JP2001051081A - Telephone device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it possible to exactly recognize the time spent on calling and the like even immediately after the operation time is changed by additionally outputting the information showing that the operation time has been changed when operation times in each time of the start and the end are different. SOLUTION: A daughter indicator 43 indicates the present date, day of week and time, the outside line number of a destination, the time when a call starts and the time (15 minutes) spent on calling till the present time. In this case, the time spent on calling must be an hour and 15 minutes since the time when a call starts is 2:58 a.m. and the present time is 4:13 a.m., but 3:00 a.m. of the standard time is shifted to 4:00 a.m. in the daylight saving time, because April 1 is a switchover day of operation time. Therefore, 15 minutes, the exact time spent on calling, is found by subtracting one hour further. On this occasion, a user does not know why the time spent on calling is shortened only because it is corrected and indicated and is likely to misinterpret it as a trouble of a telephone device. For this reason, the user is informed of the correction on the basis of an operation time switchover system by indicating 'correction because of the daylight saving time: -1 h' next to the time spent on calling.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a telephone device,
In particular, an operation time switching system (DST system: Daylight Saving Ti) that advances the time by a predetermined time at a predetermined operation time switching date and time
The present invention relates to a telephone device corresponding to me).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a telephone device (for example, a key telephone device) used in a premises or the like which can record and display a call history. The call history refers to information indicating the type of outgoing / incoming call, the extension number of the telephone that made or made the incoming / outgoing call, the dial number used for making the outgoing call, the call start time, the call end time, the call time, and the like. In a conventional key telephone device, such information is displayed on a display device of a child device or printed by a printer connected to a main device.

[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. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the 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 standard time according to the season, there is an advantage that the sunlight can be effectively used. However, if the operation time changes during a call, a difference of ± 1 hour occurs between the current time and the call start time,
There was a problem that the call time was not displayed correctly.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a slave unit of a conventional key telephone apparatus. As shown in FIG.
Are a display 43, a handset 44, a button 45 for registering an arbitrary extension number or an outside line number, a button 46 for a number or the like used for dial input, and a button 47 for a call history confirmation operation. And a button 48 having other functions (for example, extension and redial).

Therefore, during a call, the display 4
3, the current date (April 1), day of the week (Thursday) and time (4:13 am, not displayed, but 56
Seconds) and the outside line number of the destination (045112345).
67), call start date and time (2:05 am on April 1, 1999)
8 minutes and 56 seconds) and talk time up to now (1 hour 1
5 minutes) is displayed. After 13 seconds, press button 4
By pressing 7, a detailed call history as shown in FIG. 7B is displayed, and the call time becomes 1 hour, 15 minutes, and 13 seconds.

[0008] 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 shift of ± 1 hour occurs at the time of switching, so the call end time is simply changed from the call end time to the call start time. By simply taking the difference, it is not possible to accurately record and display the talk time. Also, conventionally,
There is no means for informing the user of the slave unit 4 that the time has been switched from the standard time to the daylight saving time, and there is a problem that a user who does not notice the switching of the operation time may be confused.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and can accurately display and record a call history 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 easily notifying a user of these switchings.

[0010]

In order to achieve this object, a telephone device according to the present invention divides one year into two periods, one of which is based on a predetermined standard time. In a telephone device used under an operation time switching system employing a first operation time and employing a second operation time based on a time shifted from the standard time by a predetermined adjustment time during the other period, An output unit for outputting information on the usage status of the user based on the usage start time and the usage end time of the user of the telephone device, the output unit outputs the information on the usage status, When the operation time at the use start time is different from the operation time at the use end time, information indicating that the operation time has been switched is further output.

On the other hand, the present invention also includes the following configurations as other embodiments. That is, the output means may be a display for visualizing and displaying the information on the usage status or a printer for printing the information on the usage status on a predetermined sheet member. Further, the information on the usage status may be history information on the call of the user.

