Sony Corporation

Takeho Yamada

Masato Yamagata

Kanji Ohnishi

A cordless telephone having a base unit to be connected to a telephone line network and a handset unit to be connected to the base unit through a communication channel upon initiation of a telephone conversation. The cordless telephone includes a detecting circuit provided in the handset unit for detecting removal of the handset unit from a predetermined standby position, and a circuit for generating a command signal such that, when the detection output of the detecting circuit indicates that the handset unit is picked up from the predetermined standby position and, on the condition that a dial key of the handset unit is operated, the base unit is connected to the telephone line network.

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Tokyo, Japan

Takeho Yamada