JP2000184020A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a person to be held effectively use his/her holding time in the case when a speaking opposite party turns a telephone set in a holding state by informing the person to be held of the release of the holding state of a speech with light. SOLUTION: A switching device 5 selects one of a speech generating circuit 6 or a light generating device 8 based on a switch signal inputted from a central control circuit 3 and outputs a driving control signal inputted from the circuit 3 to the selected equipment. When holding is released, the circuit 6 retrieves a speech signal corresponding to the release of holding to output it to a speaker 7. The speaker 7 generates speech voice corresponding to the release of holding based on the speech signal inputted from the circuit 6. The device 8 lights a miniature bulb 9 based on the driving control signal inputted from the circuit 3. The bulb 9 informs the person to be held of the release of holding by lighting. Consequently, precious time is saved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone,
In particular, the present invention relates to a technology for notifying the release of the hold state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional telephone, when a party on hold (a person on hold) puts the telephone on hold for some reason,
The holdee hears a hold tone played from the other party's telephone. However, from the standpoint of the holdee, for example, when the user is busy and waits for a long time, he or she may want to do something else just to hear the touched hold sound.

[0003]

In response to such a request, it is inconvenient to hold the handset in one hand and perform another task. do not know. There are also disadvantages for the holder.
For example, if a request is made by a detainee for a survey and it is determined that the waiting time will be a little longer, he / she will be notified that he / she will call again with care. Or you may be in a call with another person and you may not be able to talk.

[0004] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and has the following objects. (1) When the other party puts the telephone on hold, the holdee effectively uses the hold time. (2) When the telephone is put on hold, the holder does not pay much attention to the holdee, and the message can be reliably transmitted after the hold is released.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention employs, as a first means, means for notifying the held person of the release of the held state of the call by light.

In the present invention, as the second means, means for switching the release of the hold state to notification by light or sound based on the operation of the dedicated key is adopted.

[0007]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the waist of the telephone according to the present embodiment. In this block diagram, the communication function originally provided in the telephone is omitted because it is well known.

In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a dedicated key, 2 denotes a key identification circuit, 3 denotes a central control circuit, 4 denotes a storage circuit, 5 denotes a switching device, 6 denotes a sound generation circuit, 7 denotes a speaker, and 8 denotes a light generation device. , 9 are miniature bulbs. The dedicated key 1 is used to specify ON / OFF of the function of the release notification by the miniature bulb 9 which is a feature of the present embodiment. Key identification circuit 2
Detects the operation of the dedicated key 1 and transmits the detected information to the central control circuit 3. Central control circuit 3
Controls the switching device 5, the sound generation circuit 6, and the light generation device 8 based on the detection information input from the key identification circuit 2 and the control information stored in the storage circuit 4.

The storage circuit 4 stores information that the other party of the telephone is on hold and is waiting for its release. The switching device 5 selects one of the sound generation circuit 6 and the light generation device 8 based on the switching signal input from the central control circuit 3, and
And outputs the drive control signal input from any of the selected devices.

When the hold is released, the voice generating circuit 6 searches for a voice signal corresponding to the hold release and outputs it to the speaker 7. The speaker 7 emits a sound corresponding to the release of the call based on a sound signal input from the sound generation circuit 6. The light generator 8 turns on the miniature bulb 9 based on the drive control signal input from the central control circuit 3. The miniature bulb 9 notifies the held person of the release of the hold by lighting.

Next, the detailed operation of the telephone constructed as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the other party holds the telephone call for convenience (step A1), the central control circuit 3 determines whether or not the dedicated key 1 has been operated to turn on the hold release notification function using the miniature bulb 9. (Step A2). Here, when the exclusive key 1 is operated and the hold release notification function by the miniature bulb 9 is turned “ON”, this is detected by the key identification circuit 2, and the detection result is input to the central control circuit 3. Is done. When the "ON" of the hold release notification function by the miniature bulb 9 is notified in this way, the central control circuit 3 stores this in the storage circuit 4.

[0014] Thereafter, even if the receiver is returned, the call is not disconnected and the waiting state is released. On the other hand, when the stay release notification function by the miniature bulb 9 is not set to the “ON” state, the switching device 5 is made to select the sound generation circuit 6 and the sound generation circuit 6
To output a sound signal, to notify the hold sound from the speaker 7 and stand by (step A3).

In such a standby state, when a hold release signal is input from the other party (step A4), the central control circuit 3 inquires of the storage circuit 4 about the stored contents, thereby informing the hold release by the miniature bulb 9. Function is "O
It is determined whether or not "N" has been set (step A5).

Here, when the function of notification of hold release by the miniature bulb 9 is set to “ON”, the setting in the storage circuit 4 is deleted, and the switching device 5 is switched to select the light generating device 8. The switching is performed, and the light generating device 8 is set in the operating state.
As a result, the miniature bulb 9 emits light, and the held party is notified of the release of the held state by the other party (step A3). The holdee knows from the light emission of the miniature bulb 9 that the other party has released the hold, raises the receiver, and resumes the call.

If the function of the release notification by the miniature bulb 9 is not set to "ON", the above-described step A
Since the determination at 5 is “No”, the communication is resumed without notification by light emission of the miniature bulb 9. In this case, by releasing the hold, the sound of the hold sound from the speaker 7 is stopped, and the held person is notified that the hold has been released.

[0018]

As described above, the telephone according to the present invention has the following effects. (1) By notifying by voice or light when the holder releases the hold, it is possible to use the waiting time to do what he / she likes and save valuable time. Also, it is not necessary to pay much attention to the other party even on the waiting side.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Dedicated key 2 ... Key identification circuit 3 ... Central control circuit 4 ... Storage circuit 5 ... Switching device 6 ... Sound generation circuit 7 ... Speaker 8 ... Light generation device 9 ... Miniature bulb

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A telephone set for notifying a holdee of a release of a call holding state by light. 2. A telephone according to claim 1, wherein the release of the hold state is switched to notification by light or voice based on operation of a dedicated key.