JPH0897902A - Telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] The object of the present invention is to eliminate the need to turn on / off the power supply each time, and to eliminate mistakes in switching the power supply (silence mode). In addition, it is to reduce the trouble of making a call again by notifying the caller of the owner's situation and when to call again. According to the present invention, a telephone function for performing voice communication, a time acquisition means for acquiring the current date and time, and a schedule storage means for storing the date and time (time consists of start time and end time) and state. An input means for inputting the contents of the schedule storage means, a display means for displaying the contents of the schedule storage means, a voice message output means, and a control means for controlling the above.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone having a function of storing an operator's schedule and a function of talking by voice.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A small-sized telephone (cellular phone) to which radio technology is applied is often carried by the owner on a daily basis because it is convenient to be contacted at any time. However, there are cases where the user does not want to be interrupted by the ringing tone of a telephone during a company meeting or during a business meeting with a customer. At this time, the owner shuts off the power supply of the mobile phone so that the phone cannot be called. Alternatively, the call was switched to the mute mode and the call by sound was switched to the call by vibration.

[0003]

However, the owner is
The power (or mute mode) had to be switched each time, so there was a mistake in forgetting this and attending the meeting.

On the other hand, when the power supply of the mobile phone is cut off, the base station returns a voice message to the calling side indicating that the power supply of the other mobile phone is cut off.
As a result, the calling party can predict that the other party cannot answer the telephone call (such as during a meeting). However, I didn't know how long the situation would last, and I had to call back again and again at an appropriate time. When the other party was in the mute mode, only the ring back tone was returned, and I could not predict the other party's situation.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the need for the owner to turn on / off the power supply each time as described above, and to eliminate the mistake of switching the power supply (silence mode).

It is also necessary to notify the calling party of the owner's situation and when to call again so as to reduce the trouble of making repeated calls.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a function for storing the owner's schedule is provided, and the schedule is provided with a status setting indicating whether or not a telephone call can be received.

When an incoming call is detected, the owner's schedule is automatically searched, the state setting at the current time is referred to, and it is automatically determined whether or not a ringing tone should be sounded. If not, the voice message is sent to the other party without ringing. This allows the owner to set whether or not to ring the ringtone in advance and collectively, so that it is not necessary to set it each time, and it is possible to avoid forgetting to turn off the ringtone. You can

As a message, the owner's situation stored in the schedule (during a meeting, waiting on customers, etc.),
Notify the other party of the scheduled time (up to what time). This allows
The calling party can systematically redial the call.

According to the present invention, a telephone function for performing voice communication, a time acquisition means for acquiring the current date and time, a schedule storage means for storing a date, a scheduled start time, a scheduled end time and a state, and a voice message output. Means and control means for controlling the above.

[0011]

The operator inputs the schedule date, the schedule start time, the schedule end time and the state to the schedule storage means by the input means, and displays the result on the display means.

When the control means detects the call of its own device, the control means automatically retrieves the current state from the schedule storage means based on the current date and time acquired from the time acquisition means. If the acquired state is capable of receiving a call, a ringing tone is sounded, and if the state is not available, the voice message output means transmits the current situation of the owner and the scheduled end time in response to the calling of the own device.

[0013]

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

FIG. 2 is an external view of the present invention. Body 20
Reference numeral 1 has a basic function as a telephone, and is provided with a microphone 202 for inputting voice, a speaker 203 for outputting the other party of the telephone / own voice, an antenna 204 for transmitting and receiving wireless voice information, and a power supply 205 of the main body. . In addition,
A tablet with integrated display 20 that has a function as an electronic notebook for handwriting input and integrates a liquid crystal display board and a tablet.
6 and a separate pen 207 are provided so that information can be input and displayed by handwriting.

FIG. 1 is a basic block diagram of the present invention.

Reference numeral 101 is a microphone, 102 is a speaker, and 1
Reference numeral 03 is communication means for performing wireless communication, 104 is conversion means for converting between radio waves input and output from the communication means and signal information handled internally, and 105 is on the screen instructed by the pen 207. Pressure-sensitive tablet that detects position, 1
Reference numeral 06 is a liquid crystal display panel for displaying a push dial, a schedule and a telephone directory, 107 is a storage means for storing the inputted owner's schedule and a telephone number, 108 is an internal clock for obtaining the current date and time, 109 Is a message output means for transmitting a voice message to the other end of the telephone, 1
Reference numeral 10 is a voice data storage means for storing voice data used by the message output means, and 111 is a control means for controlling the above.

Next, the operation flow of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 3 shows a push dial display screen displayed when the power is turned on. Reference numeral 301 denotes a call button that is first pressed when making a call, 302 is a number button for inputting a telephone number, 303 is a call end button that is pressed when ending a call, and 304 is a schedule button for inputting / displaying / searching a schedule. , 305 are phonebook buttons for inputting / displaying / searching the phonebook. In this screen, the function of a general telephone can be achieved by pointing the call button with the finger and the telephone number of the other party with the number button. At this time, the schedule display screen is displayed by instructing the schedule button.

