JP3190832B2 - How to register cordless handsets - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cordless telephone set registration system for a cordless telephone in which a cordless telephone comprising a master unit and a slave unit is added.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a cordless telephone, a slave unit is often added. For example, if you originally purchased and used a set of one slave unit for one master unit, or if the number of necessary slave units increased due to the expansion of the workplace, only a new slave unit was purchased and purchased. A method of registering with the parent machine is adopted. Conventionally, the extension of a cordless telephone handset has generally not been performed by the user due to the necessity of registering the handset to be added to the base unit. The registration is performed by a method such as a wired connection with the slave unit to be connected.

In such a child unit registration method, it is necessary to register an additional child unit at a store or the like, which is troublesome. Therefore, for example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 4-144344, "Method of Registering Identification Number in Cordless Telephone" (hereinafter referred to as first prior art), the same ID code as that of the base unit is written on the base unit side to the added slave unit. A technology has been disclosed in which a function is provided so that a user can register a required number of slave units as necessary. However, in this case, registration can be performed only with the additional child device, so if a person other than the user registers and uses the device without permission, the base device will be charged for the call fee.

For example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 3-295327, "Method of Adding a Mobile Station to Cordless Telephones" (hereinafter referred to as "second prior art"), a plurality of identification codes are used, and the identification codes are transferred and registered by wireless communication. However, in this case, an operation on the base station side is required. Also, it is necessary to set the number of the child device to be registered.

[0005]

In the conventional cordless telephone handset registration system as described above, the general registration system is inconvenient because the user himself cannot be registered. However, the second prior art has a problem that the operation is troublesome and the like.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide a cordless telephone subunit registration system in which a user can safely and easily register an additional subunit in a parent unit. And

[0007]

In the cordless telephone handset registration system according to the present invention, the user himself / herself shifts the base unit to the registration mode by using the already registered (having a unique ID) handset. At the same time, the additional child device is started in the registration mode, and the additional child device is registered in the parent device. Therefore, unauthorized registration can be prevented by the ID of the child device already registered, and the additional child device can be automatically registered in the parent device without directly operating the parent device.

More specifically, in a cordless telephone slave unit registration system in which a unique ID number is stored in the slave unit and the slave unit is registered in the master unit, when the slave unit is added, the already registered slave unit is added. Means for transmitting a registration mode transition signal to the master unit in response to a user's specific operation, causing the master unit to shift to the registration mode, and transmitting a registration signal with information indicating the number of the slave unit to be registered. The slave unit to be added is shifted to the registration mode by a user's specific operation, and the slave unit receives a registration signal attached with information indicating the number of the slave unit transmitted from the master unit. Register the child unit,
Means for transmitting a registration completion signal from the slave to the master,
Upon receipt of the registration completion signal, the master unit includes means for increasing the number of registered slave units owned by itself and switching the registration mode to a normal operation mode.
Therefore, the illegal registration can be prevented by the ID of the child device already registered, and the user can register the additional child device in the parent device without directly operating the parent device.

[0009] The user's specific operation of transmitting the registration mode transition signal from the already registered slave unit to the master unit may be performed by operating a registration button provided on the slave unit. Features. Further, the user's specific operation of shifting the additional slave unit to the registration mode is performed by turning on the power and starting up while pressing down the registration button provided on the slave unit.
Therefore, the above-described operation can be performed with the registration button common to the slave units. Note that the registration button may be common to the “Q” button, for example.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a cordless telephone in a cordless telephone registration system for a cordless telephone according to the present invention. FIG. 1A shows the configuration of a child device, and FIG. In the slave unit shown in FIG.
01 is an antenna, 102 is a wireless transmission / reception unit, 103 is a display unit, 104 is a control unit that controls the operation of the whole slave unit, 105
, A memory unit; and 106, an operation unit. In the master unit shown in FIG. 1B, 201 is an antenna, 202 is a wireless transmission / reception unit, 203 is a registration mode determination unit, 204 is a control unit that controls the operation of the whole master unit, 205 is a display unit, and 206 is a memory. Department.

The user operates the operation unit 106 of a child device that has already been registered (for example, a child device that was set with the parent device at the time of introduction), and for example, “register”, “Q”, and “call” By pressing a button such as "", the control unit 104 operates, via the wireless transmitting / receiving unit 201 and the antenna 101,
Shift to the mode in which the parent device registers the additional child device,
Transmit the registration mode transition signal. Then, by operating the operation unit 106 of the slave unit to be added and turning on the power while the “registration” button is pressed, the slave unit is started up in the registration mode. Therefore, the additional slave unit is
It enters a state of waiting for a registration signal transmitted by the master unit.

When the master unit receives the above-described registration mode transition signal via antenna 201 and radio transmission / reception unit 202, registration mode determination unit 203 determines whether or not the registration mode transition signal is valid. The registration mode transition signal includes an ID number unique to the parent device, and a registration mode transition signal from a device other than a child device having a parent-child relationship (a child device already registered in the parent device) is not accepted. Here, unauthorized registration can be prevented. The master unit that has shifted to the registration mode displays on the display unit 205, for example, by blinking an LED to indicate that the current mode is the registration mode, and displays the memory unit 2
The registration number including the ID unique to the base unit stored in 06 and a number indicating the number of the child unit registered as the number of the child units + 1 registered in the base unit to the expansion unit. Send.

[0013] The additional slave unit in the standby mode in the registration mode transmits a registration signal transmitted by the master unit to the antenna 101,
An ID unique to the master unit, which is received via the wireless unit 102 and received by the control unit 104 in the memory unit 105, and a number indicating the number of the registered slave unit are stored. After that, the control unit 1
Under the control of step 04, a registration completion signal for notifying the master unit that registration has been completed is transmitted via the wireless unit 102 and the antenna 101. On the other hand, when the master unit in the registration mode determines that the registration mode determination unit 203 has received the registration completion signal, the number of the registered slave units stored in the memory unit 206 is reduced by one.
The number of units is increased, the display of the registration mode displayed on the display unit 205 is switched to the normal operation mode, and the registration of the extension unit is completed.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the above operation in detail. In the figure, S101 to S106 are the operation steps of the parent device, S201 is the operation step of the registered child device, and S301 to 305 are the operations of the child device to be added. The operation steps will be described. First, the master unit operating in the normal operation mode (S101) presses a button such as "register", "" Q "", "call", etc., of a slave unit that the user has already registered. When a registration mode transition signal is transmitted from the slave unit (S201), the slave unit receives this signal and transitions to the registration mode (S102). Then, the timer is started (S10
3), transmission of the registration signal is started (S104).

When the user operates the additional slave unit and turns on the power while, for example, pressing the registration button, the system is started in the registration mode (S301), and the additional slave unit is registered with a registration signal from the master unit. In the standby state. When the registration signal is received (S302), the ID unique to the base unit included in the registration signal and the number indicating the number of the registration are stored in the memory (S303), and the completion of the registration is notified. After transmitting the registration completion signal (S304), the process returns to the normal operation mode. On the other hand, upon receiving the registration completion signal (S105), the master unit increases the number of registered slave units in the memory unit 205 by one. When the activated timer (S103) times out (S106) after shifting to the registration mode, the registration mode is terminated and the operation returns to the normal operation mode.

[0016]

As described above, in the cordless telephone handset registration system of the present invention, the user can safely register a handset to be added, and can directly operate the base unit and set the number of registered handset units. And there is an effect that the operation can be performed very easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an outline of a configuration of a cordless telephone in a slave unit registration system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 101 Antenna 102 Radio transmission / reception part 103 Display part 104 Control part 105 which controls operation | movement of the whole slave | mobile_unit 105 Memory part 106 Operation part 201 Antenna 202 Radio transmission / reception part 203 Registration mode determination part 204 Control part 205 which controls operation | movement of the whole parent | base station 205 Display Unit 206 Memory unit

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A handset registration methods from <br/> Oite cordless telephone to base unit unique ID number stored in the handset to register the handset to base unit, when adding a handset already A registration mode transition signal including the ID unique to the master unit is transmitted to the master unit by the user's specific operation from the slave unit registered and having the ID unique to the master unit. proceeds to registration mode the validity of the signal is checked at the base unit unique ID, and transmits a registration signal marked with information indicating whether the is a registered in the base unit unique ID number and any number Menoko machine, By operating the registration button provided on the additional slave unit , the additional slave unit is shifted to the registration mode, and the ID number unique to the master unit transmitted from the master unit and the number of the slave unit are registered . menu received by slave unit in slave unit registration signal information is attached showing a Stored in the re-transmits the slave unit a registration completion signal to the base unit, the base unit registration mode normal to the registration number of mobile terminals that self's increases one receives the registration completion signal handset registration how the cordless telephone, characterized in that switching to the operation mode.