JP2521515B2 - Button telephone device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a key telephone device that is made aware of an incoming call to an outside line so as to respond quickly.

(Prior Art) FIGS. 3 and 4 show a configuration of a conventional button telephone device. First, FIG. 3 shows the configuration of the main device. Reference numeral 1 is an outside line interface circuit for detecting an incoming call to the outside line, forming a call, and sending a dial. 2 is a call from 2 lines to 4 lines. , Or a hybrid circuit for converting from 4 lines to 2 lines, 3 is an AD conversion circuit for converting an analog signal to a digital signal or a digital signal to an analog signal, and 4 is a digital signal for a call to be put on a call highway, AD conversion circuit 3 by pulling out from the time slot of the required place on the highway for communication
Highway interface circuit for sending signals to
Reference numeral 5 is a highway for extracting a signal from a time slot at a required location of the communication highway and sending it to the data communication control interface circuit 6 or for putting the signal sent from the data communication control interface circuit 6 on the communication highway. The interface circuit 6 multiplexes the signals sent from the highway interface circuit 5 and the microcomputer 8 and sends the signals to the button telephone, separates the signal sent from the button telephone, and separates the signal from the highway interface circuit 5 and the microcomputer 8. Is a data communication control interface circuit, 7 is a ring tone signal generation circuit for generating a ring tone signal such as an incoming call to an outside line, and 8 is a microcomputer for managing the operation of the entire button telephone device.

FIG. 4 shows the internal structure of the key telephone, in which 9 is a signal sent from the main unit and D is a voice signal.
Send to the A conversion circuit 10, send the control signal to the microcomputer 16,
Or, a data communication control interface circuit that multiplexes a voice signal sent from the DA conversion circuit 10 and a signal sent from the microcomputer 16 and sends it to the main device, and 10 is a digital signal to an analog signal or an analog signal. DA conversion circuit for converting into digital signal, 11 is a handset, 12 is a button (key) such as an outside line button or dial key required for a button telephone, 13 is a contact of the handset, and 14 is for amplifying a ring tone signal etc. , 15 is a speaker that emits a ring tone, and 16 is a microcomputer that manages the movement of the key telephone.

Next, the operation of the above conventional example will be described. For example, when an external line No. 1 receives an incoming call, the external line interface circuit 1 detects the incoming call and notifies the microcomputer 8 through the route A. The microcomputer 8 which has received the incoming call controls the route C, sends the outside line incoming tone signal generated by the incoming tone signal generation circuit 7 to the highway interface circuit 5 → the data communication control interface circuit 6, and controls the route B. An external line incoming control signal is sent to the data communication control interface circuit 6.
The data communication control interface circuit 6 that has received the outside line ring tone signal and the outside line incoming control signal multiplexes the signals and sends them to the data communication control interface circuit 9 in the key telephone. The data communication control interface circuit 9 separates the signal, and the external line ringing tone signal is converted into the DA conversion circuit 10 →
The signal is sent to the amplifier 14 and the speaker 15 is sounded to notify the operator of an incoming outside line. On the other hand, the outside line incoming control signal is sent to the microcomputer 16. Here, an example has been described in which an external line incoming call is notified by sound, but an external line incoming call control signal may be used to display and notify by a lamp, a display, or the like. The operator, who knows the incoming call to the outside line, picks up the handset (herein, an explanation is given by taking an automatic outside line answering as an example, which can answer the incoming call to the outside line only by picking up the handset). Then, the handset receiver contact 13 operates, and the microcomputer 16 detects it. The microcomputer 16 which has detected that the handset has operated operates as the data communication control interface circuit 9 → the data communication control interface circuit 6
→ Notify the microcomputer 8 of that fact. When the microcomputer 8 learned that the handset was picked up for an incoming external call,
The route A is controlled to operate the outside line interface circuit 1, the route D is controlled to operate the highway interface circuit 4, the route C is controlled to operate the highway interface circuit 5, and the route B is controlled. Then, the data communication control interface circuit 6 is operated to notify the telephone that it is possible to talk to the outside line. In this way, in the above-mentioned conventional example, it is possible to respond to an incoming call from an outside line.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the above-mentioned conventional key telephone device, since the number of times each telephone responds to an outside call is not stored, another person answers the outside call. There was a feeling that they would do it, and therefore, there was a tendency for delays in responding to incoming external calls.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a button telephone device in which operators compete to answer an incoming call to an outside line and speed up the response to the incoming call to an outside line. And

(Means for Solving the Problem) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a key telephone main unit with an external line incoming response number memory for each button telephone and an external line incoming response number ranking memory for each button telephone (note that (The two memories may be shared.) In addition, the key telephone is equipped with an indicator for displaying the number of incoming calls received by each telephone and a key for confirming the number of incoming calls received by each telephone ( The key is used here,
It can also be realized with a special number of dial combinations), and it is possible to check the number of outside line incoming responses for each key telephone on the key telephone.

