JPH11252254A - Telephone device and control method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide a telephone device and a control method thereof that improve the convenience of the user by notifying the incoming call based on the caller number at the time of the incoming call. When a new incoming call is detected by an incoming call detection circuit 101a during a call, a caller number detection circuit 101 is provided.
b detects the caller ID sent at the time of the incoming call,
The incoming call rank of the caller is set from the caller number, and if the incoming call rank is higher than the call rank specified at the time of calling, a new incoming call is displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone device for detecting and displaying a caller number sent at the time of an incoming call, and a control method therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a telephone connected to a digital line is configured so that a new incoming call can be detected during a call. When a new incoming call is detected during a call, the user of the telephone must be notified. Notifying.

In an analog public network, when an incoming call is received, the user cannot go off-hook and know who the incoming call is from until the other party claims his / her name. However, with the caller ID notification service on the analog public network, which will be launched this year, users will be able to know who is calling from the caller's phone number without going off-hook when there is an incoming call. Will be able to

[0004]

However, no matter how important the user of the telephone is making a call, the incoming call is notified during the call, which is a disadvantage that the user is uncomfortable. On the other hand, if the most important incoming call is received while a certain important call is being made, there is also a drawback that it cannot be determined.

In the case of an analog public network, information of a caller is displayed on a liquid crystal display such as an extension telephone. For example, when a user is away from the extension telephone and there is an incoming call, the user is notified. Had to return to the location of the extension phone and look into the LCD display.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a telephone apparatus and a control method thereof that improve the convenience of a user by notifying the incoming call based on the caller number when the call is received. The purpose is to provide.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a telephone device according to the present invention is a telephone device for detecting and displaying a caller number sent at the time of an incoming call.
Incoming call detecting means for detecting a new incoming call, and when a new incoming call is detected by the incoming call detecting means, controls whether or not to display the new incoming call based on a caller number sent at the time of the incoming call. And control means.

Another telephone apparatus of the present invention is a telephone apparatus for detecting and displaying a caller number sent at the time of an incoming call, and a registration means for registering name data and a telephone number of the caller. Detecting means for detecting a caller number sent at the time of an incoming call; search means for searching for the telephone number based on the caller number detected by the detecting means; and a telephone number searched by the search means. In this case, there is provided a voice synthesizing unit that converts the name data of the caller into voice and synthesizes the voice, and an output unit that outputs the voice synthesized by the voice synthesizing unit.

In order to achieve the above object, a method for controlling a telephone device according to the present invention is a method for controlling a telephone device for detecting and displaying a caller number transmitted when an incoming call is received. An incoming call detecting step of detecting a new incoming call, and a control of controlling whether or not to display the new incoming call based on a caller number sent at the time of the incoming call when the incoming call is detected in the incoming call detecting step. And a process.

Another method of controlling a telephone device according to the present invention is a method of controlling a telephone device for detecting and displaying a caller number sent when an incoming call is received. A registration step of registering a caller number, a detection step of detecting a caller number sent at the time of an incoming call, a search step of searching for the telephone number based on the caller number detected in the detection step, and the search step. When the telephone number is searched, the method includes a voice synthesizing step of converting the name data of the caller into voice and synthesizing the voice, and an output step of outputting the voice synthesized in the voice synthesizing step. .

[0011]

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

[First Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a telephone according to a first embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 100 denotes a telephone according to the embodiment, which is connected to an ISDN 110 which is a digital network. In the telephone 100, reference numeral 101 denotes an interface with the ISDN 110, and includes an incoming call detection circuit 101a and a caller number detection circuit 101b. 105 is a communication circuit,
The audio from the interface 101 is output to a receiver or a speaker of the handset described later, and the audio input from the microphone of the handset is output to the interface 101.
Output to A handset 106 includes a receiver and a microphone (not shown).

Reference numeral 107 denotes a speaker that sounds a ringtone or the like. A key unit 104 includes dial keys and various keys for operating the telephone. A display device 109 displays the status of the telephone, a dial number, and the like. A control circuit 108 includes a CPU and its peripheral circuits, and controls the entire telephone. A RAM 102 is a memory in which a work area and various tables used when the CPU of the control circuit 108 performs control are defined. Reference numeral 103 denotes a ROM, which is a memory that stores a control program executed by the CPU of the control circuit 108, control data, and the like. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating control of the control circuit 108 according to the first embodiment. Here, only the parts related to the present invention are shown.

In this embodiment, default values of the telephone call rank and the incoming call rank of the telephone can be set in advance (steps S209, S210, S21).
3, S214), when the power is turned on, the outgoing default value is "3" (normal), and the incoming default value is "1" (lowest).

