PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve convenience, and to impart an added value to a telephone.SOLUTION: The fixed telephone or the portable telephone with a liquid crystal screen is incorporated with an infrared sensor 107 at its receiving part 112, and detects an infrared rays emitted from an eardrum 3 and its periphery by making the receiving part 112 closely contact with an ear 2 of a user 1 similarly as telephone conversation, and measures a temperature of the user. The measured temperature is displayed on the liquid crystal screen of a body of the telephone, can be confirmed visually and by a voice, and is made to communicate with an outside organization according its state.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】利便性を向上させる。電話機に付加価値を付ける。【解決手段】液晶画面付きの固定電話機、または、携帯電話機において、その受話部112に赤外線センサ107を内蔵し、通話時と同様に受話部112を利用者1の耳2に密着させることにより、鼓膜3及びその周辺から発する赤外線を検出し、体温を計測する。計測された体温は、電話機本体の液晶画面に表示し、目視、及び音声にて確認可能とし、状態によって外部組織などに連絡を行う。【選択図】 図2