Automatic on-hook arrangement

A method of obtaining an on-hook arrangement for telephone equipment, comprising the steps of:

• detecting an absence of an input voice of a user at voice input means;
• measuring time during which the input voice of the user is not detected;
• emitting a warning for the user if a predetermined period of time is measured during which the input voice of the user is not detected;
• and
• cutting off a telephone line connection when the warning is not released and the input voice of the user is not detected for another predetermined period of time.

Telephone equipment comprising:

• voice input means to which an input voice of a user is to be inputted, a speech recognition means connected to said voice input means for recognizing a voice pattern of the input voice, auto-dial memory means connected to said speech recognition means and which stores a speech recognition pattern, telephone numbers, time set data, and count starting time data, and an automatic on-hook arrangement which comprises:
• means for detecting the input voice of the user at said voice input means;
• timer means for measuring time during which said detecting means does not detect the input voice;
• timer setting means operatively connected between said auto-dial memory means and said timer means for setting time of said timer means, said auto-dial memory means memorizing said setting time as said time set data;
• means for emitting a warning for a user when said timer means measures a predetermined period of time during which said detecting means did not detect any input voice from said voice input means;
• means for releasing said warning;
• and
• means for cutting off a telephone line connection with said voice input means when said warning is not released by said releasing means and not input voice of the user is detected by said detecting means during another predetermined period of time.

In telephone equipment provided with a voice input means to which an input voice of a user is to be inputted, an automatic on-hook arrangement comprising:

• means for detecting the input voice of the user at said voice input means;
• timer means for measuring time during which said detecting means does not detect the input voice;
• means for emitting a warning for the user when said timer means measures a predetermined period of time during which said detecting means did not detect any input voice from said voice input means;
• means for releasing said warning;
• means for cutting off a telephone line connection with said voice input means;
• and
• control means connected to all of said detecting means, timer means, emitting means, releasing means and cutting off means so that said control means causes said emitting means to emit said warning when said timer means measures said predetermined period of time during which said detecting means did not detect any input voice from said voice input means, said control means causes said emitting means to release said warning if said releasing means is actuated during emission of said warning, and said control means causes said cutting off means to cut off said telephone line connection with said voice input means when said warning is not released by said releasing means and no input voice of the user is detected by said detecting means during another predetermined period of time.