JPS62258544A - Telephone set reading automatically telephone number printed on name card and making dialing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the titled telephone set to read a telephone number printed on a card such as a name card mechanically by allowing the telephone set to read directly the said telephone number mechanically and to make a dial thereby omitting the manual dialing. CONSTITUTION:A handset 2 is lifted up, a name card 21 of an opposite party is loaded to a slot 4 from the edge of the name card manually and slided. A read mechanism 5 starts reading, sends a signal to a signal priority circuit 6 of the read mecahnism at first, the circuit 6 is activated to start switchingly a changeover switch circuit 7, a signal from the read circuit is led thereby cutting off the dial signal. The read signal is sent to a dial signal generating circuit 10, from which a dial signal is generated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to telephones, and particularly to automation of dialing.

[Prior Art] In conventional telephones, the only way to dial a call was to use the human hand, that is, the fingertip. Recently, telephones with added functions such as speed dialing or repeat dialing have appeared, but these too are still limited to dialing operations using fingertips.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] When dialing a long telephone number, it is easy to make a dialing error, and when the other party is on the phone, it is necessary to dial the long telephone number many times, which can be an emergency. Troublesome,
There were other drawbacks.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a telephone that eliminates these drawbacks, eliminates manual dialing, and allows telephone numbers to be read mechanically.

[Means for solving the problem] This invention provides a telephone number recorded or printed (hereinafter referred to as printing) on a business card or a similar card-like article (hereinafter referred to as a business card). The basic idea is to have the phone read and dial directly using a mechanical method.

In other words, a conventional telephone is equipped with a magnetic or optical reading mechanism for symbols, characters, etc., and a business card with a printed telephone number is manually inserted into the mechanism and then slid. A protection circuit is also provided to prevent erroneous dialing due to inadvertent touching of the telephone dial by the human body while the telephone number is read and then dialed. A business card does not have a telephone number printed on one part of its periphery in such a way that it can be read mechanically.

[Example] Next, embodiments of the invention will be described.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment in which a telephone number reading device 3 is provided in a telephone main body 1. As shown in FIG. The telephone number reading device 3 is composed of a groove 4 into which a business card 21 is inserted or slid, and a reading mechanism 5 that operates at that time.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment in which a handset 2 is provided with a telephone number reading device 3. The configuration of the telephone number reading device 3 is the same as that shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which a telephone number reading device 3 is integrated into the telephone main body 1. The telephone main body 1 has a groove 4 for inserting and sliding a business card 21 and a reading mechanism 5 built into the telephone main body 1. It has a structured structure.

FIG. 4 shows another embodiment in which a telephone number reading device 3 is integrated into the handset 2, and one corner of the handset 2 is used to incorporate a groove 4 and a reading mechanism 5. .

FIG. 5 schematically shows an embodiment of the location of the telephone number generation circuit according to the present invention.

To further explain each of the circuits 5 to 9, the reading mechanism 5 may use either a magnetic reading method or an optical reading method. In the magnetic reading method, the phone number 2 recorded on the magnetic material of the business card 21
0 is subjected to magneto-electrical conversion using a magnetic head, and the signal is amplified to the required voltage and current. In the optical reading method, the telephone number printed on the business card is converted into electricity using a phototransistor, and the signal is amplified in the same way. The signal priority circuit C of the reading mechanism is composed of a self-holding circuit,
It is activated by detecting only the first signal from the reading mechanism 5, and the activated state is maintained. The circuit 6 is interlocked with the changeover switch circuit 7, and in the activated state cuts off the signal from the manual dial mechanism 11 and amplifies the signal from the reading mechanism 5. At the end of the call, the self-holding state is reset upon receiving the end signal 12. In the reset state, the signal from the manual dial mechanism 11 is always in a conductive state.

The city/area code discrimination circuit 8 consists of a logic circuit and a memory circuit, and stores the read number string sequentially from the last digit. If the area code signal contained in the content is the station number to which the device belongs, a logic circuit determines this and deletes the area code part, and if it is the area code, it is output as is.

The dial number correctness determination circuit 9 logically determines whether the signal from the reading mechanism 5 is a correct number string signal, and is composed of a logic circuit and a memory circuit. A string of numbers is stored in a sequential memory circuit via a logic circuit,
When a signal that cannot be distinguished from a number is input during the call, a call disconnection signal 13 is output and the stored contents are erased. This output is input to the signal priority circuit 6 of the reading mechanism and resets the circuit. If the signal from the reading mechanism 5 is a correct number string, the stored signal content is output to the next dial signal generation circuit 10 from the opposite direction. All of these circuits consist of conventional circuits, and there is no question about the contents of each circuit.

Next, the operation according to the present invention will be explained according to FIGS. 5 and 6.

It should be noted in advance that FIG. C is an illustration of the operation based on the embodiment of FIG. 1, and that the same applies to the other FIGS. 2, 3, and 4. When making a call, first pick up the receiver 2. A business card 21 of the person to be called is manually inserted into the groove 4 from the end of the business card and slid. However, the phone number 2 printed on the business card 21
0 determines the surface to be contacted and slides it so that it comes into contact with the surface that can be read by the reading mechanism 5. The reading mechanism 5 starts reading, and first sends a signal to the signal priority circuit C of the reading mechanism, and the circuit C operates to switch and start the changeover switch circuit 7, conduct the signal from the reading circuit, and send the signal from the dial. cut off the signal.

Next, the signal from the reading mechanism 5 enters the local/area code discrimination circuit 8, and if the area code to which the telephone belongs is read, that area code is automatically deleted. do.

The read telephone number signal passes through the changeover switch circuit 7 and enters a dial number correct/incorrect determining circuit 9, which determines whether or not there is an error in the read signal. If there is an error in the signal, for example, if noise is mixed in when reading it and it does not form the correct number string for a telephone number, or if it is read as a non-existent station number, it will be automatically detected and the circuit will be corrected. disconnect. If the read signal is positive, it is then sent to the dial signal generation circuit 10, which generates a dial signal according to the read telephone number. Dial signal generation circuit 10
The circuit from to onward is a conventional telephone circuit.

The output terminal of the reading mechanism 5 is the city/area code discrimination circuit 8.
It is also connected to the input terminal of the priority circuit 6 of the reading mechanism. Note that the circuit 6 also has an input terminal 12, which is also connected to a conventional telephone circuit. The output terminal of the local/area code discrimination circuit 8 is connected to one input terminal of the changeover switch circuit 7, and the output terminal of the same phase is connected to the input terminal of the dial number discrimination circuit 9. One of the output terminals of the circuit 9 is connected to the input terminal of the dial signal generating circuit 10, and the other output terminal is connected to the other input terminal of the signal priority circuit 6 of the reading mechanism. On the other hand, the conventional manual dial mechanism 11 is connected to the other input terminal of the changeover switch circuit 7, and this in-phase output terminal is directly connected to the dial signal generation circuit 11.
It is connected to yet another input terminal of 0.

The circuits from the dial signal generating circuit 10 onward may be the same as those of a conventional telephone. Once the output of the dial signal is finished, the conventional call method can be used.

Now, if the invention described above is carried out, it becomes unnecessary to perform dial operations using a person's fingertips.

That is, rather than dialing with the fingertips of the caller, the telephone device reads the telephone number printed on the business card and always outputs an accurate dialing signal. Long distance phone calls, etc.
There is no longer any need for erroneous dial operations, which are long and often result in incorrect dialing or pressing the wrong button, eliminating wasted time and dramatically increasing the efficiency of line usage. It also eliminates the hassle of dialing long phone numbers for people who always call.
Dial operation becomes easy and convenient. In addition, the reading mechanism is equipped with a signal priority circuit, so even if you accidentally touch the dial while the phone is reading a phone number, the reading signal will not be destroyed.
Can be read correctly.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 shows an example in which a telephone number reading device is provided in the telephone body. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment in which the handset is equipped with a telephone number reading device. FIG. 3 shows an embodiment in which a telephone number reading device is integrated into the telephone main body. FIG. 4 shows an embodiment in which a telephone number reading device is integrated into a handset. FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a telephone number generation circuit. FIG. 6 shows an example of use based on the embodiment according to FIG. 1: Telephone body 2: Handset 3: Telephone number reading device 4: Groove 5: Reading mechanism 6: Reading mechanism signal priority circuit 7: Changeover switch circuit 8: Local/area code discrimination circuit 9: Dial number correct/incorrect Discrimination circuit 10: Dial signal generation circuit 11: Manual dial mechanism 12, 13: Signal 20: Printed telephone number 21: Business card 22: Business card movement operation

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A conventional telephone mechanism and circuit includes a groove for inserting and sliding a business card with a recorded and printed telephone number, a telephone number reading device for reading the telephone number, and a signal from the telephone number reading device. Equipped with a signal eugenic circuit that detects and maintains activation, a changeover switch circuit, a local/area code discrimination circuit that discriminates the area number, a dial number correctness discrimination circuit, and a dial signal generation circuit that dials the read signal. A telephone featuring: (2) The telephone set as set forth in claim (1), characterized in that it has a mechanism that allows the telephone number on the business card to be read magnetically and optically.