KR200207645Y1 - A dial apparatus with voice informing function - Google Patents

Abstract

A dialing device operating with a plurality of buttons each having a built-in function, comprising: a voice ROM for storing voice guidance data; A memory unit for storing dial numbers; A voice reproducing unit for reproducing the voice guidance data in the voice ROM when each button is pressed; A voice output unit including a speaker or earphone for outputting a voice signal reproduced by the voice reproducing unit; And a control unit including a signal input from the plurality of buttons, a voice ROM, a memory unit, an audio reproducing unit, and an MPU controlling an audio output unit.

Description

A dial apparatus with voice informing function

The present invention relates to a dialing device having a plurality of buttons having respective functions so that dialing can be performed without looking at the dial button. The dial device having a plurality of buttons described above includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a telephone (including a wireless telephone) door lock, a control panel composed of buttons, and the like.

In the case of a mobile phone, which is a kind of generalized dialing device, there is no problem when dialing to make a call in a normal state, but when driving a vehicle, even when using a hands-free kit or earphone, it is necessary to press a dial button to make a call. There are significant risks when you must inevitably charge while driving, because you have to dial the phone number.

Also, in case of mobile phone or telephone, there is a recognition protrusion on the top of or around the 5 button, but it is quite difficult to distinguish other number buttons or function buttons without looking at the dial button. There are considerable difficulties for the disabled to use.

Therefore, the present invention is to provide a function that can be dialed without looking at the dial button when the visually impaired to use the phone, or inevitably use the mobile phone while driving to solve the above problems. In addition, the mobile phone and the telephone as well as the button is provided so that the button has a specific function, for example, a door lock, a method release device, a control device having a button type control unit, etc. to have a voice guidance function for each button.

In more detail, a mobile phone or a phone having a button of a technology related to the present invention is built into a mobile phone or a phone when the finger touches the button or applies a slight force, and the switch of the button is primarily operated (preliminary operation). When the voice data is read and the guidance of the number or function button of the corresponding button comes out through the voice output unit such as speaker or earphone, and the user knows the information about the function of the button that is heard from the voice output unit matches the desired button. Its purpose is to force the button to perform a second function again by applying a stronger force to the button.

In other words, the user puts a finger on the button of the mobile phone or the phone and checks the number or function button through voice first, and when the desired voice is heard from one of the speaker or earphone which is the voice output part, the user presses the corresponding button to operate the button function. In this case, the purpose of the mobile phone or the phone is to understand each function of the mobile phone and dial correctly without looking at the dial button.

In addition, the technology related to the present invention can be applied to any device having a variety of buttons, such as a dial aid having a dial function.

1 is an exemplary view of a button for switching action to implement the present invention.

2 is a block diagram of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram for implementing a voice guidance function for the name or menu.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the devise

1: button

2: PCB

3: first switch

4: second switch

5: first contact

6: second contact

21: button part

22: control unit

23: voice ROM

24: voice playback unit

25: audio output unit

31: memory

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is an exemplary view of a button for implementing the present invention, a view for explaining an example of a button for implementing a function of the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram for implementing a dial function according to the present invention 3 is a block diagram for performing voice guidance on data stored in each memory address of a memory configured in a dial device.

Here, the dial device includes, but is not limited to, a mobile phone, a telephone, a door lock, a control panel on which numeric buttons are arranged.

One embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, is configured such that all switches are in two-stage contact, in which the first switch 3 operates first, after which the second switch 4 Is configured to operate.

In more detail, the button portion composed of the illustrated button 1, the first switch 3, the second switch 4, the PCB 2, the first contact 5, and the second contact 6 will be described in more detail.

The upper part of the button (1) of the predetermined form is formed with a protrusion that can be felt by hand, the lower surface is formed on the left side protruding lower than one side composed of two surfaces formed in a layer to contact the PCB at a time difference from each other The ground switch of the carbon material is bonded to the right side so that the first switch 3 and the first switch 3 to which the ground element of the carbon material is bonded are formed in a layer than the left side where the first switch 3 is placed. The second switch 4, the PCB (2) substrate is located under the above-described button (1), and the first switch 3 and the second switch 4 described above in terms of the PCB (2) substrate The first contact point 5 corresponding to the first switch 3 and the second contact point 6 corresponding to the second switch 4 are formed in contact with the opposite surface. Performs a button function.

As an embodiment of the present invention, a button is used. The first switch is a touch pad configured on top of the above-described button, and the second switch 4 is a carbon contact switch or a tack switch. It may be implemented, or any switch having two contacts may operate primary or secondary.

In addition, as described above, when it is impossible to configure the first and second switches 3 and 4, a predetermined contact time is set in one single switch, and a voice prompt is issued in case of a short contact time, and the user presses a predetermined reference time or more. In this case, it is possible to perform a function of a button.

In addition, in the case of a touch pad, when a user touches a button made of a touch pad, a voice guidance is output, and when the button is pressed, a function of a button may be performed.

