Claims
- 1. A telephone apparatus having a voice activated dialing function, comprising:
- transmitting means for transmitting at least a single telephone number;
- receiving means for receiving incoming calls;
- input means for inputting at least a single telephone number, bank designation inputs, mode designation inputs, and speech signals representing at least one user's utterance;
- memory means coupled to the input means for storing the at least single telephone number and the speech signals; and
- control means responsive to the inputs from the input means for controlling the transmitting means and the memory means in one of a plurality of operational modes designated by the mode designation inputs, including:
- (a) a registration mode in which the control means controls the memory means so that a speech signal corresponding to a user's utterance is stored with a corresponding telephone number into a bank area of the memory means designated by the bank designation inputs, and controls the receiving means so that the apparatus does not respond to an incoming call received by the receiving means;
- (b) a voice dialing mode in which, in response to a user's utterance, the control means controls the memory means so as to retrieve a telephone number corresponding to the stored speech signal which is identical to a speech signal corresponding to the user's utterance and stored in a bank area of the memory means designated by the bank designation input and, in the event that the telephone number is retrieved, controls the transmitting means so as to transmit the retrieved telephone number; and
- (c) a standby mode in which the apparatus responds to incoming call and user's operations, a transition from the standby mode to one of the voice dialing mode or the registration mode being made in response to the mode designation input.
- 2. The apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising display means for providing a display representing the bank area of the memory means designated by the bank designation input.
Priority Claims (2)
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62-133906 |
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62-180833 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/198,821, filed May 25,1988, abandoned.
Patent Application of Kuniyoshi MARUI, Takaaki ISHII and Shinya TAKAHASHI
The present invention claims priority of Japanese Patent Applications No. 62-133906 filed on May 29, 1987 and No. 62-180833 filed on July 20, 1987.
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Continuations (1)
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