JP3702875B2 - Communication device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a communication device that is connected to a communication line and can communicate with the counterpart device by designating the counterpart device.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in this type of communication device, in order to easily transmit a telephone number (number data), a destination name and a telephone number corresponding to the destination name are stored in advance in an electronic telephone book, and the destination name is searched. Thus, the telephone number corresponding to the searched destination name is read out.
[0003]
Conventionally, in a communication apparatus provided with such an electronic telephone directory, when dialing using the electronic telephone directory function, first, the telephone directory mode is entered, a desired destination is searched using a search key, and a desired destination is searched. When the telephone number can be searched, the telephone number of the searched destination is automatically dialed by pressing the call key.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, when using the conventional technology, if you want to use, for example, the line of Dai-Den Denki Co., Ltd. in addition to the registered phone number when searching, you can't leave it as it is, and once you leave the phonebook mode As a result, if you cannot use automatic dialing of the other party number and want to use the 2nd Denden Corporation line from the phonebook mode, it is necessary to register even those numbers when registering. There was a problem that the degree of freedom was reduced, such as being unable to select a line. Such a problem also occurs when it is necessary to specify an inside / outside line.
[0005]
Similarly, when the numeric keypad is used as both a normal dial key and a search key, there is a problem that it is necessary to once exit from the telephone directory mode.
[0006]
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and provides a communication apparatus that can easily add desired dial information to a retrieved partner information and transmit the information. It is the purpose.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a communication apparatus according to claim 1 of the present invention provides a storage unit that stores a plurality of pieces of destination information and a plurality of pieces of destination information that are stored in the storage unit. Search means for searching for the other party information, instruction means for instructing transmission of the number data included in the destination information searched by the search means, and destination information searched by the search means for the instruction means Holding means for holding until an instruction is received, and in the state where the destination information is held by the holding means, the dial information is received before the instruction by the instruction means is given, After the input is made, when the transmission instruction is issued by the instruction means, the number information of the destination information held by the holding means is issued following the input dial information. It is configured to.
[0008]
According to this configuration, the destination information retrieved by the retrieval unit is retained by the retaining unit until an instruction is given by the instruction unit. The dial information can be input before the instruction is given by the instruction means. When the dialing information is input by the instruction means after the dial information is input, the dial information is held in the holding means following the input dial information. Because the number data of the other party information is sent, it is not necessary to discard the destination telephone number searched by the search means in order to send the dial information first, and it is troublesome to re-designate the destination telephone number. Can be omitted.
[0009]
In addition, the communication device according to claim 2 includes display means for displaying the partner information searched by the search means, and the holding means holds the partner information displayed on the display means. The dial information is received while the destination information is displayed by the display means.
[0010]
According to this configuration, the dial information can be input in a state where the searched partner information is displayed on the display means, and the correct dial information is confirmed after confirming the partner information transmitted by the instruction from the instruction means. Can be entered.
[0011]
In addition, the communication device according to claim 3 includes setting means for setting the phone book mode, and when the setting means sets the phone book mode, the search by the searching means can be executed, and the phone book mode is set. During the setting, the dial information is input.
[0012]
According to this configuration, by setting the phone book mode by the setting means, a search is performed by the search means, and the destination information searched by the search means is retained without leaving the phone book mode. Dial information can be entered.
[0013]
The communication apparatus according to claim 4 is characterized in that the input of the dial information is an input using a numeric keypad.
[0014]
According to this configuration, dial information can be input using the numeric keypad, so that dial information can be easily transmitted as necessary.
[0015]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment in which a communication device is embodied in the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0016]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an external view of one embodiment of the present invention.
[0017]
In this embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a terminal device with an electronic telephone directory is illustrated.
[0018]
The terminal device according to the present embodiment includes a central processing unit (CPU) 11, a ROM 121 that stores a program for controlling the terminal device and a program for controlling the electronic telephone directory, and a back-up power source registered by a backup power source. A memory 12 comprising a phone number storage area for storing destination name information and destination phone number information corresponding to the destination name information and a RAM 122 having a work area is provided. Usually, a handset 19 and a numeric keypad 141 described later are used for general purposes. It is configured to work as a telephone. In addition to the off-hook of the handset 19, the dial can be performed by pressing an on-hook dial key 143.
[0019]
The terminal device according to the present embodiment further includes a liquid crystal display 13 for displaying a destination name and a telephone number of the destination in association with the destination search, and a search key in which a plurality of English characters are assigned to one key. A key group including a numeric keypad 141 that also serves as a dial key, a telephone directory key 142, an on-hook dial key 143 for enabling dialing by pressing down, an outgoing instruction key 144, and a stop instruction key 145, in addition to the off-hook of the handset 19. 14, a lamp 15 indicating the telephone directory mode, a handset hook monitor 16, a hook circuit 17, and a dialer circuit 18.
[0020]
The output signal from the key group 14 and the output signal from the handset hook monitor 18 are input to the CPU 11, and the CPU 11 and the memory 12 cooperate in response to the output signal from the key group 14 and the output signal from the handset hook monitor 16. Mode selection control for selecting one of the phone book mode and registration mode, registration mode control for storing the destination name and telephone number in the memory 12, lighting on / off control of the lamp 15, reading of the telephone number from the memory 12, handset The dialer circuit 18 is driven in response to the signal from the numeric keypad 141 in response to the output from the handset off-hook signal output from the hook monitor 16 and the signal output from the on-hook dial key 143, the hook circuit 17 is turned off, and the telephone line by the numeric keypad 141 is connected to the telephone line. Make a call or Instead of the signal from Nki 141 performs such outbound control such as to the automatic transmission of the registration telephone number read from the memory 12.
[0021]
The operation of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described based on the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4 according to the program stored in the ROM 121.
[0022]
First, mode selection will be described with reference to FIG.
[0023]
It waits for the telephone book key 142 to be pressed in the standby state (step S1). When the phone book key 142 is pressed, the phone book mode is set (step S2). When the phone book mode is entered, the lamp 15 is turned on to indicate that the phone book mode has been entered. At this time, the numeric keypad 141 serves as a search key. When the phone book key 142 is pressed following step S2 (step S3), the mode is switched from the phone book mode to the registration mode (step S4). When the phone book key 142 is pressed subsequent to step S4, the registration mode is switched to the phone book mode (step S5). When the phone book key 142 is not pressed in step S3, the phone book mode is continued. When the phone book key 142 is not pressed in step S5, the registration mode is continued. That is, the telephone directory mode 142 and the registration mode are alternately switched by pressing the telephone directory key 142. In addition, when the stop key 145 is pressed in each state, the state is returned to the standby state, and is used as a general telephone by other operations from the standby state. The lamp 15 continues to be lit even in the registration mode. When the standby state is entered, the lamp 15 is turned off, and it is displayed that the phone book mode and the registration mode are exited.
[0024]
Next, the registration mode will be described with reference to FIG.
[0025]
The registration mode is entered when the telephone directory key 142 is continuously pressed twice from the standby state. When entering the registration mode, the numeric keypad 141 becomes an English character input key. When the numeric keypad 141 is pressed, a character is input, and by pressing the call key 144 character by character, the destination name is determined. Is determined and input (steps S6 and S7). In this example, for example, when inputting “B”, “2” (ABC) of the numeric keypad 141 is pressed twice to display “B” on the liquid crystal display 13, and the call key 414 is pressed to select “B”. Is determined. Next, when “R” is input, “7” (PRS) of the numeric keypad 141 is pressed twice to display “R”, and the transmission key 144 is pressed. After all the names are determined in the same procedure (after pressing the transmission key 144 for determining the last character), all the names are determined by pressing the transmission key 144 again. When the input and determination of the destination name in step S6 and step S7 are completed, the numeric keypad 141 is a number from 0 to 9, *, #.
[0026]
Subsequent to step S7, a number is entered by depressing the numeric key 141 for the destination telephone number, and the destination telephone number is determined and entered by depressing the call key 144 (step S8 and step S9). Subsequent to step S9, the destination and the telephone number of the destination are stored and registered in the telephone number storage area of the RAM 122 (step S10), one registration is completed, and then the next partner The previous input is made (step S11). By repeating Step S6 to Step S11, registration of a required partner is performed. It should be noted that the characters and numbers entered when the other party name is entered and the other party telephone number are entered are displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 each time. It should be noted that the lamp 15 is lit during the registration mode, indicating that the numeric keypad 141 is not functioning as a dial key.
[0027]
When exiting the registration mode or exiting in the middle, the normal telephone state is restored by pressing the stop key 145.
[0028]
Next, the telephone directory mode will be described with reference to FIG.
[0029]
When the phone book key 142 is pressed once from the standby state, the phone book mode is entered and the lamp 15 is turned on. At this time, the numeric keypad 141 serves as a search key, and the partner name is searched by pressing the numeric keypad 141. When the numeric keypad 141 is depressed (step S21), this search is stored at the head of the telephone number storage area of the destination name memory 12 with one of the English characters assigned to the depressed numeric keypad 141 as the first character. The other party name and the telephone number corresponding to the other party name are read and displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 (step S22). The search is continued until the desired partner name is displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 by repeatedly pressing the ten key 141 until this display becomes the desired partner (step S23). An example of the search is as follows. When 〃2〃 of the numeric keypad 141 is pressed once, “A” is searched, and one of the partner names whose names start with “A” is displayed on the liquid crystal display 13. When there are a plurality of partner names whose names start with “A”, a desired partner is searched by pressing the ▼ (*) key or the ▲ (#) key. When the head of the name is “B”, the search is performed by pressing the 〃 (*) key or the ▲ (#) key after pressing 〃2〃 of the numeric keypad twice. A desired partner name is searched by the above method.
[0030]
When the desired destination is found by the search in step S23, the call key 144 is pressed (step S24). When the call key 144 is pressed in step S24, the destination telephone number displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 is automatically dialed (step S25), and a normal telephone state is set (step S26).
[0031]
On the other hand, when the handset 19 is off-hooked during the phone book mode or when the on-hook dial key 143 is pressed, the lamp 15 is turned off and the searched display is left on the liquid crystal display 13 (step S27). 141 is made to function as a normal dial key (step S28). Therefore, it is indicated that the numeric keypad 141 functions as a dial key when the lamp 15 is turned off.
[0032]
Following step S28, it is checked whether or not the call key 144 has been pressed (step S29). If the call key 144 is not pressed in step S29 and the destination telephone number is dialed by the numeric keypad 141 following step S28 (step S30), only normal dialing using only the numeric keypad 141 has been performed. Subsequent to step S30, it is checked whether or not the call key 144 has been pressed (step S31). When the call key 144 is not pressed, a normal telephone state is set (step S32), and the dial key 141 is dialed in step S30. You can communicate with other people.
[0033]
When the call key 144 is pressed subsequent to step S30, the telephone number displayed on the liquid crystal display 13 is automatically dialed following the dialing performed by the ten key 141 in step S30 (step S33). Following S33, a normal telephone state is established (step S34). Therefore, if, for example, 〃0077〃 is dialed with the numeric keypad 141 in step S30 to use the telephone line of the second electric power company, and then the call key 144 is pressed in step S31, in step S27 following 0077, The displayed telephone number of the other party is automatically transmitted, and it is possible to make a call to the registered other party using, for example, a telephone line of 2nd Denden Co., Ltd.
[0034]
In addition, when the phonebook mode is set to off-hook or when the on-hook dial key 143 is pressed, the numeric keypad 141 functions as a normal dial key, so that all telephone numbers may be dialed in step S30. Of course, it is possible to make a call by dialing the other party's telephone number following 0077 as in the above example.
[0035]
When the call key 144 is pressed in step S29, the displayed destination telephone number is automatically dialed (step S33), and a normal telephone state is entered following step S33 (step S34). Therefore, the call key 144 can be pressed in step S29 to automatically dial the destination telephone number displayed on the liquid crystal display 13.
[0036]
Whether dialed using the numeric keypad 141 or automatically dialed using the outgoing key 144, the phonebook mode is exited after the outgoing call and the normal telephone state is restored.
[0037]
If the stop key 145 is pressed during the partner search, the phonebook mode is exited, the lamp 15 is turned off, the display on the liquid crystal display 13 is extinguished, and a normal telephone is set.
[0038]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the communication apparatus of the first aspect of the present invention, the partner information retrieved by the retrieval unit is retained by the retaining unit until an instruction is given by the instruction unit, and the instruction by the instruction unit is performed. If the dialing information can be entered before dialing is performed, and the dialing information is input by the commanding means after the dialing information is entered, the number of the destination information held in the holding means following the dialing information entered Since data is transmitted, it is not necessary to discard the destination telephone number searched by the search means in order to send the dial information first, and it is possible to save the trouble of redesignating the destination telephone number. Become.
[0039]
Further, according to the communication device of the second aspect, the display device displays the destination information searched by the search means, the holding means holds the destination information displayed on the display means, Since it is configured to accept the input of dial information in a state where the destination information is displayed by the display means, the dial information can be input in a state where the searched destination information is displayed on the display means, It is possible to input accurate dial information after confirming the destination information transmitted by the instruction from the instruction means.
[0040]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, the communication device further comprises setting means for setting the phone book mode. When the phone book mode is set by the setting means, the search by the searching means can be executed. Is configured to accept the input of the dial information, so that setting by the phonebook mode is performed by the setting means, so that the search by the search means is performed and the phonebook mode is not lost. The dial information can be input while retaining the destination information searched by the search means.
[0041]
According to the communication device of the fourth aspect, the dial information can be input with the numeric keypad. Therefore, the dial information can be easily transmitted as necessary.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a terminal device according to an embodiment.
FIG. 2 is an external view of a terminal device according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the terminal device of the present embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the terminal device of the present embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 CPU
13 Liquid crystal display 14 Key group 16 Handset hook monitor 17 Hook circuit 18 Dialer circuit 19 Handset 121 ROM
122 RAM
141 Numeric keypad 142 Telephone book key 143 Off-hook dial key 144 Dialing instruction key

Claims (4)

Storage means for storing a plurality of destination information;
Search means for searching for desired destination information from a plurality of destination information stored in the storage means;
Instruction means for instructing transmission of the number data included in the destination information searched by the search means;
Holding means for holding the destination information searched by the search means until an instruction is given by the instruction means,
In a state where the destination information is held by the holding means, the dial information input is accepted before the instruction by the instruction means is performed, and after the dial information is input, the instruction means issues an outgoing call. In the case of the communication device, the number data of the destination information held by the holding means is transmitted following the inputted dial information. Display means for displaying the partner information searched by the search means, the holding means holds the partner information displayed on the display means, and the partner information is displayed by the display means; The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the communication apparatus is configured to receive an input of the dial information in a state. It has setting means to set the phone book mode,
3. When the phone book mode is set by the setting means, the search by the search means can be executed, and the input of the dial information is accepted during the setting of the phone book mode. The communication device described. 4. The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the dial information is input using a numeric keypad.

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