JPH04369768A - Working state display device - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a work status display device such as a so-called destination display board, and more particularly to an electronic work status display device that displays required information under electronic control.

0002

[Prior Art] Prior art related to the present invention is as follows:
For example, Utility Model Publication No. 55-103782, Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 57-10
No. 5213, JP-A-59-3476, JP-A-59-2
No. 00390, Utility Model Publication No. 198742, Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 62-1987
No. 3-180258, Japanese Utility Model Application No. 187457/1983, Japanese Unexamined Utility Model No. 1-115258, Japanese Unexamined Utility Model No. 1-127090,
Those disclosed in JP-A-1-133194, JP-A-1-221971, and JP-A-1-286667 are known.

0003

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In conventional electronic destination display boards, information such as name, destination, time, etc. can be input directly, or information such as destination can be stored in advance along with a designation code. The display is configured to be changed by giving a change instruction via telephone or the like from a remote location.

However, with this type of electronic destination display board, the space that can be allocated to the input section is small, so it is difficult to provide a full keyboard like a personal computer.
In order to allow even people who cannot operate a full keyboard to operate it, conventional systems were equipped with only a numeric keypad for input, and when registering various information, information was input character by character by specifying a Kuten code. It is set as. Therefore, inputting information takes a very long time and input errors are likely to occur. Furthermore, even if the destination display board is equipped with various keys for easy input, when remote control is performed using a telephone (touch-tone phone),
It is necessary to input information using only 12 types of DTMF signals generated by pressing the dial buttons (0 to 9, *, #). Therefore, if the destination (where you are going out) is included in the information registered in advance in memory, you can change the displayed content remotely from your phone by entering the specified code. However, for unregistered destinations, it is nearly impossible to enter information from outside the home (it is difficult to enter information using Kuten codes).

[0005] Therefore, the first object of the present invention is to facilitate the input of information to the working status display device, and even when inputting information such as a destination that is not previously registered in the memory of the device itself, The second problem is to enable easy input using a telephone or the like from a remote location.

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, in the first invention of the present application, a first storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of location information such as destinations together with each designation code; A first input means for inputting a code and selecting location information of each person from the first storage means; a second input means for inputting an audio signal; a voice input from the second input means; a second storage means for storing information; a selection means for selectively switching between the first input means and the second input means;
Display means for displaying the location information selected by the first input means and displaying the state of the second input means when the second input means is selected by the selection means; audio output means for reproducing information stored in the storage means and outputting audio.

[0007] Furthermore, in the second invention of the present application, means for inputting the location information of each person, storage means for holding the input location information, and location information to be displayed from among the information on the storage means. In a working status display device including a means for selecting and a display means for displaying selected location information: the device body is provided with a remote control signal receiving means, and the remote control means independent from the device body is provided with a character input means and an input device. The apparatus is equipped with a kana-kanji conversion means for converting the converted characters into kanji, a character display means for displaying the converted kanji, and a remote control signal transmission means. Display control means is provided for outputting character information to the display means as location information.

[0008] Furthermore, in the third invention of the present application, there is a means for inputting the location information of each person, a storage means for holding the inputted location information, and a method for selecting the location information to be displayed from among the information on the storage means. In a work status display device including means for selecting and display means for displaying selected location information: the device body is provided with a remote control signal receiving means and a signal transmitting means for transmitting specified display information, and The independent remote control means includes an input means, a remote control signal transmitting means for transmitting information input from the input means to the device body, a signal receiving means for receiving a signal output from the device body, and a signal receiving means receiving the signal. Character display means for displaying information as characters is provided.

[0009] Furthermore, in the fourth invention of the present application, means for inputting the location information of each person, storage means for holding the input location information, and location information to be displayed from among the information on the storage means. In a work status display device including means for selecting and display means for displaying the selected location information: the device body is provided with a remote control signal receiving means and a signal transmitting means for transmitting the same information as the received information; The remote control means independent from the main body includes a character input means, a kana-kanji conversion means for converting input characters into kanji, a character display means for displaying the converted kanji, a remote control signal transmission means, and a signal output from the main body of the device. and a comparison control means for comparing the signal outputted by the remote control signal transmitting means and the signal received by the signal receiving means and performing display processing or retransmission processing according to the result, the apparatus The main body is provided with display control means for receiving a character code from the remote control means and outputting the character information to the display means as location information.

[0010] Furthermore, in the invention No. 5 of the present application, there is provided a means for inputting the location information of each person, a storage means for retaining the inputted location information, and a method for selecting the location information to be displayed from among the information on the storage means. In a work status display device including means for selecting and display means for displaying selected location information: the device body is provided with a remote control signal receiving means and a signal transmitting means for transmitting specified display information, and An independent remote control means includes an input means, a remote control signal transmitting means for transmitting information input from the input means to the device body, a signal receiving means for receiving a signal output from the device body, and information received by the signal receiving means. Character display means for displaying as characters, and character storage means for storing information received by the signal receiving means and outputting the stored information to the character display means in response to a predetermined instruction are provided.

[0011] Furthermore, in the invention No. 6 of the present application, there is provided a means for inputting the location information of each person, a storage means for holding a plurality of pieces of inputted location information, and a storage means for storing the location information to be displayed in the information on the storage means. In the employment status display device including means for selecting from among the following, and display means for displaying the selected location information: Each location information registered in the storage means includes information indicating a destination name and information associated with the destination name. a first input means including at least one of a registered destination code and a telephone number; a plurality of operation units in one-to-one correspondence with each piece of registered location information; a destination code and a telephone number; a second input means for inputting at least one of the numbers; and, in response to the input from the first input means, selecting location information associated with the input from among the plurality of locations registered in the storage means; In addition to outputting the information to the display means, in response to the input from the second input means, the destination code or telephone number included in the location information on the storage means is searched, and the location information that matches the input is selected. A display control means for outputting the information to the display means is provided.

[0012] Furthermore, in the invention No. 7 of the present application, there is provided a means for inputting location information of each person, a storage means for retaining a plurality of pieces of inputted location information, and a storage means for storing location information to be displayed in the information on the storage means. In the employment status display device including means for selecting from among the following, and display means for displaying the selected location information: Each location information registered in the storage means includes information indicating a destination name, and information corresponding to the destination name. a destination code and a telephone number; a signal receiving means for inputting a signal from a telephone line as an information code; processing the information code outputted by the signal receiving means to obtain a destination code and a telephone number; Automatically identifies one of the telephone numbers, searches for that destination code or telephone number from the location information on the storage means, and selects and displays the location information associated with that information code. A display control means for outputting the output to the means is provided.

[0013] Furthermore, in the invention No. 8 of the present application, there is provided a means for inputting the location information of each person, a storage means for holding a plurality of pieces of inputted location information, and a storage means for storing the location information to be displayed in the information on the storage means. In a work status display device including means for selecting from among the following, and display means for displaying the selected location information: voice input means; voice recognition means for recognizing input voice and converting it into character information; and the voice recognition An input control means for storing the character information converted by the means in the storage means or displaying it on the display means is provided.

[0014] Furthermore, in the ninth invention of the present application, a code input means for inputting location information as a character code; a coded storage means for holding a plurality of location information of input character codes; ; Character pattern generation means for converting character code information into two-dimensional character pattern information; Two-dimensional information input means; Two-dimensional information storage means; Selecting information from among the information on the encoded storage means and writing it in the form of two-dimensional information to the two-dimensional information storage means via the character pattern generation means, and responding to other predetermined instructions. display control means for writing the two-dimensional information input from the two-dimensional information input means into the two-dimensional information storage means; and two-dimensional information for displaying the information written in the two-dimensional information storage means. A display means shall be provided.

In the tenth invention of the present application, in the ninth invention, the two-dimensional information input means includes a position specifying means; coordinate values on the two-dimensional coordinates specified by the position specifying means are substantially input. Position output means for continuously outputting;
A two-dimensional buffer memory means for storing the coordinate values output by the position output means at positions corresponding to each value; and a two-dimensional monitor display means for displaying the contents of the two-dimensional buffer memory means in real time are provided.

[0016] Furthermore, in the eleventh invention of the present application, in the ninth invention, the two-dimensional information input means stores a plurality of sets of two-dimensional information as location information of each person.
an imaged location information storage means, a write control means for writing the input two-dimensional information into a position assigned to each person on the imaged location information storage means, and a designated person in response to a predetermined instruction. readout control means for reading out the location information from the imaging location information storage means and transferring it to the two-dimensional information storage means.

[0017]

[Operation] In the first invention, if location information, that is, each person's destination, telephone number, etc., is registered in the first storage means in advance along with a designation code, the registered destination can be You can easily call it up and display it just by entering the specified code, so you can easily call it up and display it even when you are away, for example by operating the dial button on your telephone (touch-tone phone) and inputting the specified code. You can change your destination. Furthermore, voice can be entered instead of the designated code, so even if you want to change to a destination that is not registered in the first storage device, you can use your phone to input it to the second destination by voice from outside. can be recorded in storage means. When the sound is recorded in the second storage means, it is displayed on the display means, so a person who refers to the display on the working status display device can play back the recorded sound by operating a predetermined key, etc. You can know the destination after the change.

