JPH06152737A - Incoming call selective control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a fact that call is executed excessively at the time of incoming call by deciding whether a user is sleeping or not by illuminance of the periphery in which a slave telephone equipment is installed. CONSTITUTION:A slave telephone equipment 110 is provided with an illuminance sensor 113 for measuring illuminance in the periphery of the slave machine telephone equipment 110, and a master telephone equipment 100 compares an illuminance value measured by the illuminance sensor 113 in the slave machine telephone equipment 110 and a threshold stored in a threshold store part 102, decides whether a suer in a room in which the slave telephone equipment 110 is set is sleeping or not, and stores its result as call propriety information in a call propriety information store part 106. In the case an incoming call comes to the master telephone equipment 100, the master telephone equipment 100 selects the slave telephone equipment for executing calling at the time of incoming call by the calling propriety information stored in the call propriety information store part 106.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a selection control system for selecting a calling terminal according to the situation of a called party in a communication terminal device such as a parent and child telephone device in a home.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when an incoming call is received by a parent-child telephone device, a call is issued to both the parent-device telephone device and the child-device telephone device to notify that there is an incoming call. . Further, the external communication terminal device is configured to specify a slave telephone device to be called by a signal such as a push button, and to call the specified slave telephone device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a selective incoming call control device in a conventional selective incoming call control system. In FIG. 4, the selective incoming call control device 41 is an automatic incoming call unit for automatically receiving an incoming call and transmitting a preset message to a caller.
42, a sub-number receiving unit 43 that receives a signal such as a push button signal from the caller and analyzes the received signal, and a connection that connects the slave telephone device specified by the signal such as the push button signal It comprises a section 44. The automatic receiving unit 42
An announcement machine 421 is provided for sending a preset message to the sender. Reference numeral 40 denotes a communication line for communicating with an external communication terminal device, and 45 denotes a cordless handset telephone device. Each cordless handset telephone device 45 is assigned a sub number.

The operation of the selective incoming call control system in the selective incoming call control device configured as described above will be described below.

First, when the caller dials the telephone number assigned to the selective call control apparatus 41, a call signal is sent from the telephone station to the selective call control apparatus 41. The automatic incoming call unit 42 in the selective incoming call control device 41 receives the call signal and responds to the call signal, at the same time, operates the announcement machine 421 in the automatic incoming call unit 42, and sets in advance via the communication line 40. A message is sent which prompts the caller to dial the desired sub-device telephone device 45 sub-number. The caller dials the desired sub-number by a push button signal. The dialed sub-number is received by the sub-number receiving unit 43, and the connection unit 44 is notified of the dialed sub-number.
The connection unit 44 connects to the slave telephone device 45 corresponding to the notified sub number, sends a call signal to the slave telephone device 45, and receives a response from the slave telephone device 45, the caller And the path to the slave telephone device 45 designated by the sub number (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-211995).

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional calling method for incoming calls in the parent-child telephone device,
When there is an incoming call, there is a problem that a call is made to the master unit telephone device and the slave unit telephone device at any time. Further, in the conventional selective call reception control method, a slave telephone device that makes a call is selected by a push button signal or the like from an external communication terminal device, and a call is made only to the selected slave telephone device. Similar to the conventional calling method when receiving a call in a parent-child telephone device, there is a problem that the called party makes a call regardless of whether the called party is sleeping or not at any time. It was the calling method.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems by providing an illuminance sensor for measuring the illuminance in the vicinity of the slave telephone device in the slave telephone device, and using the illuminance value measured by this illuminance sensor, the slave device If the user in the room where the telephone device is installed determines whether or not he / she is sleeping, and if it is determined that he / she is sleeping, the child device installed in the room that is determined to be sleeping, even when receiving a call. It is an object of the present invention to provide a selective incoming call control method for making a call according to a user's situation by prohibiting a call to a telephone device.

