JPH04156153A - Automatic recording and transferring telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify the operation and to reduce the cost of a system device by recording a receiver's name and using a voice synthesizing integrated circuit to synthesize the receiver's name with a preliminarily generated response message or transfer message and sending the message to the caller or the transfer destination thereafter. CONSTITUTION:A receiver uses a handset 8 to preliminarily record his name in a voice recording/reproducing IC 13; and when a telephone call comes from a caller during the absence of the receiver, his name recorded in the voice recording/reproducing IC 13 is synthesized with the response message in a voice synthesizing IC 14 by a control circuit 6. After the response message is sent, the business transmitted from the caller is recorded on a TP of a cassette deck 15. Thereafter, an interface circuit 5 is used to automatically originate a call to the transfer destination by the control circuit 6, and the receiver's name in the voice recording/reproducing IC 13 is synthesized with the transfer message in a voice synthesizing IC 14, and this message is transferred together with the message from the caller. Thus, the receiver's name is only recorded to generate response and transfer messages, and the operation is simplified and the cost is reduced.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to an answering machine and a telephone answering machine.
In particular, it is equipped with a transfer function.

[Prior Art] Fig. 2 is a simplified diagram of the configuration of a conventional answering machine disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-267048. In Fig. 2, (1) is connected to a telephone line. These terminals are connected to a rectifying diode bridge circuit (2) and a ringer circuit (3), respectively. (4) is a ringer detection circuit, and the ringer output is input to a control circuit (6) having a system control microcomputer. (5) is an interface circuit, which is connected to the speech circuit (7) together with the control circuit (6). (8
) is a handset with a built-in speaker for receiving calls and a microphone for sending calls, and is connected to a speech circuit (7). (9) is an input section that has a group of keys for inputting control conditions such as mode switching and inputting a telephone number to the control circuit (6), setting of answering mode and message transfer standby state, security code, and destination phone number. This is used to input numbers, etc. (10) is a cassette tape drive unit, which includes a response tape C (hereinafter referred to as TPI and #i) and a receiving tape (hereinafter referred to as #i).

It has a drive section (denoted as TP2) and drives each tape according to commands from a control circuit (6). Reference numeral (11) is a response/reception switching circuit, which switches between the output of messages on the TPI side and the output of messages on the TP2 side. (1
2) is an amplifier circuit, which constitutes a recording amplifier or a playback amplifier for TPI and TP2, and switching between recording and playback is performed by commands from the control circuit (6), and signal input during recording and signal output during playback are This is done via the speech circuit (7).

Next, the operation will be explained.

First, the cassette tape drive unit (1) is connected to the handset (8) via the speech circuit (7) and the amplifier circuit (12).
Record a response message to be sent to the caller and a transfer notification message to be sent to the transfer destination on the TPI of 0), and use the dial keys and function keys of the input section (9) to set answering machine and transfer. So, when I received a call from the caller while I was away.

Via the ringer circuit (3) and ringer detection circuit (4).

A signal is input to the control circuit (6). This signal input closes the DC circuit of the interface circuit (5) to automatically receive a call. And the cassette tape drive section (10)
The response/reception switching circuit (11), amplifier circuit (12), and speech circuit (11) set on the response side drive the TPI of the
7), interface circuit (5).

The rectifying diode bridge circuit (2) sends a response message to the caller via the terminal (1) telephone line. After sending this response message, the response/reception switching circuit (11
) on the receiving side, and the message sent from the caller is recorded on TP2 of the cassette tape drive unit (10) in the reverse route of sending the response message. When the recording of the message is completed, open the DC circuit of the interface circuit (5) and
Cut the line. Thereafter, the control circuit (6) controls the interface circuit (5) to automatically send a call to a preset transfer destination. When a call from the answering machine is received at the transfer destination, a TPI transfer message from the cassette tape drive section (10) is sent.

Inform the forwarding destination that this call is a forwarding call to a loved one who owns an answering machine. At the forwarding destination, the second recipient receives the call from this forwarded message, sets the answering/receiving switching circuit (11) for reception by sending a predetermined password to the answering machine, and then switches the cassette tape drive unit (10) to the forwarding destination. ), the caller can reproduce the message received from the caller while the caller was away, and know the contents of the message.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] Since the conventional answering machine is configured as described above, a loved one who owns an answering machine should think about the text content of the response message and forwarded message, and download the cassette tape in advance. There is a problem in that the TPl of the drive unit (10) must be recorded, which takes time and effort to prepare, and there are also two types of messages in the TPI: one for response and one for notification of transfer.

The TP2 records the message from the caller and operates the response/reception switching circuit (11) when it is reproduced, so the operation is complicated and the cost is high.

This invention was made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and allows a loved one to easily create a response message and a forwarded message, as well as record and play back the above two messages and the request from the caller. Aim to obtain a telephone answering machine that can be easily and inexpensively transferred 6 [Means for solving the problem] The telephone machine that transmits a telephone answering machine according to the present invention has a first recorder that records the recipient's name. a first voice synthesis integrated circuit for synthesizing a predetermined response message to be sent to the caller including the name of the recipient of the first recording and playback means; and a second recording and reproducing means for recording the message from the caller.

a second speech synthesis integrated circuit for synthesizing a predetermined transfer message to be sent to a transfer destination including the recipient name of the first recording and reproducing means;
The apparatus includes a transfer means for transferring a predetermined message transmitted by the second voice synthesis integrated circuit and a message transmitted by the second recording and reproducing means via a telephone line.

