JP2554289B2 - Cordless telephone device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cordless telephone system comprising a base unit and a cordless handset.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional cordless telephone device of this type, when an incoming call is received from an outside line, a ringing tone sounds from both the master unit and the slave unit. I had to operate the ringer volume switch that was installed in my.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional cordless telephone system, for example, since a telephone call is addressed to oneself at a certain time, only the one's own handset (or the master) makes a ringing tone at that time. When you want to ring, or when you do not want to ring the cordless handset in the bedroom because the child is sleeping in the bedroom, bother to go to the room where the cordless handset or base unit is located and call the cordless handset or base unit. You have to operate the volume selector switch, and when you do something you don't want to ring, go back to the room where the slave unit or master unit is located, and then call the volume switch for that slave unit or master unit again. It is extremely troublesome because you have to operate the. Also, if you forget to return the ringer volume selector switch, there is an error that the ringer does not ring even if you receive an incoming call. There is a risk that lead to work.

An object of the present invention is to solve such a conventional problem, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a cordless telephone device capable of controlling ringing from both a master side and a slave side. .

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a judgment means for judging, on the master unit side, that a master unit ringing prohibition operation is performed in a cordless slave unit.
This ringing prohibition means is provided with a timer that is activated by the judgment signal of this judgment means and outputs an end signal when a predetermined time has elapsed, and a master unit ringing prohibition unit that prohibits ringing of the ringing tone of the master unit when an outside line is received. This operation is started by the judgment signal of the judging means and stopped by the end signal of the timer.

The present invention also provides a judging means for judging that the slave machine ringing prohibition operation has been performed in the master machine, and a timer which is started by the judgment signal of this judging means and outputs an end signal when a predetermined time elapses. And a cordless cordless handset for inhibiting the ringing of the cordless handset when an outside line is received.The operation of the cordless handset prohibiting means is activated by the determination signal of the determining means, and is terminated by the end signal of the timer. It was designed to stop.

[0007]

Therefore, according to the present invention, when the slave unit performs a predetermined operation, the master unit ringing prohibition means is activated by the timer for a certain period of time, so that the ringing tone of the master unit is sounded for a certain period of time. Can be banned. In addition, if the base unit performs a predetermined operation,
Since the slave unit ringing prohibition means is activated by the timer for a certain period of time, it is possible to prohibit the ringing tone of the slave unit from ringing for a certain period of time.

[0008]

EXAMPLES Next, examples of the present invention will be described. FIG.
Shows a block configuration in one embodiment of the present invention, where A is a master unit and B is a slave unit. In the master unit A, 1 is a station line connection terminal for connecting a station line, and 2 is an incoming call detection circuit for detecting an incoming signal. 3 is a station line switch for closing the station line, and 4 is a call circuit, which forms a call with the handset B through the handset 5 or the radio circuit 6 of the base unit A and the antenna 7. Reference numeral 8 is a personal identification number determination circuit for determining whether or not the personal identification number input from the central office line matches a pre-registered personal identification number, and 9 is a response message sending circuit for notifying the caller that he / she is absent. Is a message recording circuit for recording a caller's message. These 8, 9, 10
Is an answering machine function. Reference numeral 11 is a data receiving circuit for receiving data from the handset B wirelessly, and 12 is a data transmitting circuit for transmitting data to the handset B. 13 is a microprocessor for controlling the base unit A, 14 is a ringing tone output circuit,
Reference numeral 15 is a selective ringing tone output circuit for outputting a special ringing tone in the master unit A and the slave unit B, respectively, when the personal identification number is input. Reference numeral 16 is a switch that is normally turned on, and 17 is a buzzer. Reference numeral 18 denotes a master ringing prohibition circuit for prohibiting the ringing of the ringing sound of the master unit A, 19 is a timer for managing the operation time of the ringing prohibition circuit, and 20 is a slave unit ringing prohibition circuit for prohibiting the ringing of the ringing sound of the slave unit B. , 21 are operating sections, and 22 is a hook switch of the handset 5. In the slave unit B, 23 is an antenna, 24 is a wireless circuit, 25 is a voice circuit, 26 is a speaker, 27 is a microphone, and 28 and 29 are data transmission circuits and data reception circuits that wirelessly exchange data with the master unit A. is there. Reference numeral 30 is a microprocessor for controlling the handset B, and 31 is a microprocessor 30.
A ringing tone output circuit that is activated by and sounds the buzzer 33,
Reference numeral 32 is a selective ringing tone output circuit, and 34 is an operation unit.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. First, a case where the processes 201 and 202 in FIG. 2 are No, that is, a case where the incoming call prohibit operation is not performed from the child device B or the parent device A will be described. When there is an incoming call from the caller through the station line, an incoming signal is added to the station line connection terminal 1 and to the incoming call detection circuit 2. The incoming call detection circuit 2 activates the ringing tone output circuit 14 to ring the buzzer 17, and outputs a detection signal to the microprocessor 13. When the microprocessor 13 senses the detection signal from the incoming call detection circuit 2, the process 203 proceeds to Yes. Then process 20
Since ringing is not prohibited for both Nos. 4 and 205, the process proceeds to No, and the process of calling a slave unit from Steps 206 to 207 is performed. If there are a plurality of slave units B, the slave unit numbers 1 to N are sequentially called. For example, when calling the slave unit number 1, data = 1 is input to the slave unit number section 42 in the signal configuration of the wireless data in FIG. 4, and the control data section 43 is input.
The data transmission circuit 12, the wireless circuit 6, and the antenna 7 are activated by using the input call code as a transmission signal, and the data is transmitted to the child device B. The child device B includes an antenna 23, a wireless circuit 24,
When this is received through the data receiving circuit 29, it is first judged whether or not the data in the slave unit number section 42 matches with its own number. If they do not match, the data in the control data section 43 is not read, and if they match. The call code of the control data section 43 is read. Upon receiving the calling code, the microprocessor 30 of the handset B activates the ringing tone output circuit 31 and sounds the buzzer 33. This is repeated from a plurality of child devices 1 to N. As described above, when there is an incoming call, both the master unit A and the slave unit B make a ringing tone.

Next, the operation of prohibiting the ringing of the master unit from the slave unit B will be described. For the sake of explanation, it is assumed that the cordless handset B has a cordless handset number 1. First, in order to prohibit the ringing of the master unit A in the slave unit B, a predetermined master unit ringing prohibition operation is performed on the operation unit 3 of the slave unit B.
4 is performed. Upon detecting this, the macro processor 30 of the handset B transmits a data by transmitting a signal having the handset number part 42 of 1 and the control data part 43 of the master device ringing prohibition code in the wireless data signal configuration of FIG. It is sent to the base unit A through the circuit 28, the wireless circuit 24, and the antenna 23. When the parent device A receives this through the antenna 7, the wireless circuit 6, and the data receiving circuit 11, the microprocessor 13 of the parent device A detects the parent device ringing prohibition code of the control data 43 of the received signal, and the process 201 of FIG. To Yes. Subsequently, in process 208 of FIG. 3, it is determined whether or not the slave unit ringing prohibition operation is being performed. This is to avoid a malfunction in which the ringing of the master unit A and the slave unit B is prohibited by mistake and the ringing tone does not sound at all. Currently, the handset is not prohibited, so proceed to No and proceed to process 2
Proceed to 17 for No. Subsequently, the base unit ringing prohibition circuit 18 is activated by a process 209, and the timer 1 is activated by a process 210.
Initialize 9 and start. When activated, the master ringing prohibiting circuit 18 always turns off the switch 16 during operation. Further, in process 211, the data of the slave unit number portion 42 of the received signal =
Remember 1.

If there is an incoming call from the central line,
The incoming call detection circuit 2 detects this and activates the ringing tone output circuit 14, but since the switch 16 is turned off by the master unit ringing prohibition circuit 18, the buzzer 17 does not ring. When the microprocessor 13 of the base unit A senses the detection signal from the incoming call detection circuit 2, the process 203 of FIG. 2 proceeds to Yes, and the process 204 of the base unit A is currently under prohibition of the base unit ringing.
Proceed to es. Then, in process 215, the slave unit number = 1 stored in process 211 is read out, and only the slave unit with the slave unit number = 1 read out in process 216 is called. The process of calling the child device number 1 is the same as the process described above. Further, the timer 19 outputs an end signal to the macro processor 13 of the master unit A after a predetermined time elapses, so that the microprocessor 13 senses this and the master unit ringing prohibition circuit 1
The operation of 8 is stopped. Then, the switch 16 is turned on again, so that the next time an incoming call arrives, the ringing tone of the master unit comes to play. As described above, the ringing sound of the master unit A and the other slave units B can be prohibited by the operation from the slave unit B.

