JPH07162498A - Telephone equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To cancel the hard-to-understand control by using a dial key as a one operation key and registering many one operation dials. CONSTITUTION:A one operation mode control means 9 capable of mechanically switching the positions of turning on and off is provided. When a mode is turned on, a control means executes the output control of an originating sound according to the figure or code of. the key when the short depression of a dial key 8 is performed by the 1st system. When the long depression of the dial key 8 is performed by the 2nd system, the telephone number registered in a memory means 20 is read out corresponding to the controlled key and the originating control of the telephone number is performed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone device known as a home telephone, a mobile telephone, an analog or digital cellular telephone and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, telephone devices have been equipped with various functions, and in particular, speed dials and one-touch dials are provided as functions for simplifying dial operation.
The speed dial is registered by registering the phone number corresponding to the code number of, for example, 2 to 3 digits, and then pressing the code number registered after pressing the speed mode button when making a call. The phone number is read and sent.

Further, the one-touch dial further simplifies dial operation. For example, about one to three keys are provided as one-touch dial keys, and a telephone number can be registered in correspondence with each key. . Then, when making a call to the telephone number registered corresponding to a certain one-touch dial key, it is sufficient to press the key once. Therefore, it is very convenient to register the telephone number of the person who frequently makes a call in correspondence with the one-touch dial key.

[0004]

By the way, since the one-touch dial keys are usually provided as dedicated keys, it is not preferable to provide too many keys especially for portable or small-sized telephone devices, and at most about 3 to 5 keys are provided. Key is provided so that 3 to 5 types of dial numbers can be registered.

Therefore, the telephone numbers that can be called (that is, can be registered) by using the one-touch dialing function, which has the best operability, are limited to 3 to 5 types, and other telephone numbers can be registered, for example, by the above-mentioned speed dial. Functions are being covered.

However, there is a demand to increase the number of telephone numbers that can be registered by one-touch dialing. Therefore, it is conceivable that the dial key (numeric keypad) is also used as a one-touch dialing key so that about one-touch dialing registration can be performed. It was being done.

In this dual use, a mode switching key is provided so that the internal controller (microcomputer) switches between the one-push dial operation mode and the normal mode each time the mode switching key is pressed. . Then, while the user presses the mode switching key to enter the one-push dial operation mode, the dial keys (1-
When the number key 0) is pressed, the dial key is recognized as a one-touch dial operation and the one-touch dial operation is executed.

However, the current state of the mode inside the controller is difficult for the user to understand, and when the dial key is pressed because the user thinks it is the normal mode, the registered telephone number may be mistakenly transmitted. Also, if you want to use it in the normal mode and it is in the one-touch dial operation mode, you have to press the mode switch key once to switch to the normal mode, which makes the operation complicated and difficult to understand. It was happening.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and allows a dial key (such as a numeric keypad) to be used also as a one-touch dial key to enable a large number of one-touch dial registrations. , The purpose is not to make the operation difficult to understand.

One-touch mode operating means provided on the housing so as to be able to perform switching operation at least between the mode-on position and the mode-off position, and a dial key consisting of a plurality of keys corresponding to numbers or symbols, When the memory means capable of registering and holding a dial number corresponding to each key of the dial keys and the one-touch mode operation means are set to the mode on position, the dial keys are operated by the first method. When the dial key is pressed, the output operation control of the dial tone according to the number or symbol of the operated key is executed, and the dial key
Control means for reading out the dial number registered in the memory means corresponding to the operated key and executing the transmission operation control of the dial number And are provided to configure the telephone device.

Here, the control means is configured to distinguish between the operation of the first method and the operation of the second method for the dial key by the duration of the pressing operation on the key.

[0012]

[Function] When the dial key and the one-touch dial key are used in combination, a mechanical switch (for example, a slide switch or a rotary switch) is used as an operation means for switching the one-touch mode ON / OFF, and the user can change the state depending on the state of the switch. The mode status can be easily recognized.
In addition, in the one-touch mode, the dial key operation method is used to distinguish between normal dial operation and one-touch dial operation, that is, by allowing normal dial operation even in the one-touch mode, mode switching can be performed. No operation is required.

Here, if the operation method is distinguished by the operation duration of the key, the operation can be most easily understood. For example, if the key is continuously pressed for 1 second or longer (long press), the one-touch operation is performed, and if it is 1 second or less (short press), the normal dial operation is performed.

With this configuration, a user who does not need the one-touch dial function may always keep the one-touch mode operating means provided on the outer surface of the housing at the mode-off position, and a user who needs the one-touch dial function may use the one-touch mode operating means. Is always in the mode-on position, and the operation of long-pressing the key and short-pressing the key can be selectively used, and the opportunity for the mode switching operation is greatly reduced.

[0015]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the telephone device of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is an external view of the telephone device 1, 2 is a speaker unit, and 3 is a microphone unit. A liquid crystal display unit 4 displays a dial number to be transmitted and various mode states.

Reference numeral 5 is a send key, 6 is an end key, and 7 is various operation keys. For example, a speed dial operation key, a phone number registration operation key for speed dial and one-touch dial described later, a redial operation key, and a hold operation. Keys etc. are provided.

Reference numeral 8 indicates a dial key, which is "1" to "0".
Numerical keys and symbols "*" and "#" are provided. Reference numeral 9 denotes, for example, a mode operation unit provided on the side surface of the housing, and the user can switch the one-touch mode on / off by sliding the knob between the on position and the off position.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the main part of the telephone device 1. 1
Reference numeral 0 is an antenna, and 11 is an antenna changeover switch, which switches between an operation of supplying a reception radio wave to the reception system 12 and an operation of supplying a transmission signal from the transmission system 13 to the antenna 10 side.

The reception system 12 mixes the received signal with a predetermined frequency signal from the local oscillator 14 to generate an intermediate frequency signal (eg, a first IF, a second IF) and supplies it to the audio signal processor 15. . The audio signal processing unit 15 performs demodulation processing, de-emphasis processing, amplification processing and the like on the intermediate frequency signal, supplies it as an audio signal to the speaker unit 2 via the amplifier 16, and outputs it as received audio.

The audio signal input from the microphone unit 3 is supplied to the audio signal processing unit 15 via the amplifier 17 and, after being subjected to filter processing, pre-emphasis processing, limiter processing, etc., is transmitted as a transmission signal. 13 is supplied. In the transmission system 13, the transmission signal is modulated by the carrier frequency from the local oscillator unit 14, and the antenna switch unit 11
Is supplied to the antenna 10 via.

Reference numeral 18 is a digital signal processing unit, and 19 is a control unit composed of, for example, a microcomputer. When the dial key 8 is pressed, tone sounds corresponding to the keys (numerical keys and symbol keys) are transmitted, but the control unit 19 causes the digital signal processing unit 18 to generate these tone sounds. The signal is supplied to the transmission system 13 via the audio signal processing unit 15 and transmitted.

Reference numeral 20 denotes a memory for storing a telephone number registered as a one-touch dial or a speed dial, which stores the telephone number input by the control unit 19 when a predetermined registration operation is performed. The memory 20 is D-
RAM, S-RAM or the like may be used, but it is preferable to use a backup means so that the registered contents are not erased when the power is cut off, or a non-volatile RAM, EEPROM or the like.

Reference numeral 21 is an LCD driver, which is a control unit 19.
The display operation of the liquid crystal display unit 4 is executed in response to the display data supplied from. The mode operation unit 9 shown in FIG. 1 is turned on / off by the control unit 19 as shown in FIG.
The off-state is detected.

In this embodiment, the dedicated key is not provided for the one-touch dial operation, and the dial key 8 is also used as the one-touch dial key.
This is to register individual phone numbers so that one-touch calls can be made.

Therefore, the user performs a necessary telephone number registration operation corresponding to each key of the dial key 8 and stores it in the memory 20. When the registration is performed in this way and the one-touch operation is to be used, the mode operation unit 9 may be turned on in advance. A user who does not use the one-touch dial function may turn off the mode operation unit 9. That is, when the mode operation unit 9 is off, the dial key 8 is not used also as a one-touch dial key.

The processing of the control unit 19 in response to the operation of the dial key 8 for performing such a dual function will be described with reference to FIG. When the dial key 8 is operated, the process proceeds from step F101 to F102, and it is determined whether the one-touch mode is turned on at that time. That is, it is determined whether the position of the mode operation unit 9 is the on position or the off position.

If the one-touch mode is off, the dial key 8 is not used also as the one-touch dial key, so that the process proceeds to step F104 to control the output of the tone sound corresponding to the operated number or symbol.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step F102 that the one-touch mode is on, the operation continuation time is determined. For example, when the numeric key "5" is pressed, the time count is performed inside the control unit 19 from the start to the end of the press, and the counted time is 1 second or more or less than 1 second. Determine what was there.

