JPH09200319A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To surely respond to an incoming call from a specified caller when there are simultaneous incoming calls to plural housed lines. SOLUTION: When a number coincident with a received caller number is registered as a one-action dial, an LED display 111 for displaying a state is flickered corresponding to that one-action dial button 110, and the state under call incoming is indicated. Especially, even when there are simultaneous two incoming calls using two channels to digital lines like ISDN lines, a user can recognize the desired party to first speak with and can surely respond to the incoming call from the desired party to first speak with.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

The present invention has a telephone function,
The present invention relates to a communication device that accommodates a line that notifies a caller number of an incoming call.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a service called so-called calling party number notification has been provided for notifying a calling party number when an incoming call arrives on a digital line. On the called terminal side, the notified calling party number is sent to the terminal. Displayed on the display
There is a service that notifies the user of where the call comes from.

On the other hand, in the near future, the provision of a caller number notification service for analog lines is also being considered.

Further, in a telephone or a facsimile machine, a telephone number of a destination which is frequently called is registered as a one-touch dial or a speed dial, and a one-touch dial button is pressed or a speed dial is operated while a line is being captured. Just send the dial, or
Even while on-hook, simply pressing the one-touch dial button or operating the speed dial automatically captures the line and enables dialing.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional service, if the caller's number is only displayed on the display and the person who owns the number is not stored, the call is called. It is difficult for the recipient to identify the sender.

Also, in a private branch exchange (PBX) or a key telephone system (KTS) that accommodates a plurality of lines, if there are simultaneous incoming calls on these plural lines, the caller number that first detects the incoming call is displayed, Alternatively, the caller numbers corresponding to high-priority incoming calls set for each telephone are displayed, and the caller numbers of other incoming calls are not displayed.
For this reason, when waiting for an especially important call or a call with a high degree of urgency, there is a problem that the call from the waiting party cannot be preferentially answered.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to reliably respond to an incoming call from a specific caller even when there are simultaneous incoming calls to a plurality of lines to be accommodated. It is to provide a communication device.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has at least one button in a communication device having a telephone function and accommodating a line for notifying a caller number for an incoming call. Means for registering at least one telephone number, status display means for displaying a predetermined status corresponding to the button, and means for comparing the registered at least one telephone number with the caller number. A status display means for controlling the status display means to display an incoming call according to the comparison, and the control means displays an incoming call For the means, when the button corresponding to the incoming call is pressed and further off-hook operation is performed,
By the off-hook operation, the incoming call is preferentially answered.

According to another invention, in a communication device having a telephone function and accommodating a line for notifying a caller number for an incoming call, a means for registering at least one telephone number corresponding to at least one button. Status display means for displaying a predetermined status corresponding to the button, means for comparing the registered at least one telephone number with the caller number, and status display means for the comparison. And a control means for controlling to display that the incoming call is being received, and when the communication device is in an off-hook state, the control means displays the incoming call When the button corresponding to the incoming call is pressed to the means, the incoming call is answered without sending the telephone number registered corresponding to the button.

[0010]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a telephone for digital line connection according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 101 is an IS accommodated in this telephone.
A line control unit for controlling a DN (Integrated Services Digital Network) line, and 102 is a call voice or sound source circuit 10.
A call circuit that controls the sound from the device 3, 103 is a sound source circuit that generates service tones such as ringing tone and dial tone, and various sounds such as hold tone and DTMF signal. 104 is a main control unit that controls the entire telephone. It is a control unit.

Reference numeral 105 denotes a ROM storing the control program of the main control unit 104 and specific data, and 10
6 is a RAM for storing various control data, and 10 is a RAM.
Reference numeral 7 is a handset for making a call, 108 is a speaker for monitoring a ring tone or voice when a speaker is received, and 109 is a dialed number that has been input or a caller number that has been notified via a line. It is an LCD display for.

Further, 110 is a one-touch dial button for registering the dialed number of the other party or making a call with the registered number, and 111 is for displaying the state corresponding to the one-touch dial button 110. L
An ED display, 112 is a function button for performing various setting operations on the telephone, 113 is a dial button for dialing and other numeric input, and
Reference numeral 114 is a hook switch for detecting the placed state of the handset 107.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the external appearance of the telephone according to the present embodiment, and the same or corresponding parts as the constituent elements shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 115 denotes a one-touch dial button 110 equipped with a total of four, which is denoted by reference numeral 110a.
The part indicated by is the first one-touch dial button among them. Here, the LED display unit 111a is adjacent to each one-touch dial button.

