JPH0927868A - Telephone number recognition call system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attain dialing without a mistake based on a telephone number displayed on a screen. SOLUTION: A telephone set (slave set) 20 sends a recognition start command of a telephone number in response to the depression of a recognition start button 26. A television receiver 10 stores a received image signal in a temporary storage memory 15 as image information and a number recognition circuit 16 recognizes the telephone number from the image information and sends the telephone number to the telephone set 20. The telephone set (slave set) 20 displays the received telephone number on a liquid crystal display device 21 and makes dialing to the received telephone number in response to the operation of a dial button 27.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone number recognition calling system, and more particularly to a telephone number recognition calling system for recognizing and calling a telephone number displayed on a screen by television broadcasting.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in television broadcasting, for the purpose of telephone shopping and reception of viewer's voice,
By displaying the telephone number on a part of the image, the reception telephone number is notified to the viewer.
Conventionally, when the telephone number is notified in this manner, the viewer memorizes the telephone number or makes a memo and makes a call while the telephone number is displayed on the screen. Further, when the television receiver has a function of accumulating a screen during broadcasting as a still image, a screen displaying a telephone number is accumulated instead of a memo and a call is made.

[0003]

Therefore, according to such a conventional method, the time when the telephone number is displayed on the screen is short in the method in which the viewer memorizes or takes notes. Therefore, there is a problem that an error in memory or a memo is likely to occur, and there is not enough time to search for a memo paper or a writing instrument, and it is easy to memorize or record an incorrect telephone number. In addition, the method of accumulating a telephone number as a still image has a problem that it is easy for a viewer to dial an incorrect telephone number because the viewer needs to operate the telephone while looking at the redisplayed still image. The present invention is intended to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone number recognition calling system that can make a call based on the telephone number displayed on the screen without error.

[0004]

In order to achieve such an object, the telephone number recognition calling system according to the present invention is
A TV receiver that recognizes the telephone number displayed on the screen,
The television receiver is provided with a telephone that makes a call based on the recognized telephone number, and the television receiver has a temporary storage memory that stores the received image signal as image information and a number that recognizes the telephone number from the image information and outputs it as numerical information. The telephone has a recognition means and a transmission means for transmitting the telephone number to the telephone, and the telephone has a reception means for receiving the telephone number from the television receiver and a telephone function means for making a call based on this telephone number. It is a thing.

Therefore, from the image information stored in the temporary storage memory of the television receiver, the telephone number is recognized by the number recognizing means and transmitted to the telephone as numerical information by the transmitting means. This telephone number is received by the receiving means of the telephone and is called by the telephone function means based on this telephone number.

Further, the telephone has a recognition start button for instructing the start of recognition of a telephone number, and command transmission means for transmitting an arbitrary control command to the television receiver, and in response to the depression of the recognition start button. A recognition start command for instructing the start of recognition of the telephone number is transmitted to the television receiver by the command transmitting means, and the television receiver has command receiving means for receiving the control command from the telephone, and the command receiving means receives the command. When the command is a recognition start command, the recognition of the telephone number is started by the number recognition means.

Therefore, in response to the depression of the recognition start button, the recognition start command is transmitted from the command transmission means of the telephone, and this is received by the command reception means of the television receiver, and the received command is the recognition start command. The recognition of the telephone number is started by the number recognition means.

Further, the telephone has display means for displaying the telephone number received by the receiving circuit and a call button for instructing a call based on the telephone number, and in response to depression of the call button. A call is made by the telephone function means based on the received telephone number. Therefore,
The telephone number from the television receiver is received by the telephone and displayed on the display means. Further, in response to the depression of the call button, the telephone function means makes a call based on the telephone number.

[0009]

Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a television receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a broadcast network, 2 is an antenna, and 10 is a broadcast network 1 via an antenna 2.
It is a television receiver that receives a television broadcast broadcast from and recognizes and extracts a telephone number from a screen received according to a predetermined operation.

In the television receiver 10, 13 is a tuner for receiving a radio wave from the broadcasting network 1 or a signal from a CATV network (not shown) via the antenna 2, and 12 is an image signal from the tuner 13 for TV display. 11 is a TV display circuit for displaying, which has the same configuration as a general television receiver. Further, as the voice, voice information received from a speaker or the like via a voice circuit (not shown) is output.

Reference numeral 15 is a temporary storage memory for storing the image signal output from the tuner 13, and 14 is a temporary storage memory 1.
5 is a child screen display circuit for reproducing and outputting an image signal for a child screen from the content of 5, an image signal indicating an arbitrary screen is stored in the temporary storage memory 15, and the content thereof is the child screen display circuit 14 and the TV display circuit. It is output to the TV display 11 via 12 and is displayed in a child screen provided in a part of the screen.

Reference numeral 16 is a number recognition circuit for recognizing and extracting a telephone number from the contents stored in the temporary storage memory 15, that is, image information, by a predetermined image processing. Reference numeral 17 is an external telephone number which has been recognized. (Handset) 20
It is a transmission circuit for transmitting to. Reference numeral 19 is a receiving circuit (command receiving means) for receiving a command from the outside (telephone (slave unit) 20), and 18 is a command recognition circuit for recognizing the command received by the receiving circuit 19 and controlling each unit.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a telephone set (slave unit). In the figure, 20 is a telephone (slave) having a remote control function for remotely controlling the television receiver 10, 30 is a telephone line from the telephone network 3, and 30 is a wireless line with the telephone (slave) 20. It is a telephone (main unit) that is connected by the following.

In the telephone (slave unit) 20, 26 is a recognition start button for instructing the television receiver 10 to recognize a telephone number, and 27 is a call for instructing a call based on the recognized telephone number. A call button, 24 is a command generation circuit that detects the operation of each button and generates a corresponding command, 25 is a transmission circuit (command transmission means) that transmits the command from the command generation circuit 24 to the outside, here, the television receiver 10. Is.

Reference numeral 22 is a receiving circuit for receiving a telephone number from the outside (television receiver 10), 23 is a liquid crystal display circuit (display means) for displaying the received telephone number on the liquid crystal display 21, and 28 is a command generating circuit. It is a telephone function circuit which performs a calling process based on the telephone number received by the receiving circuit 22 in response to a calling command from 24. It should be noted that the television receiver 10 and the telephone set (slave unit) 20 transmit and receive commands and telephone numbers via infrared communication. The transmission circuits 17 and 22 are light emitting units, and the reception circuits 19 and 22 are Each has a light receiving part.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The image signal received by the tuner 13 via the antenna 2 is displayed as an image on the TV display 11 via the TV display circuit 12. When the telephone number is displayed on the image, the user watching the television broadcast presses the recognition start button 26 of the telephone (slave unit) 20 as necessary. This button operation is detected by the command generation circuit 24, a recognition start command is generated, and is transmitted from the transmission circuit 25 to the television receiver 10.

This recognition start command is sent to the television receiver 1
0 is received by the receiving circuit 19 and the command recognition circuit 1
Recognized in 8. In response to this, the command recognition circuit 18
Instructs the tuner 13, the temporary storage memory 15, and the number recognition circuit 16 to start recognizing a telephone number.

First, the image signal currently output from the tuner 13 is stored in the temporary storage memory 15 as image information, and the number recognition circuit 16 recognizes the telephone number from this image information. In this case, the number recognition circuit 18
OCR (Optical Character Reade) that recognizes character information by performing predetermined image processing on the image information
In the same process as r), the number string is recognized as a telephone number and output as numerical information.

The recognized telephone number is transmitted from the transmission circuit 17 and received by the reception circuit 22 of the telephone (slave unit) 20. The received telephone number is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21 by the liquid crystal display circuit 23 and is confirmed by the user. The user confirms the displayed telephone number and presses the call button 27 as necessary to instruct the call to the telephone number.

This button operation is performed by the command generation circuit 24.
And the call start command is detected by the telephone function circuit 28.
Is output to In response to this, the telephone function circuit 28 sends a call request from the receiving circuit 22 using the telephone number as the dial number of the telephone partner to the telephone set (parent device) 30 via the wireless line. Subsequently, a call is made from the telephone (parent device) 30 to the telephone network 3, and after the other party responds, the telephone (child device) is sent via the telephone (parent device) 30 and the wireless line.
The telephone function circuit 28 of 20 starts the call.

As described above, in the television receiver 10, the received image signal is stored as image information in the temporary storage memory 15, and the number recognition circuit 16 recognizes the telephone number from the image information and transmits the telephone number. (Handset) 20
Since I made a call based on the received telephone number, the telephone number displayed on the screen without memorizing or recording the wrong telephone number or dialing the wrong telephone number as in the past It is possible to make an accurate call based on.

