JPH05176025A - Telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] A person with an audio-visual impairment can talk to a person with whom he / she wants to talk, without using his / her eyesight, hearing and speaking ability, and without modifying the other party's telephone. To be able to [Structure] Telephone 1 for transmitting the destination telephone number
And an incoming signal wireless transmission device 3 that wirelessly transmits an incoming signal transmitted from the telephone set 13 of the other party. Incoming signal The incoming signal transmitted from the wireless transmission device 3 is received by the pocket terminal device. When the pocket terminal device 4 receives the incoming signal, it informs the visually impaired person by shaking. Braille input from the Braille input keyboard 9 is converted to a voice signal and then transmitted to the telephone 13 of the other party. On the other hand, the content sent as a voice signal from the telephone 13 of the other party is converted into a digital signal and then outputted as Braille from the Braille printer 8.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone system for conversation between a general subscriber and a visually impaired person.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is no telephone system of this type, and when a person with a disability of sight, hearing, and speech has a disability, he / she always contacts the person directly to communicate the conversation. ..

[0003]

However, in such a conventional conversation transmission system, conversation cannot be transmitted between distant points at all, and it is inevitable that a person with an audiovisual impairment will be unable to communicate.
There was a need for direct contact with people. For this reason, there is a problem that one person with an audio-visual impairment cannot communicate with the surroundings at all.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a telephone system in which a visually impaired person can talk with the other party by himself.

[0005]

A telephone system according to the present invention comprises a telephone for transmitting a destination telephone number to a public line,
Incoming signal wireless transmitting means for wirelessly transmitting an incoming signal from the other party's telephone, receiving means for receiving the incoming signal transmitted from this incoming signal wireless transmitting means, vibration means for notifying the fact by vibration, response signal , A pocket terminal device having a response signal generating means and a transmitting means for wirelessly transmitting the response signal, a response signal wireless receiving means for receiving the response signal transmitted from the pocket terminal device, and this response signal wireless receiving means. After converting the response signal received by the system to voice, the response voice transmission means for transmitting this voice signal to the other party's telephone through the public line and the Braille that outputs the voice signal sent from the other party's telephone as Braille The output means, the braille input means for inputting the content to be transmitted to the other party in braille, and the braille input from this braille input means into a voice signal. After conversion, and a braille input transmission means for transmitting to the other party's telephone via the public line.

In the telephone system of the present invention, when the destination telephone number is entered from the telephone when making a call to the destination,
This number is transmitted to the other party's telephone through the public line. On the other hand, the incoming signal output from the other party's telephone is wirelessly transmitted to the pocket terminal device through the incoming signal wireless transmission means. The pocket terminal device receives the incoming signal transmitted by radio and informs the visually impaired person of the fact by shaking. When the visually impaired person inputs the content to be transmitted to the other party through the Braille input means,
The content is converted into a voice signal and then transmitted to the other party through the public line. On the other hand, the contents sent as a voice signal from the other party's telephone are sent to the Braille output means through the public line and outputted as Braille.

[0007]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a telephone system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

This system uses a telephone 1 for transmitting the telephone number of the other party and an incoming signal transmitted by radio through an incoming signal transmitting terminal 23 in order to notify the visually impaired person of the incoming signal transmitted from the telephone of the other party. The wireless signal transmitter 3 is provided. Incoming signal The incoming signal transmitted from the wireless transmitting device 3 is the pocket terminal device 4 shown in FIG.
To be received by.

The pocket terminal device 4 is always carried by an audiovisually impaired person, receives the incoming call signal transmitted from the incoming call signal wireless transmission device 3, and informs the visually impaired person with a vibration, and Has a function of wirelessly transmitting a response signal that informs the calling side of the intention to answer the telephone. The response signal wirelessly transmitted from the pocket terminal device 4 is received by the response signal wireless receiving device 5 through the response signal receiving terminal 26. The response signal wireless reception device 5 is connected to the line switching device 2 via a response signal output terminal 27 and a response signal input terminal 28. The line switching device 2 switches the telephone line to the terminal side when the wireless reception device 5 receives the response signal. The telephone 1 is connected to the line switching device 2 via a dial signal transmission terminal 21 and a dial signal input terminal 22.

The wireless receiving device 5 is connected to the response voice transmitting device 6 via the response signal output terminal 27 and the response voice transmission control signal input terminal 29. The response voice transmitting device 6 transmits a response intention to the calling station by voice through the general public line 12 switched to the terminal side. The response voice transmission device 6 includes the response voice transmission terminal 30 and the 4WS.
It is connected to the hybrid transformer 11 via the input terminal 31. The hybrid transformer 11 is connected to the line switching device 2 via the 2W input / output terminal 39 and the line switching device input / output terminal 40. The line switching device 2 is connected to a general subscriber telephone set 13 through a public line 12 via a public line input / output terminal 41. The hybrid transformer 11 converts the 2W signal input from the general subscriber telephone 13 on the terminal side into the line switching device 2 into a 4W signal, and also inputs from the response voice transmitting device 6 or the D / A conversion processing device 10 described later. 4W signal is converted into a 2W signal.

The hybrid transformer 11 has a DWS via a 4WS input terminal 31 and an analog signal output terminal 38.
An A / A (analog / digital) conversion processing device 10 is connected, and a Braille input keyboard 9 is connected to the D / A conversion processing device 10 via a digital signal input terminal 37 and a digital signal output terminal 38. The Braille input keyboard 9 is for inputting in Braille the content that the visually impaired person conveys to the other party. The digital voice signal input from the Braille input keyboard 9 is converted into an analog voice signal by the D / A conversion processing device 10, and then the hybrid transformer 1 is used.
1 is input.

The hybrid transformer 11 has 4W
It is connected to the A / D conversion processing device 7 via the R input / output terminal 32 and the analog signal input terminal 33. This A /
The D conversion processing device 7 converts an analog audio signal sent from the partner station via the line switching device 2 and the hybrid transformer 11 into a digital signal. The digital signal is output from the digital signal output terminal 34 and the printing signal. The output is made to the Braille printer 8 through the input terminal 35. The Braille printer 8 is adapted to output the digital audio signal output from the A / D conversion processing device 7 as Braille.

FIG. 2 shows the internal structure of the pocket terminal device 4. The pocket terminal device 4 includes a wireless reception device 48, a vibration device 51, a response switch 46, and a wireless transmission device 43.

The radio receiver 48 receives the transmitted call signal or incoming signal through the incoming signal receiving terminal 47, and receives the received calling signal or incoming signal through the incoming signal output terminal 49 and the incoming signal input terminal 50. It is designed to be sent to the vibration device 51 via the device. The vibration device 51 receives these signals and vibrates to notify the audiovisually impaired person of the call from the general subscriber telephone 13 of the partner station or the completion of connection with the partner station. The response switch 46 is pressed when the hearing-impaired person knows that he / she is receiving a call due to a vibration and has an intention to respond. The response switch 46 is connected to the wireless transmission device 43 via the response switch signal output terminal 45 and the response switch signal input terminal 44. Response switch 46
When the response signal output from the wireless transmission device 43 is input to the wireless transmission device 43, it is transmitted from the response signal transmission terminal 42 as a radio wave to the response signal wireless reception device 5 shown in FIG.

The incoming signal transmitting terminal 23, the response signal receiving terminal 26, and the response signal transmitting terminal 42 in this system.
The incoming signal reception terminal 47 and the incoming signal reception terminal 47 correspond to an antenna, respectively.

Next, the operation of the telephone system of this embodiment will be described.

In the telephone system of this embodiment, when a telephone number is input from the telephone 1 when making a call to the other station, the dial signal is transmitted from the dial signal output terminal 21 to the dial signal input terminal 22. It is input to the switching device 2. The input dial signal is sent to the public line 12 via the public line input / output terminal 41 and connected to the general subscriber telephone set 13 of the other party. When the connection to the general subscriber telephone set 13 is completed, the line switching device 2 switches the line from the telephone set 1 to the terminal side by an incoming signal from the general subscriber telephone set 13.

When the line switching device 2 receives an incoming signal, the line switching device 2 outputs the incoming signal from the incoming signal output terminal 25 to the incoming signal input terminal 2
An incoming signal with the partner station is input to the incoming signal wireless transmission device 3 via 4. When the incoming signal is input, the incoming signal wireless transmission device 3 transmits this signal from the incoming signal transmission terminal 23 to the pocket terminal device 4 as a radio wave.

In the pocket terminal device 4, the transmitted incoming signal is received by the wireless receiving device 48 via the incoming signal receiving terminal 47. Radio receiving device 4 that received the incoming signal
8 is an incoming signal output terminal 49 to an incoming signal input terminal 50
Send an incoming signal to. This causes the vibration device 51 to vibrate, and informs the visually impaired person of the completion of connection with the partner station by vibrating.

The visually impaired person who knows that the connection with the partner station has been completed due to the vibration, inputs the content to be transmitted to the partner from the Braille input keyboard 9. A data signal input from the Braille input keyboard 9 is input from the data signal input terminal 36 to the D / A conversion processing device 10 via the digital signal input terminal 37. The D / A converter 10 converts the input digital signal into an analog audio signal. The audio signal converted into the analog signal is input to the hybrid transformer 11 from the hybrid transformer 4WS input terminal 31 via the analog signal output terminal 38. The hybrid transformer 11 converts the signal from 4W to 2W, and the converted signal passes from the hybrid transformer 2W input / output terminal 39, the line switching device input / output terminal 40, the line switching device 2, and the public line input / output terminal. From 41 to the public line 12. As a result, the general subscriber telephone 13 of the partner station
In, the content transmitted from the Braille input keyboard 9 can be received as a voice signal.

On the other hand, the contents sent as a voice signal from the general subscriber telephone set 13 of the partner station pass through the public line 12, from the public line input / output terminal 41 through the line switching device 2 to the public line input / output. Hybrid transformer 1 from terminal 40 via hybrid transformer 2W input / output terminal 39
Input to 1. 2W for hybrid transformer 11
To 4 W, and the converted signal is input from the hybrid transformer 4WR output terminal 32 to the A / D conversion processing device 7 via the analog signal input terminal 33.
The A / D conversion processing device 7 converts the input analog signal into a digital signal that can be printed by the Braille printer 8. This digital signal is input from the digital signal output terminal 34 to the Braille printer 8 via the digital signal input terminal 35, and is output as Braille by the Braille printer 8.
In this way, the content of the audio signal from the general telephone 8 of the partner station is sent to the visually impaired person as Braille.

When a call is made from the general telephone 8 of the partner station and the call is received, the public line 12 is passed through the public line input terminal 41.
When a call is received from the line switching device 2 from the incoming signal output terminal 2
5, the call signal from the partner station is input to the incoming signal wireless transmission device 3 via the incoming signal input terminal 24. The incoming signal wireless transmission device 3 transmits the calling signal to the incoming signal transmission terminal 2
The radio wave is transmitted from 3 to the pocket terminal device 4 as a radio wave.

The pocket terminal device 4 receives the transmitted calling signal at the radio receiving device 48 via the incoming signal receiving terminal 47. The wireless receiving device 48 that has received the calling signal changes from the incoming signal output terminal 49 to the incoming signal input terminal 5
Send a ringing signal to 0. As a result, the vibration device 51 vibrates, and the call from the general subscriber telephone 13 of the partner station is transmitted to the visually impaired person by vibration. Pocket terminal device 4
When the hearing-impaired person who has a hearing loss knows that he / she is receiving a call due to a vibration, he / she receives the answer switch 4 of the pocket terminal device 4.
Press 6. Thereby, the response switch signal output terminal 45 of the response switch 46 to the response switch signal input terminal 4
A response signal is input to the wireless transmission device 43 via 4.
The wireless transmission device 43 transmits a response signal from the response signal transmission terminal 42 as a radio wave to the response signal wireless reception device 5 of the terminal.