In normal dial operation, the user makes one
It is generally said that one key is pressed for less than 1 second, but when the one-touch mode is on, the user intends to perform normal dial operation when such a short press for less than 1 second. If so, the process proceeds to step F104, and output control of a tone sound corresponding to, for example, "5" is performed.

When it is determined in step F103 that the pressing duration time is 1 second or more, the process proceeds to step F105, and the telephone registered in the memory 20 corresponding to the operated key (eg, "5"). Read the number. Then, control is performed so that the tone sound of each digit in the read telephone number is sequentially output (F106). That is, one-touch dial operation control is performed.

In such a telephone device of this embodiment, when the user wants to use the one-touch dial function, the mode operating section 9 is turned on, and in this state, the dial key 8 may be used as a normal dial operation. You can
It can also be used as a one-touch dial key. That is, it is not necessary to confirm and operate the mode each time a call is made, and the desired operation can be performed by simply pressing the dial key 8 for a long time or a short time (normal key press operation). Is a short-press operation, so the user only has to consciously hold the key for a long time only when he / she wants to perform the one-touch dialing).

Thus, even if the dial key is also used as the one-touch dial key, the operation is simple and easy to understand, and the number of one-touch dial registrations is increased, so that the one-touch dial function is used more effectively. Will be able to. Also,
Users who do not use the one-touch dial function,
It suffices if the mode operation unit 9 is turned off. In this state, the dial key 8 functions only as a dial key regardless of the operation duration time, and there is no confusion.

Further, the current one-touch mode is turned on / off.
Since the off state can be recognized at a glance from the position of the knob of the mode operation unit 9, there is no need to get lost or to perform an unnecessary switching operation when checking or switching the current mode. Further, if the mode state required by the user does not change, it is almost unnecessary to operate the mode operation unit 9, and the operation of the mode operation unit 9 does not become complicated. For example, if the user who uses the one-touch dial function very often sets the mode operation unit 9 to the ON state at the time of starting the use of the telephone device, the operation becomes almost unnecessary thereafter.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made. For example, the mode operation unit 9 may be in the form of a rotary knob. Further, when the one-touch mode is off, it is assumed that the normal dial operation is performed without being limited to the short press / long press of the dial key.
It may also be used as another operation such as transmission of a TMF signal. Of course, the short press / long press can be set variously in addition to 1 second as the boundary time.

[0035]

As described above, the telephone device of the present invention doubles as a dial key and a one-touch dial key, so that the number of one-touch dial registrations can be increased without providing a large number of dedicated keys, and the one-touch dial function can be achieved. In addition to realizing effective use of the one-touch mode, the one-touch mode operation means for switching the one-touch mode on / off is a mechanical switch, and in the one-touch mode, for example, a dial key operation method such as short press and long press. By distinguishing between normal dial operation and one-touch dial operation, it is easy to check the current mode, and the mode switching operation by the one-touch mode operation means is the minimum necessary and the mode operation becomes complicated. In addition, one-touch dial operation and normal dial operation Only method also becomes easy to understand thing,
There is an effect that the telephone device can be made extremely easy to operate and use.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a telephone device embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a main part of the telephone device of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a process corresponding to a dial key of a control unit of the telephone device of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone device 2 Speaker part 3 Microphone part 4 Liquid crystal display part 8 Dial key 9 Mode operation part 10 Antenna part 11 Antenna switch 12 Reception system 13 Transmission system 14 Local start part 15 Voice signal processing part 18 Digital signal processing part 19 Control part 20 Memory 21 LCD driver

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A dial key consisting of a plurality of keys corresponding to numbers or symbols, and one-touch mode operation means provided on the housing so as to be capable of performing a switching operation at least in a mode-on position and a mode-off position. A memory means for registering and holding a dial number corresponding to each key of the dial keys; and a first means for the dial keys when the one-touch mode operation means is in a mode-on position. By performing the operation by the method, the output operation control of the dial tone according to the number or the symbol of the operated key is executed, and the operation by the second method is performed on the dial key. , The dial number registered in the memory means corresponding to the operated key is read, and the transmission operation control of the dial number is performed. A telephone device comprising: a control unit configured to be capable of executing; 2. The control means is configured to distinguish between the operation of the first method and the operation of the second method according to a pressing operation duration time for a key. The telephone device described in.