Communication apparatus

• US 20040184591A1
• Filed: 05/10/2004
• Published: 09/23/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Ikeda, Yutaka, Tanaka, Michiaki, Ishimura, Yoshihiro, Shimomura, Hiroki, Kajiwara, Katsuyuki, Hirai, Yuji, Mitsuo, Sadaka
• Application Number:
  US10/478,590
• Publication Number:
  US 20040184591A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/142.17
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/578 associated with a synthesized vocal announcement
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72502 with one base station connected to a single line

Abstract

A communication apparatus of the present invention has a first storing unit for storing information detected by a caller information detector, a caller identifying unit for identifying a calling place of a caller based on the information stored in the first storing unit, a second storing unit for storing information of the calling place identified by the caller identifying unit, a third storing unit for storing predetermined information, and a controller for controlling a display unit to display combined information of the calling place information stored in the second storing unit and the predetermined information stored in the third storing unit. The communication apparatus has a controller for extracting voice data selected by a voice data selecting unit and controlling the voice converting unit to output a voice signal, when the plurality of voice data correspond to the caller information detected by the caller information detector. A telephone apparatus of the present invention has a voice creating unit for creating, from the caller information, two respective types of voice data in a predetermined frequency band and in a lower frequency band.

Claims

1. A communication apparatus comprising:

a caller information detector for detecting caller information fed from a communication line;

a first table for storing country and area information in relation to a country number and an area number;

an area identifying unit for identifying one of a calling country and a calling area using the first table based on the information detected by said caller information detector;

a caller identifying unit for identifying a caller based on said information detected by said caller information detector;

a second table for storing character string information every different country;

a display unit for displaying information; and

a controller for extracting a character string from the second table in response to information of the area specified by said area identifying unit, combining the character string with the caller information to form a series of words, and controlling said display unit to display the words.

2. A communication apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising

a speaker for outputting the series of words formed by combination under control of said controller.

3. A communication apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising

an auxiliary storing unit for storing the calling place information and a country name of the caller in a mutually corresponding state,

wherein said controller displays the country name stored in said auxiliary storing unit on said display unit based on the calling place information.

6. A communication apparatus according to claim 2,

wherein the series of words formed by combination are simultaneously supplied from said display unit and said speaker.

4. A communication apparatus comprising:

a caller information detector for detecting caller information fed from a communication line;

a first storing unit for storing the caller information detected by said caller information detector;

a caller identifying unit for identifying a caller based on the information stored in said first storing unit;

a second storing unit for storing specific information of said caller identifying unit;

a third storing unit for storing the caller information, the caller, and related information, the caller being paired with the related information;

a display unit for displaying information; and

a controller for controlling said display unit to display combined information of the specific information stored in said second storing unit, specific result information, and the corresponding related information stored in said third storing unit.

5. A communication apparatus according to claim 4 further comprising

a speaker for outputting the combined information aloud with said controller.

7. A communication apparatus comprising:

a caller information detector for detecting caller information fed from a communication line;

a third storing unit for correspondingly storing the caller information and voice data indicating a reading method of the caller information;

a voice converting unit for outputting the voice data as a voice signal;

a voice data selecting unit for selecting one of a plurality of voice data as voice data of the caller information, when the plurality of voice data are stored correspondingly to the caller information; and

a controller for extracting voice data selected by said voice data selecting unit, and controlling said voice converting unit to output the voice signal, when the plurality of voice data correspond to the caller information detected by said caller information detector.

8. A communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein

when said storage unit stores a plurality of voice data corresponded to one piece of caller information,

said controller

extracts the plurality of voice data one by one,

controls said voice converting unit to output voice signals, and then,

on detecting a selection signal from said voice data selecting unit, registers, as voice data of the caller information, voice data corresponding to the voice signal output just before the detection.

9. A communication apparatus according to claim 7,

wherein, when said caller information detector detects caller information, the controller extracts a plurality of voice data one by one and controls said voice converting unit to output voice signals.