[0018] In the second invention, the remote control means (remote control unit) and the main body of the apparatus are connected via a telephone line or the like, and a signal in the form of, for example, a DTMF signal is transmitted from the remote control means to the main body of the apparatus. Can be done. In addition, the remote control means is equipped with a character input means, a kana-kanji conversion means, and a character display means, so even if you want to display a destination on the device that is not registered in advance, you can use it even when you are out and about. Connect the remote control means to the main body of the device using a telephone, etc., enter the necessary characters in Roman characters, katakana, hiragana, etc., and then perform kana-kanji conversion to convert the desired characters (Japanese characters including kanji). When the text (word) is displayed, set the mode to send, and the changed text information will be transmitted via the telephone line.
The information is transferred to the main body of the device in the form of a TMF signal or the like, and the changed destination etc. is displayed on the main body of the device.

In the third invention, the remote control means and the device main body are connected via a telephone line or the like, and a signal in the form of a DTMF signal, for example, is transmitted from the remote control means to the device main body, and the display on the device main body is Information (changed destination, etc.) can be transferred from the device main body to the remote control means, for example, in the form of a DTMF signal. Signals transferred from the device main body to the remote control means are converted into character information and displayed on the character display means. In other words, by using the remote control means even when away from home, the user can, for example, change the destination and then refer to his or her own changed display contents or refer to other people's destinations.

In the fourth aspect of the invention, the remote control means and the main body of the apparatus are connected via a telephone line or the like, and a signal in the form of, for example, a DTMF signal can be transmitted from the remote control means to the main body of the apparatus. In addition, the remote control means is equipped with a character input means, a kana-kanji conversion means, and a character display means, so even if you want to display a destination on the device that is not registered in advance, you can use it even when you are out and about. Connect the remote control means to the main body of the device using a telephone, etc., enter the necessary characters in Roman characters, katakana, hiragana, etc., and then perform kana-kanji conversion to convert the desired characters (Japanese characters including kanji). When the message (word) is displayed, set the transmit mode, and the changed text information will be transferred to the device via the telephone line in the form of a DTMF signal, etc., and the changed destination etc. will be displayed on the device. Ru. Additionally, the device main body sends back the same signal as the signal received from the remote control device to the remote control device, and the remote control device compares the transmitted signal and the signal received from the device main body to determine whether the two match. is checked, and special display processing or signal retransmission is performed depending on the results, so even if a data error (garbled characters) occurs due to poor telephone line conditions, the correct signal can be retransmitted. The correct information can be sent to the main body of the device and the correct information can be displayed.

In the fifth invention, the remote control means and the main body of the device are connected via a telephone line or the like, and a signal in the form of a DTMF signal, for example, is transmitted from the remote control means to the main body of the device, and the display on the main body of the device is Information (changed destination, etc.) can be transferred from the device main body to the remote control means, for example, in the form of a DTMF signal. Signals transferred from the device main body to the remote control means are converted into character information and displayed on the character display means. In other words, by using the remote control means even when away from home, the user can, for example, change the destination and then refer to his or her own changed display contents or refer to other people's destinations. Further, since the character information transferred from the main body of the apparatus to the remote control means is stored in the character storage means, it can be recalled and redisplayed at any time. Therefore, for example, you can connect to the main body of the device using a telephone from outside and obtain information on the destination and phone number of a specific person (Mr. A).
After hanging up, the telephone number of Mr. A's destination is displayed on the remote control means, and the user dials the telephone number while referring to the number, thereby calling Mr. A.

In the sixth invention, two types of input operations are possible when inputting location information to be displayed. That is, in the first input operation, from among the location information group registered in the storage means in advance, the first input means includes an operation unit (key switch, etc.) that corresponds one-to-one with each location information. You can directly select the required location information. In addition, in the second operation, by inputting the destination code or telephone number using the second input means (numeric keypad, etc.), the location information to which the destination code or telephone number is assigned is automatically displayed. The location information is searched and the necessary location information is selected.

In the seventh invention, two types of selection methods are available when selecting the display (destination) on the main body of the device using a telephone or the like. That is, by inputting a destination code in the first selection method and a telephone number in the second selection method using a dial button, etc., location information that includes the destination code or telephone number is automatically retrieved. and the necessary location information is selected. Therefore, the user only has to input the destination code and telephone number of the destination to be displayed, whichever he/she remembers, so that the user can easily specify the destination even from outside.

[0024] In the eighth aspect of the invention, since the voice input means and the voice recognition means are provided, characters related to the destination to be displayed can be input and memorized by voice. Therefore, even when displaying Chinese characters, it is not necessary to provide a large number of keys as input means, and it is also possible to input characters using a telephone from outside.

[0025] In the ninth invention, character code information is converted into location information (
The display contents can be updated by registering information (destination, telephone number, etc.) in the encoded storage means in advance, and selecting from among the registered location information. In addition, when inputting unregistered location information, two-dimensional information input means,
That is, by using a digitizer or an image scanner, handwritten characters can be input as two-dimensional information, and the information can be directly displayed on the two-dimensional display means. Handwritten characters can be displayed as they are, so even when inputting Japanese including kanji,
There is no need to spend time inputting Kuten codes, etc., which is convenient when you do not have time to input them.

In the tenth invention, the coordinate information read by the position output means such as a digitizer is sequentially written into the two-dimensional buffer memory means, and the written two-dimensional information is displayed on the two-dimensional monitor display means. Therefore, the handwritten character pattern being input is displayed on the monitor display means in real time using the position specifying means (pointing device). Therefore, handwritten input is easy.

In the eleventh invention, a plurality of sets of handwritten character information can be stored in the imaged location information storage means in the form of two-dimensional information, and each person's location information can be stored as handwritten character information. Can be stored and displayed.

[0028]

Embodiment FIG. 1 shows the appearance of the main body of a working status display device according to an embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, this device main body includes a display section 2.
, a destination selection section 3, an input section 4, a main power switch 5, and a speaker 6. The specific appearances of the display section 2, destination selection section 3, and input section 4 are shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, respectively.
Shown below.

Referring to FIG. 2, a title display field 11 is provided at the top of the display section 2, and this field includes a name display 11a, a departure/exit display 11b, a work arrival time display 11c, a destination display 11d, and a title display field 11. Each item of the telephone number display 11e is provided. Below the title display field 11, ten display fields are provided so that information for ten people can be displayed. The left end of each display column, that is, name display 11
Below a, there is a name display item 13 that corresponds to each person.
is provided. In this example, "Tanaka", "Suzuki", "Yamada", . . . are displayed in the name display item 13. That is, the display column at the top is assigned to "Mr. Tanaka," the second column from the top is assigned to "Mr. Suzuki," and the third column from the top is assigned to "Mr. Yamada." Each display in the title display field 11 and each name display item 13 in the 10 display fields are as follows:
They are formed by printing because there is less chance of them being changed.

Each display field to the right of the name display item 13 is constituted by a liquid crystal (LCD) display 14. This liquid crystal display 14 includes an attendance/exit display section 14a, a work attendance time display section 14b,
, a destination display section 14c, and a telephone number display section 14d. Further, on the left side of each of the name display items 13, there is provided a name indicating section 12 which incorporates a switch and an indicator (display lamp).

Next, referring to FIG. 3, the destination selection section 3 is provided with 48 destination selection switches 15, and the operation section on the surface of each destination selection switch displays necessary information such as the destination "Headquarters, A Factory, Daiichi Shoji, First Reception, First Meeting,・
"..." are displayed by printing. In FIG. 3, the subscripts h and v of the code 15hv representing each switch represent the horizontal and vertical positions of the switch, respectively, and by operating the switch 15hv, the two-digit code represented by hv is occurs. There is. Therefore, for example, destination selection switch 1532 is associated with "second reception", and code "32" is generated by operating this switch.

Furthermore, the three lower right destination selection switches are assigned to "Voice 1", "Voice 2" and "Voice 3", respectively, and when these switches are turned on, the destination selection switches are -Specially as 91, 92 and 93
Output.

Next, referring to FIG. 4, the input section 4 includes a main power indicator 21, a display on/off switch 22,
Numeric keypad 23, telephone number setting mode switch 24, time setting mode switch 25, and destination data registration panel 2
7 is provided. In the destination data registration panel 27,
A liquid crystal display 27a, a registration switch 27b, a left shift switch 27c, and a right shift switch 27d are provided. The liquid crystal display 27a is configured to be able to display the destination code and the destination contents in 4-digit Chinese characters by dot matrix display.

