JPH01238362A - Telephone set with emergency information function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent misoperation and to improve the reliability of emergency information device by deciding whether or not misoperation takes place depending whether the method depressing an emergency information button satisfies a prescribed condition or not and applying automatic dial to send an emergency message when the decision means decides it is not misoperation. CONSTITUTION:If emergency takes place, a handset 4 is hooked off first and an information destination designation button representing a desired destination in emergency information button group 11 is depressed. Then a control section 8 allows a timer 9 to start count when the emergency information button, for example, is depressed and if the emergency information button is detached till the timer 9 expires, it is decided to be misoperation. When misoperation is decided, the talking is transited and no emergency information is implemented. When emergency information is decided, the control section 8 gives a signal commanding to output a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number of the information destination designed by the emergency button to an automatic dial section 6. The automatic dial section 6 outputs a dial signal in response to the signal and the dial signal is sent to the telephone line via the speech network 3.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Field of Application> The present invention relates to a telephone with an emergency call function that can accurately report address, name, etc. to an emergency call destination when an emergency situation occurs. .

<Conventional Technology> When a fire or accident occurs in a nearby area, people generally become extremely excited and cannot remember the telephone number when they call the fire department or police station to report the incident.
You may not be able to provide your address etc. accurately.

Therefore, when an emergency situation occurs, just by pressing a button, you can connect to the line, call the destination, etc.
There is an emergency reporting device that automatically performs a series of operations for reporting messages such as addresses and names that are stored in a storage medium in advance.

This type of emergency notification device has conventionally been intended for large facilities such as hospitals and hotels, but it can also be incorporated into telephones used at home.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> In conventional emergency notification devices, the push button is placed in a position on the telephone that can be easily touched. There was a problem that the device could malfunction if touched.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide an electrical packing machine with an emergency call function that prevents malfunctions.

Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, in the telephone with an emergency call function of the present invention, it is possible to determine whether or not an erroneous operation has occurred based on whether the method in which the emergency call button is pressed satisfies predetermined conditions. and a transmitting means for automatically dialing and transmitting an emergency message when the determining means determines that there is no erroneous operation.

<Function> In a telephone with an emergency call function configured as described above, if the emergency call button is touched by mistake during normal telephone operation, the operation method of the emergency call button does not satisfy the predetermined conditions. Therefore, it is determined that the operation was erroneous, and no emergency call operation is performed.

<Embodiment> FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a telephone with an emergency call function of this embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a telephone line terminal.

2 is the rectifier brifuge, 3 is the speech network.

4 is a telephone receiver, 5 is a dial button group, 6 is an automatic dialing section, 7 is a function button group, 8 is a control section, 9 is a timer 710
1 is a counter, 11 is a group of emergency call buttons, 12 is an audible sound determination section, and 13 is a voice recording and playback section.

14 is a RAM, 15 is a microphone, and 16 is a speaker.

The telephone line terminal 1 is connected to a telephone line (not shown).

The rectifier bridge 2 is composed of four diodes. Voice signals from the telephone line are input to the speech network 3 via the rectifier bridge 2, and voice signals are output from the speech network 3 to the telephone line via the rectifier bridge 2.

The speech network 3 outputs signals from the telephone line to the receiver of the handset 4 and the audible sound determination section 12, and also outputs signals from the microphone of the handset 4 and audio signals from the voice recording/reproducing section 13 and dials from the automatic dialing section 6. Outputs the signal to the telephone line.

The automatic dial section 6 outputs a dial pulse or a multifrequency code corresponding to the pressed button of the dial button group 5 to the speech network 3 as a dial signal. Further, the automatic dialing section 6 stores several types of emergency call destination telephone numbers in advance, and upon receiving a control signal from the control section 8 outputs a dialing signal corresponding to the stored telephone number to the speech network 3. do. Audible sound determination section 1
2 determines the type of audible sound of the audio signal output from the speech network 3 and outputs the data of the determination result to the control unit 8 . The voice recording and playback section 13 encodes the message for emergency call inputted from the microphone 15 and outputs it as R.
At the same time as being stored in the AM 14, the encoded emergency message is read out from the RAM 14, decoded, and outputted to the speech network 3 and the speaker 16 as an audio signal.

The control unit 8 controls the automatic dialing unit 6 and the voice recording/reproducing unit 13 by pressing a group of function buttons 7. Control is performed according to signals from the emergency call button group 11 and the audible sound determination section 12. This control section 8 has a timer 9 and a counter 10. The timer 9 starts counting immediately after the emergency call button is pressed. The counter 10 counts the number of times the emergency call button is pressed. The function button group 7 includes a registration button for storing the telephone number of the emergency call destination in the automatic dialing section 6, a recording button for recording the emergency message, and a button for setting the number of times the emergency message is played repeatedly. It consists of buttons for setting the number of playbacks, etc. The emergency call button group 11 is composed of contact destination designation buttons provided exclusively for emergency call destinations, such as police stations, fire departments, hospitals, and the like.

The operation of the telephone configured as described above will be explained below.

Memorize the emergency phone number and emergency message in advance.

