JP2005260811A - Telephone and private branch telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone and a private branch telephone system which improves the serviceability for both a calling and called sides when a user at the called side locates apart from the telephone or cannot answer the phone or is situated not to answer the phone. <P>SOLUTION: The termination mode has a terminate-halt mode which disables the termination, if this mode is set. When the telephone A is set to the terminate-halt mode, it is forced to be busy, thus rejecting the termination. As the result, the called side has no need of unreasonably answering the phone and the calling side decides that the party is not absent.During the terminate-halt mode, the telephone A indicates the present state or periodically producing sound, etc. to show this mode. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a telephone device and a private telephone system having a function capable of flexibly responding to an incoming telephone situation.

  When a normal telephone receives an incoming call from a line, a bell is always sounded regardless of the state of the receiving side. Since the bell rings unilaterally and suddenly without considering the condition of the receiver, the receiver is forced to be psychologically upset.

  Telephone equipment with an answering machine is also widespread, and even if you are at home, if you have an answering machine activated, you can remember the message of the other party even if you can not answer the phone, so the bell is always ringing However, there is no need to immediately pick up the phone, but it is not desirable for crime prevention if the phone is in the answering machine state. Also, if the called party listens to the answering machine message, even in a hurry, usually a certain time interval is required. It will be opened again.

  In the following Patent Document 1, in a telephone equipped with a human body detection sensor, when a telephone call arrives and the human body detection sensor detects the presence of a human body in the vicinity, it is automatically hooked on and the voice of the caller is sent from the speaker. It has been disclosed that it is possible to answer a caller after confirming the caller.

In addition, a service that displays the ID number of the other party is also widespread, and if the receiving side cannot answer the call for some reason, it can make a call from the receiving side using the ID number. Because calls are received, call costs are incurred for the called party. In addition, since the ringing bell rings, in order to confirm the ID number, it must be confirmed on the display of the telephone device.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-185156

  As described above, in the conventional technique, it is not possible to avoid the ringing ringing regardless of the state of the receiving side.

  The present invention provides convenience for both the transmitting side and the receiving side when the user on the receiving side is away from the telephone, or when the user is unable to answer the telephone or is in a situation where he / she does not want to answer the call. It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone device and a private telephone system that achieves the above.

  According to the present invention, an incoming call pause mode is provided in the operation mode of the telephone device, and the incoming call pause mode is set so that the incoming call bell does not ring. When this mode is set, a call is virtually made even if no call is actually being made, and even if a call is received, the incoming call bell does not ring and a call signal is transmitted to the other party. The off-hook state is canceled by canceling the incoming call pause operation or operating the handset, and the normal incoming call waiting mode is restored.

In the present invention, when the incoming call pause mode is set, even if there is no actual call, the call is virtually in a call state, and even when a call is received, the incoming call bell does not ring and the call signal is sent to the other party. It is transmitted. This prevents the ringing bell from ringing if desired and eliminates psychological upset. In addition, there is an advantage that the other party who makes a call from the outside line is not charged because the call cost is not charged.

  The object of the present invention is to enable the incoming call side to control the incoming call bell by providing the incoming call temporary stop mode in the operation mode of the telephone device and setting the incoming call temporary stop mode.

  The first invention made to solve the above problem is that an operation means for setting an incoming call suspension mode for stopping an incoming call, and that the incoming call suspension mode is set when the operation means is operated. A storage device for storing information and a set time, and when set to the incoming call pause mode, the telephone device is put into an off-hook state, and when there is an incoming call from the outside line in the incoming call pause mode, it indicates that a call is being made to the external line And a control device that outputs information. When this incoming call suspension mode is set, the telephone device virtually enters an off-hook state (a state in which the handset is lifted), and the telephone is The incoming call bell does not ring even if it is called, and there is no psychological upset for the user. A call signal is transmitted to the calling party.

