JPH0135537B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a simple switching telephone device, and particularly to an improvement in a line display method for displaying the usage status of a telephone line.

(b) Prior Art and Problems Figure 1 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional line display system in this type of simple switching telephone equipment, and Figure 2 is a diagram showing an example of the operating section of the telephone set in Figure 1. be. In FIGS. 1 and 2, the simple exchange telephone device accommodates a plurality of telephones KT and n central office lines CL1 to CLn. Note that the first
In the figure, only one telephone KT is shown,
Others are omitted. Each telephone KT is provided with office line buttons K1 to Kn and office line lamps L1 to Ln corresponding to each office line CL1 to CLn. The main device SW accommodates each station line CL1 to
The usage status of CLn is monitored and a status display signal of each office line CL1 to CLn is transmitted to each telephone KT via the signal line S1. In the KT phone, the processor
The MPU transmits the station line status display signal arriving at the signal receiving unit R to the lamp control unit LC, and controls the ignition status of the corresponding station line lamps L1 to Ln.
For example, if the device is idle, it will turn off, if it is on a call, it will turn on, and if it is receiving a call, it will blink, etc., depending on the usage state. The user of the telephone KT refers to the display status of each station line lamp L1 to Ln, and when making a call, press the station line button (for example, K1) that corresponds to the station line lamp (for example, L1) that is out. In addition, when responding to a station line that is receiving an incoming call (for example, CL2), the station line button (for example, K2) corresponding to the blinking station line lamp (for example, L2) is operated. The processor MPU is
The station line buttons K1 to Kn are controlled by the button control unit KCT.
The operating state of the controller is monitored and an operating state signal is sent to the signal line S2 via the signal transmitter S. The main device SW monitors the operation status signal arriving from the signal line S2, and when it detects that the station line buttons K1 to Kn are in the operation status, the corresponding station line CL1 to
Connect CLn to telephone line TL leading to telephone KT.

As is clear from the above explanation, in the conventional line display system, the telephone KT has the corresponding line CL.
Office line buttons K1 to Kn and office line lamps L1 to Ln were provided corresponding to numbers 1 to CLn, respectively. Therefore, as the number of accommodated station lines increases, the number of station line buttons and station line lamps must also increase proportionately, which has the disadvantage of impairing economic efficiency and operability.

(c) Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional line display system as described above, and to eliminate the disadvantages of the above-mentioned conventional line display system, so that even when the number of accommodated telephone lines increases, the economic efficiency and operability of the simple telephone exchange device are not impaired. It lies in realizing the means to do so.

(d) Structure of the Invention The object is to provide a display unit having a display area corresponding to a predetermined number of lines in a telephone connected to a simple switching telephone device that is connected to a plurality of lines and used by switching between the plurality of lines. , a designation button corresponding to the predetermined number of lines displayed in the display area of the display, a next page button for updating the display area of the display section, and use of the line received from the simple telephone exchange device. A control unit is provided that controls the display of the display unit based on status information and signals from the designated button and the next page button, and when displaying the usage status of the plurality of lines on the display unit, the designated button and the next page button are used. In combination with the next page button, this is achieved by dividing and displaying the lines in use by a predetermined number of lines.

(e) Embodiment of the invention An embodiment of the invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a line display system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the operating section of the telephone set in FIG. 3. Note that the same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures. In FIGS. 3 and 4, each telephone KT' is provided with office line lamps L1 to Ln and office line buttons K1 to Kn corresponding to the office lines CL1 to CLn as in FIGS. 1 and 2. Instead, there is a display section DPY that has four display areas DA to DD, station line buttons KA to KD that specify each display area DA to DD, and a next page button that updates the display screen of the display section DPY. KE is provided. If the telephone KT′ is idle,
The display unit DPY does not display any information regarding the central office lines CL1 to CLn. When the user of the telephone KT' makes a call, the main device SW' first sends a status display signal of the office lines CL1 to CL4 to the signal line S1 to the telephone KT' which has detected the call. In the telephone KT', the processor MPU transmits the station line status display signal arriving at the signal receiving section R to the display control section.
A message is transmitted to the DCT and displayed in the display areas DA to DD to display the usage status of the station lines CL1 to CL4. If all of the station lines CL1 to CL4 are currently busy, a message indicating the busy status of the station lines is displayed in each of the display areas DA to DD. When the user refers to the message and operates the next page button KE, the processor MPU monitors the operation state of the next page button KE by the button control unit KCT', and transmits the operation status signal via the signal transmission unit S to the signal line S2. Send to. The main device SW' monitors the operation status signal arriving from the signal line S2, and when it detects that the next page button KE has been operated, the station line
The status display signals of CL5 to CL8 are sent to the signal line S1. In the telephone KT′, the processor
The MPU transmits the station line status display signal arriving at the signal receiving unit R to the display control unit DCT in the same manner as described above, and displays messages indicating the usage status of the station lines CL5 to CL8 in the display areas DA to DD.
When the user learns that a message indicating that the station line is vacant is displayed in the display area DA and operates the designated button KA corresponding to the display area DA, the processor MPU activates the button control unit.
KCT′ monitors the operation status of the designated button KA,
The operation status signal is transmitted via the signal transmission section S to the signal line S2.
Send to. In the main device SW', the signal line S2
monitors the operational status signals arriving from the designated button
When it is detected that KA has been operated, the central office line CL5 is connected to the telephone line TL leading to the corresponding telephone KT'.

