JPS6086956A - Voice operating telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the inconvenience where the telephone numbers are checked for each call and also to secure a calling despite a dial operating is in fault, by checking a telephone number after recognizing the name of the remote side subscriber uttered by a caller, then transmitting the telephone number to a circuit for calling. CONSTITUTION:A voice synthesizing means 6 produces a guide message decided previously in response to the result of recognition obtained by a recognition means 5 which recognizes the voice uttered by a caller. A search means 13 searches the telephone number of the remote side subscriber out of those numbers stored in a memory circuit 7 registered previously according to the name of the remote side subscriber. Then a number transmission means 8 sends the telephone number of the remote side to a telephone circuit 12. Then an integrated control means 13 performs the sequence control for means 5-8 respectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a voice-operated telephone, and more particularly to a voice-operated telephone that allows a caller to call a destination based on voice input from a caller.

Conventionally, telephones have had the disadvantage that handicapped people who have trouble dialing or operating the button on a telephone cannot make calls because they do not have a means to make a call by voice. In addition, a speed dial function is generally used to store the phone number of the other party, but this is also inconvenient because it requires checking the correspondence between the name of the other party and the speed dial number each time you make a call. There were drawbacks.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks by recognizing the name of the other party uttered by the calling party, searching for the telephone number of the other party from the name of the other party, and sending the telephone number of the other party to the line to call the other party. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a convenient voice-operated telephone that can be used even by subscribers who have trouble dialing.

According to the invention, recognition means recognizes the voice of the caller;
A voice synthesis means that synthesizes a predetermined guidance message based on the recognition result, and a search that searches for the telephone number of the other party from pre-registered telephone numbers based on the name of the other party obtained by the recognition means. There is obtained a voice-operated telephone characterized in that it comprises a means for sending out the called party's telephone number to a telephone line, and a comprehensive control means for controlling the sequence of these means.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The figure is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a voice-operated telephone according to the present invention. In the figure, the voice-operated telephone includes a microphone 1 and a speaker 2 of the handset, a voice recognition circuit 5, and a voice synthesis circuit 6. The speech recognition circuit 55 is connected to the speech synthesis circuit 6 via the speech recognition circuit 55. Further, there is a memory circuit 7 for storing the telephone number of the other party, a telephone number output port M'68 for transmitting the telephone number of the other party, a hook switch 9, a button 1o, and a telephone line 1.
2, and a general control circuit 13 that is connected to each of the circuits and controls the voice-operated telephone. It should be noted that each circuit constituting this embodiment can be easily realized using conventional technology.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

Before the caller picks up the handset, the changeover switches 3, 4 are tilted toward the voice recognition circuit 5 and the voice synthesis circuit 6, respectively, as shown by solid lines. Shift switch 9 with handset up
When the signal reaches the general control circuit 13, the general control circuit 13 sends a signal to the speech synthesis circuit 6 to output a guidance message such as "Who do you want to call?" to the speaker 2 via the changeover switch 4. . Thereafter, the general control circuit 13 waits for signals from the voice recognition circuit 5 and the pushbutton 10. When the caller inputs the data using the pushbutton 10, the data is used as the called party's telephone number in the same way as a general charger. Furthermore, when the caller inputs the name of the other party by voice into the microphone 1 in response to the guidance message, the voice is input to the voice recognition circuit 5 via the changeover switch 3 and is recognized here, and the result is synthesized. Control circuit 13
can be conveyed to. The general control circuit 13 searches for the destination telephone number from among the telephone numbers previously registered in the storage circuit 7 based on the destination name. When the other party's phone number is found, the general control circuit 13 outputs a guidance message, for example, [Connecting you] to the speaker 2 via the changeover switch 4 through the voice synthesis circuit 6, and also outputs a message from the 5-line circuit 111C to the dirty talk line 12. and this phone. Next, the general control circuit 13 waits for time #J (3 to 4 seconds) until the link is established, and then instructs the telephone number sending circuit 8 to send the telephone number of the other party to the telephone line 12 via the line circuit 11. let When the transmission of the destination telephone number is completed, the general control circuit 13 switches the changeover switches 3 and 4.
is switched to the line circuit 11 as shown by the broken line, and the calling operation of the telephone is completed. If the general control circuit 13 is unable to find the telephone number of the other party from the memory circuit 7, the speech synthesis circuit 6 outputs a guidance message such as "The other party is not found. Please enter again." prompt the caller to re-enter the information. When the caller puts down the handset after the call ends, the general control circuit 13 returns the changeover switch 3.4 to its original state in response to a signal from the hook switch 9, and the telephone is restored.

As is clear from the above explanation, according to the voice-operated telephone of the present invention, the caller only needs to input the name of the other party by voice, so there is no need to look up the telephone number of the other party each time a call is made. This has the effect of eliminating the inconvenience and greatly improving convenience, such as allowing people who have trouble dialing or operating the button on a telephone to make a call.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a voice-operated telephone according to the present invention. In the figure, 1...microphone, 2...
・Speaker, 3, 4...Selector switch, 5・
...Speech recognition circuit, 6...Speech synthesis circuit, 7...Storage circuit, 8...Telephone number sending circuit, 9...Hook Switch, 10...
...button, 11...°°・Line circuit, 12
...Telephone line, 13...Mountain general control circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a recognition means for recognizing a caller's voice, a speech synthesis means for synthesizing a predetermined guidance message based on the recognition result, and a telephone number of the other party from the name of the other party obtained by the recognition means. The present invention is characterized by comprising a search means for searching among telephone numbers registered in advance, a number transmitting means for transmitting the telephone number of the other party to a telephone line, and a comprehensive control means for controlling the sequence of these means. Voice operated telephone.