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OSHA News Release - (Archived) Table of Contents
OSHA Trade Release
U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Office of Communications
Washington, D.C.
For Immediate Release
March 5, 2002
Contact: Susan Hall Fleming
Phone: (202) 693-1999
Goal to Reduce Construction Deaths Among Spanish-Speaking Workers
WASHINGTON -- OSHA and the Hispanic Contractors of America, Inc. (HCA) today signed an agreement to promote safe and healthful working conditions for Hispanic construction workers through effective safety and health training and increased access to safety and health resources in Spanish.
"This alliance will greatly expand OSHA's reach in our effort to provide safety and health information and training to Spanish-speaking workers and employers," said OSHA Administrator John L. Henshaw. "We wanted to join with others who share our concern and are committed to reducing injuries and illnesses among Hispanic workers. I am delighted that HCA wants to work with us."
Under the alliance, HCA and OSHA will:
Identify existing safety and health resources available for Spanish speakers and stimulate the development of additional publications and audio-visual products.
Jointly disseminate safety and health information through conferences, events, community-based activities and electronic media.
Work with community and faith-based organizations and other leadership groups to build safety and health awareness within the Hispanic community.
Encourage bilingual individuals in construction to take OSHA's train-the-trainer class so they can teach the 10-hour and 30-hour construction safety and health outreach courses in Spanish.
Promote and encourage HCA members to participate in OSHA cooperative programs such as compliance assistance, consultation and mentoring.
OSHA and HCA are forming a joint steering committee to implement the alliance. The steering committee will draft procedures for the alliance and develop methods to track, analyze, evaluate and share information on the alliance's activities.
Jerry Adriano, executive director of HCA, and John L. Henshaw, OSHA administrator, signed the alliance agreement. A copy of the alliance agreement follows.
U.S. Labor Department news releases are accessible on the Internet at www.dol.gov. The information in this release will be made available in alternative format upon request (large print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the COAST office. Please specify which news release when placing your request. Call 202-693-7773 or TTY 202-693-7755.
The number of Hispanic construction workers killed by work-related accidents is increasing in the United States. To help reverse this trend, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Hispanic Contractors of America, Inc. (HCA) agree to establish an Alliance to promote safe and healthful working conditions for Hispanic construction workers by:
Helping Hispanic construction contractors (employers) improve knowledge of safe and healthful work practices and achieve compliance with safety and health standards and other regulations promulgated pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970; and
Increasing access to safety and health training resources and related materials in Spanish for construction employers and employees who are not fluent in the English language.
Both organizations acknowledge that when English is not the first language of construction employers and/or employees in the United States, access to training and information about safe and healthful work practices may be limited compared to native English-speakers. To bridge this language barrier and other potential gaps in access, the OSHA and HCA agree to work together to:
Identify existing resources and stimulate the development of new resources for Hispanic construction employers and employees, such as safety and health publications, audio-visual and other reference materials that are in Spanish.
Seek opportunities to jointly exhibit and disseminate safety and health information at conferences, events, community-based activities, and through electronic mediums.
Work with community and faith based organizations and other leadership groups to build safety and health awareness within the Hispanic community.
Encourage bilingual individuals in construction to take the OSHA train-the-trainer course on occupational safety and health standards for the construction industry, so they qualify to teach Hispanic workers the OSHA 10- and 30-hour construction safety and health outreach courses in Spanish.
Promote and encourage participation in the OSHA cooperative programs (e.g. compliance assistance, consultation and mentoring) among HCA members.
Provide an opportunity for State Plan States to become involved in all efforts to achieve the goals of this agreement.
Participating members of the organizations will meet to facilitate the goals of the Alliance. These members will include representatives from Federal OSHA's Directorate of Federal State Operations, the Directorate of Construction, State Plan OSHA, and Consultation Projects. The participating members will draft a document formalizing the Alliance procedures, and establish methods to track, analyze, and evaluate the Alliance activities.
