JPH0550863U - Fax machine with telephone - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To allow a user to arbitrarily set the number of ringing tones in a silent incoming call mode in a facsimile machine with a telephone. In a facsimile machine with a telephone having a ringing incoming call mode and a ringing non-ringing mode for automatically receiving a ringing tone after ringing a predetermined number of times, a ringing number setting unit 11 for setting the ringing number of ringing tones is provided. In ringing mode, it receives a ringing signal and immediately receives an incoming call.
At the time of calling, a signal processing unit 10 for making a pseudo ringing sound for the number of times set by the ringing number setting unit is provided.

Description

[Detailed description of the device]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to an improvement of a facsimile machine with a telephone.

[0002]

[Prior Art]

 Recently, a facsimile machine with a telephone, in which a telephone function is added to a facsimile machine, has been developed and used. In such a facsimile machine with a telephone, the telephone function and the facsimile function can be efficiently switched. Some are equipped with a telephone / fax switching mode to operate the system.

Here, the telephone / fax switching mode means that when a ringing signal arrives through a telephone line, as shown in FIG. 4A, a ringing tone is output a preset number of times (Q times). If the handset of the telephone is not picked up for this ringing sound (when off-hook is not detected), it automatically receives an incoming call and then proceeds to the handshake and reception processing for fax reception. As shown in Fig. 4 (b), if you pick up the handset by the time the ringing tone finishes Q times, you can immediately enter into a call, and the phone and fax It can be operated by switching efficiently.

In addition, in such a telephone / fax switching mode, a facsimile apparatus has also been developed which is set to switch between a ringing incoming call mode and a non-ringing incoming call mode. The operation is the same as that shown in FIGS. 4 (a) and 4 (b). On the other hand, in the non-ringing incoming call mode, as shown in FIG. 5, when a ringing signal arrives (without ringing the ringing sound), an automatic incoming call is immediately made, and then a predetermined number of times (for example, four times) to the calling side. ) Only while sending a pseudo ringback tone to monitor whether the CNG signal (facsimile identification signal) is transmitted from the calling side. If the CNG signal is not transmitted during this monitoring, after sending the voice message 1 (for example, "Please wait for a while, I will call you."), The ringing tone and the pseudo ringback tone will be sent a predetermined number of times (for example, 5 times). Is output, and when the handset cannot be picked up even with this ring tone, a voice message 2 (for example, "I am not near right now, please call again later. If you are faxing, press the send key." Please press. ”) Is sent to shift to facsimile reception processing.

However, in such a facsimile apparatus with a telephone set, the number of ringing sounds of the ringing tone after an incoming call in the silent ringing mode is set in advance (five times in the above example). Since it was not possible to set the optimal number of rings to suit the usage situation, there was a problem with usability.

[0006]

[Problems to be solved by the device]

 The present invention has been proposed in view of the above circumstances, and allows the user to arbitrarily set the number of ringing tones in the silent ringing mode, whereby the ringing tones can be set to the optimum number according to the usage situation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a facsimile apparatus with a telephone, which is improved in usability by making a ringing output.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 The present invention, which is proposed to achieve the above object, provides a facsimile machine with a telephone equipped with a ringing incoming call mode and a non-ringing incoming call mode, in which an incoming call is automatically made after ringing a ringing tone a predetermined number of times. In the ringing frequency setting section that sets the number of ringing times, in the silent ringing mode, a ringing signal is received to immediately make an automatic incoming call.After that, when calling, the number of times set in the ringing frequency setting section is simulated. It is configured to include a signal processing unit that sounds a ringing tone.

According to the present invention, if the number of ringing sounds is set by the ringing number setting unit, only the number of ringing sounds in the silent ringing mode is set. Not limited to this, it is also possible to configure the number of ringing tones in both the non-ringing incoming call mode and the ringing incoming call mode at the same time only by setting the number of ringing tones in the ringing number setting unit. .. In addition, the upper limit and the lower limit of the number of rings that can be set in the ring count setting unit are limited to prevent the ring count from being set to an extremely large value or a small value and causing an irrational operation. It can also be configured.

[0009]

[Action]

 According to the facsimile machine with a telephone of the present invention, when the silent ringing mode is set, the signal processing unit receives the ringing signal and immediately makes an automatic incoming call. After that, when the telephone call is made, the ringing frequency setting unit sets it. The ring tone is output as many times as it is called. For this reason, for example, if the number of phone calls is high, set the number of ringing tones to be high, or conversely, if the number of fax receptions is high, set the number of ringing tones to be low. It is possible to freely set the number of ringing tones according to the situation.

[0010]

【Example】

 Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an example of the main configuration of a facsimile apparatus with a telephone 1 of the present invention. In the figure, 10 is a signal processing unit that performs signal processing of each unit, and 11 is the number of ringing times for setting the number of ringing sounds. A setting unit, 12 is a key operation unit having various operation keys, 13 is a mode switching unit for switching and setting a ringing incoming call mode and a non-ringing incoming call mode as described later, and 14 is a system storing various processing programs. A memory, 15 is a modem for transmitting and receiving image data via the telephone line L, 16 is a call signal detection unit for detecting a call signal transmitted via the telephone line L, and 17 is a voice message stored in advance. Is sent to the telephone line L side, and 18 is a pseudo ring that sends to the telephone line L side a pseudo ring back tone similar to the ring back tone output from the exchange. Kkuton output unit, 19 is a control signal transmission unit for transmitting and receiving a control signal for Handoshi Eiku necessary facsimile transmission. Further, 20 is an off-hook detection unit that detects an off-hook (pickup) of a handset (not shown) by a current supplied to the telephone TE, and 21 is a call control unit that transmits a call signal to the telephone TE and sounds a ringing tone. .. In addition, T is an insulating transformer, MR is a line relay that closes the telephone line in a direct current manner, FR is a hook relay that connects the telephone TE to the telephone line L, and each relay is switched off and connected to the contact a side. Has been done.

Next, the operation of the facsimile machine with a telephone 1 of the present invention having such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 3. 1. Operation in silent ringing mode (see the flowchart in FIG. 2). When a mode switching operation is performed by operating the key operation unit 12, the mode switching unit 13 switches to the silent ringing mode, and the signal processing unit 10 turns off the hook relay FR (switch connection to the contact a side). Then, the telephone TE is disconnected from the telephone line L (see steps 100 and 101 in FIG. 2). When a ringing signal (16 Hz, 1 second on, 2 seconds off) arrives via the telephone line L, it is detected by the ringing signal detection unit 16, and the signal processing unit 10 turns on the line relay MR (switch connection to the contact b side). Then, the call is automatically received, and the voice signal output unit 17 calls the voice message 1 "Please call, please wait for a while. Is sent to the telephone line L (see steps 102 to 104 in FIG. 2). The signal processing unit 10 resets the parameter p indicating the number of times the pseudo ringback tone is output and the parameter q indicating the number of ringing tones to 0 (see step 105 in FIG. 2). Thereafter, the signal processing unit 10 monitors the signal of the control signal transmission unit 19 for 2 seconds to determine whether or not the CNG signal (facsimile identification signal) is transmitted via the telephone line L. , When the CNG signal is not transmitted, the operation for outputting the pseudo ring back tone from the pseudo ring back tone output unit 18 to the telephone line L side for 1 second and then incrementing the parameter p becomes 4 for the parameter p. Is repeated (see steps 106 to 111 in FIG. 2). When the CNG signal is transmitted during the output of this pseudo ring back tone, the signal processing unit 10 immediately shifts to the facsimile reception processing, and when the facsimile reception is completed, the line relay MR is turned off and the standby state is established. (See steps 122 and 123 in FIG. 2). When the parameter p becomes 4, the signal processing unit 10 monitors the signal of the control signal transmission unit 19 for 2 seconds to check whether the CNG signal (facsimile identification signal) is transmitted via the telephone line L. If it is determined that the CNG signal is not transmitted, the pseudo ring back tone is output for 1 second, the control signal is transmitted to the call control unit 21 and the call signal is transmitted to the telephone TE only for 1 second. The operation of outputting the ringing tone and incrementing the parameter q is repeated until the parameter q reaches the set value Q of the ringing number setting unit 11 (see steps 106 to 110 and 112 to 114 in FIG. 2). When the CNG signal is transmitted during the output of the pseudo ringback tone and the ringing tone, the signal processing unit 10 immediately shifts to the facsimile reception processing, and when the facsimile reception is completed, the line relay MR is turned off. To return to the standby state. (See steps 112 and 123 in FIG. 2). On the other hand, when the handset (not shown) of the telephone set TE is picked up, the off-hook detection unit 20 outputs a detection signal to the signal processing unit 10, and the signal processing unit 10 turns off the line relay MR and turns on the hook relay FR. Then, the telephone TE is connected to the telephone line L to make a call. Then, when the call ends and the handset is returned, the off-hook detection unit 20 outputs a detection signal to the signal processing unit 10, and the signal processing unit 10 turns off the hook relay FR and returns to the standby state (FIG. 2). See steps 118-121). On the other hand, even if the pseudo ringback tone and the ring back tone are output Q times (even if the parameter q becomes Q), the handset is not picked up, and the CNG signal is not received, the signal processing unit 10 outputs the voice signal. From the output unit 17 to the telephone line L side, voice message 2 "I am not near now, please call again later. If you are faxing, please press the send key. Is output, and then the fax reception process is performed, and then the line relay MR is turned off to return to the standby state (see steps 114 to 117 in FIG. 2).