FIG. 5 schematically shows the electrical configuration of the device shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 5, the control unit includes a CPU 31.
, work RAM 32, program ROM 33, kanji CG (character generator) ROM 34, destination display mode tape
A table 35 for destination registration mode, a table 36 for destination registration mode, a voice registration table 37, a timer 38, an I/O port 39, a memory 40 for LCD display, a communication & voice control unit 42, and a RAM 43 for voice storage. The destination data registration panel 2 is connected to this control unit via the I/O port 39.
7, Name selection switch & indicator 12, Numeric keypad 2
3. A time setting mode switch 25, a telephone number setting mode switch 24, and a destination selection switch 15 are connected. The LCD display memory 40 includes an LCD driver 4.
An LCD display 14 is connected via 1. Display on/off switch 22 is connected to LCD driver 41.

The destination display mode table 35 is a memory that holds various information necessary when the device operates in the normal destination display mode, and is a destination registration mode table 35. 36 is a memory that holds various information used in the operation mode when registering destination information etc. to be displayed in the device, and a reservation mode table 37 stores predetermined information at a scheduled time. This is a memory that holds various information for the operation mode to be displayed. In this example, the destination display mode table 35 is provided with a destination table shown in FIG. 6 and a destination code table shown in FIG. 7.

Referring to FIG. 6, the destination table includes "name number", "selection flag", "input mode", "destination code", "work time", and "telephone number". Each item is provided. The contents of the "name number" item are associated with each display column of the display section 2 and each switch of the name designation section 12. In other words, the name numbers 1, 2, 3,...
These correspond to the display columns of "Mr. Tanaka", "Mr. Suzuki", "Mr. Yamada", etc. on the display section 2, respectively. The content of the "selection flag" item is a flag indicating whether or not updating of the information held here is permitted. The contents of the "input mode" item are flags for identifying whether the numerical value to be input is a time or a telephone number. The content of the "Destination Code" item is a code associated with the person's destination information to be displayed. The content of the "work time" item is the person's work start time. The content of the "telephone number" item is a telephone number indicating the contact information of the person's destination.

Referring to FIG. 7, the correspondence between "destination code", "destination content" and "telephone number" is registered in the destination code table. That is, by referring to this destination code table, it is possible to know the contents of the destination and its telephone number corresponding to each destination code in the destination table of FIG. Note that the destination content item stores a kanji code string corresponding to the information.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the communication & voice control unit 42.
8. Referring to FIG. 18, this unit includes D
TMF (Dual Tone Multi Frequency)
receiver 51, audio memory control section 52, audio RAM 53, detection section 54, A/D converter 55, D/A
A converter 56, a communication section 57, and an incoming call section 58 are provided. The incoming call unit 58 is connected to the same telephone line as the telephone TEL, and automatically executes an incoming call operation when there is a call on this line. A signal input from the telephone line is applied to the detection section 54 via the communication section 57. Detection section 54
identifies whether the input signal is a DTMF signal of a predetermined frequency. The DTMF signal is passed through the detection unit 54 to the DTMF signal.
The signal is input to the MF receiver 51, and converted by the DTMF receiver 51 into 4-bit data according to the signal type. The data obtained by this conversion is input to the CPU 31 as received data. Further, signals such as audio outputted from the communication section 57 are also inputted to the A/D converter 55 . The A/D converter 55 converts the input analog audio signal into a digital quantity and outputs it to the audio RAM 53. The audio memory control unit 52 writes the output data of the A/D converter 55 to the audio RAM 53 in response to instructions from the CPU 31, reads the data from the audio RAM 53, and writes the output data of the A/D converter 55 to the audio RAM 53. Output to. The D/A converter 56 converts the input digital data into an analog signal, that is, an audio signal, and outputs it to the speaker SP (6).

An example of the contents of the voice registration table 37 in FIG. 5 is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 19, information on the audio code, erasure permission flag, and audio recording position is registered in this table for each column of audio 1, audio 2, audio 3, etc. . The erasure permission flag is set to 1 (prohibited) when audio information is written to the memory, and is cleared to 0 when the audio information is no longer needed. A column whose erasure permission flag is 0 can be rewritten (updated). The information on the audio recording position indicates information on the address stored on the audio RAM.

FIG. 8 shows an outline of the operation of the control unit. Referring to FIG. 8, after the power is turned on, an initialization process is executed, and then processes corresponding to the operations of various switches are repeatedly executed. That is, when the name selection switch 12 is turned on, the process proceeds from step S1 to S2, and a "name selection process" is executed. Similarly, when the time switch 25 is turned on, the process advances from step S3 to S4 to execute "time setting mode processing", and when the telephone number switch 24 is turned on, step S5
From there, the process proceeds to S6 to execute the "telephone number setting process", and when the destination selection switch 15 is turned on, the process proceeds from step S7 to S8 to execute the "destination selection process", and when the numeric keypad 23 is turned on, the process proceeds from step S9 to S10. When the registration switch 27b is turned on, the process proceeds from step S11 to S12, and the "destination registration process" is executed.
When the communication & voice control unit 42 receives data, the process proceeds from step S13 to S14 and executes "communication processing".
When there is an audio reproduction instruction (an audio reproduction flag, which will be described later, is set), the process advances from step S15 to S16, and an "audio reproduction process" is executed.

The contents of the "name selection process" are shown in FIG.
The contents of "Time setting mode processing" and "Telephone number setting processing" are shown in FIG. 10, the contents of "Destination selection processing" are shown in FIG. 11, the contents of "Number input processing" are shown in FIG. The contents of "registration processing" are shown in FIG. 13, and each sub-routine in FIG.
14, 15, 16, and 17, and the contents of "communication processing" are shown in FIG. 21.

First, the "name selection process" shown in FIG. 9 will be explained. In the first step, the selection flag in the column corresponding to the pressed name selection switch in the destination table is set to "1". For example, when the selection switch 12 in the "Mr. Suzuki" column of the name display item 13 is pressed, the selection flag in the column with the name number 2 is set to "1" as shown in FIG. In the next step, all selection flags that do not correspond to the pressed switch are cleared to "0". In the next step, the indicator 12 corresponding to the column whose selection flag is set to "1" is turned on, and in the following step, the other indicators are turned off. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 6, the indicator 12 to the left of "Mr. Suzuki" is lit, and the indicators in the other columns are turned off.

Next, refer to FIG. 10. In the "time setting mode process", "0" is written in the input mode field in the column where the selection flag field in the destination table is "1", and in the "telephone number setting process", the selection flag field in the destination table is written as "0". Write “1” in the input mode item of the column where the selection flag item is “1”.

Next, the "destination selection process" will be explained with reference to FIG. In the first step, a column with a selection flag of "1" in the destination table is found. If all the selection flags are "0", it is determined whether the turned-on switch 15 is an audio switch (one of audio 1, audio 2, and audio 3 in FIG. 3). In the case of an audio switch, set the audio playback flag here. In the next step, the newly input destination code is written in the destination code field of the selected column. In the following step, the destination code is converted into a voice code (
91, 92, 93,...). In the case of a voice code, voice registration processing is executed. If it is not a voice code, the telephone number data corresponding to the entered destination code will be entered by referring to the destination code table (Figure 7).
data and write it to the corresponding item on the destination table. Similarly, in the next step, the destination code table is referenced to obtain the destination content data corresponding to the input destination code, and the data is written into the corresponding item on the destination table. In the next step, kanji CG. Using the ROM 34, the destination content data obtained just before is developed (converted) into character patterns corresponding to each code, and the results are stored in the LCD display memory 40.
write to. If the destination code is a voice code, for example code 92, "Voice 2" shown in FIG. 7, is written to the LCD display memory 40 and displayed. Similarly, in the next step, Kanji CG. Using the ROM 34, the code of the telephone number obtained just before is developed into a character pattern corresponding to each code, and the result is written into the LCD display memory 40. Therefore, by executing the "destination selection process",
At the same time, the contents of the destination table assigned to the person specified by the switch 12 are updated to the contents assigned to the input destination code, and the updated destination information is displayed on the LCD display 1.
Display on 4.

Next, "number input processing" will be explained with reference to FIG. 12. In the first step, a column with a selection flag of "1" in the destination table is found. In the next step, the input mode is identified by referring to the input mode item. If the input mode is set to time mode in advance by pressing the "time" switch 25, then write the numerical code entered in the time item of the selected field in sequence. It's crowded. In the next step, the updated time item code is developed into a character pattern and written into the LCD display memory. Also, if the input mode is set to telephone number mode by pressing the "telephone" switch 24, the numeric code entered in the telephone number field of the selected field is written in sequence. , In the next step, expand the destination code and the code of the updated telephone number field into a character pattern and convert it to L.
Write to CD display memory. That is, by operating the numeric keypad 23, numerical values can be input as times or telephone numbers.

