JPH07147603A - Device and method for dialing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the device and method for dialing so as to easily output a telephone number without necessity for storing any telephone number or any name. CONSTITUTION:In the case of making a telephone call, a circle corresponding to an opposite side telephone position on a displayed image is touched. Namely, when making a telephone call from A to B, on the touch panel of the telephone set of A, a circle corresponding to B is touched. Thus, a signal showing the specified position is outputted from the touch panel, and a control part reads out the telephone number (extension number) stored in a memory corresponding to B. Afterwards, this read-out telephone number is dialed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dial device and a dial method for outputting a telephone number to a communication line by designating a specific position of an image.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional dial device, a telephone number is input by using a dial key to dial, or a telephone number is stored in association with a name and the corresponding telephone is designated by designating this name. It is known that a number is output to a communication line and dialed. Such a dial device is usually incorporated in a telephone device or as a dial device in a small computer or the like.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional dial device, since a telephone number is input by a dial key or a database is searched by a name or the like, the telephone number is input. In the former device, the operator needs to store the telephone number, and in the latter device, the name and the like need to be stored. Also,
For example, if you want to transfer the currently received call to another phone by an extension call, you must press the extension button and then enter the phone number.If you do not remember the phone number at this time, enter the phone number. I have to look it up. Also, for example, if you want to call a store such as a public phone, and you do not know the name of the store but you can know the location, you can call the telephone service to find it or use the telephone directory. I had no choice but to search using the address as a key and make a call.

As described above, in the conventional dial device, the operator must memorize the telephone number, name, etc., and if these are not memorized, the work until making a call becomes complicated. There was a problem.

An object of the present invention is to provide a dialing device and a dialing method capable of easily outputting a telephone number without the need to store the telephone number or name.

[0006]

In order to solve the above problems, according to the present invention, an image information storage means for storing image information and a telephone corresponding to a specific position stored in the image information storage means are provided. Telephone number storage means for storing a number, image information display means for displaying the image information stored in the image information storage means, and position designation means for designating a specific position of the image information displayed on the image information display means. And dialing means for dialing the telephone number stored in the telephone number storing means in correspondence with the specific position designated by the position designating means.

[0007]

In the above structure, in the image information displayed by the image information display means, the telephone number is stored in the telephone number storage means corresponding to the specific position. Then, when making a call, when the specific position of the displayed image information is designated by the position designation means, the dial means dials the telephone number recorded by the telephone number recording means. Therefore, dialing is possible by designating the position on the displayed image information without remembering the telephone number to be dialed or the name of the other party.

[0008]

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 basic block diagram of a telephone according to a first embodiment of the present invention. This telephone has a common structure for home use, business use, and public use. In this example, ISD is used.
N (integrated services digital netwark). In this basic block diagram, the protocol processing unit 1 performs protocol processing of layers 1, 2, and 3 of the ISDN user / network interface. The selection switch circuit 2 is for switching the flow of information, for example, a signal from the protocol processing unit 1 is transmitted to the codec 3 and the I / O.
Switching between an F (interface) 4 and outputting a signal from the control unit 5 to the I / F 4. Therefore, information is exchanged with the external device via the I / F 4 according to the switching state of the selection switch circuit 2.

The codec 3 converts the voice signal from the handset 6 into a PCM signal and also converts the PCM signal into a voice signal and outputs the voice signal to the handset 6. The voice signal generator 7 outputs the voice signal from the codec 3 to the speaker 8, creates a voice signal according to the signal from the controller 5, and outputs the voice signal from the speaker 8.

The external storage device 9 comprises a removable recording medium such as an IC card, and the information recorded in the external storage device 9 is written in the memory 10 which operates according to an instruction from the control section 5. , Is read from this memory 10. Then, the control unit 5 controls the memory 10
The image information is displayed based on the information read from the display unit 1.
Display on 1. A touch panel 12 is laminated on the display unit 11, and the touch panel 12 detects a touch on the surface and determines the position thereof by the key input unit 1.
3 to the control unit 5. In the key input section 13,
Various keys such as a dial key, a hold key, an extension key, a registration key, and a key necessary for creating image information described later are provided.

