JPH04207551A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily send a PB signal while touching a handset onto an ear by providing a voice input means, a voice recognition means, a pushphone signal (PB signal) generating means and a transmission means to the telephone set. CONSTITUTION:The telephone set is provided with a voice input means 31 inputting a voice corresponding to each of dial keys, a voice recognition means 34 recognizing the voice inputted by the voice input means 31, a signal generating means 36 generating a PB signal in response to the result of recognition by the voice recognition means 34 and a transmission means 22 sending the PB signal generated by the signal generating means 36 to a public line. Thus, a PB signal is sent by uttering the voice corresponding to an entered key. Thus, the operation of a dial key is not required and the PB signal is easily sent while touching a handset onto an ear.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Purpose of the invention] (Industrial application field) TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to telephone devices.

(Prior Art) In recent years, various telephone services that utilize PB multiplied signals (so-called touchtone signals or DTMF signals) transmitted from touchtone telephones have become widespread. With this telephone service, you can receive inquiries such as checking your bank account balance, which previously could not be done without going to a counter.
It has become possible to easily use services such as train and airplane seat reservations and stock purchase and sale orders from the comfort of your own home.

In these telephone services, input items are input by operating dial keys in accordance with instructions given by a voice response from the other party. The other party recognizes the input content by identifying the PB double signal sent in response to the dial key, and provides a predetermined service.

Therefore, when using these telephone services,
It is desirable to be able to operate the dial keys while listening to the voice from the other party.

However, as a recent trend, telephones are required not only to be functional but also to have a high quality design, and some telephones are equipped with a dial key on the handle of the handset. With such telephones, you cannot operate the dial keys while holding the handset to your head (without listening to the incoming voice), making it very difficult to receive the telephone service described above. It's inconvenient.

In addition, because of the shape of the handset of cordless telephones that have become rapidly popular in recent years, it is usually placed between the transmitting part 5 and the receiving part 6, which are the gripping parts of the handset 3, or on the back of the handset, as shown in FIG. A dial key portion 7 is provided. For this reason, even in cordless telephones, the handset must be removed from the user's head each time a dial key is operated, which is very inconvenient.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, in a telephone set in which a dial key is provided on the handset, the dial key cannot be seen when the handset is held against the ear. For this reason, when receiving a telephone service that uses dial keys, the handset must be removed from the user's ear each time the dial keys are operated, which is very inconvenient.

Therefore, the present invention has been developed to solve this problem, and allows easy dialing while the handset is placed in the ear.
An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone device capable of transmitting B-fold signals.

[Configuration of the Invention (Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention provides a telephone device in which a dial key is mounted on a handset, and a voice input means for inputting voice corresponding to each key of the dial key. , a voice word means for recognizing the voice inputted by the voice input means; a signal generation means for generating a PB multiplied signal in accordance with the recognition result of the voice recognition means; and transmitting means for transmitting a PB double signal to a public line.

(Function) In the present invention, the voice associated with each key of the dial key is manually generated and this voice is recognized. A PB multiplied signal is generated according to the recognition result of the input voice and sent to the public line.

Therefore, the PB multiplier signal is sent by uttering the voice associated with the input key, so there is no need to operate the dial keys, and the PB multiplier signal can be easily multiplied while the handset is still in the ear. A signal is sent out.

(Example) Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Note that the diagram omits the illustration of the receiving system.
Only the parts related to the transmission system are illustrated.

A telephone device 1 shown in the figure is a so-called cordless telephone, and is composed of a base unit 2 connected to a public line and a handset 3 that is carried and used by a user. In handset 3,
A transmitting section 5 for inputting the user's transmitted voice and a receiving section 6 for outputting the received voice are provided. A wireless line 4 is formed between the base unit 2 and the slave unit 3, and this wireless line 4
Transmitting voice, receiving voice,
Various control signals are exchanged.

Further, the base unit 2 includes a wireless reception section 21 and a line connection section 22, and the slave device 3 includes an audio input section 31 and a switching signal input section 32.
, switching section 33, speech recognition section 34, recognition result output section 35
, a PB signal output section 36, and a wireless transmission section 37.

The operation of the telephone device 1 configured in this way will be explained below.

