JPH06252995A - Communications equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically recognize dial input completion of a user, and to execute a quick transmitting operation, in the communications equipment for storing all dial numbers inputted by a user, and transmitting them in the lump to an office exchange. CONSTITUTION:Dial information is detected by a man-machine interface 6, and accumulated in a dial control part 5, and also, first several digits are informed to a dial digit number calculating part 7 and the number of digits of the other party telephone number during dialling is calculated. An inter-digit timer value is informed from a inter-digit timer value setting part 3 to a timer control part 4, and by the timer control part 4, an inter-digit timer is activated. In this case, the inter-digit timer value setting part 3 varies a value of the inter-digit timer in accordance with a speed at which a user inputs a dial, after an input digit calculated by a dial digit number calculating part 7, by which quick calling can be executed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication device such as a telephone set, a facsimile machine, a videophone set, etc., which can be connected to a network which does not support the divided calling procedure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a communication device connected to a network that does not support a split call procedure is provided with a "call" button to detect the end of dialing, and the user is prompted to input the end of dialing. Or a method of measuring the dial input time (interdigit timer value) using a timer (digit-to-digit timer) when dialing, and determining that dial input has ended when the time-out has occurred, or a method that detects the end of the dial based on a combination thereof. Is used to perform outgoing processing.

A conventional communication device will be described below. FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of a conventional communication device.
Is a network interface unit for transmitting / receiving to / from the network, 2 is a call control unit for managing calls such as incoming / outgoing calls and disconnection, 4 is a timer control unit for starting / stopping a timer, and 5 is a user input. A dial control unit for accumulating and managing dial information, 6 is a man-machine interface unit for detecting the depression of a user's operation button, and 9 is a network. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship between a dial input when a 7-digit communication partner number is dialed by a conventional communication device and an inter-digit timer activated at that time.

The operation of the communication device configured as described above will be described below. When making a call, the user inputs the number of the communication partner from the man-machine interface unit 6. The input dial information is sequentially accumulated in the dial control unit 5. When the first dial (first digit) is input, the timer control unit 4 activates the interdigit timer. When the next dial is entered, the timer control unit 4
Repeat the series of operations to stop the inter-digit timer and start the inter-digit timer again, and if the dial is not input within a certain time after dial input (due to the inter-digit timer timeout), it is considered as dial end. , The dial information stored in the dial control unit 5 is sent to the network 9 via the call control unit 2 and the network interface unit 1. Alternatively, the dial information accumulated in the dial control unit 5 is regarded as the end of dialing when the user inputs a "call" key (not shown) provided in the man-machine interface unit, and the call control unit 2 , To the network 9 via the network interface unit 1.

[0005]

However, the conventional structure has the following problems. The method of letting the user input the end of the dial by using the "call" button is troublesome because the key must be pressed after the dial is input, and the input may be forgotten until the user gets used to it.

The method of recognizing that the input of the dial is completed when the interdigit timer times out is that a certain interdigit timer is activated. Therefore, when inputting slowly, it times out during the input, and the input is made again. In some cases, if you need to make a call, or if you want to make a call early, you may be left waiting for a while after the dial input ends, without the interdigit timer timing out. Even if the user can set the interdigit timer value according to his / her preference, the speed at which the dial is input is not always constant, so that the same thing occurs (FIG. 4). .

The present invention solves the above problem, and an object thereof is to provide a communication device in which the value of the interdigit timer changes according to the speed at which the user inputs a dial.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a dial digit number calculation unit for calculating the number of input digits of a telephone number with the first several digits, and a dial digit number calculation unit for starting a timer. After the calculated input digit, the interdigit timer value setting unit for determining the value of the interdigit timer is provided in consideration of the input speed of the input digits up to that point.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the value of the interdigit timer is changed according to the speed at which the user inputs the dial, so that the transmission can be efficiently performed.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which an interdigit timer value setting unit 3 determines the value of the interdigit timer according to the speed at which a user inputs a dial. , 7 are dial digit number calculation units for calculating the number of digits of the telephone number from the first few digits, and the others are the same as the conventional configuration.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the relationship between the input dial and the inter-digit timer value in this embodiment. FIG. 3 shows a dial input when a 7-digit communication partner number is dialed from the man-machine interface unit 6 in this embodiment,
It is the figure which showed the relationship with the inter-digit timer started at that time.

