JPH04124946A - Telephone set provided with answer controlling function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To let a user off saying the same thing every time by sending a routine message on the occasion of on-hook at the time of the end of a call or off-hook at the time of call incoming. CONSTITUTION:A processing means for the time of call incoming off-hook is constituted so that when it is started, it executes control for selecting a voice message to be sent by referring to a clock and a sending condition storage part, and reading the selected voice message from a speech recording means, and sending it to a network, and a processing means for the time of call end on-hook is constituted so that when it is started, it executes the control for selecting the-voice message to be sent by referring to the clock and the sending condition storage part, and reading the selected voice message from the speech recording means, and sending it to the network before it executes disconnection processing to the network.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] The present invention relates to a telephone capable of transmitting a fixed message to the other party, and the present invention aims to save the speaker the trouble of repeating the same message by automatically transmitting the fixed message. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a voice recording means for storing voice messages, a clock, a telephone basic circuit, a sending condition storage section for storing message sending condition information, an incoming off-hook processing means that operates when an incoming call is off-hook, and a call ending function. and a call termination on-hook processing means that operates when the call is on-hook, and the incoming call off-hook processing means selects a voice message to be sent by referring to a clock and a sending condition storage section, reads it from the voice recording means, and sends it to the network. performs control to send to
Before disconnecting from the network, the call termination on-hook processing means selects a voice message to be sent by referring to the clock and the sending condition storage section, reads it from the voice recording means, and sends it to the network. Perform control for

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a telephone that can register standard messages, select a message from among standard messages according to conditions when on-hook after a call ends, or go off-hook when a call is received, and convey the selected message to the other party. .

[Prior Art] In conventional telephones, even the same message had to be repeated for each call. In particular, he often said routine words at the beginning and end of calls.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Therefore, a problem arises in that it takes time and effort to repeat the same message.

The present invention was created in view of this point, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone with a response control function that can save the speaker the trouble of repeating the same message by automatically broadcasting a fixed message. The purpose is

[Means to solve the problem]

FIG. 1 is a diagram explaining the principle of the present invention. The telephone with response control function of the present invention comprises: a voice recording means for storing a plurality of voice messages; a clock; a basic circuit of the telephone; and information indicating whether it is off-hook for incoming calls or on-hook for ending calls, and time information. a sending condition storage unit that stores message sending condition information corresponding to each voice message; a registration unit for registering message sending conditions in the sending condition storage unit; an incoming call off-hook processing unit that operates when an incoming call is off-hook; A telephone with a response control function, which has a control circuit having a call termination on-hook processing means that operates when a call is terminated on-hook, and when the incoming call off-hook processing means is activated, it refers to a clock and a sending condition storage unit. Select the voice message to send,
The call ending on-hook processing means is configured to perform control for reading out the selected voice message from the voice recording means and transmitting it to the network, and when activated, the call end on-hook processing means starts the clock before disconnecting from the network. and a transmission condition storage section to select a voice message to be transmitted, read out the selected voice message from the voice recording means, and perform control for transmitting it to the network.

[Effect] If the call is off-hook and it is in the morning,
For example, a voice message such as "Good evening..." is sent to the other party, after which the handset is connected to the telephone line and a normal conversation is made. Also, if you are on-hook at the end of a call and it is in the afternoon, a message such as "Thank you" will be displayed before the disconnection process is performed. We will be open tomorrow from 10am. ” is sent to the other party.

[Embodiment] FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a telephone line, 2 is a basic circuit, 3 is a control circuit, 4 is a call end/incoming call ON10FF detection means, 5 is a voice recording means, 6 is a message selection means, 7 is a message registration means, and 8 is a clock. are shown respectively.

The basic circuit 2 is a basic circuit part of the telephone set, and includes a handset, a telephone call circuit 1, an incoming call monitoring circuit, a dialing circuit, and the like. The control circuit 3 is a part that performs overall control. The end of call/incoming call 0N10 FF detection means 4 detects on-hook at the end of a call and off-hook at the time of incoming call.

The voice recording means 5 records a plurality of voice messages. The message selection means 6 includes call termination/incoming call O.
Based on the detection result of the N10FF detection means 4 and the contents of the clock 8, one of the plurality of messages recorded in the voice recording means 5 is selected. The message registration means 7 is for registering messages.

FIG. 3 shows one embodiment of the message registration procedure.

When registering a message, the message is first registered in step 1, and then the process proceeds to step 2, in which it is registered whether the message is to be sent on-hook or off-hook. Finally, proceed to step 3 and register time conditions regarding message sending.

FIG. 4 shows one embodiment of the message sending procedure.

In step 1, when on-hook is detected at the end of a call or off-hook is detected at the end of a call, the process proceeds to step 2, and the process proceeds to step 3, where the time is checked. In step 3, a message corresponding to on-hook or off-hook or time conditions is called. Proceed to step 4 and send the called message to the telephone line.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing one embodiment of the message registration table. In the illustrated example, the voice recording means 5 has message 1: ``Good morning. I'm here at the house.

Today's morning service is a Hu Gayu set meal.

” Message 2 [Thank you very much. This is Rairaiken. Today's set meal is fried oysters. ” Message 3 [Thank you very much. Please also order lunch at our restaurant. ” Message 4 [Thank you very much. We will be open from 10am tomorrow as well,'' a voice message has been registered. message 1
The sending conditions are an incoming call, off-hook time, and in the morning.
The sending conditions for Message 2 are an incoming call, when the call is off-hook, and in the afternoon, the sending conditions for Message 3 are when the call ends, when the call is on-hook, and in the morning, and the sending conditions for Message 4 are when the call ends, when the call is on-hook, and in the afternoon. It is.

The operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 will be explained. When off-hook is detected for an incoming call, the message selection means 6 selects the clock 8.
Message 1 is selected and the voice recording means 5
Message 1 is read out from Message 1, and Message 1 is sent out from Telephone line 1.

When on-hook is detected at the end of the call, the message selection means 6 refers to the time on the clock 8. Assuming that the time on clock 8 indicates AM, message 3 is selected,
A message 3 is read out from the voice recording means 5 and sent out from the telephone line 1.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the hardware configuration of the present invention.

In the figure, 11 is a telephone line, 12 is a communication circuit, and 13 is a telephone line.
is an incoming call monitoring circuit, 14 is a dialing circuit, 15 is a recording/playback device, 16 is a registration button, 17 is a hook monitoring circuit,
18 is a central processing unit, 19 is a memory, 20 is a clock, 21
indicate handsets and receivers, respectively.

The telephone call circuit 12 is comprised of a transmitter/receiver amplifier for telephone calls, and the like. The incoming call monitoring circuit 13 detects a ringing signal, sounds a ringing tone, and notifies the central processing unit 18 that there is an incoming call.
to notify. The dial transmission circuit 14 is connected to the central processing unit 1
8, a dial signal is sent to the telephone line 11. The recording and reproducing device 15 records a plurality of voice messages, reads out voice messages instructed by the central processing unit 18, and sends them to the telephone line 11. As the recording and reproducing device 15, for example, an optical disk device or the like can be used. The registration button 16 is used to register message sending conditions in the memory 19. For example, 00 (representing an incoming call, off-hook time, and morning) is registered for message 1, 01 is registered for message 2, 10 is registered for message 3, and 11 is registered for message 4.

A dialing keyboard (not shown) is also attached to the handset 21, and the dial number specified by pressing the keyboard is notified to the central processing unit 18. The hook monitoring device 17 notifies the central processing unit 18 that there is an off-hook when there is an off-hook, and notifies the central processing unit 18 that there is an on-hook when there is an on-hook. The central processing unit 18 has a memory 19
Executes various programs stored in .

The memory 19 stores various programs and data. The message registration table (see Figure 5) is also stored in memory 1.
It is stored in 9. The clock 20 displays the time.

When the incoming call monitoring circuit 13 detects an incoming call, the central processing unit 18 is notified of the incoming call.

When the speaker goes off-hook, the hook monitoring circuit 17 notifies the central processing unit 18 that there has been an off-hook. The central processing unit 18 reads the time on the clock 20 on condition that there is an incoming call and off-hook. Assuming that the time on the clock 20 indicates AM, the central processing bag W1 s
The recording/playback device 15 indicates that message 1 should be sent.
At the same time, the output of the recording/reproducing device 15 is connected to the telephone line 11. The recording and reproducing device 15 transmits the message 1 when it is instructed to transmit the message 1.

When the sending of the message 1 is completed, the central processing unit 18 disconnects the recording/reproducing device 15 from the telephone line 11 and connects the handset 21 to the telephone line.

When the call ends and the speaker goes on-hook, the hook monitoring circuit 17 notifies the central processing unit 18 that there has been on-hook. The central processing unit 18 sends the on-hook command #! at the end of the call. After realizing this, the time on the clock 20 is read. Clock 2
Assuming that the time 0 indicates AM, the central processing unit 18 instructs the recording and reproducing device 15 to send the message 3 and connects the output of the recording and reproducing device 15 to the telephone line 11. The recording and reproducing device 15 transmits the message 3 when it is instructed to transmit the message 3.

When the sending of the message 3 is completed, the central processing bag W18 disconnects the recording/reproducing device 15 from the telephone line 11 and connects the incoming call monitoring device 13 to the telephone line 11.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, a user does not have to say the same thing every time because a fixed message is sent on-hook at the end of a call or off-hook at the time of receiving a call. It has this effect and greatly contributes to improving the efficiency of telephone calls.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram explaining the principle of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the message registration procedure in the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a message sending procedure according to the invention, FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a message registration table according to the invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the hardware configuration of the invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Telephone line, 2...Basic circuit, 3...Control circuit, 4...Call end/incoming call ON10 F F detection means, 5...Voice recording means, 6...Message selection means , 7... Message registration means, 8... Clock, 11.
...Telephone line, 12...Telephone circuit, 13...Incoming call monitoring circuit, 14...Dialing circuit, 15...Recording/playback device, 16...Registration button, 17...Hook monitoring circuit , 18... central processing unit, 19... memory,
20...Clock, 21...Telephone receiver.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A voice recording means for storing a plurality of voice messages, a clock, a telephone basic circuit, and message sending conditions including information indicating whether it is an off-hook time for receiving a call or an on-hook time for ending a call, and time information. A sending condition storage section that stores information corresponding to each voice message; a registration means for registering message sending conditions in the sending condition storage section; an incoming off-hook processing section that operates when an incoming call is off-hook; and an on-hook processing section that operates when an incoming call is off-hook. A telephone with a response control function, which has a control circuit having a call ending on-hook processing means that operates, and when the incoming call off-hook processing means is activated, it refers to a clock and a sending condition storage unit to determine the voice to be sent. Select the message and
The on-hook processing means is configured to perform control for reading out the selected voice message from the voice recording means and transmitting it to the line, and when activated, the on-hook processing means for ending a call causes the clock to be activated before performing the disconnection processing to the network. and a response configured to select a voice message to be transmitted by referring to a transmission condition storage unit, read the selected voice message from the voice recording means, and perform control for transmitting it to the rope. Telephone with control functions.