Next, the cancellation of the master unit ringing prohibition operation will be described. In handset B, it is assumed that a predetermined operation for a local line call is performed by operating unit 34. When detecting this, the microprocessor 30 of the handset B uses the handset number 42 and the control data 43 as the transmission signal in the wireless data signal configuration of FIG. 28, the wireless circuit 24, and the antenna 23 to send to the master unit A. When the parent device A receives this through the antenna 7, the wireless circuit 6, and the data receiving circuit 11, the parent device A
The microprocessor 13 of the control signal section 4 of the received signal
When the line call code of No. 3 is detected and the master unit ringing prohibition operation is being performed at this time, the data of the slave unit number portion 42 of the received data matches the data of the slave unit number portion 42 stored in the processing 211. Decide whether to do it. This is to prevent the master unit ringing prohibition operation from being accidentally canceled by the station line call operation of another slave unit. When the data match, the microprocessor 13 of the parent device A determines that the parent device ringing prohibition circuit 18
Stop the operation of. Then, the switch 16 is turned on again, so that the next time there is an incoming call, the ringing tone of the base unit A comes to play. As described above, the ringing prohibition of the ringing tone of the master unit A can be canceled by the operation of the local line call from the slave unit B.

Next, the continuation of the parent machine ringing prohibition operation from the child machine B will be described. During the operation of prohibiting ringing of the base unit, the handset B again
In the above, it is assumed that a predetermined operation for prohibiting ringing of master device A is performed by operating portion 34. When detecting this, the microprocessor 30 of the handset B uses the handset number part 42 of the wireless data signal configuration of FIG. 4 and the control data part 43 of the base unit ringing prohibition code as a transmission signal,
The data is sent to the base unit A through the data transmission circuit 28, the wireless circuit 24, and the antenna 23. When the parent device A receives this through the antenna 7, the wireless circuit 6, and the data receiving circuit 11, the parent device A
The microprocessor 13 of the control signal section 4 of the received signal
The parent machine ringing prohibition code of No. 3 is detected, and the process 201 of FIG. 2 is advanced to Yes. Subsequently, the process 208 of FIG. 3 proceeds to No, and the process 217 proceeds to Yes. Here, in process 218, the data of the slave unit number portion 42 of the received signal received this time is compared with the data of the slave unit number portion 42 stored in the previous process 211. This is to prevent the master unit ringing prohibition operation from being accidentally continued by another slave unit B. When the data match, the process proceeds to Yes and the timer 19 is initialized and started again by the process 210. As described above, the ringing prohibition time of the ringing sound of the master unit A and the other slave units B can be updated by the master unit ringing prohibition operation from the slave unit B again.

Next, the operation of prohibiting the ringing of the slave unit from the master unit A will be described. It is assumed that in master device A, a predetermined operation for prohibiting ringing of slave device B is performed by operation unit 21. Upon detecting this, the microprocessor 13 of the parent device A advances the process 202 of FIG. 2 to Yes. Subsequently, in process 212 of FIG. 3, it is determined whether or not the parent machine ringing prohibition operation is in progress.
This is in order to avoid a malfunction in which the ringing of the master unit A and the slave unit B is prohibited by mistake and the ringing tone does not sound at all. Now that the base unit ringing is not prohibited,
The process proceeds to No, and the process 219 proceeds to No.
Then, in step 213, the slave unit ringing prohibition circuit 20 is activated, and in step 214, the timer 19 is initialized and activated. When activated, the slave unit ringing prohibition circuit 20 always prohibits the transmission of the slave unit calling signal in the data transmission circuit 12 during operation.

If there is an incoming call through the central line, the incoming call detection circuit 2 detects this and the ringing tone output circuit 1
4 is activated and the buzzer 17 sounds. When the microprocessor 13 of the parent device A senses the detection signal from the incoming call detection circuit 2, the process 203 of FIG.
4 proceeds to No, and the process 205 proceeds to Yes because the slave unit ringing prohibition operation is being performed now. Then, all the handset call processings from step 205 to step 206 are skipped, and handset B does not make any ringing tone. Further, the timer 19 outputs an end signal to the microprocessor 13 of the parent device A after a predetermined time elapses, so that the microprocessor 13 senses this and stops the operation of the handset ringing prohibition circuit 20. Then, the transmission of the handset call signal in the data transmission circuit 12 is permitted, so that when the next incoming call arrives, the handset's ringing tone sounds. As described above, the ringing tones of all the slaves B can be prohibited by the operation from the master A.

