JPH08265398A - Telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a telephone system which makes it possible to move a telephone set to a desired room and a desired location and connect a facsimile equipment and a modem. CONSTITUTION: This system is provided with a modular communication equipment 10 which is connected with the telephone outlet 1 provided in a room A, etc., and a movable wireless communication equipment 30 having the telephone outlet 31 provided on the body case 30a of the equipment. The modular communication equipment 10 has a modular transmission means transmitting the signal from the telephone line 2 connected with the telephone outlet 1 to the wireless communication equipment 30 and a modular reception means receiving the signal transmitted from the wireless communication equipment 30 and transmitting the signal to the telephone line 2. The wireless communication equipment 30 has a reception means receiving the signal transmitted from the modular transmission means and transmitting the signal to the telephone set 50 connected with the telephone outlet 31 and a transmission means transmitting the signal from the telephone set 50 to the modular communication equipment 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone system in which the location of a telephone can be freely changed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A telephone is designed to be used by connecting to a telephone outlet provided in a room, and the telephone outlet is fixed.

[0003]

Therefore, there is a problem that the telephone cannot be moved to a desired room or a desired position away from the telephone outlet, which is very inconvenient. There is a cordless telephone handset that solves this problem, but since the handset has only a telephone function, it is not possible to connect a fax or modem to this handset, so the fax or modem cannot be connected. There is a problem that it cannot be moved to a desired room or a desired position.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to move a telephone to a desired room or a desired position, and to send a fax or a modem to the desired room or the desired position. It is to provide a telephone system that can be connected to.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, in the invention of claim 1, a modular communication device connected to a telephone outlet provided in a room or the like and a main telephone outlet provided in a main case are provided. A mobile communication device having a mobile communication device, the modular communication device comprising: modular transmission means for transmitting a signal from a telephone line connected to the telephone outlet to the wireless communication device; Modular receiving means for receiving a signal and transmitting it to a telephone line, wherein the wireless communication device receives a signal transmitted from the modular transmitting means and transmits it to a telephone connected to the main body telephone outlet. Means and transmitting means for transmitting a signal from the telephone to the modular communication device. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a telephone system for connecting an office line and an extension line, an extension line and an extension line, or an extension line and a doorphone to perform an outside line call, an extension line call, hold, transfer, etc., a telephone outlet connected to the extension line. A modular communication device, and a movable wireless communication device that communicates with the modular communication device, the modular communication device transmitting a signal from an extension connected to the telephone outlet to the wireless communication device. The wireless communication device has a transmitting means and a modular receiving means for receiving a signal transmitted from a wireless communication device and sending the signal to the extension. The wireless communication device includes a main body telephone outlet provided in a main body case, and the modular transmitting means. Receiving means for receiving a signal transmitted from the main body and transmitting the signal to a telephone connected to the main body telephone outlet; Characterized in that it has a transmitting means for transmitting a signal from the telephone to the modular communication device.

[0007]

According to the invention of claim 1, the modular transmission means of the modular communication device transmits a signal from the telephone line connected to the telephone outlet to the wireless communication device, and the modular reception means transmits from the wireless communication device. Signal is sent to the telephone line, and the receiving means of the movable wireless communication device receives the signal sent from the modular sending means and sends it to the telephone connected to the telephone outlet of the main body, and the sending means is the telephone. Since the signal from is transmitted to the modular communication device, the telephone connected to the main body telephone outlet can be moved to a desired room or a desired position by moving the wireless communication device. Moreover, if the fax or modem is connected to the telephone outlet of the main body, the fax or modem can be moved to the desired room or desired position.

According to the invention of claim 2, the modular transmission means of the modular communication device transmits a signal from the extension connected to the telephone outlet, and the modular reception means receives the signal transmitted from the wireless communication device. To the extension, the receiving means of the wireless communication device receives the signal transmitted from the modular transmission means and transmits it to the telephone connected to the main body telephone outlet, and the transmission means transmits the signal from the telephone to the modular communication equipment. Since the data is transmitted, by moving the wireless communication device, the telephone connected to the main body telephone outlet can be moved to a desired room or a desired position. Moreover, if the fax or modem is connected to the telephone outlet of the main body, the fax or modem can be moved to the desired room or desired position.

[0009]

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

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a telephone system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1
Is a telephone outlet connected to the telephone line 2 wired on the wall (not shown) of the room A and the like, and 3 is a power outlet.
The telephone outlet 1 and the power outlet 3 are fixedly installed on a wall or the like.