  Also, if the telephone device is set in the off-hook state for a predetermined time after the timer or the like is activated and set in the incoming call suspension mode, it is not notified for a long time in the off-hook state. When an incoming call is received from the outside line after disclosing the off-hook state, information indicating that a call is being made to the outside line is output from the telephone device, so that the caller can be handled carefully.

  A second invention made to solve the above-mentioned problems is a remote setting device composed of a human body sensor and a communication device, and a memory for storing information and time indicating that the incoming call suspension mode is set. And a control means for outputting information indicating that a call is being made to the outside line when there is information indicating that the incoming call suspension mode is set in the storage device when there is an incoming call from the outside line. And a communication device comprising means for transmitting a signal to the incoming call suspension mode transition to the telephone device when the human body sensor senses the human body. The receiving device includes means for receiving the signal and storing in the storage device information indicating that the incoming call suspension mode has been set, and the communication device is configured such that the human body sensor does not sense the human body. And a means for transmitting a release signal to the telephone device, and the reception device in the telephone device receives the release signal and invalidates information indicating that the temporary stop mode is set in the storage device. If the human body detection sensor detects a human body, it sends a signal with detection to the telephone device, and the incoming call is temporarily stopped by the control of the telephone device received. When the mode is set and the human body sensor no longer detects the human body, a remote detection is performed by sending a no-detect signal and causing the received telephone device to cancel the incoming call suspension mode. This has the effect that the apparatus can be used.

  Here, a plurality of remote setting devices can be connected to one telephone device. Further, the remote setting device can be fixed at a specific place, but can naturally be carried by changing the shape.

  A third invention made to solve the above-mentioned problems is characterized by providing means for designating a time for shifting to and canceling the incoming call suspension mode. By designating the time, it is possible to set / cancel the incoming call suspension mode. The time includes a certain time zone of the day, a specific day of the week, and its time zone.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram constituting an embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 1, the private telephone system according to the present embodiment includes a telephone device A and a remote device B.

  The telephone device A includes a suspension mode setting / cancellation device 7, a suspension mode reception device 8, a suspension mode state transmission device 9, a mode determination device 10, a control device 11, a timer 12, and a speaker 13. A storage device 14 and an operation panel / display device 15.

The remote device B includes a human body sensor 1, a pause mode setting / cancellation device 2, a pause mode state display device 3, a remote device control circuit 4, a pause mode transmission device 5, and a mode state reception device 6. It has.
(1) Setting / cancellation of pause mode by telephone device A FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a method for determining whether or not pause transition is valid in the case of manual operation in the present embodiment, and is a block diagram of FIG. In addition, the setting / canceling of the temporary stop mode by the telephone device A will be described.

  In the telephone device A connected to the telephone network, the control device 11 performs on-hook / off-hook state monitoring of the handset, operation panel state display, telephone number registration / display control, etc. Connection control and switching to the data communication path.

  When a pause mode setting button (not shown) for setting the pause mode in the pause mode setting / cancellation device 7 is pressed, the control device 11 displays the event, time, and the like that the pause mode setting button is pressed. The data is stored in the storage device 14 (S100 in FIG. 2).

  Thereafter, the control device 11 transfers control to the mode determination device 10. The mode determination device 10 determines whether the suspension mode transition setting is valid or invalid from the current state of the telephone device A (FIG. 2, S110, S120, S130).

  In S110 of FIG. 2, it is determined whether the telephone device is in an idle state or is in an outside line call, an extension line call, or an answering machine recording. (FIG. 2, YES in S110 → S200). For example, even when the pause mode setting button 7 is pressed during an outside line call, the transition to the pause mode is not necessarily invalidated.

In S110, if it is not in an idle state, for example, during an external call, during an internal call, during recording of an answering machine, or during setting of internal data such as during registration of other telephone numbers, it is normally determined that the transition to the pause mode is invalid. In this embodiment, it is divided according to an operation setting designated in advance by the user.
a: Setting during operation (not idle) is invalid.
b: The setting during operation becomes valid after the operation ends.
c: The timer setting is also valid at the time of manual setting.

  That is, when the user is not in the idle state and the operation setting by the user is “a”, the temporary stop mode transition setting is invalidated (YES in S120, S210 in FIG. 2).

If the operation setting by the user is “b”, it is temporarily invalidated, but, for example, automatically shifts to the pause mode after the outside line call is completed (FIG. 2, YES in S130, → S220).
→ S100 → S110 → S200).

  When the mode determination device 10 determines that the transition to the temporary stop mode setting is valid, the mode determination device 10 shifts to the temporary suspension mode and passes a setting valid command signal to the control device 11 so that the telephone device A is in a call (off-hook). In accordance with the command signal, the control device 11 puts the telephone device A into the off-hook state, notifies the user of the transition to the pause mode through the operation panel / display device 15 or the speaker 13, and simultaneously starts the timer 12 and counts it. Start. The timer 12 can be set in advance with a first time in an off-hook state, a second time for ending the pause mode (expiration time), or a time when the pause mode is not set. The first time is set within a range that does not violate the regulations of the telephone company.

  In the temporary stop mode, the telephone device A remains off-hook until the timer 12 counts up to the first time. Therefore, even if a call is made from outside during that time, a call busy signal is transmitted from the telephone exchange to the calling party. Naturally, since the telephone device A is in a state similar to the off-hook state, the incoming call bell signal is not sent from the telephone exchange station, and the bell sound of the telephone device A does not sound at all.

  When the count value has passed the first time since the timer 12 started the count operation, a command signal for expiration of the first timer is passed to the control device 11. In response to this command signal, the control device 11 performs control to stop the off-hook state, and returns the telephone device A to the on-hook state.

  In the temporary stop mode, when the incoming call bell signal is sent from the telephone exchange after the first time has passed and the on-hook state is returned, the telephone device A does not sound a bell sound and seizes the telephone line. (Off-hook state), information indicating that a call is being made to the outside line is output.

  Further, when the count value of the timer 12 has passed the second time (expiration time), a second timer expiration command signal is passed to the control device 11, and the control device 11 cancels the pause mode by this command signal, An operation stop command is issued to the timer 12. The user can be notified through the operation panel / display device 15 and the speaker 13 that the pause mode has been canceled.

  If the incoming call bell signal is sent from the telephone exchange after the first time in the pause mode has elapsed, that is, after returning to the on-hook state, information indicating the event and the time are displayed. If stored in the storage device 14, the user can notice later. If there is no such need, the data stored in the storage device 14 such as the event and time may be deleted when the temporary stop mode is canceled.

  When the above-described mode determination device 10 determines that the temporary stop mode transition setting is invalid from the current situation of the telephone device A (S120 in FIG. 2), it passes a setting invalidation command signal to the control device 11. The control device 11 notifies the user that the setting is invalid through the operation panel / display device 15 and the speaker 13.

  Release of the mode during the setting of the pause mode is performed by a release operation of the pause mode setting / release device 7. By the canceling operation, the control device 11 erases the data such as the event and time stored in the storage device 14, issues an operation stop command to the timer 12, and cancels the pause mode. The user is notified of the cancellation through the operation panel / display device 15 and the speaker 13.

Needless to say, the present invention includes determination and notification when the handset is not properly placed on the handset. When the control device 11 shifts to the incoming call suspension mode or returns to the normal incoming call waiting mode, the control device 11 shifts and returns based on the signal detected by the sensor of the handset state. If the handset is disconnected from the handset, notify the user of the return abnormality when returning to the incoming call waiting mode, and notify the user of an abnormality such as inability to change the mode setting when shifting to the incoming call suspension mode. Do.

When the telephone device A is set to the incoming call suspension mode, the incoming call reception for the cordless telephone is also suspended at the same time.
(2) Temporary stop mode setting / cancellation using remote device B The telephone device A is configured to be able to exchange signals with the remote device B.

  As described above, the remote device B includes the human body sensor 1, the pause mode setting / cancellation device 2, the pause mode state operation panel / display device 3, the remote device control circuit 4, the pause mode transmission device 5, and the pause mode. The receiver 6 is configured. Among these, the human body sensor 1 and the pause mode setting / cancelling device 2 can be installed simultaneously or selected one of them.

  A plurality of remote devices B can be attached to one telephone device A. The selection of the remote device B to be enabled and the condition setting that automatically enters the stop mode according to the signal from the remote device B can be determined by the user and stored in the mode determination device 10 in the telephone device A. Used to determine migration.

  For example, if there are two remote devices B, if both of them are detecting human bodies, the transition to the pause mode is valid, or even if one of them is detecting human bodies. For example, whether the transition to the pause mode is valid or whether a specific remote device B performs human body detection. Similarly, the user can also determine the determination condition for canceling the pause mode. For example, when there are two remote devices B, the suspension mode can be canceled when human body detection is completed for both devices, or can be canceled when human body detection is completed for even one device.

  In order to exchange signals with the remote device B, the telephone device A is also provided with a suspension mode reception device 8, a suspension mode state transmission device 9, and a control device 11 for controlling them.

  When the remote device B detects the human body with the human body sensor 1, the remote device control circuit 4 transmits the detection signal as an event to the telephone device A via the temporary stop mode transmission device 5. The telephone device A receives the detection signal via the temporary stop mode receiving device 8. The received detection signal is determined by the mode determination device 10 to be valid or invalid for shifting to the pause mode. If the transition to the pause mode is valid, the mode is shifted to the pause mode, and a setting valid command signal is passed to the control device 11 so that the telephone device A is busy (off-hook). The determination operation in the telephone device A, the operation in the pause mode, the timer operation, and the like are based on the operation in the telephone device A main body operation.

  If the mode determination device 10 determines that the transition to the pause mode is valid, the mode of the remote device B is transmitted to the mode of the remote device B indicating the transition to the pause mode and the transition to the pause mode via the pause mode transmission device 5. It transmits to the status receiver 6. When the remote device B receives this signal, the remote device control circuit 4 displays the temporary stop mode on the operation panel / display device 3 in the temporary stop mode.

  If the human body sensor 1 no longer detects a human body, a detection completion signal is transmitted to the telephone device A in the same procedure as the human body detection procedure. Upon completion of the detection, the telephone device A cancels the normal pause mode. The detailed procedure for cancellation conforms to the operation of the telephone device A main body.

  When the user sets the pause mode in the pause mode setting / cancellation device 2 in the remote device B, the setting signal is transmitted to the telephone device A in the same manner as the flow of the detection signal by the human body sensor 1 and performs the same operation. . Further, the same operation is performed in the pause mode display as a result of the same signal flow. The suspension mode is canceled by the user canceling the suspension mode using the suspension mode setting / releasing device 2. The basic signal flow and control operations are the same as when using a human body sensor.

  Needless to say, the release of the suspension mode by the remote device B is unconditionally canceled by the release operation of the suspension mode setting / release device 7 of the telephone device A.

The remote device B can be installed in a fixed place, but it is easily conceivable to design it so that it can be carried by changing its shape or the like. In this case, it is assumed that the remote device B can send / receive signals to / from the main phone, and in a place where signals cannot be sent / received, the remote device B has a function to notify the user to that effect using the operation panel / display device 15 in the pause mode. doing.
(3) Transition to and cancellation of the temporary stop mode by specifying the time In the telephone device A, the operation panel / display device 15 controlled mainly by the control device 11 sets the time zone of the temporary stop mode start time and end time. . Needless to say, the start time and end time are not limited to a specific time zone of the day, but include a specific time zone of the week (day of the week) and a specific time zone of the month. Is possible. The set time zone is stored in the storage device 14. The timer 12 operating under the control device 11 constantly monitors the data in the storage device 14 in which the set time zone is stored.

(3-1) Setting of Pause Mode When the designated pause mode start time is reached, the timer 12 inquires the mode determination device 10 via the control device 11 about whether or not to enter the pause mode setting. The mode determination device 10 determines whether setting is possible. The normal mode determination device 10 determines that temporary setting is not possible if a bell is being received, a call is being made, or other mode setting rejection is being performed. Details of mode determination can be set by the user. This detailed setting conforms to the setting by the telephone device A main body.

