JPH02233042A - Cordless phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow a slave set to record and reproduce an external message even when the slave set is located apart from a master set by providing an automatic answering telephone set having a sound recording and reproducing section able to record and reproduce a signal into the slave set. CONSTITUTION:When an incoming call comes from a line 13 of a master equipment C, a control section 12 detects it to acquire a line 13 and to send an incoming signal to a slave set A. When the slave set A detects the incoming signal, a bell tone is outputted from the reception section 2. When the slave set A is set in the automatic answering telephone mode, after a bell tome rings for a prescribed number of times, the slave set A is hooked off, after a relevant message recorded in advance is outputted from a recording and reproducing section 7 of an automatic answering telephone set B, a single tone informing the recording state to the opposite party is outputted and the recording is started. The recorded automatic answering recording message is reproduced by operating an operating section 11 of the slave set A to attain the reproduction mode. Thus, the slave set A reproduces the recorded message even when the set is located apart from the master set C.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Field of Application) The present invention relates to a cordless telephone, and particularly to a cordless telephone equipped with an answering machine function.

(Prior Art) Conventionally, a cordless phone, which consists of a main unit and a handset, is carried around freely and used for making wireless calls, and an answering machine, which records external messages while the user is away, are each configured separately, and are not related to each other. There was no sex.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

As described above, in the conventional example, since the code response and answering machine were each configured separately, there was a problem in that when the code response and answering machine were installed, the space for two units was required.

Another problem was that in order to open the recorded content of an answering machine, one had to go to the location where the answering machine was installed and play it back. This invention was made in order to solve the problems of the conventional methods as described above.It allows recorded messages to be played on the handset even when the device is away from the main unit, and it also has space for two machines, one for the code response and the other for the answering machine. The purpose is to make the space as compact as one cordless phone.

(Means for Solving Problem B) Therefore, in the present invention, in a cordless phone consisting of a main body and a handset, recording is performed in the handset. The above objective is achieved by providing an answering machine with a reproducible recording/playback section. Furthermore, in the above invention, the recording and reproducing section of the answering machine is LS.
The purpose of this invention is to achieve the above-mentioned object by forming a semiconductor integrated circuit (I) (semiconductor super integrated circuit).

(Function) The cordless phone of this invention is equipped with an answering machine in the handset, so that messages from outside can be recorded on the handset even when the handset is away from the main body. Rebirth is coming. Further, in the above invention, the recording and reproducing section of the answering machine is an LSI.
This allows the handset to record and play back messages from outside, even when the handset is away from the main body.

(Example】 An embodiment of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a cordless phone handset (hereinafter referred to as a handset) that is an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main body of the cordless phone (hereinafter referred to as a base unit) according to this embodiment. 3 is a flowchart for controlling the operation of the ms, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart for controlling the operation of the handset. In FIG. 1, A is a handset (handset), 1 is a transmitter, Use an electret condenser microphone or dynamic microphone. 2 is the receiver. Use Subika. B is an answering machine, which is a voice recording/playback LSI (
The handset A has a wooden body C (Fig. 2). This device has a function that allows messages from outside to be recorded and played back via the main body C even in a place far away from the home. And this answering machine B
The control unit 3 is equipped with a control unit 3 that controls the telephone, controls recording and playback, and controls the display unit, and includes a CPU (central processing unit), ROM (read only memory). It consists of RAM (ramdam access memory) and PIO (parallel input/output unit).

4 is a transmitting unit that converts the audio signal into radio waves and transmits them; 5 is a receiving unit that receives the radio waves, performs detection and harmonics, and extracts the audio signal;
6 is a transmitting/receiving antenna, which uses a helical antenna or the like. 9 is a display unit that displays the status of the cordless phone and is composed of an LCD and LED. The display section 9 is also used to display incoming calls, answering mode, etc. 1
0 is a battery as a power source, and 11 is an operation unit for setting various modes. In addition, in FIG. 2, C is the main body of the cordless phone (base unit), 12 is a control unit that controls the base unit, and 13 is a control unit that controls the base unit.
is the telephone line, 14 is the receiver of the main unit, ! 5 is the transmitter of the base unit. Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, focusing on the answering machine B.

First, in FIG. 2, when an incoming call is received from the line 13 of the base unit C, the control unit 12 detects it, captures the line, and sends an incoming signal to the slave unit A from the transmitting unit 15. next,
In FIG. 1, when the receiving section 5 of the handset A detects an incoming signal, the speaker of the receiving section 2 outputs a bell sound. Therefore, if handset A is set to answering machine mode, handset A will turn off after ringing the bell a predetermined number of times.
(off-footer) state, and the recording/playback section 7 of the answering machine B
After outputting a pre-recorded response message, a single sound is output to notify the other party that recording is in progress, and recording begins. On the other hand, base unit C detects whether the other party has hung up. For example, it determines whether the other party has hung up by detecting polarity reversal or silence on the telephone line. Next, the voicemail message recorded by the recording/playback section 7 can be played back by operating the operation section 11 of the handset A to set the playback mode.

Next, using the flowcharts in Figures 3 and 4,
The operation of this embodiment will be briefly explained.

First, in the flowchart for controlling the operation of the base unit C in FIG. 3, when a call is started and an incoming call is received on the line 13 of the base unit C in step 3a, a ring tone is output from the receiving unit 2 of the slave unit in step 3b. do. Subsequently, if handset A is in the OFF HOOκ state in step 3d, the process advances to step 3e and the line is captured. If there is no incoming call in step 3a, the process proceeds to step 3C, and if handset A is OFF HOOκ, the line is captured in step 3e. OFF HO
If not OK, return to step 3a. Also step 3
If handset A is not OFF HOOκ at d, step 3
Return to b and continue the bell sound.

Next, in the flowchart for controlling the operation of the slave unit A shown in Fig. 4, if a call is received from the base unit C at step 4a, a circuit capture command is output to the base unit C at step 4b. , capture the circuit (step 3e). If the answering machine mode is set in step 4d, the process proceeds to step 4e, and a response message is sent to the other party, and in step 4f, answering machine recording (hereinafter referred to as answering machine) is started, and if the recording is completed in step 4g, Wait at step 4h.

Also, if there is no incoming call in step 4a, proceed to step 4c, and if it is OFF HOOK, proceed to step 4b.
OFF If it is not Wooκ, proceed to step 41, judge whether to play the answering machine, and if so, proceed to step 4m.
The answering machine is played back in step 4n, and when it ends in step 4n, the process waits in step 4p. If the answering machine is not played back in step 41, the process returns to step 4a. Also, if the answering machine mode is not set in step 4d,
The process proceeds to step 41, where a normal call is made, and when the call becomes ON HOOκ in step 4j, the process proceeds to step 4k, where the call waits. In the above embodiment, the answering machine reproducing section of the handset A is an LSI, but a small magnetic tape recorder may also be used.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, the main unit (main unit)
It is possible to play voicemail messages on a handset even when you are far away from the telephone, and the space for two cordless phones and answering machines can be reduced to the space for one.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a cordless phone handset according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a cordless phone base unit according to this embodiment, and FIG. 3 is an operation of the base unit. Figure 4 is a flowchart for controlling the operation of the slave unit. 81...1 handset (handset) B.1.1 answering machine C -------Base unit (main unit) 1...1 talking section 2 -------- receiving section 3...・Control unit 4.15 of one slave unit ・1... transmitting unit 5.1 4------ receiving unit 6----axis antenna? ---Recording section 8...Memory 9...1 display section 10--1 battery 11--1 operation section 12--1 base unit Control unit 1 3 --------Telephone line

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A cordless phone consisting of a main body and a handset, characterized in that the handset is equipped with an answering machine having a recording/playback unit capable of recording and playing. (2) The cordless telephone according to claim 1, wherein the recording/reproducing section of the answering machine is comprised of an LSI.