JPH0556190A - Television system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain informing display through the use of TV screen as the informing method of incoming telephone and to control the ringing of a telephone set in accordance with the on/off state of a TV set a the same time. CONSTITUTION:The telephone set 12 and the TV set 14 are connected with a signal conductor 11, an incoming information processing part 16 address a signal to an incoming information display processing part 17 at the time of incoming telephone and the TV set 14 displays incoming information on the screen of the TV set 14 at the time of receiving the signal. When the TV set 14 is in an ON state, a TV starting state information processing part 22 transmits a signal to a ringing control processing part 21. which halt the ringing of the telephone set 12. The incoming information display on the screen of the TV set 14 is released when telephone incoming is halted or ON-hooked, and the telephone set 12 rings when the TV set 14 is in an OFF state.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mutually controllable system including a telephone and a television as constituent elements.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional technique will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a telephone network at home, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of television reception.

Conventionally, telephones and televisions have no relation to each other, and have independently performed their functions. That is, in the home telephone network configured as shown in FIG. 7, in the case of an incoming call, an incoming signal is transmitted via the network-minator (hereinafter referred to as NT) 19 connected to the external public network 18. It is transmitted, and the telephone 12 receives it and recognizes the incoming call,
Furthermore, it is configured to notify an incoming call by ringing sound. Also, the operation unit for turning on / off the ringing sound is the telephone 12
It is provided in the main body.

Similarly, as shown in FIG. 8, in television reception, the broadcast wave reaches the television 14 through the VHF antenna 81 and the coaxial line 82 arranged in the home. In this way, neither the telephone 12 nor the television 14 had their mutual relations, and each exhibited their respective functions independently.

As described above, when the telephone and the TV function independently, when "there is an incoming call while watching TV", (1) the balance with the volume of the TV being watched and the installation location Due to problems or the like, the ringing tone of the telephone cannot be heard or is difficult to hear, so it is not possible to know the incoming call surely. When is set to "OFF", there is no way to know the incoming call other than the ring tone, so it becomes impossible to know the incoming call while watching TV. (3) The ring tone is set to "OFF" while watching TV. However, there is a problem that it is troublesome to set each time, such as setting to "ON" when not watching.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is based on the above-mentioned prior art, and has the following problems, namely, (1) notification of incoming call information at the time of incoming call using a television screen, (2) television. Make it possible to recognize an incoming call without being disturbed by the ringing tone of the phone while watching it. (3) Make it possible to automatically change the ringing tone of the phone according to the start-up state of the TV. The purpose is to resolve.

[0007]

According to the present invention, a telephone and a television are connected to each other by using a signal line so that they can be mutually controlled, and a telephone control processor having an incoming call notification processor is provided between the telephone and the television. A television control processing unit having an incoming call notification display processing unit is provided. In addition, a telephone and a television are connected to each other by using a signal line so that they can be mutually controlled, and a telephone control processing portion having a ringing control processing portion and a television control processing having a television activation state notification processing portion are provided between the telephone and the television. It is characterized in that a part is provided. Furthermore, a telephone and a television are connected using a signal line, and a telephone control processing unit having the incoming call notification processing unit and the ringing control processing unit, the incoming call notification display processing unit, and the TV control processing unit having the TV activation state notification processing unit are provided. It is characterized by being installed between the telephone and the TV.
Further, a first interface unit having a call control processing section and a ring control processing section, a television activation status notification processing section, a monitor message processing section, and a call notification display processing section are provided between the control signal transmission path and the television. Two interface units are provided.

[0008]

With the above means, it is possible to notify the incoming call using the TV screen. Further, it becomes possible to notify the incoming call of the telephone without using the ringing sound. Furthermore, when the TV is on, it is possible to notify the incoming call without ringing sound.

[0009]

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a system including a telephone control processing unit and a television control processing unit which performs incoming call display control according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 performs ringing control of a telephone according to the present invention,
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a system including a telephone control processing unit and a television control processing unit, and FIG. 3 is a configuration example of a system including a telephone control processing unit and a television control processing unit for performing incoming call display control and ringing control of a telephone. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a system including a telephone control processing unit and a television control processing unit to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 5 is a telephone control processing function and a television control process to which the present invention is applied. The figure which shows one structural example of the system which includes the interface unit which possesses function, Figure 6
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of an incoming call display of a telephone.

