JP2006237795A - Message device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a message device capable of conducting a message even when the selecting-signal classification and message-destination off-hook of a telephone line are decided by mistake. <P>SOLUTION: A line-classification decision section 7 sends the selecting-signal classification by a push-button signal from a dialing section 4, and sends residual selecting signals by the push-button signal when a dial tone is not detected for a fixed time by an audible-sound detector 5 after the selecting signal is sent by one column. The line-classification decision section 7 further changes over a selecting-signal classification into a dial pulse signal and sends the selecting signal from the beginning when the dial tone is detected. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention is an emergency call, detection of intrusion into a house, information from a detection device such as a fire or gas leak installed in a house or building, or an abnormal state or operation state of the equipment, device, home appliance, etc. The present invention relates to a notification device that transmits information such as the condition, state, etc. to a report destination via a public line network.

  Usually, a general telephone line accepts only a push button signal or a dial pulse signal according to a line contract. When the dialing device matches the selection signal type with the telephone line when the dialing device is connected to this telephone line, the caller will ring the ringing signal to notify the incoming call. . Next, when the other party of the call destination responds to the incoming call with the handset off-hook, the central office switch reverses the polarity of the caller's line, so the caller's caller must detect this polarity reversal. Thus, it is possible to identify that the report destination has responded to the incoming call, that is, that the call has become possible, and shift to an operation such as sending a report message.

  However, when a report is issued via a local PBX line, ISDN line, incoming call free line or mobile radio telephone line, even if the destination of the call responds to the incoming call by an off-hook of the handset, Since the polarity inversion signal indicating the incoming call response may not be returned to the line of the reporting device that is the call side, the notification device recognizes whether or not the destination party has responded to the incoming call only by detecting the polarity inversion. I can't.

  Therefore, conventionally, this type of notification device includes a dial signal transmission circuit, a tone detection circuit that detects at least one of the frequency components of the ringback tone, a storage device that stores a plurality of intermittent patterns of the ringback tone, A main control unit that compares and matches the ringback tone intermittent pattern output from the tone detection circuit with a plurality of ringback tone intermittent patterns stored in the storage device. A ringback tone comparison / collation unit that outputs a coincidence signal, and a match signal is output from the ringback tone comparison / collation unit, and the start of the ringback tone is detected by the output from the tone detection circuit that detects the ringback tone. So, we were able to confirm whether the telephone line was compatible with push button signals or dial pulse signals.

  And it had the incoming call response recognition part which recognizes the incoming call response of a report destination, and it was also possible to determine whether the report destination other party responded to an incoming call (for example, refer patent document 1).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the conventional notification device described in Patent Document 1 includes a dial signal transmission circuit 101, a tone detection circuit 102 that detects a 400 Hz signal component of a ringback tone and a busy tone, and polarity inversion of a telephone line. Polarity inversion detection circuit 103 to detect, DTMF detection circuit 104 to detect a DTMF signal which is a PB signal, main controller 105, ringback tone intermittent pattern comparison / verification unit 105-1, incoming call response recognition unit 105-2, busy tone intermittent pattern Comparison verification unit 105-3, retry processing unit 105-4, backup processing unit 105-5, storage device 106, area 106-1 for storing ringback tone intermittent pattern, area 106-2 for storing busy tone intermittent pattern, display Device 107 and external alarm device 108.

  When an emergency occurs and the notification device is activated, the dial signal transmission circuit 101 transmits a preset telephone number of the notification destination by a PB signal or a dial pulse signal.

  The tone detection circuit 102 detects a ringback tone that is transmitted while the report destination is called, and sends the detection output to the ringback tone intermittent pattern comparison / collation unit 105-1 of the main controller 105. The ringback tone intermittent pattern comparison / collation unit 105-1 collates the detection output pattern of the tone detection circuit 102 with the ringback tone intermittent pattern stored in the storage device 106, and outputs a coincidence signal if they match.

  The incoming call response recognition unit 105-2 outputs a coincidence signal from the ringback tone intermittent pattern comparison / collation unit 105-1, and detects the stop of the ringback tone by the output from the tone detection circuit 102. Recognize the signal type and incoming call response of the report destination.

