JP2543224Y2 - Cordless telephone - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Field of Industrial Use The present invention relates to a cordless telephone having a function of remotely controlling another electronic device.

(B) Problems to be solved by the conventional technology / invention Conventionally, a cordless telephone that can be used anywhere can be composed of a master unit and a slave unit, and can communicate with the wireless unit via the master unit by wireless communication. Further, telephone functions have been diversified, such as an answering machine function and information from an external data bank.

On the other hand, home electronic devices each have a remote control function and can be operated from a remote control device.

That is, the user operates the cordless telephone while holding remote controllers of various electronic devices at hand. In particular, when remote control of a plurality of electronic devices such as audio devices and video devices is performed, the number of remote control devices increases, and the operability is complicated.

This invention has been made in view of the above points,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a cordless telephone having a built-in memory for remote operation and capable of remotely operating other electronic devices, while solving the drawbacks of the conventional example.

(C) Means for Solving the Problem The present invention relates to a cordless telephone in a cordless telephone in which a base unit and a child unit can communicate with each other by wireless communication. And a storage mode switch for storing a remote operation code of the electronic device, a receiving unit for reading the remote operation code, a memory unit for storing the read remote operation code, and a memory unit for storing the read remote operation code. A transmitting unit for reading out the stored code from the number button of the telephone and remotely controlling other electronic devices.

Further, a memory unit and a transmitting unit for remotely operating another electronic device are provided in the master unit for the slave unit.

According to the present invention, a cordless telephone slave unit is provided with a switch for switching between a telephone mode and a remote control mode, functions as a general cordless telephone in the telephone mode, and remotely controls another electronic device in the remote control mode. can do. Further, a remote control transmitting / receiving unit and a storage mode switch are provided, and a remote control code of an electronic device to be remotely controlled is read and stored in a built-in memory unit via a receiving unit.

The storage code in the memory unit is read out from the number button of the slave unit, and another electronic device can be remotely controlled via the transmission unit.

Such a cordless telephone is provided with a remote control function,
The remote controller of the electronic device can be eliminated, and the user can remotely control the telephone by keeping only the cordless telephone at hand.

Further, a memory unit and a transmission unit for remotely operating other electronic devices are provided in the master unit for the slave unit, the remote control code stored in the slave unit is transferred to the memory unit of the master unit, and the transferred storage code is transferred to the master unit. The electronic device can be remotely controlled via the transmitter of the device.

In this way, the base unit has a remote control function,
Users call their home cordless phones from the outside
For example, a TV program can be recorded on a VTR by remote control of another electronic device from the base unit of the cordless telephone.

(E) Embodiment An embodiment of a cordless telephone according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a cordless telephone handset, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a case where a remote control code is stored in the handset, and FIG. 3 is a view showing remote operation of another electronic device from the base unit. It is a perspective view.

In the figure, 1 is a cordless telephone handset, 2 is a handset of handset 1, 3 is a handset of handset 1, 4 is a number button of handset 1, 4a, 4b, and 4c are number buttons of number button 4. , Number 2, number 3 button, 5 are remote control mode changers provided on the slave 1,
Reference numeral 6 denotes a mode switch provided in the slave unit 1, 7 denotes a transmitting / receiving antenna of the slave unit 1, 8 denotes a remote control transmitting / receiving unit provided at the tip of the transmitting / receiving antenna 7, 9 denotes a remote control code from the remote controlling device,
10 is a remote controller of another electronic device, 11 is a transmitter of the remote controller 10, 12 is an operation button of the remote controller 10, 20 is a base unit of a cordless telephone, 21 is a subunit 1 of the base unit 20. Department, 22 is parent machine 20
, A remote control transmitting unit provided at the tip of the transmitting and receiving antenna 22, and 30 is another electronic device such as a VTR, 3
1 is a remote control receiving unit of the VTR 30, and 40 is another electronic device, for example, a television receiver (TV).

When the remote control mode switch 5 provided on the cordless telephone handset 1 is set to the telephone side and the storage mode switch 6 is set to the normal side, the handset 1 becomes the cordless telephone handset 1
And can be used as a general cordless telephone.

Now, when the slave 1 is used for remote control of another electronic device, the remote control mode switch 5 is set to the remote control side and the storage mode switch 6 is set to the storage side, and as shown in FIG. The transmitting unit 11 of the remote controller 10 of the electronic device to be operated and the transmitting / receiving antenna 7 of the slave unit 1 are installed so as to face each other.

The remote control code 9 of the operation item of the electronic device is set by operating the operation button 12 of the remote control device 10 by setting the remote control device 10 in this manner.
Is transmitted to the remote operation transmitting / receiving section 8. On the other hand, the slave unit 1 operates the number button 4 corresponding to the operation item, and
The remote control code 9 from 10 can be stored in a memory unit (not shown) built in the child device 1.

For example, when the playback operation of the VTR 30 is stored, in order to store the playback operation code 9 of the remote controller 10 in, for example, the number 4a of the number button 4 of the slave 1, press the number 1a of the slave 1,
By operating the playback button 12 of the remote controller 10, the playback operation code 9 is transmitted from the transmission unit 11 to the transmission / reception unit 8 of the slave 1, and the slave 1
Can be stored in the memory unit.

For example, a mark as shown in the figure is attached to the first number button 4a of the child device 1 to indicate that it is a reproduction operation button for remote control of the VTR 30.

Similarly, other operation items of the VTR 30 such as the stop operation symbol The remote control code 9 from each remote control device 10 can be stored in the number buttons 4b, 3c 4c, etc. of the number buttons 4 of the child device 1 as the pause operation symbol of the mark.

That is, a space for displaying the operation mark of the remote operation is provided in all of the number buttons 4 of the child device 1, and the operation display required for the remote operation can be displayed.

In this way, when the remote control code 9 of the VTR 30 is stored in the slave 1 of the cordless telephone, the storage mode switch 6 of the slave 1 is switched to the normal mode side, and the transmission / reception section 8 of the slave 1 is operated.
To the remote control receiving section 31 of the VTR 30, for example,
By operating the number 4a, the playback operation of the VTR 30 can be remotely controlled.

FIG. 3 shows a second embodiment in which the cordless telephone is remotely controlled from the base unit 20. The sub unit 1 is installed on the mounting section 21 of the base unit 20, and the remote unit stored in the sub unit 1 is stored. The operation code 9 can be transferred to a memory unit built in the base unit 20.

That is, the base unit 20 has a built-in remote control code 9 required for remote control, and the electronic device can be remotely controlled from the number button 4 of the base unit 20. In this way, the master unit 20 completes storing the remote control code 9 from the slave unit 1, and then the slave unit 1
Remote control from the base unit 20 is possible even if the base unit 20 is not provided on the mounting unit 21.

The remote control of the base unit 20 is performed by the user calling home from outside and performing a predetermined operation while receiving the call,
It is also possible to remotely control, for example, a VTR 30 or a TV 40 at home, and perform an absence recording of a TV image.

By having the remote control function in the base unit 20, remote control of other electronic devices can be freely performed from the base unit 20 even when the handset 1 is not at hand.

The remote control transmitting / receiving unit 8 of the slave unit 1 and the remote control transmitting unit 23 of the master unit 20 are not installed at the tips of the transmitting and receiving antennas 7 and 22, but are installed on the main body of the slave unit 1 and the master unit 20. Is also good.

(F) Effects of the invention As described above, the cordless telephone according to the invention has a remote control function in addition to the telephone function, so that the cordless telephone can be operated only with the cordless telephone without using the remote controllers of a plurality of electronic devices. Thus, there is an effect that operability can be improved by eliminating troublesome operation.

In addition, there is also an effect that the electronic device at home can be remotely controlled from outside by using the telephone function.

In addition, it has excellent features such as simple structure and easy implementation because it can be configured at low cost.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 to 3 show an embodiment of a cordless telephone according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a slave unit, FIG. 2 is a plan view when a remote control code is stored in the slave unit, FIG. 3 is a perspective view when remotely controlling another electronic device from the master unit. Explanation of main codes 1: Cordless telephone handset, 4: Number button, 5: Remote control mode switch, 6: Memory mode switch, 8: Remote control transmitter / receiver, 9: Remote control code, 10: Remote control Machine, 11: transmitting unit,
12: operation buttons, 20: cordless telephone base unit, 23: remote control transmitter, 30: VTR, 40: TV.

Claims (3)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A cordless telephone that allows a base unit and a slave unit to communicate with each other by wireless communication, wherein the base unit includes a slave unit mounting unit and a memory unit that stores a remote control code of an electronic device. A switch between a telephone mode and a remote control mode for remotely controlling another electronic device; a receiving unit for receiving a remote control code of the electronic device; a storage mode switch for storing a remote control code for the electronic device; A memory unit for storing the obtained remote operation code, and a transmitting unit for reading out the storage code of the memory unit from a number button of the slave unit and remotely operating another electronic device, wherein the slave unit mounting unit of the master unit When the child device is placed on the remote device, the remote control code stored in the child device corresponding to the number button of the child device is directly transferred to the memory unit of the parent device in correspondence with the number button of the parent device. Characterized in that Less phone. 2. A transmission unit for remotely operating another electronic device is provided in the master unit, and after the remote control code is transferred from the slave unit to the master unit, both the slave unit and the master unit transmit the other electronic device. The cordless telephone according to claim 1, wherein the cordless telephone can be remotely operated. 3. A transmission unit for remotely controlling another electronic device is provided in the master unit, and after the remote control code is transferred from the slave unit to the master unit, the other electronic device can be remotely controlled by an external line. The cordless telephone according to claim 1, wherein: