KR200217288Y1 - A combined internet phone and speaker phone - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a telephone, and more specifically, to an ordinary telephone using a telephone trunk line, and to a speaker phone combined with an internet phone, which can be used as a voice call to a PC TO PC and a PC TO PHONE using the Internet. will be.

The present invention is made to selectively use a headset or speaker phone when using the Internet call network, can be used as a normal phone in normal times, one-touch switching to the Internet phone when forming a call network using the Internet, In order to provide a speaker phone for the combined use of the Internet phone, a regular phone and a mouse pad that can be combined with a phone and a mouse pad to enable efficient use of the work space, a speaker phone with its own microphone and speaker phone can be used. Selectively connect any one of a computer sound card output and a general telephone network to access the telephone module and the Internet network, and the microcomputer and its own speaker and microphone or external earphone and external micro I / O device for controlling the connection. Formed by By

Description

A combined internet phone and speaker phone}

The present invention relates to a telephone, and more specifically, to an ordinary telephone using a telephone trunk line, and to a speaker phone combined with an internet phone, which can be used as a voice call to a PC TO PC and a PC TO PHONE using the Internet. will be.

In general, voice calls are made using a telephone network, which is made through subscribers and switching centers via telephone trunk lines.

The telephone network has been developed in various forms in accordance with the development of technology, and the telephone network is rapidly realized in terms of call quality, processing speed, and processing data.

On the other hand, due to the development of the telephone network and the development of computer technology as described above, a network is formed between computers to transfer data practically.

In addition, in recent years, not only the data transmission technology using the computer but also the voice is processed as a digital signal and transmitted as data.

The voice call through the computer network is provided with the services of PC TO PC and PC TO PHONE, and PHONE TO PHONE service is also technically possible.

The universally used PC TO PC or PC TO PHONE service is mainly provided as a free telephone through an Internet portal service company, and the user is rapidly expanding. The reason why the service is generally used is that the supply of a personal computer capable of internet is expanded, and there is almost no cost burden of additional equipment.

In order to use the telephone service via the Internet, a PC and a modem are required.

Looking at the use of the Internet phone made in the prior art has the following problems.

That is, according to the related art, a voice call is realized by connecting to a sound card of a computer by using a headset or a microphone and a speaker and a microphone of the computer, connected to an Internet network.

When making a call or performing data communication through the Internet network, there are a low speed network mainly using a dial-up modem using a telephone line and a high speed network such as ADSL.

In the case of using the dial-up modem, a common telephone line and a modem line can be shared by a single trunk line, but there is a problem in that data transmission efficiency and voice call quality using the Internet network are extremely low. to be.

On the contrary, in the high speed network such as ADSL, the data transmission efficiency and the quality of the voice call using the internet network are very high. However, when the general telephone is connected to the ADSL network, the ADSL modem, the telephone, and the headset are separately provided. Switching is cumbersome, and when using a headset, the speaker output is limited, and the work space is complicated.

The present invention has been made to improve the general problems of the prior art as described above has the following object.

The object of the present invention is to provide a speaker phone for the Internet phone combined with a headset or speaker phone can be selectively used when using the Internet phone network.

The present invention can be used as a normal telephone in normal times, in the case of forming a call network using the Internet to provide a speaker phone for the Internet phone combined with one-touch switching to the Internet phone.

The present invention is to provide a speaker phone combined with an internet phone that can be combined with a telephone pad and a mouse pad to enable a complex function of the Internet phone, a regular phone and a mouse pad to efficiently use the work space.

The present invention made to achieve the above object is to selectively connect any one of the sound card output of the computer and the general telephone network to access the telephone module and the Internet network with its own microphone and speakerphone, and the microcomputer to control the connection And by selectively forming its own speaker and microphone or an external earphone and an external micro-input / output device.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an external configuration showing a speaker phone to which the present invention is applied.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a control step of the present invention.

** Description of symbols for the main parts of the drawing **

10: phone module 20: sound card

30: modem 100: Internet phone

101: voice signal switching unit 102: speaker phone module

104: first relay 105: audio amplifier

106: second relay 107: earphone / microphone jack

121: built-in speaker 123: built-in microphone

125: external earphone 127: external microphone

130: Micom 132: Internet phone switch

134: Earphone / Speaker Selection Switch

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail with respect to the technical configuration of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.

The present invention provides a general telephone module 10 and the telephone module and a computer sound card 20 connected to a telephone trunk line to form a telephone call path, so that voice input and output are possible, but the telephone module 10 and sound A voice signal switching unit 101 configured to selectively switch to any one voice input / output path of the card 20 is formed.

The voice signal switching unit 101 is formed by connecting a speaker phone module 102 for switching a transmission (TX) voice signal and a reception (RX) voice signal to improve a call quality, and the voice of the speaker phone module 102. A speaker phone path is formed so as to be output to the speaker 121 through the first relay 104 and the audio amplifier 105 which outputs the output to its own speaker, and its own microphone 123 is provided to the speaker phone module 102. This is accomplished by connecting to the input.

On the other hand, by connecting to the earphone / microphone jack 107 through a second relay 106 for outputting the output of the speaker phone module 102 to the external earphone to make an earphone path to the external earphone 125 and the external to the jack Combination of the microphone 127 is achieved.

The audio output of the first relay 104 is connected to the earphone / microphone jack 107 so that the call path to the speaker or the earphone is switched.

The microcomputer 130 is provided to achieve all the control including the switching of the voice signal switching unit 101 and the first and second relays 104 and 106. The microcomputer 130 has an external input such as an internet phone switch 132 and an earphone / The speaker selection switch 134 is formed to form the Internet phone 100.