  When the telephone line dial signal type and the incoming call response of the report destination are recognized by comparing and checking the ringback tone intermittent pattern and detecting the stop of the ringback tone, the operation of the report destination is started. When the person off-hooks the handset almost simultaneously with the ringing of the ringing signal, the ringback tone is transmitted only for a short time, and the coincidence signal by comparison and collation may not be output.

  Also, since the intermittent pattern of the ringback tone is different from the pre-stored pattern, the coincidence signal due to the comparison and collation may not be output. The incoming call response is recognized also by the polarity inversion output from 3 or the detection output of the signal indicating the call start or message request from the DTMF detection circuit 4.

  When the notification is made via the line where the polarity inversion is performed in this way, the incoming call response of the report destination can be recognized by the polarity inversion output from the polarity inversion detection circuit 103.

  Further, when a report is sent via a line where polarity inversion is not performed, a signal indicating a call start or message request from the DTMF detection circuit 4 when the report destination sends a signal indicating a call start or message request by a DTMF signal. From the detected output, it is possible to recognize the incoming call response of the report destination.

  Ring line tone signal comparison and ringback tone intermittent pattern comparison and ringback tone stop detection detection, incoming call destination response recognition of the call destination, incoming call response recognition by polarity reversal detection output or detection output of DTMF signal indicating call start or message request When the incoming call response is not recognized by any of the incoming call response recognition by the user, or when the callee recognizes that the callee is busy, the retry processing unit 105-4 performs a re-calling operation on the callee telephone number by the re-call. . The busy tone intermittent pattern comparison / collation unit 105-3 recognizes that the report destination is busy.

  The busy tone intermittent pattern comparison / collation unit 105-3 compares and collates the detection output pattern of the tone detection circuit 102 with the busy tone intermittent pattern stored in the storage device 106, and outputs a coincidence signal if they match.

When the incoming response is not recognized by the incoming response recognition unit 105-2 and a coincidence signal is output from the busy tone intermittent pattern comparison / verification unit 105-3, and within a predetermined time after sending the dial signal, the incoming response recognition unit If the incoming call response is not recognized by 105-2, the retry processing unit 105-4 performs a re-notification operation by re-calling the destination telephone number a predetermined number of times.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-215257

  However, if the reporting device is connected to a local PBX line, ISDN line, incoming call free line or mobile radio telephone line, if you want to call a caller who is not charged to the caller, such as toll-free or 119, Even if an incoming call is answered by an off-hook of the handset, the polarity inversion signal indicating the incoming call response is not returned to the line of the calling device which is the calling side.

  Also, since the ringback tone generated on the calling side at the time of calling is 3 seconds and the tone signal in between is only output for 1 second, immediately after the call starts at the reporting destination, for example, a ringing of the telephone bell sounds once. If the phone is off-hook, the ringback tone is not synchronized with the telephone call signal of the report destination, so depending on the timing, the caller side, that is, the notification device side, may not be able to detect the ringback tone and may be connected to the report destination. is there.

  In such a conventional configuration, when such a situation overlaps, polarity inversion cannot be detected and ringback tone cannot be detected. Therefore, it is unknown whether the telephone line selection signal type is correct, and at the report destination. There was a problem that it was not possible to recognize that it was off-hook.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and provides a notification device that can automatically determine a telephone line selection signal type and off-hook detection of a notification destination, and can re-report when an automatic determination is wrong. The purpose is to do.

  In order to solve the above-described conventional problems, a notification device of the present invention includes a line impedance control unit that performs loop closing and opening of a line, and a dialing unit that transmits a selection signal of a preset destination telephone number. An audible sound detection unit for detecting ringback tone, dial tone and busy tone, which is a subscriber line signal audible sound, and a selection signal type from the dialing unit with a push button signal, and the audible sound after sending the selection signal by one digit When the detection unit does not detect the dial tone for a predetermined time, the remaining selection signal is transmitted as a push button signal. When the dial tone is detected, the selection signal type is switched to the dial pulse signal and the selection signal is transmitted from the beginning. The audible sound detection unit continues to monitor the subscriber line signal audible sound after the transmission of the selection signal and the line type determination unit. And continued monitoring unit, in which the manner so as to an information output unit for outputting information via the line.

  As a result, a call is made after confirming a selection signal that can be accepted in the first transmission operation, so a selection signal that can be accepted for the line to which the reporting device is connected is confirmed in advance and set in the reporting device. Is no longer necessary. Further, after sending the selection signal of the telephone number of the report destination, the monitoring continuation unit confirms the ringback tone with the audible sound detection unit, so that it can be re-determined whether the automatic determination of the line type is correct. Also, if the off-hook is done immediately at the report destination, the audible sound detection unit is in a state where the subscriber signal such as ring back tone, busy tone, dial tone, etc. is not detected for a predetermined time, and the subscriber signal silence state continues. It can be determined that it has been connected to the report destination, and information can be output from the information output unit. Then, the monitoring continuation unit can correct the determination error by continuing the monitoring of the subscriber line signal audible sound in the audible sound detection unit.

  Since the notification device of the present invention automatically determines the selection signal type at the start of the notification operation and also during the notification, even if the selection signal type of the connected line is unknown or the selection signal type is in operation. Even if it is changed halfway, it is possible to make a call with a single notification operation.

  Therefore, when a notification device is installed, a notification test is performed. However, since the test cannot be failed due to a mismatch in the selection signal type, the installation operation can be performed efficiently.

  In addition, even if there is a contract change from ISDN line to analog line or vice versa at the place where the notification device is installed and the selection signal type changes, or even if there is a change in the selection signal type confidence contract, There is no need to change the setting, and the call can be made by the first operation, so that the call can be made without delay.

  A first aspect of the present invention is a line impedance control unit for closing and opening a loop of a line, a dialing unit for transmitting a selection signal for a preset telephone number, and a ringback tone that is an audible subscriber line signal. If the audible sound detection unit detects a dial tone or busy tone, and the dialing unit uses a push button signal as the selection signal type, and the audible sound detection unit does not detect the dial tone for a predetermined time after sending the selection signal one digit. Sends the remaining selection signal as a push button signal, and when a dial tone is detected, switches the selection signal type to a dial pulse signal and sends the selection signal from the beginning, and continues after the selection signal transmission is completed. , The monitoring continuation unit that continues to monitor the audible sound of the subscriber line signal in the audible sound detection unit, and the information output that outputs information via the line Because the call is made after confirming the selection signal that can be accepted in the first call operation, the selection signal that can be accepted on the line to which the reporting device is connected is confirmed in advance and the notification is made. There is no need to set the device.

  Further, after sending the selection signal of the telephone number of the report destination, the monitoring continuation unit confirms the ringback tone with the audible sound detection unit, so that it can be re-determined whether the automatic determination of the line type is correct. Also, if the off-hook is done immediately at the report destination, the audible sound detection unit is in a state where the subscriber signal such as ring back tone, busy tone, dial tone, etc. is not detected for a predetermined time, and the subscriber signal silence state continues. It can be determined that it has been connected to the report destination, and information can be output from the information output unit.

  Then, the monitoring continuation unit can correct the determination error by continuing the monitoring of the subscriber line signal audible sound in the audible sound detection unit.

  In particular, the notification device according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a monitoring continuation unit that interrupts the notification when a dial tone or busy tone is detected by the audible sound detection unit while monitoring is continued. Even if the judgment is wrong, it is no longer necessary to supplement the line unnecessarily.

  In particular, the third invention is provided with a line type determination unit that changes the selection signal type and sends out the notification signal in the case of a retry notification in the notification device of the first or second invention. Even if the judgment is wrong, you can dial the correct selection signal type in the retry notification.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

(Embodiment 1)
In FIG. 1, a line 1 is a telephone line to which a reporting device 2 is connected, and is connected to a reporting destination via a telephone office exchange.

  The line impedance control unit 3 opens and closes the loop of the line 1. The dialing unit 4 transmits a preset telephone number of the report destination using a push button signal or a dial pulse signal as a selection signal type.

  The audible sound detection unit 5 monitors the audible sound of the subscriber line signal, detects the ringback tone by the RBT detection unit 5-1, the busy tone by the BT detection unit 5-2, and the dial tone by the DT detection unit 5-3. To do.

  The information output unit 6 is an emergency call via line 1, detection of intrusion into a house, information from a detection device such as a fire or gas leak installed in a house or building, or an abnormal state or operation of the equipment, device, home appliance, etc. The voice message information informs the condition or condition of the sick or elderly living alone.

  The line type determination unit 7 sets the selection signal type to the push button signal transmission mode in the dialing unit 4 and transmits one digit of the preset telephone number to be notified. If the DT detector 5-3 of the audible sound detector 5 does not detect the dial tone for a predetermined time, the remaining telephone number is transmitted as a push button signal, and if the dial tone is detected, the selection signal type is dialed. The dialing unit 4 is controlled to switch to the pulse signal transmission mode and transmit the telephone number from the beginning.

  If the audible sound detection unit 5 does not detect any ringback tone, busy tone, or dial tone for a predetermined time after sending the selection signal, the line type determination unit 7 tentatively determines that the call destination is off-hook, and the information output unit 6 to output voice message information.

  This predetermined time is set to 3 seconds, which is the cycle of the ringback tone, which is the longest cycle in the audible sound of the subscriber signal. The predetermined time is 3 seconds here, but the ringback tone pause time is 2 seconds or more, or after sending the selection signal, the time until the end of receiving the selection signal of the exchange is taken into account, and the voice message transmission starts. It may be extended for a few seconds as long as it does not slow down.

  When the dialing unit 4 sends a selection signal and the audible sound detection unit 5 detects a busy tone or dial tone, the monitoring continuation unit 8 incorrectly reports the phone number data that is not accepted by the exchange or during the destination call. When it is set as the phone number of the report destination, it is determined that the report cannot be made and the report operation is terminated.

  Further, the monitoring continuation unit 8 continues to monitor the audible sound of the subscriber line signal by the audible sound detection unit 5 while the voice message information is being transmitted. The determination of the unit 7 is resumed, and the information output from the information output unit 6 is stopped.

  The polarity inversion detection unit 9 detects the polarity inversion of the line 1.

  When the dialing unit 4 sends a selection signal and the polarity reversal detection unit 9 detects polarity reversal after the dialing unit 4 sends a selection signal, the report destination off-hook determination unit 10 determines that the call destination is off-hook and sends the voice message information from the information output unit 6. .

  The operation and action of the notification device configured as described above will be described below.

  When an emergency occurs and the notification device 2 is activated, the line impedance control unit 3 first closes the loop of the line 1. Next, in the dialing unit 4, the selection signal type is set to the push button signal transmission mode, and the preset telephone number of the report destination is transmitted by one digit.

  If the DT detection unit 5-3 of the audible sound detection unit 5 does not detect the dial tone for a predetermined time, the remaining telephone number is transmitted as a push button signal. If the dial tone is detected, the selection signal type is dialed. Switch to the pulse signal transmission mode and send the phone number from the beginning.

  When the dialing unit 4 finishes sending the preset telephone number selection signal to the last digit, the ringback tone is sent from the exchange to the line 1 if the destination line is available. The

  The RBT detection unit 5-1 of the audible sound detection unit 5 detects a ringback tone transmitted during a period when the report destination is called, and the line type determination unit 7 recognizes that the selection signal type has been correctly determined. And continue the reporting operation.

  When the telephone handset is off-hooked at the called destination, the destination response off-hook determination unit 10 can recognize the incoming call response by the polarity inversion output from the polarity inversion detection unit 9 when the polarity of the line 1 is reversed. In this case, it is immediately determined that it has been off-hooked at the report destination, and the voice message information is output from the information output unit 4.

  When polarity reversal occurs in response to an incoming call in this way, information can be started to be transmitted without delay by detecting this polarity reversal in which the off-hook state of the report destination can be immediately determined.

  On the other hand, when the reporting device is connected to a local PBX line, ISDN line, incoming call free line or mobile radio telephone line, or when reporting to a callee who is not charged to the caller, such as toll-free or 119 Sometimes the line 1 is not reversed in polarity and the transmission of the ringback tone is stopped.

  Then, the RBT detection unit 5-1 of the audible sound detection unit 5 recognizes the incoming call response of the report destination by determining that the ringback tone is stopped by the line type determination unit 7, and outputs the voice message information from the information output unit 6. Let

  At this time, the monitoring continuation unit 8 makes a provisional determination that the line type determination unit 7 reports off-hook, and thereafter the audible sound detection unit 5 continues to monitor the audible sound of the subscriber line signal.

  On the other hand, if the busy line or dial tone sent from the exchange is detected by the line type judgment unit 7 immediately after the selection signal is sent, the call operation is canceled when the call destination call is wrong, the selected signal type is different, or the call destination telephone number setting is wrong. Thereafter, the call retry processing operation is performed.