Obviously, the configuration of the button unit is not limited to the configuration of FIG. 1.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the operation of the dial device having the button unit of the present invention as described above. When the button 1 is pressed, the first switch 3 of FIG. 1 operates to control the button unit 21. At 22, a contact signal indicating that the first switch is in contact with the first contact point 5 of the PCB is transmitted. At this time, the control unit receives the contact signal to receive a voice rom 23 and a voice reproducing unit ( 24, the voice for the corresponding button is read from the voice ROM 23, converted into a voice signal by the voice reproducing unit 24, and amplified by a non-illustrated amplifier, and then through the voice output unit 25. Output voice. The voice output unit 25 described above includes an output device such as a speaker or earphone, but is not limited thereto.

Thereafter, when the user checks the guide sound heard through the speaker or the earphone and presses the button 1 harder, the controller 22 receives a contact signal indicating that the second switch 4 of FIG. 1 is in contact with the second contact 6 of the PCB. And to perform the functions of the second switch 4 described above in the control section.

When the first and second switches 3 and 4 are pressed with a short time interval, it is preferable to perform an operation on a corresponding button without providing voice guidance. The above-described time interval can be set at the time of product development.

If it is impossible to have the structure of the first switch 3 and the second switch 4 in Figure 1 has one switch as another embodiment for implementing the present function (not shown in the figure) In one embodiment of the dial device, if the voice guidance function is turned off by embedding the mobile phone, etc., the voice guidance function setting and release function, the operation for the corresponding button is to be executed the moment the operation button is pressed, the voice of the mobile phone, etc. When the guide function is set, a short press will bring up the voice guidance for the corresponding button, and a long press will sound the key recognition sound for the button and execute the operation of the corresponding button. The time interval pressed here may optionally be specified at the time of manufacture of the product as described above.

As an example of a dial device with such a function, when using a mobile phone, a user presses a specific number shortly to hear and confirm the voice guidance for the corresponding button, and if the number intended is correct, the user presses the button a little longer to operate it. If it is not the intended number, it finds another button, listens to the guide voice, and determines whether to input the operation signal of the selected button.

This allows the user to dial exactly the desired number without looking at the dial button.

As described above, the user is not limited to a method of short pressing or long pressing on the basis of a predetermined time reference, and the right of the present invention is to provide a dial device having a button. The user can hear the voice guidance function, and to perform the function of each button by the secondary function of each button is the object of the present invention and the biggest object. That is, the voice guidance is output when the user operates the button according to the predetermined first characteristic of performing the primary function of the button, and the user operates the button according to the predetermined second characteristic of performing the secondary function of the button. In this case, the function set to the button is performed.

3 is a memory for storing a menu for each button of a dial device, such as a phone number, a user name, and the like stored by a user in a mobile phone as an embodiment of the dial device in the block diagram of FIG. 31 is a block diagram showing that the user has added a block diagram for allowing a user to dial a number stored in the memory 31 without visually confirming the dial button.

When the user presses the 'OK' button shortly (for example within 0.5 seconds), the voice prompt 'OK' appears and the user confirms this by pressing and holding the OK button a little longer (for example, 0.5 to 1.5 seconds).

As described above, in the case of the first button, a short press of the first button gives a voice prompt called 'Recently Called Number', and a short press of the second button brings up a voice prompt called 'Recent Called Number' and a short press of the 3 button causes a call. 'Find a number' voice prompts. When the mobile phone user hears the voice prompt 'Find phone number' and presses the corresponding button (button 3) a little longer, the sub menu of the phone number search is displayed. When the user presses the button 1 again, the voice prompt 'Search by name' comes out, and when the user presses the button 2 shortly, the voice guide 'Search by address' comes out. If the mobile phone user hears the voice prompt 'Find by address' and presses the button (2) a little longer, the voice prompt 'Select address to find' comes out. After listening to the number button and selecting the address, the stored name of the address is converted to voice and heard through the speaker or earphone.If the user wants to make a call, the user can press the search button on the phone after selecting 'find address'. Whenever a stored name of appears, it is converted into a text-to-voice for each name and heard by the user. You can listen to the voice prompt and select the stored phone number and press the call button.

If there is only a user input number stored in the memory or a recent caller number, the phone number can be heard by voice guidance.

In the above example, if you press the 'OK' button, the sub menus such as 1: Last Called Number, 2: Last Called Number, 3: Find Phone Number are displayed on the LCD (not shown), and '3: Find Phone Number' If you select the submenu, it assumes that you have another submenu tree structure called 1: Find by name and 2: Find by address.

So far, a description has been given of a method of dialing a stored number by listening to voice guidance, and a method for implementing the same will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 3.

As shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 22 generally uses an MPU as a part of the mobile phone as an example of a dial device and controls the overall function. The button unit includes all of the rubber switch 1 type on the front and side of the mobile phone. Refers to the button. In the above, the button includes, but is not limited to, a tack tap switch, a touch pad switch, and the like other than the rubber switch.

The button constituted by the above-described touchpad switch is configured such that when the user touches the button, voice guidance for the function of the button is issued by the recognition of the sensor, and when the user presses the aforementioned button, the function of the button is performed by the controller. .

In addition, the memory unit 31 stores information necessary to perform the functions of the mobile phone as an example of other dialing devices, such as a phone number and text information on the function of each button, and the voice ROM 25 is a voice for all characters of Korean characters. It has information, voice information for numbers, and voice information for each function button.

The voice reproducing unit 23 performs a function of operating a speaker or earphone by reproducing or amplifying information received from the voice ROM.

The voice output unit 24 may be a built-in speaker of the mobile phone itself, or can be viewed as a speaker of a handsfree kit when using a vehicle handsfree kit. In case of using earphone, it is the speaker of earphone.

The description of each part is the same as that of FIG. 2 except for the memory part of FIG. 3.

When the telephone number stored in the memory 31 is described with reference to the above embodiment, when the OK button is pressed on the button unit 21, the LCD screen may include 1: recent call number, 2: recent call number, 3: phone call. When the number search screen is displayed and the user presses the button 3 shortly, the button unit 21 sends a signal for the touch of the three rubber dentures 1 button to the control unit 22 and receives the signal. The control unit 22 knows that the number 3 button is the text 'phone number search' and reads the address of the voice number 'phone number search' stored in the voice ROM 23 and converts the voice signal to the voice signal playback unit 23. After amplification, the amplification signal is amplified and sent to a speaker or earphone which is the voice output unit 24.

When the next user selects the number 3 search button and selects the number 2 button, the control unit recognizes that the number 2 button is the text 'Find by address' and the voice of 'Find by address' is stored in the voice ROM 25. Read the address of the address and convert it into a voice signal through the voice reproducing unit 23. Although not shown in the drawing, the voice signal is amplified through the voice signal amplifier and then sent to the voice output unit 24 such as a speaker or earphone. To output

If you select the address after pressing No.2 button 'Address', the person name stored in the address is displayed on the LCD, and the LCD has text information about the name and the corresponding voice information from the voice ROM 25 is displayed. The voice signal for the text is extracted, and the voice guidance is output from the voice output unit 24 through the voice reproducing unit 23 and the amplifier (not shown) as described above.

If there is no text for the person's name and only the phone number, the controller reads the information about the number from the voice ROM 25 with the phone number displayed on the LCD and drives the speaker through the voice reproducing unit.

As described above, if you need to make a call while driving, or if a visually impaired person needs to make a call using a mobile phone or a telephone, listen to the function of each button through voice guidance without selecting the dial button and select the corresponding button. By doing so, you can reduce the risk of an accident that occurs when you make a phone call using your mobile phone while driving.

In addition, another effect according to the present invention is to make it easier and more accurate for the visually impaired to use a mobile phone or a telephone, which is a dial device having a plurality of buttons.

Another effect of the present invention is to implement the voice guidance function, there is an effect that facilitates the operation of the device having the operation function by the button.

Claims (7)

In the dial device operating with a plurality of buttons, A voice ROM for storing voice guidance data; A memory unit for storing at least one of a dial number, a function menu of the dial device, or user input information; A voice reproducing unit for reproducing the voice guidance data in the voice ROM when each button is pressed; A voice output unit including a speaker or earphone for outputting a voice signal reproduced by the voice reproducing unit; And a controller configured to control the button, the voice ROM, the memory unit, the voice reproducing unit, and the voice output unit. The user performs the voice guidance function by the primary contact according to the predetermined first characteristic of the button, and performs the function of the button by the secondary contact according to the predetermined second characteristic of the button. Dial. The method of claim 1, wherein the voice ROM, A dial device having a voice guidance function, characterized in that for storing voice information for all characters of Hangul, voice information for menus, voice information for numbers, and voice information for the function of each button. The method of claim 1, wherein the dial device, A dial device having a voice guidance function, characterized in that any one of a mobile phone or a telephone or a door control device or a control panel having a numeric button. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second characteristics of the button, The dial device having a voice guidance function, characterized in that the button has a two-stage switching structure. The method of claim 4, wherein the button having the two-stage switching structure, The first function is performed when a thin film type rubber switch button having a contact terminal with two conductive elements attached thereto and a two-stage switching, or a contact terminal with one conductive element pressed therein for a predetermined time or less. In case of pressing for more than a predetermined time, a single contact switch performing a two-stage switching function or a two-stage switch configured to have a first press and a second press, or two touch switches for implementing two-stage switching or a touch is detected when the first The dial device having a voice guidance function, characterized in that any one of the touch pad button to be performed, the second function is performed when the function is performed. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first function and the second function, The first function is a voice guidance for a button function, and the second function is a dial device having a voice guidance function, characterized in that to perform an operation set to a button. The method of claim 1, wherein when the dial device has an LCD display, And extracting voice signal data of text displayed on the LCD from the voice ROM, converting the voice signal into a voice signal in the voice reproducing unit, and outputting voice information corresponding to the text through the voice output unit. Dial device with guide function.