During a normal call, the output light from the switching section 33 is selected to be the wireless transmitting section 37, and the transmitted voice input from the transmitting section 5 is sent to the wireless transmitting section 37 via the audio input section 31 and the switching section 33. Output. The wireless transmitter 37 modulates the transmitted voice and transmits it to the base unit 2. The base device 2 demodulates the signal received by the wireless receiving section 21 and sends it to the public line via the line connecting section 22.

Next, when a switching signal is input from the switching signal human input section 32, the voice recognition section 34 is selected as the output light of the switching section 33. As a result, the transmitted voice input from the transmitting unit 5 is
It is sent to the voice recognition section 34 via the voice input section 31 and the switching section 33, and is recognized by the voice recognition section 34. Here, as the transmitted voice, each key of the dial key part 7, ie, “
O” to “9” and “*” (asterisk), “#
゛ (sharp) is input as a word or voice. and,
The voice recognition unit 34 recognizes which key of the dial key part 7 the word indicating the key was manually input. The recognized result is sent to the Pa signal output section 36. The Pa signal output unit 36 outputs a PB double signal DTM corresponding to the recognized key.
F signal) and outputs it to the wireless transmitter 37. Also,
The recognition result output unit 35 notifies the user of the recognition result using synthesized speech. If the recognition result is incorrect, you can input "correction" by voice and have the voice recognition unit 34 recognize and correct it, or you can press the "#" key that functions as a correction signal. Good too.

In this way, by uttering the words indicating each key of the dial part 7, it is possible to send out a PB double signal without pressing any keys. Note that as the switching signal input section 32, the third
As shown in the figure, a changeover switch 8 is provided.

Next, other embodiments of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a telephone device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The telephone device 11 shown in the figure is also a cordless telephone,
It is composed of a base unit 12 and a slave unit 13.

The base unit 2 includes a wireless reception section 51, a switching section 52, a line connection section 53, a voice recognition section 54, a Pa signal output section 55, and a wireless transmission section 56. It includes a signal input section 42, a wireless transmission section 43, a wireless reception section 44, and a recognition result output section 45.

As shown in the figure, in this example, the voice recognition section 54 is provided in the base device.

The voice and switching signal inputted from the speech transmitting unit 5 and the switching signal input unit 42 are modulated by the wireless transmitting unit 43 and transmitted to the base unit 2 via the wireless line 4. The base unit 2 demodulates each signal in the radio receiving section 51. The switching unit 52 switches the transmitted voice to the voice recognition unit 5 in response to the demodulated switching signal.
4 or output to the line connection section 53.

The voice recognition section 54 recognizes the inputted voice as a word indicating any key of the dial key section 7, and outputs the result to the Pa signal output section 55.

The Pa signal output section 55 outputs the PB signal corresponding to the recognized key.
A doubled signal is generated and output to the line connection section 53.

The recognition result is also output to the wireless transmitter 56 and transmitted to the handset 3. In the handset 3, the recognition result output unit 45 generates a synthesized voice to notify the user of the transmitted recognition result.

In this way, by providing the voice recognition unit on the base unit side, the power consumption of the slave unit can be kept low, and it is possible to realize PB double signal transmission by vocalization.

The telephone device of this embodiment is not limited to a cordless telephone, but the present invention can be applied to any telephone device in which a dial key is provided on the handle of the handset.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the PB double signal is sent by uttering the voice associated with the input key, so there is no need to operate the dial keys, and the The PB double signal can be easily transmitted while the receiver is still placed on the ear.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a telephone device according to a second embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an external perspective view of a cordless telephone handset. It is a diagram. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Telephone device, 2...Base unit, 3...Slave unit, 5...Talking unit, 6...Receiving unit, 22...Line connection unit, 31...
Voice human power section, 34. Voice recognition section, 36... PB signal output section, 11... Telephone device, 53.. Line connection section, 54
. . . speech recognition section, 55 . . . PB signal output section. Applicant Toshiba Corporation Representative Patent Attorney Sasa Suyama −

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A telephone device having a dial key on the handset, comprising: voice input means for inputting voice corresponding to each key of the dial key; and voice recognition means for recognizing voice input by the voice input means. and a signal generation means for generating a touch-tone signal (PB signal) according to the recognition result of the voice recognition means, and a transmission means for transmitting the PB signal generated by the signal generation means to a public telephone line. A telephone device featuring features.