KR100344621B1 - Keyboard with function of telephone and method of controlling function of telephone of keyboard - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a keyboard having a telephone function and a method for controlling a telephone function. The present invention relates to a key for inputting a telephone number such as 10 keys, a call start and end key, a dialing start and end, and a mute start and release key. Combined dial key input unit 111a; A ringer 112 for detecting a ring signal through the telephone line connection JA1; A speaker (SPK) for outputting a telephone ring according to the ring signal; When the ring signal detection is detected by the ringer 112, the phone call can be controlled, and the 10-key through the dial combined key input unit 111, call start and end keys, dialing start and end, mute start and release keys, and the like. A microcomputer 113 for controlling a corresponding operation according to a key input; A dialer 114 for outputting a dialing signal according to the dialing start and end selection of the microcomputer 113; Speech network 115 that enables voice communication with the other party according to the call availability state control of the microcomputer 113; and even when the main body power is off, telephone calls can be made using the keyboard and the monitor The present invention relates to a keyboard and a telephone function control method having a telephone function for controlling telephone functions such as storing call contents and replaying call contents from a computer, and managing and storing stored call contents. .

Description

KEYBOARD WITH FUNCTION OF TELEPHONE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING FUNCTION OF TELEPHONE OF KEYBOARD}

The present invention relates to a keyboard with a telephone function and a method for controlling a telephone function. In particular, a telephone call can be made using the keyboard even when the main body power is turned off. The present invention relates to a keyboard and a telephone function control method having a telephone function, which can be controlled by a computer, and also allows management of stored call contents and playback.

In general, when making a telephone call using a computer, as shown in FIG. 1, referring to FIG. 1, when the computer is powered on and a dialing program is executed, a call screen is displayed on the monitor 13. If you select the dial button after inputting the telephone number with the keyboard 11, the dialing program of the computer main body 12 is executed to make a call, and accordingly the sound in the telephone line ca and the computer main body 12 is output. Phone calls can be made using the card, microphone (MIC) and headphones (HP).

However, such a conventional telephone call method has various problems, such as the telephone call is impossible when the computer is in the power-off state, and even if the computer is turned on, management of the telephone call such as storing and reproducing the call contents is impossible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and therefore, an object of the present invention is that a telephone call can be made using a keyboard even when the main body power is turned off. The present invention provides a keyboard and a telephone function control method having a telephone function for controlling a function from a computer and for managing stored and reproduced call contents.

1 is a diagram illustrating a conventional telephone method using a computer.

2 is a keyboard connection configuration with a telephone function according to the present invention.

3 is an internal block diagram of the keyboard of FIG. 2.

4 is a flowchart showing a method for controlling a telephone function of a keyboard according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart showing a database management method of FIG. 3.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

110: keyboard 111a: dialing combination key input unit

112: Ringer 113: microprocessor

114: Dialer 115: Speech Network

SW1: Control Switch SW2: Volume Control Switch

JA1: Telephone line connection JA2: Sound card connection

HJA: Earphone Connection SPK: Speaker

CONT: Telephone Jack 120: Main Unit

121: modem 122: sound card

123: keyboard connection 130: monitor

As a technical means for achieving the object of the present invention described above, the keyboard of the present invention, dials that can enter keys such as 10 keys, call start and end keys, dialing start and end, mute start and release keys A key input unit 111a; A ringer 112 for detecting a ring signal through the telephone line connection JA1; A speaker (SPK) for outputting a telephone ring according to the ring signal; A dialer 114 for outputting a dialing signal according to the dialing start and end selection of the microcomputer 113; Speech network 115 for transmitting a voice signal to enable a voice call between the user and the call partner; An earphone and microphone connection unit (HJA) which receives a voice signal and transmits the voice signal to the speech network and outputs a voice signal applied from the speech network 115; A sound card interface 116 for providing a voice signal to the sound card of the computer main body; When the ring signal detection is detected by the ringer 112, the phone call can be controlled, and the 10-key, dial start and end keys, dialing start and end keys, mute start and release keys, etc., through the dual-purpose key input unit 111 are used. A microcomputer 113 for controlling a corresponding operation according to a key input of a and transmitting the voice signal from the speech network 115 to the computer body through the sound card interface 116; Characterized in having a.