FIG. 2 shows an example of an image displayed on the display unit 11. This image is a layout of a predetermined room, and the plurality of desks 14 arranged in the room are represented by rectangles, and the plurality of telephones 15 arranged on the desks 14 are represented by ◯. Further, FIG. 3 shows the telephone number information stored in the memory 10, and the points corresponding to the arrangement positions of the respective telephones 15 shown in FIG. 2 are:
For each of A, B, C ..., the extension number of the telephone 15 is te.
l Stored in the nunber area.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to the operation flowcharts shown in FIGS. That is, when the registration key provided in the key input unit 13 is operated to set the registration mode, the display unit 1
An image input request is displayed at 1. Therefore, in response to the displayed input request, the image shown in FIG. 2 is created by operating the touch panel 12 or the key input unit 13, and the created image is input (SA.
1). Of course, if the external storage device 9 stores in advance image information capable of displaying an image of the layout of the room, this may be read out. The created image or image information read from the external storage device 9 is stored in the memory 10
Is stored in a predetermined area.

Image information may be input from an external device (for example, a personal computer, a word processor, etc.) via the I / F 4.

The image information is stored in the memory 10 as described above.
When the image based on the stored image information is displayed on the display unit 11, the telephone position input is requested.
Therefore, the position of the telephone on the image displayed on the display unit 11 is input by touching on the touch panel 12 or operating a key on the key input unit 13 (SA
2). By this telephone position input, the input telephone positions A, B, C ... Are stored in the point area of the memory 10 as shown in FIG.

When the input of the telephone position is completed, a telephone number (extension number) input request is made, so that the telephone positions A, B, C, ... Displayed on the touch panel 12 are displayed.
Each time "*" is designated, the extension number is input by operating the key input unit 13 (SA3). As a result, as shown in FIG. 3, the extension numbers are stored in the tel nunber area of the memory 10 in correspondence with the points A, B, C, ...

Next, when making an extension telephone call, in the image of FIG. 2 displayed on the display unit 11, a circle corresponding to the telephone position of the other party is touched on the touch panel 12. That is, when a call is made from A to B, the ◯ corresponding to B is touched on the touch panel 12 of the A telephone. As a result, in the dial process of FIG. 5, the specific position designation (SB1) is made. Further, when the specific position is designated, the control unit 5 tel nu the telephone number (extension number) stored in the memory 10 corresponding to point based on the signal from the touch panel 12 indicating the specific position.
Read from the nber area (SB2). Thereafter, the control unit 5 outputs a signal corresponding to the read telephone number to the protocol processing unit 1, and the protocol processing unit 1 processes this signal based on a predetermined protocol and outputs it to the communication line (SB3). As a result, a ringing tone is generated from the telephone corresponding to the read telephone number (the B telephone in this example), and the telephone B having the ringing tone is brought into a call state, so that a call between A and B is established. It will be possible.

6 to 8 show the second embodiment of the present invention, and the construction of the telephone in this second embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. In the second embodiment, the user operates the key input unit 13 to input a predetermined telephone number of a telecommunications carrier to make a call and specify a desired area. As a result, in the flow shown in FIG. 6, a service request (SC1) is made, and from the communication carrier side, image information capable of displaying the image of the area designated by the user is displayed on the communication line as illustrated in FIG. Sent through. The illustrated image is displayed on the display unit 11 based on the sent image information. Further, the telecommunications carrier side continues to send a specific position (point), address (address), name (name) and telephone number (tel number) of the image information, and these are stored in the memory 10 as shown in FIG. Memorized in.

Then, when the user touches a specific position (for example, XX store) on the touch panel 12 with respect to the image displayed on the display unit 11, the specific position is designated as in the first embodiment described above. Is done. When the specific position is designated, the control unit 5 causes the point in the memory 10 based on the signal indicating the specific position from the touch panel 12.
The telephone number (corresponding to the telephone number of the XX store in this example) stored in correspondence with is read from the telnunber area. Thereafter, the control unit 5 outputs a signal corresponding to the read telephone number to the protocol processing unit 1, and the protocol processing unit 1 processes this signal based on a predetermined protocol and outputs it to the communication line.

