JPH1146228A - Communication terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a communication terminal equipment, where an opposite party is recognized without observing display by using a telephone number detection means to detect a caller telephone number through a caller telephone number display service, synthesizing voice signals based on the detected caller telephone number and informing the arrival of an incoming call in the voice signals. SOLUTION: In the case of detecting a call signal, caller ID data provided by a caller telephone number display service are received, and a caller telephone number is detected. The detected caller telephone number is stored, and after the call bell starts ringing, it is retrieved as to whether or not a telephone number matches with the caller telephone number is registered in an electronic telephone directory. When the telephone number is not found, the caller telephone number displayed on a display section 8 is voice-synthesized word by word to obtain an incoming call notification voice and the voice signal sounds from a loudspeaker 7. When the telephone number is found out, a corresponding name registered in the electronic telephone directory is extracted, and the name is voice-synthesized work by word.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication terminal device that can use a calling telephone number display service, and more particularly, to a communication terminal device that allows the other party to be identified without looking at the display.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art With the recent development of communication equipment, various services have been provided by telephone companies.

[0003] A calling telephone number display service, also called a caller ID (Caller ID), is to notify the telephone number of the calling party to the other party, and the receiving party displays the telephone number of the other party. ing. When using the outgoing phone number display service, the receiving party receives the caller's phone number along with the call signal, so that the caller's phone number can be displayed when the call bell rings. You can know the other party's phone number before answering the call.

[0004]

The conventional telephone corresponding to the calling telephone number display service displays the caller's telephone number on the display unit. Can not be used.

[0005] Further, when a telephone call is received, the operator is not always near the telephone. An operator who is away from the telephone cannot see the display unit unless he moves close to the telephone, and does not know whether the call is from an important party.

[0006] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide a communication terminal device in which the other party can be identified without looking at the display.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a telephone number detecting means for detecting a telephone number of a caller based on a caller telephone number display service, and a method for outputting a voice based on the detected caller telephone number. An incoming call notifying means for synthesizing and notifying an incoming call by this voice is provided.

[0008] The incoming call notifying means may make the number of the telephone number a voice.

[0009] There may be provided another party registration means for registering the other party's telephone number and the other party's name in association with each other, and the incoming call notifying means may take out the other party's name corresponding to the detected caller's telephone number and make it a voice.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In this embodiment, the communication terminal device is a facsimile device with an electronic telephone directory function. FIG. 1 shows a flow of the receiving operation when the electronic telephone directory function is used, and FIG. 2 shows a flow of the receiving operation when the electronic telephone directory function is not provided or the display unit is not provided. FIG. 3 shows a circuit configuration of the facsimile apparatus.

As shown in FIG. 3, the facsimile apparatus includes a signal processing unit 1, a ROM 2, a RAM 3, a reading unit 4, a recording unit 5, an operating unit 6, a speaker unit 7, a display unit 8, and a modem 1.
0, a line control unit (NCU) 11.

A signal processing unit (CPU) 1 controls software components and can execute software (program) such as facsimile image processing, an auto dialer, and a communication procedure. Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to execute a program for detecting a caller's telephone number and notifying the incoming call by a synthesized voice of the telephone number and the name of the other party.

The ROM 2 stores a program to be executed by the signal processing section for operating the facsimile apparatus. Also, voice data for each word of a character including a number, for example, voice waveform code of "1" for "1", "ni" for "2", and "er" for "A" It is something to memorize.

The RAM 3 is composed of an SRAM, a flash memory or the like, and stores temporary data generated when a program is executed, and also stores a telephone number of a partner and a name of the partner in a table format as an electronic telephone directory function. .

The reading section 4 can read an original with an image pickup device such as a CCD and generate binary black and white image data.

The recording unit 5 includes a printer of an electrophotographic system or the like, and can record (print out) image data received from another facsimile apparatus by facsimile communication.

The operation unit 6 includes numeric keys for inputting numbers, speed dial keys for speed dial operation, one touch keys for one touch operation, various function keys, start keys, and the like. The numeric keys, speed dial keys, and one-touch keys also have a function of inputting characters such as alphabets.

The loudspeaker unit 7 loudspeaks the call voice and the synthesized incoming call notification voice according to the present invention.

The display unit 8 includes a display such as an LCD display, and operates the facsimile apparatus, image data, and the like.
It is possible to display registered contents, operation instructions, and the like. Also, it is possible to display the telephone number of the caller by the calling telephone number display service.

The modem 10 has a fax modem function and is used when performing facsimile communication of image data.