[0012] The display may display history information on the user's call at any time during the call or when a predetermined confirmation operation is received. In addition, the display device may be configured such that when the operation time at the use start time is the first operation time and the operation time at the use end time is the second operation time, A character, a character string or a symbol is displayed, and when the operation time at the use start time is the second operation time and the operation time at the use end time is the first operation time, A second character or character string or symbol may be displayed.

In the printer, the operation time at the use start time is the first operation time, and
When the operation time at the use end time is the second operation time, a predetermined first character or character string or symbol is printed, and the operation time at the use start time is the second operation time. If the operation time at the use end time is the first operation time, a predetermined second character, character string, or symbol may be printed. Further, the telephone device may include a main device functioning as an exchange and a plurality of slave devices connected to the main device.

[0014]

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, a telephone device 10 includes an external line 1 connecting a station (not shown) and the telephone device 10, a main device 2 functioning as a private branch exchange, and a plurality of telephone units each having an extension number added thereto. Slave unit 4
, An extension 3 for connecting the main unit 2 and the slave unit 4, and a printer 5 for printing management data such as a totaled call history.

The main unit 2 has an external line interface (I /
F) 21, a communication path switch 22 for switching the connection between the outside line 1 and the extension 3, and an extension interface (I / F) 23.
A control unit 24 that performs various controls and calculations, and detects the start and end of a call, a timer 25 that includes a counter or the like and measures time independently of an operation time switching system, and a printer interface (I / F) 26, a time IC 27 corresponding to the operation time switching system, a memory 28 composed of a RAM, a ROM, etc., for storing and retaining a call history and the like, calendar information including year, month, day and day of the week, and a daylight saving time switching day IC that stores and retains information about
29.

The time IC 27 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 using a radio clock, standard time → daylight saving time or daylight saving time →
This is convenient because the time switches to standard time.

The slave unit 4 has the same configuration as that shown in FIG. 10, and an LCD (Liquid Crystal D) is provided in the same housing.
The display 43 is composed of an isplay), a fluorescent display tube, and the like, and can constantly display the date and time and the day of the week, and can display a call history and the like according to a user operation. In addition, a general telephone having only a call function may be used, or an IC card interface (I / F) 41 may be provided so that each employee can use the IC card 42 so that it can be used for work management at a company or the like. You may make it attachable. The IC card 42 stores and holds unique information (eg, employee code) of the owner of the card and functions as a conventional time card.
Used to manage the working hours of employees in. Also, IC
The card 42 may store information such as each call history. The printer 5 prints data such as the call history and working time management totaled by the main device 2 on a sheet member such as printer paper.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a display example on the display 43 of the slave unit 4. As shown in FIG. 7A, during a call, the current date (April 1), day of the week (Thursday) and time (4:13 am, not shown, but 56 seconds at this time) , The outside line number of the destination (0451
234567), call start time (2:58:56 am on April 1, 1999), call time to date (15 minutes)
Is displayed.

While the current time is 4:13:56 am, the call start time is 2:58:56 am Therefore, normally, as described in the conventional example, one hour and fifteen minutes should be the call time by calculating the difference between them. However, since April 1 is set as the day for switching from standard time to daylight saving time, it shifts to 3:00 am daylight saving time at 3:00 am standard time, and the actual call time is 1 day.
5 minutes. In other words, simply calculating the difference between the current time and the call start time results in an extra hour of calculation. Therefore, if a call is made across 3:00 am on the day of the switch from standard time to daylight saving time, the difference between the call end time and the call start time is calculated and then subtracted for another hour to obtain the correct call time. Is required.

At this time, information on the switching date can be known by referring to the calendar IC 29. Also, instead of performing calculations and correcting, the time I
The call time may be measured using a timer 25 that measures time independently of C27.

On the other hand, if the call time is simply corrected and displayed, the user may not understand why the call time has become short and may misunderstand that the telephone device has failed. Therefore, in order to call the user's attention, a character string such as "Daylight Saving Time Correction: -1h" is displayed next to the call time to inform that the correction is made based on the operation time switching system. .

