due to the difference, and it is possible to carry the conversation smoothly because an appropriate greeting can be given.

Further, the LCD screen display of the display unit 7 can be kept displayed even during a call, and the caller can always check the displayed contents when necessary. You can easily. In this case, the processing such as updating the month, day, day of the week, or time data of the other area with the passage of time during the call from the start of display is also performed in the center of the own calendar and clock unit 9. This can be easily executed by the processing device 4, and according to this, it is possible to always accurately grasp and recognize the current date, month, day, or time in the partner area even during communication after the call.

Further, if the month, day, day of the week or the time of the other party can be surely known before calling the other party at the time of calling, even if the person is unfamiliar with international calls,
It is possible to prevent the caller from feeling uncomfortable because the caller is in the daytime and the callee is in the middle of the night. if,
If I knew it, I wouldn't actually make such a call considering the time of the recipient country, but I didn't know it, so I made a call and felt uncomfortable with the sleeping partner. It is possible to properly avoid the situation that causes the

Further, since the name of the other party's area can be known and confirmed at the time of making a call, this also helps prevent erroneous dialing. That is, the caller tried to call a person in a predetermined country or city and made a dial input with the intention of making a call, but as described above, the call section 3 has a voice and / or a display. If the name notified by the screen display by Part 7 is different from that of the other party you tried to call, it is recognized as a wrong dial when you contact the notification, and the caller is It can be concisely judged that the dial input operation was not performed as intended because of the difference in the names. Therefore, it is possible to prevent erroneous dialing when the calling party's area name can be confirmed when making a call. As a result, it is possible to prevent a nuisance call caused by such an erroneous dialing such as a case where the user is connected with the erroneous dialing input.

Further, in this embodiment, the following diagram is used.
You may add the process (S4-S7) as shown in 4. That is,
Although the operator is notified by the display process (S3 in FIG. 3) described above, at this point, the destination number (the destination number may be included in the notification) and the region name of the destination region, It is only necessary to confirm the month, day, day of the week, or time, and the destination number need not be transmitted to the network. In this way, before calling, the area name of the other area, the current date,
If the day of the week or the time of day can be surely known, the caller can accurately grasp and recognize the time difference and the like with a sufficient time margin, and can more effectively perform reception and the like.

After confirmation, if you want to make a call,
It is also possible to make a call with a simple operation (S4, S in Fig. 4
Five). In this case, for the operation, for example, one function button 25 can be provided for making a call instruction. On the other hand, if the call is not made, for example, it is known that the called party is in the middle of the night, so if you decide not to make a call in consideration of the time of the recipient country, or if you make a mistaken dialing instruction operation If not, the LCD display data is
After a certain period of time, it may be automatically initialized (see
6, S7), which also simplifies the operation.

Next, the examples shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 relate to another embodiment of the present invention, in which the area name of the other area, the current date, This is an example when the day of the week or the time of day, or the subscriber number of the other party is sent. In the block diagram shown in FIG. 5, the data transmitting / receiving unit 11 is included.

In this embodiment, the other terminal or
From the net, the area name of the partner area, the current month and day, the day of the week
When the time data is sent, the corresponding data is received by the receiving unit.
It is received by 11, and converted into a display format by the central processing unit 4 and visually displayed on the display unit 7, or the speech output unit 8 calls
Audible audio display on the call section 3 through 2 (Fig.
6). Also, when the other party's number is sent, the central processing unit 4 calculates the area name of the other party's area, the current month and day, the day of the week, or the time from the calendar and time section 9 of the side that received the relevant data. Display format
7 is displayed visually or the voice output unit 8
Through the audio display on the call section 3 (Fig.
7).

The telephone device is connected to a network to which the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time data of the other area is sent when receiving a call, and the area name, month, day, day or time of the other area is connected. The central processing unit 4 receives the area name, month, day, day of the week or time data sent from the network (S11 in FIG. 6) to notify the A display unit 7 and / or a voice output unit 8 as a notification means for notifying the date, time, or time data.
Control (same as S12).

Further, when the incoming call is connected to the network to which the sender's subscriber number is sent, the central processing unit 4 notifies the area name, month, day, day of the week or time of the other area. The sender's subscriber number sent from the network is received (S21 in Fig. 7), and the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time of the partner area is obtained from the received sender's subscriber number.
(S22), the display unit 7 and / or the voice output unit 8 as the notification means are controlled to notify the obtained area name, month / day, day of the week, or time data (S23).

