JPH0514482A - Cordless automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the automatic answering telephone set having plural message recording areas for each of plural slave sets in a master set to reproduce automatically recording for listening to the user when the possessor of each slave set accesses each slave set and to announce automatically information relating to the message. CONSTITUTION:A master set is provided with slave set external line message recording areas 51-5n and a slave set use announcement recording area 6 in which an announcement is recorded in advance, and a slave set is provided with a human body sensor 33 informing it to the master set 33 informing it to the master set when the access of the human body is sensed and a receiver 24. At least the slave set announcement recording area 6 is reproduced based on the notice of human body sensing from a slave set and when the message is recorded in the slave set announcement recording area 6, and when the message is recorded in the message is the slave set external line message recording areas 51-5n, the message is reproduced and announcement and the message are reproduced from the receiver 24 of the slave set. Moreover, each slave set is provided with plural slave set to use announcement recording areas, and various announcement messages are recorded to each area and the announcement to be reproduced is selected depending on a time zone and the purpose of use.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cordless answering machine including a master unit and a plurality of cordless slave units, and in particular, when a message is recorded, the owner of the cordless slave unit becomes the slave unit. When approaching, the message is automatically reproduced and heard.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the conventional answering machine, cordlessness has been advanced, and in the home telephone type, one person
As people use their own cordless handsets in their own rooms, prepare an outside line message area for each cordless handset, and use the dedicated PIN to send messages addressed to them to their own dedicated area. It is recorded so that the message can be heard by operating the cordless cordless handset.

[0003]

However, in the conventional cordless answering machine, many buttons cannot be provided on the operation surface because the size of the cordless cordless handset is limited, and the dial cannot be dialed. Since buttons related to phone calls and calls are prioritized, buttons related to voice mail operations cannot be provided.
It was troublesome because at least two touches were required. Moreover, in order to know whether or not the message is recorded, it is necessary to look at the small display of the child device, which is difficult to understand.

[0004]

The present invention has been conceived in order to solve such a problem, and in a cordless answering machine including a master unit and at least one cordless slave unit, A cordless handset secret code number storage unit for each cordless cordless handset, a plurality of cordless handset external line message recording areas corresponding to each cordless handset PIN, and announcements are recorded in advance. The cordless cordless handset is equipped with a human body detecting means and a sound reproducing means for notifying the parent machine when an approach of a human body is provided in the cordless child machine, and an announcement recording area for the child machine is provided in the parent machine. When one of the cordless handset PINs is input from the caller, a message is recorded in the corresponding cordless cordless cordless handset recording area in the cordless handset external line message recording area, and the cordless cordless handset corresponding to the cordless cordless handset is notified based on the human body detection report. When a message is recorded in the outside line message recording area, the message is reproduced from the sound reproduction means of the cordless cordless handset, and when no message is recorded in the cordless cordless cordless handset. The announcement is recorded in advance in the announcement recording area for the child device from the sound reproducing means.

Further, the master unit is provided with a plurality of slave unit announcement recording areas in which announcements of different contents are pre-recorded, and the announcements to be reproduced are used depending on the time zone and the purpose of use.

[0006]

[Operation] Since the child device is provided with the human body detecting means, the owner of the child device can automatically inform the parent device that the child device has returned to the room. If recorded, you can immediately hear the message.

If no message has been recorded in the slave external line message recording area, the content to be announced which is prerecorded in the slave unit announcement recording area is reproduced. The content reproduced from the announcement recording area for the handset can be different depending on the purpose of use and time zone.

[0008]

(First Embodiment) As shown in FIG. 1, a main unit and at least one cordless slave unit are used.

As shown in FIG. 1, the master unit has a station line connection terminal 1 for connecting a station line, an incoming signal detection circuit 2 for detecting an incoming signal, and a microprocessor 13 for controlling the parent unit.
, A station line switch 3 for closing the station line, a communication circuit 8,
A data receiving circuit that includes a wireless circuit 9 and an antenna 10 and further receives data from a slave unit wirelessly.
12 and a data transmission circuit 14 for transmitting data to the child device.

In addition to the above, in the master unit, a response message sending circuit 4 for notifying the caller that he / she is absent, and a plurality of slave unit message recording areas 51 to 51 for recording a message for each cordless slave unit. 5n, handset message PIN number setting means 70, handset message PIN number storage units 71 to 7n for storing the PIN number set by the PIN number setting means 70, and handset message PIN input from the central line. The number is previously stored in the handset message security code storage unit 71.
To 7n, the outside line message code number judging means 19 for judging whether or not it matches with the code number registered therein, and the message presence / absence judging means for judging whether or not a message is recorded in the handset message recording areas 51-5n. 20 and a remote control receiving circuit 11 for receiving a personal identification number sent from a calling party and transmitting it to the microprocessor 13.

Each cordless cordless handset comprises a radio circuit 22 connected to an antenna 21, a receiver 24 and a microphone 25 connected to the radio circuit 22 via a voice circuit 23, and a local line via the base unit. A microprocessor 28, a data transmission circuit 26 and a data reception circuit 27 for exchanging data between the master unit and the microprocessor 28 wirelessly, and a microprocessor.
A ringing tone output circuit 29 that is activated by the processor 28 to ring the buzzer 30 and an operation unit 31 having a numeric keypad are provided.

In addition to the above, each cordless cordless handset is provided with an infrared sensor 33 for detecting the approach of a human body and a comparison circuit 32 for judging whether or not the output of the infrared sensor 33 exceeds a certain threshold value. ing.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment thus constructed will be described.

When there is an incoming call from the calling party, an incoming call signal is applied to the incoming call detection circuit 2 from the station line connection terminal 1, and the incoming call detection circuit 2 outputs the detection signal to the microprocessor 13. When the microprocessor 13 senses the detection signal from the incoming call detection circuit 2, it closes the office line switch 3 and then activates the response message transmission circuit 4 to send a response message to the caller to the effect that the caller is out. Send out. Here, from the calling party, for example, the cordless handset 1 corresponding to one cordless handset 1
When the message code number is input, the remote control receiving circuit 11 receives it and outputs it to the microprocessor 13.

In the microprocessor 13, the outside line message secret code number judging means 19 judges which secret code the output of the remote control receiving circuit 11 matches with the slave device message secret code number storage section 71 to 7n. , If the message secret code of the handset 1 matches, the caller's message is recorded in the message area 51 corresponding to the handset 1. In this way, a message is recorded in a predetermined message area 51-5n for each cordless cordless handset.

When the owner of the cordless cordless handset 1 returns to the room and approaches the detection range of the infrared ray sensor-33 of the cordless cordless handset 1, the infrared ray sensor-33 compares the output signal according to the approach distance with a comparison circuit. Output to 32. The comparator circuit 32 compares the output signal from the infrared sensor 33 with a preset threshold value (for example, a value when approaching up to 3 m), and outputs a detection signal to the microprocessor 28 when the threshold value is exceeded. .

Upon detecting the detection signal from the comparison circuit 32, the microprocessor 28 determines that the owner of the handset 1 has returned to the room, and selects the handset among the wireless data of the format shown in FIG. A human body detection command is set in the number portion and transmitted to the master unit via the data transmission circuit 26, the wireless circuit 22, and the antenna 21.

In the base unit, when a human body detection command is received from the cordless handset 1 via the antenna 10, the radio circuit 9 and the data receiving circuit 12, the handset 1 message recording area 51.
The message presence / absence determining means 20 determines whether or not a message is recorded in the cordless handset, and if it is recorded, the cordless cordless handset 1 is passed through the data transmission circuit 14, the wireless circuit 9, and the antenna 10.
When the handset 1 responds, the message content recorded in the handset 1 message recording area 51 is transmitted to the handset 1 via the communication circuit 8, the radio circuit 9 and the antenna 10.

