JP2546814Y2 - Automatic dialing device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic dial apparatus for transmitting a telephone number stored in advance by a simple operation, and in particular, for transmitting an external line dial signal after transmitting an external line switching signal or for transmitting an external line dial signal. Automatic dial that can set a pause time to stop dialing for a predetermined time before sending an extension dial signal on the receiving side and when switching from a local line to a toll line or from a domestic line to an international line Related to the device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in order to make a telephone call, a telephone number to be dialed is simultaneously written and stored in a memory, and from the next time, a function button for redialing or address designation is depressed, whereby the telephone number stored in the memory is read. Automatic dialing devices for automatically sending out to a line are known.

[0003] On the other hand, in an extension of the automatic exchange system,
After transmitting 0 as an external line switching signal from the extension telephone, it is necessary to interrupt the transmission of the external line dial signal and capture the dial tone signal for confirming the line connection, and then transmit the external line dial. Therefore, when the automatic dialing device is added to such a business extension telephone, it is necessary to set a pause time for stopping the dial transmission for a predetermined time between the transmission of 0 and other external line switching signals and the transmission of the external line. is there.

The setting of this kind of pause time has conventionally been fixed, but the required pause time is not necessarily constant depending on the telephone line conditions, and therefore, the pause time is set longer than the fixed pause time setting. In some cases, the conventional automatic dialing device cannot cope with such cases.

[0005] In order to eliminate such disadvantages, Japanese Utility Model Publication No.
In the case of -11100, after sending 0, the # key, which is one of the input keys, is operated N times as many times as necessary to set the preset unit pause time T times N, that is, N × T time as the pause time. We propose a method to do it.

[0006]

In the above prior art, if the required pause time is longer than expected with respect to the set value of the unit pause time, the number of times of operation of the pause key is increased, and There is a problem that the convenience of the user is lacking.

In recent years, after receiving an outside line on the receiving side, an electronic announcement to the effect that "Please send an extension dial signal after the buzzer beep." After pressing the extension dial, the receiving side automatically connected to the extension. An automatic extension switching method has also been proposed, but even in an automatic dialing apparatus for transmitting to a receiving apparatus having such a method, dial transmission is stopped for a predetermined time after transmitting a dial signal for an external line and before transmitting a reception-side internal dial signal. It is necessary to set a pause time, and the pause time is extremely long because it is necessary to wait for the announcement time. For this reason, the number of pause operations must be increased in the conventional technique. As a result, there is a problem that the convenience of the user is lacking.

In view of the drawbacks of the prior art, the present invention has as its object to provide an automatic dial device capable of coping with various lengths of pause time with a small number of operation procedures without unnecessarily increasing the number of times the pause key is operated. I do.

[0009]

According to the present invention, a unit pause time (A) is set by a memory key or other key input and stored in a memory, and similarly, an acceleration coefficient (B) is set and stored in a memory. And pause setting means such as a # key, and the number of operations (N) from the pause setting means
An automatic dialing device is proposed in which the pause time P can be set based on the following equation in response to the above. 1) P = A × N × B ^N (however, B> 1) 2) P = A (B ^N −1) (however, B> 1) By using the former formula, the rise is increased, and By using the latter equation, the rise can be set lower, which one to use is optional for the user, and software may be incorporated so that both equations can be used.

[0010]

According to the technical means, basically, the pause time increases exponentially (acceleratingly) in accordance with the number of operations of the pause setting means. You can take a lot. Further, the increase curve of the pause time is not uniform, and since the unit pause time and the acceleration coefficient can be arbitrarily set, a free curvature curve can be set, and a curve most suitable for the user can be arbitrarily selected.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an automatic dial device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The network control device 1 (telephone) is connected to the automatic dial device 2. The automatic dialing device 2 has a telephone number input key 3 having * and # marks, and a memory key 4 for storing the telephone number, the unit pause time A, and the acceleration coefficient B in the external memory 7 and the internal memories 6a and 6b. , A code key 5 corresponding to a telephone number on a one-to-one basis, an arithmetic and control circuit 6 for controlling the entire signal flow, and an external memory 7 for storing a telephone number including a pause time and an external line switching signal.

The internal memory 6 in the arithmetic control circuit 6
In a and 6b, a unit pause time A corresponding to one operation of the pause setting means and an acceleration coefficient B are stored. The external memory 7 stores respective external line switching signals corresponding to the address set by the code key 5, data corresponding to the pause time set in the arithmetic control unit, and external line dial signals. If necessary, the external memory may be set so as to store pause data and a receiving-side internal dial signal after the external dial signal. In this embodiment, the # mark of the telephone number input key 3 is used as pause setting means.

Next, the operation procedure of the embodiment will be described. (Setting of the unit pause time A and the acceleration coefficient B.) The unit pause time A is set in advance by the user using the telephone number input key 3 after pressing the memory key 4 twice, for example, when the telephone is installed. It is preferable to be able to perform In general, it is preferable that the acceleration coefficient B is set by a service person or a maker. However, the acceleration coefficient may be set by the maker using a memory key and a code key. These data A and B are respectively stored in the internal memory of the arithmetic and control unit.

Next, to store the telephone number including the pause time, first press the memory key 4 and then press the input key 3
Is used to press the outside line switching signal 0, and then press the # mark a corresponding number of times. The pause time is calculated based on one of the following formulas in accordance with the number N of button operations. Next, after pressing the outside line dial number and pressing the corresponding code key, the outside line switching signal / pause time / outside line dial number is stored in the address of the external memory 7 corresponding to the code key 5. . P = A × N × B ^N (B> 1) P = A (B ^N −1) (B> 1) After that, when the code key 5 is pressed, the value stored in the external memory 7 is changed. Will be output.

FIG. 2 is a graph showing the number N of pressing the pause button on the horizontal axis and the pause time P corresponding to N on the vertical axis. In this graph, the pause time increases at an increasing rate as the number of times the pause button is operated increases. The curve can be arbitrarily changed by changing A and B or by selecting a change formula.

Therefore, according to the present embodiment, even if the pause time is long, the number of operations of the pause button can be extremely small,
Further, the change curve can be set arbitrarily, which is practical. For example, in the prior art, as shown in FIG. 2, the unit pause time is set to 1 second because the pause time is set to a length obtained by multiplying a preset unit pause time by the number of times the pause button is operated. In this case, in order to set a pause time of 20 seconds, the pause button must be operated 20 times. However, if the pause time setting method in this embodiment is adopted, a pause exceeding 20 seconds can be performed by 6 operations. You can set the time.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, a predetermined pause time can be obtained with a small number of operations even if the required pause time extends over a wide range. By setting appropriate values based on the surrounding environment and experience values, an optimal pause time curve can be obtained for each user, which is extremely practical.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an automatic dial device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a time-series graph of the pause time and the number of operations in the related art and the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference Signs List 1 network control device (telephone) 2 automatic dialing device 3 telephone number input key 6a, 6b memory for storing unit pause time A and acceleration coefficient B 4 memory key 6 operation control circuit S code key

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A pause time for stopping a dial transmission for a predetermined time during transmission of a dial signal in order to switch a line state from an internal line to an external line or from an external line to an internal line, and when switching to a different line. The automatic dialing apparatus has means for setting a unit pause time (A) and storing it in a memory, means for setting an acceleration coefficient (B) and storing it in a memory, and pause setting means. Characterized in that the pause time P can be set on the basis of an arbitrary setting formula which changes in accordance with the number of operations (N) of the automatic dial device. 2. The automatic dial device according to claim 1, wherein the setting formula is one of the following: P = A × N × B ^N (where B> 1) P = A (B ^N −1) (where, B> 1)