  Also, even if the terminal adapter has a dial pulse setting with an ISDN line, the first call is a push button signal in the first call operation, and the dial pulse signal is sent again from the first digit to the last digit. However, depending on the type of terminal adapter, if the selection signal type changes during the process, it may not be accepted normally.

  Even in such a case, at the time of retry notification, the line type determination unit 7 sets the selection signal type from the beginning to the dial pulse signal transmission mode in the dialing unit 4 and sets the preset telephone number of the report destination to 1. Send digits.

  Then, since the DT detection unit 5-3 of the audible sound detection unit 12 does not detect the dial tone for a predetermined time, the remaining telephone number is transmitted as a dial pulse signal, which is the same as normal dialing. It will be accepted normally without problems.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the selection signal type is a push button signal in the dialing unit, and if the audible sound detection unit does not detect the dial tone for a predetermined time after the selection signal is transmitted by one digit, the remaining selection signal When a dial tone is detected, the selection signal type is switched to a dial pulse signal. After sending the selection signal from the beginning, the audible sound detection unit detects the ring back tone and then detects the ring back tone. Line type that causes information to be output from the information output unit if it stops, and if the ringback tone, busy tone, or dial tone is not detected for a predetermined time by the audible sound detection unit after the selection signal is sent, information is output from the information output unit During the output of information from the information output unit by the determination unit and the line type determination unit, the audible sound detection unit continues in the subsequent steps. A monitoring continuation unit for continuing monitoring of the incoming line signal audible sound, and the monitoring continuation unit restarts the determination of the line type determination unit when the audible sound detection unit detects a ringback tone while monitoring is continued, Since the information output from the output unit is stopped, the selection is made after confirming the selection signal that can be accepted in the first transmission operation, so that the line to which the reporting device is connected can be accepted. It is no longer necessary to check the signal in advance and set it to the reporting device.

  Further, after sending the selection signal of the telephone number of the report destination, the monitoring continuation unit confirms the ringback tone with the audible sound detection unit, so that it can be re-determined whether the automatic determination of the line type is correct. Also, if the off-hook is done immediately at the report destination, the audible sound detection unit is in a state where the subscriber signal such as ring back tone, busy tone, dial tone, etc. is not detected for a predetermined time, and the subscriber signal silence state continues. It can be determined that it has been connected to the report destination, and information can be output from the information output unit.

  Then, the monitoring continuation unit can correct the determination error by continuing the monitoring of the subscriber line signal audible sound in the audible sound detection unit.

  In this way, since the selection signal type is automatically determined at the start and during the notification operation, even if the selection signal type of the connected line is unknown or the selection signal type is changed during operation. However, it is possible to make a call with a single notification operation.

  As described above, since the reporting device according to the present invention can accurately recognize the selection signal type of the telephone line and the incoming call response, when the reporting device is capable of bidirectional communication, The present invention can also be applied to calling devices such as calling devices and center devices that check the status and acquire information by calling this reporting device.

Block diagram of a reporting device in Embodiment 1 of the present invention Block diagram of a conventional reporting device

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Line | wire 2 Notification apparatus 3 Line impedance control part 4 Dialing part 5 Audible sound detection part 6 Information output part 7 Line | wire type judgment part 8 Monitoring continuation part 9 Polarity inversion detection part 10 Report destination off-hook determination part

Claims (3)

Line impedance control unit that opens and closes the loop of the line, dialing unit that sends a selection signal for a preset telephone number, ringback tone, dial tone, and busy tone that are audible subscriber line signals Audible sound detection unit for detecting the selection signal type from the dialing unit by a push button signal, if the dial tone is not detected by the audible sound detection unit for a predetermined time after sending the selection signal one digit, the remaining selection When a signal is transmitted as a push button signal and a dial tone is detected, the selection signal type is switched to a dial pulse signal and a selection signal is transmitted from the beginning, and the audible sound detection is continued even after the selection signal is transmitted. A monitoring continuation unit that continuously monitors the audible sound of the subscriber line signal in the unit, and an information output unit that outputs information via the line Reporting device equipped with. The reporting device according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring continuation unit interrupts the reporting when the audible sound detection unit detects a dial tone or a busy tone during monitoring. The notification device according to claim 1, wherein the line type determination unit changes and transmits the selection signal type when reporting a retry.

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