Occupational Safety and
Health Administration
____________________ _____
John Henshaw Date
Assistant Secretary
Hispanic Contractors of
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Jerry Adriano Date
Executive Director
|OSHA News Release - (Archived) Table of Contents

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It's a fact that the smartphone industry is slowing, but it's also a fact that it still offers staggering growth and results that continue to surprise to the upside.
The industry could sell some 886 million smartphones this year, nearly half of all mobile phones, up 31% from last year's total, according to analysts. That's 2½ times the total of personal computers that were sold in 2012.
As the industry hurtles this week toward its big annual shindig, the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, remember that it is still very young and very much in the throes of remarkable change.
For the moment, that probably bodes well for the dominant vendors, Samsung Electronics (ticker: 005930.Korea), which had 29% of smartphone unit sales worldwide in the fourth quarter, and Apple aapl 0.7755393118202888% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD113.05 0.87 0.7755393118202888% /Date(1475269200474-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 34283649 AFTER HOURS USD113.05 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 2095457 P/E Ratio 13.20677570093458 Market Cap 609163483021.371 Dividend Yield 2.0168067226890756% Rev. per Employee 1990500 More quote details and news » (AAPL), which was second, with 22%, according to research firm Strategy Analytics.
It also bodes well for Qualcomm qcom 1.5567086730911786% Qualcomm Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq USD68.5 1.05 1.5567086730911786% /Date(1475269200456-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 33890971 AFTER HOURS USD68.5 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 988531 P/E Ratio 20.06150241616635 Market Cap 100944884521.484 Dividend Yield 3.0948905109489053% Rev. per Employee 691697 More quote details and news » (QCOM), the dominant supplier of the baseband wireless chips that drive cellular connections.
Indeed, worldwide smartphone sales rose an impressive 43% last year, although that was down from 58% in 2011 and 72% in 2010, the year that they really took off, following increases of just 24% in 2009 and 14% in 2008, according to research firm Gartner.
But while the industry is maturing, it still can produce unexpected upside. Last year's smartphone total of 700 million was about 10 million more than had been predicted going into 2012, says Neil Mawston, a director of research for Strategy Analytics.
As another example, Qualcomm at the end of January, said its estimate for all the handsets sold last year that came with the more advanced "3G" or "4G" wireless connections was 928 million.
That is 30 million units higher than what Qualcomm had projected for 2012 in November 2011.
The slowing growth, as well as the upside, are consequences of dynamic shifts in technology that either drive sales or constrain them. Smartphones existed before 2010, but they didn't go mainstream until more individuals in developed markets were able to use the Internet at faster 3G speeds, transforming the devices into viable pocket computers for the first time.
WHERE DOES GROWTH come from now? People may be prompted to trade up from their current smartphone to one that can take advantage of the next big thing after 3G—long-term evolution, or LTE.
LTE networks are being built out by AT&T t -0.29462312791554135% AT&T Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD40.61 -0.12 -0.29462312791554135% /Date(1475269361482-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 17787251 AFTER HOURS USD40.61 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1594373 P/E Ratio 17.542116630669547 Market Cap 249832723754.883 Dividend Yield 4.727899532134942% Rev. per Employee 577456 More quote details and news » (T), Verizon Communications VZ -0.2686108979278588% Verizon Communications Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD51.98 -0.14 -0.2686108979278588% /Date(1475269442310-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 12093611 AFTER HOURS USD51.97 -0.01 -0.019238168526356292% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 983941 P/E Ratio 14.68361581920904 Market Cap 211886176195.54 Dividend Yield 4.444016929588304% Rev. per Employee 732217 More quote details and news » (VZ), Sprint Nextel s -0.45045045045045046% Sprint Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD6.63 -0.03 -0.45045045045045046% /Date(1475269498875-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 14409963 AFTER HOURS USD6.68 0.05 0.7541478129713424% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 245369 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 26382560684.8835 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 1072170 More quote details and news » (S) and T-Mobile USA here in the U.S. at a cost of billions of dollars.
So far, it seems, individuals don't understand, or don't care, about LTE. A recent note by Jefferies & Co.'s Peter Misek related results of a survey of wireless operators that showed less than half of mobile subscribers expressed interest in LTE.
It may be as simple as technology savvy trickling down to less astute buyers, opines Mawston. "For younger and richer consumers, and those more tech-aware, they know they want LTE," he says. "Those who are older, who have less disposable income, and who are less savvy look primarily to prices" of smartphones.
Nevertheless, Mawston remains confident that LTE will ultimately lure buyers, and that subscribers in emerging markets will be drawn from older 2G cellphones to 3G phones. And next year? "In developed markets, you'll see people trading up to LTE-Advanced," the next bump up in LTE, "while people who've been on 3G will move to LTE."
And so it goes: The industry continues to evolve from what was originally a calling device into a faster, pocketable computing device.
As Susquehanna Financial Group chip analyst Christopher Caso put it in a note to clients last week: "As long as phone OEMs [original equipment manufacturers] continue to introduce new innovations, they are going to convince consumers to upgrade their phones. Until the capabilities of smartphones and PCs converge—and there is still a long way to go—we don't think we will hit a plateau."
Caso sees that as a vote for Qualcomm, pointing out that there are four billion phone users around the world who don't currently use a 3G or 4G phone. In other words, their phones generated no royalty payment to Qualcomm, which is compensated for its industry patents, even when it doesn't sell the chips themselves.
Competitors Broadcom (BRCM) and Nvidia nvda 1.6617210682492582% NVIDIA Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD68.52 1.12 1.6617210682492582% /Date(1475269200340-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 10237506 AFTER HOURS USD68.7 0.18 0.2626970227670753% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 510798 P/E Ratio 45.078947368421055 Market Cap 36658198204.0405 Dividend Yield 0.6713368359603036% Rev. per Employee 589466 More quote details and news » (NVDA), as well as Intel intc 1.152197213290461% Intel Corp. U.S.: Nasdaq USD37.75 0.43 1.152197213290461% /Date(1475269200127-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 22703253 AFTER HOURS USD37.75 % Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1576053 P/E Ratio 18.23671497584541 Market Cap 178595250000 Dividend Yield 2.7549668874172184% Rev. per Employee 527624 More quote details and news » (INTC), are starting to offer their own baseband chips, but they have a learning curve to navigate before they will be a major threat to Qualcomm.
For everyone else in the industry, it's a question of dealing with the stranglehold on revenue and profit that Samsung and Apple hold.
A recent note to clients from Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt outlines the haves and have-nots in the mobile industry. Apple, notes McCourt, had 13% of the unit sales of mobile phones and tablets combined in the fourth quarter of last year, but it made 40% of the mobile industry's revenue and 75% of its profit. Samsung had 30% of the industry's revenue, and 26% of its profits.
YOU READ THAT RIGHT: Between them, Apple and Samsung make up 101% (owing to rounding) of industry profit, by McCourt's metric, given that Nokia nok 1.2237762237762237% Nokia Corp. ADR U.S.: NYSE USD5.79 0.07 1.2237762237762237% /Date(1475269272385-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 8866836 AFTER HOURS USD5.8259 0.0359 0.6200345423143351% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 90060 P/E Ratio 19.455645161290324 Market Cap 33839950359.6418 Dividend Yield 5.002297063903281% Rev. per Employee 185118 More quote details and news » (NOK) and BlackBerry (BBRY) have both been operating at a loss.
The swing factor for Apple and Samsung is the rise of Chinese makers, such as Lenovo (992.Hong Kong), ZTE (000063.China) and Huawei, which are second, fourth and fifth behind Samsung in China, the world's largest mobile-phone market, according to Mawston. (Nokia has managed to hold on to third place.)
China-based vendors had 65% of the country's phone sales in 2012, in part because the local retailers and distributors have made an effort to sell Chinese, rather than outside, brands. Apple is in sixth place in China, with just a 7% share of the mobile-phone market, despite rapid growth there. That puts it barely ahead of seventh-place Coolpad, a Chinese firm that you've doubtless never heard of.