Next, the cancellation of the slave unit ringing prohibition operation from the base unit A will be described. When the master unit A goes off-hook for a line call, the hook switch 22 is turned on, and the microprocessor 13 of the master unit A detects this, and when the slave unit ringing prohibition operation is in progress, the slave unit ringing prohibition circuit. The operation of 20 is stopped. Then, the transmission of the handset call signal in the data transmission circuit 12 is permitted, so that the handset B will ring when the next incoming call arrives. As described above, the ringing prohibition of the ringing tone of the slave B can be canceled by the operation of the local line call from the master A.

Next, the continuation of the slave unit ringing prohibition operation from the base unit A will be described. While the slave unit ringing prohibition operation is in progress, the base unit A again
In the above, it is assumed that a predetermined operation for prohibiting the ringing of handset B is performed by operating portion 21. When the microprocessor 13 of the parent device A detects this, the process 202 of FIG.
To Yes. Subsequently, the process 212 of FIG. 3 proceeds to No, and the process 219 proceeds to Yes. Here, the timer 19 is initialized and started again by the process 214.
As described above, the ringing prohibition time of the ringing tones of all the slaves B can be updated by the slave ringing prohibition operation from the master A again.

Finally, the operation of prohibiting the ringing of a special ringing tone will be described. It is assumed that the base unit A is set to the answering machine set state in which the caller can be automatically handled by operating the operation unit 21. If there is an incoming call from the caller,
The incoming call detection circuit 2 detects this, and the microprocessor 13 of the master A senses the detection signal from the incoming call detection circuit 2 and activates the station line switch 3 to close the station line, and the response message sending circuit. 9 is activated and the caller is informed that he is absent. When the sending of the response message is completed, the message recording circuit 10 is activated to record the caller's message.

It is assumed that the caller inputs a personal identification number during this automatic handling operation. The input personal identification number is detected by the personal identification number determination circuit 8 and it is determined whether or not it coincides with the personal identification number registered in advance. If they match, a match signal is output to the microprocessor 13 of the master A, and the microprocessor 13 of the master A activates the selective ringing tone output circuit 15 by this to output a buzzer 1 with a special ringing tone.
In addition to sounding 7, the wireless data signal configuration of FIG.
The slave unit number data is input to the slave unit number unit 42, and the selective call code is input to the control data unit 43 as a transmission signal. The transmission signal is activated by activating the data transmission circuit 12, the wireless circuit 6, and the antenna 7. Send to B. When the handset B receives this through the antenna 23, the wireless circuit 24, and the data receiving circuit 29, it first determines whether or not the data in the handset number section 42 matches its own number. The data of the control data section 43 is not read, and when they match, the selective call code of the control data section 43 is read. Ma of the slave unit B
When the icroprocessor 30 receives the selective call code,
The selective ringing tone output circuit 32 is activated and the buzzer 33 is rung with a special ringing tone. Similarly to the case of the incoming call, the base unit A repeats this from the handset unit number 1 to the handset unit number N. From the above,
When the personal identification number is entered by the caller during the automatic answering operation, a special ring tone sounds for both the base unit and the handset.

However, when the master unit ringing prohibition operation is being performed, the master unit ringing prohibition circuit 18 turns off the switch 16, so that no special ringing tone of the master unit A is sounded, and In the processes 215 and 216 of FIG. 2, since the other handset B does not go to call, the ringing of the special ringing tone of the base A and the other handset B can be prohibited.