When the telephone according to the second embodiment is used as a public telephone, it basically has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, and only the charging processing function is added. Good. Also, if a specific position is specified, po
The address, name, and telephone number stored in each area of addres, name, and tel number corresponding to int may be displayed on the display unit 11.

9 and 10 show a third embodiment of the present invention, in which a PHP (perspnal handy pho) is used as a telephone.
ne) is used. That is, P shown in FIG.
In the HP, the high frequency unit 20 includes a receiving unit 21, a PLL synthesizer 22, a transmitting unit 23, and an antenna switch 2.
It is composed of four. The signal input from the antenna 25 is input via the antenna switch 24 that distributes transmission / reception, and is frequency-converted by the two-stage mixer.
The frequency is converted from 9 GHz to an IF signal in the range of 150 to 250 MHz and 10 MHz. The transmitter 23 frequency-converts the π / 4-shift QPSK modulated wave input from the modem 26 into 1.9 GHz with a mixer, and radiates it from the antenna 25 via the antenna switch 24. The PLL synthesizer 22 performs local transmission for frequency conversion in the receiver 21 and transmitter 23.

The modem 26 performs π / 4 shift QPSK modulation / demodulation processing. Then, on the receiving side, the IF signal from the receiving unit 21 is demodulated and separated into IQ data, which is transferred to the TDMA 27 as a data string. On the transmission side, IQ data is created from the data transferred from the TDMA 27, modulated by π / 4 shift QPSK, and output to the transmission unit 23.

The TDMA 27 performs frame synchronization and slot format processing. That is, TDMA27
Is composed of a CI detector, a UW detector, a CRC processor, a voice buffer for transmission and reception, a control data buffer, a timing generator, and the like. The CI detector detects the CI (channel type) and outputs it to the controller 28. The UW detector detects UW (synchronization word) and outputs it to the controller 28. In addition, the CRC processing unit performs encoding using CRC (cyclic code) which is a code for error detection, and C
An error in the transmitted data is detected by analyzing the RC.

On the receiving side, the TDMA 27 having such a configuration takes out a slot from the data (frame) sent from the modem 26 at a predetermined timing, and descrambles the data. Also, the configuration data is extracted from the format of this slot and the control data is sent to the control unit 2.
8 and the voice data is transferred to the speech codec 29. On the transmitting side, control data is added to the voice data transferred from the speech codec 29 to create a slot, which is then scrambled and inserted into the frame at a predetermined timing and sent to the modem 26. Voice data and control data are stored in the transmission / reception voice buffer and the control data buffer, respectively, and are output at a predetermined timing. The timing generation section generates a timing signal to each section based on a control signal from the control section.

The speech codec 29 compresses / expands digital data. That is, on the receiving side, the ADPCM audio signal (4 bit × 8 KHz = 32 Kbps) sent from the TDMA 27 is decoded by being decoded into a PCM signal (8 bit × 8 KHz = 64 Kbps) and output to the PCM codec 30. On the transmission side, the PCM audio signal sent from the PCM codec 30 is compressed by being encoded into an ADPCM audio signal, and is output to the TDMA 27. P
The CM codec 30 performs analog / digital conversion processing in synchronization with a constant clock from the crystal oscillation circuit section 34. And on the receiving side, the speech codec 2
D / A conversion of the PCM audio signal sent from 9
The analog audio signal is output to the amplifier 31, and the speaker 32
To drive. On the transmission side, the analog voice signal input from the microphone 33 is A / D converted and the PCM voice signal is output to the speech codec 29. It also controls volume / ringer / tone signals.

The PHP 3 further includes a display unit 3.
5, a key input unit 36, a ROM 37, a RAM 38, a recording / reproducing circuit 39, a memory 40 and the like are provided, and an I / F 41 for connecting an external device is provided.

