JPH05308681A - Telephone set with remote-controlled muting function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically mute a television, an acoustic apparatus, or the like before the start of speech by the control from a telephone set at the time of receiving a call during output of loud voice, music, or the like from the television, the acoustic apparatus, or the like. CONSTITUTION:This telephone set is provided with a storage part 13 where data of at least mute-on signals of various electronic apparatus having the muting function is stored and a mute control part 11 which reads out data of various mute-on signals stored in the storage part 13 and converts them to optical signals to transmit them from an LED 15 for remote control at the time of detecting the incoming and stops transmission from the LED 15 for remote control at the time of detecting off-hook of a hook switch.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone with a remote control mute function, which has a function of transmitting a mute signal of a television or audio equipment having a mute function by an optical remote controller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, as semiconductor technology has advanced, the performance of televisions, audio equipments, etc. has been rapidly improved, and the convenience thereof has been pursued.

For example, in the case of televisions, audio equipments, etc., conventionally, the user had to go to the channel switch provided on the front surface of the main body and operate each one in order to switch the channel etc., which was a troublesome operation.

Therefore, recent televisions, audio equipments, and the like can be operated by a remote control switch (optical remote control) such as channel switching and volume adjustment. It can be operated easily.

That is, various control signals are output from the remote control switch by optical signals, and televisions, audio equipments, etc. are provided with a receiving device for receiving the control signals.

[0006] Further, a television or an audio device having such a remote control function is provided with a mute function for temporarily suspending speaker output by a mute signal from the remote control switch.

By the way, when a call comes in while a loud voice, music or the like is being output from such a television or an audio device, the user usually takes a mute button on the remote control switch before picking up the telephone. Is generally turned on to suspend the speaker output of a television, an audio device, or the like so as not to disturb the telephone.

[0008]

However, although such an operation can be performed relatively easily when the remote control switch is on the immediate side of the user, when the remote control switch is to be operated a little away or the remote control switch to be operated is When there were many, it was a troublesome operation.

There is also a problem in that when the user picks up the phone so that he / she will not wait for the call, the mute operation will not be in time and the other party will be uncomfortable.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to control by a telephone when an incoming call is made while a loud voice or music is being output from a television or an audio device. , It is to provide a telephone with a remote control mute function that can mute a television, an audio device, etc. before the start of a call.

[0011]

In order to solve the above problems, a telephone with a remote control mute function of the present invention has a storage means for storing data of a mute on signal of various electronic devices having a mute function by an optical remote controller, and a partner. When an incoming call from the side terminal is detected, various mute-on signal data stored in the storage means is read, converted into an optical signal and transmitted, and when an off-hook of the hook switch is detected, various mute signals are detected. And a mute signal transmitting means for stopping the transmission of the ON signal.

Further, the telephone with remote control mute function of the present invention is a storage means for storing mute signal data of various electronic devices having a mute function by an optical remote controller, and the storage means when an incoming call from a partner terminal is detected. Reads the data of various mute-on signals stored in, converts it to an optical signal and sends it, and when detecting the off-hook of the hook switch, stops the transmission of various mute-on signals, and also the on-hook of the hook switch. When the above is detected, the data of various mute-off signals stored in the storage means is read, and the mute signal transmitting means for converting the data into an optical signal and transmitting the optical signal is provided.

[0013]

The storage means stores at least the mute-on signal data of a television or audio equipment having a mute function by the optical remote controller.

In general, the codes of the optical remote controller are standardized for each product category of each manufacturer, so that the codes of the mute-on signal and mute-off signal of the target electronic device are limited to some extent. The storage means stores at least all of these mute-on signal data.

When the mute signal transmitting means detects an incoming call from the other terminal, it reads the data of various mute on signals stored in the storage means, converts the data into an optical signal, and repeatedly transmits it.

As a result, when voice, music or the like is output from the television or the audio device, the television or the audio device or the like enters the mute state upon receiving the mute-on signal. Then, when the off-hook of the hook switch is detected at the time of the incoming call from the partner terminal, the transmission of various mute-on signals is stopped.