Reference numeral 10 is a modular communication device having a telephone plug 4 inserted into the telephone outlet 1 and a power plug 5 inserted into the power outlet 3.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a wireless communication device that has been moved to room B. This wireless communication device 30 includes a power plug 8 to be plugged into the power outlet 7 and a telephone outlet 31 provided in the main body 30a. The wireless communication device 30 is free to carry, that is, movable, and can be used even if it is moved to any room as long as the power outlet 7 is provided. Also, by lengthening the power cord 9, it is possible to select a room for each room. Can be moved to a position.

The wireless communication device 30 and the modular communication device 10 transmit and receive signals to and from each other, and the telephone outlet 31 of the wireless communication device 30 has a plug 51 of a telephone 50, a fax not shown, By inserting a plug of a modem or the like, the telephone 50, fax, modem or the like can be used.

As shown in FIG. 2, the modular communication device 10 includes a 16Hz detection circuit 11 for detecting a calling signal from the telephone line 2, a relay contact 12 for connecting the telephone line 2 and the modular communication device 10, and a relay. The line relay 13 for turning on / off the contact 12 and the low frequency signal from the telephone line 2 are sent to the transmitting low frequency circuit 15, and the low frequency signal by the receiving low frequency circuit 18 described later is put on the telephone line 2. The transmission high-frequency circuit 1 that modulates the low-frequency signal and other data sent to the hybrid circuit 14 and the transmission low-frequency circuit 15 into a high-frequency signal and transmits the high-frequency signal from the antenna 21 by radio waves
6 and a reception high frequency circuit 17 for receiving radio waves transmitted from the wireless communication device 30 via the antenna 21.
A receiving low-frequency circuit 18 for extracting a low-frequency signal received by the receiving high-frequency circuit 17, a frequency synthesizer 19, and
A control circuit 20 for controlling the circuits 15 to 19, the line relay 13 and the like are provided.

The hybrid circuit 14, the transmission low-frequency circuit 15, the transmission high-frequency circuit 16, the control circuit 20, etc. constitute modular transmission means. Further, the receiving high frequency circuit 17, the receiving low frequency circuit 18, the hybrid circuit 14, the control circuit 20 and the like constitute a modular receiving means.

As shown in FIG. 3, the wireless communication device 30 includes a receiving high frequency circuit 32 for receiving the radio wave transmitted from the modular communication device 10 through the antenna 45,
The reception low-frequency circuit 33 for extracting the low-frequency signal received by the reception high-frequency circuit 32, and the low-frequency signal extracted by the reception low-frequency circuit 33 are sent to the telephone 50 side via a transformer T, or the telephone 50 transmits a transformer. A hybrid circuit 35 that sends a low-frequency signal received via T to the transmission low-frequency circuit 34, and a low-frequency signal or data that is sent to the transmission low-frequency circuit 34 is modulated into a high-frequency signal and is transmitted by an antenna 45 as a radio wave. A transmission high frequency circuit 36 for transmitting, a changeover switch 37, a speech path monitoring circuit 38 for detecting that the handset 52 of the telephone 50 has been lifted, a call end, etc., an IR generating circuit 39 for generating a calling signal, and a frequency synthesizer 40
And a control circuit 41 and the like. The changeover switch 37 is normally connected to the IR generation circuit 39 side.

The receiving high-frequency circuit 32, the receiving low-frequency circuit 33, the hybrid circuit 35, the transformer T, the control circuit 41 and the like constitute a receiving means, and the hybrid circuit 35, the transmitting low-frequency circuit 34 and the transmitting high-frequency circuit. 36 and the control circuit 41 and the like constitute a transmitting means.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described.

First, the case of receiving an incoming call will be described.

When a call signal is transmitted to the telephone line 2, the 16Hz detection circuit 11 of the modular communication device 10 detects the call signal. The control circuit 20 detects the call signal.
Causes the transmission high-frequency circuit 16 to transmit data indicating that a calling signal has been detected.

This data is received by the receiving high frequency circuit 32 of the wireless communication device 30, and the control circuit 41 recognizes that the calling signal is received and operates the IR generating circuit 39. Since the changeover switch 37 is connected to the IR generating circuit 39 side, the call signal is transmitted to the telephone outlet 31 of the wireless communication device 30.
0, and the ringing tone of the telephone 50 is sounded.

When the handset 52 of the telephone set 50 is lifted by the ringing tone, the communication path monitoring circuit 38 detects this and the control circuit 41 based on this detection detects the changeover switch 3.
7 is switched to the broken line position (call side), and off-hook data indicating off-hook is transmitted from the transmission high-frequency circuit 36.

