TW457797B - Keyboard with telephone function, and method for controlling the telephone function - Google Patents

Abstract

A keyboard with a telephone function, and a method for controlling the telephone function, are disclosed. The keyboard includes a dialing/key inputting section having a plurality of keys, for carrying out a telephone function. A ringer detects ring signals after their passing through a telephone line connecting section. A headphone connecting section is connected to a headphone for outputting voice signals of the other party through an internal speaker, and for receiving user's voice signals through a mike. A speech network processes voice signals so as to transmit and receive the voice signals between the telephone line and the headphone connecting section under a talk mode. A microcomputer judges on a shift to the talk mode by detecting a key input and ring signals of the ringer, and executes a telephone control program to carry out a relevant talk control operation in accordance with the key input if a shift has been made to the talk mode and if the computer main body is operable. On the other hand, the microcomputer outputs relevant control signals to carry out telephone talks through the headphone connecting section and the speech network if the computer main body is not operable.

Description

457797 V. Description of the invention (1) The present invention relates to a button with a telephone function and a method for controlling the telephone function. In particular, in the present invention, when the main body of the computer is turned off, the use of telephone communication by using keys is still possible. The storage and reproduction of conversation content can be controlled by a monitor computer, and the stored conversation content can be stored and reproduced again. . < Background of the invention > Generally, when a computer is used for telephone conversation, it is performed as shown in Fig. 1. Referring to Figure 1, after the computer is turned on, if the phone program is executed, the phone pattern will be displayed on _ monitor 13. In this case, if a phone number is entered via a key, and then, if a call button is pressed, a telephone program is used to execute a 'phone conversation. Therefore, conversations can be carried out via telephone lines and a sound card of a computer main body 12 and by using a (headphone) headset with a microphone. However, in this traditional telephone communication method, if the computer is turned off, telephone conversation is not possible. Even with the power supply, the management of current and the processing of telephone conversations, such as the storage and regeneration of telephone conversations, are impossible. < Summary of the invention > The present invention was created to overcome the lack of conventional techniques. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a key with a telephone function and a method for controlling the telephone function. Even when the computer main body is turned off, the use of the telephone communication by using the key is still possible, such as the function of storing and regenerating conversation content. It can be seen that the monitor is controlled by a computer, and the management of current and the processing of telephone conversations, such as the storage and regeneration of telephone conversations, are still possible.

457797 V. Description of the invention (2) In order to achieve the input of some bell signals with multiple keys in the main body to connect the line; a headphone speaker outputs the voice signal of the other party and the data of the project is transmitted in the voice mode. The telephone includes a telephone receiving party's call receiving number; and a microcomputer borrows a detection mode to switch to a conversation according to whether the conversation can be operated or not. An appropriate conversation control machine connection portion and the conversation line telephone conversation. Another network voice message, Internet telephone line key input and in terms of key input, the microcomputer clearly presses:-turn, an electrical connection department ϊ tiger ', and is used to switch between the headset and the power to run on the computer It will output the key and telephone functions such as computer disk / key input section, and it is used to detect the voice signal between the connected parts when it is used to detect the voice signal connected to the headset through the phone and receive the voice signal through a microphone. The sound signal is used to determine the conversation mode and the computer main body's telephone control program is used to implement an appropriate control signal through the ear when the main body fails to operate. Another aspect of the present invention is the control of the telephone functions connected to the keys of the present invention. The steps are: switch on the phone conversation mode after detecting the sound signal through the key input when the phone line and the computer are turned on, then the phone control program is executed (the first step); the phone control program is judged after the light is turned on The user's input signal (second step); and implement appropriate operations ^ such as the start / end of a telephone conversation ' Reproducing conversation, and management addresses (third step). With regard to the disclosed purpose and other advantages of the present invention, it will become clearer after inserting specific embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. < Detailed description of a preferred embodiment > A key with a telephone function of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, and