The cordless cordless handset 1 uses the antenna 21,
Received via the radio circuit 22 and received via the voice circuit 23 to the receiver 24
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On the other hand, when the message is not recorded in the cordless handset external line message recording area 51, it is determined that the message is not recorded in the cordless handset external line message recording area 51 instead of the cordless handset external line message recording area 51. The prerecorded announcement is played from the receiver 24 of the cordless cordless handset.

In this way, the owner of the cordless cordless handset can hear some kind of announcement even if the message from the outside line is not recorded, so that the telephone device is operating normally without failure. I can confirm that there was no message from the outside line.

(Second Embodiment) As shown in FIG. 2, in addition to the device in the first embodiment, a plurality of slave recording device recording areas 61 to 6n, a timer 7, and a time zone are set. An operation unit 15 such as a numeric keypad is provided.

By operating the ten-key pad of the operation unit 15, for example, "start time", "end time", and "announce recording area for slave unit" can be set via the microprocessor 13.
The first setting condition such as "61" is registered as a numerical value, and the message content in other time zones is recorded as "Announcement recording area for slaves".
The second setting condition such as “62” is registered.

When the parent device receives the human body detection command from the cordless child device, the microprocessor 13 sends an announcement to the cordless child device.
Determines whether or not a message was recorded during the time period of the first setting condition, and if it is within that time period, activates the handset announcement recording area 61, and starts "...
First, an announcement such as "It is a message up to * hours ** minutes" is sent out, and then the cordless handset external line message recording areas 51 to 5n are reproduced and the message contents are sent out.

If it is not the time zone of the first setting condition, the second
Based on the setting conditions of, activate the announcement recording area 62 for the slave unit, and first send out an announcement such as "A message from ** hour ** minutes ... Play the message recording areas 51 to 5n and send out the message contents.

As described above, the announcement is made in advance according to the time zone so that the message contents are not suddenly sent out, so that the listener who approaches the cordless handset is not surprised.

(Third Embodiment) As shown in FIG.
In addition to the device in the embodiment, a plurality of slave unit announcement recording areas 61 to 6n are provided, and slave unit external line message recording areas 51 to 5n are provided.
When playing back the message content from, make sure to add the announcement for guidance prior to the playback of the message content by always playing one announcement recording area 61 for the handset before the message content regardless of the time zone. You can Note that this announcement for guidance may be played after the message content, and even if there are multiple cordless cordless handsets, the announcement for the cordless handsets can be used by using it for all cordless cordless handsets in common. The number of recording areas 61 to 6n can be reduced.

(Fourth Embodiment) As shown in FIG. 2, in addition to the device of the first embodiment, an outside line message counter 16 for counting messages from outside lines and a plurality of announcements for slave units in which the count numbers are recorded in advance. Equipped with recording areas 61 to 6n, and an outside line message counter 16
Announcement recording area 61 for slave units corresponding to the number of
Configure to play ~ 6n. Then, when the owner approaches the cordless cordless handset, the count number of the external line message counter 16 is read, the announcement recording areas 61, 62, ... The number of messages recorded in the recording areas 51 to 5n can be announced by voice.

(Fifth Embodiment) The apparatus shown in FIG. 2 provided with a plurality of slave unit announcement recording areas 61 to 6n and an operating section 15 is used. Normally, the numeric keypad on the operation unit 15 is used to enter a telephone number, but in this operation mode, it is used as a function key, and by operating this numeric keypad, the microprocessor 13 is used to record an announcement for a slave unit. Set to mode.

Then, the cordless slave unit is brought near the master unit, and a desired announcement is recorded from the microphone 25 of the cordless slave unit in the slave unit announcement recording areas 61 to 6n.

(Sixth Embodiment) In each of the above embodiments,
Announcement presence / absence determining means for determining whether or not any announcement is recorded in the announcement recording area for the child device
When 17 is provided and a human body detection command is received from the cordless cordless handset, it is first judged whether or not there is an announcement.If no announcement is recorded, the cordless cordless handset does not perform playback operation in the cordless handset announcement recording area. Play outside line message recording areas 51 to 5n.

[0032]

In a cordless telephone device having a plurality of cordless cordless handsets, the master cordless cordless handset is provided with a dedicated message recording area for each cordless cordless handset, and the cordless cordless handset is provided with human body detection means for detecting the approach of a human body. Therefore, when the owner of each cordless cordless handset returns to the room, if the message addressed to each owner is recorded, the cordless cordless handset of the owner is automatically called from the parent device and the message is transmitted. Since it is possible to hear the message, it is not necessary to care whether or not the message is recorded, and the operation of listening to the message is extremely simple.

Furthermore, when the owner of the cordless cordless handset returns to the room, it is possible to automatically announce information related to a message such as the presence or absence of a message, which is an excellent effect that cannot be realized by the conventional device. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a cordless answering machine according to the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a parent device in another embodiment of the device of the present invention,

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a format of wireless data in the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 station line connection terminal 2 Incoming signal detection circuit 4 Response message sending circuit 51-5n Remote unit message recording area 6 Announcement recording area for handset 61-6n Announcement recording area for handset 70 Handset message security code setting means 71 to 7n Remote unit Message PIN storage 13, 28 microprocessor 15 Control 16 Outside line message counter 24 receiver (sound reproduction means) 29 Ring output circuit 30 buzzer 33 Infrared sensor (human body detection means) 31 Operation part

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A cordless answering machine comprising a base unit and at least one cordless cordless handset, and a cordless handset personal identification number storage unit for storing a dedicated cordless handset personal identification number for each cordless cordless handset. A plurality of cordless handset external line message recording areas corresponding to each cordless handset secret code and an announcement recording area for a cordless handset in which announcements have been recorded in advance are provided in the parent device, and the parent device when the approach of a human body is detected. The cordless cordless handset is provided with human body detecting means and sound reproducing means for notifying the cordless handset, and when any one of the cordless handset personal identification numbers is input from the caller during the automatic answering machine, the corresponding cordless handset external line message recording area is provided. If a message is recorded in the cordless cordless handset that has reported a message in the cordless handset external line message recording area based on the human body detection notification, the message is recorded in the cordless handset. When the sound is reproduced from the sound reproduction means of the dress slave and the message is not recorded in the slave external line message recording area, it is pre-recorded from the sound reproduction means of the cordless slave to the announcement recording area for the slave. A cordless answering machine that is capable of playing back announcements. 2. An announcement recording area for a plurality of slave units in which an announcement is recorded in advance, a timer means, and an operation condition setting means according to a time zone are provided, and based on the operation condition for each set time zone. 2. The cordless answering machine according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of announcement recording areas for the slave unit are selected and reproduced to change the content to be announced according to the time zone. 3. The cordless device according to claim 1, wherein the announcement recorded in the announcement recording area for the slave unit is reproduced before or after the message recorded in the slave external line message recording area is reproduced. Answering machine. 4. The cordless answering machine as set forth in claim 1, wherein an announcement recorded in one slave unit announcement recording area is commonly reproduced for a plurality of cordless slave units. 5. An external line message counter for counting messages recorded in an external line message recording area for a slave unit, and a plurality of announcement recording areas for a slave unit in which the count number is recorded in advance by voice, and the count number of the external line message counter. The cordless answering machine according to claim 1, wherein the announcement recording area for the handset corresponding to the above is reproduced. 6. The cordless answering machine according to claim 1, further comprising mode switching means for switching to a recording mode in the announcement recording area for the handset, and recording an arbitrary voice in the announcement recording area for the handset. Telephone device. 7. An anus presence / absence determining means for determining whether or not recording is made in an announcement recording area for a slave unit,
2. The cordless answering machine as set forth in claim 1, wherein the playback operation is not performed in the announcement recording area for the handset which is not recorded.