1 and 2, the user inputs the number of the communication partner from the man-machine interface 6 of the communication device when making a call. The input dial information is sequentially accumulated in the dial control unit 5 and is notified to the dial digit number calculation unit 7. The dial digit number calculation unit 7, which has been notified of the first few digits, calculates the number of digits of the other party telephone number being dialed. The number of digits to be dialed becomes more accurate as the number of digits to calculate increases, but the amount of data increases. Use a logic that calculates the number of dial digits as little as possible. Here, it is assumed that the number of dial digits is estimated from the first two digits.

When the dial of the first digit is input, the interdigit timer value setting unit 3 causes the timer control unit 4 to enter the interdigit timer value TD.
Is notified and the interdigit timer is started. The inter-digit timer value TD at this time is a default value set in advance. When the second digit dial is input, the timer control unit 4 stops the interdigit timer and restarts the interdigit timer of the timer value TD. 2 after the first digit is entered at the same time
The time T1 until the digit is input is measured and stored. The dial digit number calculation unit 7 calculates the dial digit number n from the numbers of the first digit and the second digit. After the third digit, a series of processing is repeated until the user inputs the nth digit, and T1
, T2, ..., Tn-1 (the time from the input of the (n-1) th digit to the input of the nth digit) is measured, and n
The inter-digit timer value T set after the digit is obtained from the equation (1).

[0014]

[Equation 1]

When the dial for the nth digit and thereafter is entered, the interdigit timer value setting unit 3 notifies the timer control unit 4 of the interdigit timer value T, and the timer control unit 4 starts the digit timer. The user finishes entering the last digit of the dial,
When the digit timer times out, it is considered that the dialing has ended, and the dial information (communication partner number) stored in the dial control unit 5 is sent to the network 9 via the call control unit 2 and the network interface unit 1. The call is made. (1)
If an appropriate value is specified for m in the formula, when the user inputs it quickly, the interdigit timer value T becomes smaller than TD, and the time from the user inputting the last digit to transmitting becomes faster, You can make a quick call.

Since the number of dial digits is simply calculated and cannot be calculated accurately, the timer value T may be activated before the final number of digits is input. However,
Even if the timer value T is activated at the last few digits due to an error from the actual number of digits, the timer value T is long if you enter it slowly, and the timer value T is short if you enter it quickly. The possibility of having to re-enter again is very low compared to the conventional method.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, the value of the inter-digit timer is determined according to the speed at which the user inputs a dial. Therefore, an appropriate length is set every time the user dials. The inter-digit timer of is activated, enabling simple and quick transmission.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a relationship between a dial input and an interdigit timer in one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a relationship between a 7-digit dial input and an interdigit timer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a relationship between a 7-digit dial input and an interdigit timer in a conventional example.

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of a communication device in a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 network interface section 2 call control section 3 inter-digit timer value setting section 4 timer control section 5 dial control section 6 man-machine interface section 7 dial digit number calculation section 8 communication device 9 network

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A network interface unit for connecting to a network that does not support a divided call procedure, a call control unit for performing call control, and a man-machine interface unit for detecting a user's operation button depression. A dial digit number calculator that calculates the number of digits in the telephone number from the telephone number, and a timer (hereinafter referred to as interdigit timer) that starts from one digit of the dial button to the input of the next dial button. A communication apparatus comprising: an inter-digit timer value setting unit that determines a value; a timer control unit that controls a timer; and a dial control unit that controls dial information input by a user.