JP2006067023A - Call handling control apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a call handling control apparatus capable of informing an AV apparatus about the arrival of a phone call and muting sound at the arrival of the phone call to a general telephone set connected to a telephone line and stopping the AV apparatus during a phone speech. <P>SOLUTION: An incoming call detection means 41 detects a signal arrived in a telephone set 2 at the arrival of the phone call, and a sound mute processing means 42 applies sound mute processing to an audio processing circuit 6 of the AV apparatus 8 in this case. Further, when the detection means 41 detects the arrived signal, a superimpose processing means 43 superimposingly displays a message informing of the arrival of the phone call on a display section 71 of the AV apparatus 8. When a user lifts up the handset of the telephone set 2, the telephone set 2 reaches an off-hook state, and a play pause processing means 45 of the AV apparatus 8 carries out play pause processing when an off-hook detection means 44 detects the off-hook state and a play key is not depressed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

The present invention relates to a telephone compatible control apparatus which is connected to a telephone line and detects the state of the telephone and controls audio signals and video signals of AV equipment.

In general homes, for example, AV equipment such as a television receiver and a DVD player is placed in the living room, and even if a call is received while in the living room, the telephone can be answered immediately. Many telephones are also placed in the living room.
JP 2000-278628 A Japanese Utility Model Publication 2-137178 JP 2002-27142 A JP 2002-158942 A

By the way, if you receive a phone call while watching a TV broadcast or playing a DVD player, if the television receiver or DVD player is left as it is, the audio of the TV broadcast or the playback audio will make a call. For many people, it is often a hindrance to the phone and it has been difficult to answer calls.

For example, if the telephone is placed in the same room as the television receiver or DVD player, or if the other party's telephone voice is low, the sound from the television receiver or DVD player , The other party's speaking voice cannot be heard, and as a result, the other party may be inconvenienced or an important request may be mistakenly heard. In addition, when a DVD player or the like is in a playback operation, even if a phone call comes in and you are talking to the other party of the phone, the playback operation of the DVD player or the like is performed as long as it is not stopped by the remote control. The playback part of the telephone is in a state where the image is just flowing. Normally, when a viewer makes a call, there is often no room for taking a call after stopping the DVD player and the like, so the DVD player and the like continue the reproducing operation.

In addition, as is conventionally known, A with a modular port (jack) for telephones.
Although there is a V device, this AV device is connected to a telephone line via a modular port, and a telephone function is added as a service. However, since the above-described processing cannot be performed on the existing telephone set, the usability is poor.

The prior art of Patent Document 1 reduces the volume of the sound of a television receiver when an incoming call is detected, and also stops playback images from a DVD player or the like when an incoming call is detected. It is not what I did. The conventional technique of Patent Document 2 includes a telephone function in a television, and cannot perform processing for a telephone provided individually. The prior art of Patent Document 3 controls an electrical appliance when a fixed telephone or a mobile phone receives an incoming call, and is different in configuration from the telephone-compatible control device referred to in this case. The prior art of Patent Document 4 can automatically register a ringtone for a telephone, and when a call is made after the ringtone is registered, the voice output of the main body is erased or reduced. When an incoming call is detected, a playback image by a DVD player or the like is not stopped.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. When an incoming call is received by a general telephone connected to a telephone line, the AV apparatus is notified of the incoming call and a sound is also output. An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone-compatible control device that can be muted and can stop an AV device during a telephone call.

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is an incoming call detecting means for detecting an incoming call signal of a telephone, and a voice for performing an audio mute process on the AV equipment when the incoming call detecting means detects the incoming call signal. A mute processing means; a superimpose processing means for displaying a message on the display unit of the AV device in superimposition when a call signal is detected by the incoming call detection means; and the telephone is off-hook. Off-hook detection means for determining whether or not the device is in a state, and play pause processing means for detecting the off-hook state by the off-hook detection means and performing play pause processing on the AV device when the play key is not pressed A telephone-compatible control device is provided.

In this configuration, when a call is received, the incoming signal of the telephone is detected by the incoming call detection means, and at this time, the audio mute processing is performed on the AV device by the audio mute processing means. When an incoming signal is detected, a message notifying that a call is being received is displayed on the display unit of the AV device in a superimpose manner by the superimpose processing means. When the telephone is picked up, the telephone enters an off-hook state. When this off-hook state is detected by the off-hook detection means and the play key is not pressed, the AV device is subjected to play pause processing by the play pause processing means.

According to this configuration, when there is an incoming call to a telephone generally connected to a telephone line, A
An incoming call can be notified to the V device as a message, the audio of the AV device can be muted, and the AV device can be stopped during a call. Therefore, even when a movie or the like is being viewed at a high volume by an AV device, the incoming call can be confirmed by the display on the display unit, and the sound can be muted, making it easier to listen to the phone, and subsequent operations It can be easily operated with the remote control. Further, since the AV device is stopped during the call, the continuation can be viewed after the call is finished, which improves the usability for the user.

