JPH0646120A - Multiple telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To directly call to an opposite party with a portable electronic note by connecting the electronic note with a telephone set main body and directly transfer information between them. CONSTITUTION:A telephone set control part 17 program-controls a normal telephone set function and furthermore, transfers information between with the external electronic note through a note connection part 18. For example, a dial number transmission circuit 14 inputs a dial number from the electronic note as well as that from a dial circuit 13 through the note connection part 18 by the telephone set control part 17. A note connection part 18 is connected with the electronic note by a telephone connection part 24. The telephone control part 23 of the electronic note is composed of a microcomputer, sets a telephone mode at the time of receiving a prescribed button operation from an operation part and orders a program and data for telephone to transfer information between with the telephone set control part 17 of the telephone set main body through the telephone connection part 24 and the note connection part 18.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a composite telephone comprising an electronic notebook for storing telephone information used for telephone calls and a telephone body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional composite telephone of this type has a structure in which an electronic notebook for storing telephone information and a telephone body are independent. That is, a person using a telephone first displays the telephone information stored by a predetermined button operation of the electronic notebook on the calling display surface, and then operates the telephone according to the displayed information.

For example, when the electronic notebook has a built-in telephone directory, the owner calls the telephone directory in advance by a predetermined operation, reads the telephone number of the desired person, and dials the telephone. Also, when the speed dial registration is performed when using the specific telephone, the registration operation is performed by the telephone separately from the electronic notebook.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional compound telephone, since the electronic notebook for storing telephone information such as operation information of the telephone has a structure which is not coupled with the telephone body, the telephone information is preliminarily electronically stored. There is a problem that it takes time and effort to register the information in the notebook and read the information called from the electronic notebook and use the telephone again when using the telephone.

An object of the present invention is to provide a compound telephone which solves the above problems by connecting an electronic notebook to the telephone body and directly transmitting and receiving information between the electronic notebook and the telephone body. is there.

[0006]

The basic structure of a compound telephone according to the present invention is a transmitter / receiver circuit including a handset, a hook circuit including a hook switch for generating a signal for ON / OFF control of an operating state, and a dial number to be input. A dial number transmission circuit for outputting information in a predetermined format, a transmission / reception circuit for connecting the input / output of various signals output in the transmission / reception circuit, the dial number transmission circuit in a predetermined format to a communication path / signal line of a telephone line, and a telephone A calling circuit that inputs a calling signal from the line to generate an audible sound, a telephone control unit that controls the telephone by inputting at least the dialed number information of the called party from outside, and input / output of information handled by this telephone control A telephone body including a notebook connection unit including a mechanism, an operation unit including operation buttons including numbers and characters and a display surface for displaying at least characters,
A telephone information storage unit including a telephone directory for storing at least a name and a telephone number for calling the name, and a telephone mode which is set when a predetermined button operation information is received from the operation unit and the information is externally transmitted according to a predetermined telephone program. An electronic notebook including a telephone control unit for exchanging with the telephone and a telephone connection unit including an input / output mechanism that is coupled to the notebook connection unit of the telephone main body and connects the information exchanged with the outside by the telephone control unit to the telephone control unit. And are combined.

Further, in one specific configuration, the telephone body has a dial circuit including dial buttons.

Still another specific configuration is that the telephone body has a notebook mounting box of a size to which the electronic notebook fits, and when the notebook mounting box is equipped with an electronic notebook, the notebook connection is made. It has a connector structure in which the section and the telephone connection section are directly coupled.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the composite telephone comprises a telephone body 10 and an electronic notebook 20. The telephone body 10 has a handset 1 on the side surface, a dial button 3 on the front surface in front of the center, and a notebook mounting box 9 on which the electronic notebook 20 is fitted and mounted on the central front surface. The electronic notebook 20
The telephone body 10 has an operation button 7 and a display surface 8 on one surface, and the telephone body 10 has the same surface as the telephone body 10.
It is integrated with the notebook attachment box 9 and is electrically coupled to the telephone body 10 by the telephone connection portion 24 (an example is described in FIG. 5).

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a composite telephone in which the telephone body of FIG. 1 and an electronic notebook are combined and integrated.

Next, the functional structure of the composite telephone of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the compound telephone of FIG.

In FIG. 3, the telephone body includes a handset circuit 11 including a handset 1, a hook circuit 12 including a hook switch 2, and a dial circuit 1 including a dial button 3.
3, it has a dial number transmission circuit 14, a transmission / reception circuit 15, a calling circuit 16, a telephone control unit 17, and a notebook connection unit 18. The electronic notebook has operation buttons 7 and display surface 8.
It has an operation unit 21, a telephone information storage unit 22, a telephone control unit 23, and a telephone connection unit 24.

The transmission / reception circuit 11, the hook circuit 12, the dial circuit 13 and the calling circuit 16 are functions that a normal telephone has. Although not described, in FIG. 3, information is exchanged via the telephone controller 17. Dial number transmission circuit 14
Is equipped with a telephone having a final dial recall function or a dial mode switching function with a DC intermittent signal and an audible multi-frequency signal, and is suitable for a dial number receiving function of an exchange (not shown) connected through a telephone line 40. In the form
The dial number information received from the telephone control unit 17 is transmitted to the transmission / reception circuit 15.

Under the control of the telephone control unit 17, the transmission / reception circuit 15 switches the connection between the transmission / reception circuit 11, the dial number transmission circuit 14 and the calling circuit 16 to the telephone line 40, and inputs the call, signal and dial number information. It has an interface function to adapt the output conditions to the communication system of the telephone line 40.

The calling circuit 16 is provided with a speaker which receives a calling signal received by the transmission / reception circuit 15 through the telephone line 40 and produces an audible sound, for example, a bell or a speaker which broadcasts an audible frequency. The telephone control unit 17 basically program-controls a normal telephone function, but in the present embodiment, further exchanges information with an external electronic notebook through the notebook connection unit 18. For example, in the dial number transmission circuit 14, the telephone control unit 17 inputs the dial number from the electronic notebook via the notebook connection unit 18 as well as the dial number from the dial circuit 13. The notebook connection unit 18 is connected to the electronic notebook by the telephone connection unit 24.

The operation unit 21 is included in a normal electronic notebook, and a notebook with a replaceable panel can be provided with a dedicated panel for a telephone. The operation buttons 7 and the display surface 8 are also normal ones that the operation unit 21 has, and the operation buttons 7 include characters, numbers, and symbols. The operation buttons dedicated to the telephone include telephone function buttons such as receiving, answering, and holding, and when using a general-purpose panel, the buttons may be operated by combining letters and symbols.

The display surface 8 is, for example, a liquid crystal display plate, and for telephone use, it is sufficient that it can display characters, numbers, symbols and pictures (diagrams). The telephone information storage unit 22 has, for example, a telephone directory that stores names, company names, telephone numbers, and the like, and the telephone directory may be an address book in which addresses are also written.

The telephone control section 23 uses the telephone program and data for the microcomputer of the electronic notebook to make full use of telephone programs and data, and the telephone control section 17 of the telephone body and the telephone connection section 2.
4 and information is exchanged via the notebook connection unit 18. An example of the operation procedure of the telephone control unit 23 will be described later with reference to FIG. The telephone connecting portion 24 is connected to the notebook connecting portion 18 by direct fitting as shown in FIGS.

Next, FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of a main operation procedure of the telephone control unit 23 of FIG. The call origination operation of the telephone of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 4 and FIG.

First, the caller performs a predetermined operation on the operation button 7,
Alternatively, by mounting a telephone panel card, the telephone control unit 23 receives the telephone mode designation information, designates the function button to the telephone mode (101), and displays the predetermined display set in the telephone mode on the display surface 8. do. Next, when the telephone control unit 23 receives the call request for the telephone directory by the predetermined operation information of the operation button 7, the telephone control unit 23 calls a plurality of names and names registered in the telephone listening from the telephone information storage unit 22 (102).
And is displayed on the display surface 8.

Next, the telephone connection unit 23, which has received (103) one piece of designated information displayed as the called party from the operation button 7, indexes the telephone number of the called party designated by the telephone length and displays it on the display screen. 8 is displayed (104). Since the caller checks the display surface 8 and issues a call command using the operation button 7,
When the telephone control unit 23 receives the call instruction (105), the telephone control unit 23 transmits the call instruction to the telephone control unit 17 via the telephone connection unit 24 and the notebook connection unit 18 to activate the telephone body (10
6) Do.

The activated telephone control unit 17 transmits a calling signal from the transmission / reception circuit 15 to the telephone line 15 to activate the exchange and measures a predetermined time period as in the case of activation by the off-hook signal from the hook circuit 12. The telephone number is requested to the telephone connection unit 24 (in the case where a tone detection circuit is provided, the dial tone is received).

The telephone control unit 23 receives the telephone number request, transfers the designated telephone number being displayed through the telephone connection unit 24 (107), and displays "Calling" on the display surface 8 (10).
8) Do. Next, when the telephone control unit 17 can receive the ringing signal and the response signal, since these signals can be received, the telephone control unit 23 displays “Calling” (109) according to the received information, and then displays “Response”. (110) The called party picks up the handset 1 to talk.

When the telephone control section 23 receives the response signal, it starts measuring the communication time and displays the call time (11
1) Do. Further, a charge index table may be provided to calculate and display the charge.

When the main body of the telephone is equipped with a speaker, the dial tone, ringing tone, and voice of the other party after answering are broadcast through the receiving channel, so that it is not necessary to confirm characters on the display surface. Further, when the handset is picked up and the call is placed in an off-hook state after step 104, the telephone control unit 23 receives the telephone number transfer request and connects to step 107 without the steps 105 and 106 for transmitting the call instruction. . If the telephone does not have a speaker and the call signal and the response signal cannot be identified by the telephone, a call by the handset is required.

Next, FIG. 5 is a partial detailed plan view showing an example of a connecting portion between the telephone body and the electronic notebook in FIG.

In FIG. 5, the telephone body 10 has a notebook connecting box 18 on the bottom of the notebook mounting box 9 in the electronic notebook mounting direction, and the notebook connecting section 18 is a conductor connection spring 181 parallel to the electronic notebook mounting direction. Like a table tap, a spring support 182 or a terminal guide is provided, and an electronic notebook 20 is provided.
The connection terminals 241 are arranged almost vertically at the bottom of the telephone connection portion 24 in the notebook mounting direction. In FIG. 5, the telephone body 10 is a plan view seen from above, and the electronic notebook 20
Is a back view seen from the back.

In this embodiment, the telephone body is equipped with dial buttons, and the telephone body can make and receive calls independently. If there is no dial button, or if the control panel of the multifunctional telephone is removed and used as an electronic notebook, the person who does not have the electronic notebook can only receive incoming calls but cannot make outgoing calls, and only those who have them can make outgoing calls. The effect of becoming In this embodiment, the electronic notebook is shown and described as being fitted and attached, but cable connection may be used. Although it is illustrated and described that the mounting moves parallel to the operation surface of the electronic notebook, the guide groove may be provided in the side wall in the vertical direction so that the mounting may be performed.
The mounting method is free.

In the present embodiment, the spring and the terminal of the connection portion are illustrated and described as having a flat surface in the direction perpendicular to the operation surface, but the terminal may be in the form of a rod, or both may be in the continuous form similar to the electronic circuit package in the horizontal direction. .

As described above, the present invention is not limited to the above description of the embodiments.

[0032]

As described above, according to the composite telephone of the present invention, the address book of the electronic notebook is used as a telephone directory by separating it from the telephone body as an electronic notebook that can carry the operation surface of the telephone. In addition to the dial operation of all telephone numbers, a simple effect that the stored telephone numbers can be dialed by a simple operation can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an assembled perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a main operation procedure of the same example.

5 is a partial detailed view of FIG. 1. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Handset 2 Hook switch 3 Dial button 7 Operation button 8 Display surface 10 Telephone body 11 Handset circuit 12 Hook circuit 13 Dial circuit 14 Dial number transmitting circuit 15 Transmitter / receiver circuit 16 Calling circuit 17 Telephone control section 18 Notebook connection section 20 Electronic Notebook 21 Operation part 22 Telephone information recording part 23 Telephone control part 40 Telephone line

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A transmission / reception circuit including a handset, a hook circuit including a hook switch for generating a signal for on / off controlling an operating state, a dial number transmission circuit for outputting input dial number information in a predetermined format, and a telephone. An audible sound is generated by inputting the ringing signal from the telephone line and the transmission / reception circuit that connects the input / output of various signals in a predetermined format to the call / signal line of the line A telephone main body comprising a calling circuit for controlling the telephone by externally inputting dialed number information of the called party, and a notebook connection section including an input / output mechanism of information handled by the telephone control section. Includes an operation unit with operation buttons including numbers and letters and a display surface for displaying at least letters, and a telephone directory that stores at least the name and the telephone number that calls this name. Combined with a telephone information storage unit, a telephone control unit that sets a telephone mode when receiving predetermined button operation information from the operation unit, and exchanges information with the outside according to a predetermined telephone program, and a notebook connection unit of the telephone body An electronic notebook comprising a telephone connection unit including an input / output mechanism for connecting information exchanged with the outside by the telephone control unit to the telephone control unit, and a combined telephone set. 2. The composite telephone according to claim 1, wherein the telephone body has a dial circuit including dial buttons. 3. The notebook body has a notebook attachment box of a size to which the electronic notebook fits, and when the notebook notebook is equipped with an electronic notebook, the notebook connection section and the telephone connection section are separated from each other. The composite telephone according to claim 1, having a connector structure for direct connection.