JP2001077889A - Telephone set with automatic announcement function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a telephone set to accurately inform a police station or the like about a message such as an address on the occurrence of emergency. SOLUTION: The telephone set is provided with an automatic announcement function. On the occurrence of emergency, a specific telephone number such as the dial 110 is entered, and when the telephone number has already been registered in a ROM22, a telephone line is forcibly locked (GS lock) so as not to interrupt the telephone line even when a handset is hooked on. While a transmission mute circuit 9 inhibits a speech by the handset, a message such as an address stored in advance in the ROM22 is read and automatically noticed to an opposite party.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone apparatus for automatically notifying the location such as an address or location in an emergency call of 110, 119 or the like.
(0, 119) related to a telephone device that can automatically notify the police or fire department of the other party by voice at a timing desired by a caller, such as an address or location. It is.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when an emergency such as an emergency call is required, it is necessary that a caller verbally notify the police and fire department of the location of the address and location. However, the caller may be confused and may not be able to accurately notify the location of the address, location, etc., which may delay the response of the police and fire department.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and is to use voice data stored in a telephone device in advance when an emergency occurs. Address to callers such as police and fire departments
It is intended to be able to easily notify the location such as the location at the timing desired by the reporter.

[0004]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a registration means for registering a specific telephone number in advance, a storage means for storing a message indicating a location, and a telephone line based on a telephone number inputted from a keyboard. Dial sending means for making a dial call, and notifying means for reading a message from the storage means and notifying the other party who made the dial call when the input telephone number matches a specific telephone number registered in the registering means. A telephone device with an automatic announcement function.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the telephone apparatus with the automatic announcement function according to the first aspect, the transmitter of the handset is separated from the communication circuit while the message is notified by the notifying means. A telephone device with an automatic announcement function, comprising a mute circuit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the telephone apparatus with the automatic announcement function according to the first aspect, there is provided a telephone response detecting means for detecting a response from the remote party, and the notifying means is a telephone response detecting means. A message is notified to the other party when a response from the other party is detected by the telephone apparatus.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the telephone apparatus with the automatic announcement function according to the first aspect, there is provided a call termination detecting means for detecting a call termination, and the notifying means terminates the call by the call termination detection means. Is detected, the telephone line is forcibly captured, and a message is notified to the other party.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the telephone apparatus with the automatic announcement function according to the first aspect of the present invention, the telephone apparatus further comprises an announcement button, and the notifying means notifies the other party of the message based on the operation of the announcement button. This is a telephone device with an automatic announcement function.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the telephone apparatus with an automatic announcement function according to any one of the first to third aspects or the fifth aspect, the telephone line is forcibly seized when a message is notified by the notification means. A telephone device with an automatic announcement function, comprising a capturing means.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the telephone device with an automatic announcement function according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the operation of the keyboard is disabled while the message is notified by the notification means. A telephone device with an automatic announcement function.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a telephone apparatus according to the present invention. The circuit itself is basically the same as the conventional one. In the figure, 1 is a receiving circuit for detecting an incoming call from the connected telephone line, 2 is a diode bridge, 3 is a partner response detecting circuit for detecting that the other party has answered, and 4 is a hook switch, which is a handset. Open and close according to on-hook and off-hook. 5 is GS
A relay for forcibly capturing a telephone line and holding the telephone line in a capturing state. 6 is a loop cut circuit for generating a dial pulse, 7 is a dial shunt circuit for cutting off noise of the loop cut circuit, 8 is a speech circuit, and 9 is a device for disconnecting the handset of the handset 10 from the speech circuit 8. A transmission mute circuit, 10 a handset, 11 a telephone control power supply, 12 a DTMF dial transmission circuit, 1
3 is an I / O port, 14 is a keyboard, 15 is a location announcement button operated when notifying the other party of a message indicating a location stored in advance, and 16 is a GS
The drive unit opens and closes the GS relay 5. Reference numeral 17 denotes a hook switch, which electrically detects on-hook and off-hook. Reference numeral 18 denotes a CPU for performing necessary operation control for the entire telephone device. Reference numeral 19 denotes a voice synthesizing circuit, which synthesizes voice from voice data stored in, for example, the ROM 22, and transmits the voice to the telephone line via the communication circuit 8. Reference numeral 20 denotes an LCD control circuit,
The module 21 is driven to display data such as the destination number and time. 22 is a ROM, 23 is a RAM,
The ROM 22 stores a program for operating the CPU 18, data relating to an address and a location, emergency telephone numbers 110 and 119, and the like, and the RAM 23 uses the keyboard 14 or the like to refer to the display of the LCD module 21, for example. Setting information such as the transmission timing of the indicated message (at the time of answering the other party, at the time of on-hook (end of call)) and the like is stored. Reference numeral 24 denotes an RTC (real-time clock), which is a clock for displaying time on a display unit of the LCD module 21.

