JP3042819B2 - Telephone equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a telephone system easy to set the ringer tone of both a master set and a slave set by a command from the master set or the slave set. CONSTITUTION:This system is provided with a master set 1 connected to a communication line and the slave set connected through the master set 1 to the communication line. The master set 1 and the slave set are respectively provided with ringer toner generating means 13 for generating the ring back tones at the time of incoming call. Further, a mode registering means 4 is provided for registering a ring tone mode to set the operation/non-operation of the ringer tone generating means 13 in the master set 1 and the slave set together with a ringer tone control means 2 for selectively operating the respective ringer tone generating means 13 in the master set 1 and the slave set at the time of call incoming based on the ring tone mode registered on the mode registering means 4. Then, at least one of the master set 1 and the slave set is provided with a mode setting means 15 for setting the ring tone mode to be registered on the mode registering means 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone device having a master unit connected to a communication line and a slave unit connected to the communication line through the master unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, in a cordless telephone apparatus having a master unit and a slave unit, the master unit is connected to a communication line and used at a fixed position, and the slave unit is portable and usable. When an outgoing call is made by the base unit, the base unit is connected to the communication line by a line connection operation of the base unit to make a call. The master unit is connected to the communication line by the line connection operation, and a call is made with the slave unit through the master unit connected to the communication line.

Each of the master unit and the slave unit is provided with a ring tone generating means capable of generating a ring tone upon receiving an incoming call signal through a communication line. Both ringing tone generating means operate substantially simultaneously to generate ringing tone respectively. Then, the user can respond to the incoming call with either the parent device or the child device.

[0004]

In a conventional telephone device, for example, a ringing tone is sounded only for a handset in order to respond to an incoming call in a handset, or a base unit is used for not using the handset for incoming calls. If you want only one of the parent device and the child device to ring, for example, by ringing only the main device, use the selector switch on the side or back of the main device to set the ringing tone for the main device. In addition, the ringing tone of the slave unit is switched and adjusted by a changeover switch disposed in the slave unit, so that only one of the master unit and the slave unit sounds.

When the ringing tone is set by the changeover switch as described above, the changeover switch of the master unit and the changeover switch of the slave unit must be directly operated separately to set the ringtone. If a setting is made so that both the base unit and the child unit do not ring, a problem arises that the incoming call cannot be noticed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and the ring tone setting for both the base unit and the child unit can be easily set at once from the parent unit or the child unit. An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone device that can prevent an erroneous setting such that both ring tones do not sound.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises a master unit connected to a communication line and a slave unit connected to the communication line through the master unit. in the telephone device respectively the calling tone generating means for a ring back tone and can generate, the master unit mode for operating the ringing tone generating means both the master unit and the slave unit, ringing tone generating means in the base unit
Operating mode only, and ringing tone generation means for the handset
Remembers three ringing modes, one of which only operates
Mode storage means, and a mode stored in the mode storage means.
And one of the modes registering means ringer mode Ru is registered <br/> recording of the ringer mode, call of the master unit and the slave unit during a call on the basis of the mode register means to the registered ring back tone mode and a ringing sound control unit that controls the operation of the sound generating means, at least one of the master unit and the slave unit, the motor
One of the ring tone modes stored in the
Or one ringer mode to said mode register means those having a mode setting means for registration Roku設 constant.

[0008]

According to the present invention, the mode setting means of the master unit or slave unit, both the master unit and the slave unit, which is stored in the mode storage unit of the master unit mode of operating the ringing tone generating means, the base unit
A mode in which only the ringer generating means operates,
Three ring tones in a mode in which only the ringer generating means operates
Any one of the ringer mode of the mode to register in the mode registration means of the master unit. Then, at the time of incoming call, the ringing tone control means of the master unit, to operate the calling tone generating means of the master unit and the slave unit on the basis of the ringing tone mode registered in the mode register means.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A cordless telephone will be described below as an embodiment of the telephone apparatus of the present invention with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the structure of a base unit 1 of a cordless telephone, and 2 denotes a CPU for controlling the operation of the base unit 1.
The PU2 has a ROM as a mode storage means for storing a control program and the like and a ringing tone mode.
3. A RAM 4 is connected as a mode registering means for writing and reading various data and registering a ringing tone mode.

An incoming call detecting circuit 5 and a line current detecting circuit 6 are connected to a communication line such as a telephone line. The incoming call detecting circuit 5 detects a call signal at the time of incoming call input through the communication line and outputs it to the CPU 2. The line current detection circuit 6 detects a current flowing from the communication line and outputs the detected current to the CPU 2.

Further, a hook switch 8 turned on / off by a handset 7 and a hook relay switch 9 turned on / off under the control of the CPU 2 are connected in parallel to the communication line, and a transmission / reception circuit for processing transmitted / received voice signals. 10 is connected. This transmission / reception circuit 10
Is connected to the handset 7 and the wireless circuit 11, outputs a received audio signal to the handset 7 or the wireless circuit 11, and receives a transmission audio signal from the handset 7 or the wireless circuit 11. The wireless circuit 11 includes a slave 21 described later.
To send and receive wireless media.

Between the switches 8 and 9 and the transmission / reception circuit 10, a pulse dial generation circuit 12 for generating a pulse dial at the time of transmission in the case of a dial line is connected. At the time of outgoing call in the case of a push-phone line, a tone dial is generated from the transmitting / receiving circuit 10 under the control of the CPU 2.

The CPU 2 is connected to a speaker drive circuit 14 for driving a speaker 13 as a ringing tone generating means, and an operation unit 15 as a mode setting means having dial keys and various setting keys.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of a slave unit 21 of the cordless telephone. Reference numeral 22 denotes a CPU for controlling the operation of the slave unit 21.
The PU 22 has a ROM 23 for storing a control program and the like,
A RAM 24 for writing and reading various data is connected.

The CPU 22 includes a hook switch 25 for establishing a line connection with the base unit 1, a wireless circuit 26 for transmitting and receiving a wireless medium to and from the base unit 1, and a speaker driving circuit for driving a speaker 27 as a ringing tone generating means. 28 is connected, and an operation unit 29 as mode setting means having dial keys, various setting keys, and the like is connected.

Further, the slave unit 21 is provided with a microphone for transmitting and receiving and a speaker.

The ROM 3 as the mode storage means of the base unit 1 stores a ringing tone mode for setting the operation and non-operation of the ringing tone of the base unit 1 and the slave unit 21. There are the following three modes (1), (2) and (3). (1) Normal mode = ringing tone sounds for both base unit 1 and slave unit 21 (both ringing means for both base unit 1 and slave unit 21)
Mode of operation) . (2) Base unit priority mode = only the ringing sound of base unit 1 sounds, and the ringing sound of slave unit 21 does not sound (base unit 1
Mode in which only the ringer generating means is operated) . (3) Slave unit priority mode = only ringing sound of slave unit 21 sounds, and ringing sound of base unit 1 does not sound (only ringing sound generation means of slave unit 21 is operated.
Mode) .

The RAM 4 serving as the mode registering means of the base unit 1 is operated by the operation units 15 and 29 serving as mode setting means of the base unit 1 or the handset 21 to select one of the ringing modes stored in the ROM 3. Any ringing mode selected and set is registered as a flag.

Further, the CPU 2 of the base unit 1 selectively operates the ring tones of the base unit 1 and the handset 21 when a call signal is received at the time of an incoming call based on the ringing mode registered in the RAM 4. Has the function of a ringing tone control means. In other words, the CPU 2 is connected to the speaker drive circuit 14 of the base unit 1 and the slave unit 21 communicatively connected by a wireless medium.
The speaker drive circuit 28 is controlled through the CPU 22 of FIG.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

First, the setting of the ringing mode from the handset 21 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In the slave unit 21, a communication state is established with the master unit 1 via a wireless medium, and an arbitrary ringing mode is selectively set from the ringing modes as a mode setting state by a specific key operation of the operation unit 29. (Step 1 (the following steps are abbreviated as circle numbers)).

