JPH07177554A - Telephone exchange - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the operator to confirm the area switching without any operation by the operator by informing confirmation of the area switching attended with the execution of the area switching. CONSTITUTION:In the telephone exchange accommodating plural connectors 20 and plural private use cordless telephone sets (slave sets) 30, when a slave set 30 makes area switching operation and the slave set 30 making an area switching request and a connector receiving the area switching request signal have not been connected to each other, the area switching is implemented and a master set 1 sends a signal representing the completion of the area switching to said slave set 30 via a connector 20, the slave set 30 receiving the signal informs a fact of the completion of area switching to the operator. Furthermore, when no area switching is made due to a busy connector or residence of the slave set at the outsize of the service zone or the like, the slave set 30 detects a failure in the area switching and a fact of no execution of the area switching is informed to the operator.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone exchange device which accommodates a dedicated cordless telephone in an extension and has a function of switching the area of the dedicated cordless telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a dedicated cordless telephone is separated from a connecting device, an area switching operation has been performed.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, when the area switching operation is performed, the area is switched by the area switching operation unless the operator makes a call and an incoming call comes to the dedicated cordless telephone. I could not confirm whether it was switched.

Therefore, if the area has not been switched, the incoming call cannot be received as it is, and even if important contact is received, it cannot be received, and even if the call is missed, there is a big drawback that it is not noticed. there were.

Similarly, the call cannot be sent as it is,
It is understood that it is not possible to make a call because the area is not switched for the first time after the actual call operation is performed, and in order to make a call, the area switching operation is performed, and then the series of operations to perform the call operation must be repeated until the area is actually switched. It had to be very troublesome and inconvenient.

[0006]

According to the present invention, in a telephone exchange device accommodating a plurality of connection devices and a dedicated cordless telephone, means for receiving an area switching request signal from the dedicated cordless telephone, and an area When the cordless handset requesting switching and the connection device that has received the area switching request signal have not been in the connected state until now, means for performing area switching so that the cordless handset and the connecting device are connected, and the area By providing means for notifying an area switching confirmation upon switching execution, the operator can confirm that the area switching has been performed without any operation from the operator. .

[0007]

1 is a drawing showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a main unit, 2 is an outside line, and 10 is a dedicated telephone. The following are components of the main device, 3 is an external line interface for detecting an external line response, disconnection detection, and sending a selection signal to the external line, 4 is an internal line interface, 5 is a speech path unit for managing call exchange, and 6 Is the center of the telephone exchange device, controls each part of the main device 1, and
0, the connection device 20, and the dedicated cordless telephone 30 via the extension interface 4.
Reference numeral 7 denotes a ROM in which the control program of the control unit 6 is stored, 8
Is a RAM that stores various information such as connection state management information of the child device and provides a work area for the control unit 6 to perform arithmetic processing.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of the connection device 20, 201 is an interface section for exchanging call signals and control signals with the main unit 1, 202 is a call circuit, and 20 is a circuit.
3 is a voice processing circuit, 204 is a transmission / reception unit, 205 is a control unit, 206 is an antenna, 207 is a ROM, and 208 is a modem.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the internal configuration of the dedicated cordless telephone 30, in which 301 is an antenna, 302 is a transmitting / receiving section, 303 is a voice processing circuit, 304 is a modem, and 305.
Is a control unit including a timer function and the like, 306 is a display unit, 307
Is a ROM, 308 is a key matrix, 309 is a transmitter,
Reference numeral 310 is a receiver, 311 is a speaker, and 312 is a tone transmitting circuit.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the telephone exchange apparatus of this embodiment when an area switching operation is performed from a dedicated cordless telephone (hereinafter referred to as a handset).

The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to the flow chart of FIG. First, in S1, the control unit 305 of the child device 30 detects whether or not there is a predetermined key input requesting area switching from the key matrix 308.
When a predetermined key input indicating an area switching request is detected from the key matrix 308 in S1, the modem 304, the voice processing circuit 303, the transmission / reception unit 302, and the antenna 301 are controlled by the control unit 305 in S2. The area switching request signal is transmitted to the connection device 20 via the connection device 20.

At S3, the second connecting device 20 different from the connecting device 20 which has been communicating with the child device 30 so far exists within the range in which the area switching request signal from the child device 30 can be received. If it is in the receivable state, the control unit 205 of the second connecting device 20 causes the antenna 20 to operate in S4.
6, transmission / reception unit 204, voice processing circuit 203, modem 20
8 receives an area switching request signal from the slave unit 30. In S5, the control unit 2 of the second connecting device 20
Reference numeral 05 transmits an area switching request signal from the handset 30 to the main device 1 via the interface circuit 201.

At S6, the control unit 6 of the main unit 1 receives the area switching request signal from the slave unit 30 via the extension interface 4. In S7, the control unit 6 of the main device 1 rewrites the connection state management information of the slave unit in the RAM 8 so that the slave unit 30 and the second connection device 20 are connected to each other. Switch over.
In S8, the control unit 6 of the main device 1 notifies the second connecting device 20 via the extension interface 4 that the area switching of the child device 30 has been performed.

In step S9, the control unit 205 of the second connecting device 20 sends the main device 1 through the interface circuit 201.
The control unit 6 receives the signal indicating that the area of the child device 30 has been switched. In step S10, the control unit 205 of the second connection device 20 instructs the modem 20
8, audio processing circuit 203, transmitting / receiving unit 204, antenna 2
The area switching confirmation signal is transmitted to the mobile device 30 via 06.