In addition, as another technical means for achieving the object of the present invention, the method of the present invention in the keyboard telephone function control method, judging the ring signal input and proceeds to the next step if there is no input, if there is an input telephone control program A first step of executing a call to indicate that the call has been made and proceeding to a third step; After determining the execution selection, if there is no selection, the process proceeds to the first step, and if there is a selection, the second step of executing the telephone control program is to perform a corresponding operation according to key selection such as telephone number input, call and end, and DB management key. A third step of doing; Characterized in that made.

Hereinafter, a keyboard with a telephone function and a method for controlling a telephone function according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings referred to in the present invention, components having substantially the same configuration and function will use the same reference numerals.

2 is a diagram illustrating a keyboard connection with a telephone function according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a keyboard with a telephone function according to the present invention may perform a phone function independently of the computer main body. The configuration is shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 2, a system for providing a keyboard with a telephone function and a method for controlling a telephone function according to the present invention includes a keyboard 110 capable of performing a telephone function without power supplied from a computer main body. The computer main body 120 includes a sound card for processing a voice signal from the keyboard 110, and transmits and receives a control signal through the keyboard 110 and the keyboard cable to control the telephone function of the keyboard 110. The monitor 130 may output a screen related to the telephone control of the computer main body 120.

3 is an internal block diagram of the keyboard of FIG. 2. Referring to FIG. 3, the keyboard may input keys such as 10 keys, call start and end keys, dialing start and end keys, and mute start and release keys. A ringer 112 for detecting a ring signal through a dial-type key input unit 111a, a telephone line connection unit JA1, a speaker SPK for outputting a telephone ring according to the ring signal, and a ring by the ringer 112 When the signal detection is detected, the phone call can be controlled, and the corresponding operation is controlled according to key inputs such as 10 keys, call start and end keys, dialing start and end, mute start and release keys, etc. A microcomputer 113, a dialer 114 for outputting a dialing signal according to the dialing start and end selection of the microcomputer 113, and a voice with the other party according to the call availability control of the microcomputer 113 Make calls Which comprises a speech network (115).

The keyboard having the telephone function further includes a sound card interface 116 for providing a voice signal to the sound card of the computer body, and the microcomputer 113 receives the sound signal from the speech network 115. And transmits the data to the computer through 116. And, it is configured to control the operation in accordance with the control signal of the code form transmitted from the computer main body 120.

In this regard, the computer main body 120 stores the voice (call contents) inputted to the sound card in a specific storage space of the internal storage device (hard disk), and reproduces the voice stored in this way. The control signal according to the function selection is transmitted to the microcomputer 113 of the keyboard 110 in the form of a code and has a telephone control program for controlling the telephone function.

The keyboard 110 further includes a control switch SW1 and a volume control switch SW2, and the microcomputer 113 provided in the keyboard 110 performs a corresponding control operation according to the control of the control switch SW1. And it is also configured to control the volume through the speech network 115 according to the adjustment of the volume control switch (SW2).

4 is a flowchart showing a method for controlling a telephone function of a keyboard according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a database management method of FIG.

Operation according to the keyboard of the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail below based on the accompanying drawings.

2 and 3, to perform the telephone function of the keyboard 110 to perform a telephone function by using a voltage which is always supplied through the telephone line separately from the computer main body 130, that is, without the power of the computer main body 130. The following describes the operation process.

2 and 3, when a call is received, when a call is received, a ring signal input through the telephone line connection portion CONT is detected by the ringer 112 and the telephone ring is output through the speaker SPK. You will notice that the call has arrived. At this time, if the preset call start key included in the dialing / combination key input unit 111a of the keyboard is selected, the microcomputer 113 detects this and stops the operation of the ringer 112 and the speech network 115 is stopped. Operate.