(Operation) The present invention has the following effects by the above configuration. In other words, since the number of external call incoming response times can be checked for each key telephone on the key telephone, the operator using the key telephone has a competitive spirit of losing to other people and responds to external telephone calls. It has the effect of responding immediately.

(Embodiment) FIGS. 1 and 2 show the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in which the same reference numerals as those in the conventional example indicate the same components. Therefore, as a part different from the conventional example, first, in FIG. 1, reference numeral 17 is a memory for the number of external call incoming response for each button telephone which stores the number of times the external telephone incoming call is answered for each button telephone, and 18 is an external line incoming call. An external line incoming call response frequency ranking memory for each button telephone, which stores which button telephone is most responding or is not responding. Further, in FIG. 2, reference numeral 19 is a display for displaying the number of external line incoming call responses for each telephone, and 20 is a key for confirming the number of external line incoming call responses for each telephone.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. Since the basic response operation for an external line incoming is exactly the same as the conventional example,
Here, it is omitted.

Therefore, at the same time that the telephone can communicate with the outside line, 1 is added to the contents of the outside line incoming response count memory for each button telephone corresponding to the button telephone that has answered the outside line. Then, when the call ends and the handset 11 is dropped, the call ending process is performed on the same route as when the handset was lifted. Then, when checking the number of outside line incoming call response for each key telephone at the key telephone, press the outside line incoming response count confirmation key 20 for each telephone and press the telephone number with the key 12 (in this embodiment, I used the key to confirm the number of incoming calls,
It is also possible to do it with the combination of key 12), microcomputer
16 detects it, and transmits it to the microcomputer 8 via the data communication control interface circuit 9 → data communication control interface circuit 6. The microcomputer 8 reads the corresponding information from the external telephone incoming response count memory 17 for each button telephone,
Information is sent from the data communication control interface circuit 6 to the data communication interface circuit 9 to the microcomputer 16, and the display device 19 displays the telephone number and the number of outside line incoming calls.

Next, when the microcomputer 8 rewrites the external telephone incoming response count memory for each button telephone, the microcomputer 8 rearranges the external telephone incoming call response count in the ascending order (or the increasing order), and stores it in the external telephone incoming response count order memory 18 for each button telephone set. To do. Then, if the key for confirming the number of incoming calls for outside line for each telephone is pressed twice from the key telephone (here, the key for confirming the number of incoming calls for outside line for each telephone is used, but it can be realized by a combination of the keys 12). Is detected and transmitted to the data communication control interface circuit 9 → the data communication control interface circuit 6 → the microcomputer 8. Therefore, the microcomputer 8
Reads out the information of the telephone number with the smallest number (or the largest number) and the number of incoming calls from outside lines from the memory 18 of the number of incoming calls from outside calls for each button telephone, and goes to the data communication control interface circuit 6 → the data communication interface 9 → the microcomputer 16. And the telephone number and the number of outside line incoming calls are displayed on the display unit 19. In this embodiment, the external telephone incoming call response frequency memory for each button telephone 17 and the external telephone incoming response frequency ranking memory for each button telephone 18 are separately provided.
It is also possible to use a single memory that has both functions. In this way, it is possible to confirm the number of external call incoming responses for each key telephone from the key telephone.

(Effects of the Invention) As is apparent from the above-described embodiment, the present invention allows the number of outside line incoming response counts for each key telephone to be confirmed from the key telephone, so that the operator who uses the key telephone competes against other people to compete. Therefore, there is an effect that a response to an incoming call from an outside line becomes faster.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a key telephone main unit in one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a button telephone in one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a conventional key telephone main unit. FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of the device, and FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram of a conventional key telephone. 1 ... External line interface circuit, 4,5 ... Highway interface circuit, 6,9 ... Data communication control interface circuit, 8,16 ... Microcomputer, 11 ... Handset, 12
…… key, 17 …… button Outgoing line incoming response count memory for each telephone, 18 …… button Outside line incoming response count order memory for each telephone, 19 …… display, 20 …… button Outside line incoming response count confirmation key for each telephone.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An outside line incoming detection circuit for detecting an incoming outside line,
A means for notifying a key telephone of an outside call, and a key telephone main unit having a memory for storing the number of times an outside call is answered for each key telephone regarding which key telephone responded to the notification, and the key telephone main unit. It is composed of a plurality of key telephones which are connected to each other, and have a key means for calling out the number of times of incoming call response for each telephone from the memory and a plurality of key telephones having a display for displaying the number of times of incoming call response for each telephone. A button telephone device characterized in that it can be operated to confirm the number of incoming calls received by each telephone.