JPS61230453A - Telephone number list - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain both disadvantages of visual confirming function and abbreviated dial function by combining organically a notebook part on which name (company name) and telephone number are described with a storage/control section storing a telephone number corresponding to a prescribed name by meand of electric, magnetic or optical means and outputting a telephone number signal corresponding to the said telephone number. CONSTITUTION:In making a call to a name, e.g., Taro Ueno described on the uppermost line of the left column, a page selection button 23 of the 2nd order (UE, O) from the left among page selection buttons 23 is depressed. Thus, a sheet 11 placed above more than that edge of (UE, O) is lifted by an operation section 24 projected from a page selection hole 15 and a gap is opened, then the said page is opened by putting a finger to the gap. Then in depressing a numeric button 21 corresponding to Taro Ueno, that is, the uppermost button 'o' of the left column, the telephone number of Taro Ueno is called from the corresponding address of the storage circuit, the telephone number is sent to a transmission section 62 of a handser 60 via a tone dial and speaker 53 to call the opposite party.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a telephone number book, which includes a visually visible ledger section and an electrical or other means that can be stored and used to make calls using so-called speed dialing. and a storage control unit.

[Background technology and its problems]

Conventionally, a telephone number book has generally been a notebook type using a plurality of sheets with headings such as IWW order, and a predetermined person's name (company name) and corresponding telephone number are entered in the sheets. On the other hand, for the purpose of simplifying dialing operations on a telephone, a button-type telephone or an electronic button-type telephone using an electrical memory means has been developed.

However, in a normal telephone directory, you can list the necessary person's name (
On the other hand, electronic pushbutton telephones save the trouble of entering numbers, but they can only remember a few phone numbers at most. 10, which is not necessarily a sufficient number for current corporate activities, and in any case, there are advantages and disadvantages.

For this reason, there is a need for a telephone number book that combines the convenience of a telephone number book that allows users to list and search for names of people whose memory they are uncertain about, and the convenience of electronic button telephones that allow easy number entry.

[Purpose of the invention]

An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone number book that combines the convenience of a notebook-type telephone number book that allows you to search for people's names (company names), etc., and the convenience of an electronic button telephone that allows easy dialing. It is in.

[Means and effects for solving the problems] The present invention has the following features:
A book section for writing a person's name (company name) and telephone number; a memory for storing a telephone number corresponding to a predetermined person's name by electrical, magnetic, optical, etc. means and outputting a telephone number signal corresponding to the telephone number; This is achieved by organically combining the control unit with the control unit, and specifically, it is composed of multiple sheets each having multiple entry fields for entering a predetermined person's name and a telephone number corresponding to this person's name. a page selection means for selecting a predetermined sheet of the ledger section, an entry column selection means for selecting a predetermined entry column on a predetermined sheet of the ledger section, and a page selection means and an entry column selection means specified by the page selection means and the entry column selection means. a storage means for storing a telephone number corresponding to the designated address by electrical, magnetic, optical, etc. means; a writing means for storing the telephone number corresponding to the designated address in the storage means; the page selection means; A corresponding telephone number is stored in the specified address of the storage means specified by the entry field selection means, and the telephone number of the address stored in the storage means is called by an address designation signal from the page selection means and the entry field selection means. The above object is achieved by providing a control section that outputs a number signal.

Here, the term "storing by electrical, magnetic, optical, etc. means" used in this specification means "storing via electrical, magnetic, optical, etc. means".
This concept corresponds to the concept of recording on a notebook using a visual means such as a pencil.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

In the mechanical structure diagrams shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, a recess 2 is formed in the center of a frame 1 made of iron plate or synthetic resin, and within this recess 2 is a notebook section consisting of a plurality of seats 11. 1o is stored. One end of the sheet 11 of the notebook section 10 is inserted and supported by a pair of support rings 12 provided on the frame 1, so that each sheet 11 can be opened and closed.

Further, on the outermost surface of these sheets 11, a hard M2S made of a steel plate or a plastic plate is similarly attached to a support ring 12.
The seat 11 is inserted through and supported, and can be protected when the seat 11 is closed. In addition, each sheet 11 has 10 horizontal
Multiple entries [1114] are formed, in which a person's name (company name) and a telephone number corresponding to this person's name are written in two rows and two columns, and a total of 1
The names of 20 people can be written on each Sheet II. Furthermore, each sheet 11 has a heading with the initial letter of the name of the person listed on that sheet 11 at the bottom, and a number that is used when opening the page and is different for each sheet If. A page selection hole 15 is provided.

On both sides of the four parts 20 of the frame 1, two rows of nine numerical buttons 21 are provided, each with a number from 0 to 9 written in a position corresponding to each row of the entry field 14 of the sheet 11. . This numerical value button 21 functions as an entry field selection means, and is used to specify the position of each row in the right or left column in the entry field 14 of each sheet 11, that is, the address, and is also used to specify the address to be stored. It is used in two ways to represent the numbers in a telephone number. Further, on the front side of the recessed portion 2 of the frame I, that is, on the lower side in FIG. 2, a number of page selection buttons 23 corresponding to the number of sheets 11 constituting the notebook section 10 are provided, and function as page selection means. It looks like this. As shown in FIG. 3, each of these page selection buttons 23 is rotatably supported at its center within the frame l, and
The elongated operating section 24 at the other end can be inserted into the page selection hole 15 of the sheet 11.
5, the sheet 11 at the lowest position where the selection hole 15 is not provided is lifted up, and the sheets 11 above the lifted sheet 11 are manually lifted up. The page can be opened. Further, a page selection switch 25 is provided below the page selection button 23, and this page selection switch 25 is activated when the page selection button 23 is pressed and a predetermined sheet 11 is lifted. It is possible to electrically detect whether or not it has been selected.

In the lower right portion of the portion of the frame 1 where the page selection button 23 is provided, there are provided a write button 26, a resend button 27, and a cancel button 28, which constitute a writing means, a resending means, and a canceling means, respectively. . This write button 26 is used to electrically store a predetermined telephone number in an electronic circuit unit 40 (see FIG. 3) provided in the frame 1, and when pressed, the write button 26 are designed to represent the digits of the telephone number. At this time, if a numerical button 21 with the same number is pressed using either of the two rows of left and right numerical buttons 21, the same number will be stored. Further, the resend button 27 is used to resend the previously called number or written number simply by pressing the resend button 27. Furthermore, the cancel button 28 is used to return to the initial state when pressed, and cancels the instructions made by each button pressed before then.

At the bottom position of the frame 1 in FIG. 2, there is provided a display section 31 on which the telephone number currently stored using the write button 26 or the number currently being called is displayed.

A handset receiver part 50 is integrally provided on the side of the frame l, and the handset receiver part 50 includes a handset receiver 60.
Receiving part recess 5 corresponding to the receiving part 61 and the transmitting part 62 of
A speaker 53 for transmitting a telephone number signal to the transmitter 62 of the handset 60 is provided on the bottom surface of the receiver recess 51 .

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the electronic circuit section 40. In this figure, a numeric button 21 that functions as an entry column switch, a number switch, and ε, a page selection button 23 that functions as a page switch, a write button 26, a resend button 27, and a cancel button 28 input signals to the key matrix circuit 41, respectively. The signals from the key matrix circuit 41 are input to the control section 42. Further, a memory circuit 43 as a memory means is connected to the control unit 42 for exchanging signals, and a tone dial 44 is also connected, and a predetermined telephone number signal is sent to the speaker 53 via the tone dial 44. It is now possible to output . Further, the display section 31 is connected to the control section 42, and a predetermined number is displayed according to a signal from the control section 42. Furthermore, the control unit 42 selects the specified address specified by the page selection button 23 and the numerical button 21,
The corresponding telephone number input using the numerical button 21 while the write button 26 is pressed is stored in the memory circuit 43, and is also stored in the memory circuit 43 by the address designation signal from the page selection button 23 and the numerical button 21. It is configured to be operated to output the telephone number of the address as a telephone number signal to the tone dial 44 and to display this number on the display section 31.

In addition, the interface 45 connected to the tone dial 44 by a UI line in FIG. 4 shows an example in which the telephone number book of the present invention is directly incorporated into a telephone. It can also be incorporated into.

Next, how to use this embodiment will be explained.

First, we will explain how to call a number when making a phone call.

For example, if you want to call Tabe Ueno, who is listed in the top row of the left column in FIG. As a result, the sheet 11 located above the "Sea urchin, O" page is lifted by the operation part 24 protruding from the page selection hole 15, and a gap is opened, so the user inserts his/her finger into this gap and opens the page. At this time, 2 from the left
By pressing the page selection button 23, the signal from the page selection switch 25 is sent to the key matrix circuit 41.
A page designation signal is input to the control unit 42 via the memory circuit 43, and a page designation signal is output to the storage circuit 43 to select a page.

Next, press the numeric button 21 corresponding to Ueno Abe, that is, the top button "O" in the left column, and this will fill in the entry field 1.
4 is selected, and together with the page selection signal, Ueno Tabe's telephone number is called from the corresponding address in the memory circuit 43, and the telephone number is called out to the transmitter 62 of the handset 60 via the tone dial 44 and speaker 53. The phone number will be sent to you and a call will be made. At this time, sheet 1
If you want to make a call using some of the small circles listed in the top row of the right column of 1, select the page in the same way, and then press the top button of the number buttons 21 in the right column, that is, the button with the number "0". You can also make a call by pressing .

Next, how to use the resend button 27 will be explained.

If the person corresponding to the number called immediately before is not present or if you wish to have another meeting, use this resend button 27. That is, if one of the retransmission buttons 27 is pressed, the last called number is immediately called out from the memory circuit 43 by the control unit 42, and this is sent to the speaker 53 in the same manner as described above.
is transmitted to the transmitting section 62 of the handset 60, and a call is made again to the person with that name. At this time, the resend button 27 can be used to reproduce not only the number called just before, but also the number written just before.