As a result, when the handset is picked up, the television and audio equipment are in the mute state, so that subsequent telephone calls are not disturbed.

On the other hand, when the memory means also stores the data of the mute-off signal of the television or the audio equipment having the mute function by the optical remote controller, the mute signal transmitting means stores the data when the on-hook of the hook switch is detected. The data of various mute-off signals stored in the means are read out, converted into optical signals and transmitted.

As a result, voice, music, etc. are output again from the speaker of the television, audio equipment, or the like.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical construction of a telephone with a remote control mute function of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a telephone line 1 is connected to a telephone call circuit 3 for exchanging voice signals and the like via a hook switch 2, and the telephone call circuit 3 has a microphone and an earpiece. 4 is bidirectionally connected.

Further, the telephone line 1 is connected with an incoming call detecting section 5 for detecting a call signal sent from the other terminal, and the output of the incoming call detecting section 5 controls the operation of the entire telephone set. It is guided to the telephone control unit 6.

The output of the hook switch 2 is guided to the telephone control unit 6, and the communication circuit 3 is bidirectionally connected to the telephone control unit 6. One output 6a of the telephone control unit 6 is provided.
Is connected to a built-in speaker 8 via a ringer driving unit 7. The other output 6b of the telephone control unit 6 is
It is guided to the mute controller 11.

The telephone control unit 6 receives the incoming call detection signal from the incoming call detection unit 5 to drive and control the ringer drive unit 7 so that the speaker 8 outputs a ringing tone and the hook switch 2 sends an off-hook signal. In response to this, the drive control of the ringer drive unit 7 is stopped. Further, the telephone control unit 6 sends the incoming call detection signal from the incoming call detection unit 5 to the mute control unit 11, and at the same time, the hook switch 2
The signal indicating off hook and the signal indicating on hook are sent to the mute controller 11.

The mute control unit 11 controls the mute operation of the telephone, and the output of the oscillation circuit 12 is guided as a clock signal. Also, the mute controller 11
And the storage unit 13 are bidirectionally connected.

The output of the mute control section 11 is led to the remote control LED drive section 14, and the remote control L drive is provided.
The output of the ED drive unit 14 is led to the remote control LED 15.

The storage unit 13 is composed of a ROM or a RAM, and stores the codes of the mute signals (mute on signal and mute off signal) of all electronic devices having a mute function currently on the market as mute signal data. is doing. Generally, the codes of the mute on signal and the mute off signal are unified for each product category of each manufacturer, and the codes of the mute on signal and the mute off signal of the target electronic device are limited to some extent.

The mute control section 11 drives the remote control LED drive section 14 based on the mute on signal and the mute off signal stored in the storage section 13 and causes the remote control LED 15 to blink to make the mute on signal and the mute signal. The off signal is output as an optical signal.

Next, the operation of the telephone with the remote control mute function configured as described above will be described. When a call signal is sent from the other party's terminal via the telephone line 1, this call signal is detected by the incoming call detection unit 5, and the incoming call detection signal is given to the telephone control unit 6.

The telephone control section 6 receives the incoming call detection signal and drives the ringer driving section 7 to cause the speaker 8 to output a ringing tone.

On the other hand, the telephone control unit 6 sends this incoming detection signal to the mute control unit 11. Mute controller 11
In response to the incoming call detection signal, reads out all the mute on signal data stored in the storage unit 13 and creates a mute on signal based on the read data. Then, based on the created mute on signal,
The remote control LED drive unit 14 is sequentially driven to control the remote control LED 15 to blink, and the remote control LED 15 sequentially transmits each mute-on signal as an optical signal. The order of transmitting the mute-on signal is as follows.
It is predetermined inside, and the mute controller 11 drives the remote controller LED driver 14 according to the determined order.

For example, when the order of transmission of the mute on signal determined inside the mute controller 11 is the mute on signal of the TV remote controller, the mute on signal of the stereo remote controller, and the mute on signal of the radio-cassette remote controller. The mute-on signal is sequentially and repeatedly transmitted from the remote controller LED 15 in this order (that is, the order of the TV remote controller, the stereo remote controller, and the radio-cassette remote controller).

As a result, an electronic device having a mute function, such as a television, a stereo, or a radio-cassette, is installed in the same room where the telephone is installed. The electronic device in operation is muted by the mute-on signal of each electronic device transmitted.

After that, when the user of this telephone picks up the handset 4 in response to the ringing sound output from the speaker 8, the hook switch 2 is off-hook, and the call circuit 3 and the telephone line 1 are connected. The call is ready.

The signal indicating the off-hook of the hook switch 2 is sent via the telephone control unit 6 to the mute control unit 1.
Sent to 1.

When the mute controller 11 receives this off-hook signal, it stops driving the ringer driver 7. As a result, the ringing sound output from the speaker 8 is stopped.

After that, when the user who has finished the telephone call hooks the handset 4 on the main body of the telephone, the telephone line 1
Is disconnected from the call circuit 3 and the line is opened.

At this time, the signal indicating the on-hook of the hook switch 2 is transmitted via the telephone control unit 6 to the mute control unit 1.
Sent to 1.

The mute controller 11 receives the signal indicating the on-hook and reads all the data of the mute-off signal stored in the memory 13, and creates the mute-off signal based on the read data. And
Based on the created mute-off signal, the remote-control LED drive unit 14 is sequentially driven to control the remote-control LED 15 to blink, and the remote-control LED 15 sequentially transmits each mute-off signal as an optical signal. The order of transmission of the mute off signal is determined in advance inside the mute control unit 11 (normally, it is determined in the same order as the order of transmission of the mute on signal), and the mute control unit 11 follows the determined order. The remote controller LED drive unit 14 is driven.

The transmission time of the mute-off signal at this time is set to several seconds inside the mute controller 11, and the mute controller 11 mutes-on in the determined order during the set several seconds. The signal will be sequentially and repeatedly transmitted.

As a result, the electronic device in the mute state again outputs the voice or music from the speaker.

[0043]

When the telephone with the remote control mute function of the present invention detects an incoming call from the other party's terminal, it converts mute-on signals of various electronic devices into optical signals and transmits them, and also detects the off-hook of the hook switch. When the mute-on signal is stopped, the mute-off signal of various electronic devices is converted into an optical signal and is transmitted when the on-hook of the hook switch is detected. Various electronic devices in operation can be put into a mute state without performing a troublesome operation such as muting with the remote control switch. As a result, when the user answers the telephone, the voice or music output from the speaker of each electronic device is muted, so that these sounds do not disturb the call.

Further, even when listening to a loud sound so that the ringing tone of the telephone cannot be heard, or even when the headphones are used, when the call is received, the mute state is automatically set. It has the effect of being able to immediately know what is going on.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a telephone with a remote control mute function of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Telephone Line 2 Hook Switch 3 Call Circuit 4 Handset 5 Incoming Detection Section 6 Telephone Control Section 11 Mute Control Section 13 Storage Section 14 Remote Control LED Driving Section 15 Remote Control LED

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A storage unit for storing data of a mute-on signal of various electronic devices having a mute function by an optical remote controller; and a mute-on unit stored in the storage unit when an incoming call from a partner terminal is detected. A remote controller characterized by being provided with a mute signal transmitting means for reading signal data, converting the signal data into an optical signal for transmission, and stopping transmission of various mute on signals when an off-hook of a hook switch is detected. Telephone with mute function. 2. Storage means for storing data of a mute-on signal and mute-off signal of various electronic devices having a mute function by an optical remote controller; and, when an incoming call from a partner terminal is detected, it is stored in the storage means. When the data of various mute on signals are read, converted to optical signals and transmitted, and when the hook switch off-hook is detected, the transmission of various mute on signals is stopped, and when the hook switch on-hook is detected. A telephone with a remote control mute function, comprising: a mute signal transmitting means for reading data of various mute-off signals stored in the storage means, converting the data into an optical signal and transmitting the optical signal.