JP2018207277A - Cordless telephone device and call incoming notification method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a cordless telephone device which reduces power consumption and prevents user friendliness from being impaired.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to a cordless telephone device configured to perform power supply through non-contact charge between a master unit 1 and a slave unit 2. A call incoming notification method includes: a stop step for stopping transmitting a radio wave of a radio control part 10-3 in the master unit 1 in a case where the slave unit 2 is mounted on the master unit 1; a notification step for notifying the slave unit 2 of call incoming information from a line IF part 10-9 to the master unit 1 through the non-contact charge; and a start step for starting transmitting a radio wave from the radio control part 10-3 in a case where off-hook of the slave unit 2 is detected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention has a cordless telephone device, in particular, a cordless main unit connected to a local telephone system such as a business phone in an office, etc., and a function of wirelessly communicating with the cordless main unit, and is detachable from the cordless main unit It is related with the cordless telephone apparatus comprised from the cordless cordless handset which can be mounted as mentioned above and is charged by a non-contact system.

  Conventionally, when a cordless master unit detects an incoming call from a local telephone system, the cordless phone device transmits the incoming call to the cordless slave unit by wireless communication. In the cordless slave unit, an audible display such as a ring tone and a caller ID on the calling side Etc., the incoming call is notified to the user of the cordless cordless handset.

  In addition, since it is necessary to notify the incoming call as soon as possible when it does not know when the incoming call will occur, there is always radio wave data between the cordless master unit and the cordless slave unit. Communication is taking place.

  On the other hand, demands for low power consumption for various electronic devices, communication devices, and the like are increasing in recent years, and it is desired to reduce the power consumption of cordless telephone devices as much as possible.

  In response to such a demand for lower power consumption, for example, Patent Document 1 does not perform data communication using radio waves during a standby period, and transmits a signal by infrared communication to a child device when the parent device detects an incoming call. The technology describes that the machine starts monitoring radio waves when it receives the infrared signal.

JP 2000-184060 A

However, since the technology described in Patent Document 1 uses infrared communication, it is necessary to prevent the influence of external light from the outside, and the structure of the infrared light emitting / receiving elements of the cordless master unit and cordless slave unit The positional relationship is restricted. In addition, there is a problem that an infrared light emitting / receiving element is required for that purpose, and the cost becomes high.
Furthermore, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, a certain amount of time is required from when the cordless master unit detects an incoming call until the cordless slave unit starts monitoring radio waves. There is also a problem that there is a time difference before the cordless handset is notified of the incoming call, which impairs the usability of the user.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cordless telephone device that is not restricted by a structural positional relationship and that does not impair user convenience.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a cordless power source that is connected to a telephone network and a cordless cordless handset and performs power feeding using a predetermined contactless charging circuit when the cordless cordless handset is placed on the device. The first wireless communication function for communicating with the parent device using the first wireless communication method with the cordless parent device, and the second wireless communication method using the cordless parent device and the contactless charging circuit A cordless handset having a second wireless communication function for performing communication, and an incoming call notification method for a cordless telephone device, wherein the cordless handset is placed on the cordless base unit when the cordless handset is placed on the cordless base unit. A radio wave transmission stop step in which the base unit stops transmitting radio waves of the first radio communication function, and incoming information from the telephone network that has arrived at the cordless base unit via the second radio communication function An incoming information notifying step for notifying the cordless handset, and a radio wave transmission starting step for starting the radio wave transmission from the first radio communication function stopped in the radio wave stopping step when the off-hook of the cordless slave unit is detected. It is characterized by having.

  According to the present invention, when the cordless slave unit is placed on the cordless master unit, both the cordless master unit and the cordless slave unit enter a standby state after the radio wave is stopped, so that power consumption is minimized.

  When an incoming call is detected while the radio wave is stopped, the cordless slave unit is notified of the incoming call using a transmission path using a non-contact charging circuit. When the cordless slave unit is notified of the incoming call, Audible display, visual display of the caller ID, etc. can be performed to notify the user of an incoming call immediately, and the convenience of the user is good.

  Also, if there are multiple cordless telephone devices installed and there are simultaneous calls to multiple phones, the conventional ones will emit radio waves at the same time. However, by applying the present invention, there is an effect that even if there is a simultaneous incoming call, the radio waves are hardly crushed, so that an immediate incoming call is possible.

It is a block diagram of a main unit and a sub unit of the cordless telephone device according to the present invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart at the time of placing the legitimate subunit | mobile_unit unit in the main | base station unit of the cordless telephone apparatus which concerns on this invention, and putting the subunit | mobile_unit unit which is not so. It is an operation | movement flowchart at the time of putting the subunit | mobile_unit of the cordless telephone apparatus which concerns on this invention in the legitimate parent | base_unit, and the parent | base_unit unit which is not so.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.

  In the following embodiments, as a cordless telephone device, a cordless slave unit (hereinafter also referred to as a slave unit) and a cordless master unit (hereinafter referred to as a master unit) that can be charged by placing the cordless slave unit (hereinafter also referred to as on-hook). This is also described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the charging circuit portion from the cordless master unit to the cordless slave unit can be used as a separate and independent configuration.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a base unit 1 and a handset unit 2 of a cordless telephone device according to the present invention. The master unit 1 is registered with the slave unit 2 on a one-to-one basis.

  Base unit 1 is connected to the private telephone system via line IF unit 10-9.

  The control unit 10-1 is a control unit that controls a peripheral unit mounted on the base unit 1.

  The LCD display unit 10-2 displays a system extension number, a user name, caller information, and the like based on the control signal received from the control unit 10-1.

  The wireless control unit 10-3 is a wireless control unit for wirelessly connecting to the slave unit 2, and performs communication of voice data and information.

  The sounding unit 10-4 sounds a key operation sound, a ringtone, a warning sound at the time of an error, etc. under the control of the control unit 10-1.

  The ID recording unit 10-5 stores the unique ID of the own master unit and the unique ID of the valid slave unit 2.

  The operation unit 10-6 is an operation button to which functions necessary for dialing and character input are assigned.

  The parent-child ID determination unit 10-7 collates the unique ID of the child device unit 2 received from the non-contact power feeding unit 10-8 with the information stored in the ID recording unit 10-5, and determines whether or not they match. Is transmitted to the control unit 10-1.

  The non-contact power supply unit 10-8 has a function of power supply and data transmission using any one of an electromagnetic induction method, an electromagnetic resonance method, and a magnetic field resonance method, and the non-contact power reception unit 20 included in the slave unit 2. Transmit / receive data transmission such as a charging function for supplying power to -6, a unique ID, and incoming information.

  Next, handset unit 2 is a handset of a radio telephone used as a pair with base unit 1.

  The control unit 20-1 is a control unit that controls a peripheral part mounted on the slave unit 2.

  The wireless control unit 20-2 is a wireless control unit for wirelessly connecting to the base unit 1, and performs communication of voice data and information.

  The LCD display unit 20-3 displays a system extension number, a user name, caller information, and the like based on the control signal received from the control unit 20-1.

  The ID recording unit 20-4 stores the unique ID of the own slave unit and the unique ID of the valid master unit 1.

  The sounding unit 20-5 sounds a key operation sound, a ringtone, a warning sound at the time of an error, etc. under the control of the control unit 20-1.

  The non-contact power receiving unit 20-6 has functions of power supply and data transmission using any one of an electromagnetic induction method, an electromagnetic resonance method, and a magnetic field resonance method. In addition to receiving power from -8 and charging a battery (not shown) included in the slave unit 2, data transmission / reception such as a unique ID and incoming information is performed.

  FIG. 2 is an operation flowchart in a case where a valid slave unit 2 is placed in the master unit 1 and a slave unit 2 that is not so is placed. This will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

  The base unit 1 turns on the power of the non-contact power feeding unit 10-8 (S201).

  The control unit 10-1 waits for on-hook detection of the non-contact power feeding unit 10-8 (S202, NO). When the handset unit 2 is placed (on-hook) on the mounting base including the non-contact power feeding unit 10-8 of the base unit 1, power is fed to the non-contact power receiving unit 20-6, and the control unit is controlled by this load fluctuation. On-hook is detected in 10-1 (S202, YES).

  Next, when the wireless ID is received from the slave unit 2 (S203, YES), the wireless ID of the slave unit 2 is transmitted to the parent / child ID determination unit 10-7 (S204).

  When the wireless ID is not received by the non-contact power feeding unit 10-8 (S203, NO), it is determined that the object detected in step S202 is a foreign object, and the power of the non-contact power feeding unit 10-8 is turned off. (S218).

  The parent / child ID determination unit 10-7 determines whether the wireless ID received in step S204 matches the information stored in the ID recording unit 10-5 (S205). judge. If it is determined that the slave unit 2 is legitimate (S205, YES), the wireless control unit 10-3 is turned off (S206) and it waits to receive an incoming signal from the line IF unit 10-9 ( S207, NO).

  If it is determined that the slave unit 2 is not valid (S205, NO), an error is displayed on the LCD display unit 10-2 (S219). Then, the control unit 10-1 waits to receive an incoming signal from the line IF unit 10-9 (S220, NO).