10. A telephone apparatus comprising:

a caller information detector for detecting caller information fed from a communication line, the caller information including telephone number data and name data;

an auxiliary storing unit for storing a name table and a telephone number list, the name table having the name data and corresponding voice data as an aloud reading method of the name data, the telephone number list having the telephone number data corresponding to the name data;

a voice converting unit for outputting the voice data as a voice signal;

a voice data selecting unit for selecting one voice data when a plurality of voice data are registered in the name table correspondingly to the name data registered in the telephone number list; and

a controller for

storing the voice data selected by said voice data selecting unit in said auxiliary storing unit in relation to the telephone number data registered in the telephone number list,

collating the telephone number data detected by said caller information detector with the telephone number data registered in the telephone number list,

extracting stored voice data when the voice data is stored in relation to each other, and

controlling said voice converting unit to output the voice signal.

11. A telephone apparatus according to claim 10, wherein

said controller

collates the name data registered in the telephone number list with the name data registered in the name table,

extracts a plurality of voice data one by one when the plurality of voice data are registered in the name table correspondingly to one name data,

controls said voice converting unit to output voice signals, and

on detecting a selection signal from said voice data selecting unit, stores voice data of the voice signal output just before the detection as voice data of the name data, in relation to the telephone number data, the telephone number data being registered correspondingly to the name data registered in the telephone number list.

12. A telephone apparatus comprising:

a caller information receiver for receiving caller information coming from a telephone line;

a caller information storage unit for storing the received caller information;

a voice creating unit for creating two types of voice data from the caller information, the respective voice data lying in a predetermined frequency band and in a lower frequency band; and

a voice converting unit for outputting the voice data,

wherein the received caller information is read aloud at one of the two frequency bands based on the received caller information.

13. A telephone apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

said voice creating unit creates voice data in one of the two frequency bands based on name information in the caller information.

14. A telephone apparatus according to claim 12 further comprising an electronic telephone book for registering a telephone number,

wherein, when a telephone number of the received caller information has already registered in said electronic telephone book and when gender information indicating a gender exists in attached information attached to the telephone number registered in said electronic telephone book, said voice creating unit creates voice data in one of the two frequency bands.

15. A telephone apparatus according to claim 14, wherein

when the attached information attached to the telephone number registered in said electronic telephone book has called-party information indicating a correspondence between a caller and a called party, a fact that the caller calls the called party is read aloud based on the called party information.

16. A telephone apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

when call waiting comes during a conversation, a caller name is read aloud based on caller information received from the call waiting.

17. A telephone apparatus according to claim 12, wherein

when the received caller information includes gender information indicating a gender of a caller in itself, voice data in one of the two frequency bands is created based on the gender information of the caller information.

18. A telephone apparatus comprising a main phone and a handset, wherein

said main phone comprises:

a caller information receiver for receiving caller information coming from a communication line;

a caller information storage unit for storing the received caller information; and

a voice creating unit for creating two types of voice data based on the caller information, the respective voice data lying in a predetermined frequency band and in a lower frequency band, and

said handset interactively communicates with the main phone by radio, and has a voice output unit for outputting the voice data.

19. A telephone apparatus according to claim 18 further comprising an electronic telephone book for registering a telephone number,

wherein, when a telephone number of the received caller information has already registered in said electronic telephone book and when gender information indicating a gender exists in attached information attached to the telephone number registered in said electronic telephone book, said voice creating unit creates voice data having one of male and female tones.

20. A telephone apparatus according to claim 18, wherein

when attached information attached to a telephone number registered in said electronic telephone book has called-party information indicating a correspondence between a caller and a called party, a fact that the caller calls the called party is read aloud based on the called party information.

21. A telephone apparatus according to claim 18, wherein

when call waiting comes during a conversation, a caller name is read aloud based on caller information received from the call waiting.

22. A telephone apparatus according to claim 18, further comprising a second voice output unit for outputting a caller name aloud.

23. A telephone apparatus according to claim 18, wherein

when the received caller information includes gender information indicating a gender of a caller in itself, voice data in one of the two frequency bands is created based on the gender information of the caller information.