The line control unit (NCU) 11 can close and open the line L.

Next, the operation of the facsimile apparatus of FIG. 3 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, when a call signal is detected, the caller ID data provided by the calling telephone number display service is taken in, and the telephone number of the caller is detected (S1). The detected caller telephone number is stored, and after the ringing of the calling bell is started, it is searched whether a telephone number matching the caller telephone number is registered in the electronic telephone directory (S2). If the telephone number is not found, the caller telephone number for displaying the caller telephone number on the display unit 8 is synthesized as a word-for-word notification sound by word-to-word communication, and is output through the speaker unit 7 (S3). If the telephone number is found, the name of the other party registered in the electronic telephone directory is taken out, and one-word speech synthesis is performed. The incoming call notification sound is loudspeaked from the speaker unit 7 and output (S4). Thereafter, if the telephone does not go off-hook, the apparatus waits for the telephone to be off-hook while outputting the incoming call notification sound until the call signal is no longer detected, and ends when the call signal is no longer detected.
If the operator answers the phone and goes off-hook while the ringing signal is being detected, the operator enters a talking state. In the call state, the incoming call notification sound is stopped and the on-hook is waited.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the electronic telephone directory. As shown in the figure, the telephone number and the name of the other party corresponding to the telephone number are registered in the electronic telephone directory T1. In the receiving operation, for example, the telephone number 075-XXX-XXX
It is assumed that a call is received from the ABC store indicated by ×. Since there is a telephone number in the electronic telephone directory T1 that matches the caller telephone number, the incoming call notification program extracts the name of the other party registered in the electronic telephone directory T1 and performs speech synthesis. Therefore, the speaker section 7 outputs a sound such as “Ebishi Shoten”. For a caller telephone number that is not registered in the electronic telephone directory T1, for example, "Zero Nago ...
・ ”Is output.

In this embodiment, since the electronic telephone directory is used as the other party registering means, the long name registered in the electronic telephone directory is used as the name. Is also good. Alternatively, the telephone number and the name may be output as voices continuously.

Next, an embodiment in which the electronic telephone directory and the display section 8 are not provided will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, when the call signal is detected, the caller ID data provided by the calling telephone number display service is taken in, the telephone number of the caller is detected, and the ringing of the calling bell is started (S).
5). Then, the caller's telephone number is synthesized into one word and one word to make an incoming call notification voice, and the voice is output from the speaker unit 7 (S6). Thereafter, if it is not off-hook, the system waits for off-hook while outputting an incoming call notification sound until the call signal is no longer detected, and ends when the call signal is no longer detected. If the operator answers the phone and goes off-hook while the ringing signal is being detected, the operator enters a talking state. In the call state, the incoming call notification sound is stopped and the on-hook is waited.

In the above embodiment, the communication terminal device is a facsimile device. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can be implemented with a telephone connected to the line L.

[0029]

The present invention exhibits the following excellent effects.

(1) Since the incoming call is notified by voice based on the caller's telephone number, the caller can be known without moving to the vicinity of the telephone and without looking at the display unit, thereby reducing the burden on the operator. Is done.

(2) The time from receiving a call to knowing the other party can be shortened, and a call from an important party can be quickly dealt with.

(3) Since the notification can be made by the speaker unit without the display unit, the outgoing telephone number display service can be used with a low-cost device. In addition, a speaker unit that already exists for other functions can be used, and the speaker unit can be realized at low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a receiving operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a receiving operation according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a circuit configuration diagram of the facsimile apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an electronic telephone directory used as a partner registration unit according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 signal processing unit 2 ROM 3 RAM 4 reading unit 5 recording unit 6 operation unit 7 speaker unit 8 display unit 10 modem 11 line control unit (NCU) S1 step of detecting caller telephone number S2 step of searching telephone number S3 telephone Step of notifying the number by voice S4 Step of notifying the name of the other party by voice together with the telephone number T1 Electronic telephone directory (other party registration means)

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A telephone number detecting means for detecting a telephone number of a caller by a calling telephone number display service, and an incoming call notifying means for synthesizing a voice based on the detected caller telephone number and notifying an incoming call by the voice. A communication terminal device. 2. The communication terminal device according to claim 1, wherein said incoming call notifying means converts a telephone number into a voice. 3. An incoming call registering means for registering the telephone number of the other party and the name of the other party in association with each other, and the incoming call notifying means extracts the name of the other party corresponding to the detected caller's telephone number and makes it a voice. The communication terminal device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein: