JP2000069199A - Extension telephone set with facsimile communication function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent received facsimile information from being viewed by others in the case of receiving the facsimile information by the operation of a slave unit in an extension telephone set with a facsimile communication function coping with α5 proposed by DDI. SOLUTION: By the operation from the slave unit, a news outline received from the provision source of alpha news is displayed at the LCD of the slave unit and required news is selected from it (S10-S40). Then, in the case of receiving the selected news, to which a general purpose memory or an individual dedicated memory provided on the side of a master unit memory reception is to be performed is selected and the news is memory-received as the facsimile information (S50-S90). By performing the memory reception, it is not read by the others as facsimile output before a user who commands the reception of the news goes to the installed place of the master unit, and by performing the memory reception to the individual dedicated memory especially, privacy is protected further.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parent-child telephone having a facsimile communication function, and more particularly, to a parent-child telephone having a facsimile communication function having a function of receiving information provided by an external information provider as facsimile information by an operation from a child device. It relates to a parent-child telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is known a parent-child telephone provided with a parent device having a facsimile communication function connected to an external line and a child device capable of communicating with an external line via the parent device. In particular, recently, WWW (World Wide Wed)
b) A telephone communication system having a service function of converting information and the like into a facsimile image and outputting it is called "α5 (name of information communication service provided by DDI. The same applies hereinafter)" from DDI (Daiden Electric Co., Ltd.). It has been proposed as a system, and partly put into practical use in cordless parent-child telephones as "Alpha News (the name of a news distribution service in α5; the same applies hereinafter)." In such a parent-child telephone having an alpha news function, the WWW described above is operated by a remote control operation from the child device.
The information can be output to the parent machine as facsimile information.

[0003]

However, in this type of parent-child telephone, when the above-mentioned facsimile information is taken out by operation from the child machine, if the child machine and the parent machine are separated from each other, the operation of the child machine is not possible. After that, there is a problem that the output can be viewed by another person before the facsimile output is taken to the installation location of the parent machine.

Accordingly, the present invention is directed to a parent-child telephone having a facsimile communication function compatible with α5 as described above, in which when the facsimile information is received by operating the child device, the received facsimile information is not seen by others. It is intended to be.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a master / child telephone having a facsimile communication function, the master / slave being connected to an outside line and having a facsimile communication function. A wireless device and a slave unit capable of communicating with an outside line via the wireless line and the master unit, and connecting to an external information provider through the outside line;
A parent and child telephone with a facsimile communication function configured to be able to select necessary information from information provided by the information provider and receive the selected information as facsimile information, provided in the child device. Connecting instruction means for instructing connection with the information providing source and connecting to the information providing source, and information summary display provided in the slave unit and displaying an overview of information provided by the connected information providing source Means, information selection means provided in the slave unit, for selecting information required to be received from information displayed on the information summary display means, and information selection means of the slave unit, provided in the master unit Memory receiving means for receiving the information selected by facsimile as a memory.

According to the parent-child telephone with facsimile communication function of the first aspect, by operating the connection instruction means of the child device, the information terminal is connected to the information provider through an outside line, and the information provided by the information provider is summarized. Is displayed on the information summary display means of the slave unit. Then, the user operates the information selection means to select necessary information from the information displayed on the information summary display means. Then, the information selected in this way is recorded and received as facsimile information in the memory receiving means of the master unit. Therefore, the information obtained by operating the slave unit can be extracted as readable information only by performing a read operation from the memory reception unit of the master unit. The information is not printed out as facsimile reception information before going to the installation location, and is not read by others.

[0007] Further, the parent and child telephone with facsimile communication function according to claim 2 is the parent and child telephone with facsimile communication function according to claim 1, wherein:
A general-purpose memory that can output stored contents without inputting a predetermined password, and a personal memory that cannot output stored contents without inputting a predetermined password, and the information selecting unit includes: There is provided a receiving memory selecting means for selecting which of the general-purpose memory and the personal memory of the memory receiving means receives the selected information as facsimile information.

According to the parent-child telephone with facsimile communication function of the second aspect, when the memory of the necessary information is received as described above, the information is transmitted to the general-purpose telephone of the parent machine by operating the reception memory selecting means. It can be received in a memory or in a personal memory.
If the information is received in the personal memory, the information in the memory cannot be printed out without inputting the personal password, so that the problem that the information can be read by another person can be more accurately prevented. . In addition, information that may be read by another person may be stored in a general-purpose memory in a memory, and the information can be received in a desired manner in consideration of the content of the information and the like.

[0009]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a base unit 10 connected to a telephone line and an external line as shown in FIG.
A child device 50 that communicates with a parent device via a wireless line as shown in FIG.
And a cordless parent-child telephone set.
This cordless parent-child telephone corresponds to the function proposed by the DDI as α5, and has a function of connecting to a predetermined news provider and receiving various news as facsimile information.

The base unit 10 is configured as a multifunctional telephone having an answering machine function, a facsimile communication function, a copy function, and the like. The main unit 10 includes, as main components, a controller 11 which controls the control center and an operation panel 1.
3, liquid crystal display (LCD) 15, calling bell 17,
Scanner 19, printer 21, codec / decoder 23, modem 25, line control circuit (NCU) 27, handset 2
9, speaker 31, microphone 33, wireless communication control circuit 3
5, an antenna 37 and a switch 39.

The controller 11 includes a CPU, ROM, R
This is a logical operation circuit including an AM, an EEPROM, a timer, and the like, and its CPU executes various control processes such as voice response control. Note that programs for various control processes executed by the CPU and data necessary for the control processes are stored in a ROM in advance.
Is stored in The RAM is used as a work area and a buffer in various control processes. In the present embodiment, in particular, the RAM is also used as a reception memory for receiving facsimile information received from an external news provider when receiving an alpha news service. The receiving memory includes a dedicated memory from which the contents received in the memory cannot be read unless a predetermined password is input, and a general-purpose memory from which the contents received in the memory can be read without inputting such a password. Is provided. In addition, EEP
The ROM is provided for storing information such as telephone directory registration. In addition, the timer is used for processing such as measuring the duration of a voice in voice response control.

The operation panel 13 executes a numeric keypad used for inputting a telephone number or a facsimile number for communication with the outside, a facsimile function of the base unit 10 and a function corresponding to the α5 service. And a function key for switching the mode, a decision key pressed when registering a telephone directory, and the like. The LCD 15 performs a function selection display when the facsimile transmission function is activated, displays a caller's telephone number corresponding to the number display service, displays a news summary and various messages in the alpha news function. And so on. The ringing bell 17 is for ringing the ringing bell when there is an incoming call from an outside line. In addition, the ringing bell 17 repeats ringing for one second and stopping for two seconds at the time of an incoming call to notify of the incoming call. The scanner 19 is provided for reading a document when facsimile transmission or copying is performed by the master device 10. The printer 21 prints out facsimile data received from the outside on recording paper, or
It is provided to execute a copy function of printing out image data of a document read by the scanner 19 on recording paper. The encoder / decoder 23 encodes image data read by the scanner 19 in facsimile transmission into a data format for facsimile transmission such as a G3 compression format, or conversely, outputs compressed facsimile image data in a printer output format. Is provided for decoding the data.

The modem 25 and the NCU 27 are provided for communicating with the outside and transmitting and receiving facsimile data via a telephone line. Further, in the present embodiment, the modem 25 transmits a voice in a predetermined frequency band corresponding to a human voice so that the modem 25 can also function as a DSP for making a line connection by voice response at the time of an incoming call from an outside line. It is configured to be able to perform processing such as extraction.

The handset 29 performs a call via a telephone line by making an off-hook operation when making a call through an outside line or when an incoming call is made from an outside line. The speaker 31 is provided to output the voice of the other party when a conversation is performed in a hands-free state (hereinafter, referred to as “hands-free talk”). Further, the microphone 33 is provided for detecting the voice of the user during a hands-free talk and transmitting the voice to the other party, or for detecting a voice response for starting the hands-free talk at the time of an incoming call. In addition, the wireless communication control circuit 35
It is provided for performing wireless communication between the parent device 10 and the child device 50 via the antenna 37. Further, the switch 39
Is for switching between the voice input from the microphone 33 and the voice input from the slave unit 50 received by the antenna 37 to the modem 25.

The slave unit 50 includes, as main components, a controller 51 which controls the control center, an operation panel 53, and an LC.
D55, call bell 57, speaker 61, microphone 63, wireless communication control circuit 65, and antenna 67 are provided.

The controller 51 comprises a CPU, ROM, R
This is a logical operation circuit including an AM, an EEPROM, and the like, and its CPU executes various control processes such as a news reception control process when using an alpha news service as described later. Note that programs for various control processes executed by the CPU and data necessary for the control processes are stored in a ROM in advance.
Is stored in The RAM is used as a work area and a buffer in various control processes. further,
The EEPROM is provided for storing information such as telephone directory registration.

The appearance of the slave unit 50 is configured as shown in FIG. 2. An LCD 55 is arranged on an upper part of a main body 69, and a number of key groups 70 as an operation panel 53 are arranged below the LCD 55. Are located. By pressing the “catch / function” key arranged at the lower right of these keys 70, the processing mode of the slave unit 50 can be switched to a telephone directory registration mode, a news reception mode, or the like. I can do it. The "catch / function" key is also used to activate a call waiting function when an incoming call is received during an outside line call. In addition, each key of the key group 70 includes a numeric keypad for inputting a numerical value described on the surface thereof, an “outside line” key for performing an off-hook operation, a “disconnect” key for performing an on-hook operation, and an outside line call. When pressed during the hold mode, the "hold / extension" key to switch to the extension call mode when pressed during normal times, the "speaker phone" key to switch to hands-free talk, and the "redial / pause" to perform redial or pause input. Key and the like. The numeric keypad also has functions for setting and canceling the answering machine function of the base unit by remote control, and for playing back messages recorded on the answering machine by remote control. I have. Further, the speaker 61 is arranged at the uppermost part of the main body 69, and the microphone 63 is arranged at the lowermost part of the main body 69.

In addition, a shuttle key 73 is provided on the left side of the main body 69 so as to be able to swing up and down and to push the main body 69. The shuttle key 73 scrolls up the display content of the LCD 55 by pushing up the bar 73a upward with the left thumb, and conversely pushes down the bar 73a downward with the left thumb with the left thumb. Is configured to scroll down. Also, by pushing the shuttle key 73 toward the main body 69,
A determination function for selecting one piece of information from the information displayed on the LCD 55 is provided.

The LCD 55 displays the telephone number of the caller corresponding to the number display service,
In the later-described news reception control processing, for displaying an overview of news provided by a news provider, displaying the name and telephone number of the other party in searching the telephone directory registration information, and displaying other various messages, etc. It is provided in. The ringing bell 57 is for ringing the ringing bell when there is an incoming call from an outside line. The ringing bell 57 sounds for one second at the time of incoming call, 2
It repeats the stop for two seconds and reports the incoming call.

The speaker 61 is used to communicate with an outside line or
It is provided to output the voice of the other party during an extension call with the user. On the other hand, the microphone 63 is provided to detect the voice of the handset 50 side and transmit it to the outside line or the base unit 10 during an external call or an internal call. The microphone 63 also has a role of detecting a voice response for starting hands-free talk at the time of an incoming call. Also,
The wireless communication control circuit 65 controls the slave 5 via the antenna 67.
It is provided for performing wireless communication between the master device 10 and the master device 10.

Next, the contents of the news reception control processing executed by the cordless parent-child telephone of the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This process is executed after pressing the "Catch / Function" key when not in a call state, selecting the mode in which the alpha news service can be provided, and making an external line connection with the alpha news provider. Is what is done.

When this processing is started, first, the LCD 55
Then, the news summary received from the alpha news provider is displayed (S10). Then, it is determined whether the shuttle key 73 has performed a vertical swing operation indicating scroll up / scroll down of the news summary or a push operation indicating news selection (S20). When the operation of the shuttle key 73 is a vertical swing operation (S20: UP / DOW)
N), the news overview currently displayed on the LCD 55 is scrolled up or down in accordance with the operation direction of the shuttle key 73 to display the news overview before and after (S30). On the other hand, if the operation of the shuttle key 73 is a push-down operation (S20: PUSH), it is determined that the news displayed on the LCD 55 has been selected at the time of this push-down operation.
Do you want to AX? 1: YES 2: NO "is displayed (S40).

