JPH05167672A - Wireless automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To display number of message recording items in the automatic answering mode on a slave set by sending message recording item number data in the automatic answering mode from a master set to the slave set and allowing the slave set to receive the data and to display the message recording item number. CONSTITUTION:A master set counts a message recording item number in the automatic answering mode and stores the count to a RAM. Then the message recording item number stored in the RAM is read and the data are sent from an antenna to the slave set through a radio line. The message recording item number data sent in a radio wave from the master set are revised and stored in a TRAM 82 through a radio circuit 7 by a radio transmission reception control means 81 of a control circuit 8. An item number display means 83 reads the message recording item number data stored in the RAM 82 and sends the data to an LCD drive means 84. The LCD drive means 84 displays the message recording item number represented by the message recording item number data onto an LCD 9.

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.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional cordless answering machine that has been generally used, the number of messages recorded during absence is LC of the main unit side.
D was confirmed by checking D, operating the absence key or playback key on the base unit to play back, or remotely playing back the messages by the remote unit to check the number of items.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional cordless answering machine, when the cordless handset is located away from the parent device, when the user of the cordless handset wants to know the number of recorded messages when he / she is away, It is necessary to check the main unit display on the main unit or to play back the messages sequentially by remote operation from the slave unit to check the number of records, and the slave unit can easily record the number of messages recorded when it is out. I couldn't know.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to solve the above problems, and is a cordless device including a master unit connected to a telephone line and a slave unit connected to the master unit by wireless communication. In the answering machine, the above-mentioned base unit is provided with a storage means for counting the number of message recordings at the time of absence and storing the value, and a transmitting means for transmitting the message recording number data stored in the storage means. On the other hand, the slave unit has a receiving means for receiving the data of the number of recorded messages from the transmitting means, a storage means for storing the received data, and a display means for displaying the number of recorded messages on the basis of the contents of the storage means. It is provided.

[0005]

The cordless answering machine constructed as described above operates as follows.

By transmitting the number-of-messages-recorded-number data from the master unit to the slave unit each time there is a message recording during absence, the slave unit receives the received data, stores it in the storage means, and then stores this data. In addition, the current number of recorded messages is displayed on the display means such as an LCD to inform the user of the child device.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing electrical connections in a cordless answering machine of the present invention.
Shows a master unit, and FIG. 2 shows a slave unit.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a telephone line, 2 is an incoming call detection circuit for detecting an incoming call from the telephone line 1, 3 is a control circuit, 4 is a radio circuit, and 5 is an antenna.

The control circuit 3 includes an answering machine response control means 31 for making an answering machine response by an incoming signal, and the answering machine response control means 31.
The number of message recording means 32 for counting the number of message recordings to a recording circuit (not shown) by a signal from the RAM, a RAM (storage means) 33 for storing the counted number of message recordings, and a RAM 33 by a signal from the absence reply control means 31. The wireless transmission / reception control means (transmission means) 34 which reads the number data stored in and outputs the data to the antenna 5 via the wireless circuit 4.

In FIG. 2, 6 is an antenna for performing wireless communication with the antenna 5 of the base unit, 7 is a wireless circuit, and 8
Is a control circuit, and 9 is a display means such as an LCD.

The control circuit 8 includes a radio transmission / reception control means (reception means) 81 for receiving a signal from the radio circuit 7, and a RAM for storing data received from the radio transmission / reception control means 81.
(Storage means) 82, the number display control means 8 for reading the stored data from the RAM 82 and sending out an LCD drive signal
3. The LCD drive means 84 controls the display of the LCD 9 based on the LCD drive signal.

Next, the operation of the cordless answering machine constructed as above will be described. First, when there is an incoming call through the telephone line 1, the incoming call detection circuit 2 detects the incoming call and sends a signal to the answering machine response control means 31, and when the number of incoming calls reaches a certain number, the above-mentioned answering machine response control means 31. Closes the telephone line 1 from the voice synthesis circuit (not shown)
At the same time as sending M, the recording circuit (not shown) is made to record the message sent from the other party. When the polarity of the telephone line 1 is reversed, the answering machine response control means 31 sends an answering machine recording operation end signal to the recording circuit to end the recording operation and sends a signal to the number counting means 32. The number-of-records counting means 32 counts the above-mentioned absence recording operation end signal, adds it to the number of recorded messages recorded up to that point, and stores it in the RAM 33. Further, the answering machine response control means 31 outputs a recording quantity transmission signal to the wireless transmission / reception control means 34 upon completion of the recording operation, thereby instructing the transmission of the number of cases. Then, the wireless transmission / reception control means 34 reads out the number of recorded messages stored in the RAM 33, and sends the number of recorded messages to the slave unit from the antenna 5 via the wireless circuit 4.

The number-of-recorded-records of messages recorded by the master unit wirelessly are updated and stored in the RAM 82 by the wireless transmission / reception control means 81 of the control circuit 8 via the wireless circuit 7 from the antenna 6 of the slave unit. On the other hand, the number display control means 83 is the RAM 8
The number-of-messages-recorded-number data stored in 2 is read out, and the data is sent to the LCD driving means 84, and the LCD driving means 8
4 indicates the number of message recordings indicated by the above-mentioned message recording number data by LC
Display on D9.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to immediately know the number of recorded absence messages at present by looking at the display of the LCD of the child device without going to the parent device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a base unit of a cordless answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a child device of a cordless answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 control circuit 31 absence answer control means 32 number counting means 33 RAM 34 wireless transmission / reception control means 8 control circuit 81 wireless transmission / reception control means 82 RAM 83 number display control means 84 LCD driving means 9 LCD

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cordless answering machine comprising a master unit connected to a telephone line and a slave unit connected to the master unit by wireless communication, wherein the master unit is provided with a record number of messages at the time of absence. A storage means for counting and storing the value and a transmission means for transmitting the number-of-recorded-records data stored in the storage means are provided, while the slave unit receives the number-of-recorded-records data from the transmission means. A cordless answering machine, which is provided with a receiving means, a storing means for storing the received data, and a displaying means for displaying the number of recorded cases based on the contents of the storing means.