If the user presses the history display button 47 during a call, the information shown in FIG. 2B may be displayed as more detailed information. For example, when the button 47 is pressed 13 seconds later, the display 43 displays the extension number (12) of the destination, the external number (04451234567) of the destination, and the call start time (2:00 am on April 1, 1999). 58:56), the call end time (4: 14: 9 am on April 1, 1999), and the call duration (15:13).

Of course, a display example on the display 43 is as follows.
It is not limited to the above. For example, "W to
Even if only "S" is displayed, it can be easily recognized that the time has shifted from the standard time (W: winter time) to the summer time (S: summer time). Also, for switching from standard time to daylight saving time and from daylight saving time to standard time, a unique one-character or character string or symbol (mark) is assigned so that the switching can be identified, and these are displayed. You may do so.

FIG. 3 shows the format of the history information stored in the memory 28. As shown in the figure, the memory 28 stores “type of call”, “extension number of child device”,
"Destination outside line number (dial)", "Call start date and time (including year and month)", "Call end date and time (including year and month)"
Information in which “information on switching date” and “talk time” are one record is stored and held. The number of records can be increased according to the number of calls. Regarding the information on the switching date, “0” indicates that the date is not the switching date, “1” indicates that the switching date is from standard time to daylight saving time, and “2” is the date of switching from summer time to standard time. Is shown.

FIG. 4 shows a printer 5 connected to the main unit 2.
FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example of printing. As shown in the figure, the type of call (I / O), extension number (TEL), destination number (DIAL), call start time (START), call end time (STOP), call time (TOTAL) , A character string “(W to S) or (S to W)” indicating the switching of the operation time is printed.

Here, the operation of the present embodiment will be described separately for a call log storage process, a call log display process, and a call log print process. Each operation is performed by the control unit 24
Is read out from the memory 28 and executed.

[Call History Storage Processing] FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a procedure for storing the call history in the memory 28. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a procedure subsequent to FIG. First, if there is no incoming call when making a call (step 101), a known outside line capturing process is performed (step 102), and information indicating that the call is made is stored in the memory 2.
8 (step 103). When the user presses the button 46 to input the outside line number or extension number of the destination (step 104), a known dial transmission process is performed (step 105), and the transmitted dial is stored in the memory 28 (step 106). ). afterwards,
When the destination party answers (step 107), the timer 25 is started (step 108), and
The third information (extension number, etc.) is stored in the memory 28 (step 109). Further, information on the call start date and time is stored in the memory 28 (step 110).

When the call is completed (step 201), information on the call end date and time is stored in the memory 28 (step 202). At this time, if the time is switched from daylight saving time to standard time (step 203), a numerical value "2" is stored in the memory 28 as daylight saving time information (step 20).
7). Also, it is determined whether or not to switch from standard time to daylight saving time (step 204). If yes, a numerical value “1” is stored in the memory 28 as daylight saving time information (step 206). Is stored (step 205). Thereafter, the operation of the timer 25 is stopped to stop the measurement of the talk time (step 208), and the obtained talk time is stored in the memory 28 (step 209). As a result, the information shown in FIG. 3 is stored and held in the memory 28.

[Call History Display Process] FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a call history confirmation process. First, the memory 28
It is determined whether or not the call history information is stored in (step 301). If it is stored, the type of transmission / reception of the information is displayed on the display 43 (step 302), and the information of the slave unit 4 and the dial information are displayed (steps 303 and 304). However, it goes without saying that the dial information is present only at the time of outgoing call and not at the time of incoming call. If there is dial information (step 305), the dial information is displayed on the display 43 (step 306). Thereafter, the information of the call start date and time, the call end date and time, and the call time are displayed on the display 43 (steps 307, 308, 309).

Next, it is determined whether the daylight saving time information is "1" or "2" (steps 310 and 3).
13). If it is "1", it indicates switching from the standard time to the daylight saving time, so that "daylight saving time correction: -1h" is displayed on the display 43 (step 311). If it is "2", it indicates a switch from daylight saving time to standard time, so that "daylight saving time correction: + 1h" is displayed on the display 43 (step 314). In the above description, the call time is obtained by using the timer 25. However, when displaying the call time, the call time is obtained by correcting the difference between the call end time and the call start time by ± 1 hour. It may be displayed.