When the handset 107 is raised to make a call in the telephone having the above configuration, the main control unit 104 of the telephone detects that the hook switch 114 is in the "off-hook state". After that, when it is detected that the dial button 113 is operated, the main control unit 1
04 writes the operated dial button as a dial number in the RAM 106, and displays the numbers (including * and #) corresponding to them on the LCD display 109.

As a dial input, a dial button 11
Instead of operating 3, one-touch dial buttons 11
When 0 is pressed, the main control unit 104 reads a series of dial numbers registered in the one-touch dial button 110 from the RAM 106, and reads it out from the LCD display unit 1.
It is displayed on 09.

When the "f1 button" shown in FIG. 2 among the function buttons 112 is pressed to end the dial input, the dial number written in the RAM 106 is read, the line control unit 101 is controlled, and the RAM 106 is read. ISD the call setup message including the dial number read from
Send to N line.

When the calling operation is completed and the called party answers, the handset 107 can talk with the called party via the line control unit 101 and the calling circuit 102.

Next, when the line control unit 101 receives a call setup message as an incoming call from the ISDN line while the telephone is on-hook, the line control unit 101
Notifies the main controller 104 of the received message.
The main control unit 104 that receives this incoming call determines the sound source circuit 10
3 is activated and the ring tone is sent to the speaker 108 via the call circuit 102, thereby ringing the ring tone.

After that, when the handset 107 is off-hook, the main control section 104 detects the "off-hook state" from the state of the hook switch 114, so that the main control section 104 then controls the call circuit 102 to make a call. The road is switched to the handset 107 side. As a result, the handset 107 is passed through the circuit control unit 101 and the call circuit 102.
This allows you to talk to the other party.

Next, the LED display 11 corresponding to the one-touch dial button 110 of the telephone according to the present embodiment.
The operation of displaying the incoming call at 1 will be described.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure for displaying an incoming call on the LED display 111 of the telephone. In the figure, the main control unit 104 is in a standby state in which the handset 107 of the telephone is on-hook.
Waits for the reception of a call setting message from the line control unit 101 as an incoming call, and if this message is received (YES in step S301), it is checked whether the received call setting message includes the calling number information element ( Step S
302). Then, if the calling number information element is included in the call setting message, the calling number is displayed on the LCD display 109 (step S303).

Further, it is checked whether the same number as the calling number is registered as a one-touch dial number (step S304). If it is registered, the LED corresponding to the corresponding one-touch dial button 110 is checked.
The display 111 is blinked (step S305). Then, the call circuit 102 is switched, and the ring tone from the sound source circuit 103 is sounded by the speaker 108 (step S30).
6) Then, transition to the incoming call state (step S307).

Generally, in the one-touch dial button, a field for writing the name of the other party of the number registered therein, a piece of paper, or the like is arranged around the one-touch dial button, or the telephone is set. User remembers the other party of the registered number, so by displaying the number on the display corresponding to the one-touch dial button, the user can easily know where the call comes from. It becomes possible.

When it is determined in the above step S302 that the received call setup message does not include the calling number, the ringing tone is sounded without displaying the number (step S306), and the incoming call status is displayed. (Step S307). If it is determined in step S304 that the same number as the received calling number is not registered as a one-touch dial, a ringing tone is sounded in step S306, and a transition is made to the incoming call state (step S30).
7).

Further, if the call setup message is not received in step S301, the state of the hook switch 114 is checked (step S310). If it is not off-hook, the process returns to step S301. A transition is made (step S311).

Next, the operation of answering an incoming call from the incoming call state in the telephone set according to the present embodiment will be described.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing a processing procedure for responding to an incoming call from the incoming call state. In the figure, in the incoming state to one Bch of the ISDN line, the main control unit 104 controls the other B from the line control unit 101.
Waiting for a call setup message to be received as an incoming call to ch (step S401), and if it is received, it is checked whether the message includes a calling party number information element (step S402). If the calling number is not included, the process returns to step S401. If the calling number is included, it is checked whether the same number as the calling number is registered as a one-touch dial (step S403).

If it is determined in the above step S403 that the same number as the calling number is not registered, the process returns to step S401, and if it is registered,
LED display 1 corresponding to the corresponding one-touch dial button (for example, one-touch dial button 110b)
11b is blinked (step S404), and the process returns to step S401. This keeps the incoming state.