The off-hook data is received by the reception high frequency circuit 17 of the modular communication device 10. When the control circuit 20 recognizes the reception of the off-hook data, the line relay 13 is operated to turn on the relay contact 12. As a result, the telephone set (not shown) connected to the telephone line 2 and the telephone set 50 are in a callable state.

When the call ends and the handset 52 of the telephone 50 is dropped, the call path monitoring circuit 38 of the wireless communication device 30 detects this, and based on this detection, the control circuit 41 moves the changeover switch 37 from the broken line position to the solid line position. The transmission high-frequency circuit 36 is caused to transmit on-hook data indicating that it has been on-hook at the same time.

The transmitted on-hook data is received by the reception high frequency circuit 17 of the modular communication device 10, and the control circuit 20 recognizes the reception of the on-hook data and stops the operation of the line relay 13 to turn off the relay contact 12.
This causes the modular communication device 10 to return to the standby state.

Next, the case of making a call will be described.

When the handset 52 of the telephone 50 is lifted, the communication path monitoring circuit 38 of the wireless communication device 30 detects this, and the control circuit 41 based on this detection detects the changeover switch 3.
7 is switched to the broken line position (call side), and off-hook data indicating off-hook is transmitted from the transmission high-frequency circuit 36.

The off-hook data is received by the reception high frequency circuit 17 of the modular communication device 10, and when the control circuit 20 recognizes the reception of the off-hook data, the line relay 13 is operated to turn on the relay contact 12. As a result, the modular communication device 10 is connected to the telephone line 2. Then, a dial tone signal is transmitted from the telephone line 2 to the modular communication device 10. This dial tone signal is transmitted from the transmission high frequency circuit 16 via the hybrid circuit 14 and the transmission low frequency circuit 15.

The transmitted tone signal is received by the reception high frequency circuit 32 of the wireless communication device 30, and is transmitted through the reception low frequency circuit 33 and the hybrid circuit 35 to the telephone 5.
Passed to 0.

When the dial tone is confirmed by the handset 52 of the telephone 50, the dial operation is performed. A dial signal (in the case of PB) output from the telephone 50 by this dial operation is transmitted from the transmission high frequency circuit 36 via the telephone outlet 31, the hybrid circuit 35 and the transmission low frequency circuit 34.

The transmitted dial signal is received by the reception high frequency circuit 17 of the modular communication device 10, demodulated by the reception low frequency circuit 18 and the hybrid circuit 14 and sent to the telephone line 2, whereby the other party is called. You can talk.

When the dial signal is a digital pulse (DP), the communication path monitoring circuit 38 detects the dial signal, and the control circuit 41 converts it into dial data corresponding to the detected dial signal and transmits it from the transmission high frequency circuit 36. To do. The dial data is received by the reception high frequency circuit 17 of the modular communication device 10, demodulated by the reception low frequency circuit 18 and the hybrid circuit 14, and then the telephone line 2 is received.
The call is sent to the other party and the call can be made.

As described above, the modular communication device 10 and the wireless communication device 30 transmit and receive signals, and the telephone 50 connected to the telephone outlet 31 of the wireless communication device 30 enables a telephone call. It is possible to move the telephone 50 to a desired room or a desired position by moving the.

When a fax or a modem is connected to the telephone outlet 31 of the wireless communication device 30, the communication is performed in the same manner as described above.
You can move the fax or modem to the desired room or location by moving.

[Second Embodiment] FIGS. 4 and 5 show a second embodiment. In this second embodiment, an external call, an extension call, and an extension call are made by connecting an office line and an extension line and an extension line and an extension line. This is a case where the present invention is applied to a telephone system for holding, transferring, etc.

In FIGS. 4 and 5, reference numeral 100 denotes a main unit installed in the room C of the user's house. A dedicated telephone 102 and a modular outlet device 103 are connected to the main device 100. Modular outlet device 1
03 main body 103a is provided with a telephone outlet 103b, and the telephone outlet 103b has a single telephone 10
4 plugs 104a are connected.

Main body 10 of modular outlet device 103
The modular communication device 10 shown in FIG. 2 is provided in 3a. As shown in the first embodiment, the modular communication device 10 and the wireless communication device 30 (see FIG. 3) that has been moved to another room D can transmit and receive signals to and from each other.

The main unit 100 includes a station line circuit 111, an outside line ringing tone sending circuit 112, a switch circuit 113, a main control circuit 114, a memory circuit 115, and an extension line circuit 11.
6, 118 and an IR generation circuit 120. In this embodiment, the switch circuit 113, the main control circuit 114, and the memory circuit 115 form a switch section.

When the office line circuit 111 detects an incoming call from the office line (telephone line) 2, it connects the office line 2 to the switch circuit 113 and notifies the main control circuit 114 of the incoming call. Further, the office line circuit 111 sends a dial pulse to the office line 2 by calling from the dedicated telephone 102 or the like.

The outside line ringing tone sending circuit 112 operates under the control of the main control circuit 114, and when the station line circuit 111 detects an incoming call, it generates a ringing tone signal for notifying the incoming call.
Then, the outside line ringtone sending circuit 112 sends the generated ringtone signal to the switch circuit 113.

The switch circuit 113 comprises a plurality of switches (not shown), and each switch is opened / closed under the control of the main control circuit 114. For example, if there is an incoming call on station line 2,
The switch circuit 113 opens and closes each switch to connect the office line circuit 111 to the extension circuit 118.

The extension circuit 118 sends a call from the single telephone 104 connected to the modular outlet device 103,
When it is detected that the modular communication device 10 (see FIG. 2) in the main body 103a has received the outgoing signal transmitted from the wireless communication device 30, the extension lines 103A and 103B are connected to the switch circuit 113. This switch circuit 11
With the connection of No. 3, the telephone 50 and the dedicated telephone 102 or the telephone 50 and the central line 2 are connected. Further, the extension circuit 118 is connected to an IR generation circuit 120 that generates a calling signal.

The extension circuit 116 monitors the extension of the private telephone 102 to detect a call or the like. The extension circuit 116 is
When the call from the dedicated telephone 102 is detected, the dedicated telephone 10
The extension 2 is connected to the switch circuit 113.

Then, the main control circuit 114 controls the switch circuit 113 to open and close each switch, thereby connecting the office line and the extension line and the extension line and the extension line to make an external call,
It is used to make extension calls, hold calls and transfers.

In the second embodiment, the station line and the extension line and the extension line and the extension line are connected. However, a doorphone is connected to the main control circuit 114, and the main control circuit 114 connects the doorphone and the extension line. May be.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, the modular communication device and the wireless communication device transmit and receive signals, and the telephone can be connected by the telephone connected to the telephone outlet of the wireless communication device. By moving the wireless communication device, the telephone can be moved to a desired room or a desired position.

When a fax or modem is connected to the telephone outlet of the wireless communication device, communication is performed in the same manner as described above. Therefore, by moving the wireless communication device, the fax or modem is moved to a desired room or a desired position. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a telephone system according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the modular communication device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the wireless communication device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a telephone system of a second embodiment.

5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main device shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Telephone Outlet 2 Telephone Line 10 Modular Communication Device 14 Hybrid Circuit 15 Transmission Low Frequency Circuit 16 Transmission High Frequency Circuit 17 Reception High Frequency Circuit 18 Reception Low Frequency Circuit 20 Control Circuit 30 Wireless Communication Device 30a Main Body 31 Telephone Outlet 32 Reception High Frequency Circuit 33 Reception Low Frequency circuit 34 Transmission low frequency circuit 35 Hybrid circuit 36 Transmission high frequency circuit 41 Control circuit 50 Telephone

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A modular communication device connected to a telephone outlet provided in a room or the like, and a movable wireless communication device having a main telephone outlet provided in a main body case, wherein the modular communication device is It has modular transmission means for transmitting a signal from a telephone line connected to a main body telephone outlet to the wireless communication device, and modular reception means for receiving a signal transmitted from the wireless communication device and transmitting the signal to a telephone line. The wireless communication device receives the signal transmitted from the modular transmission device and sends it to a telephone connected to the main body telephone outlet, and the transmission device transmits the signal from the telephone to the modular communication device. A telephone system having means. 2. A telephone system for connecting an office line and an extension line, an extension line and an extension line, or an extension line and an intercom to perform an outside line call, an extension line call, a hold, a transfer, etc., wherein a modular communication device is attached to a telephone outlet connected to the extension line. And a modular wireless communication device for communicating with the modular communication device, wherein the modular communication device is a modular transmission means for transmitting a signal from an extension connected to the telephone outlet to the wireless communication device; Modular receiving means for receiving a signal transmitted from a communication device and sending it to the extension, the wireless communication device is a main body telephone outlet provided in a main body case, and a signal transmitted from the modular transmitting means. Receiving means for receiving and transmitting to a telephone connected to the telephone outlet of the main body, and a signal from the telephone And a transmitting means for transmitting the message to the modular communication device.