Next, the "destination registration process" will be explained with reference to FIG. In step X11, "destination registration initialization" is executed, and then processing according to the states of various switches is executed. That is, when the destination selection switch 15 is turned on, step
Proceed from 12 to X13 and execute "destination code registration",
When the left shift switch 27c is turned on, the process proceeds from step X14 to X15 to execute "left shift processing", and when the right shift switch 27d is turned on, the process proceeds from steps X16 to X17.
When the numeric keypad 23 is turned on, the process advances from step X18 to X19 to execute the "destination content setting process", and when the registration switch 27b is turned on, the process advances from step X20 to X21. This process is repeated until the registration switch is turned on. Step X21
Now, the contents of the destination registration table are written into the destination code table. “Destination registration initialization” is shown in detail in Figure 14, “Destination code registration” is shown in Figure 15, “Left shift processing” and “Right shift processing” are shown in Figure 16, and “Destination content setting” is shown in Figure 17. be.

Referring to FIG. 14, "destination registration initialization"
In the process, in step Kanji CG. It is converted into a bit pattern using a ROM and the result is output to the LCD display of the registration panel 27. In the following step X23, the numeric input buffer is emptied, and in the next step
At step 25, the bit pattern at the character position indicated by the pointer is inverted, and the displayed character is displayed in black and white inverted on the LCD display.

Referring to FIG. 15, "destination code registration"
In the process, in step X31, the destination code and destination contents corresponding to the destination number selected by the destination selection switch 15 are extracted from the table and written into the destination registration table, and in the next step X32, The destination code and destination contents in the destination registration table are converted into kanji CG. It is converted into a bit pattern using a ROM and the result is output to the LCD display of the registration panel 27. In the following step X33, the number input buffer is emptied, in the next step X34, the registered character pointer is set to "0", and in the following step X35, the bit pattern of the character position indicated by the pointer is inverted,
The displayed characters on the LCD display are displayed in black and white inverted.

Next, refer to FIG. 16. "Left shift processing"
Then, the registered character pointer is incremented by +1 in step X41, the numeric input buffer is emptied in the next step X42, and the registered character pointer is set to "0" in the following step X43.
", and in the next step Decrement by +1, empty the number input buffer in the next step X52, set the registered character pointer to "0" in the next step X53, invert the bit pattern of the character position indicated by the pointer in the next step X54, The displayed characters on the LCD display are displayed in black and white inverted.

Referring to FIG. 17, in the "destination content setting" process, the numerical data input in step X61 is stored in a numerical input buffer, and a predetermined kanji code is formed on the numerical input buffer. Then, steps X62 to X63
Then, write the formed kanji code into the destination registration table. In the next step X64, the destination code and destination contents in the destination registration table are changed to kanji CG. Convert to bit pattern using ROM and register the result in panel 2
Output to the LCD display of 7. In the following step X65, the numeric input buffer is emptied, and in the next step
At step 7, the bit pattern at the character position indicated by the pointer is inverted, and the displayed character is displayed in black and white inverted on the LCD display.

The contents of "communication processing" will be explained with reference to FIG. 21. This process is based on the DTMF input from the telephone line.
It is executed based on the data of the signal. The DTMF signal is
For example, by operating a dial button on a touch-tone phone, a message can be sent to a telephone line, so a destination display board connected to the telephone line can be remotely controlled by instructions from the touch-tone phone. First step S51
Now, wait for the code "000#" specifying the ID input mode to be input. When this is detected, the ID number is input in the next step S52. Next, in step S53, the mode specification code is input, and the destination change mode is selected.
When the code designation code “001#” is detected, step S
Proceed to step 54. In step S54, the process waits for the destination code to be input. When the destination code is input, step S
Proceed to step 55, refer to the destination code table (Figure 7),
The contents of the column of the person corresponding to the input ID code in the destination table (FIG. 6) are updated.

[0052] When the input destination code is entered in the voice direct input mode,
In the case of "99#" specifying a code, the process advances from step S56 to S57. In step S57, the voice registration table (FIG. 19) is referred to in order from the top column to find a column in which the erasure permission flag is 0, that is, an empty column, and the voice code in that column is detected. In the next step S58, it waits for "8#" assigned to the voice input start instruction to be input from the telephone line. When the input of "8#" is detected, the voice recording process is executed in step S59 until the next time "9#" (voice input end instruction code) is detected. In this audio recording process, the analog signal output from the communication section shown in FIG. 18 is converted into a digital amount by the A/D converter 55 and stored in a free area of the audio RAM 53. When the audio recording process ends, the process advances from step S60 to S61. In S61, the recording position (address) is written in the (previously found blank) voice recording position field of the voice registration table (FIG. 19), and the erasure permission flag in that field is set to 1. Furthermore, the voice code selected here (for example, 92) is written in the destination table as the destination code.

FIG. 20 shows an example of the operation contents of a person remotely operating this destination display board. Referring to FIG. 20, the case where the destination display is changed by specifying a code will be described first. First, enter the telephone number (03-11) of the telephone line to which the destination display board is connected.
1-2222) to access the destination board system. Next, to specify the ID input mode,
Use the numeric keypad on your telephone (touchphone) to enter “000#”
”. Next, the user enters the ID code assigned to him (in this case, "1234#") using the numeric keypad of the telephone. Next, enter “0” to specify the destination change mode.
01#'' from the numeric keypad. Next, in the destination display board system, enter the destination code (see Figure 7; here "01#") that has been assigned in advance to the destination you want to change.
Head Office") from the numeric keys.Here, to further specify the arrival time input mode, enter "003#" from the numeric keys, and then enter "15*00#" as the arrival time. . Finally, click "99" to instruct the end of access.
9#" to disconnect the telephone line.

Next, the operation for direct voice input will be explained. First, dial the telephone number (03-111-2222) of the telephone line to which the destination display board is connected to access the destination display board system. Next, to specify the ID input mode, press the numeric keypad on the telephone (touch tone).
Enter "000#" using . Next, the user enters the ID code assigned to him (in this case, "2345#") using the numeric keypad of the telephone. Next, input "001#" from the numeric keypad to specify the destination change mode. Next, if you cannot specify the destination by code because the destination you want to change is not registered in the system, enter ``99#'' from the numeric keypad to specify the direct voice input mode. input. Next, to instruct the start of voice input, input "8#" from the numeric keypad, and input the new destination by voice from the mouthpiece of the telephone (in this case, enter the new destination by voice).
Kasumigaseki Building Company A'). When the voice input is finished, enter the code "9#" from the numeric keypad to specify the end of the input. To continue entering the phone number, enter "002#"
from the numeric keypad, then enter the phone number (in this case 2
22-3333#) from the numeric keypad. lastly,
Enter "999#" to terminate access and disconnect the telephone line.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described. The overall configuration of the destination display board system is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 26, the main body of the destination display board is composed of a control section 806, a display board 807 consisting of a destination display section and input keys. Most of the appearance and structure of the destination display board body are the same as those of the first embodiment. A portion of the control unit 806 is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 27, the control unit 806 includes DTMF
A signal generator 901 and a DTMF signal receiver 902 are provided, which are connected to a private PBX exchange 805. The configuration of the DTMF signal generator 901 is shown in FIG. 28, the configuration of the DTMF signal receiver 902 is shown in FIG.
FIG. 29 shows the relationship between the combination of input data and the frequency of the output signal of the integrated circuit MB86430. As can be seen from FIG. 29, by switching the 4-bit input data of the integrated circuit 86430, the combination of frequencies of the output signals can be changed, and 16 types of DTMF signals can be output.

Referring to FIG. 26, a large number of extension telephones 803 are connected to a local PBX exchange 805 to which the destination display board body is connected, and it is also connected to the lines of a large number of external telephones 802 via an exchange 804. has been done. In this embodiment, by utilizing a portable input device 801, the destination board system can be accessed from an internal telephone and an external telephone.

The basic configuration of the input device 801 is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 22, the input device 801 is provided with a keyboard 401, a CPU 402, a kana-kanji conversion section 403, a font ROM 404, a DTMF signal generator 405, a display section 406, and an output section 407. keyboard
The code 401 contains letters, numbers, hiragana, and conversion keys.
Although the device is equipped with a large number of key switches, it is designed to be small in size, similar to an electronic notebook, for convenient portability. The person operating the input device 801 uses the keyboard 4
01 can be used to input various characters to generate character code strings such as control codes, names, destinations, telephone numbers, return time, etc., but by pressing the conversion key, kana characters can be generated. The kanji conversion unit 403 converts the input characters into kanji character codes. The algorithm for kana-kanji conversion uses a conventionally known method. The input characters and the converted Kanji character codes are converted into character pattern (dot information) data associated with each character code by the font ROM 404, and display information is displayed on the display unit 406. (image). Therefore, the operator
06, you can check the input characters and the converted Kanji characters. After confirmation, press keyboard 401
By pressing the upper send key, the input character code or converted kanji code is sent to the DTMF signal generator 405.
It is converted into an MF signal, and this signal is sent to the output section (speaker) 4.
07, the signal is converted into sound and output. Therefore, if the output section 407 of the input device 801 is placed close to the mouthpiece of the telephone, the DTMF signal can be sent out in the form of sound to the telephone line.