The telephone number of the emergency call destination is stored in the automatic dialing section 6. In this method, first, when a registration button in the function button group 7 is pressed and then, for example, a police report button in the emergency call button group 11 is pressed, the control unit 8 sends the automatic dialing unit 6 to the phone number of the police station. sends a signal that directs memory. Subsequently, when the telephone number of the police station is entered by operating the dial button group 5, this telephone number is stored in the automatic dialing section 6.

Next, keep pressing the recording button in the function button group 7. While this recording button is pressed, the control unit 8 continues to send a signal instructing the audio recording/reproducing unit 13 to record the audio input from the microphone 15 and store it in the RAM 14. Then, the user speaks his/her name, address, etc. into the microphone 15 as an emergency message. When you finish speaking, release the record button.

Here, the control section 8 sends a signal to the voice recording/playback section 13 instructing it to end the recording and store the first address and the last address of the voice code previously stored in the RAM 14 for use in a police report.

Repeat the above steps for other reporting destinations such as the fire department,
Finally, the number of times the emergency message is to be repeatedly played back is set by operating the button for setting the number of playbacks in the function button group 7.

When an emergency situation occurs, the user first picks up the receiver 4 and presses a destination designation button indicating a desired destination among the group of emergency call buttons 11. Here, the control section 8 performs the operation shown in FIG. 2.

The control unit 8 first determines whether the emergency call button has been operated by mistake. (Step #1).

As a method for this determination, there are, for example, the following two methods.

FIG. 3 shows a method for determining erroneous operation based on the length of time the emergency call button is pressed.

When the emergency call button is pressed (#11), the timer 9 starts counting time (#12), and if the emergency call button is released before the timer 9 completes the time measurement, it is determined that the operation has been erroneous (#16). ). If the emergency call button continues to be pressed even after the timer 9 times up, it is determined that the call is an emergency call (#15). The standard time for determining the time to press the emergency call button is, for example, about 5 seconds.

FIG. 4 shows a method of determination based on the number of times the emergency call button is pressed. The number of times the emergency call button has been pressed is counted by the taunter 10 (#21), and if this count value is smaller than a preset value, it is determined that the operation has been erroneous (#24).

When the count value is greater than the set value, it is determined that it is an emergency call (#23). The number of times the emergency call button is pressed is, for example, about three times.

If an erroneous operation is determined by the method described above, the call operation will proceed as is, and an emergency call will not be made. If it is determined that it is not an erroneous operation but an emergency call, the control section 8 gives a signal to the automatic dialing section 6 instructing it to output a dial signal corresponding to the telephone number of the destination designated by the emergency call button. The automatic dialing section 6 outputs a dialing signal in response to this signal, and the dialing signal is sent to the telephone line via the speech network 3 (#2).

Next, it is determined whether there is a response from the destination. in this case,
First, the type of audible sound of the signal sent from the telephone line should be determined by the audible sound determination unit 12 (#3). If the audible sound is a busy sound, the call destination is busy, so the automatic dialing is performed again. Do it (#2).

If the audible tone is a ringing tone, the audible tone continues to be determined, and when the ringing tone ends, the destination of the report has responded, so transmission of the emergency message is started (#4).

When transmitting an emergency message, the control unit 8 sends a signal to the voice recording and playback unit 13 to instruct the voice recording and playback unit 13 to repeatedly play the emergency message the number of times set by the playback count setting button in the emergency call button group 11. give it. In response to this signal, the voice recording and playback unit 13 repeatedly plays the emergency message a set number of times, and this playback sound is transmitted to the speaker 1.
6 and is sent to speech network 3. The playback audio is
The signal is output from the speech network 3 to the telephone line and the handset 4, and is also output from the speaker 16. As a result, an emergency message is sent to the destination, and
The emergency message being sent can be monitored by audio from the handset 4 or speaker 16.

In the above embodiment, whether or not there is an erroneous operation is determined based on the time the emergency call button is pressed or the number of times it is pressed.
There are various other methods for making the determination, such as pressing multiple types of buttons in a predetermined order.

Further, in the embodiment described above, after transmitting the emergency message, it is possible to transmit the situation etc. to the destination using the receiver 4. However, if a situation arises in which you cannot continue holding the handset, such as when your hand is injured, a speakerphone can be installed that allows you to talk while leaving the handset. The speakerphone is configured to automatically operate after sending an emergency message.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, in the present invention, it is determined that the operation of the emergency call button is for an emergency call only when the operation method of the emergency call button satisfies a predetermined condition. If it is accidentally touched, an emergency call will not be made, which can prevent malfunctions and improve the reliability of the emergency call device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2, 3, and 4 are flowcharts showing the operating procedure of the embodiment of the present invention. 1... Telephone line terminal 2... Rectifier bridge 3... Speech network 4... Handset 5... Dial button group 6... Auto dial section 7... Function button group 8... Control Part 9... Timer 10... Counter 11... Emergency call button group 12... Audible sound determination section 13... Voice recording and playback section 14... RAM 1°5... Microphone 16... Speaker patent applicant Sharp Corporation Company agent Patent attorney Nishi 1) New Figure 2 Figure 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a telephone that has an emergency call function that automatically dials the emergency call destination and sends an emergency message when the emergency call button is pressed, a determination means that determines whether the emergency call button was pressed by mistake or not 1. A telephone with an emergency call function, characterized in that it is equipped with: and a transmitting means for automatically dialing and transmitting an emergency message when the determining means determines that there is no erroneous operation.