As described above, according to the facsimile apparatus with a telephone of the present invention, when the silent ringing mode is set, after the automatic incoming call, the ringing sound is output as many times as the ringing number of ringing sounds set by the ringing number setting unit 11. Therefore, the number of rings of the ringing tone can be arbitrarily changed and set by the user according to the usage situation.

2. Operation in ringing call mode (see the flowchart in FIG. 3). When the mode operation is performed by operating the key operation unit 12, the mode switching unit 13 sets the ringing reception mode, and the signal processing unit 10 turns on the hook relay FR (switch connection to the contact b side). Then, the telephone set TE is connected to the telephone line L, and the parameter q indicating the number of times the ringing signal is received is reset to 0 (see steps 201 and 202 in FIG. 3). Each time a call signal is transmitted through the telephone line L, the telephone TE outputs a ring tone and the signal processing unit 10 increments the number q of calls received by the call signal detection unit 16. The operation is repeated until the number of times q of receiving the ringing signal reaches the set value Q of the ringing number setting unit 11 (see steps 203 to 206 in FIG. 3). When the handset is picked up by the time the call signal is transmitted Q times, a detection signal is transmitted from the off-hook detection unit 20 to the signal processing unit 10 side, and a call is made until the handset is returned (step 207 to FIG. 3). 209). On the other hand, when the handset is not picked up even after the call signal is transmitted Q times, the signal processing unit 10 turns off the hook relay FR and turns on the line relay MR, and then shifts to the facsimile reception process. When the facsimile reception is completed, the line relay MR is turned off and the hook relay FR is turned on to return to the standby state.

As described above, according to the facsimile device with a telephone of the present invention, if the ringing number Q of ringing sounds is set by the ringing number setting unit 11, not only the ringing number of ringing sounds in the silent ringing mode but also It is also possible to set the number of ringing sounds in ringing incoming call mode at the same time.

Although the above description does not refer to the detailed configuration of the ringing number setting unit 11, for example, a configuration for setting the ringing number by the dip switch switching setting or the ringing number setting by the mode switching unit 13 It is possible to adopt a configuration in which the number of rings is registered by switching to the registration mode for registering, and the number of rings is keyed in using the key operation unit 12.

[0016]

[Effect of the device]

 As can be understood from the above description, according to the facsimile device with a telephone of the present invention, when the silent ringing mode is set, a ringing signal is received and an automatic call is immediately received. Since the ringtone can be output as many times as the number set in the setting section, it is possible for the user to freely set the optimal number of ringtones to suit the usage situation, improving the usability. Can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a main part of a facsimile machine with a telephone of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in a silent ringing incoming mode.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the facsimile apparatus shown in FIG. 1 in a ringing incoming call mode.

4 (a) and 4 (b) are flow charts for explaining the operation of a conventional ringing incoming call mode.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation in a conventional ringing-free incoming call mode.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Facsimile device with telephone 10 ... Signal processing unit 11 ... Ring number setting unit

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A ringing number setting section for setting the ringing number of a ringing tone in a telephone-equipped facsimile apparatus having a ringing receiving mode for automatically receiving a ringing tone after ringing a predetermined number of times and a non-ringing receiving mode. With a telephone equipped with a signal processing unit that receives a ringing signal in the silent ringing mode and immediately makes an automatic incoming call, and then, when calling, calls a pseudo ringing sound the number of times set by the ringing number setting unit. Facsimile machine.