JPH07202994A - Telephone capable of registering plural ring-back tones - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To switch and ring a ring-back tone to any desired tone by ringing the ring-back tone selected based on the incoming detection of a telephone signal. CONSTITUTION:When the telephone signal terminated to a transmission/reception control part 14 is detected, an incoming signal detection part 9 transmits a signal to a ring-back tone reproduction control part 8, the tone reproduction control part 8 transmits an operation signal to an acoustic data processing part 10 and an amplifier 11 and at the same time, control is performed to output these audio data to be stored to an acoustic data output part 10 to a registered module such as a registered module M2, for example, previously registered as the registered module to store the ring-back tone to be rung at the time of telephone incoming. At this acoustic data processing part 10, the ring-back tone data are converted to analog data or the like and processing into reproduction enable signals and these processed audio signals are outputted to the amplifier 11 and amplified by the amplifier 11 so that the ring-back tone such as the chirps of birds, for example, is rung by a speaker 12.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone set, and in particular, a plurality of ringing tones are registered, and the plurality of registered ringing tones are arbitrarily selected in advance and sounded when a telephone signal is received. The present invention relates to a telephone capable of registering a plurality of ring tones.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, telephones that emit ringing sounds of various tones have been commercialized. However, if the phone is the same product, the ringing tone is generally the same,
Therefore, for example, when a ringing tone of one of a plurality of telephones installed at the same location is played, it may be difficult to determine which telephone is ringing. In addition, among telephones installed on multiple floors, when a ringing tone of a telephone on a certain floor sounds, the telephone of any floor is ringing because of the reason that the ringing sound echoes in the building. There are some things that I don't know.

As another problem, the ringing tone of a telephone often emits a bell sound or a buzzer sound, and there is a lack of moisturizing tone, and there is a demand for a ringing tone having a different tone color depending on the season. There is also. Furthermore, there is also a demand for a ringing sound such as a wake-up call and a wake-up ringing sound at 7:30 am when the user wakes up.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and registers a plurality of ringing tones in advance and arbitrarily selects from the registered ringing tones. By selecting one ringtone and playing this selected ringtone when a call arrives, you can easily switch the desired ringtone from among multiple ringtones. The purpose is to provide a telephone capable of registering a plurality of ringing tones. Another object of the present invention is to provide a telephone capable of registering a plurality of ringing tones in which a newly registered ringing tone received by the sound receiving unit can be easily registered in each of a plurality of registration modules. further,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone capable of registering a plurality of ringing tones that can share the same key portion by providing a switching circuit for switching the selection keys and dial keys of the plurality of registration modules.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a telephone signal transmission / reception control unit for controlling transmission and reception of a telephone signal, a ten-key unit for inputting a telephone number, and a dial. It has a circuit and an incoming signal detecting means for detecting an incoming telephone signal, and is selected in advance from a plurality of ringing tones registered based on the detection of the incoming telephone signal by the incoming signal detecting means. A telephone capable of registering a plurality of ringing tones,
A ringing tone registration means capable of registering a plurality of ringing tones, and a call for preliminarily selecting a ringing tone to be played when a telephone signal is received from among the plurality of ringing tones registered in the ringing tone registration means. And a ringing tone playing unit for playing the ringing tone selected by the ringing tone selecting unit based on the detection of the incoming of the telephone signal by the incoming call signal detecting unit. Is.

The ringing tone registration means for registering the plurality of ringing tones has a plurality of ringing tone registration modules for individually registering different ringing tones, and the ringing tone selection means registers the ringing tone registration. A ten-key unit for selecting a module and a registration module selection control unit for controlling the ringing tone registration module selected by the ten-key unit to be in an active state capable of outputting data, and the ringing tone sounding means includes: When a ringing signal is detected, a ringing tone reproduction control unit for controlling the ringing tone stored in the ringing tone registration module selected by the ringing tone selecting unit and a ringing tone re-control unit are used for output. A sound data processing unit that processes a ringing sound as a soundable sound signal, and a sound signal output from this sound data processing unit is played through a speaker. It is an arrangement comprising an amplifying portion for amplifying the fit.