Page 7 457797 V. Description of the invention (3) Method for controlling the function of this telephone. In the drawings, elements having substantially the same structure and function are given the same reference numerals. Figure 2 is an explanatory diagram of a key connection having a telephone function of the present invention. This button can separate the main body of the computer and exercise the telephone function independently. Its structure is shown in FIG. 3. The key control system with the telephone function of the present invention includes: a keypad 110 is connected to a telephone line and a power line to enable the dog to perform electric power; lb 'even when there is no power supply from the computer body; A computer body 120 includes a sound card 122 for processing sound signals from pressing the keyboard 11 () and selectively controlling the telephone function and the key input function of pressing the keyboard. On the one hand, it transmits / receives to / from the keys. Cables; and-the monitor displays images related to the telephone function of the main body of the computer 120. Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the keys shown in Fig. 2. Referring to FIG. 3, the keypad of the present invention includes a dial / key input section provided with a plurality of keys for controlling telephone functions such as 10 keys, talk start / stop keys, dial start / stop keys, and noise suppression / stop keys. ; —Electricity 丨〗 2 for detecting the ring signal after the JAI through the telephone line connection section; a speaker SpR is used to output the telephone ring tone based on the ring signal; a microcomputer II 3 is used to measure the ring bell 11 2 The ring signal is controlled to be in a talkable state, and appropriate operation control is performed by the key input of the recording turntable / button input section ill; a turntable ιΐ4, and the turntable signal of the microcomputer 1 13 is used as a reference to output the turntable signal; and- 3 The network 115 is used to make it possible for the parent computer 113 to have a conversation control to conduct voice parent talks with other parties. The word keyboard of the present invention is more winter μ „^„, Ding Chu Huang Wen D S — sound card interface 116 to provide a computer host

P. 8 ___ The sound card for ⑷ 襻 indicates that the sound signal. The microcomputer 1 1 3 transmits the voice signal of the network 11 5 to the main body of the computer via the sound card interface 116. The microcomputer 丨 1 3 controls the appropriate operation according to the coded control signal transmitted from the main body 1 2 0. For this reason, the computer main body 1 2 0 contains a telephone control program which stores the sound of the sound card (talk content) in a special Memory space, this program can regenerate the stored sound, and by transmitting control signals (phone functions selected by pressing the keyboard according to the keypad) to the keyboard microcomputer 113 0 encoded by the encoding method 0 0 The keyboard according to the present invention further includes a The mode selection switch Sw 1 and the volume adjustment switch SW2. The microcomputer 113 is switched according to the operation of the mode selection switch SWi. Straighten the telephone mode and the button mode to perform appropriate operations. According to the adjustment of the volume adjustment switch SW2, the telephone conversation volume is changed by the conversation network 11 $. FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a method for controlling a telephone function by pressing keys according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a basic method for counting data according to the present invention. . The operation of pressing the keyboard will now be described in detail with reference to the above figures. Pressing the keyboard 1 10 often uses the voltage supplied through the telephone line to implement the power saving function, regardless of the power-on state of the computer body 120. The operation of pressing the keyboard u0 will be described with reference to Figs. 8. Referring to Figures 2 and 3, the fake person is 0% loyal. If the phone comes, the sound input through the CONT of the telephone line connection is 轳 砒 Φ! . Privately, * 1 niobium was detected by the electric bell 11 2, so the phone snoring sound was output via the Yang SPK, so it can be seen that there is a phone call. ^ ^ ^ W In this case #, if the conversation start key is gu li li & s — a ^ is more advanced and is included in the turntable / press wheel entry section 111 a has been selected, then Wei Leicong uq 土 籴 付 ▲ The imitation brain 11 3 knows that the input unit U 丨 a has been selected

Page 9 V. Description of the invention (5) Alternatively, the microcomputer 1 1 3 also knows that the conversation start button has been selected and stops the operation of the electric bell 11 2 to activate the conversation network 11 5. The syanhua network 11 5 processes the sound signal from the telephone line connection section CONT under the control of the microcomputer 11 3 and then supplies the sound signal to the headphones through the headphone connection section ^. At the same time, other sound signal groups are input for processing via M IC and headphone connection section HJA and provided to other parties via headphone connection section CDNT, thereby enabling telephone conversations. After the telephone conversation, if the termination button included in the turntable / key input section 1 Π a is selected in advance, the microcomputer 1 1 3 knows and stops the operation of the conversation network 丨 5. In addition, in the case of performing telephone communication by pressing the keyboard 110, the process is as follows: If the phone start key of the turntable / key input section 丨 丨 a is selected, and then if the phone number is entered, the microcomputer 丨 丨 3 knows that the start key is The control dial Π 4 is selected to supply the telephone number data. Then the frequency dial pulse signal is transmitted to the telephone line through the telephone line connection section Js 1. At the same time, the other party (the caller) knows that the call status is available, and then can use the phone call process to activate the Yanhua Network Η 5 for telephone conversation. In addition, the 'microelectric phosphine 113' can transmit a sound signal from the conversation network 115 to the sound card of the computer main body via the sound card interface 116 and the sound card connection part JA2. In addition, pressing the keyboard 1 1 0 can receive control signals from the computer body 1 2 0 by typing, and λ is now properly operated. 'And the microcomputer 丨 3 can respond to the actions of the mode selection switch SW1 and the volume adjustment switch 2 and therefore control. Proper operation. The table below shows the micro-electronic month & 1 1 3 coding implementation transmitted from the computer body 120 to the keyboard 110. Table 1