As Huawei and the rest try to go international, they are producing the most interesting challenge to the smartphone duopoly. "The [mobile] market always goes in cycles, and Samsung and Apple are having their heyday," says Mawston. "Eventually, they'll be replaced," he adds, as Motorola and Nokia were. "But probably not for a couple more years."
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The Moderator's Survival Guide
1st Edition
Handling Common, Tricky, and Sticky Situations in User Research
- eBook ISBN 9780124047143
- Print ISBN 9780124047006
Print book
Handling Common, Tricky, and Sticky Situations in User Research
Print book
The Moderator's Survival Guide is your indispensable resource for navigating the rocky shoals of your one-on-one user research sessions. Inside, you'll find guidance for nearly 100 diverse situations (ranging from business-as-usual to tricky and sticky) that might occur during usability studies, contextual inquiries, or user interviews.
As a moderator, you are responsible for the well-being of the participant, your study, and your organization. You must be prepared for anything that may happen, from your technology failing to the participant quailing. Use this guide to identify your best next steps, react appropriately, and survive any challenges that comes your way.
UX professionals (UX designers, usability engineers, usability architects, usability researchers, UX managers)
Survival Stories
List of Videos
List of Situations
Author Bios
Why we wrote this book
Who this book is for
What you'll learn
One-on-one user research methods
Language used in this book
How this book is organized
Sidebars and survival stories
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Part 1: Your Moderation Toolkit
Chapter 1. Moderation Matters: Power, Responsibility, and Style
1.1 "Are they laughing at me?"
1.2 Power and responsibility
1.3 The session ringmaster
1.4 The science and art spectrum
1.5 Your moderating style
1.6 Effective adaptation
Chapter 2. In the Trenches: Six Steps for Handling Situations
2.1 Take a moment to evaluate the situation before jumping to action
2.2 Resolve any threats to physical safety
2.3 Verify that you're not causing or magnifying the situation
2.4 Check the participant's comfort level
2.5 Use careful language and tone to probe on the situation and begin to resolve it
2.6 Regain control to bring the session back on track
Chapter 3. Mix and Match: Your Moderation Patterns Toolbox
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3.4 Reassure the participant
3.5 Build engagement
3.6 Disengage from the participant
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3.9 End the session early
3.10 Choosing the best pattern for your situation
Part 2: Your Survival Guide
Chapter 4. Recruiting Mishaps: Participants You Weren't Expecting
4.1 Participant does not seem to meet a key recruit criteria
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Dec 6, 1994
|Filing date
|Mar 12, 1993
|Priority date
|Mar 13, 1992
|Fee status
|Publication number
|Hideharu Kobayashi
|Original Assignee
|Nec Corporation
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (10), Non-Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (41), Classifications (15), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a call initiating system for mobile communication terminals including portable telephone units.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Today, the dissemination of mobile communication terminals including car telephones and portable telephones is truly significant, and their use is expanding, especially in big cities, from the business community to common house-holds. Supported by the remarkable development of LSI technology and digital processing technology, these mobile communication terminals are becoming ever more compact and more sophisticated functionally. In terms of compactness, units comparable to ordinary telephone sets are already available, and their unit size is predicted to be reduced to about 100 cc in the near future and further to a wrist watch size eventually. In the functional aspect, existing models already have the abbreviated dialing or one-touch dialing function for use with frequently accessed communication partners and the automatic redialing function for use when the other party's line is found busy at the first call attempt, and an even greater variety of functions are likely to be added in the future along with the further sophistication of networks.
Although progress is recognized in these aspects of mobile communication terminal technology, it seems difficult to introduce a fundamental renovation in the technique for call initiation by the calling subscriber, i.e. in the currently used call initiation by dialing. However, as the use of telephone communication will further expand along with the development and globalization of economic and business activities, the current method of searching a personal memo or the telephone directory for the other party's telephone number and the dialing on that basis will become too inefficient, and are likely to be replaced in the future by retrieval from a data base within the mobile communication terminal itself, utilizing LSI technology and data base technology.
