JPS63227165A - Terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To raise a transmitter's operability by stopping an automatic dial and urging an answer to the transmitter, when an answer of an incoming side is detected within a set time of a timer. CONSTITUTION:When a transmitter holds up a handset, a line A is connected by a line connecting part 12. When dial information is inputted by a dial key 10, the equipment is set to a manual mode, a dial signal sending-out part 14 transmits a dial signal to an incoming side through the line A, and also, stores it in a memory 15. When the incoming side is busy, the handset is put down the line A is disconnected and a mode command key 11 is inputted, then the equipment is set to an automatic redial mode, and a timer 16 is driven. At the time of reaching a set time of the timer 16, the line A is connected automatically, and the latest dial information of the dial memory 15 is transmitted through the line A. On the other hand, a timer 17 is also driven, and when an answer of the incoming side is detected by a detecting part 18 within its set time, an alarm sound is generated by an alarm 19.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Technical Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a terminal device such as a telephone or facsimile machine equipped with an automatic redial mode, and more particularly to a terminal device with an improved automatic dialing control means.

(Technical background of the invention and its problems) In recent years, terminal devices such as IT machines and facsimile machines have come into practical use with an automatic redial mode in addition to a manual dial mode as a mode for transmitting dial signals. has been made into

When this type of terminal device is set to automatic redial mode, the line is automatically connected after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, and a dial signal based on the dial information stored in the dial memory is sent to the called party automatically. It is now dialed.

However, conventional terminal devices monitor the arrival of, for example, a busy tone after sending out a dial signal, and when a busy tone arrives, they disconnect the line once and then repeat automatic dialing. When the caller's arrival is detected, automatic dialing is stopped and an alarm or the like is generated to prompt the caller to respond. However, even if a ring tone arrives in response to a call, the other party may be absent, and this does not necessarily mean that the called party has responded. For this reason, even if the caller picks up the handset and answers, it is not always possible to talk to the called party immediately, and the caller may be held until the M standard responds, or the caller may end up holding the handset because the other party is absent, etc. There were times when I couldn't make calls, and the operability was poor.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention was made based on these circumstances,
The purpose is to provide a terminal device that can stop automatic dialing and prompt the caller to respond only when the called party truly answers, thereby further improving the caller's operability. It is in.

[Summary of the invention]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses a timer to measure a predetermined period of time from the transmission of a dial signal transmitted in automatic redial mode, and also measures whether or not the called party responds to the transmission of the dial signal. If the called side response monitoring means detects a response from the called side within the set time of the timer, the automatic dialing is stopped, a notification is made that the call has been answered, and the call is answered. If it is not detected, the line is temporarily disconnected and automatic dialing is repeated again.

[Embodiments of the invention]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the same figure, 10 is a dial key, and terminal i
When the station user manually dials, the desired dial information is output.

Reference numeral 11 denotes a mode command key for commanding automatic redial mode, which is input by the terminal device user as necessary. 1
Reference numeral 2 denotes a line connection unit, for example, by lifting a handset (not shown), the line A is placed in a connected state R (DC loop closed state), and by lowering the handset, the line A is placed in a disconnected state. Reference numeral 13 denotes a mode control unit, which controls the dial key 1 when the above mA is in the connected state.
When dial information is given from ゜, the manual dial mode is set, and the dial signal sending unit 14 sends out a dial signal based on the dial information via the line A, and the dial information is stored in the dial memory 15. Further, the mode control unit 13 sets the automatic re-dial mode when key manual information from the mode command key 11 is given, and after a predetermined time preset in the first timer 16 has elapsed, the dial memory 1
A dial signal based on the most recently stored dial information is transmitted from the dial signal transmitter 14.

On the other hand, the mode control section 13 uses a second timer 17 to measure the time from the transmission of the dial signal transmitted in the automatic redial mode, and also monitors the presence or absence of a response from the called side using the called side response detection section 18. do. If a response from the called party is detected by the called party response detection unit 18 within a predetermined time period preset in the second timer 17, the automatic dialing is stopped and at the same time an alarm 19 sounds. This prompts the user of the calling terminal device to respond. Further, if a response from the called side is not detected by the called side response detection unit 18 within the set time of the second timer 17, the line A is temporarily disconnected by the single line connection unit 12,
The automatic dialing will be repeated again.

Further, the mode control unit 13 drives the third timer 20 at the same time as driving the alarm 19, and measures the time elapsed after the automatic dialing stops.

If there is no response from the calling side within a predetermined time period preset in the third timer 20, the line connection unit 12
By times! ! Disconnect A and end automatic dialing. On the other hand, if the caller responds within the time set by the third timer 20, the call is enabled.

The called side response detection unit 18 detects a response from the called side, for example, by detecting a same-sex reversal of the line in the case of a subscriber network, or by detecting a code signal sent from the network in the case of a digital network. .

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 as needed. When the caller picks up the handset, line A is connected by line connection section 12. Then, when dial information is input using the dial key 10, the manual dial mode is set (step (hereinafter abbreviated as ST) 1). Then, the dial signal transmitter 14 transmits a dial signal based on the dial information to the called party via line A.

The above dial information is stored in the dial memory 15.

If the called party is busy (ST2), the caller hangs up the handset and dials the number! Cut A and press mode command key 1
Enter 1. Then, the automatic redial mode is set by the mode controller 13 (ST3), and the first timer 16 is activated. When the set time of the first timer 16 reaches, for example, several minutes (ST4), the line 11A is automatically connected by the line connection section 12 (ST5).
Then, the dial information most recently stored in the dial memory 15 is read out (ST6), and the dial signal transmission unit 14 transmits a dial signal corresponding to the dial information via the line A (ST7).

On the other hand, when a dial signal is transmitted in the automatic redial mode, the second timer 17 is activated (ST8).
. If the called side response detection section 18 does not detect a response from the called side within the set time of the second timer 17, for example within several tens of seconds, the line A is temporarily disconnected by the line connection section 12. , automatic dialing is repeated again (ST9). On the other hand, if the called side response detection section 18 detects a response from the called side within the time set by the second timer 17 (STIO), automatic dialing is stopped (ST11) and an alarm 19 sounds. It is emitted (ST12).

Next, we will explain how to prevent problems when the calling party forgets to set the automatic redial dial. When the automatic dialing is stopped by the above-mentioned response from the receiving party, the third timer 20 is activated (ST13). If the caller does not respond, for example by picking up the handset, within the set time of the timer 20, for example 10 seconds, the line A is disconnected by the line connection unit 12 and the automatic dialing ends (ST14).On the other hand, If the caller responds within the set time of the third timer 20 (ST15),
It becomes possible to talk (ST16).

As described above, according to this embodiment, after the dialing signal is sent in the automatic redial mode, the alarm sound prompting the caller to respond is emitted only when there is a true response from the called party. Therefore, the caller does not have to make unnecessary responses. Further, if the caller does not respond when there is a response from the called party, automatic dialing is stopped and line A is disconnected. Therefore, even if the caller forgets that the caller has set automatic redialing and is unable to respond due to absence or the like, it is possible to prevent unnecessary line connection from being maintained.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

For example, in the embodiment described above, the dial key 10 is used as the dial information input means, but other dial information input means such as a speed dial key may be used.

Further, in the embodiment described above, a case has been described in which a warning sound from the alarm 19 is used as a means for prompting the caller to respond, but the present invention is not limited to this. It goes without saying that various other modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, according to the present invention, the timer measures a predetermined time from the transmission of the dial signal transmitted in the automatic redial mode, and the presence or absence of a response from the called party due to the transmission of the dial signal is determined when the call is received. If the called side response monitoring means detects a response from the called side within the set time of the timer, the automatic dialing is stopped, a notification is made that the call has been answered, and the call is answered. If the caller is not detected, the line is disconnected and the automatic dialing is repeated again.This makes it possible to stop the automatic dialing and prompt the caller to answer only when the called party answers, thereby further improving operability. We can provide a terminal device that can Furthermore, since the line is disconnected if the calling side does not respond within a predetermined time after the called side responds, it is possible to prevent the maintenance of an invalid line connection.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the embodiment. 10...Dial key, 11...Mode command key,
12... Line connection section, 13... Mode control section, 14
... dial signal sending section, 15 ... dial memory, 16 ... first timer, 17 ... second timer,
18... Called side response detection unit, 19... Alarm, 2
0...Third timer. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In a terminal device equipped with an automatic redial mode, a timer that measures a predetermined period of time from the transmission of a dial signal transmitted in the automatic redial mode;
called side response monitoring means for monitoring whether or not there is a response from the called side due to the transmission of the dial signal; and when the called side response monitoring means detects a response from the called side within the time measured by the timer, automatic dialing is performed. The apparatus is characterized by comprising an automatic dialing control means that stops the line and notifies that there is a response to an incoming call, and if no response is detected within the time measured by the timer, the line is temporarily disconnected and the automatic dialing is repeated again. Terminal device. (2) If the calling party does not respond to the incoming call response notification within a predetermined time after stopping automatic dialing, the automatic dialing control means disconnects the line and ends automatic dialing, and when a response is received. 2. The terminal device according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is configured to be in a callable state when the terminal device is in a callable state.