JPH0946413A - Portable telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the portable telephone set by which the user decides the importance of a message and can take an appropriate succeeding action by converting the message from an opposite party into characters and displaying them when the user is called by the portable telephone set while the user attends in a conference. SOLUTION: When the portable telephone set is set to the automatic answering mode and a call from an opposite party comes for a prescribed number of times, the telephone set replies the call automatically and uses a message request voice section 3 to provide an output. When a message is inputted from the opposite party in response to the message request, a voice character conversion section 6 converts a message voice into characters. The converted character information is displayed on a character display section 7 comprising an LCD or the like so as to allow the user to confirm a speech content. When the opposite party does not provide any message, the telephone set restores to the main routine so as to discriminate whether or not the automatic answering mode is released by the user operating a changeover switch 8 and keeps the state of the conversation mode.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a mobile phone and a PHS.
(Personal Handyphone System) The present invention relates to a portable telephone, such as a telephone, which an individual can carry outdoors or indoors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, like mobile phones and PHS,
BACKGROUND ART Individuals carry mobile phones and receive calls from outside at various places.

However, like during a business talk or a meeting,
Because of the relationship with the people I'm with, it's not uncommon for someone to call me from outside, but I can't get out right away. In such a case, "I'm sorry" during a business negotiation.
It is general to refuse the call to the person who is with him or to take the call outside the conference room during the conference. But if the person you're talking with is a very important person,
If you are unable to answer the call due to the progress of the conference you are attending, the call request bell continues to ring and the call requester disconnects the call request. .

In order to deal with such a situation, conventionally,
The following is done. For example, if you can't answer the phone during a meeting or business negotiation, you can use the "Absent record function".
By using, you can answer automatically (for example, reply with voice such as "I will call you back later, so please give me your name and message"), record the message from the other party, and display the incoming call time I am trying to do it. In addition, a mobile phone equipped with a vibration call function that conveys an incoming call by vibrating instead of the ringing tone has been commercialized so that the ringing tone from the outside does not disturb the atmosphere of important business meetings and meetings.

[0005]

By the way, these conventional portable telephones mainly deal with calls during important conferences and business negotiations by the "answering machine function". However, with this answering machine function, at that time, it is not possible to know what kind of message the call is,
You will not know the contents until you hear the voice mail later.

[0006] However, in the first place, which of "not hindering the progress of the conference or business negotiation" and "having a conversation in response to a call to the portable telephone" should be prioritized depends on the telephone. If you don't know the subject or the name of the other party, you cannot judge.

[0007] That is, when the business (or destination) of the incoming call is neither important nor urgent to oneself, answering such a call should not destroy the atmosphere or progress of the meeting or business negotiation. . Also, if you don't even need to call back from here (such as a phone call for product sales), you don't have to answer it during a meeting or business negotiation, or even put it on your voicemail. On the other hand,
If the incoming call is important or urgent,
It is better to answer the call even if the meeting and business negotiations are a little disturbed and the atmosphere is a little disturbed. Because, when I put it in my voicemail and listen to it later and call it back, I couldn't get in touch with the other person easily, and I regret that I should have answered the phone when something like this came from the other side. Because not a few. In addition, for example, if an important and urgent matter such as a relative's being serious is included in the recorded message, the recorded message will be heard much later, and the opportunity to attend the deathbed will be lost. There's a problem.

The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and "does not disturb the progress and atmosphere of the conference or business talk in response to the call of the mobile phone" and "the mobile phone. It is possible to provide a mobile phone capable of appropriately deciding which of "to answer and talk during a telephone call" to be given priority when a phone call is made. Has an aim.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems A portable telephone according to the present invention comprises message requesting means for responding to a call request from the outside and requesting the caller to send a voice message such as a message. A voice-to-speech conversion unit that converts voice information of a message transmitted from the outside in response to this request into character information during a call connection, and a display unit that displays the converted character information during a call connection. It is characterized by including and.

