JPH0438176B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a multifunction telephone equipped with a telephone number display function and a telephone number storage function such as speed dialing.

<Prior art> Multi-function telephones equipped with a telephone number display function and a telephone number storage function using speed dialing, etc.
When making a call using speed dialing, etc., or registering a phone number on speed dial, many devices can display the phone number on the display device, and the phone number includes the area code, local code, and subscriber number. It is difficult to confirm the numbers if they are lined up consecutively, so enter a "-" or other delimiter between the area code and local code and between the local code and subscriber number to memorize them. , and display function to make each number easier to see, and when making a call, the delimiter "-" is ignored when making a call.

In addition, automatic private branch exchange equipment ( PABX )
In an office where a telephone within the premises (hereinafter referred to as an extension line) is connected to a subscriber telephone line (hereinafter referred to as an outside line) or a leased line using a telephone line (hereinafter referred to as an extension line) When making a call from a premises phone to an outside line or dedicated line, after dialing the number to capture the outside line or dedicated line, there is a certain pause period (hereinafter referred to as a pause) before the call is connected to the outside line or dedicated line. The system now calls the other party's phone number after confirming that the caller has received the call.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> Therefore, when using a multi-function telephone as a private telephone having the above-mentioned display function and memory function and storing it in a speed dial etc., it is necessary to After inputting a number, it is necessary to input a symbol to perform a pause, and then input the telephone number, and then store and display the telephone number. If the same delimiter symbol is used, it will be ignored when making a call, so a special operation key must be provided for the pause symbol, which will complicate operation and increase the number of operation keys. This also has the problem of requiring space.

The present invention was developed in view of the above problems, and aims to simplify operations by standardizing the delimiter symbols for telephone numbers and the pause symbol for confirming that an outside line or dedicated line has been captured. The purpose is to provide a multifunctional telephone.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The telephone set of the present invention is provided with a symbol input means having both the function of a punctuation mark and the function of a pause symbol, and a determination means for discriminating between a punctuation mark and a pause symbol. .

With the above configuration, when the multifunction telephone of the present invention is used as a local telephone, when registering a telephone number in speed dial etc., first input the number to catch an outside line or dedicated line, and then enter the predetermined symbol. For example, after entering "-", enter the telephone number in the following order: area code, symbol "-", local area code, symbol "-", and subscriber number. When making a call to an outside line or dedicated line using speed dialing or the like, if a symbol is entered in the second digit of the stored data, the determining means determines that it is a pause (temporary pause) symbol; After transmitting a selection symbol corresponding to a number for acquiring an outside line or dedicated line, there is a temporary pause, and after acquiring the outside line or dedicated line, a selection symbol corresponding to the telephone number of the other party is transmitted. At this time, the determining means determines that all symbols in positions other than the second digit of the stored data are delimiters, and ignore them when transmitting.

<Examples> The present invention will be specifically described below with reference to illustrated examples.

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the present invention, in which FIG. 1 is an enlarged view of the display section, FIG. 2 is an external plan view, FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram, and FIG. 4 is a transmitter. This is a flowchart of the operation, and the telephone main body T is provided with a handset 1, a dial key 2, a display device 4, a function key 3 with symbol keys, which are the essential parts of the present invention, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the multifunction telephone mainly consists of a dial key 2, a function key 3, a display device 4, a control circuit 5, a memory circuit 6, a selection signal transmission circuit 7, etc., and also includes a microcomputer and others. A control circuit 5 having a determination means B detects input signals from a dial key 2, a symbol key A serving as a pause symbol and a delimiter, a registration key, a speed dial key, etc., and makes a determination. ,
In addition to writing predetermined data into the memory circuit 6 or reading data from the memory circuit 6 and driving the display device 4 to display the data contents, a signal is sequentially sent to the selection signal generation circuit 7. control is performed by sending a selection signal according to the input signal.

<Operation of the Embodiment> The operation of the multifunction telephone having the above configuration will be explained by taking the speed dial function as an example.

First, when registering a telephone number to speed dial, press the registration key of function key 3 with handset 1 put down, and as shown in Fig. 1, an unregistered 2-digit speed dial number and "=" is the display device 4
displayed on the left side. Therefore, by inputting a telephone number using dial key 2 and symbol key (for example "-") A, the telephone number will be displayed, and finally, by pressing the registration key again, the desired telephone number will be set to the speed dial number. The number will be registered. In the example shown in FIG. 1, "06-123-4567" is registered as telephone number data in the speed dial number 16. The first digit "0" of the data is the number C to capture an outside line or dedicated line, and the second digit "1"
is the pause symbol P to catch an outside line or dedicated line, the number "06" after that is the area code, "123" is the local code, "4567" is the subscriber number, and the area code and local code. The symbol "-" inserted between , and between the local area code and the subscriber number is a delimiter D to make it easier to confirm the number. Here, the pause symbol P and the delimiter D are input with the same symbol key A of the function key 3, and the display is the same, but if they can be input with the same symbol key, the display may be different. It's okay.

Next, when performing an operation to make a call using the speed dial number registered by the above-mentioned procedure, that is, to operate the speed dial function, the determination means B provided in the control circuit 5 determines the number as shown in the flowchart of FIG. The following operations are performed and the telephone number is dialed. That is, if you pick up the handset 1, press the speed dial key of function key 3, and then press the 2-digit speed dial number, for example "16" using dial key 2, the display as shown in Figure 1 will appear. At the same time as the selection signal appears on the device 3, a selection signal corresponding to the first digit number is transmitted from the selection signal transmission circuit 7. Next, the selected number is transmitted while sequentially reading the data of the number stored in the memory circuit 6. If the pause symbol P is in the second digit, the first digit number is an outside line or a dedicated number. After stopping the transmission of the selection signal for a predetermined period of time, that is, pause time, to confirm that the number is for capturing the line and confirming that the outside line or dedicated line has been captured, the selection signal corresponding to the next number is transmitted. We will send out the following information. Here, if the same symbol as the pause symbol P ("-" in Figure 1) is in a position other than the second digit of the number, that symbol is determined to be the delimiter D, and is ignored and the next A selection signal corresponding to the number is transmitted.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, the multifunction telephone of the present invention uses the same symbol key as the input means for the punctuation symbol and the pause symbol, and allows the determination means to determine the function of both symbols. , there is no need to provide an operation key for the pause symbol in addition to the operation key for the separator symbol, and by simply entering the phone number using the dial keys and one symbol key, the pause symbol will automatically be activated when making a call. Since symbols and delimiters are determined, there is no need for special operations.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the multifunctional telephone according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the display state of the display device, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the external appearance, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the calling operation. A... Symbol key, B... Judgment means, P... Pause symbol, D... Delimiter symbol, 1... Handset, 2
...Dial key, 3...Function key, 4...Display device, 5...Control circuit, 6...Memory circuit, 7...
Selection signal transmission circuit.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a multi-function telephone equipped with a display function, a memory function, etc., a means for inputting a symbol that functions as a punctuation symbol and a pause symbol, and a determination means for distinguishing between a punctuation symbol and a pause symbol are provided. A multi-function phone with special features.