Further, the telephone (slave unit) 20 is provided with a recognition start button, and according to the operation of this button, the television receiver 10 is instructed to start the recognition of the telephone number. Only by operating the (slave unit) 20, it becomes possible to carry out from the recognition of the telephone number to the call, and the user's trouble can be saved. In addition, telephone (slave) 2
0 is provided with a call button, the telephone number received from the television receiver 10 is displayed on the liquid crystal display 21, and after confirming the telephone number, by operating the call button,
Since the call is made based on the telephone number, the user can confirm whether the telephone number recognized by the television receiver 10 is correct or not, and the call can be made by a simple operation.

In the above description, the case where the television receiver 10 and the telephone set (slave unit) 20 are connected by optical space transmission using infrared rays has been described as an example, but both are connected by a wired or wireless line. You may. In addition, the television receiver 10 and the telephone (parent device) 30 may be integrated, or the television remote controller for remotely controlling the channel and volume of the television receiver 10 and the telephone (child device) 20 may be integrated. Alternatively, the television remote controller and the telephone (main unit) may be integrated, and it is not necessary to operate a plurality of devices, and the operational burden on the user can be reduced.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the image signal received in the temporary storage memory of the television receiver is stored as image information, and the telephone number is recognized from this image information by the number recognizing means to be converted into numerical information. Since the call is sent to the telephone and the telephone function means of the telephone is used to make a call based on the received telephone number, the wrong telephone number is stored or recorded, or the wrong telephone number is dialed, as in the past. It is possible to make an accurate call based on the telephone number displayed on the screen.

In response to the depression of the recognition start button, a recognition start command for instructing the start of recognition of the telephone number is transmitted from the telephone, and when the command received from the telephone is the recognition start command, the TV receiver Since the recognition of the telephone number is started by the number recognizing means, the user can make a telephone call from the recognition of the telephone number by simply operating the telephone, and the user's trouble can be saved. In addition, the telephone display means displays the telephone number received by the television receiver, and the telephone function means makes a call based on the telephone number when the call button is pressed. It is possible to confirm whether the telephone number recognized by the television receiver is correct or incorrect and to make a call with a simple operation.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a television receiver according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a telephone set (slave unit).

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Broadcast network, 2 ... Antenna, 3 ... Telephone network, 10 ... Television receiver, 11 ... TV display, 12 ... TV display,
13 ... Tuner, 14 ... Sub-screen display circuit, 15 ... Temporary storage memory, 16 ... Number recognition circuit, 17 ... Transmission circuit, 18
... command recognition circuit, 19 ... receiving circuit (command receiving means), 20 ... telephone (slave unit), 21 ... liquid crystal display, 22 ... receiving circuit, 23 ... liquid crystal display circuit (display means), 24 ... command generating circuit, 25 ... transmission circuit (command transmission means), 26 ... recognition start button, 27 ... call button, 28 ... telephone function circuit, 30 ... telephone (main unit).

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A television receiver for recognizing a telephone number displayed on the screen in a telephone number recognition calling system for recognizing and calling a telephone number displayed on the screen by television broadcasting.
The television receiver is provided with a telephone that makes a call based on the recognized telephone number, and the television receiver recognizes the telephone number from the image information and outputs it as numerical information. The telephone has a number recognizing means and a transmitting means for transmitting the telephone number to the telephone, and the telephone has a receiving means for receiving the telephone number from the television receiver, and a telephone function means for making a call based on the telephone number. A telephone number recognition calling system comprising: 2. The telephone number recognition calling system according to claim 1, wherein the telephone has a recognition start button for instructing the start of recognition of the telephone number, and a command transmitting means for transmitting an arbitrary control command to the television receiver. And transmitting a recognition start command for instructing the start of recognition of a telephone number to the television receiver by the command transmitting means in response to pressing the recognition start button, and the television receiver receives the control command from the telephone. A telephone number recognition call, comprising command receiving means, wherein when the command received by the command receiving means is the recognition start command, recognition of the telephone number is started by the number recognition means. system. 3. The telephone number recognition calling system according to claim 1, wherein the telephone has a display unit for displaying the telephone number received by the receiving circuit, and a call for instructing a call based on the telephone number. A telephone number recognizing and calling system having a button, and the telephone function means makes a call based on the telephone number in response to pressing of the calling button.