At S11, the control unit 305 of the child device 30
Is an antenna 301, a transmitting / receiving unit 302, a voice processing circuit 3
03, the area switching confirmation signal from the second connection device 20 is received via the modem 304. In S12, the control unit 305 of the child device 30 causes the tone sending circuit 312,
A confirmation sound indicating the confirmation of the area switching execution is transmitted via the speaker 311.

In S3, a range in which the second connection device 20 different from the connection device 20 that has been communicating with the child device 30 until now can receive the area switching request signal from the child device 30. If it does not exist, or if it exists but is not in a receivable state, the control unit 305 of the child device 30 determines that the antenna 30
1, transmitting / receiving unit 302, voice processing circuit 303, modem 30
Repeatedly detecting the response from the connection device 20 via 4 and operating the timer to time out with a predetermined value, it is considered that connection is impossible, and a warning sound indicating area switching failure is transmitted via the tone transmission circuit 312 and the speaker 311. To do.

As described above, in a telephone exchange device accommodating a plurality of connecting devices and a dedicated cordless telephone (slave unit), when the area switching operation is performed from the slave unit, the slave unit and the area requesting the area switching are performed. If the connected device that received the switching request signal has not been in the connected state until now, the area switching is performed, and the main device sends a signal indicating that the area switching has been performed to the child device via the connecting device, The machine receives the signal and notifies the operator that the area has been switched. Also, if the area switching is not performed due to the connection device being busy or out of range, etc., the area switching failure is detected in the child device,
Notify the operator that the area has not been switched.
Therefore, if you cannot confirm the area switching as in the past and the area is not actually switched, you cannot receive the call as it is, and you cannot receive it even if you receive an important contact. It prevents you from not noticing it even if you lose it, and likewise, you can not make a call as it is, and you can not make a call because the area has not been switched until you actually make a call operation, switch the area to make a call It is also possible to prevent the operator from performing a series of operations such as performing an operation and then performing a call operation until the area is actually switched. It is possible to confirm without any operation from the person in charge, and it is possible to inform the operator whether or not the calling / receiving function of the cordless handset after the area switching operation is possible. There is a large effect that it is possible to grasp to.

In the above embodiment, the control unit 305 of the handset 30 indicates the confirmation of the area switching via the tone sending circuit 312 and the speaker 311 in order to notify the operator of the area switching confirmation and the area switching failure. Although the confirmation sound and the warning sound indicating the area switching failure are transmitted, the display unit 306 of the child device 30 may be used to confirm the area switching and warn the area switching failure to the operator.

The configuration of this modification is exactly the same as that of FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, and in the flow charts, instead of sending from the speaker 311 in the steps S12 and S13, "area cutout" is displayed on the display unit 306, respectively. The procedure is the same as that of the flowchart of FIG. 4 except that the display of “Area Killer Ship” is displayed. The display content is not limited to the above display.

Note that only one of the area switching confirmation and the failure may be notified.

[0021]

As described above, in a telephone exchange device that accommodates a plurality of connecting devices and a dedicated cordless telephone, a means for receiving an area switching request signal from the dedicated cordless telephone and an area switching request are made. When the cordless handset and the connection device that has received the area switching request signal have not been in the connection state until now, a means for performing the area switching so that the cordless handset and the connection device are connected, and the area switching By providing a means for notifying the area switching confirmation, if the area switching confirmation could not be done as in the past and the area was not actually switched, the incoming call cannot be received as it is, and important contact is received. In the case of not being able to receive it, even if it fails to receive it, it prevents things that you do not notice it. I can not trust it, I know that I can not make a call because the area has not been switched for the first time after I actually make a call operation, I perform an area switching operation to make a call, and then a series of operations to perform a call operation The area is actually switched It is also possible to prevent the operator from having to repeat until, and it is possible for the operator to confirm that the area switching has been performed or not performed without any operation from the operator. There is a great effect that the operator can clearly know whether or not the calling / calling function of the child device is available.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a telephone exchange device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a connection device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a dedicated cordless telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 main device 6 control unit 20 connection device 30 dedicated cordless telephone 204 transmission / reception unit 205 control unit 206 antenna 301 antenna 302 transmission / reception unit 304 modem 305 control unit 306 display unit 308 key matrix 311 speaker 312 tone transmission circuit

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Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. In a telephone exchange device accommodating a plurality of connection devices and a dedicated cordless telephone, a means for receiving an area switching request signal from the dedicated cordless telephone, a slave unit requesting the area switching, and the area switching. If the connection device that has received the request signal has not been in the connection state until now, means for performing area switching so as to bring the slave unit and the connection device into the connection state, and notifying the area switching confirmation along with the area switching execution A telephone exchange device comprising means. 2. A telephone exchange device accommodating a plurality of connection devices and a dedicated cordless telephone, means for requesting area switching, a slave unit requesting area switching, and an area switching request signal received from the dedicated cordless telephone. If the connected device has not been in the connected state until now, a means for performing area switching so as to bring the slave unit and the connected device into the connected state, and if the area switching is not performed, the area switching is not performed. A telephone exchange device, characterized in that means for notifying that the telephone exchange is provided is provided.