Further, a ringing tone receiving means for receiving a ringing tone to be newly registered, a ten-key portion for selecting the ringing tone registration module for storing the received ringing tone, and this A registration module selection control unit for controlling the ringing tone registration module selected by the ten-key unit to be in an active state in which data can be input, and an active state in which data can be input in the registration module selection control unit selected by the ten-key unit. A ringing tone registration control unit that performs control for registering the ringing tone received by the ringing tone receiving unit for the registered registration module,
In addition, since the ten-key unit for selecting a registration module for outputting and storing data from the plurality of registration modules and the ten-key unit for inputting a telephone number connected to the dial circuit are shared, the same ten-key pad is used. The unit is configured to include switching means for switching the connection between the registration module selection control unit and the dial circuit.

[0008]

[Operation] A ringing tone is selected by the ringing tone selecting unit from a plurality of ringing tones registered in advance in the ringing tone registering unit. When the incoming call signal detecting means detects an incoming call of the telephone signal via the telephone signal transmission / reception control section in a state where the ringing tone is selected, the ringing tone playing means plays the selected ringing tone. The registration module selection control unit sets only the selected registration module to the active state when storing data in any of the registration modules of the ring back tone registration unit or outputting data from any of the registration modules. Control is performed to enable input of data to the registration module and output of data from the registration module. The ringing tone reproduction control unit controls the ringing tone data to be output to the acoustic data processing unit from the registration module that stores the ringing tone data selected in advance based on the progress from the incoming signal detecting unit.

The ringing tone registration control unit controls registration of the ringing tone to the ringing tone registration module, and is registered by being selected by the ten-key unit and activated by the control of the registration module selection control unit. The ringing tone received by the ringing tone receiving unit is stored in the ringing tone registration module. Further, the switching means switches between which of the registered module selection control unit and the dial circuit the ten-key unit is connected, whereby the registered module selection control unit and the dial circuit are connected to the same ten-key unit. You can enter.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of the present invention. In the figure, a telephone 1 capable of registering a plurality of ring tones
First, has a ring back tone registration unit 2 for registering a plurality of ring back tones. In this ringing tone registration section 2, nine registration modules M1 to M9 are mounted in this embodiment, each of which is a semiconductor memory device for digitally storing a ringing tone. Different ring tones are registered in these registration modules M1 to M9. The registered ringing tones may be, for example, musical instrument sounds, birds and animals crying, insect sounds according to the seasons, brook babbling sounds and other natural sounds, and human voices may also be registered. May be.

Reference numeral 3 is a ten-key portion. Numeric keys 1 to 9 and 0 and a ringing tone to be played when an incoming telephone signal is received are input from the ringing tone registration modules M1 to M9. The output registration module selection switch 3b that is pushed when selecting in advance and the registration modules M1 to M
Input registration module selection switch 3a which is pushed when newly registering a ringing tone to 9, a registered ringing tone confirmation switch 3c which is pushed when confirming a registered ringing tone at any time, and a ten-key portion 3 is used for inputting a telephone number. A dial selection switch 3d that is pressed when the dial switch is used. By pressing each of these switches, the switching circuit 4 operates, and data can be input to each part of the apparatus by one numeric keypad 3 as described later.

The registration module selection control unit 5 pushes the input registration module selection switch 3a in order to store and register the ringing tone in any of the registration modules M1 to M9 in the ringing tone registering unit 2 and the ten-key unit. Any of the registration modules selected by the ten key of No. 3 is controlled to be in an active state so that data can be stored therein, and any one of the ringing sounds to be played when an incoming telephone signal is detected. The registration module is controlled to be in an active state so that data can be output when the telephone signal is received, and further, when the registered ringing tone confirmation switch 3c is pressed, a ringing tone to be played when a telephone call arrives is generated in advance. Control is performed to activate any of the selected registration modules so that data can be output.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a ringing tone registration control unit, which converts the ringing tone received from the ringing tone receiving unit 7 which receives the sound to be registered as the ringing tone into digital data, and stores it in the ringing tone registration unit 2. The control for storing in any of the registration modules M1 to M9 is performed. The ring back tone reproduction control unit 8 is stored in one of the registration modules selected in advance among the registration modules of the ring back tone registration unit 2 based on the signal from the incoming signal detection unit 9 that detects an incoming telephone signal. Control is performed to output the ringing tone data being output to the acoustic data processing unit 10, and control is performed to send a signal to the amplifier 11 to turn it on. The ringing tone amplified by the amplifier 11 is played through the speaker 12.

The dial circuit 13 sends the data of the telephone number input by the ten-key unit 3 to the transmission / reception control unit 14. The transmission / reception control unit 14 connects a line to the destination via the exchange 16 and the telephone line 17 based on the telephone number input from the dial circuit 13, and uses a transmitter / receiver (hereinafter referred to as a receiver) 18 for conversation. In addition to controlling the content transmission, the content of the other party's conversation, which is also transmitted via the telephone line 17 and the exchange 16, is transmitted to the handset 18. Reference numeral 19 denotes a handset detector that detects on-hook and off-hook of the handset.

The operation of the present invention will be described below. When registering a ringing tone in the ringing tone registering unit 2, first, when the input registration module selection switch 3a of the ten-key unit 3 is pushed, the switching circuit 4 is activated to connect the ten-key unit 3 to the registration module selection control unit 5. When it is switched to, the activation signal is sent to the ringing tone registration control section 6, and thereby the ringing tone registration control section 6 is activated. When the ringing tone registration control section 6 is activated, a signal is sent to the ringing tone receiving section 7, and the ringing tone receiving section 7 is activated. In this state, the numeric keypad 3 is used to input which of the registration modules M1 to M9 is to register the ringing tone. For example, when registering the ringing tone in the registration module M1, the “1” switch of the ten-key unit 3 is pressed, and when registering the ringing tone in the registration module M2, the “2” switch of the ten-key unit 3 is pressed. The registration module is selected in this way.

When this registration module is selected,
This selection signal is sent to the registration module selection control unit 5, and in response to this signal, the registration module selection control unit 5 sends a signal to the selected registration module so that the ringing tone can be registered in this registration module in an active state. Control. Now, for example, if the M1 registration module is selected as the registration module for registering the ringing tone by pressing the "1" key of the numeric keypad section 3, the registration module selection control section 5 sends a signal to this M1 registration module. , And controls the registration module of M1 to be in an active state in which the ringing tone can be registered. The ringing tone registration control unit 6 transmits the ringing tone data received from the ringing tone receiving unit 7 and digitally converted to be stored in the registration module M1 in the active state. In this way, the ringing tone is registered.

Next, the output of the ringing tone, that is, the ringing tone that is sounded when the incoming signal detecting unit 9 detects the incoming telephone signal to the transmission / reception control unit 14 via the telephone line 17 and the exchange 16. The operation of selecting will be described.
First, when the output registration module selection switch 3b of the numeric keypad section 3 is pressed, the switching circuit 4 operates to connect the numeric keypad section 3 to the registration module selection control section 5. In this state, if it is set to output the ringing tone data of the ringing tone registration unit 2, for example, the ringing tone registration unit 2 stored in the registration module M2, if the user presses "2" of the ten key unit 3, The signal is sent to the registration module selection control unit 5. In response to this signal, the registration module selection control unit 5 controls the registration module M2 to be in an active state in which the data stored therein can be output in response to a signal from a ring back tone reproduction control unit 8 described later. I do.