  When the incoming signal is received from the line IF unit 10-9 (S207, YES), the control unit 10-1 causes the ringing unit 10-4 to ring an incoming tone (S208).

  Simultaneously with the operation of step S208, the control unit 10-1 transmits incoming call information of the caller's telephone number and name to the non-contact power supply unit 10-8 (S209).

  At this time, channel information used for radio control or a synchronization signal may be transmitted together as incoming information.

  The non-contact power supply unit 10-8 transmits incoming information to the non-contact power reception unit 20-6 of the slave unit 2 (S210).

  When the control unit 10-1 detects the load fluctuation of the non-contact power feeding unit 10-8, the off-hook of the slave unit 2 is detected (the slave unit 2 placed on the master unit 1 is removed) ( (S211, YES), the control unit 10-1 turns on the power of the wireless control unit 10-3 (S212), and after confirming the availability of radio waves, transmits a wireless connection request to the slave unit 2 (S213). ).

  If no off-hook is detected in step S211 (S211, NO), the process returns to step S207.

  When the wireless connection with the slave unit 2 is completed (S214, YES), a call is made with the caller (S215), and the on-hook of the slave unit 2 is detected by the control unit 10-1, or the slave unit 2 is operated. When a specific command for disconnection operation is received from the section and the call is ended (S216, YES), this flow is ended (S224).

  When the wireless connection with the slave unit 2 is not completed (S214, NO), the process returns to step S213.

  When an incoming signal is received from the line IF unit 10-9 in step S220 (S220, YES), the control unit 10-1 transmits a wireless connection request to the legitimate slave unit 2 after confirming the availability of radio waves. (S221).

  After the wireless connection is completed (S222, YES), it waits for the off-hook detection of the valid slave unit 2 (S223, NO). When the off-hook is detected (S223, YES), a call is made with the caller (S215), Alternatively, when a specific command for disconnection operation is received from the operation unit of the valid handset unit 2 and the call is terminated (S216, YES), this flow ends (S224).

  If the wireless connection with the legitimate slave unit 2 is not completed (S222, NO), the process returns to step S221.

  FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart in the case where the slave unit 2 is placed in the legitimate master unit 1 and in the other master unit 1. This will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG.

  Slave unit 2 receives ringing information transmitted by radio control unit 10-3 of base unit 1 by radio control unit 20-2 (S301, YES), and starts ringing by ringing unit 20-5 (S302). ) After the call is started by the call operation of the operation unit 20-7 (S309), the call is disconnected by the call end operation of the operation unit 20-7 (S310, YES). When the incoming information is not received by the wireless control unit 20-2 (S301, NO), the control unit 20-1 waits for the load fluctuation of the non-contact power receiving unit 20-6 generated by on-hook (S303, NO).

  When the control unit 20-1 detects on-hook (S303, YES), the wireless ID of the slave unit 2 recorded in the ID recording unit 20-4 is sent from the control unit 20-1 to the non-contact power receiving unit 20-6. Is transmitted to the non-contact power feeding unit 10-8 of the base unit 1 (S304).

The control unit 20-1 waits for incoming information from the non-contact power receiving unit 20-6 (S305, NO). When the incoming information is received (S305, YES), it waits for off-hook detection (S306, NO).
When the off-hook is detected (S306, YES), the wireless control unit 20-2 receives the wireless connection request transmitted from the asexual control unit 10-3 of the base unit 1 (S307), and waits for the completion of the wireless connection (S308). , NO), when the wireless connection is normally completed (S308, YES), the process proceeds to a call (S309), and the end-of-call operation of the operation unit 20-7 and the slave unit 2 are connected to the non-contact power feeding unit 10 of the master unit 1 Wait for the talk to end by placing on -8 (S310, NO).

  The end of the talk is performed by the end-of-speech operation or placement on the master unit 1 (S310, YES).

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Master unit 2 Slave unit 10-1 Control part 10-2 LCD display part 10-3 Radio control part 10-4 Ringing part 10-5 ID recording part 10-6 Operation part 10-7 Parent-child ID determination part 10- 8 Non-contact power supply unit 10-9 Line IF unit 20-1 Control unit 20-2 Wireless control unit 20-3 LCD display unit 20-4 ID recording unit 20-5 Ringing unit 20-6 Non-contact power reception unit 20-7 Part

Claims (7)

