JPH07177215A - Telephone call device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a telephone call device which eliminates the limitation of the number of indication buttons or specified two-digit numbers for automatic calling and enables a user to automatically call a desired called subscriber according to the calling frequency of the called subscriber by users without the increase in device size and the decrease in device operability. CONSTITUTION:When an abbreviated or one easy step dial number is registered in an abbreviated dial number registration part 18 or one easy step dial number registration part 19, the abbreviated or one easy step dial telephone number of the called subscriber and information on the called subscriber corresponding to the number are inputted from an input part 11 after information on the user is inputted through a card reader 21 or by operating numeric key of the input part 11. Then abbreviated dial or one easy step dial numbers are registered by users, so even when the number of set abbreviated or one easy step dial numbers is small, they can individually be set corresponding to use frequencies by users.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention, like a speed dial or a one-touch dial, presses an individual instruction button or designates an individual two-digit number to store the stored telephone number and destination of the called party. The present invention relates to a telephone communication device such as a key telephone or a facsimile device capable of automatically reading out the call destination by associating the individual information with each other.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a telephone apparatus such as a button telephone or a facsimile apparatus having a function of communicating with another telephone or a facsimile apparatus via an external line, a predetermined button is provided in order to improve its operability. There is an increasing number of communication devices equipped with a speed dial or a one-touch dial that can automatically call a desired call destination to talk by simply pressing the key or inputting a number of about two digits.

[0003]

By the way, when a plurality of users share a communication device, the call frequency for each call destination often greatly differs depending on the users. Therefore, in order to satisfy many users' requests for registration of speed dials or one-touch dials, the number of buttons for speed dials or one-touch dials must be increased, and accordingly the operation panel area must be increased. In addition, not only does the communication device increase in size, but when the number of buttons to be operated increases, it takes time to find a target button and the operability deteriorates. In order to prevent speed dial or one-touch dial registration from being biased toward settings for a specific user, the above-mentioned problem should be considered when assigning speed dial or one-touch dial registration to each user. The points become more prominent. Also, when updating and registering information such as telephone numbers registered in speed dial or one-touch dialing, what speed number or what one-touch calling button is frequently used for the phone number registered? It is decided to rely on the memory of the user to update the information registered in the abbreviated number or the one-touch call button that is not used frequently, so it happened to be used less recently, but in reality it is used. Information that was registered to the abbreviated number or the one-touch calling button that was not frequently used was sometimes accidentally deleted. The present invention has been made to solve the above problems in the prior art, and even if the number of the indicator buttons for automatic call or the designated two-digit number is limited, the number is limited. Automatic call to the call destination that the user wants to call according to the call frequency of the call destination for each user without increasing the size of the device or reducing the operability of the device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication device capable of

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention inputs by input means for inputting telephone numbers of specific call destinations and call destination information corresponding to those numbers. The storage means for storing a predetermined number of the telephone numbers of the call destinations and the information of the call destinations are stored in the storage means by pressing an individual instruction button or designating an individual two-digit number. In accordance with the stored telephone number of the called party and the stored information of the called party, and instructing means for individually reading out, and according to the telephone number of the called party instructed by the instructing means. It has a calling means for automatically calling the call destination and a user designating means for designating a user who uses the communication device, and the storage means, for each user designated by the user designating means, And the instruction button or the The telephone number of the call destination and the information of the call destination are stored in association with a digit number, and after the user is designated by the user designation means, the instruction button is pressed or the two When a digit number is designated, the instructing means displays the telephone number of the callee and the information of the callee stored in association with the user and the instruction button or the two-digit number. An instruction is given to individually read from the storage means.

[0005]