The following two cases will be described as application examples of the present invention. Case 1 is a telephone 1 as shown in FIG.
2 is directly connected to the television 14 using the signal line 11, Case 2 is a case where the telephone 12 and the television 14 are connected by the HBS 51 as shown in FIG.

<Case 1> An operation example of the first invention will be described with reference to FIG. NT19 connected to external public network 18
When there is an incoming call to the telephone set 12 via the telephone, the incoming call notification processing section 16 in the telephone control processing section 13 detects the incoming call, and the incoming call notification display processing section in the television control processing section 15 via the signal line 11 is detected. Make a call to 17. The incoming call notification display processing unit 17 receives the signal and is activated to display the incoming call notification on the screen of the television 14. FIG. 6 shows an example of an incoming call notification display. The fact that there is an incoming call notification is displayed on the display part 61 located on the screen of the television 14 by the expression "it is a telephone call" or the like. It is assumed that the display is continuously performed while the incoming call notification processing unit 16 detects the incoming call and continues the transmission of the signal and the incoming call notification display processing unit 17 receives the signal. When the incoming call is off-hooked, the incoming call notification processing unit 16 detects the off-hook ringing stoppage of the telephone 12 and stops the outgoing call of the incoming call notification signal. When the incoming call notification display processing unit 17 detects the stop of the outgoing call, it clears the display of the displayed portion 61 of the television 14. When the incoming call from the external public network 18 is stopped, the above-mentioned display clearing process is similarly performed.

With this, when an incoming call notification is received, it is possible to display the incoming call notification on the TV screen, and a new display on the TV screen is added as a means of the incoming call notification, so that the TV and the telephone can be connected. Incoming calls may be difficult to hear due to volume or location issues, or the incoming call recognition rate may increase even if you cannot hear the incoming call.

Next, an operation example of the second invention will be described with reference to FIG. When the television 14 is on, the television 14 sends a signal from the television activation state notification processing unit 22 to the telephone 12. The ringing control processing unit 21 is activated when the signal is received, and controls the ringing sound stop of the telephone 12. TV 1
While 4 is in the ON state, the television activation state notification processing unit 22 continues to emit the signal, and the ringing control processing unit 21 continues to stop ringing sound while receiving the signal. When the television 14 is turned off, the transmission from the television activation state notification processing unit 22 is stopped, and the ringing sound control processing unit 21 releases the ringing sound stop control. As a result, the ringing sound is automatically stopped when the television is in the on state, and the ringing sound stop is released when the television is in the off state, which eliminates the trouble of setting the ringing sound stop / release each time. Here, the ON state means that a video is being broadcast.

A case where the first invention and the second invention are combined will be described with reference to FIG. The configuration is such that the telephone control processing unit 13 has an incoming call notification processing unit 16 and a ringing control processing unit 21.
In addition, the television control processing unit 15 includes the incoming call notification display processing unit 17 and the television activation state notification processing unit 22.

When the television 14 is in the ON state and the telephone 12 receives an incoming call through the NT 19 connected to the external public network 18, the incoming call notification processing section 22 detects the incoming call notification and sends a signal to the television 14. To do. Upon receipt of the signal, the incoming call notification display processing section 17 immediately causes the displayed section 61 on the screen of the television 14 to display the incoming call notification. At this time, since the ringing control processing unit 21 is performing ringing stop control, the incoming call notification is displayed on the screen of the TV 14 without ringing. This allows you to concentrate on watching TV without disturbing the ringing sound, and still be able to know the incoming call, or the ringing sound may be difficult to hear due to problems with the volume of the TV and the phone or the installation location. Even if you do not hear, it is possible to know the incoming call by the display on the TV screen.

When the television 14 is in the off state, no signal is transmitted from the television activation state notification processing section 22, so the ringing control processing section 21 does not perform ringing stop control. Therefore, since the ringing sound stop is automatically released, it is possible to eliminate the troublesomeness of setting the ringing sound stop / stop cancellation each time according to the ON / OFF state of the TV 14.

<Case 2> Referring to FIG. 5, the signal line is HB.
An example of the present invention will be described by taking the case of S51 as an example. The first interface unit 52 is arranged between the HBS 51 and the telephone 12, and the second interface unit (IFU) 54 is arranged between the HBS 51 and the television 14.

When the NT 50 receives an incoming call from the external public network 21, the NT 50 sends a message indicating the incoming call on the HBS 51. The transmission / reception control processing unit 53 in the interface unit 52 receives the electronic message on the HBS 51 and transfers it to the incoming call control processing unit 57. The processing unit 57
When it is recognized that the message is an electronic message indicating an incoming call, the incoming call control is performed on the telephone 12 in accordance with a predetermined incoming call control procedure. Further, the transmission / reception processing unit 53 is the ringing control processing unit 5
8, the ringing control processing unit 58 having a function of instructing the ringing control to keep the ON / OFF state of the television 14.
When the television 14 is turned on, the telephone 12 is controlled to stop ringing, and when the television 14 is turned off, the telephone 12 is controlled to ring. The telegram indicating the on / off state of the television 14 is created by the television activation state notification processing unit 591 in the second interface unit 54 that constantly monitors the state of the television 14, and is passed to the transmission / reception control processing unit 55. , H
The transmission / reception control processing unit 53 is notified via the BS 51 and is passed to the ringing control processing unit 58.

When the television 14 is in the ON state, the telephone 12 is in the ringing stop state by the above processing. In that case, H
The transmission / reception control processing unit 5 transmits the message of the incoming notification on the BS 51.
5, the monitor telegraphic message processing unit 56 activates the incoming call notification display processing unit 59 when the electronic message is a telegram indicating an incoming call notification, and displays the incoming call notification on the screen of the television 14.
A display example of the incoming call notification is as shown in FIG.

When the telephone 12 is off-hook, the incoming call control processor 57 sends an electronic message indicating off-hook to the HBS.
51, the message is passed to the monitor message processor 56 via the transmission / reception control processor 55, and the incoming call notification display processor 59 receives the message from the monitor message processor 56.
Clears the incoming call notification display on the screen of the television 14. If the incoming call from the external public network 21 is stopped, N
At T50, a telegram for notifying the termination of the incoming call is sent on the HBS 51, and the transmission / reception control processing unit 55 receives the telegram, and thereafter, in accordance with the above procedure, clears the display on the TV 14 screen.

As a result, it becomes possible to know the incoming call by displaying the TV screen without being disturbed by the ringing sound while watching TV. In addition, ringing sound ON / OFF can be set automatically according to the on / off state of the TV,
You can save the trouble of setting each time.

The external public network 18 shown in FIG. 5 and the external public network 21 shown in FIG. 1 are the same.

[0023]

As described above, in the present invention, by displaying an incoming call on the TV screen instead of the ringing sound of the telephone, the user can concentrate on watching TV without being disturbed by the ringing sound. Even when the place where the phone is installed and the place where the phone is installed are far from each other and you cannot hear the ringing tone of the phone, you can know the incoming call by displaying the incoming call on the TV screen. Since the ON / OFF setting can be automatically performed, the troublesome operation of the ringing sound setting section of the telephone body each time is eliminated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of main parts of a television system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a main part of a television system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a main part of a television system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a main part of a television system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a television system including an interface unit having telephone control processing and television control processing functions to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an incoming call display on a telephone.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of a telephone network at home.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing an example of a television reception path.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Signal Line 12 Telephone 13 Telephone Control Processing Unit 14 Television 15 Television Control Processing Unit 16 Incoming Call Control Processing Unit 17 Incoming Call Notification Display Processing Unit 18 External Public Network 19 NT 21 Ring Control Processing Unit 22 Startup Status Notification Processing Unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A telephone and a television are connected by a signal line so that information can be mutually transmitted, and the telephone has an incoming call notification processing unit for notifying the incoming call to the television when an incoming call from an external public network is detected. The television set includes an incoming call notification display processing unit that displays the incoming call notification on the TV screen when the incoming call notification is received from the telephone, and the incoming call notification processing unit performs ringing processing on the telephone. When the termination is notified, the television is notified of the termination of the incoming call notification, and the incoming call notification processing unit clears the incoming call notification display on the TV screen when the termination of the incoming call notification from the telephone is received. TV system to do. 2. A television activation status notification process for connecting a telephone and a television by a signal line so that information can be transmitted to each other, and the television informs the telephone that the television is in the midst of video transmission. The telephone is provided with a ringing control processing unit that controls stoppage of ringing sound of the telephone while the television is displaying an image, and the television activation state notification processing unit is provided when the television is displaying an image. A television system characterized in that the telephone is continuously notified that video is being broadcast, and the ringing control processing section continues to stop ringing of the telephone during that time.