The invention of claim 2 performs audio mute processing on the AV device when an incoming signal of the telephone is detected, and displays a message notifying that a call is being made on the display unit of the AV device in superimposition, Provided is a telephone-compatible control device including a telephone processing unit that performs a play pause process on an AV device when the telephone enters an off-hook state.

In this configuration, when a call is received, the incoming signal of the telephone is detected.
Audio mute processing is performed on the V device. When an incoming signal is detected, a message notifying that a call is being received is displayed on the display unit of the AV device in a superimposed manner. Then, when the telephone is picked up, the AV device is subjected to a play pause process when the telephone is in an off-hook state and the play key is not pressed.

According to this configuration, when there is an incoming call to a telephone generally connected to a telephone line, A
An incoming call can be notified to the V device as a message, the audio of the AV device can be muted, and the AV device can be stopped during a call. Therefore, even when a movie or the like is being viewed at a high volume by an AV device, the incoming call can be confirmed by the display on the display unit, and the sound can be muted, making it easier to listen to the phone, and subsequent operations It can be easily operated with the remote control. Further, since the AV device is stopped during the call, the continuation can be viewed after the call is finished, which improves the usability for the user.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the telephone processing unit detects an incoming signal of the telephone, and an audio mute process for the AV device when the incoming signal is detected by the incoming detection unit. Audio mute processing means for performing an incoming call, superimposing processing means for displaying a message on the display unit of the AV device when the incoming signal is detected by the incoming call detection means in a superimposing manner, and the telephone set off-hook Off-hook detection means for determining whether or not the device is in a state, and play pause processing means for detecting that the off-hook state is detected by the off-hook detection means and performing play pause processing on the AV device when the play key is not pressed. So that when a general telephone connected to the telephone line receives an incoming call, It is possible to notify incoming as messages, it is possible to mute the audio of the AV devices, the telephone in the can stop the AV equipment.

As described above, according to the present invention, an incoming call detection unit that detects an incoming signal of a telephone, an audio mute processing unit that performs an audio mute process on the AV device when an incoming signal is detected by the incoming call detection unit, Superimpose processing means for displaying on the display unit of the AV device a message indicating that a call is received when an incoming signal is detected by the incoming call detection means, and whether or not the telephone is in an off-hook state Off-hook detecting means for determining whether or not the off-hook state is detected by the off-hook detecting means, and play pause processing means for performing play pause processing on the AV device when the play key is not pressed. When a general telephone connected to the telephone line receives an incoming call, It is possible to notify incoming as messages, A
The audio of the V device can be muted, and the AV device can be stopped during a call. Therefore, even when a movie or the like is being viewed at a high volume by an AV device, the incoming call can be confirmed by the display on the display unit, and the sound can be muted, making it easier to listen to the phone, and subsequent operations It can be easily operated with the remote control. Also,
Since the AV device is stopped during the call, the continuation can be viewed after the call is finished, which improves the usability for the user.

In addition, according to the present invention, when an incoming signal of a telephone is detected, audio mute processing is performed on the AV device, and a message notifying that a call is being received is displayed on the display unit of the AV device in superimposition. Since the telephone processing unit for performing the play pause process on the AV device when the telephone enters an off-hook state, when a general telephone connected to the telephone line receives an incoming call, a message is sent to the AV apparatus. The incoming call can be notified, the audio of the AV device can be muted, and the AV device can be stopped during the call. Therefore, even when a movie or the like is being viewed at a high volume by an AV device, the incoming call can be confirmed by the display on the display unit, and the sound can be muted, making it easier to listen to the phone, and subsequent operations It can be easily operated with the remote control. Further, since the AV device is stopped during the call, the continuation can be viewed after the call is finished, which improves the usability for the user.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an AV device including a telephone-compatible control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The AV device 8 generally includes a telephone compatible control device 3, a video processing circuit 5, an audio processing circuit 6, and a TV monitor 7. The telephone-compatible control device 3 has a modular port (jack) (not shown) and is connected to a telephone line 1 to which the telephone 2 is connected.
Here, although the AV device 8 including the TV monitor 7 is shown, the AV device 8 is a TV.
A configuration not including the monitor 7 may also be adopted.

The telephone correspondence control device 3 has a telephone processing unit 4, and the telephone processing unit 4 detects an incoming signal of the telephone 2 and an audio processing circuit when the incoming signal is detected by the incoming detection unit 41. 6 is displayed on the display unit 71 of the TV monitor 7 in a superimposing manner. Superimpose processing means 43 to be activated, off-hook detection means 44 for determining whether or not the telephone 2 is in an off-hook state, and the off-hook detection means 44 detects the off-hook state and the play key is pressed. Play pause processing means 45 for performing play pause processing on the AV equipment 8 when not in use.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the telephone correspondence control device 3 in this embodiment. The operation of the telephone compatible control device 3 will be described with reference to this flowchart.

When the telephone 2 connected to the telephone line 1 has a ring tone (step S1), the ringing tone signal (hereinafter referred to as an incoming signal) is input to the telephone corresponding control device 3 via the telephone line 1. The incoming call detection means 41 of the telephone processing unit 4 detects the incoming call signal. When the incoming signal is detected, audio mute processing is performed on the audio processing circuit 6 by the audio mute processing means 42 (step S2), and a message notifying that a call is being received is superimposed. The image is displayed on the display unit 71 of the TV monitor 7 by the pause processing means 43 (step S3).

When the telephone 2 has a ring tone and the user picks up the handset 21 of the telephone 2 and answers the telephone, the off-hook state is detected by the off-hook detection means 44 (step S4). When the off-hook state is detected, it is determined whether or not the play key pressing process has been performed (step S5). If the play key pressing process has not been performed, the play pause processing means 45 performs the play pause process (step S5). S6). As a result of the play pause process, the reproduced sound is stopped and the reproduced image is paused and displayed as a still image on the display unit 71 of the TV monitor 7.

That is, the play pause processing means 45 performs processing on the audio processing circuit 6 so that the audio processing circuit 6 does not output an audio signal, and the video processing circuit 5 outputs video so that the video processing circuit 5 outputs a still image video signal. Processing is performed on the processing circuit 5. By such play pause processing, the playback sound output from the speaker (not shown) of the TV monitor 7 is stopped, and the playback image displayed on the display unit 71 of the TV monitor 7 is displayed as a still image. become.

When the telephone is finished and the handset 21 is placed on the telephone 2, it goes from the off-hook state to the on-hook state, and when the play pause process is canceled by the user's key operation, the state is changed from the still image state to the normal reproduction image. .

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the telephone set 2 has a ring tone, the user can hear the ring tone reliably by muting the sound output from the TV monitor 7. And no longer misses the phone. Even when the other party's telephone voice is low, the other party's speaking voice can be heard. In addition, when the telephone 2 has a ring tone, a message notifying that a call is being received is displayed on the display unit 71 of the TV monitor 7 in a superimpose so that the user can see the display unit 71. You can notice that you are receiving a call. Furthermore, when the AV device 8 is in a playback mode such as a DVD player, the play pause process is performed when a call is received and a call is received, so that the playback image does not flow during the call, and the call ends. After that, the reproduced image can be viewed from the continuation, which is convenient for the user.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of AV equipment containing the telephone corresponding | compatible control apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the telephone corresponding | compatible control apparatus in the said embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone line 2 Telephone 3 Telephone corresponding control apparatus 4 Telephone processing part 8 AV apparatus 41 Incoming call detection means 42 Voice mute processing means 43 Superimpose processing means 44 Off-hook detection means 45 Play pause processing means 71 Display part

Claims (3)

A telephone-compatible control device that detects a state of a telephone connected to a telephone line and controls audio signals and video signals of AV equipment, and detects incoming signals from the telephone, and an incoming call by the incoming detection means Audio mute processing means for performing audio mute processing on the AV device when a signal is detected, and a message notifying that a call is being received when the incoming signal is detected by the incoming call detection means in a superimpose manner Superimpose processing means to be displayed on the display unit, off-hook detection means for determining whether or not the telephone is in an off-hook state, and the off-hook detection means detects that the telephone is in the off-hook state and the play key is A play pause processing hand for performing play pause processing on the AV device when not pressed. Telephone response control device characterized by comprising and. A telephone-compatible control device that controls the audio signal and video signal of an AV device by detecting a state of a telephone connected to a telephone line, and the AV when the incoming signal of the telephone is detected
A voice mute process is performed on the device, and a message notifying that a call is being received is displayed on the display unit of the AV device in a superimpose. A telephone-compatible control device comprising a telephone processing unit for performing processing. The telephone processing unit includes an incoming call detection unit that detects an incoming signal of the telephone, an audio mute processing unit that performs an audio mute process on the AV device when an incoming signal is detected by the incoming call detection unit, and the incoming call detection unit A superimpose processing means for displaying a message on the display unit of the AV device by superimposing a message informing that a call is received when an incoming signal is detected by the means, and determining whether or not the telephone is in an off-hook state And an off-hook detection means for detecting the off-hook state by the off-hook detection means, and a play pause processing means for playing the AV device when the play key is not pressed. The telephone-compatible control device according to claim 2.

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