JPH07321898A - Extension telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the extension telephone system for enabling speaking without occupying one hand for an incoming call. CONSTITUTION:This extension telephone system 11 enables speaking under the control of a base unit 2 and is provided with a hand set 7, microphone 9, speaker 10, display part 11 and control circuit 13. When a response button inside a call incoming window displayed on the display part 11 is clicked, hand free speaking is enabled under the control of the control circuit 13 and when the hand set 7 is picked up from a hand set stand 8 or the response key of the hand set 7 is pushed, hand set speaking is enabled under the control of the control circuit 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an extension telephone device (hereinafter referred to as "PCB" incorporated in a personal computer, for example.
Also called "X". ) Concerning.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of PCBX, conventionally, a response (call) to an incoming call of a telephone function is made by picking up a handset.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, in the case of a requirement that can be described in a single word, or the content is addressed to another person, it is simply sent to another extension telephone device or put on hold. I had to take the handset in order to do so, which was troublesome. Further, when the handset is taken out, one hand is occupied, so that it is inconvenient to operate a personal computer such as a mouse or a keyboard when working with a personal computer while calling.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an extension telephone device capable of making a call without blocking one hand with respect to an incoming call.

[0005]

An extension telephone device according to claim 1 is provided on the main body side of the extension telephone device which enables a telephone call by lifting a handset from a charging stand under the control of a main device. A fixed call means,
It has a switching means for switching between a call by the handset and a call by the call means.

According to another aspect of the present invention, in the extension telephone device, when an incoming call command is transmitted from the main device, a display means for displaying the incoming call and a display means for notifying the incoming call are displayed. And a control unit that enables a call by the call unit when the handset is switched by the switching unit to the call by the call unit.

[0007]

According to the extension telephone device of the first aspect, when the switching means switches to the call by the call means, the call by the call means becomes possible without blocking one hand with respect to the incoming call.

According to the extension telephone device of the second aspect, the timing of switching to the call by the call means can be known from the display for notifying the incoming call.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telephone system showing an application example of the PCBX of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram thereof.

This telephone system has a PCBX 1 incorporated in a personal computer and a main unit 2.

The PCBX 1 comprises a PCBX main body 1A, and a mouse 5 and a keyboard 6 as switching means connected to the PCBX main body 1A via cables 3 and 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, a cordless handset 7 as a handset and a handset base 8 as a charging base for supporting the handset 7 are arranged on the left side surface of the PCBX main body 1A. A microphone 9 and a speaker 10 which are fixedly provided on the PCBX main body 1A as a communication means, a display section 11 which is a display means, and a floppy disk drive 12 are arranged on the front side of the.

Further, the PCBX 1 is, as shown in FIG.
Control circuit 1 as control means for controlling the entire PCBX 1
3, the control circuit 13 includes a main device interface 14, a mouse interface 15, a keyboard interface 16, a timer 17, a RAM 18, a ROM 19,
The floppy disk drive 12, the display unit 1
1, the wireless control unit 20 and the audio circuit 21 are respectively connected, the wireless control unit 20 is the handset stand 8, the audio circuit 21 is the microphone 9 and the speaker 10, the main device interface 14 is the main device 2, and the mouse interface 15 is the above. The keyboard 6 is connected to the mouse 5 and the keyboard interface 16.

The main unit 2 transmits an incoming command and a midway abandonment command to the PCBX 1 and transmits / receives a voice signal to / from the PCBX 1.

The handset 7 is provided with a transmitter, a receiver, and a battery, such as a NiCd battery, which is charged while the handset 7 is placed on the handset stand 8, and its operating surface is as shown in FIG. Dial key 70 for inputting a telephone number and hold key 7 for temporarily holding a call
1, a hook key 72 for getting close to, a speaker key as a switching means for switching from a call using the handset 7 (hereinafter referred to as "handset call") to a call using the microphone 9 and the speaker 10 (hereinafter referred to as "hand-free call") 73, outside line keys 74a, 74b, 7
4c and a response key 75 as a switching means are provided.
The outside line keys 74a and 74b are keys to be pressed when designating an outside line to make a call or releasing a held outside line. The response key 75 is
This is a key to be pressed when making a handset call when a call is received when the handset 7 is not placed on the handset base 8.

The handset base 8 is equipped with a switch that is turned on when the handset 7 is lifted and turned off when the handset 7 is returned to its original position, and sends an on / off signal to the radio control section 20.

Under the control of the control circuit 13, the display unit 11 displays an incoming call window 110 as shown in FIG. 4 in order to notify the user of an incoming call when receiving an incoming call command. In the incoming call window 110, characters 111 of the incoming call window,
Dial button 112, hook button 113, hold button 114, menu button 115, outside line button 116a
Through 116c, a response button 117 for notifying the start / end of the hands-free call, and a field 118 for displaying the entered telephone number and the like. The buttons 112 to 117 are selected by moving the mouse 5 and clicking.

The control circuit 13 displays the answer window 117 in the incoming call window 110 while the incoming call window 110 is being displayed on the display unit 11, that is, after receiving the incoming call command from the main unit 2 and before receiving the midway abandonment command. When is clicked by the mouse 5, the handset call is switched to the hands-free call. Also,
The control circuit 13 detaches the handset 7 from the handset stand 8 while the incoming window 110 is displayed on the display unit 11, or when the handset 7 is detached, presses the response key 75 of the handset 7. In this case, the handset call can be directly performed without switching from the handset call to the hands-free call. Further, the control circuit 13 causes the handset 7 to be detached from the handset base 8 or even if the handset 7 is detached even after the handset call is switched to the handsfree call by clicking the response button 117. When the response key 75 of No. 7 is pressed, the hand-free call is switched to the handset call.

The radio control unit 20 performs the same control as that of a base unit of a so-called cordless telephone.

The audio circuit 21 converts a digital audio signal transmitted from the main device 2 through the main device interface 14 into an analog audio signal, amplifies the analog audio signal, and a speaker-
10 is output as voice, and an analog voice signal input from the microphone 9 is converted into a digital voice signal and the main unit 2 is connected via the main unit interface 14.
Is to be sent to.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

When the user activates the PCBX 1 and the main unit interface 14 receives an incoming command from the main unit 2, the incoming command is sent to the control circuit 13 (S
1).

The control circuit 13 sends a display command for the incoming call window 110 based on the incoming call command sent to the display unit 11.
To display the incoming window 110 (S1-1).

When the display unit 11 is displaying the incoming window 110 and the user does not respond, the control circuit 13 receives a midway abandon command from the main unit 2 via the main unit interface 14 (S2), and controls The circuit 13 sends an instruction to delete the incoming call window 110 to the display unit 11, and the display unit 11 deletes the incoming call window 110 from the display screen (S13).

In step S2, the user moves the mouse 5 to move the answer button 1 in the incoming call window 110 before the midway abandonment command is transmitted from the main unit 2.
When 17 is clicked (S3), the control circuit 13 detects that the response button 117 is clicked, and the main device 2
A digital voice signal transmitted from the speaker 1 is converted into an analog voice by the voice circuit 21 and amplified, and the speaker 1
Control is performed such that the audio signal is output from 0 and the analog audio signal input from the microphone 9 is converted into a digital audio signal by the audio circuit 21 and transmitted to the main device 2. In this case, since the microphone 9 and the speaker 10 are used, the hands-free call is possible (S
5).

Next, when the user picks up the handset 7 from the state where the handset 7 is placed on the handset base 8 (S6), the control circuit 13 receives the handset 7 from the off signal from the handset base 8. Detects that the handset has come off the handset base 8 (S7), and the control circuit 13 sends a command to the wireless control unit 20 and the voice circuit 21 to switch from the hand-free call to the handset call (S9), and the handset call is enabled. It becomes (S1
0).

Further, in step S6, when the user picks up the handset 7 from the handset stand 8 and presses the response key 75 of the handset 7 (S
8), the wireless control unit 20 detects that the response key 75 in the handset 7 has been pressed while the handset 7 is detached from the handset base 8 based on the off signal from the handset base 8 and controls it. Report to circuit 13,
The hand-free call is switched to the handset call (S9), and the handset call becomes possible (S10).

In step S3, the user removes the handset 7 from the handset base 8 without clicking the response button 117 on the incoming call window 110, or the handset 7 is removed from the handset base 8. Even if the response key 75 is pressed with (S
4) The handset call state is set (S10).

Next, when the user presses the speaker key 73 of the handset 7 (S11), the control circuit 13
Upon detection of this, a command is sent to the wireless controller 20 and the voice circuit 21 to switch from the handset call to the handsfree call, and the handsfree call becomes possible (S5).

When the user ends the hands-free call,
When the response button 117 on the incoming call window 110 is clicked, the control circuit 13 detects it and the hands-free call ends (S12). At the same time, the control circuit 1
3 sends an instruction to delete the incoming call window 110 to the display unit 11, and the display unit 11 deletes the incoming call window 110 from the display screen (S13).

On the other hand, when the user ends the handset call and returns the handset 7 to the handset stand 8 or presses the response key 75, the wireless control unit 20 detects it and notifies the control circuit 13. Then the handset call ends. At the same time, the control circuit 13 sends an instruction to erase the incoming window 110 to the display unit 11, and the display unit 11 erases the incoming window 110 from the display screen.

In this embodiment, the incoming window 1
Although the call is started by clicking the response button 117 in 10 (S3), the response button 117 in the incoming window 110 is clicked or a predetermined key on the keyboard 6 (for example, HE
A call may be started by pressing an LP key or the like, or a hands-free call may be enabled by pressing a switch (not shown) of the PCBX main body 1A.

According to this embodiment, while the incoming call window 110 is being displayed, the incoming call window 1
By clicking the response button 117 in 10,
Hand-free call becomes possible, and during hand-free call, by lifting handset 7 or pressing response key 75 of handset 7, it switches to handset call. Even when working with a personal computer, it is possible to respond without holding the handset 7.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but can be variously modified and implemented within the scope of the invention.

[0036]

According to the present invention described in detail above, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to switch from a telephone call using the handset to a telephone call using the telephone means, so that it is possible to provide an extension telephone device capable of making a telephone call without blocking one hand with respect to an incoming call. it can.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the timing of switching to the call by the calling means can be known by the display for notifying the incoming call, the switching operation can be easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a telephone system showing an application example of a PCBX of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the telephone system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the handset of this embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an incoming window displayed on the display unit of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 PCBX 2 Main Device 5 Mouse (Switching Means) 7 Handset (Handset) 8 Handset Stand (Charging Base) 9 Microphone (Talking Means) 10 Speaker (Calling Means) 11 Display 13 Control Circuit 73 Speaker Keys (Switching Means) 75 Response key (switching means)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An extension telephone device which enables a telephone call by lifting a handset from a charging stand under the control of a main unit, by means of a call means fixedly provided on the device body side and the handset. An extension telephone device, comprising: a telephone call and a switching means for switching a telephone call by the telephone means. 2. Display means for displaying an incoming call when the incoming command is transmitted from the main unit,
A control means for enabling a call by the call means when the handset is switched to the call by the call means by the switching means while the display for informing the incoming call is being performed. Extension telephone device according to 1.