In addition, if you want to store the corresponding number of the person whose name is written in the predetermined entry column 14 of the sheet 11 in the memory circuit 43, press the page selection button 2 in the same way as when making a telephone call.
3 and numeric button 21 to select page and fill in field 1
4, and then input or write the telephone number of the person in question using the numerical buttons 21 on either the left or right column.

At this time, when the write button 26 is pressed, the function of the numeric button 21 is automatically switched to a number designation function by pressing the page selection button 23 and the numeric button 21. Furthermore, if a write operation is performed again at the same location where a write has already been performed, the number of the last write operation is stored, as in a normal electronic key telephone.

Furthermore, to cancel the previously performed action, press the Cancel button 2.
Press 8 to proceed. When this cancel button 28 is pressed,
Since the initial state is returned at any time, after pressing the cancel button 28, each function can be performed from the beginning by performing the aforementioned operations such as calling, resending, and writing in the respective steps.

According to this embodiment as described above, there are the following effects.

That is, since it has a number visual recognition function using the visible ledger section 10 and a speed dial function using the two buttons, page selection button 23 and numeric button 21, it is easy to search for a person's name (company name) in a conventional telephone directory. It is possible to take advantage of both the ease of calling operations using the shortcut button. In addition, when specifying the entry field 14 of the sheet 11, use the numerical button 21 provided on the side of each entry field 14.
, the selection operation is easy and the search is extremely simple. Furthermore, each sheet 11 is provided with a page selection hole 15 for opening the page, and this page selection hole 15 can be pushed up with the operation section 24 of the page selection button 23, so that the required page can be opened. Opening can be done extremely easily and quickly. Furthermore, by using the write button 26, the numeric button 21 for specifying the entry field 14 can be used as a button for specifying a telephone number for writing, and the structure can be made smaller.

Furthermore, since it is provided with a resend button 27 and a cancel button 28, resend and cancel operations can be performed with one touch. Further, since the display section 31 is provided, the selected telephone number can be confirmed, and the accuracy of the call can be ensured. Furthermore, since the handset receiver is provided with a section 50, it can be applied to existing telephones as is.

Furthermore, if an interface 45 shown in FIG. 4 is provided, it can be incorporated into a normal telephone, which is extremely useful.

In the above embodiment, the page selection button 23 has the illustrated shape integrally formed with the operation section 24 for opening the sheet 11, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a simple push button. A button is provided, and in response to a signal from this push button, a solenoid or other suitable means is used to
The sheet 11 may be opened, and other structures may be used, and the structure is not limited. In addition, numeric button 21. Various buttons such as the write button 26, the resend button 27, and the cancel button 28 are not limited to the arrangement and shape of the above embodiments. For example, the numerical buttons 21 are arranged in one place, and the sheet 11
Entry [14] It may be possible to assign a street number to each column and select the corresponding address using the numerical button 21.If the street address designation is displayed in the entry field 14 in this way, it is possible to enter a larger number of telephone numbers. Can be done. In addition, a resend button 27,
It is not necessary to provide the cancel button 28. Furthermore, the storage means is not limited to electrical storage, but may include magnetic,
It may be stored by other means such as optically, and in short, any means that can be stored in an intangible manner by writing with a pencil or the like and can be recalled is sufficient.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention as described above, it is possible to provide a telephone number book that can have both the advantage of the visual recognition function of a conventional fill-in type telephone number book and the advantage of the speed dial function of an electronic key telephone. There is.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing its appearance, Fig. 2 is a partially cutaway plan view, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof, and Fig. 4 is its It is an electrical circuit diagram. l...7L/-mu, 10...Book section, 11...Sheet, 14...Entry field, 21...Numeric button, 23
...Page selection button, 26...Write button, 2
7...Resend button, 28...Cancel button, 4o.
...Electronic circuit section, 42...#part, 43...memory circuit, 44...tone dial. Figure 1 Figure 23 Figure 4

Claims (4)

[Claims] (1) A book section configured with a plurality of sheets each having a plurality of entry columns for entering a predetermined person's name and a telephone number corresponding to the person's name, and a page selection means for selecting a predetermined sheet of this book section. and an entry column selection means for selecting a predetermined entry column on a predetermined sheet of the ledger, and an electrical, magnetic, optical, etc. a storage means for storing a telephone number corresponding to the designated address in the storage means; a writing means for storing a telephone number corresponding to the specified address in the storage means specified by the page selection means and the entry field selection means; and a control section configured to store the telephone number of the address stored in the storage means and output the telephone number of the address stored in the storage means as a telephone number signal in response to an address designation signal from the page selection means and the entry column selection means. Number book. (2) The telephone number book according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying the telephone number to be designated. (3) The telephone number book according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it has a retransmission means for directly calling the telephone number of the designated address that was called immediately before. (4) A telephone number according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that it has a canceling means that cancels the operation performed immediately before and returns to the state before the said operation. Book.