In order to enable the telephone number to be retrieved from the data base within the mobile communication terminal of the aforementioned wrist watch size and a call to be initiated by the retrieved number, the space occupied by the data display means, such as an LCD display, and the call initiating means, such as dialing keys, should be minimized.
An object of the present invention, therefore, is to provide a mobile communication terminal which would make it possible quickly and efficiently to find out the subscriber number of the party on whom a call is to be initiated and to initiate the call by structuring a data base of subscriber numbers with speech signals and inputting the parameters of data retrieval by speech signals.
Another object of the invention is to provide a telephone call initiating technique suitable for use with compact mobile communication terminals.
A telephone call initiating system for use with compact mobile communication terminals according to the invention consists of key input means for accepting inputs by key manipulation; speech recognition means for accepting inputs in speech signals; a subscriber number data base and data display means; input control means for the subscriber number data base; search parameter accepting means; scroll control means; call initiating accepting means; and call initiation processing means. The input control means for the subscriber number data base, having a function to accept requests for inputting to a data base and prepare a data base of subscriber numbers, formulates a record consisting of a subscriber number entered with said key input means and data on a called subscriber's name entered with said speech recognition means, and stores the record into the subscriber number data base. The search parameter accepting means, having a function to accept requests for searching the data base and search the subscriber number data base, searches said subscriber number data base for said record according to data on the called subscriber's name from said speech recognition means, and stores the retrieved record, which is the result of search, into a work area. The scroll control means, in response to a request for scrolling, scrolls in predetermined units said retrieved record stored in said work area, and displays on said display means said retrieved record which has been scrolled. The call initiation accepting means, in response to a request for call initiation, supplies a call initiating instruction according to the subscriber number in said record which has been scrolled, and the call initiation processing means, in response to said call initiating instruction, initiates a call according to said subscriber number.
The above-mentioned and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a mobile communication terminal, which is a preferred embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 2 illustrates a typical configuration of a record in the data base of the mobile communication terminal shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 illustrates a typical configuration of the man-machine interface in the mobile communication terminal according to the invention;
FIG. 4 illustrates a typical input of search parameters for the mobile communication terminal according to the invention; and
FIG. 5 illustrates a typical result of searching in the mobile communication terminal according to the invention.
In the block diagram of the mobile communication terminal according to the present invention shown in FIG. 1, a key signal acceptor 1 has functions to detect the pressing-down of keys, each provided for a different function on the terminal, encode and notify the types of the pressed keys, and comprising LSI logic. A speech recognition apparatus 5 has a function to accept, identify and encode an input in a speech signal form. Various techniques for this speech recognition are being studied and developed with a view to expanding the recognizable vocabulary and improving the recognition rate. Typical such techniques include the HMM technique using the hidden Markov model, described in detail in the specifications of the U.S. Pat. No. 4,587,670, and the NPM technique using the multi-layered perception in the neural network as the standard pattern, described in detail in the U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07-873153, filed Apr. 24, 1992. These speech recognition techniques are already used for numeral inputting from telephone sets in the reference service of financial institutions. Further expansion of their use is likely in the future, and it is also expected to become possible to embody them in apparatuses of the wrist watch size along with the advancement of processor technology and LSI technology. A data base 3, which is an area in which subscriber number data matching the telephone directory are to be stored, is composed of a highly integrated memory. A data display apparatus 4, which is an area in which data to be registered in the data base 3 as well as the result of searching the data base 3 are displayed, consists of a liquid crystal display device. A data base input control apparatus 2, in response to a request for inputting to the data base from the key signal acceptor 1, causes data to be inputted in a prescribed sequence in cooperation with the data display apparatus 4, and stores into the data base 3 a record consisting of a first set of data (a telephone number) from the key signal acceptor 1 and a second set of data (a subscriber's name) from said speech recognition apparatus 5. A search parameter acceptor 6, in response to a request for searching the data base 3, causes data to be inputted in a prescribed sequence in cooperation with the data display apparatus 4, searches the data base 3 for the record according to a third set of data (the subscriber's name) from the speech recognition apparatus 5, and stores the retrieved record, which is the result of searching, into a work data store 7 consisting of a random access memory (RAM). A scroll control apparatus 8, in response to a request for scrolling, scrolls in predetermined units said retrieved record in the work data store 7, and displays them on the display apparatus 4. A call request acceptor 9, in response to a request for initiating a call, supplies a call initiating instruction according to the telephone number in said record which has been scrolled, and connection means 10 initiates a call by that telephone number in response to that call initiating instruction.