The operations in steps 301 to 312 are described below.
This is performed for all the history information in the memory 28, and when completed, the call history confirmation processing ends. The display of “Summer time correction:...” May be always performed, or may be performed only for a predetermined period (for example, one month) from the day when the operation time is switched.

[Call History Print Processing] The call history print processing is realized in the same procedure as the call history confirmation processing, but instead of displaying the information on the display 43, the history information is printed using the printer 5. Differs in that Further, in the call history confirmation processing shown in FIG. 7, "Summer time correction: -1h (or + 1h)" is displayed as a display at the time of switching. However, in this print processing, when the time is switched from standard time to daylight saving time, "W to S ", and when daylight saving time switches to standard time," S to
W ". These printings may be performed all the time, or may be performed only for a predetermined period (for example, one month) from the day when the operation time is switched.

In the above description, the daylight saving time period has been described as an example 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 on premises, but also to telephones used in ordinary homes, public telephones, mobile phones, and the like. Further, the method of outputting the information related to the call history is not limited to the display and the printing, but the voice can be output by adding a voice synthesizer or the like to the main device 2.

[0034]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the operation time at the use start time is different from the operation time at the use end time at the time of outputting the information on the use status, it indicates that the operation time is switched. Means for further outputting information is provided. Therefore, the present invention
Immediately after the operation time is switched, it is possible to immediately know that the operation time has been switched, and thus to accurately know the call time and the like.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

2A is a plan view showing a display example of a call history, and FIG. 2B is a plan view showing a display example when a confirmation operation is performed.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a list of information stored in a memory.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an example in which a call history is printed.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a call history storage process.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a continuation of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a call history confirmation process.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a call history print process.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining an operation time switching system.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing a conventional slave unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... external line, 2 ... main apparatus, 3 ... extension, 4 ... slave unit, 5 ... printer, 10 ... telephone apparatus, 21 ... external line interface (I
/ F), 22: communication path switch, 23: extension interface (I / F), 24: control unit, 25: timer, 26 ...
Printer interface (I / F), 27 ... I for time
C, 28: memory, 29: calendar IC, 41: IC card interface (I / F), 42: IC card, 4
3 ... display, 44 ... handset, 45, 46, 47,
48 ... button.

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. One year is divided into two periods, a first operation time based on a predetermined standard time is adopted in one period, and a predetermined adjustment time from the standard time is used in another period. In a telephone device used under an operation time switching system adopting a second operation time based on a shifted time, the telephone device uses the telephone device based on a use start time and a use end time of the user. An output unit that outputs information about the usage status, the output unit outputs the information about the usage status, and when the operation time at the use start time is different from the operation time at the use end time, the operation A telephone device further outputting information indicating that the time has changed. 2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output unit is a display for visualizing and displaying the information on the usage status or a printer for printing the information on the usage status on a predetermined sheet member. Telephone equipment. 3. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the information on the use status is history information on a call of the user. 4. The display device according to claim 3, wherein the display unit displays history information on the call of the user,
A telephone device for displaying a message at all times during a call or when a predetermined confirmation operation is received. 5. The display device according to claim 2, wherein the operation time at the use start time is the first operation time, and the operation time at the use end time is the second operation time. If it is the operation time, a predetermined first character or character string or symbol is displayed, the operation time at the use start time is the second operation time, and the operation time at the use end time is the If the first operation time is reached, a predetermined second character, character string, or symbol is displayed. 6. The printer according to claim 2, wherein an operation time at the use start time is the first operation time, and an operation time at the use end time is the second operation time. If it is time, a predetermined first character or character string or symbol is printed, the operation time at the use start time is the second operation time, and the operation time at the use end time is the second operation time. A telephone device for printing a predetermined second character, character string, or symbol when the operation time is 1. 7. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the telephone device includes a main device functioning as an exchange, and a plurality of slaves connected to the main device.