The response signal radio receiving device 5 inputs the response signal received from the response signal receiving terminal 26 from the response signal output terminal 27 to the line switching device 2 via the response signal input / output terminal 28. The line switching device 2 switches the line from the telephone 1 side to the terminal side in response to the response signal. The response signal from the response signal output terminal 27 is input to the response voice transmission device 6 via the response voice transmission control signal input terminal 29.

When the response signal is input, the response voice sending device 6 causes the previously input voice synthesized voice to be input from the response voice output terminal 30 to the hybrid transformer 11 via the 4WS input terminal 31. Hybrid transformer 11
Then, signal conversion from 4W to 2W is performed, and this converted signal is output from the 2W input / output terminal 39 to the line switching device input / output terminal 40.
The data is sent from the public line input / output terminal 41 to the public line 12 via the line switching device 2. As a result, the general subscriber telephone set 13 of the partner station can receive the call response from the partner as a voice signal by voice synthesis in response to the call originating from the own station.

The operation after the line is connected is the same as when the call is made to the general subscriber telephone set 13 of the partner station.

After the conversation is completed, the line is disconnected by the line switching device 2 when the call is originated from the own station. When the call is sent from the partner station, the call can be placed in the hook-off state with the receiver placed.

As described above, in the telephone system of this embodiment,
A visually impaired person can have a conversation with a person with whom he / she wants to talk, without using his / her eyesight, hearing, and speech power, and without modifying the telephone of the other party.

[0030]

As described above, according to the telephone system of the present invention, a telephone for transmitting the telephone number of the other party to the public line and an incoming signal wireless transmission means for wirelessly transmitting an incoming signal from the telephone of the other party. A receiving means for receiving the incoming signal transmitted from the incoming signal wireless transmitting means, a vibrating means for notifying that fact by vibrating, a response signal generating means for outputting a response signal, and a transmitting means for wirelessly transmitting the response signal. The pocket terminal device, the response signal wireless receiving means for receiving the response signal transmitted from the pocket terminal device, and the response signal received by the response signal wireless receiving means after being converted into voice, and then the voice signal is transmitted over the public line. Response voice transmission means for transmitting to the other party's telephone through
Braille output means for outputting the voice signal sent from the other party's telephone as braille, braille input means for inputting the content to be transmitted to the other party in braille, and converting the braille input from this braille input means into a voice signal. After that, it was equipped with Braille input transmission means for transmitting to the other party's telephone through the public line, so that the visually impaired person could not use his / her eyesight, hearing and speaking ability to the person with whom he / she was trying to talk. Moreover, there is an effect that it is possible to have a conversation as it is without modifying the other party's telephone.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of a telephone system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the pocket terminal device of FIG.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Telephone 2 Line switching device 4 Pocket terminal device 5 Response signal wireless transmission device 6 Response voice transmission device 7 A / D conversion processing device 8 Braille printer 9 Braille input keyboard 10 D / A conversion processing device 11 Hybrid transformer 12 General public line 13 General subscriber telephone

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A telephone that sends a destination telephone number to a public line, an incoming signal wireless transmission unit that wirelessly transmits an incoming signal from the destination telephone, and an incoming signal transmitted from the incoming signal wireless transmission unit. A pocket terminal device having a receiving means for receiving a response, a vibration means for notifying that fact by a vibration, a response signal generating means for outputting a response signal and a transmitting means for wirelessly transmitting a response signal, and a pocket terminal device transmitted from this pocket terminal device. A response signal wireless receiving means for receiving the response signal, and a response voice transmitting means for converting the response signal received by the response signal wireless receiving means into a voice, and then transmitting this voice signal to the other party's telephone through the public line. , Braille output means for outputting the voice signal sent from the other party's telephone as Braille, and the point for inputting the content to be transmitted to the other party in Braille. A telephone system comprising: a Braille input unit; and a Braille input transmission unit for converting the Braille input from the Braille input unit into a voice signal and transmitting the voice signal to a telephone of the other party through a public line.