Then, it is determined whether or not "1" or "2" has been input by ten-key input (S50).
If "1" has been pressed (S50: 1 pressed), then a message "Press the number to enter the key mail, or 0 if not," is displayed on the LCD 55 (S60). . Here, “put in key mail” means a case where news memory reception is performed using a dedicated memory of the reception memory secured in the RAM of the base unit 10. Then, it is determined whether or not a specific numerical value “0” or “other than 0” is input from the numeric keypad (S70). When "2" is pressed in S50 (S50: 2 pressed), the process exits the process as it is.

If a value other than "0" for specifying a reception memory as a key mail is inputted (S7).
0: 0), the parent device 10 corresponding to the pressed value
The corresponding memory in the dedicated memory for memory reception provided in the above is used as the designated key mail, and the news provided as alpha news in the memory is received as facsimile information in a memorandum (S80). on the other hand,
If “0” is pressed (S70: 0 is pressed), the parent device 1
The news provided as alpha news is received as a facsimile information in a memory receiving general-purpose memory provided in memory 0 as facsimile information (S90).

With the above operation, alpha news can be provided by the operation from the slave unit 50. In addition, the alpha news is not immediately output as a facsimile print output by the base unit 10 but is received by the base unit 10 in the receiving memory. Therefore, after instructing the reception of alpha news by the child device 50,
Until the user goes to the place where the base unit 10 is installed, the contents of the news provided as alpha news will not be seen by others. In particular, by receiving the key mail in the memory, the facsimile information received in the memory cannot be printed out unless a password is entered, so that the privacy of the user can be further protected. Note that the news received in the memory is
In this case, by performing a predetermined operation such as inputting a password, the data can be extracted as facsimile print output.

The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to this embodiment, and it is possible to adopt various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention. Of course.

[0027]

As described above, according to the parent and child telephones having the facsimile communication function according to the first and second aspects, when information is obtained from an external information provider such as Alpha News, the handset is not used. The facsimile information can be received by the operation, and the privacy can be protected without the facsimile information received by the operation of the slave unit being read by another person first.

In particular, according to the parent-child telephone set having a facsimile communication function of the second aspect, when the memory of the necessary information is received as described above, by operating the reception memory selecting means, the information can be stored in a dedicated memory. Memory can be received in the reception memory, and privacy can be further protected.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a parent-child phone with a facsimile communication function according to an embodiment, wherein (A) is a block diagram of a parent device and (B) is a block diagram of a child device.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a key arrangement state in the slave unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the contents of a news reception control process in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 ... master unit, 11 ... controller, 13 ...
Operation panel, 15 ... LCD, 17 ... Call bell,
25: Modem, 27: NCU, 29: Handset, 31: Speaker, 33: Microphone, 3
5 wireless communication control circuit, 37 antenna, 39
... Switcher, 50 ... Slave unit, 51 ... Controller, 53 ... Operation panel, 55 ... LCD, 57
..Call bell, 61 ... Speaker, 63 ... Microphone, 65 ... Wireless communication control circuit, 67 ... Antenna, 69 ... Main body, 70 ... Key group, 73 ... Shuttle Key.

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A base unit connected to an outside line and having a facsimile communication function, and a slave unit capable of communicating with an outside line via the base unit, and connected to an external information provider through the outside line. A parent-child telephone with a facsimile communication function configured to be able to select necessary information from information provided by the information provider and receive the selected information as facsimile information, Connection instruction means for instructing connection with the information providing source and connecting to the information providing source, and information summary provided in the slave unit and displaying an overview of information provided by the connected information providing source Display means, information selection means provided in the slave unit, for selecting information required to be received from the information displayed on the information summary display means, information selection of the slave unit, provided in the master unit By means Extension telephone with facsimile communication function, characterized in that it comprises a memory receiving means for memory receiving the selected information as the facsimile information. 2. The parent-child telephone set with facsimile communication function according to claim 1, wherein said memory receiving means is a general-purpose memory capable of outputting stored contents without inputting a predetermined password, and inputting a predetermined password. A personal memory that cannot output the stored contents unless the information is selected, the information selecting means stores the selected information as facsimile information for any of the general-purpose memory and the personal memory of the memory receiving means. A parent-child telephone with a facsimile communication function, comprising a reception memory selecting means for selecting whether to receive a signal.