Next, when the operator of the telephone performs a predetermined calling operation (step S201), the control circuit 108 determines whether or not a call rank is specified by pressing a specific key or the like (step S202). . Here, if there is designation, it is assumed that the call rank has been designated (step S203), and if not, the call rank is set to the default value "3" (step S211).

Thereafter, a transition is made to a call state (step S
204) Then, the incoming call detection circuit 10 of the interface 101
When 1a detects a new incoming call (step S205),
The caller number detection circuit 101b detects a caller number (step S206). Then, it is searched whether the detected caller number is registered in the number information table of the RAM 102 in advance (step S207). If the caller number is registered, the incoming call rank is set as the incoming call rank associated with the number information. (Step S208). If the caller number is not registered, the incoming call rank is set to the default value "1" (step S212).

Then, the call rank is compared with the incoming call rank (step S215). If the incoming call rank is set higher, the operator is notified that there is an incoming call during a call (step S216). Note that the incoming call display during a call may be a visible display or an audible display.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the number information table in the present embodiment. As shown, it is a diagram showing an association between a registered telephone number and an incoming call rank. According to this example, when the operator of the telephone makes a call without specifying the call rank (call rank = 3), the incoming call from the Mickey Mouse has the incoming call rank of “5”, so that the incoming call display during the call is performed. However, the incoming call from Tom has the incoming call rank of "1", so that the incoming call display during the call is not performed.
In addition, the incoming call from a person whose telephone number is not registered has the incoming call rank set to the default value “1”, so that the display of the incoming call during the call is not performed.

In the present embodiment, the ranking is made in five stages, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the number of stages may be increased or decreased as necessary.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, when a call is received during a call, the caller number sent from the ISDN line is detected, and the caller number and the number information registered in advance are detected. Compare incoming calls to determine if the call should be displayed on the phone, and show or hide the incoming call to easily determine whether a new incoming call is more important than the current call. You can judge.

[Second Embodiment] Next, a second embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the first embodiment, the call rank is specified at the time of outgoing call. In the second embodiment, the call rank is specified based on the telephone number at the time of calling.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the control of the control circuit 108 in the second embodiment. here,
Only parts different from the flowchart of FIG. 2 in the first embodiment will be described.

When an operator of the telephone makes a call, a search is made to see if the dialed number is registered in the number information table in advance (step S402), and a call rank is determined according to the search result (steps S403 and S411).

As described above, according to the second embodiment, since both the call rank and the incoming call rank are determined by the pre-registered number information, a more detailed incoming call display during a call is possible.

Third Embodiment Next, a third embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the second embodiment, the call rank is specified based on the telephone number at the time of making a call. In the third embodiment, the call rank is specified based on the caller number at the time of an incoming call. It is.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the control of the control circuit 108 according to the third embodiment. here,
Only parts different from the flowchart of FIG. 4 in the second embodiment will be described.

When there is an incoming call (Yes in step S501)
s), the caller number is detected (step S502), and it is searched whether the caller number is registered in the number information table in advance (step S503), and the call rank is determined according to the search result (steps S504, S512). ).

As described above, according to the third embodiment, since both the call rank and the incoming call rank are determined by the pre-registered number information, a more detailed incoming call display during a call is possible.

In the embodiment, the call rank and the incoming call rank are determined from the same table, but may be different from each other.

[Fourth Embodiment] Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the fourth embodiment, a call rank can be specified in the call state in the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the control of the control circuit 108 in the fourth embodiment. here,
Only parts different from the flowchart of FIG. 2 in the first embodiment will be described.

In the call state (step S604),
When the above-mentioned call rank is specified (step S612)
Yes), switch to the designated call rank (step S613).

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, when an important topic is reached during a call, the call rank is set to a maximum of "5" to restrict incoming calls during the call. Fine control, such as returning the rank to "3" normally, is possible.

In the embodiment described above, an incoming call during a call is described as a function of the telephone alone.
The same control can be performed in a telephone exchange device such as a key telephone device for exchanging a plurality of telephone lines and a plurality of telephones.

A voice synthesizing circuit may be provided in the telephone call circuit 105 shown in FIG. 1 so that the name shown in FIG.

[Fifth Embodiment] Next, a fifth embodiment according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In the first to fourth embodiments, when a call is received during a call, the incoming call is displayed based on the caller number sent from the digital line. However, in the fifth embodiment, the incoming call is displayed.
It is connected to an analog public network and displays an incoming call based on the caller ID notification service.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main unit of the telephone exchange according to the fifth embodiment. As shown, the telephone exchange apparatus accommodates a plurality of external lines such as an office line of NTT and an extension of PBX and has a main unit 700 having an exchange unit.
And dedicated telephones 751, 752 connected to the extension by wire
, A wireless base unit 750 connected to the extension by wire, and a wireless slave unit 75 wirelessly connected to the extension via the base unit 750
And 3.

Main unit 700 also includes external line interface circuits 721, 722, and 723, and CODECs 731, 73 for encoding an analog audio signal into a digital PCM signal and decoding the digital PCM signal into an analog audio signal.
2,733,708,709, a PCM highway 710 as a high-speed signal line for an audio signal encoded into a digital PCM signal, and a memory time switch for exchange connection of an audio signal encoded into a digital PCM signal (MT
S) 701, a modem signal demodulation circuit 70 for receiving and demodulating a caller number transmitted as a modem signal from the central office exchange
2 and a speech synthesis circuit 703 that converts information given as digital data into a speech signal and synthesizes a meaningful sentence.
And a CPU 704 for controlling the operation of the entire telephone exchange.
A read-only storage device ROM 705 and a telephone number such as telephone directory information, abbreviated dial information or one-touch dial information, and a corresponding personal name or organization name which can be read and written. 706, a readable and writable storage RAM 707, a data bus 711, and extension interface circuits 741, 742,
743.

FIG. 8 shows a wired extension telephone 75 shown in FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a device 752. As shown, the wired extension telephones 751 and 752
Extension interface circuit 80 for communicating voice and data with the
1, a CODEC 802 that encodes an analog audio signal into a digital PCM signal and decodes the digital PCM signal into an analog audio signal, a CPU 803 that controls the operation of the entire wired extension telephone, and amplifiers 804 and 805 that amplify the analog audio signal , 806, a switch 807 for switching the audio path, a speaker 808, a handset 809 for a call, and L controlled by the CPU 803.
It has a CD driver 810, a liquid crystal display 811 and a key matrix 812 such as dial buttons.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the operation at the time of an incoming call in the fifth embodiment. First, when there is an incoming call from an outside line subscribed to the caller ID notification service (Yes in step S901), the CPU 7 executes a predetermined procedure.
04 operates the external line interface circuit 721. Thereafter, the MTS 701 connects the external line having received the call and the modem signal demodulation circuit 702 via the CODEC 731 and 708 to the PTS.
Connect on the CM Highway 710. As a result, the caller number transmitted as a modem signal from the central office is demodulated by the modem signal demodulation circuit 702, and the CPU 704 holds the data in the RAM 707 via the data bus 711 (step S902).

Next, the CPU 704 stores a telephone number such as telephone directory information, abbreviated dial information, one-touch dial information and the like, and an SRAM 7 for storing personal names and organization names corresponding thereto.
From 06, the notified caller number is searched, and if there is a corresponding one (Yes in step S903), the data of the corresponding personal name or organization name is transmitted to the voice synthesis circuit 703 via the data bus 111. I do. Then, the voice synthesis circuit 703 converts the data of the individual name or the organization name into a voice signal and synthesizes it into a meaningful sentence, and the synthesized voice signal is designated to be sounded to the outside line from the CODEC 709 that has received the call. The data is output to the extension telephone 751 via the PCM highway 710 and the extension interface circuit 741 (step S904).

Then, in the extension telephone 751 designated to ring the external line that has received the call, the voice signal is received by the extension interface circuit 801 and the CODEC 80 is received.
In step 2, the signal is decoded into an analog audio signal. Then, the analog audio signal is amplified to an appropriate volume by the amplifier 804 and output from the speaker 808. As a result, the sound can be heard from the speaker, for example, "Takahashi-sama is calling."

If there is no corresponding item in step S903, the flow advances to step S905, and control is performed so that the extension telephone designated to ring the external line that has received the incoming call rings a ring tone.

As described above, according to the fifth embodiment, a caller number is notified when an incoming call is received from an outside line, and if the caller number is a telephone number stored in advance, a general ring tone is used. Instead of ringing, by notifying the personal name or organization name corresponding to the caller ID by voice, even if the user is away from the extension phone, the user does not return to the location of the extension phone You can know who the phone is from.

The present invention can be applied to a system including a plurality of devices (for example, a host computer, an interface device, a reader, a printer, etc.), but it can be applied to a single device (for example, a copier, a facsimile). Device).

Further, an object of the present invention is to supply a storage medium storing a program code of software for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments to a system or an apparatus, and to provide a computer (CPU or MP) of the system or apparatus.
It goes without saying that U) can also be achieved by reading and executing the program code stored in the storage medium.

In this case, the program code itself read from the storage medium implements the functions of the above-described embodiment, and the storage medium storing the program code constitutes the present invention.

