JPH07162919A - Key telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the convenience of speaking by confirming the response of the opposite side after trunk line call origination with light emission and sounds, hearing the voices of the opposite side from a speaker while setting them at a level higher than normal volume, and easily confirming the response of the opposite side. CONSTITUTION:The trunk line call origination to a trunk line L is executed by controlling a select signal transmission part 24. Afterwards, when an opposite side response detection part 25 detects the response of the opposite side, a control part 27 controls an extension terminal output part 31. At the same time, a trunk line speaking part 23 and an extension terminal speaking part 29 are connected so as to enable trunk line speaking through a channel connection part 26. An extension terminal output part 31 reports the response of the opposite side to an operator by turning on or off a light emitting element 31a and further ringing a buzzer 31b to generate sounds.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a button telephone device which emits a sound or displays a sound of the other party's response after a call from a station line, or sets the listener's voice from a speaker to a level higher than normal volume for listening. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this type of key telephone apparatus sends a selection signal to a station line to call the other party, and the other party responds to the call to make a call. When the response of the other party is detected, the call is started, the calculation of the call time is started, and the call charge is displayed. Also, after the selection signal is sent, the call unit of the extension terminal is connected to the station line through the station line call unit, and the operator confirms that the other party responded by the voice emitted when the other party responds I am trying to start a line call. As proposals of such a key telephone device, there are JP-A 1-300694 and JP-A 4-299690.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a conventional key telephone device. In FIG. 2, the key telephone device is provided with a main device 1 which accommodates the office line L and an extension telephone 2 which is connected to the main device 1. The main device 1 includes a station line communication unit 3 that controls a communication path of the station line L, and a selection signal transmission unit 4 that transmits a selection signal to the station line L when a call is made. further,
A partner response detection unit 5 that detects that the other party responds at the time of making a call to the office line L with a partner response signal from the station line L, a call path connection unit 6 that connects to the extension telephone 2, and each unit. The control unit 7 for controlling

An extension telephone 2 is used by the operator to communicate with the extension telephone 2, an extension terminal input portion 10 is used by the operator to instruct a call from the central line L, and various information from the main unit 1 is transmitted to the operator. An extension terminal output unit 11 is provided for this purpose. A handset 9a, a hands-free microphone 9b, and a speaker 9c are connected to the extension terminal call unit 10.

Next, the operation of the configuration of this conventional example will be described. In FIG. 2, when a call is made and a call is made on the station line L, the extension terminal input unit 10 is operated to instruct the station line call, and the control unit 7 receives a signal from the extension terminal input unit 10 to send the call to the station line call unit 3. , The selection signal sending unit 4 is controlled to specify the other party to call to the office line L by sending the selection signal. When the other party called by this transmission responds, the other party sends a voice to notify the calling side that the call has been answered. By listening to the voice from the other party, the operator determines that the call has been made and starts the line call.

Further, when the other party's response detecting section 5 detects that the called party answers, the other party's response detecting section 5 causes the control section 7 to display the call time and the call charge on the extension terminal output section 11. It is also possible for the operator to determine that the other party has responded by using the above.

As described above, even in the conventional key telephone device, the operator determines that the other party has responded and switched to the call state by the voice generated by the other party, or the key telephone device is in the middle of a line call. It is possible to visually recognize the information to be notified to the operator and start the line call.

[0008]

However, in the conventional key telephone device shown in FIG. 2, the operator needs to be careful in order to reliably hear the voice generated when the other party answers. In order to facilitate this listening, it is necessary to provide a circuit for amplifying the voice of the other party in the station line communication unit 3, the communication path connection unit 6, or the extension terminal communication unit 10 to amplify and listen to a small voice. . In this case, the device scale increases.
Further, in the case of visually confirming the response by visually checking the screen display information of the extension terminal output unit 11, the operator needs to carefully watch the screen display of the extension terminal output unit 11, which is a troublesome work. was there.

Further, in the example of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-300694, automatic redialing is stopped when the other party responds. Further, in the example of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-299690, charging is processed when the other party responds. Therefore, the other party cannot easily confirm the response and start the call.

The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and displays the response of the other party after the call from the station line by emitting light or sound, or outputs the other party's voice from the speaker at a level higher than the normal volume. It is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent button telephone device in which the response of the other party can be easily confirmed by listening to the setting and the convenience of the call is improved.

[0011]

In order to achieve the above object, a button telephone device according to claim 1 comprises a main unit for accommodating a central office line and a telephone connected to the main unit. Is provided with a selection signal transmitting means for transmitting a selection signal to the office line at the time of call origination, and a partner response detection means for detecting a response signal from the partner after the call is made. The light emitting means emits light when a response is detected.

A button telephone apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention comprises a main unit for accommodating an office line and a telephone connected to the main unit, and the main unit sends a selection signal to the office line when making a call. The telephone includes a sound output means that emits a sound when the other party response detection means detects a response of the other party, and a sending means and a other party response detection means that detects a response signal from the other party after transmission. Is provided.

A button telephone apparatus according to a third aspect of the present invention includes a main unit for accommodating a central line and a telephone connected to the main unit, and the main unit controls a communication line with the central line. Means, a selection signal transmitting means for transmitting a selection signal to the office line at the time of calling, a call path connecting means connected to the station line calling means and the telephone, and the other party detected by the response signal from the other party after the calling The telephone is provided with a response detecting means and a main device control means for controlling the call path connecting means to send the voice signal from the other party to the telephone when the other party's response detecting means detects the other party's response signal. Call processing means having a speaker for outputting voice around the other party's telephone, and controlling the call processing means when the other party response detecting means detects the other party response signal, and the other party voice from the call path connecting means Loud signal from speaker It has a configuration and a telephone control means for outputting the control bell.

[0014]

According to the button telephone device of the present invention having this structure,
The light emitting means emits light when a response signal from the other party after the transmission is detected. Therefore, it is possible to easily confirm the response of the other party after the call from the station line by emitting light, and it is not necessary to carefully listen to the response of the other party with, for example, the handset, and the convenience of the call is improved.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the key telephone device emits a sound when a response signal from the other party after the call is detected. Therefore, the response of the other party after the call from the station line can be easily confirmed by sound, and it is not necessary to carefully listen to the response of the other party with, for example, the handset, and the convenience of the call is improved.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the button telephone device controls the voice from the connected destination to a level higher than the normal volume when the response signal from the destination after the call is detected. Output from the speaker. Therefore, the voice of the other party's response after the call from the station line can be heard at a level higher than the normal volume, the response of the other party can be easily confirmed, and the convenience of the call is improved.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a key telephone device according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a key telephone device of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the key telephone device is provided with a main device 21 that accommodates the office line L and an extension telephone 22 that is connected to the main device 21. The main device 21 includes a station line communication unit 23 that controls a communication path of the station line L, a selection signal transmission unit 24 that transmits a selection signal to the station line L when a call is made to the station line L, and a line connection to the station line L. A partner response detection unit 25 is provided which detects that the partner responds at the time of calling using a partner response signal from the station line L. Further, a call path connecting unit 26 for connecting to the extension telephone 22,
A control unit 27 that controls each unit is provided. Extension telephone 2
Reference numeral 2 denotes an extension terminal call unit 29 with which the operator talks, an extension terminal input unit 30 with which the operator instructs to make a call from the central line L, and an extension terminal for transmitting various information from the main device 21 to the operator. The output unit 31 is provided. A handset 29a, a hands-free microphone 29b, and a speaker 29c are connected to the extension terminal call unit 29. The extension terminal output unit 31 is provided with a light emitting element 31a and a buzzer 31b.

Next, the operation of the configuration of this embodiment will be described. The operator operates the extension terminal input unit 30 in order to make a station line call. The extension terminal input unit 30 outputs a station line transmission operation signal to the control unit 27. The control unit 27 controls the station line communication unit 23 and the selection signal transmission unit 24 to perform a station line transmission operation to the station line L. After this station line transmission operation, the other party response detection unit 25 detects the other party's response and detects the other party's response. The detected information is sent to the control unit 27. The control unit 27 controls the extension terminal output unit 31 in order to notify the operator that the other party who has transmitted the station line responds and the operator can start the station line call based on the information of the other party response from the other party response detection unit 25. To do. At the same time, the station line call unit 23 and the extension terminal call unit 29 are connected to each other through the call line connection unit 26 so that a station line call can be made. The extension terminal output unit 31 turns on or blinks the light emitting element 31a, and further, the buzzer 31b.
To notify the operator of the other party's response. The station line call unit 23 and the extension terminal call unit 29 may be enabled for the station line call through the call path connection unit 26 before the partner response detection unit 25 detects information.