Page 10 457797 V. Description of the invention (6) Message code 5 Yan words start one --- EC turntable starts EB suppression noise start EA suppression noise release E9 storage start E8 storage termination E7 message ----encoding '—— __ «. 7K No. Stone Horse Wheel Entry Start—1 "-—» ™ ► -E6 Transmission No. Termination E5 7Π No. Entry Termination E4 Turntable Termination E3 Regeneration E2 Conversation Termination El As the above situation 'if you press the keyboard 丨 丨〇The noise suppression start key is on the phone. The production / key input section u 1 a 11 3 λ ^ d, ^ ^ Π breaks the selection, that is, the microcomputer outputs a large noise and outputs a% sound suppression signal on the talk path 115 to perform the output of sound quietness. noise. Therefore Jing :: 1 5. Then the talk network selects the noise of the turntable / key input section llla. 3, if you press the keyboard 3, you will know and output the noise cancellation signal to the talker, $ key ". The microcomputer. 5 will liberate the noise and rotate the sound in the normal state. Conversation Network The control of the computer main body: two or two functions will be described with reference to Figures 4 and 5. a Knowledge keyboard 1 1 〇 Telephone

Vi Min, since there is no in step i 4 1 is present. It is traced at 彳% i. The electric bell is judged at Φ ^ 7 彳 S. If there is no sound signal ′, it is described in 忑. Ring letter

. If there is an input of a ringing signal, that is, go to the next step, step 142 'The telephone control program is executed and step "2. Then the system advances to step 145. This is s, the call comes, show 457797. V. Invention Explanation (7) is provided by the microcomputer pressing the keyboard 1 1 0 丨] 3 to the CPU (CPU). CPUMb A Debo Erbi Yuedou 120 central processing. Moreover, the phone "::: electric activity control program And instructed that there were calls and calls. The image is displayed on the monitor 130 to indicate the 钤 signal, that is, to perform the telephone control ㈣I:;:;: selected; is it necessary to execute this step? Execute the telephone control program step by step. 2. According to the above-mentioned shoe-guiding control program, that is, the phone control program is based on i 30. The k-side phone control image is displayed on the monitor. According to the key selection, for example, enter the phone number, start the operation of the father 5 Yan Temple, and manage the mountain. It will be more clear in the following: Ϊ; ί; 制 is to make the keypad as described in steps 141, 142, 143, and 144, etc. Phone control image, where a plurality of phone controls / buttons are entered into M, HRA input Phone number, conversation start and end, turntable key. Because the old keys (save and regenerate), and the start and cancel of the squelch are edited, the plural keys are selected, and the CPU transmits the selected keys. The microcomputer 1 is pressed to the keyboard 11 〇 3. Under the π system, the microcomputer 113 pressing the keyboard 110 knows the appropriate operation in a numbered form. The control signal is the same as that of the revealer. The beginning and the end are the keys corresponding to the start and end of the conversation, and the turntable opening /, 1 keys, which are the same as the microcomputer 113 pressing the keyboard 11 () as described above.

Page 12 4 5 7 7 9 7 V. Description of the invention (8) Control. Those in the control signal that correspond to the start and release of the squelch operate as described above. In addition, in the present invention, the computer main body can manage the data base and store or reproduce those telephone conversations from the telephone control program. The management of this data base will be described below with reference to Figure 5. Miao, f According to Fig. 5, in steps 15 1 and 15 2 ', if the data base management = is selected, that is, the data base management image is rotated out. In particular, if the data base (DB) management button on the phone control image of the visual state 1 3 0 is selected, a data base management image is displayed on the monitor 1 3 0. This data · The j image contains the phone conversation storage start and end buttons, and a regeneration button that can be selected after the item selection is completed. Then, in steps 153 and 154, if the conversation content storage is selected, A, the sound signal is stored together with the management information. Now let ’s elaborate on it 11 ‘If the phone conversation storage button on the image is selected, the incoming sound signal input by pressing the sound card interface 丨 6 of the keyboard is stored together with related information. In this case, the relevant information includes: storage date, storage difficulty, storage period, the other party's name, and so on. This information about grasshoppers is stored along with §Inner Valley. Then in steps 1 5 and 1 6 if the conversation content reproduction is selected, that is, = out = the stored conversation content form. In steps 丄 5? And 丨 58, if an item in the form Xu Shit is selected, the selected conversation content appears in a sound manner, especially the conversation content selected on the DB-based management image. Output a project table that stores conversation content. If you select the desired item and select the regenerate button, the content of the conversation will be re-voiced.