FIG. 4 is a schedule display screen. When the schedule button on the screen of FIG. 3 is designated, the current date is acquired from the internal clock 108 and the schedule for that date is displayed. 4, 401 is a date display area for displaying the acquired date, 402 is a time area for inputting or displaying the schedule start / end time for each schedule, 403 is a user entry area for the user to input the schedule, 404 is a meeting This is an automatic response setting area that is set in advance when a call is received but cannot be received (FIG. 4 shows a state in which "conference" is set).

Reference numeral 405 is a handwriting button for displaying a character input frame for handwriting input, 406 is a delete button for deleting scheduled items, 407 is a search button for searching scheduled items from a schedule based on keywords, 408. Is a previous page button for searching the schedule of the previous day, 409 is a next page button for searching the schedule of the next day, and 410 is a push dial display button for ending the schedule and displaying the push button display screen of FIG.

In order to input the schedule, first, the pen is placed at the scheduled start time (pen 411-a) and the pen is slid to the scheduled end time (pen 411-b). As a result, the time region 402 is displayed in black as shown in FIG. 5, indicating that the schedule from 16:00 to 18:00 has been entered as one item. Then, in order to describe the user in the user entry area, the handwriting button is instructed as shown in FIG. A character input frame 601 is displayed as shown in FIG. In the character input box, a character box 60 for writing handwritten characters one by one
2. A recognition button 603 for recognizing an input character and converting it into a print character (character code). The recognition result is overwritten and displayed on the handwritten character data displayed in the character frame. A clear button 604 for deleting the recognized results all at once, a text input button 606 for inputting the recognized result at the position of the cursor 605 in the schedule book, and an input end button 607 for ending the input of handwritten characters and closing the input frame To do.
Using the above buttons, as shown in FIG. 6, the character frame 602
After writing the handwritten character data on, the recognition button and the input button are instructed, and the character string of the recognition result is input to the schedule book as shown in FIG. This completes the schedule entry,
It is stored as an item of a schedule book that can be referenced / searched. If the entered schedule is an item that cannot receive a call, the automatic response setting area 701 is designated. When the automatic response setting area is designated, a response message selection menu 801 is displayed as shown in FIG. The user selects a desired response message from the displayed menu and sets the automatic response message. If the input item is
If you plan to receive calls, leave the auto answer setting area blank.

In this way, when the schedule is input, it is possible to set that the ringing tone should not be turned on collectively for the items that need to be ringing tone. it can. Further, when the scheduled end time of the item has passed, a ringing tone is automatically generated, so that the owner does not forget to turn on the power even when the conference is over.

When the device of the present invention detects an incoming call, it first searches the schedule and determines whether or not the schedule item at the current time is capable of receiving the call.
If the setting such as "in a meeting" is set in the automatic response setting area, the owner determines that the call cannot be received, and does not ring the ringing tone. At this time, the state of the owner (during a meeting, etc.) and the scheduled time when the call can be received are notified to the caller as a voice message. For example,
The schedule shown in Fig. 8 has been entered, and June 20
When a phone call is received during the meeting at 1 pm on the day, the device of the present invention notifies the other party of the voice message "Gensai Kaigi Chudesno de Juu Yoji Kounio Kakena Oshidakusai" without ringing. As shown in FIG. 9, the voice message is composed of a state voice portion 901, an end scheduled portion 902, and a fixed part 903. The voice messages of the state voice portion and the end scheduled portion are exchanged according to the current schedule, and To notify.

In this way, the caller can know the status of the owner and when to call again, and can call back systematically.

Next, the contents stored in the storage means 107 and the voice data storage means 110 will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 10 is a diagram schematically showing the schedule data input as described above. Each item is managed as a record, and each item has a date field 10
01, time field 1002, automatic response field 1
003 and a user entry field 1004 are provided. The date field stores the date of the appointment. The time field stores the scheduled start time and scheduled end time of the item. The user entry field stores a character string entered by the user in the user entry area 403. The automatic response field stores the type of automatic response message set in the automatic response setting area. If no setting is made by the operator, "no setting" is stored.

FIG. 11 shows audio data for the status audio unit 901 of FIG. The audio data corresponding to the item input by the user in the automatic response setting area is provided. 12 and 13
Is audio data at the time of the scheduled ending portion 902. Figure 1
2 is the "hour" data, and FIG. 13 is the "minute" data. In addition to this, the voice data of the fixed form unit 903 is stored, and these are combined to create a voice message.

Next, the processing flow of the control means 111 will be described with reference to the drawings.

When the power is turned on, the processing flow shown in FIG. 14 is started. First, in step 1413, as shown in FIG.
Display the push dial display screen of. Step 14
In 01, it is detected through the communication means 103 whether or not there is a telephone addressed to itself. When there is a call, a reception process 1402 is executed (described later). If the result is false in step 1401, it is detected in step 1403 whether or not the call button 301 is instructed. If it is detected, the calling process 1404 is executed. In the case of false in 1403, it is detected in step 1405 whether or not the schedule button is pressed. If it is pressed, the schedule process 1406 is executed. Step 1405
If the result is false, the telephone directory process 1408 is executed in step 1407. If the result is false in step 1407, the current date / time is acquired (step 1409),
Refer to the current auto reply field (step 141)
0). In step 1411, it is detected whether or not the current state of the automatic response field is changed from a setting other than "no setting" such as "conference" to "no setting". If there is a change, a warning sound is sent to the owner in step 1412, and the schedule entered in the schedule is notified that it has ended.

As a result, even if the conference is lengthened and the transmission state of the automatic response message is ended earlier, the fact can be notified to the owner. This allows the owner to change the scheduled end time of the schedule,
Avoid ringing.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing in detail the processing flow of the reception processing 1402.

When the receiving process is started, step 1501
At, get the current date and time. Step 15
In 02, the schedule stored in the storage means is searched based on the current date and time, and in step 1503,
It is determined whether or not there is the current schedule, and if there is, the automatic response process 1504 is executed.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing in detail the processing flow of the automatic response processing 1504.

In step 1601, the automatic response field 1003 of the current schedule is acquired, and it is determined whether or not "no setting". If “no setting” is set, the owner can receive the call, so the call processing 1602 of the owner is executed by the ringing tone, and if the owner responds to the call, the call processing 1603 is executed. To do. When the setting is other than “no setting” in step 1601, voice data corresponding to the setting of the automatic response field is acquired in step 1604 and set as the state voice section 901. Next, in step 1605, the scheduled end time is acquired from the time field 1002 of the current schedule, the audio data corresponding to this is acquired, and the scheduled end part 902 is obtained. In step 1606, the fixed part 903 is added to this to notify the calling side of the voice message. After this, voice guidance is notified to enter the other party's telephone number, and if the other party's telephone number is entered, this is stored and displayed on the screen. By checking the screen after the meeting, the owner can confirm that there was a call during the meeting and the telephone number of the other party, and can call back.

[0035]

According to the present invention, it is not necessary to turn on / off the power supply each time and the mistake of switching the power supply (silence mode) is eliminated. Also, to the person who made the call,
The owner's situation and when to call again can be notified, and the time and effort of making a call again can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a basic block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an external view of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a response message of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing data stored in a storage unit of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing state voice portion voice data.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing scheduled end part voice data.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing audio data of a scheduled ending portion.

FIG. 14 is a processing flowchart of the control means.

FIG. 15 is a processing flowchart of reception processing.

FIG. 16 is a processing flowchart of automatic response processing.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 ... Voice input means, 102 ... Voice output means, 103 ... Communication means, 104 ... Conversion means, 105 ... Input means, 106 ... Display means, 107 ... Storage means, 108 ... Internal clock, 109 ... Message output means, 110 ... Voice data storage means, 111 ... Control means.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Hiroyuki Kumai 292 Yoshida-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Ltd.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A telephone for voice communication, a time acquisition means for acquiring a current date and time, a schedule storage means for storing a date, a scheduled start time, a scheduled end time and a state, and a control means for controlling the above. The control means automatically detects the call of its own device,
A telephone characterized in that the current state and time are retrieved from the schedule storage means based on the current date and time acquired from the time acquisition means, and processing is switched according to the acquired state. 2. In a telephone for voice communication, a time acquisition means for acquiring a current date and time, a schedule storage means for storing a date, a scheduled start time, a scheduled end time and a state, and contents of the schedule storage means An input means for inputting, a display means for displaying the contents of the schedule storage means, and a control means for controlling the above are provided, and the control means automatically detects the call of the own device,
Search the current state from the schedule storage means based on the current date and time acquired from the time acquisition means, and ring the ringing tone if the acquired state is available for listening, and do not ring the ringing tone if it is not available. A telephone characterized by. 3. The telephone set according to claim 2, further comprising a voice message output means for transmitting a voice message to the other party in response to a call of the own device without sounding a ringing tone if the current state is unacceptable. A telephone that features things. 4. The telephone according to claim 3, wherein the voice message to be transmitted to the other side is switched depending on the previously acquired state. 5. The telephone according to claim 3, wherein the scheduled end time of the current schedule is acquired from the schedule storage means on the basis of the acquired current date and time, and the voice message to be transmitted to the destination is every scheduled end time. A telephone characterized by switching to. 6. The telephone according to claim 2, further comprising a specific sound generating means for generating a specific sound to the owner, and the control means at a fixed time interval, the current date and time acquired from the time acquisition means. A telephone which is characterized in that the current state is retrieved from the schedule storage means based on the above, and when the acquired state changes from the unreceivable to the receivable state, the specific sound generating means notifies the owner. 7. The telephone according to claim 2, further comprising state selecting means for selectively inputting a state of the schedule storing means, wherein the input means for inputting contents of the schedule storing means is a state selecting means when the state is inputted. A telephone characterized in that the state selected by the state selecting means is stored in the storing means.