JP2001051080A - Telephone device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a telephone device accurately displayable and recordable a call originating and incoming history even on a day when it is switched from a standard time (summer time) to a summer time (standard time) by outputting information corrected from a utilizing time to a present operational time when the operational time is switched during a period from the utilizing time to the present time. SOLUTION: In the case of switching from the standard time to a summer time, a display unit 16 normally displays a present date (April 1) and a time (AM 5:40). When a user of the telephone 1 depresses a button for confirming a history in this state, a call originating and incoming history (1:30 incoming) is displayed under the data or the like to indicate that incoming was at 1:30 a.m. And, a time (2:30) corrected from 1:30 a.m. to the summer time and name 'summer time' of the operational time are displayed together at its side. In the case of switching from the summer time to the standard time, for confirming the history, a button 6c is depressed. Then, a call originating and incoming history is displayed under the date or the like, and the time corrected from the incoming time to the standard time and the name 'standard time' of the operational time are displayed together at its side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a telephone device,
In particular, the operation time switching system (DST system: Daylight Saving)
Time).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some telephone devices used in homes and offices have a function of recording and displaying a call history. The outgoing / incoming call history is information such as whether or not there is an outgoing call or incoming call, and the date and time at which they were made. By recording such information over a period of one month, for example, the usage status of the telephone device can be known. be able to.

[0003]

However, when such a telephone device is used under an operation time switching system,
Various problems arise. The operation time switching system is a so-called summer time system, in which standard time is used as the operation time during normal times, and the time is shifted from the standard time by a predetermined adjustment time as the operation time during a predetermined period of one year (hereinafter, summer time). ). For example, when the sunrise time is advanced (for example, from April to 1
By setting the time ahead of the standard time (May), the time during which sunlight cannot be effectively used from sunrise to the start of the day can be reduced.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an operation time switching system. FIG. 7A shows a day when the standard time is switched to the daylight saving time, and FIG. 7B shows a day when the daylight saving time is switched to the standard time. As shown in FIG. 3A, in the period when the sunshine time is long from spring to autumn, the time is advanced by one hour at 3:00 am on a predetermined day (for example, April 1) and changed to 4:00 am By doing so, the time from sunrise to the start of the day's activity can be shortened, and the sunlight after sunrise can be used effectively. Also,
As shown in FIG. 3B, from autumn to spring, the time of sunrise is delayed and the sunshine time is shortened. Therefore, the time is delayed by one hour at 3:00 am on a predetermined day (for example, October 1). By changing the time to 2:00 am, the time is set back to standard time.

As described above, under the operation time switching system,
By switching the operation time based on the standard time and the operation time based on a time shifted by one hour from the reference time according to the season, there is an advantage that sunlight can be effectively used. However, immediately after the switching of the operation time, the transmission / reception time according to the standard time and the transmission / reception time according to the summer time are mixed in the transmission / reception history, and the user can determine which operation time depends on which operation time. It is difficult to understand and may be confused.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a conventional single telephone. As shown in FIG.
And a handset 17, a button 6a for registering an arbitrary extension number or an outside line number, a button 6b for a numeral or the like used at the time of dial input, a button 6c for an operation for confirming a call history, and other functions. (E.g., extension, redial, etc.). During a call, the current date (April 1) is displayed on the display 16.
And the time (5:40 am) are always displayed, and when the user presses the button 6c, the call history is displayed below the button 6c. Here, as the first one, 1: 3 am
Incoming call at 0 minutes and outgoing call at 2:45 am as the second call are displayed.

However, if the operation time is switched from standard time to daylight saving time or from summer time to standard time during a call, a deviation of ± 1 hour occurs.
Simply taking the difference between the call end time and the call start time does not enable accurate recording and display of the call time. Further, in the conventional telephone device, there is no means for informing the user of the telephone 1 of the switch from the standard time to the daylight saving time or the like, so that the user does not notice the switching of the operation time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and it is possible to accurately display and record the history of incoming and outgoing calls even on a day when the time is switched from standard time to daylight saving time or from summer time to standard time. It is another object of the present invention to provide a telephone device capable of preventing a user from being confused due to a mixture of transmission / reception histories having different operation times.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, a telephone device according to the present invention uses an operation time using a time shifted from a standard time by an adjustment time as an operation time over a predetermined period of one year. The telephone device used under the switching system includes an output unit that outputs information on the use time of the telephone device, and the output unit includes:
When the operation time has been switched between the use time and the present time, when outputting the information on the use time, the information obtained by converting the use time to the current operation time is further output.

The present invention also includes the following configurations as other aspects. That is, the output means may be a display for visualizing and displaying the information on the use time. Further, the information on the use time may be history information on outgoing or incoming calls. Further, the output means may display the name of the current operation time adjacent thereto when displaying the use time converted to the time of the current operation time.

[0011]

Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the telephone 1 includes a line 2, an incoming call detection unit 3, a switch 4, a telephone number transmission unit 5, a key input unit 6, a time IC 7 corresponding to an operation time switching system, A calendar IC 8 for storing and holding calendar information including a date, a day of the week, and the like, and information relating to a daylight saving time switching date;
And a control unit 10 configured with a ROM, a ROM, etc., for storing and holding a call history, a control program, and the like; a control unit 10 for performing various controls and calculations;
Switch 11, hook switch 12, and call circuit 13
, An amplifier 14, a sound source unit 14, and an LCD (Liquid Cry
display 16 comprising a stalDisplay) or a fluorescent display tube,
A handset 17 and a speaker 18 are provided. Also,
The appearance of the telephone 1 is the same as that shown in FIG.

The time IC 7 may be a general clock that manually sets the time, or a radio clock that receives a standard radio wave of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications and sets the time. When a radio clock is used, it is convenient because the time automatically switches from standard time to daylight saving time or daylight saving time to standard time when a radio wave is received.

Next, examples of display on the display unit 16 will be described for the case of switching from standard time to daylight saving time and the case of switching from daylight saving time to standard time.

[Changing from Standard Time to Daylight Saving Time] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a call on the day when switching from standard time to daylight saving time. As shown in the figure, the time is switched at 3:00 am of standard time and 4:00 am of summer time. Here, it is assumed that after the call arrives at 1:30 am standard time, the call continues even after switching to daylight saving time.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a display example on the display 16. As shown in FIG. 7A, during a call, the current date (April 1) and time (5:04 am
0 minutes) is always displayed. In that state, telephone 1
When the user presses the button 6c for history confirmation, the outgoing / incoming call history is displayed below the date and the like, indicating that there is an incoming call at 1:30 am in this example. And
Next to it, the time when daylight saving time of 1:30 am is converted to daylight saving time and the name of the operation time (“daylight saving time”) are also displayed, which is a feature of the present embodiment. The display of the name of the operation time may be omitted.
FIG. 2B shows another form, in which the name of the operation time at the current time (here, “summer time”) and the name of the operation time when the call is actually received (here, “standard time”) are shown. May be displayed.

[Changing from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time] FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a call on the day when daylight saving time switches to standard time. As shown in the figure, the time is switched at 3:00 am of daylight saving time and at 2:00 am of standard time. Here, it is assumed that after a call arrives at 2:30 am in daylight saving time, the call continues even after switching to standard time.

FIG. 5 is a plan view showing a display example on the display unit 16. As shown in FIG. 7A, during a call, the current date (October 1) and time (3:40 am) are always displayed. In this state, when the user of the telephone 1 presses the history check button 6c, the incoming / outgoing call history is displayed below the date or the like. In this example, it is determined that there is an incoming call at 2:30 am Show. Next to this, the time at which 2:30 am is adjusted to standard time and the name of the operation time ("standard time") are also displayed, which is a feature of the present embodiment. The display of the name of the operation time may be omitted. FIG. 2B shows another form, in which the name of the operation time at the current time (here, “standard time”) and the name of the operation time when the call is actually received (here, “summer time”) are also shown. it's shown.

The information on the switching date can be known by referring to the calendar IC 8. Further, instead of performing the correction by performing the calculation, a new timer (comprising a counter or the like) for measuring the time independently of the time IC 7 is provided, and the call time is measured using the timer. Is also good.

Here, the operation of the present embodiment will be described separately for the recording processing of the call history and the confirmation processing of the call history. Each operation is realized by the control unit 10 reading out a control program from the memory 9 and executing it.

[Outgoing / Incoming Call History Recording Process] FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the outgoing / incoming call history recording process. First, when there is an incoming call or an outgoing call (steps 101 and 103), data on the date and time is stored in the memory 9 (steps 102 and 1).
04). Then, when detecting the switching to the standard time from summer time (step 105), next to the current time from the display as "Time" (step 106), the "FF _h" to the flag corresponding to the data stored in the memory 9 set. Similarly, when the switch from the standard time to the daylight saving time is detected (step 108), "Summer time" is displayed next to the current time (step 109), and the flag corresponding to the data stored in the memory 9 is set to " _1h ". Is set (step 110). Therefore, with respect to the stored data, information on switching can be known by referring to the flag. Steps 106 and 109 are omitted, and FIGS. 3 (a) and 5 (a)
, The name of the operation time of the current time may not be displayed.

[Outgoing / Incoming Call History Confirmation Process] FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the outgoing / incoming call history confirming process. First, when the history check button 6c is pressed (step 20).
1) If there is history information in the memory 9 (step 20)
2), the history information is displayed at the operation time before switching
6 is displayed (step 203). If not, "no data" is displayed (step 206). Then, with reference to the flag corresponding to the display data, if it is "FF _h", the outgoing or incoming call time and displays the mended to standard time (step 208), the operational time of the current and adjacent time thereto Displays the name. If it is "1 _h ", the outgoing or incoming time is converted to daylight saving time and then displayed (step 207), and the name of the current operating time is displayed adjacent thereto.

In the above description, the daylight saving time period has been described as being from April 1 to October 1, but the present invention is not limited to this. Also, the operation time switching date and time and the time to shift during summer time (1 hour in the above) can be set as appropriate.
For example, the time may be shifted by one hour and thirty minutes at 2:30 am on the first Monday of April. In addition, the present invention can be applied not only to telephone devices used in premises or at home, but also to public telephones and mobile phones. Further, the output method of the information regarding the call history is not limited to display and printing, and the voice can be output by adding a voice synthesizer or the like.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the operation time is switched between the use time and the present time,
When outputting information relating to the use time, there is provided a means for further outputting a value obtained by converting the use time to the current operation time. Therefore, according to the present invention, even after the operation time has been switched, the information on the use time before and after the switching (call history) is displayed in the current operation time.
Users can be prevented from being confused. By displaying the name of the operation time, the user can easily know that the operation time has been switched. The use time includes not only a case where the user uses the telephone device but also a case where the user uses the answering machine function or the transfer function.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a switching date of operation time.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are plan views showing display examples.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a switching date of operation time.

5A and 5B are plan views showing display examples.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an outgoing / incoming history recording process.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an outgoing / incoming call history confirmation process.

8A and 8B are explanatory diagrams for explaining an operation time switching system.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a conventional telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Telephone, 2 ... Line, 3 ... Incoming detection part, 4 ... Switch, 5 ... Telephone number sending part, 6 ... Key input part, 6a, 6
b, 6c, 6d button, 7 time IC, 8 calendar IC, 9 memory, 10 control unit, 11 switch
12: hook switch, 13: communication circuit, 14: amplifier, 15: sound source section, 16: display, 17: handset, 18: speaker.

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Takayuki Inage 2-3-2 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo F-term in Tamura Electric Works, Ltd. (reference) 2F002 AA05 AA12 AD06 AD07 AD08 BA02 BB04 EA01 EA05 ED05 ED06 EE00 FA16 GA02 GA06 5K025 AA01 HH09 LL05 5K027 BB04 FF22

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A telephone device used under an operating time switching system that uses a time shifted from a standard time by an adjustment time as an operating time over a predetermined period of one year, and outputs information relating to a use time of the telephone device. When the operation time is switched between the use time and the present time, the output means corrects the use time to the current operation time when outputting the information on the use time. A telephone device for further outputting a thing. 2. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the output means is a display for visualizing and displaying information on the use time. 3. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the information on the use time is history information on an outgoing call or an incoming call. 4. The system according to claim 2, wherein the output unit displays the name of the current operation time adjacent to the display when displaying the use time converted to the current operation time. A telephone device characterized by displaying: