JPH08335971A - Portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a portable telephone set by which a phone call is made to lots of persons who belong to a group without omission with a simple operation. CONSTITUTION: A CPU 11 controls an operation section 6 to store telephone number data, name data and group data in a RAM 7. Moreover, the CPU 11 retrieves the telephone number data and the name data stored in the RAM 7 based on the group data received from the operation section 6 and the retrieved telephone number and the name are displayed on a display device 8. When the operation section 6 is operated to make a call to the retrieved name, the CPU 11 sends a DTMF(dual tone multi frequency) signal to a dial circuit 9 based on the retrieved telephone number data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mobile phone, and more particularly to a mobile phone which stores identification information in addition to a telephone number and a name and retrieves the telephone number and name based on the identification information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A mobile phone has a so-called speed dial function. This speed-dial function uses the name and phone number information of the person who frequently calls, and the address indicating the location where the information is stored (eg, speed-dial number).
When the name or speed dial number is input, the telephone number is searched using the name or speed dial number as a search key.

Specifically, when searching for a telephone number based on the leading portion of the other party's name, when the user inputs the leading portion of the name into the mobile telephone, for example, "sa", the portable telephone will receive the leading portion of the name. Are searched for and the names are displayed one by one on the display unit in order. This allows
The user can find the telephone number that he wants to know.

Further, in the case of searching for a telephone number based on a speed dial number, when the user inputs the speed dial number into the mobile phone, the mobile phone stores the speed dial number at the storage location indicated by the speed dial number, for example. The name and telephone number are displayed on the display unit, and a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number is transmitted.

[0005]

By the way, the user is
If you want to call a large number of people who belong to a certain group, you have to enter the name of each person into the mobile phone and find the desired phone number before making a call, which is very inconvenient. . Alternatively, when a user inputs a speed dial number to make a call, a leak may occur unless the speed dial numbers of all members of the group are remembered.

Therefore, for example, the name of the group is added to the head of the name of a person who belongs to the same group, or the speed dial number input method is devised so that the speed dial numbers of persons who belong to the same group are close to each other. It is possible to do it.

However, when there are many people who belong to a plurality of groups, the user can search the telephone number by the group name by the method of adding the group name to the beginning of the name. It is no longer possible to search for phone numbers, and in the method of making the speed dial numbers of people who belong to the same group close, you must enter the phone numbers and names of all the people in each group. It takes time to input.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and provides, for example, a mobile telephone capable of making a call to a large number of people belonging to a group with simple operation without omission. To aim.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a mobile phone according to the present invention has telephone number and name information and identification information for identifying the group when the information is divided into groups. A storage means for storing, a display means for displaying a telephone number and a name, an operating means for inputting identification information for identifying a group, and a telephone number and a storage means for storing identification information input from the operating means. And a control means for reading the name information and displaying the telephone number and the name on the display means based on the read information.

[0010]

In the present invention, the storage means stores the telephone number and name information and the identification information for identifying the group when the information is divided into groups. The control means reads out the telephone number and name information from the storage means on the basis of the identification information for identifying the group input from the operation means,
The telephone number and name are displayed on the display means based on the read information. Further, the control means transmits a dial signal based on the telephone number information read from the storage means.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a mobile phone according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

A mobile telephone to which the present invention is applied is, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, a microphone 1 for converting a voice into a voice signal.
And a modulation circuit 2 for modulating the audio signal from the microphone 1,
An antenna 3 that transmits the modulated signal from the modulation circuit 2 as a radio wave and receives the radio wave, a demodulation circuit 4 that demodulates the received signal received by the antenna 3, and a voice signal from the demodulation circuit 4 is converted into voice. Speaker 5, telephone number, name,
An operation unit 6 for inputting groups and the like, a RAM 7 for storing information such as a telephone number and a name from the operation unit 6, a display 8 for displaying a telephone number, a name and the like, and a push button dial (Dual Tone Muluti- Frequency: Below "DTM
A dial circuit 9 for transmitting a signal, a ROM 10 in which a program for controlling each circuit described above is stored in advance, and a CPU 11 for controlling each circuit based on the program stored in the ROM 10. Prepare

With this mobile phone, the user
When the telephone line of the other party is input by operating the operation unit 6 and the telephone line is established, the microphone 1 converts the user's voice into an audio signal and supplies the audio signal to the modulation circuit 2.
The modulation circuit 2 modulates the supplied audio signal and supplies the modulated signal to the antenna 3. The antenna 3 transmits the modulated signal as a radio wave. Further, the radio wave corresponding to the voice signal of the telephone partner is received by the antenna 3, and the demodulation circuit 4 demodulates the modulated voice signal from the antenna 3 and supplies it to the speaker 5. The speaker 5 converts a voice signal into voice. As a result, the user can talk with the other party.