In this way, in order to know the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time of the other area, the area name, month, day,
If the day of the week or time data is sent, the corresponding data is received and displayed, and the area name, month, day, day of the week or time data of the other area is not sent, but the other party's subscriber number is sent. When it comes, the area name of the partner area, the current month and day, the day of the week, or the time data is calculated and displayed from the corresponding partner subscriber number, the own calendar, and the time information. With the above configuration, it is possible to know the area name of the other party's area, the current month and day, the day of the week, or the time when the call arrives. Therefore, in the same manner, a misunderstanding due to the difference in the month, day, the day, or the time occurs in the conversation. Prevent things from happening,
Also, conversations can be carried smoothly because appropriate greetings can be given. Also, when the incoming call is received, the confirmation of the name of the other party's area enables a smooth response.

Also in this embodiment, processing at the time of transmission may be added in the same manner as in the above embodiment. When making or receiving a call, the area name of the other area, month, day, day of the week, or
In the telephone device connected to the network to which the time data is sent, the area name, month and day of the partner area sent from the network,
Alternatively, the day of the week or time data may be received, and the area name, month and day, day of the week, or time data of the received partner area may be notified. It would be even more effective if the sending side and the receiving side could know each other.

The present telephone device can also be implemented as follows. That is, during communication, a request is sent to the other terminal to return the area name, month, day, day of the week or time data of the other area, and the area name, month, day, day of the week or time data returned from the other party is displayed. It is a thing. In addition, receive the other party's number sent from the caller, and send the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time data of the other party's area from the received other party's number to the caller. You can Both can be implemented with a configuration having the data transmission / reception unit 11, and in the former form, it is possible to easily know the area name of the partner area, the current month and day, the day of the week, or the time even during a call.

The present invention is not limited to the above examples. For example, I mainly described the case of international calls, but it does not prevent application to cases where there is a time difference within one country. For example, if the time is displayed, the difference in time can be clearly recognized and grasped. If the name of the other party's area is known, it can also contribute to prevention of erroneous dialing in the same manner. In addition, for example, only the other party's area name may be auditorily recognized before making or receiving a call, and the state in which the month, day, day, or time is visually recognized with or without the area name is continued. Various modes may be used, and various modes may be used to notify when both visual and auditory displays are used. The present invention can also be applied to the case of speed dialing, for example.

[0038]

According to the present invention, it is possible to know the area name of the partner area, the current month and day, the day of the week, or the time before or after making a call, during a call, or before making a call. It is possible to prevent misunderstandings due to differences in day, day of the week, or time, and to carry out a proper greeting, etc., so that conversations can be carried smoothly. In addition, before calling the other party when making a call, the month, day, day, or time of the other party's area can be known without fail, so even if you are unfamiliar with international calls, the caller is in the daytime and the callee is in the middle of the night. It is possible to prevent the other person from feeling uncomfortable because of this. Also, by confirming the name of the other party's area at the time of making a call, it is possible to prevent erroneous dialing, and by confirming the name of the other party's area at the time of receiving a call, a smooth response is possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an external view of an example of an applicable telephone.

FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining an example of control contents by a central processing unit.

FIG. 4 is also a diagram for explaining an example of other control contents.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example of control contents by the central processing unit.

FIG. 7 is also a diagram for explaining an example of other control content.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Dial-out section 2 Call path 3 Call section 4 Central processing unit 5 Input section 6 Tone generation section 7 Display section 8 Voice output section 9 Calendar and clock section 10 Storage section 11 Data transmission / reception section 21 Handset 22 Speaker 23 Button dial 24 Display 25 Function button

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An input means for dialing the destination number, a means for obtaining the area name, month, day, day of the week or time of the other area from the entered destination dial, and the obtained area name, month, day. Alternatively, the telephone device is provided with a notifying unit for notifying the time. 2. A telephone device connected to a network to which the destination number of the other party who is the caller is sent when receiving a call, and means for receiving the destination number sent from the network, It is characterized in that it is provided with means for obtaining the area name, month, day, day of the week or time of the other area from the received destination number, and means for notifying the thus obtained area name, month, day, day of the week or time. Telephone device. 3. A means for issuing a request for returning the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time data of the other area to the other terminal during communication, and the area name, month, day, day of the week, or the day returned by the other party. A telephone device comprising: a display unit for displaying time data. 4. A means for receiving the destination number sent from the calling party, a means for obtaining the area name, month, day, day of the week or time of the destination area from the received destination number, and the thus obtained party. A telephone device comprising means for transmitting the area name, month, day, day of the week or time data of an area to a calling party. 5. A telephone device connected to a network to which the area name, month, day, day of the week, or time data of the other area is sent at the time of making or receiving a call, and the other party is sent from the network. A telephone device comprising means for receiving area name, month / day, day of the week or time data of an area, and notification means for notifying the received area name, month / day, day of the week or time data of the other area.