In this way, after instructing the station line transmission operation,
The light emitting element 31a lights up or blinks, and the buzzer 31
b is sounded, the response of the called party is found out, and it is no longer necessary to pay attention to the response of the called party at the time of calling the station line and continue to wait.

Next, the microphone 29b and the speaker 29 are used without using the handset 29a of the extension terminal communication unit 29.
The case of using c will be described.

Before the other party's response detecting section 25 detects the other party's response transmitted from the office line, it is judged that the other party is not in the line communication state.
The control unit 27 controls so as not to lower the output of the speaker 29c even if the input level from the microphone 29b is high in the speakerphone circuit (not shown) in the extension terminal call unit 29. When the other party response detection unit 25 detects a response to the other party, the control unit 27 notifies the extension terminal output unit 31 that the other party has responded to the local line transmission. In addition, the speakerphone circuit of the extension terminal call unit 29 is set to the line call state,
The operator initiates a line call. In this case, the control unit 27
Sets the speakerphone circuit of the extension terminal communication unit 29 to the local line communication state instead of notifying the extension terminal output unit 31 of the transmission of the line to the other party. Then, the extension terminal output unit 31
The speaker 29c of the extension terminal communication unit 29 is used instead of the buzzing sound generated by the buzzer 31b, and the voice of the other party is transmitted at a high volume level that can be detected even if the operator is not careful. This loud volume level notifies the operator that the other party who originated the station line has responded.

[0023]

As is apparent from the above description, in the key telephone device according to the first aspect, the light emitting means emits light when the response signal from the other party after the call is detected. The response of the other party can be easily confirmed by light emission, and it is not necessary to carefully listen to the response of the other party with, for example, a handset, and the convenience of the call is improved.

Since the button telephone device according to claim 2 emits a sound when the response signal from the destination after the call is transmitted, the response of the destination after the call from the station line can be easily confirmed by sound.
For example, it is not necessary to pay attention to the response of the other party with a handset, and the convenience of the call is improved.

In the key telephone apparatus according to the third aspect, when the response signal from the destination after the call is detected, the voice from the connected destination is controlled to a level higher than the normal volume. Since it is output from the speaker, it is possible to hear the voice of the other party's response after calling the station line at a level higher than normal volume, and the other party's response can be easily confirmed, which improves the convenience of the call. Have.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a key telephone device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional key telephone device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 21 main device 22 extension telephone 23 office line communication unit 24 selection signal transmission unit 25 other party response detection unit 26 communication path connection unit 27 control unit 29 extension terminal communication unit 29b microphone 29c speaker 30 extension terminal input unit 31 extension terminal output unit 31a Light emitting element 31b Buzzer

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A main device for accommodating an office line, and a telephone connected to the main device, wherein the main device sends a selection signal to the office line when making a call, and a partner after the call is made. A button including: a destination response detection unit that detects a response signal from the destination, and the telephone set includes a light emitting unit that emits light when the destination response detection unit detects a response of the destination. Telephone device. 2. A main device accommodating an office line and a telephone connected to the main device, wherein the main device sends a selection signal to the office line when making a call, and a partner after the call is made. A destination response detecting means for detecting a response signal from the destination, and the telephone comprises sound output means for emitting a sound when the destination response detecting means detects a response of the destination. Button telephone device. 3. A main unit for accommodating an office line and a telephone connected to the main unit, wherein the main unit comprises a station line communication means for controlling a communication path with the station line, and a selection signal at the time of transmission. A selection signal sending means for sending to the station line, a call path connecting means connected to the station line calling means and a telephone, a partner response detecting means for detecting a response signal from the called party after the call, When the other party response detecting means detects the other party response signal, the main body control means for controlling the call path connecting means and sending the voice signal from the other party to the telephone is provided, and the telephone is the other party. Call processing means having a speaker for outputting voice around the telephone, and controlling the call processing means when the other party response detection means detects the other party response signal, and the other party from the call path connection means Predetermine audio signal from the speaker And a telephone control means for controlling and outputting to a high volume level of the key telephone device.