FIG. 10 shows the configuration of a pen input computer as an external device connected to PHP.
This pen input computer uses PHP via I / F42.
It is connected to the I / F 41 on the side. The control unit 43 controls the entire pen input computer, and displays an image based on the image information previously stored in the memory 44 in the display unit 45.
To display. Pen operation information on the pen input unit 46 stacked on the display unit 54 is input to the control unit 43 via the key input unit 47. The dial signal output from the control unit 43 is converted into a tone by the DTMF conversion unit 48 and is emitted from the speaker 49.

In such a structure, when making a call, after the image information is read from the memory 44 shown in FIG. 10 and displayed on the display unit 45, the pen input unit 46 makes a call to the other party. Specify the position. Then, the telephone number of the designated partner is read from the memory 44, and the control unit 43 dials based on this telephone number.
The dial signal generated thereby is converted into a tone signal in the DTMF conversion unit and output from the speaker 49.

Therefore, if the speaker 49 is brought close to the PHP microphone 33 shown in FIG. 9, the tone signal becomes P.
It will be output from the HP antenna 25. Of course,
The dial signal from the control unit 43 of the pen input computer is transferred to the control unit 28 side of the PHP via the I / Fs 24 and 41, and the antenna 2 is transmitted via the modem 26 and the high frequency unit 20.
You may make it output from 5.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, a telephone number is stored corresponding to a specific position of the image information together with the image information, and the corresponding telephone number is dialed by designating the specific position in the image information. I decided to do it. Therefore, it is possible to make a call easily and quickly without the operator having to remember the telephone number, name, or the like, which can improve the operability (man-machine interface) of the telephone.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on a display unit in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a memory configuration diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart showing a registration process of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart showing dial processing of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an operational flowchart showing a service request process in the second aspect of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an image displayed on the display unit in the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a memory configuration diagram of the embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a block configuration diagram of a PHP to which a third embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 10 is a block configuration diagram of a pen input computer applied to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Protocol Processing Section 5 Control Section 10 Memory 11 Display Section 12 Touch Panel 45 Display Section 46 Pen Input Section

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An image information storage unit for storing image information, a telephone number storage unit for storing a telephone number corresponding to a specific position stored in the image information storage unit, and an image information storage unit for storing the telephone number. Image information displaying means for displaying the image information, position specifying means for specifying a specific position of the image information displayed on the image information displaying means, and the telephone corresponding to the specific position specified by the position specifying means. A dial device comprising: dial means for dialing a telephone number stored in the number storage means. 2. The image information and information input means for inputting a telephone number corresponding to the image information are further provided, and the image information input by the information input means and the telephone number corresponding to the image information are displayed on the image. 2. The dial device according to claim 1, wherein the dial device is stored in the information storage means and the telephone number storage means. 3. A telephone device connected to the communication line, further comprising connecting means for connecting the information input means and a telephone device connected to the communication line, and the image information and a telephone number corresponding to the image information connected to the communication line. 3. The dial device according to claim 2, wherein the information is input to the information inputting means via. 4. The dial device according to claim 1, further comprising an output unit that outputs the image information stored in the image information storage unit to the outside. 5. A telephone device connected to a communication line, storage means for storing a telephone number corresponding to a specific position of the image information together with the image information, and a display for displaying the image information stored in the storage means. Means, position specifying means for specifying a specific position of the image information displayed on the display means, and a telephone number stored in the storage means in correspondence with the specific position specified by the position specifying means. A dial device comprising: a telephone number output means for outputting to a telephone device. 6. The image information and information input means for inputting a telephone number corresponding to the image information are further provided, and the image information input by the information input means and the telephone number corresponding to the image information are stored in the memory. The dial device according to claim 5, wherein the dial device is stored in the means. 7. The dial device according to claim 6, wherein the image information and the corresponding telephone number are input to the information input means from a telephone device connected to the communication line. 8. The dial device according to claim 5, further comprising output means for outputting the image information stored in the storage means to the outside. 9. A dialing method comprising storing a telephone number corresponding to a specific position of the image information together with the image information and dialing the corresponding telephone number by designating the specific position in the image information.