JPH0715224Y2 - Tone dialer - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a tone dialer that performs an automatic dialing operation by a frequency signal according to a stored telephone number.

[Prior Art and its Problems] Conventionally, many automatic dialing devices for storing a plurality of telephone number data and selecting an arbitrary telephone number data out of them to perform an automatic dialing operation have been commercialized. In this type of automatic dialing device, the name data of the called party and the telephone number data are stored in a one-to-one correspondence, and after selecting the name data of the called party, for example, a "dial" key, etc. When is operated, an automatic dial operation is executed.

However, as described above, in the conventional automatic dialing device that stores the name data and the telephone number data of the other party making a call in a one-to-one correspondence, when the other party has a plurality of consecutive telephone numbers, The same or a partly changed name data corresponding to each telephone number data must be stored and set as a plurality of cases, which is troublesome.

[Purpose of Invention] This invention was made in view of the above situation.
For a person who has a plurality of consecutive telephone numbers, the plurality of telephone number data is stored as one data, and when this is read, an arbitrary telephone number can be selected from among them by a simple operation. It is intended to provide a tone dialer that can be automatically dialed.

[Key points of the device] This device stores a plurality of consecutive telephone numbers in one data by interposing a continuous symbol code that omits an intermediate number, and when this data is designated, the continuous symbol code is used. One telephone number is selected from the range shown and read out, and the automatic dialing operation by the frequency signal is performed according to this.

[Embodiment of the Invention] An embodiment of the invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows its circuit configuration, and 11 is a key input section. Numerical keys 11a for inputting telephone number data, character keys 11b for inputting name data, "SET" key 11c for specifying memory storage settings, "TEL" key 11d for sequentially recalling stored data , "DIAL" key 11e for executing automatic dialing operation by frequency signal, and the consecutive symbol "~" code indicating the omission of an intermediate telephone number when storing and setting multiple consecutive telephone number data as one data item. The "~" key 11f for inputting, the "-" key 11g for inputting the division of the station number in the telephone number data, and the "→" key 11h for selecting a desired telephone number from one data are provided. The operation signal is sent to the key determination unit 12. The key determination unit 12 determines a key operated by a key operation signal input from the key input unit 11, and outputs the determination result to the control unit 1.
3. Send to display buffer 14. The control unit 13 controls the operation of each of the other circuits in accordance with the signal input from the key determination unit 12, and includes an arithmetic unit 15, a continuous symbol determination unit 16, a data management unit 17, an address control unit 18, and data and control. Input and output signals. The calculation unit 15 calculates the entire configuration of the designated telephone number data within the range indicated by the continuous symbols. The continuous symbol discriminating unit 16 discriminates the presence or absence of a continuous symbol code in the telephone number data inputted from the display buffer 14 under the control of the control unit 13, and the discrimination result is sent to the control unit 13. The data management unit 17 manages a plurality of consecutive telephone number data in one data, and includes a first data memory 17a and an end data memory 17b therein, and the display buffer 14 and the memory. It also inputs and outputs data to and from the unit 19. This memory unit 19
Address control is performed by the address control unit 18 to store a plurality of pieces of data each having a name and a telephone number as a pair.
The display buffer 14 sends the data sent from the key determination unit 12, the data management unit 17, and the memory unit 19 to the display unit 20 in accordance with a command from the control unit 13 to display the data, and also outputs the data to the tone output unit. Send to 21. This tone output section
21 selects two from a plurality of predetermined frequency signals according to the telephone number data sent from the display buffer 14 and superimposes them as a dial tone for output.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

Now, as shown in the memory unit 19, a plurality of data ABE 03-987-4432 BBC 0425-79-7400-9 ........... is input. To do. These data are once input to the display buffer 14 by operating the character keys 11b of the key input unit 11, the numeric keys 11a, the "-" key 11g, and the "~" key 11f, and the data is visually input on the display unit 20. Later "SE
The data is input one by one by operating the "T" key 11c, and the input data is stored and set in the memory unit 19. At this time, the control unit 13 issues a control command to the address control unit 18 to control the address of the memory unit 19.

Next, the operation of calling the data stored in the second case and performing automatic dialing will be described.

First, as shown in FIG. 2 (1), the "TEL" key 11d is operated twice consecutively. By the first operation of the "TEL" key 11d, the control unit 13 sends a control command to the address control unit 18 to address the first data "ABE 03-987-4321" of the memory unit 19, and The data is read by the display buffer 14. The display buffer 14 holds this data and displays it on the display unit 20.
To display.

Then, when the "TEL" key 11d is operated for the second time, the control unit 13 causes the address control unit 18 to set the designated address of the data to "+1", and the second data of the memory unit 19 "BBC 0425-79". -7400-9 "is read to the display buffer 14. The display buffer 14 holds this data and displays it on the display unit 20 as shown in FIG.

When the desired data is displayed on the display unit 20 in this manner, the “→” key 11h is then operated as shown in FIG. This “→” key 11h is used to display one by one when there are consecutive symbols in the telephone numbers of the data, that is, when there are a plurality of consecutive telephone numbers in one data, The operation as shown in FIG. 3 is executed by operating this “→” key 11h.

FIG. 3 shows a process of displaying data by the control unit 13 and subsequent automatic dialing operation by the tone output unit 21. The data is displayed on the display unit 20 as shown in step S01.
Is displayed, it is determined in step S02 whether or not the “→” key 11h is operated. The determination here is YES, and the process proceeds to step S03. In step S03, it is determined whether or not there is a continuous symbol "~" in the telephone number data by the continuous symbol determination unit 16
Discriminate by. Here too, the determination result is YES, and the process goes to step S04. In step S04, the control unit 13 reads out the telephone number data read in the display buffer 14, and the first telephone number data "0425-79-7400", which is located before the consecutive symbol "..." One-digit data "9" located after the symbol "~"
And the second telephone number data "0425-79-7409" created by the arithmetic unit 15 from the first telephone number data are stored and set in the first data memory 17a and the end data memory 17b of the data management unit 17, respectively. . Next, in Step S05, the first data stored in the first data memory 17a is set.
The telephone number data "0425-79-7400" is read out and sent to the display buffer 14 to be displayed on the display section 20 together with the name data "BBC" as shown in FIG.

Then, in step S06, the operation of the “→” key 11h is awaited. Here, as shown in FIG. 2 (3), the “→” key 11h
When is operated, the process proceeds to step S07, and the contents of the telephone number data stored in the display buffer 14 are read out and updated by "+1" to be "0425-79-7401". Then, in step S08, it is determined whether or not the updated telephone number data exceeds the end data "0425-79-7409" stored in the end data memory 17b. The determination result here is NO, and the process proceeds to step S09 to set the updated telephone number data in the display buffer 14 and display it on the display unit 20 together with the name data "BBC".

After that, the process goes to step S06 again, and waits for the key operation of the “→” key 11h.

Here, as shown in FIG. 2 (3), the third “→” key 11
When the h operation is performed, the process proceeds to step S07, and the contents of the telephone number data stored in the display buffer 14 are changed to "+".
1 ”is updated to“ 0425-79-7402 ”. Then, if it is determined in step S08 that the updated telephone number data does not exceed the end data stored in the end data memory 17b, the next step
In S09, the updated telephone number data is set in the display buffer 14 and is displayed on the display unit 20 together with the name data "BBC" as shown in FIG. 2 (3).

After that, the process goes to step S06 again, and waits for the key operation of the “→” key 11h.

Then, after it is determined in step S06 that the “→” key 11h is not operated, the “DIAL” key 11e for instructing execution of the automatic dial operation is operated in step S10. In response to this key operation, display buffer 1 is displayed in step S11.
The telephone number data stored in 4 is sent to the tone output section 21, two frequency signals are selected from the seven frequency signal groups according to each number, and these are superimposed and output to the telephone line.

If it is determined that the telephone number data updated in step S08 exceeds the end data stored in the end data memory 17b, the process proceeds to step S05, and the first telephone number in the first data memory 17a is restarted. Is displayed.

In the above embodiment, an example in which the "→" key 11h updates and sets the telephone numbers to be selected in the consecutive telephone numbers by "+1" is shown. However, for example, a "←" key is newly added,
The update setting may be performed by "-1".

[Effects of the Invention] As described in detail above, according to the present invention, a plurality of continuous telephone numbers are stored in one data by interposing a continuous symbol code omitting an intermediate number, and this data is designated. In this case, one telephone number is selected from the range indicated by the continuous symbol code and read out, and the automatic dial operation by the frequency signal is performed accordingly. Provides a tone dialer that can store multiple phone number data as one data and, when read out, can select any phone number from them and dial automatically by simple operation. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing key operations and corresponding display states, and FIG. 3 is a processing content of operation. It is a flowchart. 11 ... Key input section, 11a ... Numeric keys, 11b ... Character keys, 11c
… “SET” key, 11d… “TEL” key, 11e… “DIAL” key, 11f… “key”, 11g… “−” key, 12… key judgment part, 13… control part, 14… display buffer, 15 ... Calculator, 16 ...
Continuation symbol discrimination section, 17 ... Data management section, 17a ... First data memory, 17b ... End data memory, 18 ... Address control section, 19 ... Memory section, 20 ... Display section, 21 ... Tone output section.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. Storage means for storing name data and telephone number data as a pair, and for continuous telephone number data, writing for storing the first and last telephone numbers in the storage means with a continuous code in between. Means, data reading means for reading data from the storage means, and name data and telephone number data in the data read by the reading means are displayed. For continuous telephone number data, the first and last telephone numbers are displayed. A display means for inserting a continuous code between them, a selection key, and whether or not there is a continuous code display when operating this selection key. If there is a continuous code, the telephone numbers from the beginning to the end are displayed. A selection display means for creating one by one and sequentially switching and displaying it, and an output means for converting the displayed telephone number data into a dial tone and outputting the dial tone are provided. A tone dialer characterized by that.