As a storage medium for supplying the program code, for example, a floppy disk, hard disk, optical disk, magneto-optical disk, CD-ROM, CD
-R, a magnetic tape, a nonvolatile memory card, a ROM, or the like can be used.

When the computer executes the readout program code, not only the functions of the above-described embodiment are realized, but also the OS (Operating System) running on the computer based on the instruction of the program code. ) May perform some or all of the actual processing, and the processing may realize the functions of the above-described embodiments.

Further, after the program code read from the storage medium is written into a memory provided in a function expansion board inserted into the computer or a function expansion unit connected to the computer, based on the instructions of the program code, It goes without saying that the CPU included in the function expansion board or the function expansion unit performs part or all of the actual processing, and the functions of the above-described embodiments are realized by the processing.

[0055]

As described above, according to the present invention,
By alerting you to incoming calls based on your caller ID,
It is possible to improve the convenience of the user.

[0056]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a telephone according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating control of a control circuit 109 according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a number information table according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating control of a control circuit 109 according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating control of a control circuit 109 according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating control of a control circuit 109 according to a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a main device of a telephone exchange according to a fifth embodiment.

8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the wired extension telephones 751 and 752 shown in FIG.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation at the time of an incoming call in the fifth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 telephone 101 interface 102 RAM 103 ROM 104 key 105 communication circuit 106 handset 107 speaker 108 control circuit 109 display device 110 ISDN

Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A telephone device for detecting and displaying a caller number sent at the time of an incoming call, an incoming call detecting means for detecting a new incoming call during a call, and a new incoming call being detected by the incoming call detecting means. Control means for controlling whether or not to display the new incoming call based on the caller number sent when the incoming call is detected. 2. The system further comprises: a designation unit for designating a call rank during a call, and a setting unit for setting a caller's call reception rank from a caller number sent at the time of call reception. The telephone device according to claim 1, wherein when the incoming call rank is higher than the call rank, control is performed to display the new incoming call. 3. The system according to claim 2, wherein said specifying means specifies a call rank based on a telephone number at the time of calling.
A telephone device according to item 1. 4. The telephone device according to claim 2, wherein said designation means designates a call rank based on a caller number at the time of an incoming call. 5. The telephone device according to claim 2, wherein said designation means designates said call rank during a call. 6. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said setting means searches a table in which telephone numbers and ranks are registered in advance, and sets the rank of the telephone number corresponding to said caller number as a receiving rank. A telephone device according to item 1. 7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said table includes name data corresponding to a caller number, and said control means displays said new incoming call by voice synthesis output of said name data. The telephone device as described. 8. A telephone device for detecting and displaying a caller number sent at the time of an incoming call, a registration means for registering name data and a telephone number of the caller, and a caller sent at the time of the incoming call Detection means for detecting a number; search means for searching for the telephone number based on the caller number detected by the detection means; and name data of the caller when the telephone number is searched by the search means. A telephone device, comprising: a voice synthesizing unit that converts a voice into a voice and synthesizes the voice; and an output unit that outputs the voice synthesized by the voice synthesizing unit. 9. A method for controlling a telephone device for detecting and displaying a caller number transmitted at the time of an incoming call, comprising: an incoming call detecting step of detecting a new incoming call during a call; And controlling whether or not to display the new incoming call based on the caller number sent when the incoming call is detected. 10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: a designation step of designating a call rank during a call, and a setting step of setting a caller's incoming call rank based on a caller number sent at the time of the incoming call. The method according to claim 9, wherein when the incoming call rank is higher than the call rank, the new incoming call is displayed. 11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said specifying step specifies a call rank based on a telephone number at the time of calling. 12. The method according to claim 10, wherein said specifying step specifies a call rank based on a caller number at the time of an incoming call. 13. The method according to claim 10, wherein said specifying step specifies said call rank during a call. 14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the setting step searches a table in which telephone numbers and ranks are registered in advance, and sets the rank of the telephone number corresponding to the caller number as a receiving rank. 3. The method for controlling a telephone device according to claim 1. 15. The method according to claim 14, wherein the table includes name data corresponding to a caller number, and the control step performs the display of the new incoming call by voice synthesis output of the name data. The control method of the telephone device according to the above. 16. A method for controlling a telephone device for detecting and displaying a caller number sent at the time of an incoming call, comprising: a registration step of registering name data and a telephone number of a caller; A detecting step of detecting an incoming caller number; a search step of searching for the telephone number based on the caller number detected in the detecting step; and, if the telephone number is searched in the search step, the caller A voice synthesizing step of converting the name data into a voice and synthesizing the voice, and an output step of outputting the voice synthesized in the voice synthesizing step.