JPH07154461A - Dialing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily confirm a telephone number by displaying a display color selected by a control means which sends out the telephone number in accordance with the operation of a dial button. CONSTITUTION:The telephone number is inputted by using the dial button (ten keys and functional keys) 100. A display means 101 is provided with a display part 40 such as color liquid crystal or a light emitting diode. etc., capable of expressing a prescribed color, and displays the digits of the telephone number inputted from the dial button 100 converted into color information, or displays the one converted into a graphic (pictograph), or uses a graph generated and displayed based on the digit string of the telephone number. The control means 102 converts the digits of the telephone number inputted from the dial button 101 to the graph such as the graphic or a bar graph including the color and the pictograph, and displays it by driving the display means 101, and simultaneously, sends out the telephone number to a communication control means 103.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dial input device for communication equipment, and more particularly to a dial input device for preventing a mistake in dialing, and can be used for an input device for inputting with a ten-key pad. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional method of preventing a dial error, there is a method of displaying an input telephone number on a display device such as a liquid crystal display. However, the displayed telephone number is a mere enumeration of numbers and may have a large number of digits, which may take a long time to confirm or may be overlooked as an error. In addition, in a normal telephone with a display function, the time required from the end of dialing to the calling of the other party is short, so if you find that there is an error in the dialing, you may have already called the other party,
In the practical sense, the possibility that the dialing error could be prevented was not high because the other party answered.

As a method of solving this kind of problem, the technique of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-80938 adopts a method of confirming the inputted telephone number by voice.

[0004]

However, in the technique disclosed in the above publication, a voice circuit is required when the input telephone number is generated by voice, and the circuit becomes complicated, and
Get expensive.

In view of the above, the present invention provides a dial input device capable of easily confirming a telephone number by visually displaying the telephone number as information that is ergonomically recognizable when displaying the telephone number. The challenge is to provide.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dial input device, a dial button for inputting a telephone number, and a conversion table in which different color information is associated with each numeral of the telephone number. Control means for selecting a predetermined display color from the conversion table corresponding to the telephone number input by the dial button and transmitting a telephone number according to the operation of the dial button, and a display selected by the control means. Display means for displaying colors.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dial input device in which a dial button for inputting a telephone number according to the first aspect is provided with a color corresponding to the number and color of the telephone number. It was done.

In the dial input device according to the invention of claim 3, a dial button for inputting a telephone number, a conversion table in which each figure of the telephone number is associated with different graphic information, and the dial button is used for input. A control means for selecting a predetermined display figure from the conversion table corresponding to the telephone number and transmitting a telephone number according to the operation of a dial button, and a display means for displaying the display figure selected by the control means. And is equipped with.

In the dial input device according to the invention of claim 4, a dial button for inputting a telephone number, a conversion table in which different graph information is associated with each numeral of the telephone number, and the dial button is used for input. A control means for selecting a predetermined display graph from the conversion table corresponding to the telephone number and transmitting a telephone number according to the operation of a dial button, and a display means for displaying the display graph selected by the control means. And is equipped with.

[0010]

According to the invention of claim 1, when the telephone number is inputted by the dial button, the color information corresponding to each numeral of the telephone number is selected from the conversion table based on the telephone number inputted by the dial button, The display color is displayed by the display means, and the telephone number corresponding to the operation of the dial button is transmitted. Numerical values entered with the dial buttons are expressed as a specific color, so mistakes in dialing can be detected at a speed faster than the recognition speed of numerical values.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the dial buttons for inputting the telephone numbers according to the first aspect are made to have corresponding colors based on the correspondence between the numbers of the telephone numbers and the colors, and have the colors. Made it easier to convert the meaning into a numerical value.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the telephone number is input by the dial button, the graphic information corresponding to each number of the telephone number is selected from the conversion table based on the telephone number input by the dial button, The display figure is displayed by the display means, and the telephone number corresponding to the operation of the dial button is transmitted. Since the numerical value input by the dial button is expressed as a specific figure, it is possible to detect a dialing error at a speed faster than the recognition speed of the numerical value.

In the invention of claim 4, when the telephone number is input by the dial button, the graph information corresponding to each number of the telephone number is selected from the conversion table based on the telephone number input by the dial button, The display graph is displayed by the display means and the telephone number corresponding to the operation of the dial button is transmitted. Since the numerical value input with the dial buttons is expressed as a specific graph, it is possible to detect a dial error at a speed faster than the speed at which the numerical value is recognized.