Further, this mobile phone can store information such as a telephone number and a name, and identification information for identifying a group when the information is divided into groups, and the operation unit can be used when making a call. The telephone number can be searched based on the identification information input from 6.

The operation of inputting telephone number and name information and identification information for identifying a group when the information is divided into groups will be described with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIG. 2, for example, this portable telephone has the above-mentioned antenna 3 on the upper surface thereof, the above-mentioned speaker 5 on the front surface thereof, the display 8 and the transmission key 6 of the operation section 6.
g, a number key 6a, and a microphone 1 are provided. Also,
A memory key 6d of the operation unit 6, a menu key 6b, a kana / alphabet switching key 6c, an up key 6e, and a down key 6f are provided on the right side surface thereof.

Then, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, when the user operates the number key 6a to input a telephone number in step S1, the CPU 11 causes the telephone number information (hereinafter Phone number data)
Is supplied to the display 8, and the process proceeds to step S2. As a result, the input telephone number is displayed on the display 8 as shown in FIG. 4 (A), for example.

In step S2, the CPU 11 determines whether or not the menu key 6b or the memory key 6d is pressed. When the menu key 6b or the memory key 6d is pressed, the telephone number data from the operation unit 6 is stored in the RAM 7. In addition to storing, if the menu key 6b is pressed, the process proceeds to step S3, and if the memory key 6d is pressed, the process proceeds to step S8. That is, CPU1
1 waits until the menu key 6b or the memory key 6d is pressed.

In step S3, the CPU 11 determines whether or not "6" of the number key 6a is pressed, and then "6".
When is pressed, as shown in FIG. 4B, for example, “name?” Suggesting the input of a name is displayed on the display 8, and the process proceeds to step S4. On the other hand, when a key other than "6" is pressed, the CPU 11 enters an operating state such as a normal telephone call function.

In step S4, when the user operates the number keys 6a to input a name, the CPU 11 supplies the name information (hereinafter referred to as name data) supplied from the operation unit 6 to the display 8. A name corresponding to the name data, for example, “Suzuki K” as shown in FIG.
Is displayed and the process proceeds to step S6. Here, the user
When inputting a name, for example, each time the kana / alphabet switching key 6c is pressed, the CPU 11 switches between the alphabet input state and the katakana input state. CPU11
Displays ">>" on the display 8 in the katakana input state, as shown in FIG. 4 (B), and in the alphabet input state as shown in FIG. 4 (C), for example. ">" Is displayed to notify the user of the input state. Here, as an example of Katakana and alphabets assigned to the number keys 6a, Katakana assignment is shown in Table 1.
Table 2 shows the alphabet assignment.

[0021]

[Table 1]

[0022]

[Table 2]

When the memory key 6d is pressed in step S5, the CPU 11 stores the name data from the operation unit 6 in the RAM 7, and, for example, as shown in FIG.
“Group?” Indicating the input of a group is displayed on the display 8 and the process proceeds to step S6.

In step S6, when the user operates the number key 6a to input the group name, the CPU 11
Supplies to the display 8 identification information (hereinafter referred to as group data) for identifying a group when a telephone number and a name supplied from the operation unit 6 are divided into groups, and a group name corresponding to the group data, for example, FIG. As shown in FIG. 4 (E), "Yakyu" is displayed, and the process proceeds to step S7. Here, when the user wants to input two or more group names, the user inputs one group name and then, for example,
And, as shown in Table 2, by pressing "#" of the number key 6a to perform line feed, another group name is input.

In step S7, when the memory key 6d is pressed, the CPU 11 stores the group data from the operating section 6 in the RAM 7, and proceeds to step S8.

In step S8, when the user operates the number keys 6a to input the speed dial number, the CP
The U 11 stores in the RAM 7 information on the speed dial number supplied from the operation unit 6 (hereinafter referred to as speed dial data). Further, the CPU 11 displays “23” on the display 8 according to the speed dial data, as shown in FIG. 4 (F), for example. Here, the speed dial numbers that can be input are, for example, "01" to "99".

Thus, the RAM 7 stores the speed dial data, the name data, the telephone number data, and the group data at the same address as shown in Table 3, for example.

[0028]

[Table 3]

While inputting the above-mentioned telephone number, etc.,
When the user presses a clear key (not shown), for example, C
The PU 11 releases the operating state at that time and returns to the initial state, for example, the “start” state shown in FIG. Further, the input order of the telephone number, name, group name, and speed dial number is not limited to the above specific example, and the order may be changed.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6, the operation of searching for telephone number data and name data based on group data will be described.

