JPS6324748A - Telephone set with card system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To generate an automatic outgoing card, by enabling a call to be performed by inserting a card in which a bit of tariff information is stored, and providing a function to store an outgoing telephone number inputted manu ally, on the card. CONSTITUTION:At the time of raising a handset, it is discriminated whether the card A is inputted, or, the presence/absence of the tariff balance of the tariff information storage part (a) of an inputted card A. When it is YES, it is judged whether the outgoing telephone number is stored in a telephone number information memory part (b), or not, and when it is No, the manual input of the outgoing telephone number by a dial 1, and a processing to store an inputted outgoing telephone number in a microcomputer 19, are performed, and the call is started. When it is YES, a telephone number stored in the telephone number information memory part (b) is issued automaticaley, then the call is started. By placing the handset, the outgoing telephone number stored in the microcomputer 19 is stored in the telephone number information memory part (b) of the card A by a card writer part 37, and the card is returned from a returning outlet 25, and the call is completed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a card-type telephone, and more particularly to an improvement of a so-called telephone card-type telephone that allows a telephone to be used by inserting a card storing charge information.

(Summary of the Invention) The present invention is equipped with a function for making a call by inserting a card with charge information stored therein, as well as storing a calling telephone number entered by hand on the card. Use a card-type phone that you can create.

(Prior art and its problems) Conventionally, with cards that have a magnetic part as a charge information storage part, it is possible to avoid the trouble of dialing the calling telephone number each time the card is inserted into a card-type telephone card and used. From this point of view, it has been proposed to include a magnetic section for a telephone number information storage section in addition to the charge information storage section, and to write the originating telephone number in advance by a special writing means.

The card-type telephone was configured to be able to automatically make a call by reading the calling telephone number stored in the telephone number information storage section of the card.

However, since the calling telephone number information stored on the card was stored in advance by a specific writing means, there was a problem in that a card capable of making automatic calls had to be specially created and purchased in advance.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention was made in order to solve such conventional problems, and provides a card-type telephone that can store any caller telephone number at any time on a card that stores charge information. The purpose is to provide.

(Structure and Effects of the Invention) In order to achieve such an object, the present invention comprises: a handset means; and a memory section for reading and writing charge information and telephone number information. reading means; telephone number input means for manually converting and inputting a telephone number into electrical pulses; and telephone number input means for transmitting the telephone number from the telephone number input means based on charge information from the reading means, and transmitting the telephone number to the handset and receiving means. a first control means for connecting the input telephone number to a telephone line; a storage means for storing the inputted telephone number; and a writing means for writing the telephone number stored in the storage means into the telephone number information storage section of the card. and a second control for writing a telephone number into the telephone number information storage section of the card by controlling the storage means and the writing means when no telephone number is stored in the telephone number information storage section of the card. control means;

According to the configuration of the present invention, by simply inserting the card into a card-type telephone and dialing the calling telephone number, the calling telephone number can be stored in the telephone number information storage section of the card, and the card user can It becomes possible for the user to store any telephone number that was initially called on the card, and the so-called dialing operation of dialing the same telephone number again becomes extremely simple.

(Explanation of Examples) The present invention will be explained in detail below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a card-type telephone according to the present invention, which is roughly the same as the conventional configuration, with double lines indicating the flow of money and cards; Single lines indicate signal flow.

The dial 1 is connected to a telephone call circuit 3, and by operating the dial 1, a calling telephone number is output to the telephone call circuit 3.The telephone call circuit 3 is connected to a received signal receiving circuit 5. It is connected to a telephone line via an advantageous telephone call control circuit 7.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the dial 1 is of a push-button numeric key type as seen in a conventionally known so-called touch-tone phone, and a pulse signal can be output by pressing a key. .

A handset (not shown) serving as a handset is connected to the telephone communication circuit 3 .

The stored signal receiving circuit 5 receives a connection call signal etc. from the telephone line and outputs it to the telephone circuit 3. An emergency call control circuit 11 operated by the emergency button 9 is connected in parallel to the advantageous call control circuit 7. Connected and emergency button 9
Due to this operation, emergency calls can be made without 'A'El.

Following the money input slot 13, a sorting section 151 for sorting out the type of coins inserted and a storage section 17 for storing the sorted money are successively provided, and the input money charge detected in the storage section 17 is It is output to a control circuit consisting of one microcomputer.

A storage/return section 21 is connected to the storage section 17.
The telephone usage fee is stored in a safe 23 according to a control signal from the microcomputer 19, while the remaining amount is stored and returned from a return port 25 connected to the payment and return section 21.

