JPH033467A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need for an alphabet and Katakana key provided on a conventional telephone set for the entry of a name, a company name and a department name by providing a picture enter section entering a picture data relating to a telephone opposite party and a display section for a picture. CONSTITUTION:Telephone number information (s) is entered by using a ten-key from a key enter section 1 and a picture data (t) relating to telephone number information from a picture enter section 2 and a control section 4 stores sequentially the telephone number information (s) and the picture data (t) to the storage section 3. When the retrieval button of the key enter section 1 is depressed, the control section 4 reads the telephone number information (s) and the picture data (t) from the storage section 3 sequentially and displays them on a display section 5. When the user selects an object data from the telephone number information (s) and the picture data (t) displayed on the display section 5, a dial button is depressed, The control section 4 sends the selected telephone number information (s) to a communication interface section 6 via a bus. Thus, it is not required to use an alphabet and Katakana key provided to a conventional telephone set for the entry of a name, a company name and a department name.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to telephones, and more particularly to telephones having a display.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in this type of telephone, a phone number and name of one person are entered through the key input section and stored in the memory section, and when making a call, the stored phone number and name of nine people are displayed on the display and searched. 9. It was transmitted by selecting.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional telephone inputs a telephone number and the name of one person through the key input section and stores it in the memory section, and when making a call, displays the stored telephone number and names of two people on the display and searches for it. ,! ! When entering a phone number, you need to use alphabet or katakana keys to enter a person's name, company name, department name, etc. This has the disadvantage that it is cumbersome to search for and select the calling party from what is displayed in text on the display.

[Means to solve the problem]

The telephone of the present invention includes a key input section for inputting telephone number information, an image input section for inputting related information related to the telephone number information as image data, and a memory for storing the telephone number information and the image data. a display unit that displays the telephone number information and the image data; and a communication unit that converts the telephone number information selected by the selection signal from the key input unit into a dial signal corresponding to the line and sends the dial signal to the line. an interface section, the telephone number information from the key input section and the image data from the image input section are stored in the storage section; The telephone number information and image data are displayed on the display section, and control means is provided for receiving the selection signal and controlling the selected telephone number information to be sent to the communication interface section.

〔Example〕 Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

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

In FIG. 1, the telephone of this embodiment has a key input section 1 for inputting telephone number information, and an image input section 2 for reading portraits, business cards, etc. related to the telephone number information using an image camera or the like.
, phone number information from key input section 1 and image input section 2
a storage section 3 that stores image data from the computer; a display section 5 that displays telephone number information and image data; a communication interface section 6 that interfaces with a line; and a control section that connects and controls each of the above sections via a bus. 4.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained.

First, input the telephone number information S from the key input section 1 using the numeric keypad (not shown), and then input the telephone number information S using the image input section 2, for example, an image camera (not shown).
Two business cards with related photos are read and set as image data t.

The control unit 4 sequentially stores the telephone number information S and the image data t in the storage unit 3 via the bus.

Next, the operation when making a call from the telephone of this embodiment will be explained.

When the user of the telephone of this embodiment presses a search button (not shown) in the key input section 1, the control section 4
The telephone number information S and the image data t are sequentially read out from and displayed on the display section 5. When the user selects the desired phone number information S and image data t displayed on the display section 5, the user presses the call button (not shown) in the key input section 1.
Press . The control section 4 sends the selected telephone number information S to the communication interface section 6 via the bus. The communication interface section 6 converts the received telephone number information S into a dial signal corresponding to the line and sends it to the line.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, the present invention includes an image input section for inputting image data related to the person to whom the telephone call is being made, and an image display section.

It is no longer necessary to use conventional alphabet or katakana keys to enter department names, etc., and when making a call, you can search for the person you are calling from among the characters displayed in the past.
Rather than making a selection, it has the effect of allowing users to search and select from a wide range of information based on images on the display. Furthermore, the present invention has the advantage that the image input section reads a business card or the like as image data, stores it in the storage section, and uses it when sending a message.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Key input section, 2... Image input section, 3... Storage section, 4... Control section, 5... Display section, 6... Communication interface section. S...Telephone number information, t...Image data.

Claims (1)

[Claims] a key input section for inputting telephone number information; an image input section for inputting related information related to the telephone number information as image data; a storage section for storing the telephone number information and the image data; and a storage section for storing the telephone number information and the image data; A display unit that displays information and the image data; and a communication interface unit that converts telephone number information selected by a selection signal from the key input unit into a dial signal corresponding to a line and sends the dial signal to the line. , the telephone number information from the key input section and the image data from the image input section are stored in the storage section, and the telephone number information and image data in the storage section are stored in accordance with a search signal from the key input section. A telephone set, characterized in that it has control means for displaying on said display section, receiving said selection signal, and controlling said selected telephone number information to be sent to said communication interface section.