The operation of the control unit 806 in this embodiment is not much different from that in the first embodiment, but instead of direct voice input processing, character codes of destinations, etc. are input, and destination display contents are thereby changed. The process is changed to update. Specifically, the name input from the input device 801 is compared with the name of the person registered in advance in the storage device 904,
A person is recognized, and the display information assigned to that person is rewritten using a character code string such as a destination, telephone number, etc. that is subsequently input from the input device 801.

Modified embodiments of the input device 801 are shown in FIGS. 23, 24 and 25, respectively. First, the embodiment shown in FIG. 23 will be described. In this embodiment, the input device 801 has DTMF
A signal receiver 508 has been added and is capable of receiving DTMF signals output by the destination board system. This allows you to access the destination board system and obtain information. That is, when the user wants to check the whereabouts of a specific person other than the user himself/herself, the name of the person to be searched for is sent from the input device 801 to the destination display board system in the form of a DTMF signal. In response, the control unit 806 searches the information registered in the storage device 904 for destination information of the person corresponding to the input name, and transmits the code of that information to the telephone line in the form of a DTMF signal. Output. In the input device 801, the DTMF signal receiver 508 receives the DTMF signal and outputs the information code, so the CPU holds the information code and processes it to generate the character code. For the code, the font ROM converts it into a character pattern and outputs it to the display section 506 to display the character. In other words, the information searched by the destination display board system is input to the input device 801.
It can be output as characters on the display section 506 of. Therefore, in this embodiment, in addition to changing the operator's own destination information, the operator can obtain other people's destination information from the system and display that information in text.

Next, the embodiment shown in FIG. 24 will be explained. Figure 2
4, in this embodiment, a comparison section 608 is further added to the configuration of the previous embodiment. In this embodiment, when changing display information using the input device 801, information such as a name, destination, telephone number, etc. is input from the keyboard 601 of the input device 801, and if necessary, the information is converted into kanji. After performing this, each character code is converted into a DTMF signal and input into the main body of the destination display board through the telephone line. The control unit 806 of the destination display board main body searches for a corresponding person based on the name of the input information, and updates the destination, telephone number, etc. of the displayed information of the person. Then, the changed display information (usually the same as the input information) is converted into a DTMF signal and sent to the telephone line. This signal is received by the DTMF signal receiver 609 in the input device 801 and converted into character code information. At this time, the comparison unit 608 compares the previously transmitted character code string information with the received character code information. If the two match, that is, if no error occurred during transmission, the comparison unit 608 returns a signal indicating completion of the change to the destination display board system main body via the DTMF signal generator 605 and output unit 607. . However, if the transmitted character information and the received character information do not match due to a transmission error or the like, comparison section 608 gives a retransmission instruction to CPU 602. As a result, the CPU 602 again outputs the same character code string information as previously transmitted to the telephone line via the DTMF signal generator 605 and the output section 607. This operation is repeated until the transmitted character code information and the received character code information match. Therefore,
In this embodiment, correct change information can be reliably input into the destination board system even if the telephone line is in poor condition.

Next, the embodiment shown in FIG. 25 will be explained. In this embodiment, a storage device 709 is added to the configuration of FIG.
has been added. In this embodiment, similarly to the embodiment of FIG. 23, the destination display board system can be accessed using the input device 801 and destination information of a specific person can be obtained. The destination information converted into a code is displayed on the display unit 706 and simultaneously stored and saved in the storage device 709. and,
You can also use the keyboard at any time after disconnecting the telephone line.
By pressing the "call" key provided on the card 701, the destination information of the person who made the last inquiry is read out from the storage device 709, and the text information is displayed on the display section 70.
6 will be redisplayed. This allows you to contact a specific person by using the phone line to access the destination board system, obtain the person's destination information, disconnect the phone line, and then press the "Call" button. - can be pressed to display the destination information of the person again on the input device 801, and the user can dial the telephone number of the destination while looking at the display. Therefore, necessary information can be retrieved from the input device 801 at any time without having to manually record the information obtained from the destination display board system. In this embodiment, only the destination information of the person who made the last inquiry remains on the storage device 709, but of course, memory space for several people can be secured to store the destination information of multiple people. Save the
The destination information may be changed so that the destination information of a specific person can be selectively redisplayed using an ID code or the like.

Next, the DTMF signal generator (405, 901
etc.) will be explained with reference to FIG. 28. The DTMF signal is a signal that is a mixture of two sine frequencies, and in this example, the integrated circuit M manufactured by Fujitsu Limited.
A DTMF signal generator is constructed using B86430. As can be seen from FIG. 29, the integrated circuit MB8643
0, the data applied to the 4-bit input terminals D0 to D3.
An analog output signal is obtained at the output terminal TG0, which is a combination of two frequencies, high group and low group, which are respectively determined depending on the data. Character data including kanji codes are each composed of 2-byte codes. For example, the two characters ``Tanaka'' are Shift JI.
When expressed in S code, they are 9363 and 9 in hexadecimal notation, respectively.
The code will be 286. This code is input to the DTMF signal generator in sequence, one byte at a time. This 1 byte (8 bits) data is held in the latch (74373) in the DTMF signal generator, and then the data selector (74373)
4157) into two sets of 4-bit codes,
They are sequentially input to the integrated circuit MB86430. The integrated circuit MB86430 generates DTMF signals of a type corresponding to each of the 4-bit codes sequentially input. Therefore, one Kanji character is composed of four DTMF signals.

Next, the DTMF signal receiver (508, 902
etc.) will be described with reference to FIG. 30. The input DTMF signal is applied to an input terminal Ain of an integrated circuit MB87057 manufactured by Fujitsu Limited. This integrated circuit converts the DTMF signal into a corresponding 4-bit code.
and outputs it to its output terminals D1 to D4. When a valid DTMF signal is detected, the integrated circuit MB8705
The output terminal DS of No. 7 is switched to a high level H. The latch (74379) connected thereto holds the upper 4 bits of the 8 bit data made up of the two DTMF signals until the lower 4 bits are input. This allows 8-bit data to be output to the output terminal of the buffer 74374 at the same timing.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described. Most of the appearance and configuration of the device in this example
Same as the example. The appearance of the display section 2 of the destination display board has been changed as shown in FIG. That is, an ID code display is added to the name display section (13) of the display section 2, and the
A destination code has been added to the destination item on the display. An outline of the processing of the control section of this device is shown in FIGS. 32 and 33. Referring to FIG. 32, after the power is turned on, initial settings are performed, and then input processing 120 and display processing 130 are repeatedly performed. In the input processing 120, step 1
In step 21, it is determined whether the input is a key input or an input from a communication system, and if it is a key input, key input processing is executed in step 122, and if it is an input from a communication system, communication processing is executed in step 125. In either case, the input data is stored in the buffer in the next step 123. In step 124, it is determined whether the input code is an end code indicating the end of input.

[0065] When the input is completed, step 1 shown in FIG.
Proceed to step 41. In step 141, the data stored in the buffer is read out one byte at a time, and the process proceeds to the subsequent processing steps. The input data is the ID code (switch 12
), the process proceeds from step 142 to step 143. In this case, the column of the corresponding person in the destination table (FIG. 6) is cleared and preparations are made to write data into that column. If the input data is a destination code,
The process proceeds from step 144 to step 145. in this case,
Referring to the destination code table (FIG. 7), information on destination contents and telephone number information corresponding to the input destination code are input. The process then proceeds to step 151, where the input data (destination code, telephone number) is registered in the destination table. If the input data is a code corresponding to the destination switch 15, the process advances from step 146 to step 147. In this case, a destination code assigned to the switch is generated, and the destination code table is referenced to input destination content information and telephone number information corresponding to the generated destination code. The process then proceeds to step 151, where the input data (destination code, telephone number) is registered in the destination table. If the input data is a telephone number, step 14
Proceed from 8 to 149. In this case, the user refers to the destination code table to find a column whose contents match the input telephone number and the contents of the telephone number item, and inputs the destination code and destination contents in that column. The process then proceeds to step 151, where the input data (destination code, telephone number) is registered in the destination table. If the input data is time data, step 1
The process proceeds from 50 to 151 to register the input data in the destination table. If the input data is end data,
The process advances from step 152 to step 153. Step 1
In step 53, display processing is executed for the destination information in the updated column of the destination table. That is, writing is performed in the display memory based on the input data so that the updated destination information (work time, destination code, destination details, telephone number) is displayed in the display column of the relevant person.

[0066] In this embodiment, when specifying a destination to be changed, it may be specified directly using the destination switch 15, the destination code may be entered from the numeric keys, or the telephone number may be entered from the numeric keys. You can also enter it from For example, when you are out and about, you may not know the phone number even if you have memorized the destination code. will be updated. Also, even if you remember a phone number, you may not know its destination code. In that case, if you enter the phone number, the corresponding destination code will be automatically searched and a table will be displayed. Updated. Therefore, the destination code is
All you have to do is remember either the code or the phone number.
Easy to operate.

Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described. The appearance of the destination display board is shown in FIGS. 34 and 36. Referring to FIG. 34, in this embodiment, a microphone 6 is provided in front of the destination display board. Also, referring to FIG. 36, the destination data registration panel 27 is provided with a conversion key 27e. FIG. 35 shows the electric circuit configuration of the destination display board device.

Referring to FIG. 35, the control unit of this device includes a CPU 31, a work RAM 32, a program ROM 33, a kanji CG (character generator) ROM 34, a destination display mode table 35, and a destination registration Mode table 36, voice registration table 37, timer 38, I/O port 39, LCD display memory 40, voice recognition dictionary 4
4, an A/D converter 45, and a microphone 6 are provided, and this control unit is connected to a destination data registration panel 27, a name selection switch & indicator 12, A numeric keypad 23, a time setting mode switch 25, a telephone number setting mode switch 24, and a destination selection switch 15 are connected. LCD display memory 4
0, the LCD display 14 via the LCD driver 41
is connected. The display on/off switch 22 is
It is connected to the CD driver 41.

Most of the operations of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment, but some functions are added. That is, in this embodiment, the data of the destination contents to be registered in the destination code table (FIG. 7) can be input by voice recognition. In this embodiment, the "destination registration process" in step S12 shown in FIG. 8 of the previous embodiment is changed to the content shown in FIG. 38.

The "destination registration process" will be explained with reference to FIG. In the first step 161, the destination selection switch 1
Wait for one of 5 to turn on. When the destination selection switch is turned on, a destination code associated with the switch is generated, and the process proceeds to step 162. Step 162
The details of the "audio processing" are shown in FIG. 37.

"Audio processing" will be explained with reference to FIG. In step 152, audio information is input. That is, the audio signal input from the microphone 6 is converted into an A/D
Convert it to a digital quantity using a converter and temporarily store it in internal memory. In the next step 153, the input audio data is
The system separates the data into syllables (equivalent to one kana character) and performs syllable-by-syllable recognition by comparing them with a standard syllable pattern. In the next step 154, the recognized syllable group is divided into words by referring to the word index table. In the next step 155, the word dictionary is searched for the word with the heading to obtain kanji candidates corresponding to the word. Furthermore, in the next step 156, the number of kanji candidates is narrowed down based on the grammatical information and the candidates are ranked. Step 1
In step 57, correction processing is performed as necessary.

The "destination registration process" will be explained with reference to FIG. 38 again. When the conversion switch 27e is turned on, the process proceeds from step 163 to step 164, and candidate characters of the voice input information are displayed on the display 27a in order of priority. If the displayed candidate is different from the one uttered, the next candidate character is displayed in step 164 by operating the conversion switch 27e again. Registration switch 27
When b is operated, the process proceeds from step 165 to step 166. In step 166, the destination contents in the column corresponding to the destination code generated in step 161 on the destination code table are rewritten with the destination information input by voice.

According to this embodiment, when inputting Japanese information such as destination details, the information can be input by voice, so the operability is very good. There is no need to install multiple key switches for alphabets, hiragana, etc., and anyone can easily input Japanese information.

Next, a fifth embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 39 shows the appearance of the destination display board of this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 39, in this embodiment, a handwriting input panel 7 is provided next to the input section 4. The input unit 4 is also provided with a "handwriting" switch 26, as shown in FIG. FIG. 42 shows the appearance of the handwriting input panel 7. Referring to FIG. 42, in this embodiment, the handwriting input panel 7 is 16×6
It is composed of a digitizer 7a with a resolution of 4 dots and an LCD display 7b with a display capacity of 16 x 64 dots, and the digitizer 7a is a pressure-sensitive type that detects the coordinates of the indicated position by pressing the surface with a pseudo pen 7c. It is a coordinate reading device. Moreover, one switch of the destination selection section 3 is as shown in FIG.
As shown in 9, it is assigned to "handwritten".

FIG. 41 shows the electrical circuit configuration of the device. Figure 4
1, the control unit includes a CPU 31, a work RAM 32, a program ROM 33, a kanji CG (character generator) ROM 34, and a destination display mode table 35.
, destination registration mode table 36, voice registration table 3
7, timer 38, I/O port 39, LCD display memory 40, communication & audio control unit 42, and audio storage R
AM43 is provided, and this control unit has I/O
Through port 39, destination data registration panel 27, handwriting switch 29, handwriting input panel 7, name selection switch & indicator 12, numeric keypad 23, time setting mode switch 25, telephone number setting A mode switch 24 and a destination selection switch 15 are connected. The LCD display 14 is connected to the LCD display memory 40 via an LCD driver 41. Display on/off switch 22
is connected to the LCD driver 41.

FIG. 43 shows the electric circuit configuration of the handwriting input panel 7.
Shown below. Referring to FIG. 43, digitizer 7a outputs coordinate information signals of X address and Y address together with clock pulses to data buffer 7e. This coordinate information is
The signal is input to the CPU 31 of the destination display board via the I/O port 39, and is output to the LCD display 7b via the LCD driver 7f. The data buffer 7e is a relatively small capacity memory that temporarily holds input information. The LCD driver 7f transfers the information in the data buffer 7e to the LCD display 7b for display. Therefore, the input handwritten character pattern information, that is, the locus information of the pressed points is displayed in real time on the LCD display 7b as shown in FIG. 42.

FIG. 44 shows an outline of the operation of the control unit in this embodiment. Referring to FIG. 44, after the power is turned on, an initialization process is executed, and then processes corresponding to the operations of various switches are repeatedly executed. That is, when the name selection switch 12 is turned on, the process proceeds from step S1 to S2, and a "name selection process" is executed. Similarly, when the time switch 25 is turned on, the process advances from step S3 to S4 to execute the "time setting mode process", and when the telephone number switch 24 is turned on, the process advances from step S5 to S6 to execute the "telephone number setting process". When the destination selection switch 15 is turned on, the process advances from step S7 to S8 to execute the "destination selection process", and when the numeric keypad 23 is turned on, the process advances from step S9 to S10.
Proceed to ``Number input process'' and press the registration switch 27.
When b is turned on, the process advances from step S11 to S12 to execute the "destination registration process", and when the communication and voice control unit 42 receives data, the process advances to step S13 to S14 to execute the "communication process" and perform the voice When there is a playback instruction (an audio playback flag, which will be described later, is set), the process advances from step S15 to S16 to execute "audio playback processing", and when the handwriting switch 29 is turned on, the process advances from step S17 to S18 to perform "handwriting input". Execute "Processing".

Since most of the processing shown in FIG. 44 is the same as in the previous embodiment, only the changed processing will be described. The contents of the destination selection process are shown in FIG. When selecting a destination, if "handwritten" in the switch 15 of the destination selection section 3 is turned on, a handwritten code is generated. If a handwritten code is input, steps 170 to 171 are performed.
Proceed to. In step 171, the character pattern information input from the handwriting input panel 7 is written into the corresponding position in the display memory 40. As a result, the character information input by hand is displayed as it is in the display field of the corresponding person on the display unit 2. In the "handwritten input process" of FIG. 44, step S12
The contents of the destination code table are updated in the same way as the ``destination registration process'', but when inputting the destination contents, character pattern information from the handwriting input panel 7 is used instead of input from the numeric keypad. Use as is.

Next, a modification of the fifth embodiment will be described. FIG. 48 shows the appearance of the handwriting input panel 7 in this modification, and FIG. 46 shows the electric circuit configuration of the handwriting input panel 7. In the embodiment, the LCD display 14 of the destination display board
has a pixel configuration of 16 x 64 dots for each column, so the pixel configuration of the display 7b of the handwriting input panel is also 16 x 64 dots to match this. In order to enable handwritten input and display of a large number of characters, the number of dots is larger than that of the destination display section. Specifically, the matrix configuration of the reading coordinates of the digitizer 7a is 64×512 dots, and the display 7
The pixel configuration of b is also 64×512 dots.

The data buffer 7e holds data of the same data size as the data output by the digitizer 7a. The image data reduction circuit 47 reduces the character pattern size (64 x 512) of the data output by the digitizer 7a.
A reduction process is performed to match the dot configuration (16×64) of the destination display section 14. The image memory 49 is shown in FIG.
As shown in 7, each of the 10 people to be displayed has an information storage area of 64×512 dots, and the data output by the digitizer 7a can be held as is.

The image memory controller 48 is a "memory"
When switch K1 is turned on, the contents of data buffer 7e are transferred to image memory 49. The memory address of the transfer destination is an address corresponding to a preselected name number, and information on the name number is received from the CPU 31 of the destination display board main body. Furthermore, when the "display" switch K2 is turned on, the image memory controller 48 specifies the address corresponding to the currently selected name number and reads out the character pattern information stored in the image memory 49. , and transferred to the data buffer 7e. Information on the selected name number is
It is received from the CPU 31 of the destination display board main body.

[0082]

[Effects of the Invention] In the first invention, if location information, that is, each person's destination, telephone number, etc., is registered in advance in the first storage means along with a designation code, the registered destination can be can be easily called up and displayed by simply entering the designated code, so for example, you can call it up and display it on your telephone (touch-tone phone).
By operating the dial button and entering the designated code, you can easily change the displayed destination even when you are away from home. Furthermore, voice can be entered instead of the designated code, so even if you want to change to a destination that is not registered in the first storage device, you can use your phone to input it to the second destination by voice from outside. can be recorded in storage means. When the sound is recorded in the second storage means, it is displayed on the display means, so a person who refers to the display on the working status display device can play back the recorded sound by operating a predetermined key, etc. You can know the destination after the change.

[0083] In the second invention, the remote control means (remote control unit) and the main body of the apparatus are connected via a telephone line or the like, and a signal in the form of, for example, a DTMF signal is transmitted from the remote control means to the main body of the apparatus. Can be done. In addition, the remote control means is equipped with a character input means, a kana-kanji conversion means, and a character display means, so even if you want to display a destination on the device that is not registered in advance, you can use it even when you are out and about. Connect the remote control means to the main body of the device using a telephone, etc., enter the necessary characters in Roman characters, katakana, hiragana, etc., and then perform kana-kanji conversion to convert the desired characters (Japanese characters including kanji). When the text (word) is displayed, set the mode to send, and the changed text information will be transmitted via the telephone line.
The information is transferred to the main body of the device in the form of a TMF signal or the like, and the changed destination etc. is displayed on the main body of the device.

In the third invention, the remote control means and the main body of the apparatus are connected via a telephone line, etc., and a signal in the form of a DTMF signal, for example, is transmitted from the remote control means to the main body of the apparatus, and the display on the main body of the apparatus is Information (changed destination, etc.) can be transferred from the device main body to the remote control means, for example, in the form of a DTMF signal. Signals transferred from the device main body to the remote control means are converted into character information and displayed on the character display means. In other words, by using the remote control means even when away from home, the user can, for example, change the destination and then refer to his or her own changed display contents or refer to other people's destinations.

In the fourth aspect of the invention, the remote control means and the main body of the apparatus are connected via a telephone line or the like, and a signal in the form of, for example, a DTMF signal can be transmitted from the remote control means to the main body of the apparatus. In addition, the remote control means is equipped with a character input means, a kana-kanji conversion means, and a character display means, so even if you want to display a destination on the device that is not registered in advance, you can use it even when you are out and about. Connect the remote control means to the main body of the device using a telephone, etc., enter the necessary characters in Roman characters, katakana, hiragana, etc., and then perform kana-kanji conversion to convert the desired characters (Japanese characters including kanji). When the message (word) is displayed, set the transmit mode, and the changed text information will be transferred to the device via the telephone line in the form of a DTMF signal, etc., and the changed destination etc. will be displayed on the device. Ru. Additionally, the device main body sends back the same signal as the signal received from the remote control device to the remote control device, and the remote control device compares the transmitted signal and the signal received from the device main body to determine whether the two match. is checked, and special display processing or signal retransmission is performed depending on the results, so even if a data error (garbled characters) occurs due to poor telephone line conditions, the correct signal can be retransmitted. The correct information can be sent to the main body of the device and the correct information can be displayed.

In the fifth invention, the remote control means and the main body of the device are connected via a telephone line or the like, and a signal in the form of a DTMF signal, for example, is transmitted from the remote control means to the main body of the device, and the display on the main body of the device is Information (changed destination, etc.) can be transferred from the device main body to the remote control means, for example, in the form of a DTMF signal. Signals transferred from the device main body to the remote control means are converted into character information and displayed on the character display means. In other words, by using the remote control means even when away from home, the user can, for example, change the destination and then refer to his or her own changed display contents or refer to other people's destinations. Further, since the character information transferred from the main body of the apparatus to the remote control means is stored in the character storage means, it can be recalled and redisplayed at any time. Therefore, for example, you can connect to the main body of the device using a telephone from outside and obtain information on the destination and phone number of a specific person (Mr. A).
After hanging up, the telephone number of Mr. A's destination is displayed on the remote control means, and the user dials the telephone number while referring to the number, thereby calling Mr. A.

In the sixth invention, two types of input operations are possible when inputting location information to be displayed. That is, in the first input operation, from among the location information group registered in the storage means in advance, the first input means includes an operation unit (key switch, etc.) that corresponds one-to-one with each location information. You can directly select the required location information. In addition, in the second operation, by inputting the destination code or telephone number using the second input means (numeric keypad, etc.), the location information to which the destination code or telephone number is assigned is automatically displayed. The location information is searched and the necessary location information is selected.

In the seventh invention, when selecting the display (destination) on the main body of the device using a telephone or the like, two types of selection methods are available. That is, by inputting a destination code in the first selection method and a telephone number in the second selection method using a dial button, etc., location information that includes the destination code or telephone number is automatically retrieved. and the necessary location information is selected. Therefore, the user only has to input the destination code and telephone number of the destination to be displayed, whichever he/she remembers, so that the user can easily specify the destination even from outside.

[0089] In the eighth invention, since the voice input means and the voice recognition means are provided, the characters related to the destination to be displayed can be input and memorized by voice. Therefore, even when displaying Chinese characters, it is not necessary to provide a large number of keys as input means, and it is also possible to input characters using a telephone from outside.

[0090] In the ninth invention, character code information is converted into location information (
The display contents can be updated by registering information (destination, telephone number, etc.) in the encoded storage means in advance, and selecting from among the registered location information. In addition, when inputting unregistered location information, two-dimensional information input means,
That is, by using a digitizer or an image scanner, handwritten characters can be input as two-dimensional information, and the information can be directly displayed on the two-dimensional display means. Handwritten characters can be displayed as they are, so even when inputting Japanese including kanji,
There is no need to spend time inputting Kuten codes, etc., which is convenient when you do not have time to input them.

In the tenth invention, the coordinate information read by the position output means such as a digitizer is sequentially written into the two-dimensional buffer memory means, and the written two-dimensional information is displayed on the two-dimensional monitor display means. Therefore, the handwritten character pattern being input is displayed on the monitor display means in real time using the position specifying means (pointing device). Therefore, handwritten input is easy.

In the eleventh invention, multiple sets of handwritten character information can be stored in the imaged location information storage means in the form of two-dimensional information, and each person's location information can be stored as handwritten character information. Can be stored and displayed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a destination display board according to a first embodiment.

2 is a front view showing details of the display section 2 of FIG. 1. FIG.

3 is a front view showing details of the destination selection section 3 of FIG. 1. FIG.

4 is a front view showing details of the input section 4 of FIG. 1. FIG.

5 is a block diagram showing the electrical circuit configuration of the device in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a memory map showing an example of a destination table.

FIG. 7 is a memory map showing an example of a destination code table.

8 is a flowchart showing the processing of the control unit in FIG. 5. FIG.

9 is a flowchart showing the name selection process of FIG. 8. FIG.

10 is a flowchart showing time setting mode processing and telephone number setting processing of FIG. 8;

[FIG. 11] Flowchart showing the destination selection process in FIG. 8
It is.

[Figure 12] Flowchart showing the numeric input process in Figure 8
It is.

[Figure 13] Flowchart showing the destination registration process in Figure 8
It is.

14 is a flowchart showing initialization of destination registration in FIG. 13. FIG.

15 is a flowchart showing destination code registration in FIG. 13. FIG.

16 is a flowchart showing left shift processing and right shift processing in FIG. 13. FIG.

17 is a flowchart showing destination content setting in FIG. 13; FIG.

18 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the communication & voice control 42 of FIG. 5. FIG.

19 is a memory map showing the voice registration table 37 of FIG. 5. FIG.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing two types of input operation procedure examples for changing destination display.

21 is a flowchart showing the communication processing of FIG. 8. FIG.

FIG. 22 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an input device 801 in a second embodiment.

FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing a modification of the input device 801.

FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing another modification of the input device 801.

FIG. 25 is a block diagram of another modification of the input device 801.

FIG. 26 is a block diagram showing the overall system configuration of the second embodiment.

27 is a block diagram showing the main parts of the control unit 805 in FIG. 26. FIG.

FIG. 28 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a DTMF signal generator.

FIG. 29 is a map showing the relationship between input and output of an integrated circuit.

FIG. 30 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a DTMF signal receiver.

FIG. 31 is a front view showing the appearance of the display unit 2 in the third embodiment.

[Fig. 32] Flowchart showing a part of the processing of the third embodiment
It is a chart.