As is clear from the above description, according to the present embodiment, when the main device SW' detects that the telephone KT' is in a calling state, it displays the usage status of the office lines CL1 to CL4 on the display of the telephone KT'. When the user operates the next page button KE, the usage status of the office lines CL5 to CL8 is further displayed, and when the operation of the designated button KA is detected, the usage status of the office line CL5 and the telephone KT' are displayed. Connect with.

Note that FIGS. 3 and 4 are only one embodiment of the present invention, and the usage status of the central office line CL1, etc., is not limited to that displayed when the telephone KT' makes a call. , when the telephone KT' responds to a central office line CL1, etc. that is receiving a call, or when it responds to a central office line CL1, etc. that has been transferred from another telephone KT', and furthermore, when the user Although many other modifications may be considered, such as when a predetermined operation is performed to request the display of . Furthermore, the next page button KE is not limited to being operated once; as long as the next page button KE is operated repeatedly, it is possible to display the usage status of any number of station lines one after another for four lines. However, even in such a case, the effects of the present invention do not change.
Furthermore, the display unit DPY is not limited to having four display areas DA to DD,
It is also possible to provide an arbitrary number of display areas, but the effects of the present invention do not change even in such a case. Furthermore, the means for specifying the station line displayed in the display areas DA to DD is not limited to using the specification buttons KA to KD; for example, the means for specifying the station line displayed in the display areas DA to DD is not limited to using the specification buttons KA to KD. Although many other modifications may be considered, such as specifying DD, the effects of the present invention remain the same in any case. Telephones further covered by the present invention
It goes without saying that the configuration of KT' is not limited to that illustrated, and the telephone line accommodated is not limited to a central office line.

(f) Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, even when the number of accommodated telephone lines increases in the simple switching telephone device, the number of telephone lines whose usage status is displayed on the telephone does not increase, and the number of telephone lines displayed on the telephone does not increase. The telephone lines to be displayed can be sequentially updated by the operation of , and if the user needs to specify a telephone line, or if the user requests to display the usage status of the telephone line, etc. The usage status of the accommodated telephone line is displayed at the required time, and the economic efficiency and operability of the simple telephone exchange device are greatly improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional line display method in this type of simple switching telephone equipment;
Figure 3 showing an example of the operation unit of the telephone in the figure.
4 is a diagram showing a line display system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the operating section of the telephone set in FIG. 3. In the figure, CL1 to CLn are central lines, DA to CLn are
DD is the display area, DCT is the display control unit,
DPY is the display part, K1 to Kn are central line buttons, KA to KD are designated buttons, KCT and
KCT' is a button control unit, KE is a next page button, KT and KT' are telephones, L1 to Ln are office line lamps,
LC is a lamp control section, MPU is a processor, R is a signal receiving section, S is a signal transmitting section, S1 and S2 are signal lines, SW and SW' are the main device, TEL is a telephone circuit, and TL is a communication line.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a telephone connected to a simple switching telephone device to which a plurality of lines are connected and the plurality of lines are switched and used, a display unit DPY having a display area corresponding to a predetermined number of lines; designation buttons KA to KD corresponding to the predetermined number of lines displayed in the display area of the display; a next page button KE for updating the display area of the display unit DPY; and receiving from the simple exchange telephone device. A control unit MPU is provided that controls the display of the display unit DPY based on line usage status information and signals from the designation buttons KA to KD and the next page button KE, and the display unit controls the usage status of the plurality of lines.
A line display method characterized in that when displaying in DPY, the display of lines in use is divided and displayed for each predetermined number of lines by a combination of the designation buttons KA to KD and the next page button KE.