The speech network 115 operates under the control of the microcomputer 113 to process a voice signal input through the telephone line connecting portion CONT and to provide a headphone through the headphone connecting portion HJA to the headphone. The voice signal through the microphone installed in the input through the headphone connection (HJA) is processed and provided to the telephone line connection (CONT), thereby making a telephone call. In this manner, when the user selects a preset end key included in the dialing / use key input unit 111a, the user recognizes the microcomputer 113 and stops the operation of the speech network 115.

Next, in the case of making a call via the keyboard 110, the microcomputer 113 recognizes the telephone call start key selection when the telephone number is input after selecting the telephone call on the combined dialing key input unit 111a of the keyboard. Then, after receiving the telephone number and controlling the operation of the dialer 114 and providing the telephone number data, the telephone line connection unit JA1 receives a DTMF (Dual Tone Mixed Frequency) dial pulse signal corresponding to the selected telephone number. Transmit by CO. At the same time, after detecting that the other party is in a call state, the speech network 115 is operated to enable a call as described above.

On the other hand, the microprocessor 113 may transmit a voice signal from the speech network 115 to the sound card of the computer main body 130 through the sound card interface 116 and the sound card connection unit JA2, and The control signal from the main body 130 may be transmitted as a code of a type format to perform a corresponding operation, and the corresponding operation may be controlled in response to the control of the control switch SW1 and the volume control switch SW2. .

For example, the code transmitted from the computer main body 120 to the microcomputer 113 of the keyboard 110 is as shown in Table 1 below.

message code message code Start call EC Start of prohibition number entry E6 Start dialing EB End of transmission number E5 Mute start EA Entering Prohibited Number E4 Unmute E9 End dial E3 Start save E8 play E2 Save end E7 Call end E1

As described above, when the mute start key of the dialing / use key input unit 111a of the keyboard 110 is selected while the phone call is being performed, the microcomputer 113 recognizes this and sends the message to the speech network 115. When the mute control signal is outputted, the speech network 115 mutes the output of the audio signal. In this way, when the mute end key of the dialing / use key input unit 111a of the keyboard 110 is selected during the mute, the microcomputer 113 ) Recognizes this and outputs a mute release control signal to the speech network 115, the speech network 115 releases the mute to output the audio signal normally.

Hereinafter, an operation process of controlling the telephone function of the keyboard 110 in the computer main body 120 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5.

Referring to Figure 4, first, in the first step (141,142) to determine the ring signal input proceeds to the next step if there is no input, if there is an input to run the phone control program to indicate that the call and proceed to the third step In detail, the ring signal is provided to the central processing unit of the computer main body 120 by the microcomputer 113 of the keyboard 110, in which the central processing unit recognizes this and executes a telephone control program. At the same time, the display of the call is controlled, and accordingly, the telephone control screen is output to the monitor 130, and the call is displayed.

In the second steps 143 and 144, it is determined whether to execute the telephone control program. If there is no selection, the process proceeds to the first step 141. If there is a selection, the telephone control program is executed. When the execution of the control program is selected, the telephone control program is executed as described above, and the telephone control screen is output to the monitor 130.

In the third step (145, 146) performs a corresponding operation according to the key selection, such as telephone number input, call and end, DB management key, etc. In detail, when the phone control program is executed, the first step ( 141, 142 and the second step (143, 144), the telephone control screen is output on the monitor 130, the telephone control screen includes a plurality of telephone keys for telephone control, the telephone key is a telephone There are 10 keys for entering numbers, call start and end keys, dialing start and end, DB key (save and playback), mute start and release keys, and if one of these keys is selected, the central processing of the computer body The device sends a code for the selected key to the microcomputer 113 of the keyboard 110.

At this time, the microcomputer 113 of the keyboard 110 recognizes the control signal received by the code to perform a corresponding operation, the control signals are the control signals corresponding to the above-described phone key, the call start and end of the control signal For the control signals corresponding to the start and end of dialing, the microcomputer 113 of the keyboard 110 operates as described above, and the mute start and release keys of the control signals operate as described above.

