JPH09321856A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow the user of the telephone set to easily recognize location or the like of a caller during communication or before communication. SOLUTION: When it is discriminated that caller information coincident with caller information received by a caller information reception section 7 in a master control section 12 is stored in a caller information area 8a of a storage section 8, the master control section 12 reads character information of a character information area 8b corresponding to the caller information stored in the caller information area 8a and controls a display section 9 based on the read character information to allow a caller information reception section 7 to display a place name corresponding to the received caller information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a telephone has an ISDN (Integrated Digital Service Network) or an ISDN (Integrated Digital Service Network) that enables high-speed and large-capacity data communication in which caller information, such as a caller's telephone number, is notified to the called side. , When a call is received, the caller information such as the caller's telephone number is notified to the called party. By displaying the caller information that is notified when the call is received or when the call is received, the caller can be recognized during or before the communication.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional apparatus, since the caller telephone number or the like is enumerated and displayed as numbers as the caller information, such enumerated numbers indicate the location of the caller or the like. There was a problem that it was difficult to recognize.

An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone capable of easily recognizing the location of a caller during communication or before communication.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is a telephone connected to a communication line to which caller information arrives when a call is received, and the caller information and the area information. And a receiving means for receiving caller information coming from the communication line, and a searching means for reading area information corresponding to the caller information received by the receiving means from the storage means. And an informing means for informing the regional information read from the storage means by the search means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the storage means includes:
While storing character data that represents a place name as regional information,
The notifying means displays the place name based on the character data read by the searching means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the storage means includes:
While storing image data representing a map as regional information,
The notifying means displays a map based on the image data read by the searching means.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the storage means comprises:
While storing voice data that represents a place name as regional information,
The notifying means sounds the place name based on the voice data read by the searching means.

Therefore, when the receiving means receives the caller information coming from the communication line, the searching means stores the area information corresponding to the received caller information. By further reading and notifying the read regional information, the user can easily recognize the location of the caller during communication or before communication.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the receiving means receives the sender information coming from the communication line, the searching means reads the character data corresponding to the received sender information from the storage means. Since the notifying means displays characters based on the read character data, the user can easily recognize the location of the caller during communication or before communication.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when the receiving means receives the sender information coming from the communication line, the searching means reads out the image data corresponding to the received sender information from the storage means. The notification means displays an image based on the read image data, so that the user can easily recognize the location of the caller during communication or before communication.

According to the invention described in claim 4, when the receiving means receives the caller information coming from the communication line, the searching means reads the voice data corresponding to the received caller information from the storage means. The notifying means performs voice synthesis based on the read voice data and emits a sound, so that the user can easily recognize the location of the caller during communication or before communication.

[0013]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a telephone which is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing a memory content of the telephone, and FIG. 3 is an operation of the telephone when a call is received. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing control, FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing operation control at the time of notification of regional information in the telephone, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view showing an example of notification of the location in the telephone.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a communication line connected to a telephone at the other end through an exchange (not shown), 2 denotes acquisition / release control of the communication line 1 and the acquired communication line 1
A line interface for forming a call path with the other party's telephone via the handset 3, a handset for making a call with the other party's telephone using the call path formed by the line interface 2, and a handset 3 mounted on the apparatus body. It is a hook switch that detects whether or not the switch is turned on.

Reference numeral 5 is an incoming call detecting section for detecting an incoming call signal coming from the communication line 1, 6 is a speaker for emitting a ringing tone in response to the incoming call detection by the incoming call detecting section 5, and 7 is a call coming out from the communication line 1. Sender information receiving unit for receiving party information, 8
Is a storage unit in which sender information and area information are stored in association with each other, and 9 is a display unit that displays based on the area information read from the storage unit 8.

Reference numeral 10 is an operation input section for instructing a call start, call end, and input of the telephone number of the other party, and 11 is captured by the line interface 2 based on the input of the telephone number of the other party by the operation input section 10. It is a dial transmission unit that transmits a dial signal to the communication line 1.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a signal sent from the communication line 1 through the line interface 2, a detection signal from the hook switch 4, an incoming call detection signal from the incoming call detection unit 5, and a call received by the caller information receiving unit 7. Based on the person information, the area information read from the storage unit 8, and the operation instruction from the operation input unit 10, line capture / open control in the line interface 2, sound emission control in the speaker 6, data search / read in the storage unit 8. It is a main control unit that performs control, display control in the display unit 9, dial control in the dial transmission unit 11, and the like.

The data structure in the storage unit 8 is shown in FIG.
A sender information area 8a in which a part of the sender information received by the sender information receiving section 7 is stored,
A character information area 8b for storing character information representing a place name corresponding to the sender information stored in the sender information area 8a.
And image information representing the area map and the sender information area 8a.
And an image information area 8c for storing position information representing the position of the regional map corresponding to the sender information stored in.

The operation of the telephone configured as above when a call is received will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the caller side makes a dial call, the exchange (not shown) connected to the communication line 1 sends a polarity reversal signal indicating the start of transmission of caller information to the callee side of the dial call destination through the communication line 1. On the other hand, when the capture of the communication line 1 on the called side is detected, the caller information of the calling side that has dialed through the communication line 1 is sent out, and then the communication line 1 is released on the called side. When detected, an incoming signal (call signal) is sent to the called party via the communication line 1 to notify the called party of caller information and call the called party, while the called party's telephone set When the polarity reversal signal coming from the communication line 1 is detected by the incoming call detection unit 5 (step F1), the main control unit 12 controls the line interface 2 to control the communication line 1. Capturing (step F2) and forming a call path with the exchange connected to the captured communication line 1 so that caller information receiving unit 7 receives caller information from the switch coming from communication line 1 When the caller information is received (step F3) and the reception of the sender information is completed (step F4), the main control unit 12 controls the line interface 2 to temporarily open the communication line 1 (step F5), and then the communication is performed. When the incoming signal from the exchange sent out through the line 1 is detected by the incoming call detection unit 5 (step F6), the main control unit 12 controls the speaker 6 to emit the incoming call sound to the outside (step F7). ).

The notification operation of the regional information based on the sender information received by the above operation control will be described below with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the sender information receiving unit 7 receives the sender information (step F11), the main control unit 12 controls the storage unit 8 to match the sender information received by the sender information receiving unit 7. It is determined whether the sender information to be stored is stored in the sender information area 8a of the storage unit 8 (step F1).
2).

If the main control unit 12 determines that the sender information matching the sender information received by the sender information receiving unit 7 is stored in the sender information area 8a of the storage unit 8. The main control unit 12 reads the character information in the character information area 8b corresponding to the sender information stored in the sender information area 8a (step F13), and the image information stored in the image information area 8c, The position information corresponding to the sender information stored in the sender information area 8a is read (step F14).

Then, the main controller 12 displays the character information on the display unit 9 based on the character information read from the character information area 8b of the storage unit 8.
To display the place name corresponding to the caller information received by the caller information receiving unit 7 (step F15), and the main control unit 12 causes the image information read from the image information area 8c of the storage unit 8 to be displayed. The area displayed by controlling the display unit 9 on the basis of the position information displayed from the image information area 8c of the storage unit 8 while controlling the display unit 9 to display the area map (step F16). The position corresponding to the caller information received by the caller information receiving unit 7 on the map is blinked (step F17).

That is, when the sender information receiving unit 7 receives the sender information such as "0824280000" while the storage unit 8 stores the information as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, a character such as “Higashi Hiroshima” and a map of Japan in which the position of Higashi Hiroshima is blinking are displayed.

Therefore, according to the above operation control, the location of the caller can be notified to the user based on the caller information coming from the communication line 1.

In the above embodiment, the location of the caller is notified by the place name and the map. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the place of the caller is notified only by the place name or the map. Alternatively, a voice synthesizing unit for converting character information into voice information may be provided, and the voice information converted by the voice synthesizing unit may be emitted to the outside by the speaker 6 to notify the location of the caller. Alternatively, a zip code or the like may be used as the information notifying the location of the sender.

[0029]

As described above, according to the invention described in any one of claims 1 to 3, the area information of the caller is notified based on the caller information coming from the communication line. Since the user can easily recognize the location or the like of the caller during or before the communication, it is possible to roughly recognize the originator and to take appropriate measures according to the location.

According to the invention of claim 4, based on the caller information coming from the communication line, the local information of the caller is sounded by voice, so that the user does not visually check the display or the like. Since the location and the like of the caller can be easily recognized, it is possible to roughly recognize the caller, and it is possible to deal with the situation according to the location.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a telephone which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a memory content in the same telephone.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing operation control when the telephone receives an incoming call.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing operation control when the telephone is informed of regional information.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of location notification on the telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Communication Line 2 Line Interface 3 Handset 4 Hook Switch 5 Incoming Call Detection Section 6 Speaker 7 Caller Information Receiving Section 8 Storage Section 9 Display Section 10 Operation Input Section 11 Dial Sending Section 12 Main Control Section

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A telephone connected to a communication line to which caller information arrives when an incoming call arrives, a storage unit that stores the caller information and area information in association with each other, and caller information that comes from the communication line. Receiving means for receiving the area information, search means for reading the area information corresponding to the sender information received by the receiving means from the storage means, and notification for notifying the area information read by the search means from the storage means A telephone having a means. 2. The storage means stores character data representing a place name as regional information, while the notification means displays the place name based on the character data read by the searching means. The telephone set according to claim 1. 3. The storage means stores image data representing a map as regional information, while the notification means displays the map based on the image data read by the search means. The telephone set according to claim 1. 4. The storage means stores voice data representing a place name as regional information, while the notifying means emits a place name based on the voice data read by the search means. The telephone set according to claim 1.