JPH0150153B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Industrial application field) The present invention relates to a telephone with a telephone directory.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, devices of this type have been equipped with a telephone directory as a book or a card with notes on it near the telephone set. Also, in ``Putsyuphone'', the number was memorized by speed dial. In the former case, if the phone book or card with notes is left far away from the phone, it takes time to look up the desired number, or when the font in the phone book is small or the phone number is long, you can look up the phone number from the phone book or memo. When dialing while
There were cases where dialing was inconvenient because it was difficult to see or dial. In the latter case, when the number of speed dials increases, it becomes necessary to look at notes, which is inconvenient and similar to looking up a telephone directory.

An attempt to solve this problem is found in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Publication No. 54-6014. This is done by memorizing a list of names (names) in advance, displaying the list sequentially on the CRT, and when the desired one is displayed, specifying it with a light pen, and automatically dialing based on this instruction. This means that it can be done.

However, with the technique disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, rapid dialing corresponding to individual names cannot be achieved. This is because this technology requires that a common set be created in advance in the list, for example, a table such as "general" or "〇〇 company related" must be created one by one, and this list There is an inconvenience in that in order to search for a table, these lists must be displayed one after the other. Furthermore, since the desired destination is specified using a light pen, it requires a light pen configuration and a fairly large terminal, making it extremely difficult to use if each device is placed on a disk in an office or the like. . In addition, it is often difficult to identify a desired party simply by looking at their name or telephone number.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, although telephone terminals with CRTs have already been devised, they are inconvenient to use, and it takes a considerable amount of time to find the desired party. It can be said that a small telephone that is quick and easy to operate has not yet been realized. Furthermore, it can be said that mere name information is not sufficient to specify a desired destination.

The present invention has been made in view of these problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone that can quickly find and dial a desired party with good operability, and can also reliably identify the desired party.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a memory for storing a plurality of pieces of information including at least name information, telephone number information corresponding to the name information, and memo information related to the name information; means for inputting search information, for example, the first kana, for extracting desired information from a plurality of pieces of information stored in the memory; and means for searching for information corresponding to the input search information by this means; The information retrieved by this means, for example,
A search using the th kana may result in a large number of matches, but at least one display means for simultaneously displaying, for example, three pieces of name information, and one of the plurality of pieces of information displayed on this display means.
means for appropriately displaying memo information of the information selected by this means on the display means; and means for automatically dialing based on telephone number information corresponding to the information selected by this means. This is a telephone characterized by comprising:

(Operation) The present invention sequentially displays corresponding name information based on search information, but when there is a plurality of corresponding name information, for example, three can be displayed simultaneously on the display means and one can be selected. If you do this,
Even if the search information is ambiguous and there are five matching items, multiple items can be displayed at the same time, so if three items can be displayed, the desired one can be selected within two operations. Further, memo information related to the name, such as the name of the person's company, can be stored as further information, and this memo information can be displayed as appropriate, so that the desired recipient can be reliably identified.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a keyboard, 2 is a memory, and 3 is a display device. The display device 3 includes a display memory 31 and a display device 3.
2. It consists of a controller 33.

First, the operation will be explained. A plurality of pieces of digital information are input in advance into the memory, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, a name, a number, and a memo are paired as one piece of information. The name is 6 bits, representing 1 character (kana), and 12 characters, and the number is 4 bits, representing 1 number, 10.
Digits and memos represent one number with 4 bits, and all of these 4 numbers constitute one piece of information, totaling 6 x 12 + 4 x 10 + 4 x 4.
= Consists of 128 bits. When you enter a single kana character such as "sa" on the keyboard, the controller will
Sequentially searches multiple pieces of information in memory to find the first name indicated by the first to sixth bits of each 128-bit piece of information.
Extract those whose th kana matches “sa” and 31
The data are sequentially read out to the display memory 32 and displayed on the display 32. The display has the ability to display, for example, three pieces of information. If there are four or more pieces of information corresponding to "sa", it will be replaced with a new one after an appropriate amount of time. In this way, the display will display names starting with "Sa" such as "Sasaki", "Sato", "Sano", "Saito" and the corresponding information telephone number, age, company name, etc. When a person's name, for example Taro Sato, is displayed, if the button indicating the display position, for example Sasaki, Sato, and Sano, are displayed at the same time, by pressing the key "2" indicating the second name, you can press " A selection signal of "2" is input to the controller, and the controller controls the display to display only the information of the second "Sato Taro" in the display memory. The display 32 itself has the ability to display three pieces of information, but the large
It doesn't have to be a CRT at all. Further, since the key "2" indicating the second key can always be used with the numeric keypad used in the telephone, there is no need to provide a special device such as a light pen.

As explained above, when searching for a phone number,
If you input part of the name, for example the first word, from the keyboard, and then input a selection signal from the displayed multiple names from the keyboard, the name, phone number, and memo information will be output on the display, so the phone number There is no need to search for notes or a telephone directory, and the telephone number is displayed with two keyboard inputs, which has the advantage that the telephone number search can be done quickly and reliably. Also, since information other than the telephone number is stored in place of a memo, the desired recipient can be reliably identified. Furthermore, the target telephone number selected from the memory is displayed on the display device, but at this time, input from the keyboard can be automatically dialed by input signals from another button, so that the telephone number can be searched. The dialing operation can be made by entering three times on the keyboard, which has the advantage that the operation of making a telephone call (outgoing operation) can be done quickly and reliably, and it is possible to search more quickly than when information is displayed one by one. What is displayed on the display device based on the Y-th data input from the keyboard may include only the name or the name and telephone number, and may be modified as appropriate without departing from the gist of the present invention.

Furthermore, compared to a normal telephone, it is only necessary to attach an external display that can display three names, so no special equipment (such as a light pen) is required.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, it is possible to dial a desired party quickly and reliably without using any special device other than a display that can display multiple pieces of information, for example, three pieces of information.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the apparatus of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing the contents of the memory. 1 is a keyboard, 2 is a memory, and 3 is a display device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A memory that stores a plurality of pieces of information consisting of at least name information, telephone number information corresponding to the name information, and memo information related to the name information, and a plurality of pieces of information stored in the memory. means for inputting search information for extracting desired information; means for searching for information corresponding to the input search information; and simultaneously displaying a plurality of at least the name information of the information searched by this means. means for selecting one of the plurality of information displayed on the display means; means for appropriately displaying memo information of the information selected by the display means on the display means; 1. A telephone set comprising means for automatically dialing based on telephone number information corresponding to displayed information.