Further, the portable telephone according to the present invention preferably further includes switching means for enabling a conversation with the message sender while the message is displayed on the display means.

Further, in the present invention, it is desirable to make a telephone call by vibrating or blinking a light emitting body instead of a bell sound or the like so as not to spoil the atmosphere of a meeting or a business negotiation.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the present invention, a user of a portable telephone has previously selected the "automatic answering function" (the same as the automatic answering function in the conventional answering machine function). Then, when there is a call request (calling) from the outside, the call is automatically answered and the call is “during a call (during a call connection)”. Then, the message requesting means outputs (transmits) a response message (voice), for example, "I will call you back later, so please give me a message such as the subject and name." When a message (voice) is transmitted from the other party in response to the response message, the voice information conversion means (known "voice recognition device") converts the message voice information into character information ( Desirably, it is converted in real time as the other party's message flows). The converted character information (message) is displayed on the liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like provided in the mobile phone by the display means (preferably, in real time when the message of the other party is sent). ). As a result, the user can indicate what the other party is calling now (that is, whether the call is an important or urgent matter) to "in a call (connecting call)" (preferably , In real time).

Further, in the present invention, switching means is provided for enabling a conversation with the message sender while the message is being displayed by the display means. for that reason,
It becomes possible to start a conversation with the other party while the message is being displayed "in a call" (that is, while the other party is still in the telephone line). This switching means is the same as that used in the conventional answering machine function (in the conventional answering machine function, while the message from the other party is being recorded, the message voice from the other party also plays from the speaker, Only if the important message or the other party is important to hear it, it is possible to switch the voice mail mode to the normal conversation mode, and to speak. This makes it possible to select and answer only important or urgent phone calls even during business meetings and meetings. In general, with the voice mail function alone, it is not possible to select only important or urgent telephones during a meeting or business talk and to answer on the spot, so if you call again later, the other party may be absent. In the present invention, it becomes possible to select only such an important or urgent phone and to go out and talk on the spot.

[0014]

【Example】

Embodiment 1 FIG. Example 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the hardware configuration of a mobile phone according to the first embodiment. Example 1
Is for a digital telephone. In FIG. 1, 1 is a digital transceiver for transmitting and receiving voice information as digital data, 2 is a control device, and 3 is a command from the control device 2. For example, "I will call you later, so please give us your name and name." Is a message request voice generation unit that outputs a message request voice such as. Further, 4 is a memory (a digital recording unit configured by a RAM, a flash memory, etc.) for recording audio information as digital data received by the transceiver 1 via the control device 2, and 6 is a command from the control device 2. A voice character conversion processing unit for converting voice information as digital data recorded in the memory 4 into character information (a voice recognition device has been generally known from the past, and a device having a recognition rate of 95% is currently put into practical use. 7 is a character display unit for displaying the character information converted by the voice character conversion processing unit 6 on an LCD (liquid crystal display device) or the like, and 8 is a reception mode of the mobile phone, and is called a predetermined number of times. It is a changeover switch to switch between the answering machine mode that automatically responds to the message request voice and the normal conversation mode.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. If the user has set the portable telephone to the answering machine mode by using the changeover switch 8 (that is, step S1 of FIG. 2 becomes YES), the procedure goes to the answering machine processing routine of S2. In the answering machine processing routine, the following processing is performed. That is,
As shown in FIG. 3A, when a calling call from the destination is made a predetermined number of times (step S11 in FIG. 3A).
Since the answer is YES), it automatically responds and outputs the message request voice (step S12). When a message is input from the other party in response to this message request (YES in step S13), the voice character conversion processing unit 6 converts the message voice into a character (step S14. Note that this voice character). The conversion process is
During the call, it is desirable to be done in near real time). Then, the converted character information is displayed on the character display unit 7 composed of an LCD or the like (step S15. In addition, the display of the message content by this character is performed during a call.
It should be done in near real time) and return to the main routine. If the other party does not input a message in step S13 (step S1)
If 3 is NO), the process directly returns to the main routine.
After returning to the main routine, it is determined whether or not the user has operated the changeover switch 8 to cancel the answering machine mode, and if canceled, the state of the normal conversation mode is maintained. If the answering machine mode has not been released, the procedure goes to the answering machine processing routine to keep the state.