[Fig. 33] Flowchart showing a part of the processing of the third embodiment
It is a chart.

FIG. 34 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the destination display board of the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 35 is a block diagram showing the electrical circuitry of the device of FIG. 34;

36 is a front view showing details of the input section of FIG. 34. FIG.

37 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing of the control section shown in FIG. 35. FIG.

38 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing of the control section shown in FIG. 35. FIG.

FIG. 39 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the destination display board of the fifth embodiment.

40 is a front view showing details of the input section 4 of FIG. 39. FIG.

41 is a block diagram showing the electrical circuitry of the device of FIG. 39; FIG.

42 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the handwriting input panel 7 of FIG. 39. FIG.

43 is a block diagram showing an electric circuit of handwriting input panel 7. FIG.

44 is a flowchart showing the processing of the control unit in FIG. 41. FIG.

45 is a flowchart of the destination selection process of FIG. 44. FIG.

46 is a block diagram showing an electric circuit in a modification of the handwriting input panel 7. FIG.

47 is a memory map corresponding to the image memory of FIG. 46. FIG.

48 is a perspective view showing the appearance of the handwriting input panel of FIG. 46. FIG.

49 is a front view showing the destination selection section of FIG. 39. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

2: Display section 3: Destination selection section
4: Input section 5: Main power switch 6: Speaker 7: Handwriting input panel 11: Title display field 12: Name indication section (switch & indicator) 13: Name display item 14: Liquid crystal display 15: Destination Selection switch 23: Numeric keypad 24: Telephone number setting mode switch 25: Time setting mode switch 26: Handwriting switch 27: Destination data registration panel 31: C
PU32: Work RAM
33: Program ROM 34: Kanji CG. ROM 35
: Destination display mode table 36 : Destination registration mode table 37 : Voice registration table 38 : Timer
40: LCD display memory 41: LCD driver 4
2: Communication & voice control 43: RAM for voice storage 44
:Voice recognition dictionary 45:A/D converter
49: Image memory 51: DTMF receiver
52: Audio memory control unit 53: Audio RAM
54: Detection unit 55: A/D converter
56: D/A converter 57: Communication section
58: Incoming call section 401, 501, 601, 701:
Keyboard 402, 502, 602, 702: CPU4
03,503,603,703: Kana-kanji conversion unit 404
,504,604,704: Font ROM405,5
05,605,705: DTMF signal generator 406,5
06, 606, 706: Display section 407, 507, 607
, 707: Output section 508, 609, 708: DTMF signal receiver 608: Comparison section
709: Storage device 801: Input device
802: External phone number 80
3: Extension phone 8
04: Exchange 805: Local PBX exchange
806: Control unit 901: DTMF signal generator
902: DTMF signal receiver

Claims (11)

[Claims] [Claim 1] A first storage means for storing a plurality of pieces of location information such as destinations, each with a designation code; inputting the designation code and selecting the location information of each person from the first storage means. a first input means for inputting audio signals; a second storage means for storing audio information input from the second input means; the first input means and the second input means; a selection means for selectively switching between; a display means for displaying the location information selected by the first input means and a state of the second input means when the second input means is selected by the selection means; A working status display device comprising: audio output means for reproducing information stored in a second storage means and outputting audio in response to a reproduction instruction. 2. Means for inputting the location information of each person, storage means for retaining the input location information, means for selecting location information to be displayed from among the information on the storage means, and the selected location. In a work status display device including a display means for displaying information: the device body is provided with a remote control signal receiving means, and the remote control means independent of the device body includes a character input means and a kana for converting the input characters into kanji. A kanji conversion means, a character display means for displaying the converted kanji, and a remote control signal transmission means are provided in the main body of the device, and upon receiving a character code from the remote control means, the character information is sent to the display means as location information. A working status display device, characterized in that it is provided with display control means for outputting. 3. Means for inputting location information of each person, storage means for retaining the input location information, means for selecting location information to be displayed from among the information on the storage means, and the selected location. In a working status display device including a display means for displaying information: the device body is provided with a remote control signal receiving means and a signal transmitting means for transmitting designated display information,
The remote control means independent of the apparatus main body includes an input means, a remote control signal transmitting means for transmitting information input from the input means to the apparatus main body, a signal receiving means for receiving a signal output from the apparatus main body, and a signal receiving means. A working status display device comprising character display means for displaying information received by the means as characters. 4. Means for inputting location information of each person, storage means for retaining the input location information, means for selecting location information to be displayed from among the information on the storage means, and the selected location. In a working status display device including a display means for displaying information: the device body is provided with a remote control signal receiving means and a signal transmitting means for transmitting the same information as the received information, and the remote control means independent from the device body is provided with: character input means, kana-kanji conversion means for converting input characters into kanji, character display means for displaying the converted kanji, remote control signal transmission means, signal reception means for receiving signals output from the main body of the device, and the remote controller. Comparison control means is provided for comparing the signal output by the control signal transmitting means and the signal received by the signal receiving means, and executes display processing or retransmission processing according to the result. A working status display device, characterized in that it is provided with display control means for outputting the character information as location information to the display means when the code is received. 5. Means for inputting location information of each person, storage means for retaining the input location information, means for selecting location information to be displayed from among the information on the storage means, and the selected location. In a working status display device including a display means for displaying information: the device body is provided with a remote control signal receiving means and a signal transmitting means for transmitting designated display information,
The remote control means independent of the apparatus main body includes an input means, a remote control signal transmitting means for transmitting information input from the input means to the apparatus main body, a signal receiving means for receiving a signal output from the apparatus main body, and a signal receiving means. character display means for displaying the information received by the signal receiving means as characters, and character storage means for storing the information received by the signal receiving means and outputting the stored information to the character display means in response to a predetermined instruction. A working status display device characterized by: 6. Means for inputting location information of each person, storage means for holding a plurality of input location information, means for selecting location information to be displayed from among the information on the storage means,
and a working status display device including display means for displaying selected location information: Each location information registered in the storage means includes information indicating a destination name and a destination code associated with the destination name. a first input means including at least one of a destination code and a telephone number; a first input means including a plurality of operation units in one-to-one correspondence with each piece of registered location information; and at least one of a destination code and a telephone number; a second input means for input; and in response to an input from the first input means, selects location information associated with the input from among the plurality of locations registered in the storage means and outputs it to the display means; At the same time, in response to the input from the second input means, the destination code or telephone number included in the location information on the storage means is searched, and the location information that matches the input is selected and output to the display means. A working status display device, characterized in that it is provided with a display control means for: 7. Means for inputting location information of each person, storage means for holding a plurality of input location information, means for selecting location information to be displayed from among the information on the storage means,
and a working status display device including display means for displaying selected location information: Each location information registered in the storage means includes information indicating a destination name and a destination code associated with the destination name. , and a telephone number; a signal receiving means for inputting a signal from a telephone line as an information code; processing the information code outputted by the signal receiving means to obtain a destination code;
ID and phone number, as well as
Display control means is provided for searching the destination code or telephone number from the location information on the storage means, selecting the location information associated with the information code, and outputting it to the display means. Features: Working status display device. 8. Means for inputting location information of each person, storage means for holding a plurality of input location information, means for selecting location information to be displayed from among the information on the storage means,
and a working status display device including a display means for displaying selected location information: a voice input means; a voice recognition means for recognizing input voice and converting it into character information; A working status display device comprising: input control means for storing character information in the storage means or displaying it on the display means. [Claim 9] Code input means for inputting location information as a character code; coded storage means for holding a plurality of location information of input character codes; character pattern generation means for converting into character pattern information; two-dimensional information input means; two-dimensional information storage means; Selecting information from among the information and writing it into the two-dimensional information storage means in the form of two-dimensional information via the character pattern generation means, and in response to another predetermined instruction, the two-dimensional information input means A working status display device comprising: a display control means for writing two-dimensional information input from the two-dimensional information storage means into the two-dimensional information storage means; and a two-dimensional information display means for displaying the information written in the two-dimensional information storage means. . 10. The two-dimensional information input means comprises: position specifying means; position output means for substantially continuously outputting coordinate values on the two-dimensional coordinates specified by the position specifying means; output of the position output means; 10. The working state according to claim 9, further comprising: two-dimensional buffer memory means for storing the coordinate values of the two-dimensional buffer memory means in positions corresponding to the respective values; and two-dimensional monitor display means for displaying the contents of the two-dimensional buffer memory means in real time. Display device. 11. The two-dimensional information input means includes an imaged location information storage means for storing a plurality of sets of two-dimensional information as location information of each person, and an imaged location information storage means for storing a plurality of sets of two-dimensional information as location information of each person; a writing control means for writing in a position assigned to each person on the information storage means; and a writing control means for reading out the location information of the designated person from the imaged location information storage means in response to a predetermined instruction and storing the two-dimensional information. 10. The working status display device according to claim 9, further comprising readout control means for transferring the information to storage means.