JPH04952A - Cordless automatic answering telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the frequency in access from a slave machine to a master machine to improve the operability by providing the slave machine with a display part to display the number of records recorded in the master machine. CONSTITUTION:This system is provided with an antenna 1 for communication with the master machine, dial keys 2, an extension key 3 for speaking to the master machine, an outside line key 4 for call from the slave machine to the outside line, an automatic answering mode set key 5, and an LCD display device 7. When the automatic answering mode set key of a cordless handset as the slave machine is depressed for the purpose of enabling an automatic answering telephone set as the master machine to automatically answer and record messages, the master machine is set to the automatic answering and recording state. The slave machine is provided with the display part on which the number of records recorded in the master machine is displayed.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a cordless answering machine.

[Prior Art] Cordless telephones are currently attracting attention. As shown in Figure 3, this is divided into a base unit (pace set, a device that connects to the line) and a slave unit (cordless handset, a device that does not connect to the line), and the base unit and slave unit are separated. It communicates wirelessly between Therefore, the installation location of the slave unit is not limited by whether or not it can be wired to the base unit like an external telephone, but has the advantage that it can be installed anywhere as long as it can communicate with the base unit.

In addition, since the handset is portable,
It also has the advantage of being able to be used anywhere, making it very convenient.

When the base unit is an answering machine, operations from the handset unit allow recording and playback of response messages, playback of business messages, and setting of the answering machine.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above conventional example, in the case of an answering machine, in order to know the number of voicemails, the handset must access the base unit once, which is very difficult. The problem was that it was cumbersome and difficult to use.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems and provide a cordless answering machine that allows a slave unit to easily know the number of records recorded in a base unit.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve such an object, the present invention is characterized in that the slave device is provided with a display unit that displays the number of records recorded in the parent device.

[Function] In the present invention, the number of records recorded on the base unit is displayed on the display section of the slave unit, thereby reducing the amount of access from the slave unit to the base unit and improving ease of use.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the invention.

In the figure, 1 is an antenna for communicating with the base unit;
2 is the dial key, 3 is the extension key (when making a call to the base unit), 4 is the outside line key (when making a call from the handset to an outside line), 5
is the away mode setting key, 6 is the other function key, 7 is the LCD
It is an indicator.

In order to enable the answering machine, which is the main unit, to record the answering machine, by pressing the answering mode setting key on the cordless handset, which is the slave unit, the main unit becomes in the state where the answering machine can record the answering machine. An example of the display on the LCD display 7 of the handset in this state is shown in FIG. 2(a). When the base unit receives a call in this state, the base unit records the message. When the operation is completed, the master unit sends data to the slave unit to display the current number of recorded messages, that is, one message. Upon receiving this, the handset displays on the LCD display 7 that the number of recordings is one, as shown in FIG. 2(b). Then, the number of recorded messages increased to 1.
If there are 2 items, the LCD display 7 of the handset will display 12 items as shown in FIG. 2(c). Thereafter, the above operation is repeated every time a business message is recorded on the base unit.

In this embodiment, an example was explained in which the display unit of the handset was an LCD display unit, but the display unit is not limited to an LCD display unit (
As shown in FIG. 4, the desired purpose can also be achieved by using an absent mode setting LED 8 and a 7-segment LED 9 for displaying the number of messages. In this case, by pressing the answer mode setting key, the base unit becomes ready for answer recording, the answer mode setting LED on the handset lights up, and rOJ is displayed on the 7-segment LED 9 as shown in Figure 5(a). Is displayed. Each time a business message is recorded, the display on the 7-segment LED 9 changes, for example, as shown in FIGS. 5(b) and 5(c).

In this case, the absentee mode setting LED and the absentee mode setting key are separated, but it goes without saying that they may be used together. The LED that displays the numbers is a 7-segment LED.
It is not limited to D.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, the slave unit is provided with a display unit to display the number of records recorded in the base unit, so the number of accesses from the slave unit to the base unit is This makes it possible to improve ease of use.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a cordless handset according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the display of the cordless handset, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the entire cordless answering machine, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a main body. A diagram showing a cordless handset according to another embodiment of the invention. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display on a display section of a cordless handset according to another embodiment. 1... Antenna, 2... Dial key 3... Extension key 4... External line key 5... Absence mode setting key 6... Other function keys 7... LCD display, 8. ...Away mode setting LED, 9...7 segment LED. Figure 3 Figure 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) A cordless answering machine characterized in that the slave unit is equipped with a display unit that displays the number of records recorded in the base unit.