At this time, since the state is incoming, LC
On the D display 109, the calling number of the previous incoming call, for example, the number registered in the one-touch dial button 110a is kept displayed.

If the call setting message is not received in step S401, the depression of the one-touch dial button 110 during the incoming call display on the corresponding LED display 111 is monitored (step S405). Here, when the one-touch dial button 110b is pressed, the priority order of incoming calls to be answered when off-hook is changed (step S40).
6) The LCD display 109 displays the number registered in the one-touch dial button 110b as a calling number (step S407), and the process proceeds to step S401.
Return to

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S405 that the one-touch dial button 110 is not pressed, the state of the hook switch 114 is checked (step S4).
08), if it is in the off-hook state, the incoming call answering process is executed (step S409). Here, which incoming call is to be answered depends on whether or not the one-touch dial button 110 is pressed in the above step S405, the incoming call answering process is executed according to the priority order at that time, and the call state is entered (step S410). ).

If the off-hook is not detected in step S408, the reception of a release completion message as an abandonment of the incoming call is waited (step S411), and if it is not received,
It returns to step S401. However, if the release completion message is received, it is checked whether there is another incoming call (step S412). If there is another incoming call, the process returns to step S401 to continue the incoming call state. However, if there is no other incoming call, the state transits to the standby state (step S414).

The operation of responding to an incoming call from the off-hook state according to this embodiment will be described below.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an operation procedure for responding to an incoming call from the off-hook state. As shown in the figure, when the telephone is off-hook, the main control unit 104 waits for the reception of a call setup message as an incoming call from the line control unit 101 (step S501), and if it receives it, it receives it. It is checked whether or not the calling number information element is included in the call setup message (step S50).
2). If the calling number is not included, the process returns to step S501. If the call setting message includes the calling number, it is checked whether the same number as the calling number is registered as one-touch dial ( Step S
503).

If it is determined in step S503 that the same number as the calling number is not registered as the one-touch dial, the process returns to step S501, and if it is registered, the corresponding one-touch dial button 110 is displayed.
Blinks the LED display 111 corresponding to (Step S
504), the process is returned to step S501, and the off-hook state is maintained.

At this time, since it is already in the off-hook state, the LCD display 109 remains the display at that time. For example, if dial input is in progress, the dial already input remains displayed.

On the other hand, if the call setup message is not received in step S501, the one-touch dial button 11
The pressing of 0 is monitored (step S505), and if the pressing of the one-touch dial button 110 is detected, the state of the LED corresponding to the pressed one-touch dial button is checked (step S506). Then, if the LED state is "off", the dial registered in the one-touch dial button is sent as it is (step S50).
7) and returns to step S501.

If the LED corresponding to the one-touch dial button pressed in step S506 is "blinking" for displaying an incoming call, the incoming call answering process is executed (step S508), and the call state is entered (step S508). S50
9).

On the other hand, if the depression of the one-touch dial button cannot be detected in step S505, the state of the hook switch 114 is checked (step S510). If it is in the off-hook state, the process returns to step S501, and the on-hook state again. If so, it is checked whether there is another incoming call (step S511). If there is another incoming call, the state transits to the incoming state (step S512), but if there is no incoming call, the state transits to the standby state (step S51).
3).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, if the number corresponding to the received caller number is registered as the one-touch dial, the LED display for displaying the state corresponding to the one-touch dial button. By displaying the incoming call by flashing the device, especially IS
In a digital line such as a DN line, even if there are two incoming calls using two channels at the same time, regardless of the order in which they arrive, it is easy to recognize the person who wants to talk first,
It is possible to reliably answer an incoming call from the person who wants to call first.

Further, when the one-touch dial button displaying the incoming call state is pressed while the telephone is in the off-hook state, the registered dial is not sent but the incoming call is controlled. Thus, for example, when an incoming call is accidentally made from the other party who attempts to make a call, the incoming call can be quickly answered without making a careless call.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the LED display is taken as an example of the means for displaying the status corresponding to the one-touch dial button. However, a lamp other than the LED, an LCD display, or the like can be visually displayed. The form is not limited as long as it can be displayed. Further, although the LED is blinked as a display example of the incoming call state, it may be "lit" instead of blinking, and any display may be performed as long as it is a display method that can be distinguished from the unlit state.

Further, the display means may be audibly displayed in addition to the visually displayed one. For example, an audible sound having a different cycle or different frequency for each one-touch dial button is used as the ringing tone. It may be sounded, or a publicly known voice may be transmitted.

The configuration and appearance of the telephone according to the present embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 are merely examples, and other configurations and arrangements may be used. That is, as an example other than the above, the present invention can be implemented in the same manner even with a facsimile machine, another telephone terminal, a telephone terminal that can be connected to a key telephone apparatus (KTS), a private branch exchange (PBX), or the like. However, the type and form of the terminal connected to the telephone line are not limited in any way.

For example, even a telephone exchange device capable of accommodating a plurality of lines in the system, such as a key telephone device (KTS) or a private branch exchange (PBX), corresponds to the one-touch dial button on the extension telephone. LED
By providing the display unit, even when a plurality of lines are received at the same time, the caller can be identified by blinking the LED of the one-touch dial button corresponding to the caller number received at each reception.

At this time, the telephone line to be accommodated is I
It may be a digital line such as an SDN line, an analog line, a leased line, or an extension of a private branch exchange,
Any type of telephone line accommodated in the telephone device can be used as long as it is a line to which the caller number is notified. This also applies to the control procedures shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, and the types of telephone lines and telephone terminals are not limited in any way.

In particular, in the control procedure shown in FIG. 5, the state of the telephone is simply set to the off-hook state, but the state is not limited to this. For example, the state before dial input after off-hook, or after dial input, call the other party. It may be in a state in which the other party is in communication, or in a call with the other party, and in the above embodiment, detailed description for each state of the telephone network is omitted.

The present invention may be applied to a system composed of a plurality of devices or an apparatus composed of a single device. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention can be applied to the case where it is implemented by supplying a program to a system or an apparatus. In this case, the storage medium storing the program according to the present invention constitutes the present invention. Then, by reading the program from the storage medium into the system or device, the system or device operates in a predetermined manner.

[0052]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By controlling the display according to the comparison between the number registered in the device and the caller number, the caller can be easily identified when receiving a call, especially when there are multiple calls at the same time The other party can be easily recognized and the incoming call can be answered.

Further, according to another invention, when the button displaying the incoming call is pressed in the off-hook state, the incoming call is answered without sending the number registered there. By controlling, when a call is received from the other party corresponding to the number, a quick response can be made without carelessly making a call.

[0054]

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an external appearance of the telephone according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure when an incoming call is made in the telephone according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure for responding to an incoming call from the incoming call state in the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure for responding to an incoming call in the off-hook state in the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 101 line control unit 102 call circuit 103 sound source circuit 104 main control unit 105 ROM 106 RAM 107 handset 108 speaker 109 LCD display 110 one-touch dial button 111 LED display 112 function button 113 dial button 114 hook switch

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A communication device having a telephone function and accommodating a line for notifying a caller number for an incoming call, a means for registering at least one telephone number corresponding to at least one button, and the button. Status display means for correspondingly displaying a predetermined status, means for comparing the registered at least one telephone number with the caller's number, and in response to the comparison, the status display means is receiving an incoming call. A control means for controlling to display a message to the effect, the state display means displaying a message indicating that an incoming call is being made by the control means, the button corresponding to the incoming call is pressed, A communication device, wherein when an off-hook operation is further performed, the incoming call is preferentially answered by the off-hook operation. 2. In a communication device having a telephone function and accommodating a line for notifying a caller number for an incoming call, a means for registering at least one telephone number corresponding to at least one button, and the button. Status display means for correspondingly displaying a predetermined status, means for comparing the registered at least one telephone number with the caller's number, and in response to the comparison, the status display means is receiving an incoming call. A control means for controlling to display a message to that effect, and when the communication device is in an off-hook state, the control means displays a message indicating that a call is being received, A communication device, wherein when the button corresponding to the incoming call is pressed, the incoming call is answered without transmitting the telephone number registered corresponding to the button. 3. The display according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the display on the status display means is a visible display, and the visible display includes at least a display by an LED, an LCD and a lamp. Communication device. 4. The status display means includes the LED, LC
4. The communication device according to claim 3, wherein the user of the communication device is caused to identify the originator of the incoming call based on the difference in the blinking cycle of D and the lamp. 5. The display by the state display means is an audible display, and the audible display includes at least a sound or a display with an audible sound of a predetermined frequency. The communication device according to 1. 6. The state display means displays the type of the voice,
Alternatively, the communication device according to claim 5, wherein a user of the communication device is caused to identify the originator of the incoming call based on the difference in the ringing period of the audible sound of the predetermined frequency.