30 is a modem and 40 is a computer which can be connected to an internet network as an unexplained code | symbol.

The present invention as described above is connected to a conventional telephone module 10 or a sound card 20 of a computer to realize a voice call.

The telephone module 10 is connected in parallel to the modem 30 to be connected to the telephone trunk line and constitute a call path.

The sound card 20 of the computer 40 provided to be connected to the telephone module 10 and the Internet network is connected to the voice signal switching unit 101 of the present invention.

The voice signal switching unit 101 may be selected as a call path through the telephone module 10 or a call path using an internet network through the computer 40 according to a user's selection.

When one of the call paths is selected, voice data is transmitted and received through the speaker phone module 102.

The voice data has one path through the first relay 104 to be transmitted and received through its own speaker and a microphone, and another path through the second relay 106 to be transmitted and received using an external earphone and an external microphone. In accordance with the user's selection, any one of the paths are selected and transmitted and received.

Internet phone combined speaker phone of the present invention as described above, as shown in Figure 2 forms a key pad and a built-in speaker 121 and a built-in microphone 123 on one side and the key for dialing and function setting and the mouse pad to the other side It is formed by forming the mouse pad surface inclined.

The inclination of the mouse pad surface is ergonomically designed for the comfort of the wrist when using the mouse, the angle of which is approximately 5 degrees upward inclination angle.

With reference to Figure 3 looks at the more specific action of the present invention.

The present invention connects the telephone line to the modem 30, connects the telephone module 10 to the telephone jack provided in the modem, and the voice input and output terminals connected to the sound signal switching unit 101 of the sound card 20 of the computer, respectively. The installation is complete.

There are two ways for a user to make a phone call using the speaker phone of the present invention.

First-time users use the keypad to set up either the phone mode using the phone module or the Internet mode using the Internet network. The Internet phone switch 132 key is a toggle switch, and one of the two modes is always selected.

In the phone mode, the voice signal switching unit 101 connects the call path to the phone module to operate in the phone mode.

On the other hand, the user can use the built-in speaker phone or the earphone can be selectively used. The mode selection key is located on the keypad, and the setting key is a toggle switch, and either mode is always selected.

In the speaker phone mode, the call is made through the built-in speaker 121 and the built-in microphone 123 by forming a call path through the path of the first relay 104.

On the other hand, when the Internet mode is set, the voice signal switching unit 101 switches the call path from the telephone module to the sound card 20 side of the computer 40 according to the microcomputer control.

Accordingly, when the user connects to the Internet and the desired Internet phone service and the call path is connected, the call is realized. If the user wants to use the speaker phone of the present invention, the speaker phone mode is set to the first relay as described above. It activates the speaker phone path through 104 and makes a call through the built-in speaker 121 and the built-in microphone 123.

Of course, in the above two modes, the speakerphone can be excluded and a call can be set in the earphone mode, and the setting in the earphone mode is performed using a selection key which is the earphone / speaker selection switch 134 of the keypad.

When the earphone mode is selected, a path through the second relay 106 is activated so that a call path is formed through the external earphone 125 and the external microphone 127.

According to the present invention as described in detail above, when using the Internet call network can selectively use a headset or speaker phone has the effect of satisfying both the convenience of freely using both hands and the security of secret calls, In general, it can be used as a regular phone, and in the case of forming a call network using the Internet, it can be used as a regular phone and an Internet speaker phone that can be switched one-touch to an Internet phone. It is a very good design that has a number of practical effects that can effectively use the work space by combining the phone and the mouse pad integrally to enable a complex function as an Internet phone, a regular phone and a mouse pad.

Claims (3)

An internet phone connected to an internet network and using an internet phone service, A telephone module connected to a telephone line and constituting a call path; Computer sound card to access the Internet, Selectively connecting any one of the call paths through the telephone module and a sound card; Internet phone combined speaker phone characterized in that it is used as a normal telephone by connecting the microcomputer and its own speaker and microphone or an external earphone and an external micro-input and output device for controlling the connection, and can also be used when using the Internet phone. The method of claim 1, wherein the Internet phone 100 is connected to a telephone trunk line to form a telephone call path 10 and a computer sound card 20 is provided to enable voice input and output, the A voice signal switching unit 101 configured to selectively switch the voice input / output path of any one of the telephone module 10 and the sound card 20, The voice signal switching unit 101 is formed by connecting a speaker phone module 102 for switching a transmission (TX) voice signal and a reception (RX) voice signal to improve a call quality, and the voice of the speaker phone module 102. A speaker phone path is formed so as to be output to the speaker 121 through the first relay 104 and the audio amplifier 105 which outputs the output to its own speaker, and its own microphone 123 is provided to the speaker phone module 102. By connecting to the input, Connecting to the earphone / microphone jack 107 through a second relay 106 for outputting the output of the speaker phone module 102 to the external earphone to make an earphone path to the external earphone 125 and the external microphone to the jack Combined with (127), The audio output of the first relay 104 is connected to the earphone / microphone jack 107 so that the call path to the speaker or the earphone is switched over; The microcomputer 130 is provided to achieve all the control including the switching of the voice signal switching unit 101 and the first and second relays 104 and 106. The microcomputer 130 has an external input such as an internet phone switch 132 and an earphone / Speaker phone for Internet phone, characterized in that formed by the speaker selection switch 134. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the Internet phone 100 is formed on one side of the keypad and the internal speaker 121 and the built-in microphone 123 consisting of keys for dialing and function setting, Internet phone combined speaker phone characterized in that the mouse pad is formed on the other side, the mouse pad surface is formed to be inclined upward by approximately 5 degrees.