Next, using the telephone device having the above configuration, an automatic notification of a location such as an address and a location to a call partner such as a police station or a fire department by voice data stored in the ROM 22 in advance. The announcement function will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the operation flow of this automatic announcement function. In the event of an emergency, the caller uses the handset 1 to notify the police or the fire department.
When 0 is taken off-hook (S101), the hook switch 4 and the GS relay 5 are turned on (S102), and the line is captured. In this state, for example, the loop cut circuit 6 or the DT is input from the keyboard 14 based on the dial input of emergency numbers such as 110 and 119 (S103).
A dial signal is sent from the MF dial sending circuit 12, and a response from the other party is waited. When a response from the other party is detected by the other party response detection circuit 3 (S104, YES), whether or not the automatic announcement function at the time of response is on is determined. To RAM2
3 (S105), and if it is on (S105, YES), then the telephone number dialed in step S103 is a number pre-stored in the ROM 22, for example, 110 or 119. It is determined whether or not this is the case (S106), and if the number is stored, the SA subroutine is executed.

The SA subroutine (message transmission routine indicating the location) is as shown in FIG. 3. First, a GS lock is performed (S201), and the telephone line is not cut off even if the handset 10 is turned on by the GS relay 5. To prevent a voice guidance (message) to be described later from contacting a police station or the like due to a malfunction or the like. Next, the transmission mute circuit 9 is activated to disable transmission (S202), and the keyboard 14 is locked to disable the operation of the keyboard 14 (S203).
Then, the voice guidance is transmitted in that state. That is,
For example, "This is Tamura Electric Manufacturing Co., Ltd."
The address is 2-3-2 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo. Is synthesized by the voice synthesizing circuit 19 and transmitted to the police or fire department on the other side (S204).
When the transmission of the message is completed, first, the lock of the keyboard 14 is released (S205), the operation of the transmission mute circuit is released (S206), and finally the GS lock is released (207). If there is no response from the other side in step S104 (S104, NO), the GS relay 5 is turned off and the GS relay 5 is turned off, and the process is terminated.
4, YES), and waits for a response until the other party responds.

In the above flow, if the answering-time automatic announcement function is not on (that is, the function is not set in the telephone device) (S105, NO), the routine SA does not operate. If the answer-time announcement function is not on, the caller can talk with the other party (the police or the fire department). If the location announcement button 15 is operated at this time (S110, Y
ES), S201 to S207 of the subroutine SA
The above process is executed, and the message is notified to the other party. This operation is repeated until the handset goes on-hook.

If the location announcement button 15 is not operated in S110, the RAM 23 determines whether or not the on-hook (S111), that is, the automatic announcement function at the time of the on-hook by ending the call, is on.
(S112), and if ON, it is determined whether the telephone number dialed in step S103 is 110 or 119 in the same manner as in S106 (S113), and the dialed number is determined. Is 110 or 119, the message is notified to the communication partner immediately after the on-hook operation is performed by executing the SA subroutine. Thereafter, the GS relay 5 is turned off (S114), and the location notification processing ends. Thus, the timing desired by the reporter, that is, the RAM
23 (when the other party answers or on-hook (at the end of the call) or when the caller operates (at the time of a mutual call)
Then, the message is automatically notified to the other party. In this case, the caller usually informs the communication partner,
The message may be notified only at one of the three timings, but the message may be notified to the partner at two or three timings just in case.

