JPS611158A - Telephone set system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To transmit smoothly a message even if a transmission destination is absent by storing a message data inputted via an input device, transmitting the data to a selected telephone set and storing the data to a storage device of a transmission destination telephone set via a telephone circuit. CONSTITUTION:All functions of a telephone set 1 are displayed on a display device 4 by hooking off a handset 2 or depressing a loudspeaker button 3. Then an input pad 6 of the input device 5 is operated to select the function transmitting the message data and the data is displayed to the device 4 and the message data is stored in a message data storage register 8. Then the message data is transmitted from a message data transmission/reception circuit 10 by depressing an ''SEND'' key. Since the content to be communicated is stored in the message data storage register 8 of the destination as the message data such as characters or graphs, even if the destination is absent, the message is transmitted smoothly.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a telephone system, and more particularly to a telephone system that is capable of smoothly transmitting and displaying a message to a destination.

[Prior art]

Conventionally, general telephones are equipped with dials or push buttons as selection means for selecting the telephone of the other party, and the selection means is used to call the other party.

However, such telephones have the disadvantage that it is difficult to contact the other party when the other party is often away.

[Summary of the invention]

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art.
An input device for inputting message data such as characters and symbols, a display device for displaying the message data input through the input device, and a display device for storing the message data input through the input device and displaying the message data. a storage means for sending the information to the telephone selected by the selection means;
and the display device is capable of displaying message data sent from a specific telephone via a telephone circuit, thereby making it possible to smoothly send a message to a recipient even when the recipient is often away. system.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a telephone set, and the telephone set 1 is equipped with selection means (not shown) such as dials and push buttons for selecting and calling the telephone set (not shown) of the destination subscriber station.

Further, 2 indicates a handset and receiver attached to the telephone 1, and 3 indicates a loudspeaker button provided on the telephone 1.

Further, 4 is a dot cell display (1) provided on the telephone 1.
As a dot unit, for example, 5×7 dots, 16×1
The display device 4 is composed of a liquid crystal display device.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an input device placed on the display device 4, and the input device 5 is provided with a transparent electrode (S n O2 film) on the entire surface facing each dontounisoto of the display device 4, and each of the transparent electrodes is It has an input pad 6 facing each dontounisoto.

Thus, the display device 4 and the input device 5 are connected to the telephone 1.
It is connected to a microcomputer 7 (shown in FIG. 2) provided within the microcomputer 7 (shown in FIG. 2). Here, the microcomputer 7 has a function of displaying all functions of the telephone 1 on the display device 4 when the handset 2 is picked up or the loudspeaker button 3 is operated. A function to select each function by pressing the above-mentioned person button 6 at a position corresponding to the name of each function, and a function to hierarchically display the display contents of the display device 4 according to each function of the telephone 1 selected in this way. It has a function of changing message data such as characters and figures on the display device 4 by operating the input pad 6 of the input device 5. Here, the microcomputer 7 displays the message data on the display device 4 in the following manner.

First, as shown in FIG. 3, by pressing the input button 6 of the input device 5, the character "A", for example, is displayed in a pattern on the display device 4. Then, known examples include the "field effect method" and the "outermost point list method."

While character recognition functions such as the "vacancy method" and "reflection method" are used to extract the feature amount, the character "A" is recognized by comparing it with already registered templates, and the character "A" is displayed on the top of the display device 4. This is done by displaying the letter "A". In the case of FIG. 3, the sentence "Kino, Kimashitaga, A" inputted by the input device 5 is
is displayed at the top of the display device 4.

Further, in FIG. 2, numeral 8 indicates a message data storage register as a storage means for storing message data inputted by the input device 5, and 9 indicates a destination to which the message data is sent or a party to whom the handset 2 communicates. Each telephone number stored in the number memory register 9 corresponds to an arbitrary number of a push button (not shown) separately provided on the telephone 1. There is.

Further, 10 is a message data transmitting/receiving circuit for transmitting and receiving message data, and the message data transmitting/receiving circuit 10 transmits and receives message data from 3200 Hz to 3400 Hz within the voice band from 300 Hz to 3400 Hz of a voice telephone line.
A canted audio frequency band is provided in the band, and within this band, continuous clock signals and phase-modulated or frequency-modulated continuous data are transmitted and received. Here, message data from the other party received by the message data transmission/reception circuit 10 is stored in the message data storage register 8, and when the message data is being received, a message data incoming display lamp 11 is turned on. is now displayed. Further, the message data transmitting/receiving circuit 10 is configured to transmit message data to the destination by pressing rSENDJ in FIG.

In addition, by attaching a timer (not shown) to the message data transmission/reception circuit 10, the message data can be transmitted to the other party at night, etc., so that the message data can be transmitted safely at night time charges and without interference. It may also be possible to ensure that the data is sent by In this case, when the timer is operating, the timer set indicator lamp 12 indicates this fact. Further, 13 is a voice telephone circuit connected to the telephone line, which is used during normal telephone calls.

The telephone system according to the present invention is configured as described above, and its operation will be explained next.

First, pick up the handset 2 or press the loudspeaker button 3.
By pressing , all functions of the telephone 1 are displayed on the display device 4.

Assume that the user selects the function of transmitting message data from among the above functions by operating the input device 5.

Thereafter, by operating the input device 5, message data such as characters is displayed on the display device 4 as shown in FIG. 3, and the message data is stored in the message data storage register 8.

Thereafter, by pressing rsENDJ shown in FIG. 3, the device enters a state of waiting for input of the sender's and destination's telephone numbers, and by inputting these, the message data is sent from the message data transmitting circuit 10 to the destination.

Also, Figure 4 shows the display after sending the message data, where the recipient's phone number 2 name and message 7 are displayed at the top, and the recipient's phone number 9 name and message message are displayed at the bottom. .

Thus, according to the present invention, the contents to be communicated are transmitted as message data such as letters, figures, etc. to the message data storage register 8 of the other party and stored, so that the receiving side can change the message according to its own convenience. The contents can be recognized, and therefore messages can be sent smoothly like telegrams even when the destination is often away.

Note that pressure rubber or a gap contact plate may be used in place of the transparent electrode.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided an input device for inputting message data such as characters and symbols, a display device for displaying message data manually inputted via this input device, and a display device for displaying message data input manually via the input device. and storage means for storing the message data sent from the specific telephone and sending the message data to the telephone selected by the selection means, and the display device displays the message data sent from the particular telephone via the telephone circuit. This makes it possible to send messages as smoothly as telegrams even when the recipient is often away.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a telephone according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram, FIG. 3 is a plan view of the display device, and FIG. 4 is a plan view of the display device showing the display after transmission. 1... Telephone, 4... Display device, 5... Input device, 8... Message data storage register (storage means).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A telephone system equipped with a selection means for selectively calling a telephone of a subscriber station, comprising an input device for inputting message data such as characters and symbols, and displaying message data input through the input device. and storage means for storing message data input through the input device and transmitting the message data to the telephone selected by the selection means, the display device A telephone system characterized by being able to display message data sent via a circuit.