FIG. 3 (b) shows the contents of another recorded message processing routine. The difference between the one shown in FIG. 3B and the one shown in FIG. 3A is that "record a message voice from the other party" shown in step S16 of FIG. The same content as the recording function) is included.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The second embodiment assumes a conventional analog telephone. In FIG. 4, 11 is an analog transceiver for transmitting and receiving voice information as an analog signal, 1
2 is a control device, and 13 is a message request voice generation unit that generates a voice requesting a message such as "Please tell me your name and requirement. I will call you back later." is there. 14
Is an A / D converter for converting analog voice data sent from the analog transceiver 11 into digital data, 15 is a memory for recording the digital data from the A / D converter 14, and 16 is from the control device 2. The voice character conversion processing unit (speech recognition device) for converting the digital data (message voice data) recorded in the memory 15 into character data according to the command, 17 is the voice character conversion processing unit 1.
6 is a character display unit for displaying the character data obtained by 6 on an LCD or the like. Reference numeral 18 denotes an analog recording unit (which is the same as a conventional analog tape recorder. The analog recording unit records an analog audio signal from the analog transceiver 11 according to a command from the control device 2.
3 (see step S16 in FIG. 3B), 19 is a changeover switch for changing the second embodiment to either the recorded message mode or the normal conversation mode. Example 2
Since the above is configured as described above, it is possible to perform substantially the same operation as described in FIGS. 2 and 3 as in the first embodiment.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Whether to prioritize "not disturbing the progress and atmosphere of the meeting or negotiation by answering the call of the mobile phone" and "answering and talking during the call by the mobile phone", It becomes possible to appropriately judge when a call is made during the call (while continuing the call).

That is, according to the present invention, when the mobile phone is called during a conference or a business talk, a message from the other party who has called the call is converted into characters during the call and the character display section is displayed. Since it can be displayed in characters on this, this (user) can see the message and the importance and urgency of the other party involved in this call during the call, and based on that, , Ignore this call and proceed with the meeting or negotiation (call back later if necessary), or accept this call now even if the meeting or negotiation is hindered slightly (speak to the other party). Or) during a call,
You will be able to judge and deal with it. In the past, such a function is that during a meeting or business negotiation, the secretary receives a phone call for himself and the memo is given from the secretary, and while watching the memo, the meeting or business negotiation is performed. It tries to make the mobile phone perform the same operation as the secretary who ordered the secretary to do so by considering whether to answer the phone or ask the phone to come later.

In particular, when the switching means for switching from the recorded message mode to the normal conversation mode as described in claim 2 is provided, the user can confirm the content of the message from the other party by character display during the call. , If it is judged to be important or urgent, operate the switching means to convert it to the normal conversation mode,
You can start a conversation with the other person. In this way, in the case of an important or urgent business, even if you try to call back from here, the other party can not talk because there is no other person (in this case, I should have been able to talk at the time when the call came in). You can avoid inconvenience.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 11 Transceiver 2 Control device 3, 13 Message request voice generation unit 4, 15 Memory 6, 16 Voice character conversion processing unit 7, 17 Character display unit 8, 19 Changeover switch 14 A / D converter 18 Analog recording unit

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. In a portable telephone that can be carried by an individual, in response to a call request from the outside, message requesting means for requesting the call requester to send a voice message such as a message, and the request requesting means. Accordingly, the voice information of the message transmitted from the outside is converted into character information during the call connection (during a call), and the converted character information is transferred during the call connection (during a call).
A portable telephone including: a display unit for displaying. 2. The portable telephone according to claim 1, further comprising switching means for enabling conversation with the message sender while the message is being displayed by the display means.