Further, a card league section 29 is connected to the card slot 27, and an accumulation section 31 for accumulating the inserted cards is connected to the card league section 29.

In the storage section 31, if there is information in the contents of the charge information storage section (charge information record section) a and the telephone number information storage section (telephone number record section) b of the card A shown in FIG. 3, the information is read, The signal is output to the microcomputer 19.

A storage/return section 33 for card A is connected to the storage section 31, and the card A is stored in the card slot section 35 or sent to the card writer section 37 by a control signal from one microcomputer. It has become.

The card writer section 37 is connected to the return slot 25, and has the function of storing the calling telephone number dialed by the dial 1 in the telephone number information storage section for the card.

The microcomputer 19 includes a ROM that stores programs in advance, a RAM that stores arithmetic processing results and dialed calling phone numbers, and an MPU that performs processing according to the programs in the ROM. A function that determines whether or not the calling telephone number is stored, and if it is not stored, controls the RAM Yakard writer section 37 to write the calling telephone number. Inserted card A
It has a control function of subtracting the call charge from the charge information stored in the charge information storage section a and writing the remaining charge information on the card, and a function of controlling the charge call rate control circuit 7.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the configuration and operation of the present invention in more detail, focusing on the operation of the microcomputer 19 in the card-type telephone according to the present invention.

In the figure, it is determined in step 100 whether or not the handset has been picked up, and if NO, the process returns to step 100 to continue the standby state, and if YES, step 101 is processed and card A is inserted or not. It is determined whether the inserted card A has a remaining fee in the fee information storage section a.

If no, return to step 100, the samurai meeting state, and press YE.
In the case of S, step 102 is processed.

In step 102, it is determined whether or not the outgoing phone number is stored in the phone number information storage section of card A. If No, step 103 is processed to manually input the outgoing phone number to Dial 1 and the outgoing phone number. The entered calling telephone number is stored in the microcomputer 19, and the process moves to step 105 to start a telephone call.

If step 102 is YES, the phone number recorded and hidden in the phone number information storage section of the card is automatically dialed in step 104, and the process moves to step 105 to start a call.

Next, in step 106 it is determined whether the handset has been put down; if NO, the process returns to step 105 to continue the conversation; if YES, the process moves to step 107.

In step 107, the calling telephone number stored in the microcomputer 19 is stored in the telephone number information storage section of the card A by the card writer section 37 and returned through the return slot 25, and the process ends.

Therefore, the microcomputer 19 functions as a control means for controlling the operation of a conventional card-type telephone and a control means for controlling the storage of a telephone number in a card when no information is already stored in the telephone number information storage section of the card. ing.

In this way, the card-type telephone of the present invention has a telephone number information storage section of the card that stores nothing by simply inserting the card into the card-type telephone and dialing the calling telephone number. It becomes possible to store the calling phone number on the card, and any calling phone number that was originally called can be stored on the card at any time.

Then, if the card with Mitsunobu's telephone number recorded in the telephone number information storage section 9Fi is further inserted into the card-type telephone, the same calling telephone number will be automatically dialed, and dialing can be performed with a single operation.

By the way, conventional telephone number information storage units generally have ample storage space, so it is possible to effectively utilize that space to store the calling telephone number. It is possible to suppress configuration changes as much as possible.

Further, the above-described card-type telephone of the present invention may be provided with a printing means capable of printing the outgoing telephone number to be stored in the card A on the card surface.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating the main parts of the card-type telephone of the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram showing telephone number input means in the card-type telephone of the present invention, and Figure 3 is the card-type telephone of Figure 1. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining in detail the configuration and operation of the present invention shown in FIG. 1. 1......Dial 3...Telephone circuit 13...Money slot 15...
......Selection section 17.31...Accumulation section 19...First. The second control means (
Microcomputer> 21.33... Storage/return section 25... Return slot 27... Card slot 29...
・・・・・・・・・Card League Club 37・・・・・・・
...Writing means (card writer section) A...
・・・・・・・・・Card a・・・・・・・・・・・・
・・・Charge information storage part b・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・
・Telephone number information storage unit “-: Koichi

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) handset means; reading means for reading the memory section of a card having a memory section in which charge information and telephone number information can be written and read; and a telephone number for manually converting and inputting a telephone number into electric pulses; an input means; a first control means for transmitting the telephone number from the telephone number input means based on charge information from the reading means and connecting the handset means to a telephone line; and the input telephone number. a storage means for storing a number; a writing means for writing the telephone number stored in the storage means into the telephone number information storage section of the card; and a telephone number stored in the telephone number information storage section of the card. a second control means that controls the storage means and the writing means to write a telephone number into the telephone number information storage section of the card when the card is not available. .