JPH11284721A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a telephone set to record a message from other line even when one line is used for a speech in the telephone set capable of being connected to two telephone lines. SOLUTION: This telephone set 1 consists of a 1st incoming call detection section 2 that detects an incoming call from a line 1, a 1st hook control section 3 that controls on/off-hook to the line 1, a 2nd incoming call detection section 4 that detects an incoming call from a line 2, a 2nd hook control section 5 that controls on/off-hook to the line 2, a channel changeover section 6 that connects the line 1 or 2 to a receiver 8, a recording memory section 10 that records/reproduces a voice signal, a recording line changeover section 9 that connects the line 1 or 2 to the recording memory section 10, and a main control section 11. The main control section 11 connects other line to the recording memory section 10 to allow the recording memory section 10 to record a message when the other line receives an incoming call while the one line is busy.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone capable of connecting a plurality of telephone lines and having an answering machine recording function.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, two telephone lines (line 1 and line 2) are connected to one telephone, and the line 1 and the line 2 are switched, so that transmission and reception by one of the lines is performed. There is known a two-line telephone capable of performing the following.
In addition, telephones having an answering machine recording function of automatically sending a response message when an incoming call is received while answering and recording a message of the other party are widely used. Therefore, by adding an answering machine recording function to a two-line telephone, when a call arrives on one of the lines during an absence, a message of the other party can be automatically recorded.

[0003]

However, when a call is received on the other telephone line during a call on one telephone line, the message message from the other telephone line may be lost depending on the conventional answering machine. Cannot be recorded automatically. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone capable of automatically recording a message from another telephone line even when a telephone call is in progress on the other telephone line.

[0004]

A telephone according to the present invention is capable of connecting two or more telephone lines including a line 1 and a line 2, and detects a first incoming call from a line 1.
(2), a first hook control unit (3) for controlling on-hook / off-hook of line 1, a second incoming detection unit (4) for detecting an incoming call from line 2, and controlling on-hook / off-hook of line 2 A second hook control unit (5), a communication path switching unit (6) for connecting the line 1 or 2 to the handset (8), a recording memory unit (10) capable of recording and reproducing voice signals, and a line A recording line switching unit (9) for connecting one or two lines to a recording memory unit (10); a first incoming call detecting unit (2) and a second incoming call detecting unit
A first hook controller (3) based on the detection signal from (4),
It comprises a second hook control section (5), a communication path switching section (6), and a main control section (11) for controlling the recording line switching section (9).
The main control unit (11) connects the other line to the recording memory unit (10) and reproduces a response message when there is an incoming call on the other line while one of the lines is busy. Record a message with the message.

In the telephone of the present invention, the main control unit (1
1) Based on detection signals from the first incoming call detection unit (2) and the second incoming call detection unit (4), it is determined whether or not one of the lines is busy and the other line receives an incoming call. I do. Then, when it is determined that there is an incoming call on the other line while one of the lines is busy, a control signal is supplied to a hook control unit of the other line, and the other line is off-hook. . Further, the main control unit (11) includes a recording line switching unit.
A control signal is supplied to (9), the other line is connected to the recording memory unit (10), and after a response message is reproduced from the recording memory unit (10), a message is sent to the recording memory unit (10). To record.

The main control unit (11) includes a recording flag indicating that the business message has been recorded, so that when the one line is hooked on and the recording flag is set, Immediately after the on-hook operation, the message recorded in the recording memory unit (10) can be automatically reproduced. Therefore, there is no fear of overlooking the business message.

[0007]

According to the telephone set of the present invention, even when a telephone call is in progress on one telephone line, a message from the other telephone line can be automatically recorded.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the present invention applied to a two-line telephone will be specifically described with reference to the drawings. The telephone (1) according to the present invention has a telephone line 1 as shown in FIG.
A first incoming call detecting unit (2) for detecting an incoming call from the line 1; a first hook control unit (3) for controlling on-hook / off-hook of the line 1; A second incoming call detecting unit (4) for detecting an incoming call from the second unit, a second hook control unit (5) for controlling on-hook / off-hook of the line 2, and a call for connecting the line 1 or the line 2 to the handset (8) A switching unit (6), and the communication line switching unit (6) is connected to the receiver (8) via the amplification unit (7). The telephone (1) has a recording memory unit capable of recording and reproducing an audio signal.
(10), a recording line switching unit (9) for connecting the line 1 or line 2 to the recording memory unit (10), and a main control unit (11) composed of a microcomputer. Is connected to an operation unit (12) having a plurality of operation buttons. The main control unit (11) receives an operation signal from the operation unit (12) and a first incoming call detection unit.
Based on (2) and the detection signal from the second incoming call detection section (4), the first hook control section (3), the second hook control section (5), the communication path switching section (6), and the recording line switching. The section (9) is controlled.

FIG. 2 shows a control procedure of the main control unit (11). Here, the main control unit (11) includes a recording memory unit (1).
At 0), a recording flag indicating that the message has been recorded is prepared. Further, it is assumed that, for example, "Another telephone is being answered. Please talk about your business" or the like is recorded in advance in the recording memory unit (10). The function of automatically recording the message of the other party when a call is received on one of the lines during an absence is the same as the conventional answering function, and will not be described.

From the standby operation shown in step S1 of FIG. 2, that is, the state in which the receiver is on-hook and waiting for an incoming call, it is determined in step S2 whether or not the line 1 is busy, and if yes, Proceed to step S3.
At this point, the call path switching unit (6) has been switched to the line 1 side, and the first hook control unit (3) sets the line 1 to off-hook. The second hook control unit (5) sets the line 2 on-hook.

In step S3, it is determined whether there is an incoming call from the line 2. If the answer is yes, the process proceeds to step S4, where the second hook control unit (5) turns off the line 2, and in step S5, The recording line switching unit (9) is switched to the line 2 side, and the answering message is reproduced from the recording memory unit (10). In response, a message is sent from the calling party through the line 2.

Next, in step S6, the message sent from the line 2 is recorded in the recording memory unit (10), and then in step S7, the recorded message is
A voice message of "line 2" indicating that the message is from the telephone is recorded in the recording memory unit (10). Then step S
At step 8, the recording flag is set, and the line 2 is turned on-hook in step S9, and then it is determined whether the line 1 is turned on-hook in step S10. If the determination is no, the process returns to step S3 and returns to step S3.
Step S10 is repeated. When it is determined NO in step S3, the process proceeds to step S10. If it is determined YES in step S10, step S2
Move to 0.

On the other hand, if it is determined NO in step S2, the process proceeds to step S11, where it is determined whether or not the line 2 is busy, and if YES, step S12 is performed.
Proceed to. At this point, the call path switching unit (6) has been switched to the line 2 side, and the second hook control unit (5) has set the line 2 to off-hook. Also, the first hook control unit (3)
Line 1 is on-hook.

At step S12, it is determined whether or not there is an incoming call from the line 1.
3 and the line 1 is off-hook by the first hook control unit (3).
(9) is switched to the line 1 side, and the answering message is reproduced from the recording memory unit (10). In response to this, a message is sent from the calling side through the line 1.

Next, in step S15, the message sent from the line 1 is recorded in the recording memory unit (10).
Thereafter, in step S16, a voice message of "line 1" indicating that the recorded message is from the line 1 is recorded in the recording memory unit (10). Subsequently, in step S17, a recording flag is set, and in step S18
After the line 1 is on-hook in, it is determined in step S19 whether the line 2 is on-hook. here,
If the determination is no, the process returns to step S12 and repeats steps S12 to S19. Step S1
If NO is determined, the process proceeds to step S19. If the determination is yes in step S19, the process proceeds to step S20.

In step S20, it is determined whether or not the recording flag has been set.
The process returns to step S2, and if yes, the process proceeds to step S21.
In step S21, the message recorded in the recording memory unit (10) is automatically reproduced, and in step S22, it is determined whether or not the reproduction has been completed. After clearing the flag,
It returns to step S2.

According to the procedure shown in FIG. 2, when a call is received from one telephone line and another telephone line is received, an answering message automatically flows, and the calling party is responded accordingly. The message sent from the party is automatically recorded. Also, the call on the one line ends,
When the receiver is hooked on, the message recorded in the recording memory unit (10) is automatically reproduced. Therefore, there is no fear of overlooking the business message. The reproduced message is convenient because it includes a voice message "line 1" or "line 2" indicating from which line the message was sent. Thus, according to the telephone according to the present invention, the two connected telephone lines can be used effectively.

The configuration of each part of the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made within the technical scope described in the claims. For example, the present invention is not limited to a telephone connected to two telephone lines as described above, but can be similarly applied to a telephone connected to three or more telephone lines.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) Telephone (2) First incoming call detection unit (3) First hook control unit (4) Second incoming call detection unit (5) Second hook control unit (6) Call path switching unit (7) Amplifier unit (8) ) Handset (9) Recording line switching unit (10) Recording memory unit (11) Main control unit (12) Operation unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A telephone capable of connecting two or more telephone lines, including a line 1 and a line 2, comprising: a first incoming call detection unit (2) for detecting an incoming call from the line 1;
A first hook control unit (3) for controlling off-hook;
A second incoming call detector (4) for detecting an incoming call from a telephone, and a second hook controller for controlling on-hook / off-hook of the line 2
(5), a communication path switching unit (6) for connecting the line 1 or line 2 to the handset (8), a recording memory unit (10) capable of recording and reproducing voice signals, and recording the line 1 or line 2 Memory section
A recording line switching unit (9) connected to (10), and a first incoming call detection unit
(2) and a first hook control unit (3), a second hook control unit (5), a speech path switching unit (6), and a recording line switching unit (based on detection signals from the second incoming call detection unit (4). Main control unit that controls 9)
The main control unit (11) connects the other line to the recording memory unit (10) when there is an incoming call on the other line while one of the lines is busy. And reproducing a response message and recording a business message. 2. A main control unit (11), based on detection signals from a first incoming call detecting unit (2) and a second incoming call detecting unit (4), while either one of the lines is busy and the other is busy. Determining means for determining whether there is an incoming call on the line, supplying a control signal to the hook control unit of the other line,
A first control unit for off-hook the other line, a second control unit for supplying a control signal to a recording line switching unit (9) and connecting the other line to a recording memory unit (10), 2. The telephone according to claim 1, further comprising: third control means for reproducing a response message from the unit; and fourth control means for recording a message in the recording memory unit. 3. A main control unit (11) further comprising: a recording flag indicating that the message is recorded; and a recording memory when the recording flag is set when the one line is on-hook. 3. The telephone according to claim 2, further comprising: fifth control means for reproducing the business message recorded in the unit (10).