In step S11, the CPU 11
It is determined whether or not the menu key 6b is pressed, and when the menu key 6b is pressed, the process proceeds to step S12. on the other hand,
When any key other than the menu key 6b is pressed, the CPU 11
Becomes an operating state such as a function for making a normal telephone call. That is, the CPU 11 waits until the operation unit 6 is operated.

In step S12, the CPU 11
It is determined whether "6" of the number key 6a is pressed,
When “6” is pressed, for example, as shown in FIG.
“Group?” Which indicates to search by group name is displayed on the display 8 and the process proceeds to step S13. On the other hand, when a key other than “6”, for example, “7” is pressed, C
PU11 searches telephone number data based on name data. That is, the CPU 11 waits until the operation unit 6 is operated.

In step S13, when the user operates the operation unit 6 to input the group name, the CPU 11
A group name corresponding to the group data supplied from the operation unit 6 is displayed on the display 8 as shown in, for example, FIG. 6B, and the process proceeds to step S14.

In step S14, the CPU 11
It is determined whether the up key 6e or the down key 6f is pressed, and if either the up key 6e or the down key 6f is pressed, the process proceeds to step S15. That is, CPU1
1 waits until any one of these keys is pressed.

At step S15, the CPU 11
If the up key 6e is pressed in step S14, the group data from the operation unit 6 is used as a key to search for name data belonging to that group in the order of Aieu, and if the down key 6f is similarly pressed, the Aieuo is selected. Search in reverse order. When one name data is searched, the CPU 11 supplies the telephone number data, the group data, and the speed dial data which belong to the same address as the name data to the display 8, and as shown in FIG. The name, the speed dial number, the name and the telephone number are displayed on the display 8, and the process proceeds to step S16.

In step S16, the CPU 11
It is determined whether or not the call key 6g, the up key 6e, or the down key 6f is pressed. If the call key 6g is pressed, the process proceeds to step S17. Up key 6e or Down key 6
When f is pressed, the CPU 11 returns to step S14. That is, the CPU 11 searches for the corresponding name data in the order next to the already searched name data.

In step S17, the CPU 11
When the dial circuit 9 is caused to transmit a DTMF signal corresponding to the retrieved telephone number data, the modulation circuit 2 causes the DTMF signal to be transmitted.
The F signal is modulated and this modulated signal is transmitted via the antenna 3.

As described above, this mobile telephone stores group number data in addition to the telephone number data and the name data, and based on the group data input from the operation unit 6, the telephone number data and the name data are stored. You can search. That is, a large number of people who belong to the group can easily make phone numbers without omission and convenience for the user can be achieved.

In this embodiment, a case has been described in which a telephone number and a name are retrieved based on group data to make a call. However, as with a normal telephone, for example, a registered speed dial number is used directly. You can also make calls, search for names, and make calls. The search function described above is not limited to a mobile phone, but can be applied to a normal phone or the like.

[0040]

As is apparent from the above description, the mobile telephone according to the present invention stores the telephone number and the name as well as the group for identifying them, and the target telephone based on the input group. You can make a phone call by searching for the number, etc. In other words, a large number of people who belong to the group can be easily called without omission.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a specific circuit configuration of a mobile phone to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the mobile phone.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart explaining an input operation of a telephone number or the like of the mobile phone.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example displayed on a display during an input operation of the mobile phone.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining a search operation of the mobile phone.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example displayed on a display during a search operation of the mobile phone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Operation part 7 RAM 9 Dial circuit 11 CPU11

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A storage means for storing telephone number and name information and identification information for identifying the group when the information is divided into groups, a display means for displaying the telephone number and name, and identifying the group. Operation means for inputting identification information, and in accordance with the identification information input from the operation means, the telephone number and name information is read from the storage means, and the telephone number and name are set based on the read information. A mobile phone comprising: a control unit for displaying on a display unit. 2. A transmission means for transmitting a dial signal is provided, and the control means transmits a dial signal from the transmission means on the basis of information of a telephone number read from the storage means. The mobile phone described in 1. 3. The control means reads, based on the identification information input from the operating means, at least information of a name in a group indicated by the identification information from the storage means, and based on the read information,
3. The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein a name is displayed on the display means, and a dial signal is transmitted from the transmitting means based on information on a telephone number corresponding to the name selected by the operating means. . 4. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the control unit writes the telephone number and name information input from the operation unit and identification information for identifying a group in the storage unit. .