Base unit 1 registers the ringing mode flag selected and set by handset 21 in RAM 4 (step 2).

The setting of the call-on mode can be selected and set on the operation unit 15 of the base unit 1 as well.

Next, the operation at the time of an incoming call will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When an incoming call is received through the communication line,
The PU 2 determines the ringing mode flag registered in the RAM 4 (steps 11 and 12), reads out the ringing mode corresponding to the flag from the ROM 3, and if the child unit priority mode, only the child unit 21 outputs the ringing sound. A ringing tone is sounded (step 13). If the mode is the master unit priority mode, only the base unit 1 sounds a ringing tone (step 14). If not a priority mode, both the base unit 1 and the handset 21 ring the ringing tone (step 15). This ringing operation is performed by the CPU 2 by the speaker driving circuit 14 of the base unit 1.
Then, the speaker drive circuit 28 is controlled through the CPU 22 of the slave unit 21 communicatively connected by a wireless medium.

The incoming call can be answered by either the base unit 1 or the handset 21 irrespective of whether a ringing tone sounds or not. For example, only the handset 21 sounds a ringing tone and the base unit 1 has a ringing tone. Even if it does not ring, if the user can hear the ringing tone of the child device 21, the parent device 1 can answer.

When the hook switch 8 or the hook relay switch 9 of the master unit 1 is turned on, the master unit 1
Is connected to the communication line (steps 16 and 17).
When the hook switch 25 of 21 is on-hook, the slave unit 21 is connected to the communication line through the master unit 1 (steps 18 and 1).
9). While the incoming call is continuing, the process stands by until the main unit 1 or the sub unit 21 goes on-hook (step 20).

As described above, the setting of the ringing mode of both the base unit 1 and the slave unit 21 can be easily set by a command from one of the base unit 1 and the slave unit 21. An erroneous setting in which both ring tones do not sound can be prevented.

The telephone device having a master unit and a slave unit can be applied not only to a cordless telephone but also to a facsimile with a cordless telephone.
The invention can be applied not only to the system but also to a telephone system of a wired system.

[0032]

According to the present invention, the mode of the master unit or the slave unit is
The de setting means, mode for operating the ringing tone generating means both stored <br/> master unit and the slave unit in the mode storage unit of the master unit
Mode in which only the ringer generating means of the base unit operates.
And mode 3 in which only the ringer generating means of the handset is operated
One of any one of the ring back tone mode of the ringer mode by registering the mode register unit of the master unit, at the time of incoming call, the ringing tone control means of the master unit, ringer mode registered in the mode register means on the basis order to operate the calling tone generating means of the master unit and the slave unit, you can easily set at a time set ringer both the master unit and the slave unit from the master unit or the slave unit, the master unit and the slave unit It is possible to prevent an erroneous setting such that both ring tones do not sound.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a base unit showing one embodiment of a telephone device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a slave unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of setting a ringing tone mode in the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of an incoming call of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 base unit 2 CPU as ringing sound control means 3 ROM as mode storage means 4 RAM as mode registration means 13 Speaker as ringing sound generation means 15 Operation unit as mode setting means 21 Remote unit 27 as ringing sound generation means Speaker 29 Operation unit as mode setting means

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A base station connected to a communication line, and a slave unit connected to the communication line through the base unit, wherein the base unit and the slave unit can generate a ringing tone upon receiving a call. in the telephone device respectively provided a sound generating means, said master unit mode for moving <br/> operation the ringing tone generating means both the master unit and the slave unit, so only the operating ring tone generating means of the master unit
Mode, and only the
Mode memory for storing three ringing modes
And the ring tone mode stored in the mode storage means.
And one of the modes registering means ringer mode Ru is registered out, that controls the operation of the ringing tone generating means of the master unit and the slave unit when receiving a call on the basis of the mode ringer mode registered in the registration means and a ringing tone control means, at least one of the master unit and the slave unit, said mode Symbol
Any one of the ringing modes stored in the storage device
Telephone apparatus characterized by comprising a mode setting means for registered Roku設 constant ringing mode to the mode register means.