Next, the sounding of the ringing tone when a telephone signal is received will be described. Telephone line 17 and exchange 16
When the incoming call signal detection unit 9 detects a telephone signal received by the transmission / reception control unit 14 via the incoming call signal detection unit 9, the incoming call signal detection unit 9 sends a signal to the ring back tone reproduction control unit 8 and receives the signal to control the ring back tone reproduction. The section 8 sends an operation signal to the acoustic data processing section 10 and the amplifier 11. Upon receiving this operation signal, the acoustic data processing unit 10 and the amplifier 11 start operating. At the same time, the ring back tone reproduction control unit 8 sends the stored ring back tone data to the registration module, for example, the registration module M2 previously set as a registration module for storing the ring back tone to be played when an incoming call arrives. Control to output to the acoustic data processing unit 10 is performed.

The acoustic data processing unit 10 receives, for example, the ringing tone data of the registration module M2 output under the control of the ringing tone reproduction control unit 8 as described above,
This data is converted into an analog signal, processed into a signal that can be reproduced as a ringing tone, the processed acoustic signal is output to the amplifier 11, the amplifier 11 amplifies the acoustic signal, and the signal is received. The speaker 12 plays as a ringing sound such as a bark of a bird.

The ringing of the ringing tone is stopped when the handset detector 19 detects that the handset 18 has been lifted from a predetermined position and is in an off-hook state. That is, when the handset detector 19 detects the off-hook state, this detection signal is transmitted to the transmission / reception controller 1.
4 and the transmission / reception control unit 14 receives this signal and stops the transmission of the incoming signal to the incoming signal detection unit 9. When the incoming signal detector 9 receives the termination of the incoming signal,
A signal is sent to the ring back tone reproduction control unit 8, and the ring back tone reproduction control unit 8 is sent.
At this time, for example, the output control of the stored data to the registration module M2 is stopped, and the operation stop signal is sent to the acoustic data processing unit 10 and the amplifier 11. The sound data processing unit 10 and the amplifier 11 stop the operation upon receiving this signal, whereby the ringing tone is stopped.

Each module M1 to M9 of the ringing tone registration section 2
When the ringing tone stored in the above is played in advance to confirm the stored ringing tone, when the ringing tone confirmation switch 3c of the ten-key unit 3 is pressed, this signal is sent to the ringing tone reproduction control unit 8. A signal is transmitted, and in response to this signal, the ring back tone reproduction control unit 8 receives the acoustic data processing unit 10 and the amplifier 1.
1 to send an actuation signal. Upon receiving this operation signal, the acoustic data processing unit 10 and the amplifier 11 start operating. At the same time, the ringing tone reproduction control unit 8 sets the ringing tone data from the registration module M2 which is set in advance as a ringing tone to be played when an incoming call arrives and is activated by the registration module selection control unit 5 as described above. The control for sending to the data processing unit 10 is performed.

In the acoustic data processing unit 10, for example, the ringing tone data of the registration module M2 output under the control of the ringing tone reproduction control unit 8 as described above is received,
This data is subjected to signal processing such as analog conversion that can be reproduced as a ringing tone, the processed acoustic signal is output to the amplifier 11, and the amplifier 11 amplifies the received acoustic signal and the amplified acoustic signal is amplified. Ringing tone is speaker 1
By ringing at 2 as a ringing sound such as a bark of a bird, it is possible to confirm the ringing sound to be played when an incoming call arrives.

By the way, when making a call, when the dial selection switch 3d of the ten-key part 3 is pushed, the ten-key part 3 is activated by the operation of the switching circuit 4.
3 is connected. In this state, the handset 18 is lifted and the handset detector 19 detects that the handset 18 is in the off-hook state, and the transmission / reception controller 14 receives this detection signal to notify the other party of the telephone number input from the numeric keypad 3. A connection signal is sent to the destination. Reference numeral 15 is a power supply unit that supplies operating power to each unit. In the drawing, the illustration of the wiring to each part is omitted.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and for example, each registration module of the ring back tone registration section 2 may use a tape recorder other than the semiconductor memory device. In addition, it is naturally possible to use a rewritable magneto-optical disk as a storage medium for ringing tones.

[0025]

As described above, according to the present invention,
A plurality of ringing tones are registered in the ringing tone registering means, and a ringing tone selecting means selects a ringing tone to be played when a telephone signal is received from the registered plurality of ringing tones. It is possible to realize a telephone capable of registering a plurality of ringing tones, which plays the ringing tone selected by the ringing tone selecting unit when the incoming call detecting unit detects the incoming call.

Further, there is provided a sound receiving means for receiving the ringing tone to be registered, and a ringing tone registration control section for controlling the ringing tone received by the sound receiving means to the ringing tone registration means. As a result, it is possible to realize a telephone capable of registering a plurality of ringing tones in which a ringing tone to be played when a call arrives can be easily registered.

Further, by the structure provided with the switching means,
It is possible to realize a telephone capable of registering a plurality of ring tones in which a dial key for inputting a telephone number and a selection key for registering and selecting a ring tone can be shared.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Phones that can register multiple ring tones 2 ... Ring tone register section 3. Numeric keypad section 3a Input registration module selection switch 3b Output registration module selection switch 3c Registration ring confirmation switch 3d Dial selection switch 4 ... Switching circuit 5 ... Registration module selection control unit 6 ... Ring tone registration control unit 7 ... Ring tone receiving unit 8 ... Ring tone reproduction control unit 9 ... Incoming signal detection unit 10. Sound data processing unit 11, amplifier 12, speaker 13, dial circuit 14, transmission / reception control unit 16, switchboard 17, telephone line 18, receiver (transmitter / receiver) 19, receiver detection unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A telephone signal transmission / reception control unit for controlling transmission and reception of a telephone signal, a ten-key unit for inputting a telephone number and a dial circuit, and an incoming signal detection means for detecting an incoming telephone signal. A telephone capable of registering a plurality of ringing tones that have a ringing tone selected in advance from among a plurality of ringing tones registered based on the detection of the incoming of the telephone signal by the incoming signal detecting means. Therefore, a ringing tone registering means capable of registering a plurality of ringing tones and a ringing tone to be played when a telephone signal is received are selected in advance from the plurality of ringing tones registered in the ringing tone registering means. And a ringing tone playing unit for playing the ringing tone selected by the ringing tone selecting unit based on the detection of the incoming of the telephone signal by the incoming call signal detecting unit. Characterized by A phone that can register multiple ring tones. 2. The ring back tone registration means for registering the plurality of ring back tones has a plurality of ring back tone registration modules for individually registering different ring back tones, and the ring back tone selection means includes the ring back tone registration. A ten-key unit for selecting a module and a registration module selection control unit for controlling the ringing tone registration module selected by the ten-key unit to be in an active state capable of outputting data, the ringing tone playing means, A ringing tone reproduction control unit for controlling the ringing tone stored in the ringing tone registration module selected by the ringing tone selection unit when an incoming signal is detected, and a ringing output by the control of this ringing reproduction control unit. A sound data processing unit that processes a sound as a soundable sound signal, and a sound signal output from this sound data processing unit is played through a speaker. Claim 1 can be registered telephone multiple ringing, wherein the comprising the amplification unit for amplifying the. 3. A ring back tone receiving means for receiving a ring back tone to be newly registered, a ten-key unit for selecting the ring back tone registration module for storing the received ring back tone, and a keypad section for selecting the ring back tone registration module. A registration module selection control unit for controlling the ringing tone registration module selected by the ten-key unit to be in an active state in which data can be input, and an active state in which data can be input in the registration module selection control unit selected by the ten-key unit. 3. A plurality of ringing tones according to claim 2, further comprising: a ringing tone registration control unit that controls the registered registration module to register the ringing tone received by the ringing tone receiving unit. A phone that can register. 4. A ten-key unit for selecting a registration module for outputting and storing data from the plurality of registration modules and a ten-key unit for inputting a telephone number connected to a dial circuit are shared. 4. A plurality of ring tones can be registered according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising switching means for switching the connection of the same numeric keypad section to either the registration module selection control section or the dial circuit. Phone.