[0014]

1 is a block diagram of a dial input device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a dial button 100 is a ten-key pad and a function key, which are used to input a telephone number. The display means 101 has a display portion such as a color liquid crystal or a light emitting diode capable of expressing a predetermined color, and displays a telephone number input from the dial button 100 by converting each number into color information. Alternatively, either one that is converted into a figure (pictogram) is displayed, or one that creates and displays a graph based on the numeric string of telephone numbers is used. The control means 102 displays each number of the telephone number input from the dial button 101,
A graphic including a color or pictogram or a graph such as a bar graph is converted, and the display means 101 is driven and displayed, and at the same time, a telephone number is sent to the communication control means 103. Reference numeral 103 denotes a communication control unit as a communication control device, which is connected to a communication line and sends out the telephone number sent from the control unit 102 to the telephone line.

In the present embodiment, the control means 102 associates each number of the telephone number with a color, a figure or a graph, and a conversion table for associating the color, the figure or the graph corresponding to the number on the numeric keypad of the dial in a one-to-one correspondence. 3 or FIG. 6).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the dial input device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, the dial buttons 100, display means 101, control means 102, and communication control means 103 are not different from those in the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the memory 104 is provided in addition to them. The memory 104 has a conversion table (see FIG. 3 or FIG. 6) in which each number of a telephone number is associated with a color, a figure, or a graph, and a color, a figure, or a graph corresponding to the number on the numeric keypad of the dial is associated one-to-one. is doing.

FIG. 3 is a color conversion table 20 used in the dial input devices according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.
Is an explanatory view of an embodiment of the color display unit 30 used in the dial input devices of the first and second embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a color used in the dial input devices of the first and second embodiments of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing of the other embodiment of the display part 40.

In FIG. 3, this color conversion table 20 is used.
Assigns a color to each number of the telephone number, and one-to-one associates a color corresponding to the number on the numeric keypad of the dial. Therefore, when the numeric keypad “1” is operated, “brown” is lit on the digit, and when “2” is operated, “red” is lit on the digit. As for this lighting, when the next digit number is sequentially input, the number of colors sequentially lighting from the left display window increases.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a display mode in which, as the display means 101, for example, a color display section 30 in which fifteen light emitting diodes each having a circular display plane and capable of multicolor display are arranged. When the first digit of the telephone number is input from the dial button 101, the control means 102
The color to be displayed is obtained from the color conversion table 20 of FIG. 3 stored in the memory 104, and the light emitting diode in the leftmost digit is turned on in the corresponding color. When the next number of the telephone number is input, the second light emitting diode is turned on in the same manner. This is repeated until the input of the telephone number is completed. Figure 4
Shows an example of a display at the end of the input of the telephone number "0987561234".

In this embodiment, when the inputted telephone number exceeds 15 digits, the display position of each digit is shifted one by one to the left, and the last inputted numeral is converted into color. You can also display what you have done on the far right.

Further, the display unit 30 shown in FIG. 4 may be a color liquid crystal. Display unit 3 using such a color liquid crystal
15 round windows are formed in 0, and the telephone number is "0987".
The same applies to the case where the display state is displayed when "561234" is input.

FIG. 5 shows a display section 40 when a liquid crystal display capable of color display is used as the display means 101. The first digit of the telephone number, that is, Fig. 5
In this case, when "0" is input from the dial button 100, the control means 102 displays the number on the display means 101 and the color conversion table 20 of FIG. 3 stored in the memory 104. The color information corresponding to the numeral is obtained, and the area above the portion where the numeral is displayed is colored with that color, and in the case of FIG. 5, it is colored light blue. Then, when the next telephone number, that is, “9” in the case of FIG. 5, is input, the same number is displayed on the right side of the previously displayed portion and based on the color conversion table 20. The color to be obtained is determined, and the area above the displayed number, that is, the area shown as white in FIG. 5, is colored with that color. After that, the same operation is performed for the telephone number that is subsequently input. Note that FIG. 5 shows the display state of the display when the input of the telephone number “0987561234” is completed.

As described above, the display units 30 and 40 of this embodiment
In order to prevent the operator from erroneously recognizing the color, increase the number of colors that sequentially light up from the left display window and increase the number of display digits from the left. ing.

FIG. 6 is a graphic conversion table 50 used in the dial input devices of the first and second embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 7 is used in the dial input devices of the first and second embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of the graphic display unit 60, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment of the graphic display unit 70 used in the dial input devices of the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

In FIG. 6, the graphic conversion table 50 of the present embodiment corresponds to each figure of a telephone number with a graphic including a pictogram, and the graphic conversion table 50 is stored in the memory 1.
It is stored in 04.