On the other hand, according to the present invention, it is possible to manage a database for storing or reproducing the contents of the telephone call through the telephone control program in the computer main body, which will be described with reference to FIG. same.

Referring to FIG. 5, first, in step 151 and 152, when a database management is selected, a predetermined management screen for a database is output. Specifically, the data on the telephone control screen output to the monitor 130 will be described. When the DB management button is selected, the database management screen is displayed on the monitor 130 accordingly. The database management screen includes buttons for selecting to start and end the storage of a telephone call and to play after selecting an item. It is.

Next, in steps 153 and 154, a voice signal input when storing the call contents is selected and stored in connection with predetermined related information. Specifically, when the start button for storing a call on the screen is selected, the keyboard 110 is stored. The audio signal input through the sound interface 116 is stored together with the related information, wherein the related information includes the storage date, the stored content, the storage time, the other party's name, and the like. Save it connected.

Next, in step 155 and 156, a list of all the stored call contents is output when the call contents play selection is selected, and in step 157 and 158, when the list is selected, the call contents for the selected corresponding list is output as a voice signal. Specifically, when the call content playback button on the database management screen is selected, a list of items storing the call contents (call contents) is displayed on the screen. If you select, the saved call is played by voice.

Finally, in step 159, when the end button on the telephone control screen is selected, the database management screen ends.

According to the present invention as described above, even if the main body power is off, it is possible to make a telephone call using the keyboard, and control the telephone functions such as storing the contents of the call and playing the contents of the call while watching the monitor, and also storing the stored calls. There is a special effect that allows you to manage the contents, such as storage and playback.

The above description is only a description of one embodiment of the present invention, the present invention is capable of various changes and modifications within the scope of the configuration.

Claims (6)

In the keyboard with a telephone function, A dual dial key input unit 111a capable of inputting keys such as 10 keys, call start and end keys, dialing start and end, mute start and release keys; A ringer 112 for detecting a ring signal through the telephone line connection JA1; A speaker (SPK) for outputting a telephone ring according to the ring signal; A dialer 114 for outputting a dialing signal according to the dialing start and end selection of the microcomputer 113; Speech network 115 for transmitting a voice signal to enable a voice call between the user and the call partner; An earphone and microphone connection unit (HJA) which receives a voice signal and transmits the voice signal to the speech network and outputs a voice signal applied from the speech network 115; A sound card interface 116 for providing a voice signal to the sound card of the computer main body; When the ring signal detection is detected by the ringer 112, the phone call can be controlled, and the 10-key, dial start and end keys, dialing start and end keys, mute start and release keys, etc., through the dual-purpose key input unit 111 are used. And a microcomputer (113) for controlling the operation according to the key input of the and transmitting the voice signal from the speech network (115) to the computer body through the sound card interface (116). Keyboard with function. delete The method of claim 1, wherein the microcomputer 113 is A keyboard having a telephone function, characterized in that for controlling the telephone function in accordance with a control signal in the form of a code transmitted from a computer main body. The method of claim 1, wherein the keyboard Further provided with a volume control switch (SW2), The microcomputer (113) is a keyboard having a telephone function, characterized in that for controlling the volume of the call to the speech network 115 in accordance with the control of the volume control switch (SW2). In the keyboard telephone function control method, Determining the ring signal input and proceeding to the next step if there is no input, and if there is an input, executing the telephone control program to indicate that the call has been made and proceeding to the third step; Judging the selection of execution, if there is no selection, proceeding to the first step; A third step (145, 146) for performing a corresponding operation according to key selection such as telephone number input, call and end, and DB management key; Keyboard telephone function control method characterized in that consisting of. The method of claim 6, wherein the third step Outputting a predetermined management screen for the database when selecting database management (151, 152); Storing (153, 154) the voice signal inputted when selecting to store the call information in connection with predetermined related information; Outputting a list of all stored call contents when selecting play contents (155, 156); When selecting a corresponding list on the list displayed on the screen, outputting a call to the selected list as a voice signal (157, 158); And terminating (159) the database management screen when the termination is selected.