[0008]

In order to achieve this object, a selective incoming call control system according to the first aspect of the present invention uses a master unit transmitting / receiving unit for transmitting / receiving voice, data, etc. to a master unit telephone device, and a slave unit telephone device. A call acceptance / rejection information storage unit that stores call acceptance / rejection information indicating whether or not a call to a child device is made, and a threshold value used to determine whether to call the handset device according to the illuminance around the handset device. A threshold storage unit and a master unit control unit that controls the master unit telephone device are provided, and the slave unit transceiver unit that transmits and receives voice, data, etc. to the slave unit telephone unit and the illuminance around the slave unit telephone unit is measured. It has an illuminance sensor, a calling unit for notifying an incoming call by a ringing tone, and a slave unit control unit for controlling a slave unit telephone device.The measured illuminance and the threshold value storage unit are stored in the master unit control unit. Called handset telephone device for incoming calls from threshold By providing a means for making a decision and a means for selecting a calling handset telephone device from the callability information stored in the callability information storage unit at the time of incoming call, selection of the handset telephone device to make a call at the time of incoming call It is configured to perform.

The selective incoming call control system in the second invention is
A base unit transmitting / receiving unit that transmits / receives voice, data, etc. to / from the base unit telephone device, a call enable / disable information storage unit that stores call enable / disable information indicating whether or not a call can be made to the slave unit telephone device, and a base unit telephone device It has a master unit control unit that controls the mobile phone unit, sends and receives voice, data, etc. to the slave unit, an illuminance sensor that measures the illuminance around the slave unit, and an incoming call notification by ringing sound. Calling unit, a threshold value storage unit that stores a threshold value used to determine whether to call the slave unit telephone device according to the illuminance around the slave unit telephone device, and a slave unit control that controls the slave unit telephone device. And a means for deciding whether or not to permit the calling of the self-handset telephone device at the time of an incoming call from the illuminance measured by the handset control section and the threshold value stored in the threshold value storage section. It is stored in the call permission information storage unit when a call is received. And that by providing the means for selecting a call handset telephone system from a calling permission information, which is constituted for enable selection of a second telephone apparatus places a call when a call arrives.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the illuminance sensor provided in the slave telephone device having the above-described configuration measures the illuminance of the room in which the slave telephone device is installed, and the master controller of the master telephone device is Based on the measured illuminance value and the threshold value stored in the threshold value storage unit, it is determined whether or not the user in the room in which the cordless handset is installed is sleeping, and the call enable / disable information is stored as call enable / disable information. Store in the department. When there is an incoming call to the master telephone device, the master control unit selects the slave telephone device to be called based on the call permission information stored in the call permission information storage unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the illuminance sensor provided in the slave telephone device having the above-mentioned configuration measures the illuminance of a room in which the slave telephone device is installed, and a slave unit control section in the slave telephone device comprises: Based on the measured illuminance value and the threshold value stored in the threshold value storage unit, it is determined whether or not the user in the room where the handset device is installed is sleeping, and the call control information is sent to the base unit control unit. To send. Upon receiving the call permission / prohibition information, the parent device control unit stores the received call permission / prohibition information in the call permission / prohibition information storage unit. When there is an incoming call to the master telephone device, the master control unit selects the slave telephone device to be called based on the call permission information stored in the call permission information storage unit.

As described above, depending on the illuminance of the room in which the cordless handset telephone device is installed, the parent device control unit or the child device control unit determines whether or not the user in the room is sleeping, and the parent device control unit receives the incoming call. By making the determination of the calling handset telephone device in
It is possible to prevent an incoming call from being made unnecessarily to the slave telephone device installed in the room while sleeping.