Although the present invention has been described above with reference to a general telephone device, the present invention can be applied to a public telephone or the like, and when an emergency call is required on the go, the telephone can be used. Even if the location is not known accurately, the automatic announcement function can inform the other party of the exact location. Further, although the message is synthesized and transmitted based on the data stored in the ROM 22, the message may be recorded on a magnetic tape and transmitted. Further, when the present invention is applied to an answering machine having a ROM that originally stores voice data, a voice synthesis circuit, and a magnetic tape on which voice messages are recorded, there is no need to newly provide a voice message transmission function, so that costs are reduced. Also have tremendous benefits.

[0017]

According to the first aspect of the invention, even if the caller is upset in an emergency, the address or the location of the telephone can be accurately communicated to the other party. Even if the user is not informed about the lot number or the like, simply dialing, for example, numbers 110 and 119 can accurately inform the other party (police, fire department, etc.) of the address and the like. According to the second aspect of the present invention, while transmitting the message indicating the location, the transmission is inhibited by the transmission mute circuit, so that the message is clearly transmitted to the other party without interference with the caller's words. Can be. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the message indicating the location is notified by confirming the response of the partner, the message can be transmitted to the partner without fail. According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to automatically notify the other party of a message indicating the location without special operation other than dial operation only by turning on the automatic announcement function at the time of on-hook. it can. Effects corresponding to the invention of claim 5:
By operating the announcement button, a message indicating the location can be easily notified any number of times. Advantageous effect corresponding to the invention of claim 6: Since the telephone line is GS-locked while the message indicating the location is being notified, even if the handset is put on-hook by mistake, the message is reliably notified to the other party. can do. Effect of the invention according to claim 7: Since the operation of the keyboard is invalidated during the notification of the message indicating the location, even if the keyboard is erroneously operated, the message indicating the location is not interrupted by the keyboard operation. The message can be notified to the other party.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing a telephone device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a message transmission procedure indicating a location according to the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a message transmission routine (subroutine) indicating a location.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 ... Diode bridge, 3 ... Response response detection circuit, 4 ...
Hook switch, 5: GS relay switch, 9: transmission mute circuit, 10: handset, 15: location announcement button, 16: GS drive unit, 18: CPU, 19
... Speech synthesis circuit, 22 ... ROM, 23 ... RAM

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A registration unit for registering a specific telephone number in advance, a storage unit for storing a message indicating a location, a dial transmission unit for dialing a telephone line based on a telephone number input from a keyboard, and the input unit Notification means for reading a message from the storage means and notifying the other party who made the dial call when the telephone number registered matches the specific telephone number registered in the registration means. Telephone with function. 2. The telephone device with an automatic announcement function according to claim 1, further comprising a mute circuit for disconnecting a telephone handset of the handset from a telephone call circuit while notifying said message by said notifying means. A telephone device with an automatic announcement function. 3. The telephone apparatus with an automatic announcement function according to claim 1, further comprising: a partner response detecting unit configured to detect a response of the partner, wherein the notifying unit includes a response of the partner by the partner response detecting unit. A telephone device with an automatic announcement function, characterized in that a message is notified to the other party when it is detected. 4. The telephone device with an automatic announcement function according to claim 1, further comprising an end detection unit for detecting an end of the call, wherein the notifying unit detects the end of the call by the end of the call detection unit, A telephone device with an automatic announcement function, wherein the telephone line is forcibly seized and a message is notified to the other party. 5. The telephone device with an automatic announcement function according to claim 1, further comprising an announcement button, wherein said notifying means notifies a message to the other party based on an operation of said announcement button. Telephone device with automatic announcement function. 6. The telephone device with an automatic announcement function according to claim 1, further comprising a capturing unit for forcibly capturing the telephone line when a message is notified by the notifying unit. A telephone device with an automatic announcement function. 7. The telephone device with an automatic announcement function according to claim 1, further comprising an invalidating unit that invalidates the operation of the keyboard while notifying the message by the notifying unit. A telephone device with an automatic announcement function.