A cordless master unit that is connected to a telephone network and a cordless slave unit, and that supplies power using a predetermined contactless charging circuit when the cordless slave unit is placed on the own device; A first wireless communication function for performing communication using a wireless communication method; and a second wireless communication function for performing communication using the second wireless communication method via the contactless charging circuit with the cordless master unit. An incoming call notification method for a cordless telephone device comprising a cordless handset,
A step of stopping radio wave transmission when the cordless master unit stops transmitting radio waves of the first wireless communication function when the cordless slave unit is placed on the cordless master unit;
Incoming information notification step of notifying the cordless slave unit of incoming information from the telephone network that has arrived at the cordless master unit via a second wireless communication function;
An incoming call notification of a cordless telephone device, comprising: a radio wave transmission start step for starting transmission of radio waves from the first wireless communication function stopped in the radio wave stop step when an off-hook of the cordless handset is detected Method. An incoming call notification method for a cordless telephone device according to claim 1,
A parent-child registration step of registering the cordless master unit and the cordless slave unit in association with each other;
A terminal ID information notification step in which the cordless master unit receives terminal ID information from the cordless slave unit via the second wireless communication function;
A parent-child determination step for determining whether or not the cordless child device is registered in association with the own cordless parent device from the received terminal ID information;
When it is determined that the cordless master unit is not a legitimate cordless slave unit in the parent-child determination step, the cordless master unit does not execute the radio wave transmission stop step and does not stop radio waves transmitted from the first wireless communication function. Method for notifying a cordless telephone device. An incoming call notification method for a cordless telephone device according to claim 2,
A cordless telephone having a function of notifying that a cordless master unit is not a legitimate cordless cordless handset by a display unit or a ringing unit provided in the cordless master unit when it is determined that the cordless cordless handset is not a legitimate cordless handset Device incoming notification method. An incoming call notification method for a cordless telephone device according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The cordless master device and the cordless slave device including the contactless charging circuit have a function of notifying terminal ID information, a partner name, a telephone number, a wireless channel, wireless synchronization timing, or system information. Method for notifying a cordless telephone device. A cordless master unit that is connected to a telephone network and a cordless slave unit and supplies power using a predetermined non-contact method when the cordless slave unit is placed on the own device, and the first wireless communication method with the cordless master unit A cordless cordless handset having a first wireless communication function for performing communication using a second wireless communication function for performing communication using the second wireless communication method via the contactless method and the cordless master device; A cordless telephone device comprising:
The cordless master unit is
A placement detecting means for detecting that the cordless cordless handset is placed;
First wireless communication stop means for stopping the first wireless communication function when it is detected that the cordless handset is placed;
When an incoming call is received from the telephone network, if it is detected by the position detecting means that the cordless slave unit is mounted, the incoming information is notified to the cordless slave unit using the second wireless communication function. Incoming call notification means;
A first wireless communication function restarting unit that restarts the first wireless communication function when detecting an off-hook of the cordless handset,
The cordless handset is
Power reception determination means for determining whether or not the power of the non-contact method is received;
Upon detecting that power is being received, the slave unit side first wireless communication stopping means for stopping the first wireless communication function;
Incoming information receiving means for receiving incoming information from the cordless master unit via the second wireless communication function;
Upon detecting its own off-hook, the slave unit side first wireless communication restarting means for restarting the first wireless communication function;
An incoming call notification method for a cordless telephone device, comprising: When connected to the telephone network and cordless handset, when the cordless handset is placed on its own device, power is supplied using a predetermined non-contact method, and communication is performed with the cordless handset and the first wireless communication method. A cordless master unit comprising a first wireless communication function for performing communication and a second wireless communication function for performing communication using the second wireless communication method via the contactless method with the cordless slave device,
A placement detecting means for detecting that the cordless cordless handset is placed;
First wireless communication stop means for stopping the first wireless communication function when it is detected that the cordless handset is placed;
When an incoming call is received from the telephone network, if it is detected by the position detecting means that the cordless slave unit is placed, the incoming information is notified to the cordless slave unit using the second wireless communication function. A first wireless communication function resuming unit for resuming the first wireless communication function when detecting an off-hook of the incoming call notification unit and the cordless handset;
A cordless parent device using a transmission line by a non-contact charging method. Slave unit first wireless communication that connects to the telephone network and cordless master unit, receives power using the cordless master unit and a predetermined non-contact method, and communicates with the cordless master unit using the first wireless communication method A cordless slave unit having a function and a slave unit second wireless communication function for communicating with the cordless master unit using the second wireless communication method via the non-contact method,
Power reception determination means for determining whether or not the power of the non-contact method is received;
Upon detecting that power is being received, the slave unit side first wireless communication stopping means for stopping the first wireless communication function;
Incoming information receiving means for receiving incoming information from the cordless master unit via the second wireless communication function;
A cordless cordless handset using a non-contact charging type transmission line, comprising: a handset side first wireless communication resuming means for resuming the first wireless communication function when a self-off hook is detected.

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