[0013]

【Example】

(Embodiment 1) An embodiment of the first invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a parent-child telephone device according to the first invention. In FIG. 1, a master unit telephone device 100 transmits / receives voice, data, etc. to / from an external communication terminal device or a slave unit telephone device via a communication line.
And a threshold value storage unit 102 that stores a threshold value used to determine whether to call the slave telephone device according to the illuminance around the slave telephone device, and if there is an incoming call to the master telephone device 100,
An outgoing message storage unit 104 that stores a message to the caller, an incoming message storage unit 105 that stores a message from the caller, and a call origination information that stores call origination / denial information indicating whether or not a call to the slave telephone device can be made. Availability information storage unit 106
And a base unit control unit 103 for controlling the base unit telephone device 100. The cordless handset telephone device 110 measures the illuminance around the cordless handset telephone device and a cordless handset transceiver unit 111 that transmits and receives voice, data, and the like to and from an external communication terminal device or a cordless handset telephone device via a communication line. An illuminance sensor 113, a mode switching unit 114 for manually switching the calling of the slave telephone device, a calling unit 115 for notifying that there is an incoming call by a ringing tone, and a slave device for controlling the slave telephone device 110. It has a control unit 112. In addition, the cordless handset telephone device,
The master telephone device 100 installed in each room and the slave telephone device installed in each room are connected by a communication line 10 such as a wired or wireless communication.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the call permission / inhibition information storage unit in the first and second inventions. The call permission / prohibition information storage unit is composed of an address indicating a slave telephone device connected to the master telephone device by wire or wirelessly and information indicating permission or prohibition of calling to the slave telephone device.

An embodiment of the first invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3. The handset device controller 112 in the handset device 110 measures the ambient illuminance value by the illuminance sensor 113, and transmits it to the handset device 100 via the handset transceiver unit 111. The base unit control unit 103 compares the illuminance value received from the handset device 110 with the threshold value stored in the threshold value storage unit 102, and the illuminance around the handset device 110 is higher than the threshold value. If it is high, it is determined that the user of the room in which the handset device 110 is installed is currently awake or is in the daytime, and if there is an incoming call, the handset device may be called. , Call availability information storage
The data is stored in 106 as shown in FIG. If the illuminance around the handset device 110 is lower than the threshold value, it is determined that the user in the room in which the handset device 110 is installed is asleep or absent, and even if there is an incoming call, it is called. Assuming that there is no cordless handset telephone device, the call permission / prohibition information storage unit 106 stores it as shown in FIG.

Here, when a call is received from the external communication terminal device to the master telephone device 100 via the public network, the master control unit 103 stores the call origination information stored in the call permission information storage unit 106. If the callable / non-callable telephone device exists, the call permission / inhibition information is searched for, and if there is a callable slave telephone device, it notifies the slave controller of the callable slave telephone device that there is an incoming call via the master transceiver 101. The slave unit controller 112 in the slave phone device 110, which has received the notification of the incoming call from the master phone device 100, calls the calling unit 11
A ring tone is generated from 5 to notify the user of the room that there is an incoming call. If there is no callable cordless handset telephone device, the master unit control unit 103 transmits the message stored in advance in the outgoing message storage unit 104 to the caller via the master unit transmission / reception unit 101. In the outgoing message storage unit 104, “I am currently sleeping.
Please give a message after the dial tone. Message etc. is stored. The message from the caller is stored in the incoming message storage unit 105. In addition, a message prompting the user to input a signal such as a push button set in advance in the outgoing message storage unit 104, for example, “please press the push button 1 in case of emergency” is stored and set by the caller. When the master unit control unit 103 receives a signal such as a push button, the call availability information storage unit 106
The slave telephone device 110 is called regardless of the call permission / prohibition information therein.

Further, the handset telephone device 110 is equipped with a mode switching unit 114 for controlling a call when an incoming call is received. Three types of calling modes are set in the mode switching unit 114. The first mode is a mode in which the calling of the handset device 110 is controlled by the call availability information stored in the call availability information storage unit 116, and the second mode is stored in the call availability information storage unit 106. The third mode is the mode for calling the slave telephone device 110 irrespective of the call permit / denial information stored in the slave unit, regardless of the call permit / deny information stored in the call permit / denial information storage unit 106. Telephone device
The mode that does not call 110 is set. When the user in the room in which the cordless handset telephone device 110 is installed specifies the call at the time of an incoming call by the mode switching unit 114 in the cordless handset telephone device 110, the cordless handset control unit 112 causes the mode switching unit 114 to operate. Mode switching information indicated by the set call mode is transmitted to the master unit control unit 103 via the slave unit transmission / reception unit 111. Base unit control unit 103
Updates the call permission / prohibition information stored in the call permission / prohibition information storage unit 106 to the call mode indicated by the mode switching information received via the master unit transmission / reception unit 101. Here, when an incoming call is received from the external communication terminal device to the base phone device 100 via the public network, the base unit control unit 103 causes the call enable / disable information stored in the call enable / disable information storage unit 106. According to
The mobile telephone device 110 is called.

As described above, the main unit telephone device is provided with the main unit transmission / reception unit, the threshold value storage unit, the call permission / inhibition information storage unit, and the main unit control unit, and the slave unit telephone device calls the slave unit transmission / reception unit, the illuminance sensor, and the like. Section and slave unit control unit, and the master unit control unit selects the slave unit telephone device to be called at the time of incoming call by selecting the slave unit telephone device to be called when an incoming call is received, depending on the illuminance around the slave unit telephone device measured by the illuminance sensor in the slave unit telephone device It is possible to prevent the cordless handset device from making a call unnecessarily. Further, by providing an outgoing message storage section and an incoming message storage section in the base unit telephone device, it is possible to store a message for a telephone call received while sleeping. In addition, by providing the master unit control unit with a function to release the prohibition of calling the slave unit telephone device by a signal such as a push button from the external terminal device, it is possible to cope with an emergency telephone contact while sleeping. be able to. Further, since the handset device is provided with the mode switching unit and the user can freely select the calling mode, the user can select the calling according to the situation.

(Embodiment 2) An embodiment of the second invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a parent-child telephone device according to the second invention. In FIG. 2, a master unit telephone device 200 is a master unit transmitting / receiving unit 201 that transmits / receives voice, data, etc. to / from an external communication terminal device or a slave unit telephone device via a communication line.
When there is an incoming call in the master telephone device 200, the outgoing message storage unit 203 that stores a message to the caller
An incoming message storage unit 204 for storing a message from a caller, a call permission / inhibition information storage unit 205 for storing call permission / inhibition information indicating permission / inhibition of a call to a slave telephone device, and a master telephone device 200. It has a parent device control unit 202 for controlling the above. The cordless handset telephone device 210 is a cordless handset transmitter / receiver 211 that transmits / receives voice, data, etc. to / from an external communication terminal device or a cordless handset telephone device via a communication line, and a cordless handset device depending on the illuminance around the cordless handset telephone device. A threshold value storage unit 212 that stores a threshold value used to determine whether to call the telephone device, an illuminance sensor 214 that measures the illuminance around the handset telephone device, and manual switching for calling the handset telephone device It has a mode switching unit 215, a calling unit 216 for notifying that there is an incoming call by a ringing tone, and a handset control unit 212 for controlling the handset telephone device 210. The cordless handset telephone device is installed in each room, and the cordless handset telephone device 200 and the cordless handset telephone device installed in each room are connected by a communication line 20 such as a wire or wireless.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the call permission / inhibition information storage section in the first and second inventions. The call permission / prohibition information storage unit is composed of an address indicating a slave telephone device connected to the master telephone device by wire or wirelessly and information indicating permission or prohibition of calling to the slave telephone device.

An embodiment of the second invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. The handset device control unit 213 in the handset device 210 measures the ambient illuminance value with the illuminance sensor 214, compares the measured illuminance value with the threshold value stored in the threshold value storage unit 212, and receives an incoming call. If you call
At 216, it is determined whether a ringing tone is generated. If the measured illuminance value is higher than the threshold value, the cordless handset
Whether the user in the room where 110 is installed is currently awake or is in the daytime, and if there is an incoming call, it indicates that the device is a cordless handset device that can be called. Information is transmitted via the handset transceiver 211.
Transmission is performed to the master telephone device 200. If the illuminance value around the cordless handset 110 is lower than the threshold value, it is determined that the user in the room in which the cordless handset 110 is installed is asleep or absent, and even if there is an incoming call. Callable / non-callable information indicating that the mobile phone device is not called is transmitted to the master phone device 200 via the slave transmission / reception unit 211. The base unit control unit 202 stores the call availability information received from the handset telephone device 210 via the base unit transmission / reception unit 201 in the call availability information storage unit 205.

The selection method for calling the slave telephone device 210 when the external communication terminal device receives an incoming call to the master telephone device 200 via the public network is as follows. It is the same as when performing.

As described above, the main unit telephone device is provided with the main unit transmission / reception unit, the call permission / inhibition information storage unit, and the main unit control unit, and the slave unit telephone device calls the slave unit transmission / reception unit, the illuminance sensor, and the threshold value storage unit. Section and slave unit control unit, the slave unit control unit determines whether or not to allow calling of the own slave unit telephone device when an incoming call is received, and transmits to the master unit telephone unit as call permission information, and the master unit control By selecting the cordless handset device to be called when an incoming call is received, the unit can prevent the cordless handset device from making a call unnecessarily even while sleeping. Further, by providing an outgoing message storage section and an incoming message storage section in the base unit telephone device, it is possible to store a message for a telephone call received while sleeping.
In addition, by providing the master unit control unit with a function to release the prohibition of calling the slave unit telephone device by a signal such as a push button from the external terminal device, it is possible to cope with an emergency telephone contact while sleeping. be able to. Further, since the handset device is provided with the mode switching unit and the user can freely select the calling mode, the user can select the calling according to the situation.

[0026]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, the illuminance sensor is provided in the slave telephone device, the illuminance of the room in which the slave telephone device is installed is measured, and the master telephone device is connected. The handset control unit or the handset unit control unit of the handset telephone device determines whether or not the user in the room in which the handset handset device is installed is sleeping based on the measured illuminance. A mobile phone device is selected by the master device control unit based on the call approval / disapproval information stored in the call approval / disapproval information storage unit, so that the slave phone device can be prevented from unnecessarily making a call while sleeping. Is. In addition, by providing an outgoing message storage and an incoming message storage in the base unit telephone device, it is possible to store the message on the phone received while sleeping, and to the caller next day. It is possible to reduce the trouble of having to call again. In addition, by providing the master unit control unit with a function to release the prohibition of calling the slave unit telephone device by a signal such as a push button from the external terminal device, it is possible to cope with an emergency telephone contact while sleeping. Is something that can be done. Further, the handset device is provided with a mode switching unit so that the user can freely select the calling mode, so that the calling according to the user's situation can be selected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a parent-child telephone device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a parent-child telephone device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a call availability information storage unit according to the first and second embodiments of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional selective incoming call control device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 communication line 100 master phone device 101 master transmitter / receiver unit 102 threshold value storage unit 103 master unit control unit 104 outgoing message storage unit 105 incoming message storage unit 106 calling permission / inhibition information storage unit 110 slave device 111 handset transmission / reception Part 112 Remote unit control part 113 Illuminance sensor 114 Mode switching part 115 Calling part

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A base transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving voice, data, etc. to an external communication terminal device or a slave telephone device through a communication line, and a call indicating whether or not a call can be made to the slave telephone device. A call availability information storage unit that stores availability information, a threshold value storage unit that stores a threshold value used to determine whether to call the handset device depending on the illuminance around the handset device, and a base phone A master unit telephone device having a master unit control unit for controlling the device, a slave unit transmitting / receiving unit that transmits / receives voice, data, etc. to / from an external communication terminal device or master unit telephone device, and Wired or wireless communication between an illuminance sensor that measures illuminance, a calling unit that notifies an incoming call with a ringing sound, and a handset telephone device that includes a handset control unit that controls the handset telephone device. In the communication system connected by a line The slave unit control unit transmits the ambient illuminance value measured by the illuminance sensor to the master unit control unit via the slave unit transmission / reception unit, and the master unit control unit transmits the illuminance value via the master unit transmission / reception unit. The received illuminance value is compared with the threshold value stored in the threshold value storage unit, and when there is an incoming call, the calling unit determines whether to call the slave telephone device, The call permission / prohibition information is stored in the call permission / prohibition information storage unit, and when there is an incoming call at the base telephone device, the base unit control unit uses the call permission / prohibition information stored in the call permission / prohibition information storage unit. If it is determined whether to make a call to the cordless handset telephone device and it is determined that a call can be made, the calling unit makes a call to the cordless handset telephone device, and the cordless handset telephone is used. If you decide to reject the call to the device A selective incoming call control system characterized in that a call is not made to the slave telephone device. 2. A base transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving voice, data, etc. to an external communication terminal device or a slave telephone device through a communication line, and a call indicating whether or not a call can be made to the slave telephone device. A call origination / denial information storage unit that stores the permission / prohibition information, a master unit telephone device having a master unit control unit that controls the master unit telephone device, and voice, data, etc. for the external communication terminal device or the master unit telephone device. Stores the transmitter / receiver unit that transmits / receives data, the illuminance sensor that measures the illuminance around the slave phone device, and the threshold value used to determine whether to call the slave phone device according to the illuminance around the slave phone device. A threshold value storage section, and a calling section for notifying that there is an incoming call by a ring tone,
In a communication system in which a slave telephone device having a slave controller for controlling the slave telephone device is connected by a wired or wireless communication line, the slave controller controls the surroundings measured by the illuminance sensor. Illuminance value and the threshold value stored in the threshold value storage unit are compared, and when there is an incoming call, the calling unit determines whether or not to call, and the slave unit is used as the call permission / prohibition information. It transmits to the master unit control unit via a transmission / reception unit, and the master unit control unit stores the call permission / prohibition information received via the master unit transmission / reception unit in the call permission / prohibition information storage unit. When the telephone device receives an incoming call, the master unit control unit determines whether to make a call to the slave unit telephone device based on the call availability information stored in the call availability information storage unit, If it is determined that the call is possible, the call is made. Section calls the handset telephone device,
Further, the selective incoming call control method is characterized in that, if it is determined that the call to the slave telephone device is rejected, the call to the slave telephone device is not performed. 3. A base telephone device having a call origination message storage unit for storing a message to a caller in the base telephone device, wherein the base telephone device receives an incoming call and does not call the handset telephone device. In this case, the outgoing call message stored in the outgoing call message storage unit in advance is transmitted to the sender, and the selective incoming call control system according to claim 1 or 2. 4. A base unit telephone device comprising a base unit telephone device having an outgoing message storage unit for storing a message to a caller and an incoming message storage unit for storing a message from a caller, wherein the base unit telephone device is provided. When an incoming call is received and a call is not made to the cordless handset telephone device, an outgoing message previously stored in the outgoing message storage unit is transmitted to the caller, and a message from the caller is stored in the incoming message. 3. The selective incoming call control system according to claim 1, wherein the selective incoming call control system is stored in a section. 5. The master unit telephone device prohibits calling to the slave unit telephone device, an incoming call is received from an external communication terminal device, and the external communication terminal device transmits a signal preset by the master unit telephone device. When transmitted to the device, the master telephone device analyzes the signal received from the external communication terminal device, and calls the slave telephone device if the signal matches the preset signal. 5. The selective incoming call control system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein: 6. A slave unit telephone apparatus, wherein a slave unit telephone apparatus is provided with a mode switching unit for manually switching the calling of the slave unit telephone apparatus, the master unit control unit being operated by manually operating the mode switching unit. Call the slave telephone device according to the call permission information stored in the call permission information storage unit, or call the slave telephone device regardless of the call permission information, or 3. The selective call reception control system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein it is possible to select any one of not calling the slave telephone device regardless of the call permission information.