Electronic apparatus

• US 5,454,035 A
• Filed: 04/28/1994
• Issued: 09/26/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sharp Electronics Corporation (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Matsuda, Eichika, Oba, Toshiro, Nishida, Taizou
• Primary Examiner(s): Hofsass, Jeffery A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chiang, Jack
• Application Number:
  US08/236,698
• Time in Patent Office: 516 Days
• Field of Search: 379/354, 379/355, 379/356, 379/396, 379/216, 379/96, 379/40, 379/51, 340/765
• US Class Current: 379/354
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/275 implemented by means of portable electronic directories

Abstract

An electronic apparatus capable of automatically dialing a phone number includes a unit for storing data, a unit for registering data of the phone number and a predetermined data on the storing unit, a unit for generating a tone signal for dialing the phone number, and a unit for controlling the tone signal generating unit to generate a tone signal corresponding to the phone number in case that the predetermined data is registered on the storing unit.

Claims

1. An electric apparatus for interposing a manual dialing operation in an automatic dialing operation, comprising:

a memory for storing multiple data including memo data, a phone number to be automatically dialed via said automatic dialing operation, and a first predetermined code for indicating a starting of said manual dialing operation;

a first means for inputting the multiple data to said memory and for inputting a second predetermined code for indicating a termination of said manual dialing operation, and for reading said phone number and said first predetermined code inputted to said memory;

said first means including at least a first key for inputting the first predetermined code for indicating starting of said manual dialing operation and a least a second key for inputting the second predetermined code for indicating said termination of manual dialing operation;

a second means for generating a tone signal corresponding to said phone number read from said memory and for outputting the generated tone signal; and

means for controlling the operation of said first and second means such that said manual dialing mode is entered during a pause in said automatic dialing operation after said first predetermined code is read by said first means, and said means for controlling terminates said manual dialing mode when said second predetermined data is inputted by said first means upon completion of manual dialing operation.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said apparatus further comprises a liquid crystal display for displaying the multiple data, a liquid crystal display driver for controlling said display, and a speaker for outputting a sound corresponding to the tone signal, said controlling means includes a central processing unit for controlling a processing at a plurality of modes, said first means includes a key arrangement for inputting the multiple data, said second predetermined data and a phone number to be manually dialed, and said memory includes a read-only memory for storing programs for said modes and a random-access memory for temporarily storing the multiple data and said programs.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said key arrangement includes mode-selecting keys for selecting each of said modes, a dial key for sending out the tone signal to a phone line, template keys for inputting digits, character input keys for inputting characters and alphabets, and calling keys for calling the data inputted by said first means.