The recognition of the pressed key on the key signal acceptor 1 and the actuation control of the functional block (the data base input control apparatus 2, the search parameter acceptor 6, the scroll control apparatus 8 or the call request acceptor 9) corresponding to the type of the key are carried out by a microprocessor 11.
In FIG. 2 illustrating a typical configuration of records in the data base 3, the registered items include the subscriber's name, the name of the city and the telephone number.
In FIG. 3 illustrating a typical configuration of the man-machine interface in a wrist watch-type mobile communication terminal, which is one of the conceivable applications of the present invention, the data display apparatus 4 has display parts 31 through 34 in which the time and other data pertinent to no particular call are shown when no call is being initiated, or the telephone number and name of the other party are shown when a call is being initiated; keys involved in telephone line connection including an on-hook key 41 for sending an on-hook signal, a call request key 39 for instructing call initiation, and an off-hook key 40 for sending an off-hook signal; and keys involved in the use of the data base including an input request key 36 for entering data into the data base; telephone keys 35 for entering a telephone number into the data base, a search request key 37 for use in searching the data base, and a scroll request key 38 for scrolling a record in the data base.
In this illustration, the display apparatus 4 is showing an example of input to the data base. Thus, in response to an instruction from the system, the display parts 31 and 32 show the name of a subscriber vocally entered through a microphohe 42, and the display parts 33 and 34, a telephone number entered with the keys 35. Other items shown in FIG. 2 than the name, i.e. the occupation of the subscriber and the name of the city in which he or she lives, can be entered into the display parts 31 and 32.
In FIG. 4 illustrating an example of search parameter input, family name "SATO", occupation "KAISHAIN" (corporate employee) and city name "TOKYO" are shown in the display parts 31, 33 and 34, respectively.
In FIG. 5 illustrating an example of search result, retrieved family and given names "SATO" and "ICHIRO" are shown in the display parts 31 and 32, and the retrieved telephone number is shown in the display parts 33 and 34, all as a result of searching by the inputting of the subscriber data shown in FIG. 4.
Now will be described the operation of the present invention with reference to FIGS. 1 through 5.
When inputting to the data base is requested with the input request key 36, the data base input control apparatus 2 urges through the display parts 31 and 32 the calling party to enter the aforementioned personal name, occupation and city name.
The apparatus 2 transforms the speech signals in response to this urge entered through the microphone 42 into data with the speech recognition apparatus 5, and the data are shown in the display parts 31 and 32 of the display apparatus 4 as illustrated in FIG. 3. Since there are four items to be displayed, including the family and given names, occupation and city name, control is so carried out that, for instance, they are displayed on a time division basis, the family and given names in the first half of the time, and the occupation and city name, in the second half. Then the calling party is urged through the display parts 33 and 34 to enter the telephone number with the telephone keys 35. The telephone number entered in response to this urge is received by the key signal acceptor 1, and shown in the display parts 33 and 34 (FIG. 3). These received data are stored in the configuration illustrated in FIG. 2 into the data base 3.
