JPH06284177A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a telephone set for speedily selecting the destination by hearing a sound even without observing the abbreviated dial list of destinations when it is desired to make a telephone call. CONSTITUTION:A dial memory 5 stores telephone numbers, abbreviated dial numbers corresponding to them, address information of a voice data memory 10 for storing the voice data of names of destinations corresponding to them, and the use frequency of those telephone numbers, the voice data of the names of the destinations corresponding to the abbreviated dial numbers are read and reproduced while successively shifting these abbreviated dial numbers in a certain order from the high use frequency, the desired abbreviated dial number is selected, and a call is originated to this selected 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 which stores a speed dial number and selects a speed dial number to call the stored telephone number.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a conventional automobile telephone set disclosed in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 62-64055. In the figure, 1 is an antenna and 2 is a radio. The wireless device 2 includes a handset, a dial circuit, an incoming circuit, a call circuit, a transmitting circuit, a receiving circuit, and the like. A dial operation circuit 3 sends a telephone number to be operated and input to the wireless device 2 when making a call. A control circuit 4 includes a microcomputer, a program ROM, a data RAM,
When an abbreviated dial operation is performed, the telephone number input by the dial operation circuit 3 is input and sent to the dial memory 5 to be stored in the dial memory 5. The control circuit 4 is also the dial operation circuit 3
The telephone number or the like which has been input by the operation is brought to the display circuit 6.
The display circuit 6 is composed of a display device and a drive circuit thereof, and displays the telephone number sent from the control circuit 4. 7 is a speed dial selection key, which is connected to the control circuit 4,
It is used to sequentially select a speed dial number and a corresponding telephone number. Reference numeral 8 denotes a speed dial calling key, which is connected to the control circuit 4 and is used to call a telephone number corresponding to a desired speed dial number.

Next, the operation will be described. Usually, when making a call using an automobile telephone, when the dialing circuit 3 is operated to input the telephone number of the other party and then the call key is pressed, the telephone number of the other party is input from the dialing circuit 3 to the radio 2 And is called. If there is a partner, you can talk. When performing speed dial operation, it is necessary to record the speed dial number first. Using the dial operation circuit 3, first press the "0" key and the "*" key, and then enter the speed dial number and the telephone number of the other party in order.
The speed dial number and the corresponding telephone number of the other party are
It is sent from the dial operation circuit 3 through the control circuit 4 to the dial memory 5 and stored therein, and at the same time is called and registered in the telephone station. When making a call using a speed dial number, when the speed dial selection key 7 is operated, the control circuit 4 reads the speed dial number recorded in the dial memory 5 and the corresponding telephone number of the other party. To display on the display circuit 6. Each time the abbreviated dial selection key 7 is operated, the abbreviated dial number and the corresponding telephone number of the destination are sequentially read and displayed on the display circuit 6. The operator sequentially operates the speed dial selection keys to search for a desired telephone number, and when he / she finds the desired telephone number, he / she operates the speed dial calling key 8 to obtain the telephone number corresponding to the desired speed dial number. The call is sent to the wireless device 2.

[0004]

Since the conventional automobile telephone is constructed as described above, it is inconvenient because the telephone number of the other party cannot be selected without looking at the display. When making a telephone call while driving. Had a problem that it also hindered driving. Further, since the speed dial numbers are displayed in order, the speed dial selection key 7 must be operated until the desired speed dial number is obtained, and there is a problem that it takes time and effort to find the desired phone number. . The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to obtain a telephone which can easily select a destination telephone number while driving and can also quickly select a desired speed dial number. And

[0005]

In the telephone according to the present invention, a digital voice recording / reproducing circuit and a voice data memory are added so that the name of the other party can be stored by voice together with the speed dial number, and the speed dial number can be used. The frequency is also stored, the names of the destinations stored in the order of frequency of use are reproduced by voice, and the selected desired telephone number is called.

Further, an onomatopoeia generation means or a silence generation means is provided, and the stored name of the other party is reproduced by voice in the order of frequency of use of the speed dial numbers, and the name of the other party is followed by the above onomatopoeic means or the above It is preferable to generate a pseudo sound or a silent sound by the silent sound generation means and call the selected telephone number during the voice reproduction period or the pseudo sound generation period or the silent sound generation period.

[0007]

The telephone according to the present invention reproduces the name of the other party by voice in the order of frequency of use, so that a desired speed dial number can be easily selected and called while driving, for example.

Further, an onomatopoeia generation means or a silence generation means is provided to reproduce the name of the other party by voice, and following the name of the other party, the onomatopoeia or the silence is generated from the onomatopoeia generation means or the silence generation means. By making a call to the selected telephone number during the voice reproduction period, the onomatopoeia generation period, or the silence generation period, it is possible to reduce mistakes and prevent erroneous calls.

[0009]

EXAMPLES Example 1. An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to an automobile telephone will be described below. In FIG. 1, 1
8 to 8 are the same as the conventional ones, the description thereof will be omitted. 9
Is a digital voice recording / reproducing circuit, which is composed of a recording / reproducing LSI, its attached circuit, a signal amplifying circuit, etc., converts the voice signal input from the microphone 12 into digital voice data, and converts the digital voice data into a voice signal. And output from the speaker 11. The digital voice recording / playback circuit 9 is connected to the control circuit 4, and the recording / playback is controlled by the control circuit 4. The recording / reproducing LSI includes, for example, T6668 manufactured by Toshiba, MSM6308, MSM6388, MS manufactured by Oki Electric Industry.
You can choose from M6258 etc. Although the control method differs depending on the recording / reproducing LSI, generally, recording or reproducing can be performed by first setting a start address and a stop address and giving a recording start or reproduction start command. 10 is a voice data memory, RAM
The audio data converted by the digital audio recording / reproducing circuit 9 is stored. Reference numeral 11 denotes a speaker, which is connected to the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit 9 and converts the voice reproduction output of the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit 9 into a sound in a voice reproducing state and transmits it to the operator of the automobile telephone. 12
Is a microphone, which is connected to the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit 9, and in the voice registration state, picks up the name of the other party spoken by the operator and sends it to the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit 9.

Next, the operation will be described. When making a call using the automatic telephone by the usual method, the description is omitted because it is the same as the conventional method. When performing speed dial operation, it is necessary to record the speed dial number first. First, using the dial operation circuit 3, the "0" key,
Press the "*" key, and then enter the speed dial number and the telephone number of the other party in order to enter the speed dial number.
The corresponding telephone number of the other party is sent from the dial operation circuit 3 through the control circuit 4 to the dial memory 5 for storage, and is also called and registered in the telephone station. After this operation, the voice registration state is set. A start address and a stop address for recording are set in the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit 9 from the control circuit 4, a recording start command is issued, and a generation request is displayed on the display circuit 6, so that the operator corresponds to the speed dial number. If you say the name of the other party,
The voice data is collected by the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit 9, and the voice data is stored in the voice memory 10. The dial memory 5 stores not only the speed dial number and the telephone number of the other party, but also the address information of the stored voice data, that is, the start address and the stop address of the registered voice, and the frequency of use of the speed dial number. The initial value 0 is stored. When you want to make a call, operating the speed dial selection key 7 causes the control circuit 4 to display the dial memory 5
The speed dial number stored in the table and the telephone number of the corresponding destination are read out and displayed on the display circuit 6, and the name corresponding to the destination corresponding to the speed dial number is reproduced from the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit. . That is, in the voice reproduction state, when the control circuit 4 sets the reproduction start address and the stop address to the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit 9 and issues a reproduction start command, the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit 9 stores the stored voice. The data is read from the voice data memory 10, converted into voice as a voice reproduction output, and transmitted to the operator of the automobile telephone. At this time, the control circuit 4 takes into account the frequency of use of the speed-dial numbers stored in the dial memory 5, and plays back the speed-dial numbers and the registered voices corresponding to the speed-dial numbers in order of increasing frequency of use. When the operator of the telephone listens to the reproduced voice and finds the desired telephone number, he / she operates the speed dial calling key 8 to send the telephone number corresponding to the desired speed dial number to the wireless device 2 to make a call. To be done.
FIG. 2 shows an operation sequence when making a call. For example, if the speed-dial calling key 8 is pressed while the name of the other party whose frequency of use is N is being reproduced, a call is made to the other party whose frequency of use is Nth. When the frequency of use is the same at the beginning of use and the like, reproduction can be performed in the order of registration numbers. Moreover, it is preferable that the voice is not reproduced after the call is made. When a call is made once, 1 is added to the frequency of use of the speed dial number and stored in the dial memory 5. Since only a finite length of bits is assigned to the dial memory 5, overflow occurs when the frequency of use increases. When overflow occurs, measures such as halving the overall frequency of use are taken. FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of an embodiment when the present invention is applied to an automobile telephone, and shows a reproduction procedure when a speed dial operation is performed. First, in step S1, the speed dial selection key 7
Is ON, and if it is ON, step S2,
In step S3, N = 1 is set, and in step S4, the speed dial number having the first highest use frequency distribution stored in the dial memory 5 is checked. If the speed dial selection key 7 is not pressed in step S1, it is continuously checked whether or not the speed dial selection key 7 is ON. In step S5, the address information of the voice data of the first place checked in step S4 is read from the dial memory 5, and the start address and stop address for reproduction are set in the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit 9. In step S6, a playback start command is issued to the digital voice recording / playback circuit 9, and the stored voice data is read from the voice data memory 10.
Converted to audio as audio playback output. In step S7, it is checked whether the call key 8 is ON. If the call key 8 is not pressed, it is checked in step S8 whether voice is being generated. Since the signal during voice generation is sent from the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit 9 to the control circuit 4, it is possible to know whether or not voice is occurring by checking this signal. If voice is being generated, it is checked again whether or not the calling key 8 is turned on. If voice is not being generated, the same operation is performed for the next usage frequency N = 2. If the calling key 8 is ON in step S7, it is registered in the dial memory 5 in step S10.
One is added to the frequency of use of the speed dial number, the telephone number of the speed dial number is read from the dial memory 5 in step S11, and a call is made in step S12. Note that N
Is the number of speed dials that can be registered, for example up to 20 stations.
In step S9, it is checked whether the reproduction has been completed up to the end, and N
If you go up to = 20, you will return to the beginning.

Embodiment 2. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing another embodiment when the present invention is applied to an automobile telephone. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate the same or corresponding parts. Reference numeral 14 is an onomatopoeia generating means, which is connected to the control circuit 4 and produces an onomatopoeia such as a buzzer sound or a beep sound according to an instruction from the control circuit 4. Reference numeral 13 is a switch, contact 13a is connected to the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit 9, contact 13c is connected to the onomatopoeia generation means 14, contact 13d is connected to the speaker 11, and this switch 13 is the control circuit 4. The switching is controlled by. In the voice reproduction state, the speaker 11 converts the voice reproduction output of the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit 9 into sound and transmits it to the operator of the automobile telephone, and also transmits the onomatopoeia of the artificial sound generating means 14 to the operator of the automobile telephone. .

In the automobile telephone shown in FIG. 4, when making a speed dial operation and making a call, the speed dial numbers are sequentially shifted in descending order of frequency of use, and the name of the destination corresponding to the speed dial number is changed. While being reproduced by the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit, an onomatopoeia is generated by the onomatopoeia generation means 14 following the name of the other party, and the telephone number selected during the voice reproduction period and the onomatopoeia generation period is called. That is, when the speed dial selection key 7 is operated,
The control circuit 4 reads out the abbreviated dial number recorded in the dial memory 5 and the corresponding telephone number of the other party and causes the display circuit 6 to display the abbreviated dial number. Play the name of the corresponding party from the digital voice recording / playback circuit. At the same time, the control circuit 4 connects the contact 13a and the contact 13d of the switch 13, so that the voice output is output from the speaker 11 and transmitted to the operator of the automobile telephone. At this time, the control circuit 4, similarly to that shown in FIG. 1, considers the frequency of use of the speed dial numbers stored in the dial memory 5, and sequentially reproduces the speed dial numbers and the registered voices corresponding thereto in descending order of frequency of use. I am trying. In the example shown in FIG. 4, an onomatopoeia, for example, a beep sound is inserted between the utterances of the registered voice. That is, the control circuit 4 gives an onomatopoeia generation command to the onomatopoeia generation means 14, and the contacts 13c and 13d of the switch 13 are connected.
Switch so that and are connected. The onomatopoeia generating means 14 is
An onomatopoeia is generated by the above command, and this onomatopoeia output
It is output from 11 and transmitted to the operator of the automobile telephone. The beeping sound as an onomatopoeia is preferably about 0.2 seconds to 1.0 seconds in length, but is not limited to this. When the operator of the automobile telephone listens to the reproduced voice and finds the desired telephone number, he / she operates the speed dial calling key 8 to send the telephone number corresponding to the desired speed dial number to the wireless device 2. . However, in practice, the operation of the abbreviated dial call key 8 may be delayed from the reproduced voice, and the operation may be performed while the beep sound is generated. Also at this time, the speed dial number corresponding to the voice reproduced immediately before is called. FIG. 5 is a sequence showing the flow of operations at this time. For example, if the speed dial call key 8 is pressed while the name of the other party whose frequency of use is N is being reproduced, and while the following onomatopoeia is being generated,
A call is made to the other party with the Nth most used frequency. If there is no beep, an incorrect call will occur, and the beep will prevent this. At this time, the voice reproduced immediately before may be repeatedly reproduced and the speed dial calling key 8 may be operated again. In the operation flowchart for the one shown in FIG. 4, a voice generation command and a beep sound generation command may be issued in step S6 of FIG. 3, and it may be checked in step S8 whether a voice and a beep sound are being generated.

Embodiment 3. FIG. 6 shows the onomatopoeia generation means 14 of FIG.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an embodiment in which a silence generating means 15 is provided instead of the above. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 and FIG.
Is connected to the silence generating means 15. The operation in FIG. 6 is the same as the operation in FIG. 5 except that silence is generated instead of the beep sound following the reproduction of the registered voice. That is, the control circuit 4 gives a silence generation command to the silence generation means 15, and switches the contact 13b and the contact 13d of the switch 13 to be connected. The silence generating means 15 generates silence according to the above command, and this silent output is output from the speaker 11 and transmitted to the operator of the automobile telephone. FIG. 7 is an operation sequence of the embodiment shown in FIG. For example, if the speed dial calling key 8 is pressed while the name of the destination of Nth frequency of use is being reproduced and during the subsequent silent period, the destination of the Nth frequency of use is called.

Example 4. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an embodiment in which an onomatopoeia generation means 14 and a silence generation means 15 are added to the embodiment shown in FIG. In the figure, the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 1 indicate the same or corresponding parts. The operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 8 is the same as that of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 except that an onomatopoeia and a silence are generated following the utterance of the registered voice. That is, when an onomatopoeia is generated, the control circuit 4 gives an onomatopoeia generation command to the onomatopoeia generation means 14 and switches the contact 13c and the contact 13d of the switch 13 to be connected. The onomatopoeia generation means 14 produces an onomatopoeia according to the above command, and the onomatopoeia output is the speaker 11.
The output is transmitted to the operator of the automobile telephone.
Further, in the case of producing silence, the control circuit 4 gives a silence producing command to the silence producing means 15 and the contact of the switching device 13
Switching is performed so that 13b and the contact 13d are connected. The silence generating means 15 produces silence according to the above command, and this silent output is output from the speaker 11 and transmitted to the operator of the automobile telephone. The operation flowchart for the one shown in FIG. 8 is such that a voice generation command, a beep sound generation command, and a silence generation command are issued in step S6 of FIG. 3, and it is checked in step S8 whether voice, beep sound, and silence are being generated. You can do it like this. FIG. 9 is a sequence diagram showing an embodiment of an operation flow when making a call in the embodiment of FIG. In the figure, following the reproduction of the name of the other party, silence is generated and then onomatopoeia is generated. For example, if the speed dial call key 8 is pressed while the name of the Nth party of frequency of use is being reproduced and during the subsequent silence and onomatopoeia, a call is made to the Nth party of frequency of use. It

FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram showing another embodiment of the flow of operation when making a call in the embodiment of FIG. In the figure, following the reproduction of the name of the other party, an onomatopoeia is generated, and then a silence is generated. For example, if the speed dial call key 8 is pressed while the name of the Nth party of frequency of use is being reproduced and during the subsequent onomatopoeia and silence, a call is made to the Nth party of frequency of use. It

FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram showing still another embodiment of the operation flow when making a call in the embodiment of FIG. In the figure, following the reproduction of the name of the other party, silence is generated, then onomatopoeia is generated, and silence is generated again. For example, if the speed dial call key 8 is pressed while the name of the Nth party of frequency of use is being reproduced and during the subsequent onomatopoeia and silence, a call is made to the Nth party of frequency of use. It

A microphone 12 and a speaker are used for an automobile telephone having a hands-free call function.
11 can also be used for hands-free calling.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the one provided with the silence generating means for generating the silence is shown. However, instead of the silence generating means, the silence signal is recorded in the voice memory, and this silence signal is reproduced. However, the same effect can be obtained. Further, the same effect can be obtained by turning off the speaker or muting.

In the above embodiment, the case of the speed dial function is described, but the same effect can be obtained in the case of the memory dial function.

Although the case of a telephone for automobiles has been described, the same effect can be obtained in the case of a telephone for home use.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, by adding a digital voice recording / reproducing circuit and a voice data memory to a telephone, the name of the other party can be stored by voice together with the speed dial number, and the frequency of use is also stored. With this configuration, the name of the other party can be selected by voice in order of frequency of use, and the telephone number of the other party can be easily selected, for example, while driving.

Further, onomatopoeia generation means or silence generation means is provided, and the stored name of the other party is reproduced by voice in the order of frequency of use of the speed dial numbers. By generating onomatopoeia or silence from the means and calling the selected telephone number during the voice reproduction period, the onomatopoeia generation period or the silence generation period, an erroneous call due to a delay in the operation of the speed dial call key will occur. There is an effect that can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation sequence according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation sequence according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation sequence according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation sequence according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation sequence according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing still another operation sequence according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional automobile telephone.

[Explanation of symbols] 3 dial operation circuit 4 control circuit 5 dial memory 7 speed dial selection key 8 speed dial calling key 9 digital voice recording / playback circuit 10 voice data memory 14 artificial sound generating means 15 silence generating means

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A dial operating unit, a digital voice recording / reproducing circuit, a voice data memory for storing voice data recorded by the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit, and telephone number information sequentially input from the dial operating unit, and It has a dial memory that stores in advance the address information of the voice data memory that stores the corresponding speed dial number, the corresponding party's name, and the frequency of use of that telephone number. While sequentially shifting in ascending order, the name of the other party corresponding to the speed dial number is reproduced from the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit, and the desired speed dial number is selected.
Telephones that call this selected telephone number. 2. An onomatopoeia generation means is provided, and while the speed dial numbers are sequentially shifted in the order of frequency of use, the name of the destination corresponding to the speed dial number is reproduced from the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit, and the destination is 2. The telephone set according to claim 1, wherein, following the name "1", an onomatopoeia is generated by said onomatopoeia generation means, and a telephone number selected during the voice reproduction period and the onomatopoeia generation period is called. 3. A silence generating means is provided, and while the speed dial numbers are sequentially shifted in descending order of frequency of use, the name of the destination corresponding to the speed dial numbers is reproduced from the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit, and the destination is 2. The telephone set according to claim 1, further comprising the step of producing silence from said silence generating means, and calling a telephone number selected during the voice reproduction period and the silence generation period. 4. An onomatopoeia generation means and a silence generation means are provided, and while the speed dial numbers are sequentially shifted in descending order of frequency of use, the name of the other party corresponding to the speed dial numbers is reproduced from the digital voice recording / reproducing circuit. . Following the name of the other party, the onomatopoeia and the silence are generated by the onomatopoeia generation means and the silence generation means, and a call is made to a telephone number selected during the voice reproduction period, the onomatopoeia generation period and the silence generation period. The telephone set 1.