[Operation] After the user is designated by the user designation means,
When a predetermined number of telephone numbers of the callees and the information of the callees are input by the input means, the storage means stores, for each user designated by the user designation means, individual instruction buttons or individual The telephone number of the call destination and the information of the call destination are stored in association with the two-digit number. After that, when the user is designated by the user designating means and then the instruction button is pressed, or when a two-digit number is designated, the indicating means is associated with the user and the instruction button or the two-digit number. The telephone number of the call destination and the information of the call destination stored and stored are individually instructed to be read from the storage means. The calling means automatically calls the call destination according to the telephone number of the call destination specified by the instruction means.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram according to a first embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a facsimile machine. In the figure,
Reference numeral 1 is a main body of a facsimile device, 10 is a reading unit for reading a facsimile document, 11 is an input unit for registering telephone numbers such as speed dials and one-touch dials, and for registering names of corresponding call destinations. There are numeric keys to be input at that time, function keys for selecting functions, speed dial keys, one-touch dial keys, and the like. Reference numeral 12 is a display unit for displaying the telephone numbers and facsimile numbers and the names of call destinations corresponding to those numbers, 13 is a printing unit for printing the received facsimile information in the form of a document, and 14 is the facsimile apparatus main body 1. A network control unit for connecting to another facsimile machine 16 via the external line 15.
Further, 17 is a main control unit for controlling each component of the facsimile apparatus main body 1, and 18 is a shortening for storing and storing the telephone numbers of the speed dials and the names of call destinations corresponding to those numbers. A dial registration unit, 19 is a one-touch dial registration unit for storing and storing telephone numbers of one-touch dials and names of call destinations corresponding to those numbers, and 20 is a function for transmitting received facsimile information or memory. A storage unit 21 is a card reader for reading a magnetic card such as an employee ID card in order to temporarily store and store facsimile information when used and transmitted. Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described. When the user makes a facsimile transmission from the facsimile apparatus main body 1, if the user operates the numeric keys of the input unit 11 to input a pre-assigned personal number or the card reader 21 reads the magnetic card of the user, The main control unit 17 is the input unit 1
The input information from the numeral key 1 or the card reader 21 is analyzed, and the telephone numbers of the call destinations of the speed dial and the one-touch dial, which are registered in advance in association with the user who input the input information, and those. The information of the call destination corresponding to the number is read and assigned to the corresponding speed dial and one-touch dial, respectively. Therefore, even if the number of speed dials and one-touch dials is limited, register the telephone number of the call destination that is frequently used for each user as the call destination of the speed dials and one-touch dials and make an automatic dial call. Therefore, the usability of the speed dial and the one-touch dial can be dramatically improved. Figure 2 shows the transmission of facsimile information
It is a flow chart of registration information update processing. The operation of the embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIG. First, whether the personal (ID) number assigned to the user has been input by operating the number keys of the input unit 11 or whether the magnetic card of the user has been read by the card reader 21 by the reading operation of the user. Is determined (S-1), and if the result is Yes, it is determined whether or not the speed dial and one-touch dial (hereinafter collectively referred to as automatic dial) change buttons have been pressed (S-). 2). Judgment result is No
If so, it moves to step S-3, and it is judged whether or not the automatic dialing is made (S-3). If the determination result is No, that is, if the user manually operates the number keys of the input unit 11 to input the telephone number, it is determined whether or not the telephone number of the call destination is operated and input. (S-4) If the result is Yes, the called party of the entered telephone number is called (S-5) and the facsimile information is sent (S-6), as in normal facsimile transmission. When finished, the connection with the external line is cut off (S-7).

If the result of the determination in step S-3 is Yes, the process proceeds to step S-8, in which the ID number is entered or the automatic dialing destination associated with the user who has read the magnetic card is selected. The telephone numbers and the call destination information corresponding to these numbers are read from the speed dial registration unit 18 and the one-touch dial registration unit 19 and assigned to the corresponding operation buttons. Next, it is determined whether or not the operation button of the automatic dial is pressed (S-9). If the result is Yes, the call destination of the telephone number assigned to the pressed operation button is called, and Display 1
2, the automatic dial information is displayed (S-10), and when the facsimile information is completely transmitted (S-11), it is determined whether the connection with the external line is cut off (S-12).
If the result is Yes, the telephone numbers of the call destinations assigned to the operation buttons of the automatic dial and the information of the call destinations corresponding to those numbers are returned to the initial state (S-13).
It should be noted that FIG. 4 shows a display example displayed on the display unit 12. The main control unit 17 determines the number of calls for each call of the call destination called as the destination of the facsimile information, and
Since the counting is performed for each user, this count value is incremented when the information of the call destination of the automatic dial is returned to the initial state. On the other hand, if the determination result in step S-2 is Yes, that is, if the automatic dial information is changed, step S-
The routine 14 for automatic dial information change processing is executed. In this process, the value obtained by the main control unit 17 counting the number of calls for each automatic dialing destination of the user is read and registered in the speed dial registration unit 18 or the one-touch dial registration unit 19. The telephone numbers of the calling destinations and the information of the calling destinations corresponding to these numbers are displayed on the display unit 12 for the called destinations in ascending order of the count value. The user looks at the displayed auto-dial information, determines whether or not the information of the calling party can be deleted from the registration, and if it can be deleted,
By operating the number keys or the like of the input unit 11 to input the information of the calling destination to be newly registered, the information of the calling destination displayed on the display unit 12 is deleted from the registration, and the information of the calling destination to be newly registered is displayed. Update information and register. After confirming in step S-15 whether or not the update registration is permitted, the update registration is executed (S-1).
6). In this embodiment, the information of the user who operates the facsimile apparatus can be input by inputting the personal number by operating the numeric keys of the input unit 11 or by reading the magnetic card by the card reader 21. Instead of the machine 21, a bar code reader may be provided, and the bar code reader may read the bar code printed on a card or the like and representing the personal information of the user.

Next, a second embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a telephone having an automatic dial function will be described. Figure 3
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a telephone according to a second embodiment. In the figure, 22 is a circuit for interrupting a fault current from an external line,
A line protection circuit for preventing a fault current from flowing out of the telephone to an external line, 23 is a ring bell for emitting a ring tone, 24
Is a line interface (I / F) with an external line,
Reference numeral 25 is a power source, 26 is a voice circuit, 27 is an amplifier for amplifying a voice signal, 28 is a speaker that expands and outputs a ring tone or received voice, 29 is a handset, 30 is a dialer that issues a call signal to an external line, 31 Is a push button for inputting the telephone numbers of the call destinations and the information of the call destinations corresponding to these numbers. In addition, the parts which can be regarded as the same as those in the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and primed, and the description thereof will be omitted.
In this embodiment, the reading unit 10 and the printing unit 1 in the first embodiment are used.
3, the structure and operation are the same as those of the first embodiment except that the recording unit 20 and the card reader 21 are not provided. Therefore, in this embodiment, the information of the user who operates the telephone is input only by the operation of inputting the ID number by the operation of the push button 31.

[0009]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the telephone number of the call destination and the call number are called for each designated user and in association with the instruction button or the two-digit number. When the instruction button is pressed or the two-digit number is designated after the previous information is stored and the user is designated, the user and the instruction button or the two-digit number are handled. The telephone number of the call destination and the information of the call destination that are attached and stored are individually read by the instruction means,
Since the call destination is automatically called, in order to call the call destination automatically, the call destination telephone that is stored in association with the instruction button to be pressed or the specified two-digit number is stored. Even if the number is different for each user, since the telephone number of the call destination designated by pressing the instruction button or designating the two-digit number is stored for each designated user, the instruction to be depressed Even if the number of buttons or two-digit numbers specified is limited, the number of buttons is not limited, and the device does not become large or the operability of the device is deteriorated. The user can register the call destination according to the call frequency of each call destination and automatically call the call destination to be called. According to the invention of claim 2,
Each time a call destination telephone number and call destination information are associated with each other and an instruction is issued to read them individually, the frequency is associated with the user and the call destination telephone number and counted respectively. , When the replacement of the telephone number of the call destination and the information of the call destination is instructed, the count value counted in association with the user and the telephone number of the call destination is checked, and the call is issued in ascending order of the count value. Since the telephone number of the call destination and the information of the call destination are transmitted to the display means, the frequency of use when updating and registering the telephone number of the call destination and the information of the call destination stored in the storage means Since the telephone number of the call destination and the information of the call destination are displayed, it is possible to prevent the telephone number and the information of the call destination that are not frequently used from being accidentally deleted.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

[Figure 2] Flowchart of facsimile information transmission / registration information update processing

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a telephone according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example displayed on a display unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Facsimile device main body 11 Input section 12, 12 'Display section 17, 17' Main control section 18, 18 'Speed dial registration section 19, 19' One-touch dial registration section 21 Card reader 31 Push button

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Telephone numbers of specific call destinations, input means for inputting call destination information corresponding to those numbers, and a predetermined number of the call destinations input by the input means. A storage unit that stores a telephone number and information of the call destination in association with each other, and a telephone of the call destination stored in the storage unit by pressing an individual instruction button or designating an individual two-digit number Instructing means for associating a number with the information of the call destination and individually instructing reading, and a call for automatically calling the call destination according to the telephone number of the call destination instructed by the instruction means In a communication device including means, there is provided a user designating device for designating a user who uses the communication device, and the storage device is for each user designated by the user designating device, and the instruction button. Or, in the two-digit number The telephone number of the call destination and the information of the call destination are stored in association with each other, and after the user is designated by the user designation means, the instruction button is pressed,
Alternatively, when the two-digit number is designated, the instructing means causes the user and the instruction button or the telephone number of the callee stored in association with the two-digit number and the call. A telephone device which gives an instruction to individually read the above information from the storage means. 2. The telephone number of the call destination and the information of the call destination stored in the storage means are replaced with the new telephone number of the call destination and the information of the call destination input by the input means. Stored information updating means for storing, display means for displaying the telephone number of the call destination and information of the call destination, and instruction means for associating the telephone number of the call destination and the information of the call destination. , Each time an instruction is given to read out individually, the frequency is associated with the user and the telephone number of the calling destination,
When the replacement of the calling destination telephone number and the calling destination information by the counting means for counting and the stored information updating means is instructed, the counting means sets the telephone number of the user and the calling destination. It has a low-use frequency callee determination means for checking the count value associated and counting, and outputting the telephone number of the callee and the information of the callee to the display means in ascending order of the count value. The communication device according to claim 1, wherein: