JPH06164712A - Dial destination notice device for telephone set and return-call device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a telephone set offering the use of convenience in which a dial destination is simply confirmed or a return call is automatically executed. CONSTITUTION:At the arrival of a call, a setup signal is inputted to a control section 24 via an antenna 10 and a transmission reception section 12 and an incoming call detection section 24A detects the arrival of the call. Then a ringer section 26 is driven and an incoming call bell tone is outputted on the one hand and telephone number data of the dial destination sent through a line are stored in a RAM 30 on the other hand. Then a telephone directory RAM 32 is referenced by a retrieval section 24B in the control section 24 and name data corresponding to the telephone number data stored in the RAM 30 are retrieved. The retrieved name data are fed to a voice synthesis circuit 34, in which the voice is synthesized and the voice signal after synthesis is fed to a reception amplifier 18, in which the signal is amplified and then the amplified signal is fed to a speaker 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a callee notification device for a telephone which notifies a caller of a callee of a callee, and a return call device for making a call back to a telephone that is absent during an absence. More specifically, a telephone applied to a telephone system corresponding to a digital line such as ISDN, a digital cellular, a personal handyphone, etc., in which a telephone number of a callee is transmitted when an incoming call is received. The present invention relates to improvement of a callee notification device and a return call device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a second-generation cordless telephone called a personal handyphone (digital cordless telephone), a telephone number of a callee (callee) is transmitted when receiving a call. It has become.
On the receiving side, this telephone number is displayed on an appropriate display device.

However, even if only the telephone number is displayed, it is not always possible to confirm who the callee is if the person who answers the call does not have a correspondence between the telephone number and the communication partner. In particular, since a single telephone is commonly used by a plurality of people in an ordinary household, it is quite possible that such a destination cannot be confirmed. However, if the destination of the call is immediately known, the person in question can answer the call early, and if he / she does not want to answer the call with an unnecessary party, he / she can refuse it indirectly. is there.

According to the so-called speed dial function, it is not necessary to perform a troublesome dial button operation, but it is limited to those which are preset and registered, and cannot be applied to those which are not preset and registered. On the other hand, the personal handy phone is usually for personal use and has a small size, and it is difficult to provide an answering machine recording function such as tape recording, and a return call (recall) function in place of it is demanded.

The present invention focuses on these points,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a communication destination notifying device for a telephone which is easy to use and can easily confirm the destination. Another object of the present invention is to provide a return call device capable of easily making a return call without operating a dial button even when a telephone number is not set and registered.

[0006]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a telephone for notifying the receiving party to the receiving party by using the telephone number data of the receiving party sent from the line side when receiving a call or notifying a call waiting. In the callee notification device, a memory means for temporarily storing the telephone number data, a phonebook memory means for storing data indicating a correspondence between a required callee name and a telephone number, an incoming call or call waiting. Retrieval means for retrieving destination name data corresponding to the telephone number data stored in the memory means when notified, from the data in the telephone directory memory means, and the retrieving means based on the retrieved name data. It is characterized by comprising a voice synthesizing means for obtaining a voice signal, and a name voice outputting means for outputting the voice signal obtained thereby only to the receiving party.

Another aspect of the present invention is a return call device for a telephone that makes a return call using telephone number data of a callee sent from the line side when a call is received or when a call waiting call is notified. A memory means for temporarily storing the telephone number data in the case of not being displayed, and a display means for displaying the stored data.
A calling means for selecting a desired one of the displayed data and instructing to make a call, and a dial means for automatically performing a dial operation for making a call to the other party of the telephone number instructed thereby Is characterized by.

[0008]

According to the present invention, data indicating the correspondence between the required name of the communication partner and the telephone number thereof is stored in advance in the telephone directory memory means. On the other hand, the telephone number data of the callee, which is sent from the line side at the time of notification of the fact that there is a second call at the time of a normal telephone call or call waiting, is temporarily stored in the memory means. Then, the name corresponding to this telephone number data is retrieved from the stored data in the telephone directory memory means. The name data after the search is input to the voice synthesizing means, and the voice signal synthesized here is output only to the caller on the receiving side to notify the destination.

According to another invention, the telephone number of the destination is stored in the memory means. The stored data is displayed based on the instruction of the user. The user refers to this display and selects a desired one. Then, the return call is dialed automatically using the stored data.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a callee notification device and a return call device of a telephone according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. <First Embodiment> First, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the first embodiment. In the figure, an antenna 10 for communicating with a radio base station (not shown) is a transmission / reception unit 1
Connected to 2. A microphone 14 is connected to the transmitting / receiving unit 12 through a transmitting amplifier 16, and a speaker 20 is connected through a receiving amplifier 18.
The microphone 14 and the speaker 20 constitute a handset 22.

Next, the transmission / reception unit 12 is connected to a control unit 24 for controlling the overall operation. Then, the control section 24 includes a ringer section 26, a ROM 28, a RAM 30, a telephone directory RAM 32, a voice synthesis circuit 34, and an LCD driver 3.
6, various switches 38 are respectively connected. Also,
The synthesized voice signal output side of the voice synthesis circuit 34 is connected to the input side of the above-mentioned reception amplifier 18, and the LCD driver 36 is provided with an LCD provided at an appropriate position of the telephone.
The display device 40 is connected. Further, the various switches 38 include various switches and buttons including a push button for dialing. Of these,
The hook switch 42 is related to this embodiment.
There is a sender notification button 44.

Among the above-mentioned units, the transmission / reception unit 12 has functions such as demodulation of a received radio wave signal, modulation of a signal to be transmitted, and network control for determining an input / output destination of the signal. The transmitting amplifier 16 is for amplifying the audio signal output from the microphone 14 and supplying the amplified audio signal to the transmitting / receiving unit 12. In addition, the reception amplifier 18 includes the transmission / reception unit 12
Alternatively, the audio signal output from the voice synthesis circuit 34 is amplified and supplied to the speaker 20, and the output of the voice synthesis circuit 34 is output with priority over the output of the transmission / reception unit 12. There is.

The control unit 24 is composed of, for example, a microcomputer, and the control operation is performed by a program stored in the ROM 28. The functions of the control unit 24 related to this embodiment include an incoming call detection unit 24A, a search unit 24B, and a non-response time control unit 24C. The incoming call detection unit 24A is for detecting an incoming call and for storing in the RAM 30 the telephone number data of the callee sent from the line side at the time of an incoming call. After storing the telephone number data of the call destination, the search unit 24B is for searching the telephone book table stored in the telephone directory RAM 32 for the name corresponding to this telephone number data. The retrieved name data is the voice synthesis circuit 34 and L.
The data is output to the CD driver 36. The non-response control unit 24C is for performing a predetermined control process when the handset 22 remains on-hook and a call is not made even if an incoming call is received.

Next, the telephone directory RAM 32 stores a table of telephone numbers functioning as a telephone directory and corresponding names. By referring to this table, data of names corresponding to telephone numbers can be obtained. Has become. This phone book R
The table data of the AM 32 is registered in advance by the user. The voice synthesizing circuit 34 has a function of synthesizing a voice signal of a name based on the input name data and outputting it as an analog signal to the reception amplifier 18. This signal output is performed based on an instruction from the control unit 24 when the sender notification button 44 is pressed. In this embodiment, the user does not go off-hook just by picking up the handset 22 and goes off-hook by operating the hook switch 42.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment constructed as above will be described with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 2 in addition to FIG. The operation shown in the flowchart of FIG. 2 is executed in a series of incoming call control when the telephone receives an incoming call. When there is an incoming call, a signal from the line side is detected by the incoming call detecting unit 24A of the control unit 24 via the antenna 10 and the transmitting / receiving unit 12 (FIG. 2, step S1).
0). Then, on the other hand, the control unit 24 causes the ringer unit 26 to
Is driven to output a bell sound notifying the incoming call (step S12). The bell sound is also output from the handset 20 of the handset 22. When the telephone number data of the destination is sent from the line side, this data is RA
It is stored in M30 (step S14).

Next, in the control section 24, the telephone directory RAM 32 is referred to by the retrieval section 24B and the name data corresponding to the telephone number data stored in the RAM 30 is retrieved (step S16). As a result, when the corresponding name is found (Y in step S18), the name data is supplied from the control unit 24 to the voice synthesis circuit 34 to perform voice synthesis (step S20). However, if there is no corresponding name (N in step S18), the message data to that effect is sent from the control unit 24 to the voice synthesis circuit 3.
4 and voice synthesis is performed (step S2).
2).

Next, the analog voice signal synthesized by the voice synthesizing circuit 34 is supplied to the reception amplifier 18 when the sender notification button 44 is pressed (step S23). The reception amplifier 18 amplifies the synthesized voice signal instead of the bell sound and supplies it to the speaker 20 (step S2).
4). Since the incoming signal continues to be sent, the calling party hears the ringing tone. Further, the above-mentioned name data and message data are also supplied from the control unit 24 to the LCD driver 36, so that they are displayed on the LCD display device 40 (step S26). Handset 2
The user who takes 2 can know the name of the callee from the name voice output from the speaker 20 and the display of the name on the LCD display device 40. If necessary, inform the person who should answer the phone.

Here, the relevant person is the hook switch 42.
When is pressed, the device goes off-hook (Y in step S28), the handset 22 is connected to the line side, and a call with the destination is started (step S30). However, if a call is not made for some reason, the call remains on-hook (N in step S28). At this time, the non-response time control unit 24C performs one of the non-response time processes as shown in step S32. In step S32A, when a predetermined time has elapsed after the notification of the name in step S24, a message indicating absence is output to the destination. Step S32
In B, the incoming call is cut by using an appropriate cut switch (not shown) after the lapse of the predetermined time. Step S3
At 2C, it is left with a bell sound. In this case, it is not necessary to provide a special non-response time control unit. Which of the non-response processings is performed is appropriately set as needed.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, when there is an incoming call, the telephone directory RAM is referred to search for the name corresponding to the telephone number data of the callee, and the corresponding name is voiced before off-hook. Since it is decided to combine and output only to the receiving party, the name is displayed, so you can easily check the destination without making a call charge and do not make unnecessary calls. improves.

<Second Embodiment> Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition,
The same reference numerals are used for the same components as those in the first embodiment or components corresponding to the first embodiment (the same applies to the third embodiment). The first embodiment is an embodiment of notification of a callee when an incoming call arrives, but the second embodiment is an embodiment of so-called call waiting, and as shown in FIG. The section 50A is provided. The search unit 24B is the same as that of the first embodiment, and the non-response control unit is not provided. The call waiting notification detection unit 50A is for detecting the presence or absence of a call waiting notification.

When the second caller makes a call while talking to the first caller, a call waiting notification is given from the line side. For example, a call waiting ringtone such as “two poop” is sent. This call waiting ring tone is detected by the call waiting notification detection unit 50A of the control unit 50 on the one hand (step S50), and the transmission / reception unit 12 on the other hand.
Is output to the speaker 20 via the reception amplifier 18 (step S52). Then, when the telephone number data of the second caller of the transmission destination is sent from the line side, this data is stored in the RAM 30 (step S54).

Thereafter, similar to the first embodiment, the search section 24B searches the telephone directory RAM 32 (step S1).
6), voice synthesis of the corresponding name or a message not to be found (steps S18, S20, S22), operation of the sender notification button 44 and the synthesized name or voice output of the message (steps S23, S24). (Step S26) is sequentially performed. The user who is talking with the first caller can know the name of the second caller from the name voice output from the speaker 20 and the display of the name on the LCD display device 40. If necessary, inform the person who should answer the call.

Here, the relevant person is the hook switch 42.
When is pressed once (Y in step S56), a call with the second caller is started (step S58). However, if the hook switch 42 is not pressed for some reason (N in step S56), the current call with the first caller continues (step S60). The second caller continues to hear the ringing tone. As described above, according to the present embodiment, the name of the second caller can be confirmed before switching the caller, so that the usability is improved by rejecting the call with the second caller if unnecessary.

<Third Embodiment> Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, the caller's telephone number received especially when he / she is away is stored, and when calling those parties later,
This is a simple way to make a return call without operating the buttons for dialing.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of this embodiment. As shown in the figure, the control unit 60 includes an incoming call detection unit 2
In addition to 4A, a search unit 60A, a dial control unit 60B, and a calendar / clock 60C are provided. The control unit 60 includes a RAM 62 and various switches 64.
Are connected respectively. The voice synthesis circuit 34 is not provided. Further, in addition to the hook switch 42, the various switches 64 are provided with an answering machine setting button 66, a number display instruction button 68, and a transmission button 70, respectively.

Of these, the search unit 60A of the control unit 60
Is the name of the phonebook R
In addition to searching from the telephone directory table stored in AM32, the date and time of the incoming call obtained by referring to the calendar / clock 60C and the name obtained by the search together with the telephone number data are RA.
The number display instruction button 6 stored in M62 and further described later
8 has a function of reading out the stored data and outputting it to the LCD side when operated. The dial control unit 60B has a function of dialing the number displayed on the LCD display device 40 when a transmission button 70 described later is operated. Calendar / Clock 60C
Has the function of a calendar and a clock.
I know the time.

Next, the RAM 62 is a memory for storing the telephone number data of the transmission destination together with the date and time obtained by referring to the calendar / clock 60C and the name retrieved in the telephone directory RAM 32, and FIG. ).
In the figure, the RAM 62 has addresses "0" to "1".
There are areas up to "0", and areas "0" to "9" are areas used when setting the absence. The address “10” is an area used when the absence is set. That is,
In this example, 10 of the calls received when setting up absence
The caller's telephone number can be stored for each case, and one can be stored when the absence is set.

Next, of the various switches 64, the answering machine setting button 66 is a switch operated when the user is away, and when this is operated, the telephone number is stored in the use area of the RAM 62 when the answering machine is set. There is. The number display instruction button 68 is a switch for displaying the telephone number of the caller stored in the RAM 62 on the LCD display device 40. The send button 70 is also used as a dial button, for example, and is a switch for instructing the storage address of the telephone number stored in the RAM 62.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the telephone number storing operation at the time of absence setting will be described with reference to FIG. When the user is away, the
Is pressed (step S70 in the figure). Then, if there is an incoming call in this state (step S72), the incoming call detection unit 24A of the control unit 60 detects the incoming call as in the above-described embodiment. Also, when the telephone number data of the destination is sent from the line side, it is fetched (step S74). Then, the search unit 60A searches the telephone directory RAM 32 for the name corresponding to the telephone number (step S76). In addition, the calendar / clock 60 of the control unit 60
C is referred to and the date and time when the call arrives is obtained (step S
78).

Next, each data of the telephone number of the destination, the name thereof, and the date and time of the arrival obtained as described above is stored in the RAM.
It is stored in 62 free addresses. (Step S8
0). If the name cannot be found by searching the telephone directory RAM 32, only the telephone number and the incoming date and time are R
It is stored in AM62.

For example, in the example of FIG. 6 (A), the telephone number "03-1234-56" is set at 9:10 am on January 30.
Since there was an incoming call from "Susumu Takei" of "78" and an incoming call from "Baba Lighting" of the telephone number "03-9876-5432" at 2:43 pm on January 30, those data are the addresses " It is stored in "0" and "1", respectively.

The operation shown in FIG. 7A as described above is as follows.
It is repeated every time there is an incoming call, and data is stored in the addresses "2", "3", ... If necessary, such an operation is executed together with an appropriate absence operation such as sending a message indicating that the user is away.

Next, the operation during transmission will be described with reference to FIG. For example, when the user returns from the place where he / she is out, the user first presses the absence setting button 66 to cancel the absence setting and presses the number display button 68 (step S82). Then, the search unit 60A of the control unit 60 searches the data in the RAM 62 and outputs the stored data to the LCD driver 36. The LCD driver 36 uses the LCD display device 4 based on the input data.
0 is driven and displayed (step S8).
4).

In the example shown in FIG. 6A, the display as shown in FIG. While viewing this display, the user specifies the number of the desired address with the send button 70 (step S86). Then, the dial operation for making a call to the telephone number of the address designated by the dial control unit 60B is automatically performed (step S8).
8). In FIG. 6 (B), when the user wants to call "Baba Lighting", for example, the address is "1", so "1".
Press the button. Then, the dial control unit 60B dials "03-9876-5432".

Even when the absence setting button 66 is not pressed, the same operation as in FIG. 7A is performed,
Since only the address "10" of the RAM 62 is used, the data is stored only for one incoming call. This function is convenient, for example, when making a call after confirming the transmission partner. Also, the RAM 62
The data stored in is reset, for example, when the absence setting button 66 is pressed next time.

As described above, the third embodiment has the following effects. (1) A return call can be easily made without operating the dial button of the telephone number of the call destination. (2) When registered in the phonebook RAM, the name of the calling party can be known, which is convenient for determining whether or not to call.

<Other Embodiments> The present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and includes, for example, the following. (1) When there is a child device in the parent device, a voice such as a name of a communication destination is transmitted from the parent device side to the child device side, the second embodiment is applied to the first embodiment, Various design changes are possible, such as applying the first and second embodiments to the third embodiment, displaying only the name by voice without displaying.

(2) In the above embodiment, the name of the callee is notified based on the operation of the caller notification button 44. However, the caller's name is automatically notified when an incoming call or call waiting call is notified. Notification may be made (see dotted line L1 in FIGS. 2 and 4). Further, instead of outputting the bell sound or the call waiting ringtone when receiving an incoming call, instead of outputting the voice of the other party's name, a speaker (not shown) provided in addition to the handset 22 may be used. (See dotted lines L1 and L2 in FIGS. 2 and 4). In this case, instead of the bell sound, a call by name, for example, a call “Mr. XX is a phone.” Is made, which is very convenient. If the name of the destination is unknown, a call using a normal bell sound may be made.

(3) In the above-mentioned embodiment, the data of the date and time of the incoming call, the telephone number, and the name are stored in the RAM, but basically, if only the telephone number data is stored, the automatic dialing by one-touch is possible. Operation is possible. Also,
The capacity of the RAM is also arbitrary and may be increased or decreased as needed. (4) In the above-described embodiment, the RAM 62 is reset by the absence setting button 66, but a separate switch may be provided. (5) Further, according to the present invention, if the system is such that the telephone number data of the callee is sent from the line side at the time of incoming call,
It can be applied to anything.

[0040]

As described above, the callee notification device for a telephone according to the present invention has the following effects. (1) Since the name data is searched from the telephone number of the call destination using the phonebook memory and the corresponding name is output as a voice, it is possible to easily check the communication destination and improve usability. There is an effect of doing. (2) Since the telephone number of the call destination is stored, the data can be used to make an automatic dial call at the time of a return call by a simple operation, which is convenient for making a call again.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of a destination notification device of a telephone according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of the second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a data storage state and a display example of a RAM of the third embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of the third embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... Antenna, 12 ... Transceiver, 14 ... Microphone, 16 ... Transmission amplifier, 18 ... Reception amplifier (name voice output means), 20 ... Speaker, 22 ... Handset, 24, 5
0, 60 ... Control unit, 24A ... Incoming call detection unit, 24B, 60
A ... Retrieval unit (retrieval means), 24C ... Rejection time control unit, 2
6 ... Ringer section, 28 ... ROM, 30 ... RAM (memory means), 32 ... Phonebook RAM (phonebook memory means), 34
... voice synthesis circuit (voice synthesis means), 36 ... LCD driver, 38, 64 ... various switches, 40 ... LCD display device (display means), 42 ... hook switch, 44 ... caller notification button, 50A ... call waiting notification detection Part, 60B
... dial control section (dial means), 60C ... calendar / clock, 66 ... absence setting button, 68 ... number display button, 70 ... transmission button (transmission means).

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A callee notification device of a phone for notifying a callee of the receiving side of the callee by using the phone number data of the callee sent from the line side at the time of an incoming call or call waiting notification. A memory means for temporarily storing the number data, and a telephone directory memory means for storing data indicating a correspondence between a required destination name and a telephone number,
Retrieval means for retrieving destination name data corresponding to the telephone number data stored in the memory means from the data in the telephone directory memory means when there is an incoming call or call waiting notification, and name data retrieved by the retrieval means. A callee notification device for a telephone, comprising: a voice synthesizing unit for obtaining the voice signal based on the voice signal; and a name voice outputting unit for outputting the voice signal thus obtained to only the receiving party. 2. A return call device for a telephone that makes a return call using the telephone number data of the callee sent from the line side when receiving an incoming call or notifying a call waiting call, when the incoming call is not answered , A memory means for temporarily storing the telephone number data, a display means for displaying the stored data, and a transmitting means for selecting a desired one of the displayed data and instructing transmission. A return call device for a telephone, comprising: and a dial means for automatically dialing an outgoing call to the other party whose telephone number is designated by this.