JPH08340387A - Compound mode communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To appropriately respond to a communication opponent corresponding to the function of the opponent. CONSTITUTION: A response is issued unconditionally to an incoming call when it arrives from a line 1, and it is discriminated whether an opposite terminal is a voice terminal or a data terminal based on a signal arriving later. A means is switched to a speech processing means 6 which performs speech on the line 1 in voice, a data processing means 7 which performs data processing, or a facsimile processing means 8 which performs facsimile communication based on such discrimination.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a compound communication device having a voice terminal function and a data processing terminal function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional device of this type, one shown in FIG. 6 is known. That is, the incoming call detecting / switching unit 101 is connected to the line 1 and sends the incoming call to the telephone 102 or the data processing terminal 103. The data processing terminal 103 includes a modem 104 connected to the incoming call detection / switching unit 101, and a display unit 106, an input unit 107, and a control unit 108 connected to the modem 104 via a system bus 105. . The data processing terminal 103 is a personal computer or the like, and receives power supply from the power supply unit 109.

In the apparatus having the above configuration, the incoming call detection / switching unit 101 sends an incoming call to the telephone set 102 or the data processing terminal 103 based on the setting. For example,
A setting signal is given to the control unit 108 by the setting input from the input unit 107 of the data processing terminal 103, whereby the incoming call is switched, and the incoming call is answered in this state.

[0004]

However, the partner terminal involved in the call does not always have the function as set, and it may not be possible to properly respond to the incoming call.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems of the conventional composite communication apparatus, and its purpose is to provide a composite response capable of appropriately responding according to the function of the calling communication party. It is to provide a communication device. Another object of the present invention is to provide a compound communication device capable of making a call without causing the operator to feel uneasy when the calling terminal is a voice terminal.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, claim 1 of the present application
The composite communication device of, the call processing means for making a call by voice, the data processing means for performing data processing, the unconditional incoming call means for unconditionally responding to the incoming call from the line, and the unconditional incoming call means And a switching means for switching the line to the call processing means or the data processing means based on the signal arriving after responding to And is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the compound communication device has a call processing means for making a call by voice, a data processing means for performing data processing, a facsimile processing means for performing facsimile communication, and an incoming call from a line. An unconditional call receiving means that responds to the condition, and a determining means that determines whether the other party's terminal is a voice terminal, a data terminal, or a facsimile machine, based on a signal that arrives after the unconditional call receiving means responds to the incoming call.
It is characterized in that it is provided with a switching means for switching the line to one of the call processing means, the data processing means or the facsimile processing means based on the judgment of the judging means.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the compound communication device according to the second aspect includes a switching means of the compound communication device according to the second aspect, a training signal detecting section for detecting a training signal of a predetermined frequency in a modem, and a CNG signal in a facsimile procedure. And a CNG detection unit that operates.

A compound communication device according to claim 4 of the present application, in the compound communication device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, outputs a ringing tone on the device side until a response is received from the call processing means. It is characterized in that a call pre-processing means for generating and sending a message to the other party is placed in front of the call processing means.

[0010]

According to the composite communication device of the first aspect,
When there is an incoming call from the line, an unconditional response is made, and it is determined whether the other terminal is a voice terminal or a data terminal based on the signal that arrives after that, and the line makes a voice call based on this determination. It will be switched to either the call processing means for carrying out or the data processing means for carrying out data processing.

According to the complex communication apparatus of the second aspect, when an incoming call is received from the line, an unconditional response is made to the incoming call, and the other party's terminal is a voice terminal, a data terminal, or a facsimile based on a signal coming thereafter. It is determined whether the device is a device, and based on this determination, the line is switched to either a call processing unit for performing a voice call, a data processing unit for performing data processing, or a facsimile processing unit for performing facsimile communication. .

According to the compound communication apparatus of the third aspect, whether the partner terminal is a voice terminal, a data terminal or a facsimile apparatus is detected by detecting the training signal of a predetermined frequency in the modem and detecting the CNG signal in the facsimile procedure. Judgment will be made.

According to the compound communication device of the fourth aspect, a ringing tone is generated on the device side and a message is transmitted to the partner side until the device responds.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A composite communication apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the explanation of each figure,
The same components are designated by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted. FIG. 1 shows a functional block diagram of an embodiment of a composite communication device according to the present invention. In the compound communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention, the call processing means in which the unconditional call receiving means 2 is connected to the line 1 and the discrimination means 3, the switching means 4 and the call preprocessing means 5 are additionally provided 6, a data processing means 7 and a FAX (facsimile) processing means 8.

The above-mentioned call processing means 6 is for making a call by voice, and is, for example, a telephone. The data processing means 7 performs data processing, and is realized, for example, as a data processing function of a personal computer. Facsimile processing means 8 which performs facsimile communication, and is realized, for example, as a facsimile function unit.
The unconditional call receiving means 2 unconditionally responds to an incoming call from the line 1. Based on a signal that arrives after the unconditional incoming call means 2 answers the incoming call, the other party's terminal is a voice terminal, a data terminal, or a facsimile. The discriminating means 3 discriminates whether the device is a device or not. Based on the determination of the determination means 3, the switching means 4 is configured to switch the line 1 to either the call processing means 6, the data processing means 7 or the facsimile processing means 8.