In FIG. 7, the display means 101 of the present embodiment.
For example, the display unit 60 in the case of using a liquid crystal display capable of displaying a graphic including a simple pictogram is shown. When the first number of the telephone number, that is, “0” in the case of FIG. 7, is input from the dial button 100, the control unit 102 first displays the number on the display unit 60 (not shown) of the display unit 101 and inputs it. The figure to be displayed is obtained from the figure conversion table 50 stored in the memory 104 on the basis of the digitized numbers, and the figure is displayed on the leftmost side of the display means 101. Subsequently, when the next telephone number, that is, “9” in the case of FIG. 7, is input, similarly, a figure to be displayed is obtained based on the conversion table 50, and the display means 1 is displayed.
The graphic is displayed to the right of the area displayed before 01.
After that, the same operation is performed for the telephone number that is subsequently input. In the case of FIG. 7, the telephone number “09875612
34 shows an example of a display at the end of inputting 34 ″.

In FIG. 8, the display means 101 of the present embodiment.
For example, the display unit 70 including a liquid crystal display capable of displaying a graph such as a bar graph is used. A straight line as the X axis of the bar graph is displayed on the display unit 70 in advance. When the first digit of the telephone number, that is, “0” in the case of FIG. 8, is input from the dial button 100, the control unit 102 displays the input number.
It is displayed at the lower left of 1, that is, in the part written as "0" in FIG. 8, and the bar of the bar graph based on the size of the number is displayed at the upper part of the display. Since the number is "0" in this embodiment, it is not necessary to actually display it in the bar graph, but in order to show that the telephone number has been input, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. A bar shall be displayed below the X-axis displayed in. Then, when the next number of the telephone number, that is, “9” in the case of FIG. 8, is input from the dial button 100, the same input number,
A bar of a bar graph based on the number, that is, a bar having a height of “9” in the case of FIG. 8 is displayed on the right side of the previously displayed portion of the display unit 101. After that, the same operation is performed for the telephone number that is subsequently input. Note that FIG. 8 shows an example of a display at the end of the input of the telephone number “0987561234”.

The display units 30, 40 and the display unit 60,
70 can be used for the display means 101 of 1st Example and 2nd Example.

As described above, the dial input device according to the present embodiment has the dial button 100 for inputting a telephone number, the color conversion table 20 in which each color of the telephone number is associated with different color information, and A predetermined display color is selected from the color conversion table 20 corresponding to the telephone number input by the dial button 100, and the dial button 100 is selected.
Control means 102 for transmitting a telephone number according to the operation of
The display means 101 for displaying the display color selected by the control means 102 is provided, which can be the embodiment of claim 1.

Therefore, when the telephone number is input by the dial button 100, the color information corresponding to each number of the telephone number is selected from the color conversion table 20 based on the telephone number input by the dial button 100, and the display thereof is performed. The color is displayed on the display unit 101, and the telephone number corresponding to the operation of the dial button 100 is transmitted. Dial button 100
Since the numerical value to be input in is expressed as a specific color, it is possible to detect a dial error at a speed faster than the speed at which the numerical value is recognized.

The dial input device according to the present embodiment is also provided with a dial button 100 for inputting the above-mentioned telephone number.
Is a dial button 100 having a corresponding color based on the correspondence between the numbers and colors of the telephone number.
Can be used as an example. In particular, in this type of embodiment, the dial button 100 is made to have a corresponding color based on the correspondence between the numbers of the telephone number and the colors, so that the meaning of the colors can be easily converted into a numerical value.

The dial input device of this embodiment is
A dial button 100 for inputting a telephone number, a conversion table 50 for a figure in which different figures are associated with respective numbers of the telephone number, and a figure corresponding to the telephone number entered by the dial button 100. Conversion table 5
Select a predetermined display figure from 0 and dial button 100
Control means 102 for transmitting a telephone number according to the operation of
The display means 101 for displaying the display graphic selected by the control means 102 is provided, and this can be the embodiment of claim 3.

Therefore, when the telephone number is input by the dial button 100, the graphic information corresponding to each number of the telephone number is selected from the graphic conversion table 50 based on the telephone number input by the dial button 100 and displayed. The graphic is displayed on the display means 101 and the dial button 10
The telephone number corresponding to the operation of 0 is transmitted. Since the numerical value input by the dial button 100 is expressed as a specific figure, a dial error can be found at a speed faster than the speed at which the numerical value is recognized.

Further, a dial button 100 for inputting a telephone number, and a conversion table for a graph (not shown) in which different graph information is associated with each numeral of the telephone number,
Control means 102 for selecting a predetermined display graph from the conversion table of the graph corresponding to the telephone number input by the dial button 100 and transmitting a telephone number according to the operation of the dial button 100, and the control means 102. The display means 101 for displaying the display graph selected by is provided, which can be the embodiment of claim 4.

Therefore, when the telephone number is input by the dial button 100, the graph information corresponding to each number of the telephone number is selected from the conversion table of the graph based on the telephone number input by the dial button 100, and the displayed graph is displayed. Is displayed on the display means 101 and the dial button 1
The telephone number corresponding to the operation of 00 is transmitted. Since the numerical value input by the dial button 100 is expressed as a specific graph, the dial error can be detected at a speed faster than the speed at which the numerical value is recognized.

By the way, in the above-mentioned embodiment, each number button of the dial button 100 is colored in advance based on the color conversion table 20 of FIG. 3 which associates the number of the telephone number with the color by dial input. However, when the present invention is implemented, or a light emitting diode capable of multicolor display is used, the corresponding button may be made to emit light in that color. Alternatively, display graphics can be handled in the same manner. Further, for example, in the dial button 100 including a liquid crystal display capable of multicolor display and a touch panel, the displayed numbers themselves or the background of the numbers can be displayed in a corresponding color.

Further, in the above embodiment, for example,
In the graphic display of FIG. 7 and the graphic display of FIG. 8, the graphic displayed by using the color conversion table 20 of FIG. 3 using the liquid crystal display capable of multicolor display used in FIG. Can be colored according to its type, or the bars of the bar graph can be colored according to the height to make the display easier to understand.

In the dial input, such as the one-touch dial function, in which the telephone number of the other party can be registered in advance,
The display method of the present invention can also be used when displaying the registered telephone number.

[0041]

As described above, according to the dial input device of the present invention of claim 1, claim 3 and claim 4, the dial button for inputting the telephone number and the respective numbers of the telephone number are different. A conversion table in which different colors, figures, and graph information are associated with each other, and a predetermined display color from the conversion table corresponding to the telephone number input by the dial button,
A control means for selecting a display figure and a display graph and transmitting a telephone number according to the operation of a dial button, and a display means for displaying the display color, the display figure and the display graph selected by the control means Is.

Therefore, when the telephone number is input by the dial button, the color, figure, and graph information corresponding to each number of the telephone number is selected from the conversion table based on the telephone number input by the dial button, and the display color is selected. , The display figure and the display graph are displayed by the display means, the telephone number corresponding to the operation of the dial button is sent out, and the numerical value input by the dial button is expressed as a specific color, figure, or graph. It is possible to detect a dialing error at a speed faster than the recognition speed of, and it is also possible to visually recognize the telephone number of the communication partner during a call, so that the probability of finding a dialing error can be increased. Since the input telephone number is replaced with visual information such as colors, figures, and graphs by a simple means, it is possible to easily confirm whether the input telephone number is correct. In particular, the one using color information has a strong appeal to the human visual sense, so that the probability of finding the dial error can be increased.

According to the dial input device of the second aspect of the present invention, the dial buttons for inputting the telephone numbers according to the first aspect correspond to the dial buttons corresponding to the numbers and colors of the telephone numbers. It becomes easy to convert the meaning of a color into a numerical value.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a dial input device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a dial input device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a color conversion table used in the dial input devices of the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of a color display unit used in the dial input devices of the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment of the color display unit used in the dial input device according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a graphic conversion table used in the dial input devices of the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of an embodiment of a graphic display unit used in the dial input device according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of another embodiment of the graphic display unit used in the dial input device according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 20 color conversion table 30, 40 display section 50 graphic conversion table 60, 70 display section 100 dial button 101 display means 102 control means 103 communication control means 104 memory

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A dial button for inputting a telephone number, a conversion table in which different color information is associated with each numeral of the telephone number, and the conversion corresponding to the telephone number input by the dial button. A dial comprising: a control means for selecting a predetermined display color from the table and transmitting a telephone number according to the operation of a dial button; and a display means for displaying the display color selected by the control means. Input device. 2. The dial button for each number for inputting the telephone number has a corresponding color based on the correspondence between the number and the color of the telephone number.
Dial input device described in. 3. A dial button for inputting a telephone number, a conversion table in which each figure of the telephone number is associated with different graphic information, and the conversion corresponding to the telephone number input by the dial button. A dial comprising: a control means for selecting a predetermined display figure from the table and transmitting a telephone number according to the operation of a dial button; and a display means for displaying the display figure selected by the control means. Input device. 4. A dial button for inputting a telephone number, a conversion table in which each of the numbers of the telephone number is associated with different graph information, and the conversion corresponding to the telephone number input by the dial button. A dial comprising: a control means for selecting a predetermined display graph from the table and sending out a telephone number according to the operation of a dial button; and a display means for displaying the display graph selected by the control means. Input device.