If the slave unit ringing prohibition operation is being performed, the slave unit ringing prohibition circuit 20 causes the data transmission circuit 12 to operate.
Since it is prohibited to send the cordless handset selection call signal in
It is possible to prohibit the ringing of the special ringing sound of all the slaves B.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a predetermined operation is performed on the slave unit, the master unit ringing prohibition means is activated by the timer for a certain period of time, and the ringing tone of the master unit sounds. It can be prohibited for a certain period of time, and if the master unit performs a predetermined operation, the slave unit ringing prohibition means is activated by the timer for a certain period of time, and the ringing tone of the slave unit can be prohibited for a certain period of time. So, for example, if you have a phone call to yourself at a certain time, and you want to ring only your child device (or parent device) at that time, or if your child is sleeping in the bedroom, When it is desired not to make a ringing sound, it is not necessary to go to the room where the child device or the parent device is placed and operate the ringing volume changeover switch of the child device or the parent device. Also, since the ringing prohibition operation can be canceled by the call operation and the timer, when you do something you do not want to ring, go to the room where the child device or the parent device is placed again, and restart the child device or the parent device. There is no need to operate the ring volume selector switch. Furthermore, it is possible to realize a cordless telephone device which is extremely easy to use, without causing a malfunction that a ringing tone does not sound even if an incoming call is made by forgetting to return the ringing volume changeover switch.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a processing operation of a master macro processor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a continuation of the processing operation of the master macro processor according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing a signal configuration of wireless data according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Master unit B Slave unit 1 Station line connection terminal 2 Incoming detection circuit 3 Station line switch 4 Communication circuit 5 Handset 6 Radio circuit 7 Antenna 8 PIN code judgment circuit 9 Response message sending circuit 10 Message message recording circuit 11 Data receiving circuit 12 data transmission circuit 13 microprocessor 14 ringing tone output circuit 15 selective ringing tone output circuit 16 switch 17 buzzer 18 master unit ringing prohibition circuit 19 timer 20 slave unit ringing prohibition circuit 21 operation unit 22 hook switch 23 antenna 24 wireless circuit 25 voice circuit 26 Speaker 27 Microphone 28 Data Transmission Circuit 29 Data Reception Circuit 30 Microprocessor 31 Ringer Output Circuit 32 Selective Ringer Output Circuit 33 Buzzer 34 Operation Unit

Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A cordless telephone device comprising a callable base unit and a cordless handset, wherein both the base unit and the cordless handset emit ringing sounds when an incoming call is received from an outside line. On the master unit side, a judging unit for judging that the master unit ringing prohibition operation has been performed in the cordless slave unit, and a timer which is started by the judgment signal of the judging unit and outputs an end signal when a predetermined time has elapsed. A base unit ringing prohibition unit for prohibiting ringing of the ringing tone of the base unit when an outside line is received, wherein the operation of the ringing prohibition unit is activated by the determination signal of the determination unit and stopped by the end signal of the timer. A cordless telephone device characterized by being configured. 2. The cordless telephone device according to claim 1, further comprising means for generating an end signal when the cordless handset performs an external call operation, and the operation of the base unit ringing prohibition means is stopped by the end signal. A cordless telephone device having the above structure. 3. The cordless telephone device according to claim 1, wherein the master unit determines that the master unit has performed a slave unit ringing prohibition operation, and a ringing tone of the cordless slave unit when an outside line is received. A cordless telephone, comprising: a slave unit ringing prohibition unit for prohibiting ringing, wherein the operation of the slave unit ringing prohibition unit is activated by a determination signal of the determination unit and stopped by a timer end signal. apparatus. 4. The cordless telephone device according to claim 3, further comprising means for generating an end signal when the master unit performs an outside line communication operation, and the operation of the slave unit ringing prohibition unit is stopped by this end signal. A cordless telephone device characterized in that 5. The cordless telephone device according to claim 1 or 3, further comprising means for updating a timer on the master unit side, and the cordless slave unit is again operated while the master unit ringing prohibition unit or the slave unit ringing prohibition unit is operating. Or, when the parent machine ringing prohibition operation or child machine ringing prohibition operation is performed on the parent machine,
A cordless telephone device characterized in that the timer is updated. 6. The cordless telephone device according to claim 1 or 3, wherein when there are a plurality of cordless cordless handsets, the master unit ringing prohibition means is a cordless cordless handset other than the cordless cordless phone unit on which the ringing prohibition operation of the parent unit is performed. A cordless telephone device characterized in that the ringing tone of a cordless handset is also prohibited, and the cordless handset prohibiting means is also constituted so as to prohibit the ringing tone of all cordless cordless handsets. 7. The cordless telephone device according to claim 1, further comprising an answering machine function, and when a personal identification number is input from a line during an automatic answering operation, a ring tone is emitted from both the master unit and the cordless slave unit. Is configured to sound a different special ringing tone, and the base unit ringing prohibition means is a special ringing tone of the base unit and a cordless cord that is operated to inhibit the ringing of the base unit when there are multiple cordless cordless handsets. The cordless cordless handset other than the cordless handset is configured to prohibit the ringing of the special ringing tone, and the cordless cordless handset is configured to prohibit the ringing of the special ringing tone of all cordless cordless handsets. A cordless telephone device.