JPH02309751A - Automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To increase sound recording capacity and to compensate conventional faults by providing an adapter which enables an extension voice memory to easily be connected to the outside and a control part which controls the extension voice memory through the adapter. CONSTITUTION:The extension voice memory 27 is inserted into the adapter 26 and an external recording key is pressed. Then automatic answering at the time of termination is carried out as usual, but a message from an opposite side is not sent to an automatic answering cassette tape on a cassette recorder part 23, but sent to the extension voice memory 27 through the adapter 26 and recorded for a constant preset time. In this case, the termination is repeated and if the extension voice memory 27 becomes full, a message from an opposite side is sent to and recorded on the automatic answering cassette tape on the cassette tape recorder part 23.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an answering machine connected to a telephone line, and in particular, the present invention relates to an answering machine connected to a telephone line, and in particular, it is capable of automatically answering an incoming call and sending a pre-recorded response message to the telephone line with simple operation. The present invention relates to an answering machine having a function of recording messages from the other party.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, this type of answering machine has two types of recording methods: one has a cassette tape recorder inside and records on a cassette tape, and the other has an internal voice memory IC and records on this IC.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

The above-mentioned conventional answering machine has the advantage that it can take a relatively long time to record each message and can record a relatively large number of messages if it uses a cassette tape recording method. On the other hand, it has the disadvantage that operations such as playing back each recorded message and cueing the beginning are extremely troublesome. On the other hand, in the case of a recording method using a voice memory IC, contrary to the former method, playback and cueing of messages recorded when the user is away is very easy to perform with one touch, but on the other hand, the time required for each recorded message is very simple. It is difficult to make it longer than the former case, and the number of recordings of the built-in audio memory IC is also smaller than the former case.

[Means to solve the problem]

The answering machine of the present invention includes a response message recording section in which a response message is pre-recorded, and a response message recording section that automatically responds when the answering machine is activated and reproduces the prerecorded response message from the response message recording section. An answering machine that has an automatic answering section that sends out to the telephone line, a message recording section that records the message from the other party after the automatic answer, and a message playback section that plays back the contents recorded by this message recording section. an adapter to which a voice memory can be connected; and a control section that controls recording to the additional voice memory via the adapter when it is detected that all the storage media of the message recording section have been used. .

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 are a block diagram and a top view, respectively, showing an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the answering machine 1 of this embodiment has dial keys 5. Memo key 7, answering machine setting key 8.
External recording selection key9. Playback key 10 and recording key 11
a keyboard unit 25 including a keyboard unit 25 , a line interface unit (hereinafter referred to as INF) 22 that interfaces with a telephone line 30 and includes a calling circuit and a calling circuit, and a handset 2 . A speaker 3 and a microphone 6, a cassette recorder section 23 for recording and playing back messages for automatic answering and messages from the other party, an additional audio memory 27, and an adapter 26 for connecting the additional audio memory 27 to the answering machine 1. And the answering machine II of this embodiment! 11, and a control unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 24 for controlling the entire system.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained using FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together.

First, if you want to record a message for automatic response, turn on the answering machine setting key 8, and the CPU 24 will
The cassette is inserted through F22, and the coder section 23 operates, and the message from the microphone 6 is transferred to the cassette recorder section 23.
recorded on internal cassette tape. The recorded response message cassette tape is automatically rewound.

If a cassette tape for recording an answering machine is set in the cassette recorder section 23 in this state, the present embodiment enters the state of recording an answering machine.

Next, when a call arrives via the telephone line 30, the lNF22
An incoming call signal is detected by the CPU 24, and the response message cassette tape in the cassette recorder section 23 is operated to automatically respond, and the response message is transferred to the INF.
22 to the telephone line 30. When the sending of the response message is completed, the cassette recorder section 23 operates a cassette tape for recording the answering machine, and records the message from the other party for a predetermined period of time. At this time, the cassette tape containing the answering message is automatically rewound, and this operation is repeated every time there is an incoming call.

Next, the operation when using the additional audio memory will be explained.

If you insert the additional voice memory 27 into the adapter 26 and press the external recording key 11, the automatic answer when receiving a call is the same as above, but the message from the other party will be recorded as an answering machine in the cassette recorder section 23. Instead of being sent to the cassette tape, the audio is sent to the additional audio memory 27 through the adapter 26 and recorded for a preset period of time. In this case, when the additional voice memory 27 becomes full due to repeated incoming calls, the message from the other party is sent to the cassette tape for recording the answering machine in the cassette recorder section 23 and recorded.

Next, the reproduction operation of the recorded message will be explained.

To listen to the content recorded in the cassette recorder section 23,
When the cassette recorder section 23 is operated from the keyboard section 25 to perform rewinding and playback operations, a playback message can be heard from the speaker 3.

Further, in order to confirm the contents recorded in the expansion voice memory 27, by turning on the memo key 7 and pressing the playback key 10, the first recorded message will be played back. When the playback key 10 is pressed again, the next recorded message is played back, and by repeating this operation, the recorded contents are sequentially transmitted from the speaker 3.

Next, to erase the contents of this additional voice memory, hold down the memo key 7 and the answering machine setting key 8 at the same time, and each time you press the record key 11, a confirmation tone will sound from the adapter 26, and the additional voice memory 27 The messages inside will be deleted one by one.

In the above explanation, the expansion audio memory 27 was explained using a recording method using a cassette tape, but the audio memory IC
The recording capacity can be greatly increased by using the recording method.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention has an adapter that can easily connect an additional audio memory to the outside, and a control section that controls the additional audio memory via this adapter, thereby improving the recording method using an audio memory IC. In some cases, by connecting this additional voice memory to an adapter, you can increase the recording capacity and compensate for the drawbacks of the conventional method, so if you frequently use it as an answering machine, you should use the additional voice memory. If you don't need it, you don't have to install an additional audio memory, which gives you selectivity. Since it is possible to connect the audio memory for the cassette tape to the adapter and use it preferentially from the cassette tape, it is possible to improve the case where a small number of recorded messages are recorded.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIGS. 1 and 2 are a block diagram and a top view, respectively, showing one embodiment of the present invention.

1...Answering machine, 2...Handset, 3...
・Speaker, 4...Cassette recorder section, 5...Dial key, 6...Microphone, 7...Memo key, 8...Answering machine setting key, 9...External recording selection key, 10...・Playback key, 11... Recording key, 22...
・Line interface unit (INF), 23...Cassette recorder unit, 24...Control unit (CPU), 25...
-Keyboard section, 26...Adapter, 27...Additional audio memory, 30...Telephone line.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A response message recording section in which a response message is pre-recorded; and an automatic response device that automatically responds during answering machine operation and plays back the pre-recorded response message from the response message recording section and sends it to the telephone line. An adapter that allows an external voice memory to be connected to an answering machine that has a message recording section that records a message from the other party after an automatic answer, and a message playback section that plays back the content recorded by the message recording section. and a control unit that controls recording in the additional voice memory via the adapter when it is detected that all the storage media of the message recording unit are used.