JPS63180261A - Telephone set with data communication function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a message from missing in transferring by outputting an operational guidance message in form of voice and/or an image pattern of character string in accordance with selection by a user. CONSTITUTION:If an output change-over switch 13 is positioned in 'display' a control circuit 7 converts an operational guidance message transmitted in form of a character code from the center into an image pattern. and displays it in a display 11. When the switch 13 is positioned in 'voice', a character code undergoes a voice rule synthesizing circuit 6a, and is outputted as a voice message from a speaker 12. If the switch 13 is positioned in 'display and voice', a message is displayed in the display 11 and simultaneously outputted from the speaker 12. Therefore, an operational guidance message can be optionally constituted, and missing of the message can be prevented.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a telephone that has, in addition to the normal telephone call function, the function of performing digital data communication with a center via a telephone line using a modem. It is something.

[Conventional technology]

Figure @3 is a block diagram showing an example of a conventional telephone with a data communication function, for example, the block diagram shown in Japanese Patent Publication No. 36067. In the figure, (1) is a telephone line connection terminal, (2) is a network control circuit, (31 is a center signal reception circuit, (4) is a dial signal generation circuit, (5) is a
(61) is a speech synthesis circuit, (7) is a control circuit, (8) is a magnetic card league, (9) is a password input device, and (10) is a keyboard.

Next, the operation will be explained. The user uses the keyboard (IL)
)) When data is input according to a predetermined procedure, the control circuit (7) fully controls the network control circuit (2) and the dial signal generation circuit (4) to establish a line connection with the center. When the line is connected to the center, the communication circuit (51,
The center signal receiving circuit (3) enables data transmission and reception with the center.

Immediately after the line is connected to the center, a center identification signal is transmitted from the center, received by the center signal receiving circuit (3:), and stored in a storage device in the control circuit (7).

Users have a keyboard (10) and a magnetic card reader (8).
), the necessary data is input from the PIN input device (91) and the information is sent to the center, but at this time, the control circuit (7)
Speech synthesis is performed according to a predetermined sequence using the center identification signal stored in the .

The data is synthesized by the voice synthesis circuit (6), and an instruction message is generated for the user to operate.The user listens to this guidance message using the telephone receiver installed in the telephone communication circuit (5), and then sends a series of guidance messages to the user. You can perform the specified operations.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] Since the conventional telephone with data communication function is configured as described above, if the user misses the guidance message or wants to reconfirm the content, the guidance message The problem was that there was no way to reproduce it.

Furthermore, because conventional devices can only generate a finite number of guidance message voices that are set to correspond to multiple predetermined centers, it is necessary to change the connected center or change the operating procedure. Therefore, when a message that is not registered in the speech synthesis circuit becomes necessary, there is a problem in that the speech synthesis circuit and the control circuit 'It must be changed frequently.

This invention was made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it provides a data communication function that allows arbitrary messages to be transmitted to users using data from a center, and that can be transmitted without missing any messages. [Means for solving the problem] In this invention, the data from the center is transmitted in the form of a character code of a character string representing a message, and the data communication function is The telephone has a means for converting the character code sent from the center into an image of the character and displaying it on a display device, and a means for converting the character code into rule synthesis data for voice synthesis and executing the rule. means for generating sounds when the character is pronounced from the synthetic data,
In addition, the user can switch between displaying the message by turning the image of the character or outputting the sound when the character is pronounced.

[Effect]

According to the user's selection, the message is displayed in the form of a character image/setan, or is output as a voice message, or the display and voice output are performed in parallel, so that it is possible to prevent the message from being missed. can.

〔Example〕

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention,
In the figure, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 3 indicate the same or equivalent parts, (3α) is the data modulation/demodulation circuit corresponding to the center signal receiving circuit (31) in FIG. 3, and (6α) is the voice synthesis circuit (31) in FIG. 61 is a corresponding voice rule synthesis circuit, (11) is a display, (12) is a speaker, and (13) is an output changeover switch.