Then, as searching of the data base is requested with the search request key 37, the search parameter acceptor 6 urges through the display parts 31 through 34 of the display apparatus 4 the calling party to enter the family and given names, occupation and city name in speech signals. The acceptor 6 transforms the speech signals in response to this urge entered through the microphone 42 into data with the speech recognition apparatus 5, and the data are shown in the display parts 31 through 34 (FIG. 4). At the same time, the data base 3 is searched according to the input data. In this example, the searching is accomplished using family name "SATO", occupation "KAISHAIN" and city name "TOKYO" as keys. The retrieved data are stored into the work data store 7, and the family and given names and the telephone number, first searched for in the searching procedure, are shown in the display parts 31 through 34 as illustrated in FIG. 5.
Next, when scrolling of a record in the data base is requested with the scroll request key 38, the scroll control apparatus 8 scrolls the data in the work data store 7 sequentially from the beginning, and the family and given names and the telephone number, which are the result of scrolling, are shown in the display parts 31 through 34 (FIG. 5).
Then, as call initiation according to this displayed telephone number is requested with the call request key 39, the call request acceptor 9 actuates the connection means 10 with the telephone number represented by the data just scrolled by the scroll control apparatus 8. The connection means 10, according to the telephone number given to it, initiates a call on the telephone network in the conventional protocol.
As hitherto described, the call initiation technique according to the present invention for mobile communication terminals is suitable for controlling telephone call initiation from mobile communication terminals drastically reduced in size because it has means for structuring a data base of subscriber numbers and entering data searching parameters both with speech signals, data scrolling means for scrolling retrieved data, and means for initiating a telephone call on the basis of scrolled data.
Although the invention has been described with reference to a specific embodiment, this description is not meant to be construed in a limiting sense. Various modifications of the disclosed embodiment, as well as other embodiments of the invention, will become apparent to persons skilled in the art upon reference to the description of the invention. It is therefore contemplated that the appended claim will cover any such modifications or embodiments as fall within the true scope of the invention.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Kritter Yes, buy this!! This little guy is so creepy! I move him around to different spots and totally re-scare everyone. Looks so real, you will love him! September 9, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by ComparisonShopper I'm going to use this OFF season too! I think I am going to use this guy to peek into the windows of my little cabin in the middle of the woods when I have company! People expect to be scared on Halloween... But never expect it off season when vacationing on the weekend in the woods! September 9, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Rozz creepy little man Love this peeper, when I hung it in the window looking out, friends and family were taking back at first. It's a great piece for Halloween or anytime. Looks like someone is looking out or in. Love it September 10, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by halloweenqueen2013 love it This looks even better than it does in the catalog. VERY effective hanging in a window. September 10, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by 1LouisvilleLady Peeping Tom I've purchased numerous items from Grandinroad and have always been very happy. This purchase was no different, although I did feel the piece is a bit overpriced (but that tends to be a little bit typical for Grandinroad#. The quality and size of this item are good, and it is realistic and life-like. I think, however, that the #only) suction cup provided for hanging is too small to hold the weight of this piece but we'll see. Nifty and unique, like most Grandinroad items. September 12, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by DBean Very creepy!!!! I love the Scary Peeper!!!! Soooooo creepy! And so realistic my friend said I should warn the neighbors before I put it up. Nahhhh! I don't think I'll tell anyone and see what happens. (Bwah ha ha ha!) ;) September 14, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by SLEEPYSWINGER great buy Love the Peeper. Just the right amount of creepy. Using it in different places around house September 16, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Cwish Best Halloween Decoration Ever! If I don't buy another Halloween decoration this one more than makes up for anything else I could buy. This decoration is very lifelike...I move it to different windows every few days and it always startles my family or guests when they notice the face in the window. If unusual decorations are your thing then I would strongly suggest this purchase! I may leave it up all year round! September 16, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Kcatsnpa Already ordered another one...'nuf said! This is the scariest and most realistic thing I've ever ordered. Great for Halloween, but I've started using it to scare people already. I see lots of fun for years with this peeper! September 18, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by ldandrea lifelike scary peeper. This is one of my favorite purchases from Grandinroad.I have him suctioned to the glass of our fireplace and it looks like a stranger is breaking in and staring at us.He is so lifelike and looks exactly as descibed in the catalog.This face will be creeping people for many years to come.Thanks for making my house look so good at Halloween time! September 19, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by kdub10 Super Creepy! The scary peeper is awesome! It is so creepy that I can't even look at it at times without freaking myself out. All my friends love it and want one of their own. I would highly recommend this to anyone! September 20, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Marylee Scary Peeper Cannot wait to use him!!..He is so creepy!! One of my favorite purchases!! September 21, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by peterpan Freaky! the picture in the catalog does not do it justice. It is so life like and really freaky in the window. September 23, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by loves2decorate Glad I Bought It Looks so real!! I have it on my front porch looking thru my dining room window. I had trouble at first with the suction cup not wanting to stay stuck to the window. But after I moistened it first then stuck it to the window, it has stayed put. September 25, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by horsestammy Scary Peeper I had my doubts when my daughter begged me to order the Scary Peeper! So, as usual, I gave in.... arrival time was within a few day and when I opened the box, I could not believe my eyes. Very creepy! I put it in the window without telling her and it worked. Oh boy did she jump. We even scared Grandma, I wish I could share the video my daughter took of Grandma getting scared! September 25, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Greenlady Brilliant!! The Lifelike Scary Peeper is now my Favorite prop for Halloween. I immediately put him in the kitchen bay window, scared the heck out of my husband & daughter! He is so realistic & creepy. Can't wait for my Halloween party guests to be freaked out! LOL A must have for all Halloween enthusiasts. September 26, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by redburdie Halloween Peeper This product is awesome - so real. Highly recommend September 30, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by KatCCC Heart Stopping If you don't know what this is it will give you a shock for sure! I'm thinking of leaving it up year round. It is pretty fun. October 11, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by missjoyce love it!! Love, Love, Love the scary peeper!! Put it in my front window and it really looks like someone is watching out. Makes me smile every time. Going to order another one now October 12, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by zrrific Perfect Prank! This item is exactly as described. Definitely lifelike and it has gotten everyone that has come to our home. Simply hilarious and creepy! October 25, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by sanz Peeping Tom It's really lifelike. I hang it inside looking out instead of hanging it outside. I would recommend buying it. October 25, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Twins96 Scary Peeper I have this hanging in my front window with a spotlight on it. My neighbors want me to take it down because it is creeping them out. LOVE IT! October 27, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by cynpruski very life-like I absolutely love the scary peeper! I actually put him looking out my front door! Can see him very clearly from the street. I think it keeps unwanted visitors away! October 27, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by lizthend Lifelike Scary Peeper is a Hit! This is a very scary prop. We have him peeping out the front window next to our front door. The UPS man said it scared the heck out of him! It even scares us sometimes and we know it's there! Very realistic and works well. I also used it in our Trunk or Treat car and it was a very frightening addition. October 27, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by dramamama Peeping Fun! I am having so much FUN with this guy! REally makes you jump! Very sturdy, great lifelike eyes! October 27, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by chatnoir Worth every cent. Love this creepy peeper guy, I have him looking out from my front door, pizza guys, mail persons, and paper person have all commented on being startled by him. Next year when I have a Halloween party he will be a hit ! October 28, 2013
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Will it still scare people walking by thinking someone is watching them as they pass. Or is it just a bad idea and not worth it?
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Answer:Thank you for your interest in Grandin Road. In reference to your question, you are more than welcome to hang the item inside or outside your window for scare tactic.
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Answer:A few people have said in their reviews that they've done that and startled delivery people and guests. I imagine it would work just fine, plus the prop
wouldn't be subjected to bad weather indoors.
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Answer:The suction cup will allow you to place the Life-like Scary Peeper on either the inside or outside of your window.
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Answer:The Life-like Scary Peeper features a drawstring hoodie. The strings can be tied extremely tightly or more loosely, which affects how close together the hands are.
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I don't see the suction cup in the photos. How exactly does the head hang from it? Is it positioned above the head?
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Answer:Thank you for your interest in the Life-like Scary Peeper. There is a string that goes up from the top of the hood that attached to the suction cup several inches above the item.
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