苐 Page 13 45 779 V. Description of the invention (9)-^ Health. Finally, in step 159, if the termination button on the phone control image is selected: the display of the DB-based management image is terminated. Fig. 6 is a flowchart showing an address management function of the present invention. Referring to No. 6 *, in steps 161 and 162, a one-site management image is displayed on the monitor 0. Then in steps 丨 6 3 and 164, if the address management image = edit button is selected, y has an output for editing the address by one bit. If the data image is stored after data editing is performed, the edited data is stored in an appropriate range of the memory. Then in steps 165 and 166, if you select a location to manage the image, press the button, there is an input image that can be entered-the new address is displayed on the: viewer, and then the newly entered data is stored. In steps 167 and 168, falsely, one of the delete buttons on the address management image is selected, and the appropriate edit is displayed, and the data of the two selected addresses is erased. Finally, if the termination button is selected in step 9, the display of the address management image is terminated by the buttons with a telephone function of the present invention, and the method of controlling the telephone function is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment. Those who are familiar with this technology can make various changes and modifications within the scope of the patent of the present invention, but when they depart from the spirit of the present invention, they should be regarded as being used by the patent scope of the present invention according to the above description of the invention. The functions such as telephone communication are still alive. On the one hand, the contents of the prison can be stored and reproduced. Even when the main body of the computer is turned off, < 亍 ’, such as the storage and reuse of conversation content, and the stored conversation

45779 The diagram is briefly explained. The first diagram is an explanatory diagram of a conventional computer-controlled telephone method. The second diagram is an explanatory diagram of the key connection with the telephone function of the present invention. The third diagram is a block diagram showing the internal structure of the keys shown in FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a method for controlling a telephone function of a button according to the present invention, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a method for managing a data base of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an address management function of the present invention. Comparison of component names and symbols in the diagram 110 keypad 120 computer main body 122 sound card 130 monitor cry σσ 112 computer 电 113 microcomputer 114 turn rtTf 115 talk network 116 sound card interface 11 1 a: turntable / key input section

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Claims (1)

4 5 7 7 9. VI. Patent application scope 1. A telephone button for inputting certain data to a computer main body and having a telephone function, including: 1 a dial / button input section with a plurality of buttons to implement the telephone function An electric bell is shaken to detect the ringing signal after passing through a telephone line connection; a headphone connection is connected to the headset to output the sound signal of the other party through an internal speaker, and is used to pass a microphone Receiving user voice signals; a talk network for processing voice signals to transmit and receive voice signals between the telephone line and the headset connection in a chat mode; and a microcomputer for borrowing a key input to the phone It can be judged to switch to the conversation mode by the detection of a loud noise signal, and can be used to execute a telephone control program when the conversation mode has been switched to and the computer main system is operable to perform appropriate conversation control operations based on key input. And when the main body of the computer is inoperable, output appropriate control signals via the headset connection section and the talk network to perform Words to talk. For example, the telephone keypad in the first item of the patent scope includes:-a sound card interface to supply a sound signal to the sound card of the computer body; and the microcomputer transmits the sound signal of the conversation network through the sound card interface To the computer body, and control the proper operation of the control signal according to the numbered form transmitted from the computer body. 3. If the telephone button of item 1 of the patent application scope includes: Page 16 4 5 779 6. Scope of patent application ®: Fork type selection f I :: 3 is used to select-button mode to input data, and used to select a consultation mode for telephone-talk;-for volume adjustment switch To adjust the volume of the ring during the telephone communication; and to control the volume of the telephone conversation according to the adjustment of the volume adjustment switch by the microcomputer borrowing network. At 4. A method for controlling the power of a button telephone connected to the computer main body and the telephone line. The steps include: leaving the main body turned on in the electrical month, via the telephone line and via a button :: via side ring After the signal, if it has been switched to the phone. Conversation mode, P executes a phone control program (step-step); judges after the phone control program has been executed (step 2); and $ j sees the example 2 LI 2 The steps allow the user's input signal to perform appropriate operations, call 1 ^ to stop the telephone conversation, store the conversation content, and regenerate the stored words 5 parent talks, = management address (the third step is to explain P's stance 5 'as claimed. Monthly patent Method 4 of the scope of the method 'wherein the third step includes the sub-steps of: .. the six brothers mentioned above / 乂. R' seize the payment as in the first / turn out-management: selected in the step In order to store and reproduce the conversation content, the images are stored and reproduced inside the conversation. If the conversation has been buried together with the storage of the right guanxi-choice conversation content, the voice signal is stored. ί: Two ϊ Storing the content table, according to User input conversation 'from the $, and reproducing the sound signal thus selected Page 17 45 779 VI. Scope of Patent Application Talk. 6. The method according to item 4 of the scope of patent application, wherein the third step includes the sub-steps: If the user has selected a one-site management item in the second step, output a one-site management image; And implement an input to edit or delete the content of the stored address, and choose to store a new address in the memory according to the function on the output address management image. Page 18