Next, the operation will be explained. As explained with reference to FIG. 3, when the user inputs data using the keyboard (10) according to a predetermined procedure, the control circuit (7) activates the network control circuit (2) and the dial signal generation circuit (4). It controls and connects the line with the center.

After the line is connected, data sent from the center is demodulated by the modulation/demodulation circuit (3α) and displayed on the display (11), or data input by the user from the keyboard (IO) is modulated by the modulation/demodulation circuit (3α). It becomes possible to send the information to the center.

When the user's operation is Ida/Smesse, each character of the character string representing the message is sent from the center in the form of a character code. This character code is, for example, JIS C62
Table 60 of 20 information exchange codes - 8-unit code for maji and katakana. Control circuit (7) and display (1)
The circuit consisting of 1) includes a refresh memory that stores the character code sent from the center at the address position corresponding to the display position of the character, and a refresh memory that stores the image of the character at the address position determined by the character code. It is equipped with a font memory that stores images (dots and turns), and a character generator circuit that sequentially reads the refresh memory, inputs the read character code to the font memory, and outputs the image and pattern of the character. The character code sent from the center is converted into an image of that character and displayed on the display (11
) is configured so that it can be displayed. Therefore, when the output selector switch (13) is in the "display" position, the operation guidance message sent from the center is displayed on the display (11).

In addition, the control circuit (7) has a built-in circuit that converts the character code sent from the center character by character into voice rule synthesis data and outputs it to the voice rule synthesis circuit (6α), so the output can be switched. When the switch (13) is in the "voice" position, the character code of the message character string sent from the center is output as a voice message from the speaker (12) via the voice rule synthesis circuit (6α).

When the output selector switch (13) is in the "display+audio" position, the message is displayed on the display (11) and output from the speaker (12).

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing each program step when output switching is executed by program control within the control circuit (7), and (21) to (27) indicate each step.

After the step of outputting to the display (24), the character code of this character is written to the refresh memory, and the refresh memory is read out cyclically and displayed on the display (11'), but it is not sent to the speech rule synthesis circuit. After the output step (27), the sound when this character is pronounced is output from the speaker (12), and the sound output is not repeated.

It is necessary to save the received character code until the process of step (26) is started. Therefore, in step (21), the input character code is stored in the buffer register.

In the above embodiment, a dedicated speaker (12) is provided for the output of the voice rule synthesis circuit (6α), but it is also possible to connect the output of the voice rule synthesis circuit (6α) to the receiver of the telephone call circuit (5). Good too.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, an operation guidance message from the center is sent in the form of a character code, which is converted into rule synthesis data for voice synthesis and output as a voice message through the voice rule synthesis circuit. Since the operation guidance message can be freely configured and this operation displays the image pattern of the character string on the display, it is possible to prevent the operation guidance message from being omitted. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing part of the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a conventional device. (1) is the telephone line connection terminal, (2) is the network control circuit, (3
α) is a data modulation/demodulation circuit, (4) is a dial signal generation circuit, (6α) is a voice rule synthesis circuit, (7) is a control circuit,
(10) is the keyboard, (11) is the display, (1
2) is the speaker, and (13) is the output selector switch. Note that the same reference numerals in each figure indicate the same or corresponding parts.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a telephone with a data communication function that has a data communication function with a center in addition to a normal call function, a character string sent from the center in the form of a character code is expressed by each character code. A display device that converts the image pattern of the above character string into a character image pattern and displays the image pattern of the above character string.The above character string sent in the form of character code from the center is converted into rule synthesis data for speech synthesis corresponding to each character code. a voice rule synthesis circuit that converts the rule synthesis data into a voice message in which the above character string is pronounced, inputs the above character string sent from the center in the form of a character code into the display device, or A telephone with a data communication function, comprising: a switching device for switching between inputting to the voice rule synthesis circuit, or inputting to the display device and the voice rule synthesis circuit in parallel.