Further, the call processing means 6 is provided with a call pre-processing means 5 which generates a ringing tone on the device side and sends a message to the other party until the call processing means 6 responds. Has been done.

The composite communication device having the above-mentioned configuration is described in detail below.
It is configured as the device shown in FIG. That is, line 1
A DC control unit 11 and an incoming call detection unit 12 for forming a DC loop are connected to. The NCU control unit 10 is connected to the incoming call detection unit 12, and the result of the incoming call detection is configured to be given to the NCU control unit 10. Upon receiving the incoming call detection signal from the incoming call detection unit 12, the NCU control unit 10 gives an instruction to the DC control unit 11 to form a DC loop. A switch 13 is connected to the DC control unit 11, and the switch 13 is connected to the telephone 14, the modem 18, and 1.
9. The training signal detector 15, the CNG detector 16, and the ringing message transmitter 17 are connected, and one of these contacts is selectively connected to the line 1 side under the control of the NCU controller 10.

The modem 18 is a full-duplex modem for data transmission / reception connected to a data processing unit 21 in a DTE (data terminal equipment) 20.
Is a half-duplex modem connected to the FAX processing unit 22 in the DTE 20. The DTE 20 is composed of a computer, and includes a data processing unit 21 for performing data processing and a FAX processing unit 22 for performing processing of a facsimile device, and is realized by an input / output device of a personal computer and a central processing unit in terms of hardware. , Each function is realized by software.

The training signal detecting section 15 is a circuit for detecting the training signal for the modem which is transmitted when the partner terminal is a data terminal.
Detect the 00 Hz tone. The CNG detection unit 16 is a circuit that detects a calling signal CNG (Calling Tone) signal that is transmitted when the partner terminal is a facsimile terminal, and here detects a 1100 Hz tone. Further, the in-calling message sending unit 17 informs that the calling is made in the device at the other terminal (voice terminal).
It is a circuit to send to, and the message is "I am calling now. In addition to voices such as ", a tone such as a ringback tone may be used. The detection results by the training signal detection unit 15 and the CNG detection unit 16 are N
It is given to the CU control unit 10, while the calling message sending unit 17 is activated by the control of the NCU control unit 10.

Further, a ringing tone output unit 23 is connected to the NCU control unit 10. When the ringing tone output unit 23 outputs a ringing tone signal according to an instruction from the NCU control unit 10, the ringing tone is generated by reaching the speaker 24. . In addition, the NCU control unit 10
A signal is sent to the DTE 20 to activate the data processing unit 21 or the FAX processing unit 22.

In the composite communication device configured as described above, the NCU control unit 10 is composed of a microprocessor or the like, operates by a program corresponding to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3 and 4, and the switching means 4 in FIG.
And call preprocessing means 5. Therefore, in the following, the operation at the time of incoming call will be described based on these flowcharts.

The NCU control unit 10 detects whether an incoming call is made based on the output from the incoming call detection unit 12 (S2).
1). Here, when there is an incoming call, the NCU control unit 10 gives an instruction to the DC control unit 11 to form a DC loop (S2
2) A response state is set and a built-in timer is activated (S23). At this time, the switch 13 is connected to the contact point to which the training signal detection unit 15, the CNG detection unit 16, and the calling message transmission unit 17 are connected, and detects the training signal (2100 Hz) and CNG.
Signal detection is performed (S24, S27). If neither signal can be detected, the time is up (for example, 30
0 ms) is detected (S30), and step S24 is executed again.
Return to and continue processing. During this process, when a training signal is detected, an instruction signal is given to the switch 13 to switch to the data processing unit 21, that is, to connect with the modem 18 (S25), and the data processing unit 21 performs data processing. (S26). That is, in this step S26, CCITT recommendation V22 or V
After performing the modem training procedure of 22bis or V32, the procedure proceeds to the data transmission / reception procedure, the data obtained here is processed (displayed, etc.), and the procedure ends.

In contrast to the above, before the time is up, C
When the NG signal (1100 Hz) is detected, the switch 1
3 to give an instruction signal to switch to the FAX processing unit 22,
That is, the connection with the modem 19 is made (S28), and the FA
Facsimile communication is performed by the X processing unit 22 (S2
9). In the facsimile communication by the FAX processing unit 22, the facsimile procedure is performed from the transmission of the DIS signal,
Image signal reception, decompression, and output processing (display or print) are performed, and the procedure proceeds to the end procedure.

On the other hand, when the time is up, call pre-processing (S31) is performed. In particular,
As shown in FIG. 4, an instruction is given to the calling message sending section 17 (S31-1), and a predetermined message (voice such as "I'm calling now." , Or ringback tone) is sent to the other voice terminal (S31-
2) I try not to let the other person feel anxious. Further, an instruction is given to the ringing tone output unit 23 (S31-3), a ringing tone signal is output, a ringing tone is generated from the speaker 24 (S31-4), and an on-hook is waited (S31-5).
Here, when the message is sent on-hook, the calling message sending unit 1
7 to give a stop instruction (S31-6), to stop the sending of a predetermined message from the ringing message sending section 17 (S31-7), and to give a stop instruction to the ring back tone output section 23 (S31-). 8) The output of the ringing tone signal is stopped so that the ringing tone is not generated from the speaker 24 (S31-).
9). Then, an instruction is given to the switch 13 so that the line 1 side and the telephone set 14 are connected (S31-1).
0).

When the telephone set 14 is connected to the line 1 as described above, a telephone call process is performed in the telephone set 14 (S
32) Then, a voice call is made with the voice terminal of the other party. In any of the above cases, after the recovery from the call or communication, the switch 13 is recovered and the training signal detection unit 15, the CNG detection unit 16 and the ringing message transmission unit 17 are connected to the line 1 side.

FIG. 5 shows a composite communication device according to another configuration of the present invention. In this embodiment, one modem 25 connected to the DTE 20 selectively performs half-duplex, full-duplex, or both functions. The data processing unit 21 and the FAX processing unit 22 correspond to the modem 25 that selectively performs the functions of half-duplex, full-duplex, or both of them. In the case of this embodiment, half duplex,
Alternatively, if a full-duplex modem is used, the communication partner may be restricted, but appropriate switching is performed within that range, and communication according to the function of the partner terminal is possible.
Although the FAX processing unit 22 is provided in the above embodiment,
It is also possible to configure a compound communication device that does not have this. In this case, it is possible to deal with the case where the partner terminal is the voice terminal and the data terminal.

[0027]

As described above, according to the invention described in claim 1 of the present application, when there is an incoming call from the line, an automatic response is made to the incoming call, and thereafter, the call processing for the line to make a voice call. Since it is switched to either the means or the data processing means for performing the data processing, the switching occurs when the partner terminal is the voice terminal or the data terminal, and it is possible to appropriately deal with it.

As described above, according to the invention of claim 2 of the present application, when there is an incoming call from the line, an automatic response is made to the incoming call, and thereafter, the line processing means for making a voice call by the line or Either the data processing means for performing data processing or the facsimile processing means for performing facsimile communication can be switched to. Therefore, when the partner terminal is a voice terminal, a data terminal, or a facsimile machine, switching occurs and an appropriate response is taken. It is possible.

As described above, according to the invention of claim 3 of the present application, the other terminal is a voice terminal or a data terminal by detecting the training signal of the predetermined frequency in the modem and the CNG signal in the facsimile procedure. It is discriminated whether it is a facsimile machine or a facsimile machine, and when the partner terminal is a voice terminal, a data terminal, or a facsimile machine, it is properly discriminated and switching is performed, so that appropriate correspondence can be made.

As described above, according to the invention described in claim 4 of the present application, when the partner terminal is a voice terminal, a ringing tone is generated on the partner device side until the partner device responds. Since the message is sent to the other side, there is an effect that the call can be made after the automatic response without giving anxiety to the other party.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a compound communication device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining an incoming call operation of the compound communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating call pre-processing of the compound communication device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a detailed configuration diagram of a compound communication device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of a composite communication device according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Line 2 Unconditional Calling Means 3 Discrimination Means 4 Switching Means 5 Call Pre-Processing Means 6 Call Processing Means 7 Data Processing Means 8 FAX Processing Means 10 NCU Control Units 11 DC Control Units 12 Incoming Call Detection Units 13 Switches 14 Telephones 15 Training Signal Detection Part 16 CNG detection part 17 Calling message sending part 18, 19, 25 Modem 20 DTE 21 Data processing part 22 FAX processing part 23 Ring tone output part 24 Speaker

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A call processing means for making a voice call, a data processing means for performing data processing, an unconditional receiving means for unconditionally responding to an incoming call from a line, and the unconditional receiving means for receiving an incoming call. A discriminating means for discriminating whether the other terminal is a voice terminal or a data terminal on the basis of a signal arriving after responding; and a switching means for switching the line to the call processing means or the data processing means based on the discrimination of the discriminating means. A composite communication device comprising: 2. A call processing means for making a voice call, a data processing means for performing data processing, a facsimile processing means for performing facsimile communication, and an unconditional receiving means for unconditionally answering an incoming call from a line. , A discrimination means for discriminating whether the other terminal is a voice terminal, a data terminal or a facsimile machine based on a signal arriving after the unconditional call reception means responds to the incoming call, and the line is called based on the discrimination by the discrimination means. A composite communication device comprising: a processing means, a switching means for switching to either the data processing means or the facsimile processing means. 3. The switching means includes a training signal detector for detecting a training signal of a predetermined frequency in the modem, and a CNG for detecting a CNG signal in a facsimile procedure.
The composite communication device according to claim 2, further comprising a detection unit. 4. Until there is a response from the call processing means,
2. A call pre-processing means for generating a ringing tone on the device side and for sending a message to the other party is placed in front of the call processing means.
The composite communication device according to claim 3.