  If the setting is possible, the control device 11 immediately shifts the state to the pause mode.

  If it cannot be set, it waits for the setting rejection condition to be canceled, and if it can be canceled, the setting is performed. For example, if the call is in progress, the call is terminated by a method of interrupting the call or by grasping the call status at regular intervals. Normally, the mode determination device 10 performs grasping and notification of this state.

  Further, the control device 11 notifies the user of the setting shift through the operation panel / display device 15 and the speaker 13. Normally, the state is always displayed while the pause mode is set.

(3-2) Cancellation of temporary stop mode When the time zone stored in the storage device 14 monitored by the timer 12 reaches the temporary stop mode setting cancellation time, the timer 12 notifies the control device 11 of the cancellation of the setting. hand over. The control device 11 releases the pause mode based on the information of the mode determination device 10 and notifies the user through the operation panel / display device 15 and the speaker 13.

  Note that the suspension mode setting release by specifying the time is unconditionally canceled by the release operation of the suspension mode setting / release device 7 of the telephone device A.

In the embodiment as described above, the off-hook state is released by the cancellation of the incoming call suspension operation or the operation of the handset, and the normal incoming call waiting mode is restored. Whether or not it is the incoming call suspension mode can be confirmed by display, sound or the like. Further, this off-hook temporary suspension mode is canceled once a certain time has passed in order to distinguish it from a telephone failure. The user can set in advance whether the mode after cancellation is set again to the pause mode, the answering machine mode, or the normal standby state.

  The present invention can be used as a telephone device and a private telephone system that can flexibly cope with the incoming telephone situation by setting the incoming call suspension mode to a busy state.

The block diagram which comprises embodiment of this invention Flowchart showing a method for determining the validity / invalidity of temporary stop transition in the case of manual operation in the present embodiment

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Human body sensor 2 Pause mode setting / cancellation device 3 Pause mode status display device 4 Remote device control circuit 5 Pause mode transmission device 6 Mode state reception device 7 Pause mode setting / cancellation device 8 Pause mode reception device 9 Temporary Stop mode state transmission device 10 Mode determination device 11 Control device 12 Timer 13 Speaker 14 Storage device 15 Operation panel / display device A Telephone device B Remote device

Claims (4)

Operation means for setting the incoming call pause mode to stop incoming calls;
A storage device for storing information indicating that the incoming call suspension mode is set when the operation means is operated and a set time;
Control means for placing the telephone device in an off-hook state when the incoming call pause mode is set and outputting information indicating that a call is being made to the external line when an incoming call is received from the external line in the incoming call pause mode; Feature telephone equipment. When the incoming call suspension mode is set, the telephone device is put into an off-hook state at least for a predetermined time, and when there is an incoming call from the external line after the predetermined time has elapsed, information indicating that the telephone is busy is output. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein: A remote setting device composed of a human body sensor and a communication device;
A storage device for storing information and time indicating that the incoming call suspension mode is set;
A telephone device comprising: a control unit that puts the telephone device in an off-hook state when the incoming call suspension mode is set, and outputs information indicating that a call is being made to the external line when an incoming call is received from the external line in the incoming call suspension mode A private telephone system comprising:
The communication device includes means for transmitting a signal to the incoming call suspension mode transition to the telephone device when the human body sensor detects a human body,
The receiving device in the telephone device includes means for receiving the signal and storing information indicating that the incoming call suspension mode is set in the storage device,
The communication device comprises means for transmitting a release signal to the telephone device when the human body sensor no longer senses a human body,
2. The private telephone system according to claim 1, wherein the reception device in the telephone device includes means for invalidating information indicating that the release signal is received and the temporary stop mode in the storage device is set. 4. The private telephone system according to claim 3, further comprising means for designating a time to shift to and cancel the incoming call suspension mode.

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