JP2000174881A - Telephone set with telephone directory search function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reliably retrieve a telephone number with a simple operation. SOLUTION: This telephone set 10 with a telephone directory retrieval function is provided with an operation section 12, that accepts an entry from a user, a memory 13, a control section 14, and an ADPCM code/voice conversion section 15 that converts ADPCM data received from the control section 14 into a voice message. The memory 13 consists of a telephone directory data area M1, a KANA (Japanese syllabary) ADPCM data area M2 and a numeric ADPCM data area M3. The control section 14 is provided with a means that provides the voice output of a guidance or the like to the user, a means that decides a line to which the initial KANA letter of the name of a called party belongs, a means that retrieves the name belonging to this line from the telephone directory data area M1, and a means that reads each character configuring the decided name from the KANA ADPCM data area M2 successively and also successively reads each numeric letter configuring the telephone number, corresponding to this name from the numeric ADPCM data area M3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone having a telephone directory search function having a telephone directory which can be registered in advance.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, during use, for example, when walking or while driving a car, without looking at a display unit of a telephone,
2. Description of the Related Art As a telephone capable of easily searching for a telephone number of a partner to be called and making a telephone call, for example, a mobile telephone described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-45057 is known. In this mobile phone, a telephone directory is created by registering data such as the name and telephone number of the other party by voice input of the user in advance, and the telephone directory is used to input the voice of the user, for example, the name of the other party. Based on this, the telephone number of the party to be called is searched.

[0003]

In such a telephone, a telephone directory is searched by recognizing a voice input from a user. However, since the number of registered words that can be recognized is limited, for example, about 100 When a number is registered, a problem arises in that the recognition rate of voice input deteriorates, making it impossible to search for a telephone number. For this reason, the number of phone numbers that can be registered is limited to, for example, about several, and the effect of the telephone directory search function may not be obtained. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a telephone with a telephone directory search function capable of searching for a telephone number of a partner to be called and making a telephone call only by a simple key operation and confirmation of guidance. With the goal.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, a telephone with a telephone directory search function according to the present invention according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises a telephone having a name and a telephone number stored therein. A telephone having a phonebook search function for holding book data and searching for a caller from the phonebook data to make a call, wherein the telephone with the phonebook search function includes the name included in the phonebook data. And for the telephone number, comprising an operation unit that receives at least two instructions of selection and determination from the user, a voice reproduction unit that outputs a message to the user, and a control unit, The control unit is configured to extract the name from the telephone directory data, to output the extracted name by voice, and to determine the name of the party to be called from the voice output name. It is characterized by and a that means.

[0005] In the telephone having the telephone directory search function having the above-described configuration, the telephone number of the other party to be called can be entered simply by selecting and deciding the name of the voice output without looking at the display or the like. It can be found from the book data. For this reason, for example, not only during walking or driving a car, but also a visually impaired person or the like can easily search for a telephone number.

Further, in the telephone with a telephone directory search function according to claim 2, the control unit outputs voice of a row of Japanese kana syllabary, and a name of a party to make the call from the voice output row. Means for determining the line to which the first kana character belongs, and, among the names in the telephone directory data, searching and extracting from the telephone directory data the name to which the first kana character of the name belongs to the determined line. And means for performing the operation.

In the telephone with the telephone directory search function as described above, when searching for the name of the person to call, the search is performed by line to which the first kana character of the name belongs, so that the search time can be reduced. This makes it easy to find the name of the person to call from the telephone directory data.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the telephone with a telephone directory search function, the name and the telephone number are stored in the telephone directory data for each group. Means for outputting a voice, a means for determining the group to which the caller belongs from the voice-outputted group, and the names belonging to the determined group are retrieved and extracted from the telephone directory data. Means.

In the telephone with the telephone directory search function as described above, when searching for the name of the person to call, the name and the telephone number of the other party are searched for each appropriate group, so that the name of the other party can be accurately determined. If you do not know the phone number, it will be easier to find the phone number.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a telephone having a telephone directory search function according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of a telephone with a telephone directory search function according to an embodiment of the present invention. The telephone 10 with a telephone directory search function according to the present embodiment includes a wireless unit 11 for performing wireless transmission and reception, and an operation unit 12 for receiving input from a user such as selection or determination by scrolling.
, A memory 13, a control unit 14, an ADPCM code / voice conversion unit 15 for converting ADPCM data transferred from the control unit 14 into voice, and a voice reproduction unit 16. The memory 13 stores the telephone directory data M1 and
Kana ADPCM data M2 and numeric ADPCM data M
And 3. Further, the control unit 14 includes, for example, a guide voice reproducing unit C1 for notifying a user of guidance, a message, and the like by voice, and a designation of a designated line for retrieving a name and a telephone number from the telephone directory data M1 according to an input from the operation unit 12. Search means C2, phonebook sorting means C3 for sorting the phonebook in the order of the Japanese syllabary, and kana ADPCM from kana ADPCM data M2 at the time of voice reproduction of the name.
ADPCM data reading means C4 which reads data and also reads numeric ADPCM data from numeric ADPCM data M3 at the time of voice reproduction of telephone numbers.

The telephone 10 with the telephone directory search function according to the present embodiment has the above-described configuration. Next, the operation of the telephone 10 with the telephone directory search function will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the telephone with a telephone directory search function 10 shown in FIG. First, when an input using the scroll keys is performed on the operation unit 2 to start, for example, a search for a name (YES in step S1).
Side), the guide voice reproducing means C1 of the control unit 14
As the line of the zero sound, the kana ADPCM data corresponding to the kana character such as “
The PCM data M2 is read out, the kana ADPCM data is transferred to the ADPCM code / speech converter 15, and the sound is output by the sound reproducer 16 (step S2). When the scroll key is input again (YES in step S3)
Side), for example, the processing from step S2 is repeated for kana characters such as "kakyo" in the next line. When the input of the enter key is detected for the voice output (step S
(YES side of No. 4), the name search means C2 of the designated line searches the telephone directory data M1 for names belonging to the line in which the first kana character of the name is determined, and the telephone directory rearrangement means C3 converts the searched name into Japanese syllabary. Sorted in order (step S5). At this time, if the name belonging to the determined line does not exist in the telephone directory data M1 (NO in step S6), the guide voice reproducing means C1 outputs a guide voice of "There is no phone number to search" ( Step S7), the telephone directory search process ends.

On the other hand, if there is a name belonging to the determined line in the telephone directory data M1 (YES side of step S6), the name search means C2 of the designated line determines whether the telephone line data M1 belongs to the determined line. The starting name is searched for and selected (step S8). The name selected by the search is displayed (step S9), and the ADPCM data reading means C4 reads the kana ADPCM data constituting the name selected by the search from the kana ADPCM data M2 and reproduces the kana characters one by one. (Step S1
0). If there is no input with the scroll key at the time when the reproduction of the name selected by the search ends (step S
(NO side of No. 11), the name search means C2 of the specified line searches the telephone directory data M1 for the name of the next candidate starting with the kana of the determined line (step S12), and repeats the processing from step S9. On the other hand, if there is an input with the scroll key at the end of the reproduction of the retrieved name (YES in step S11), when the input of the enter key is detected for the reproduced name (YES in step S13). The ADPCM reading means C4 reads the numeric ADPCM data constituting the telephone number corresponding to the determined name from the numeric ADPCM data M3,
The data is transferred to the ADPCM code / speech conversion unit 15, and the speech reproduction unit 16 outputs the speech (step S14).
Thereafter, a call is made to the telephone number of the determined name via the wireless unit 11 (step S15).

According to the telephone set 10 having a telephone directory search function according to the present embodiment, the telephone number of the other party to be called can be selected by a simple operation of selecting and deciding a name to be output without looking at a display or the like. The number can be found from the telephone directory data M1. For this reason, for example, not only during walking or driving a car, but also a visually impaired person or the like can easily search for a telephone number. Furthermore, when searching for the name of the person to call, the search is performed by line to which the first character of the name belongs, so that the search can be facilitated and the search time can be reduced.

In the present embodiment, when searching for the name of the party to be called from the telephone directory data M1,
Although the search is performed for each line by designating the line to which the first kana character of the partner's name belongs, the present invention is not limited to this, and the partner's name and telephone number may be, for example, "company", "relative", "friend" , Etc. may be registered for each appropriate group, and a search may be performed for each of these groups. In this case, the telephone number can be searched even when the name of the other party is not accurately known.

[0015]

As described above, according to the telephone having the telephone directory search function according to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to select and determine a name to be output as a voice by a simple operation of making a telephone call to the other party. The number can be found from the phonebook data. Furthermore, according to the telephone having the telephone directory search function described in claim 2, when searching for the name of the person to call, the search is performed by the line to which the first character of the name belongs, thereby reducing the search time. Can be. Claim 3
According to the telephone with a phonebook search function described in, when searching for the name of the person to call, the search is performed for each appropriate group to which the name of the other party belongs, so if the name of the other party is not accurately known But you can search for a phone number.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of a telephone with a telephone directory search function according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the telephone with a telephone directory search function shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 10 Telephone with telephone directory search function 12 Operation unit 13 Memory M1 Phonebook data M2 Kana ADPCM data M3 Numeric ADPCM data 14 Control unit C1 Guide voice reproduction unit C2 Name search unit for specified line C3 Phonebook rearrangement unit C4 ADPCM data reading unit 15 ADPCM code / voice conversion unit 16 Voice playback unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A telephone having a telephone directory search function for storing telephone directory data in which a name and a telephone number are stored, and searching for a caller from the telephone directory data to make a telephone call. The search function-equipped telephone has an operation unit that receives at least two commands of selection and determination from the user for the name and the telephone number included in the telephone directory data, and outputs a message to the user. An audio playback unit, comprising a control unit, the control unit, the means for extracting the name from the telephone directory data, means for outputting the extracted name as a voice,
Means for determining the name of the other party to make the call from the name output as a voice, the telephone having a telephone directory search function. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to output a line of the kana syllabary by voice, determine a line to which the first kana character of the name of the caller belongs from the voice-outputted line, Means for searching and extracting, from the telephone directory data, the name to which the first kana character of the name belongs to the determined line among the names in the telephone directory data. 2. The telephone with a telephone directory search function according to 1. 3. The telephone directory data, wherein the name and the telephone number are stored for each group, and the control unit outputs a voice of the name of the group; 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: means for determining a group to which the caller belongs, and means for searching and extracting the names belonging to the determined group from the telephone directory data. Phone with phone book search function described in.