[Function] The telephone answering machine according to the present invention synthesizes the recipient's name recorded in the first recording and reproducing means into a predetermined response message using the first voice synthesis integrated circuit.

After the response means sends the message to the caller and the second recording and reproducing means records the message from the caller, the second voice synthesis integrated circuit synthesizes the recipient's name in the first recording and reproducing means into a predetermined forwarded message. 2. By forwarding the message from the caller by the recording/reproducing means and the forwarding means, it is possible to create a response message and a forwarded message by simply recording the recipient's name, and the message can be created easily by using an integrated circuit. Easy and low cost.

[Example 1] An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1st
In the figure, (1) to (9) and (12) are the same or equivalent to the conventional example, and therefore their explanation will be omitted.

(13) is an audio recording/reproducing integrated circuit (hereinafter referred to as audio recording/reproducing IC) (14) indicating a first recording/reproducing means for recording the recipient's name.
is a speech synthesis integrated circuit (hereinafter referred to as speech synthesis IC) that combines a first speech synthesis integrated circuit and a second speech synthesis integrated circuit.
The receiver's name is combined with the pre-recorded response message and transfer notification message to create a predetermined message.

(15) is a cassette deck representing a second recording/playback means for recording matters from a caller;
TP). In addition, audio recording and playback IC (1
3), voice synthesis IC (14), cassette deck (15)
) are each controlled by a control circuit (6), and each audio signal is sent to and received from the telephone line via an amplifier circuit (12).

Next, the operation will be explained.

In advance, the lover records his or her name on the voice recording/reproducing IC (13) using the handset (8), and then enters the input section (9).
answering machine using dial keys and function keys,
Set to transfer set state. When a caller receives a call while you are away, the call is automatically answered as in the conventional case. Then, the control circuit (6) synthesizes the recipient name written in the voice recording/reproducing IC (13) with the response message of the voice synthesis IC (14), reproduces it as a predetermined response message, and the amplifier circuit (12), Speech circuit (7), interface circuit (5), rectifier diode bridge circuit (5),
terminal (2), sent to the calling party via the telephone line. For example, as a response message, "Yes, this is ○○. I'm away at the moment. If you need to forward the matter, please state the matter." is sent to the voice synthesis IC (14).
The audio recording is reproduced at the “○○” location above.
The recipient's name is input from C (13), created as a predetermined response message, and sent to the calling party. After sending out the response message, the message sent by the caller is recorded from the amplifier circuit (12) to the TP of the cassette deck (15) in the reverse route from when the response message was sent. Then, when the recording of the matter is finished, the line 7 is disconnected. After that, the control circuit (6)
automatically calls the forwarding destination using the interface circuit (5), and when the call arrives at the forwarding destination, the voice recording/playback I
The recipient's name of C(13) is synthesized with the transfer message of voice synthesis IC(14) and sent as a predetermined transfer message to the transfer destination where the loved one is located. This allows the recipient to know that this call is a call being transferred to a loved one. For example, if you send a forwarded message to ``Mr. ○○ has received a forwarded call, please call him.'' ” is recorded in the speech synthesis IC (14), and the above phrase “○○
'', the recipient's name is input from the voice recording/reproducing IC (13), and a predetermined forwarding message is created and sent to the forwarding destination. At the forwarding destination, upon receiving this forwarded message, the loved one sends a predetermined password to the voice mail forwarding telephone device, activates the TP of the cassette deck (15), and transfers the message received from the caller while he was away. Play it and know the contents of the message.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, after recording the recipient's name and synthesizing the recipient's name with a response message or forwarded message created in advance using a speech synthesis integrated circuit, Since the message is configured to be sent to the forwarding destination, the loved one can create a response message and forwarded message just by recording their own name, saving them the trouble of creating each message in its entirety.
Easy to operate. In addition, by using integrated circuits to create each of the above messages, the device can be made inexpensive.
This has the effect of providing high operating precision. Furthermore, by inserting your name at the beginning of the response message,
The response is clear to the caller, and by inserting the name at the beginning of the forwarded message, the forwarding party can be easily identified when the message is sent to the forwarding destination.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a telephone answering machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional answering machine. In the figure, (1) is a terminal, (2) is a rectifier diode bridge circuit, and (5) is an interface circuit. (6) is a control circuit, (7) is a speech circuit, (8) is a handset, (9) is an input section, and (12) is an amplifier circuit. (13) is an audio recording/reproducing integrated circuit, (14) is an audio synthesis integrated circuit, and (15) is a cassette deck. In addition, in FIG. 9, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent parts. Agent Masuo Oiwa (2 others) Figure 1 15: Skein 7 sea lions, ゛7ki

Claims (1)

[Claims] a first recording and reproducing means for recording the recipient's name; a first voice synthesis integrated circuit for synthesizing a predetermined response message to be sent to the caller including the recipient's name of the first recording and reproducing means; and the first voice synthesis integrated circuit. a response means for sending a predetermined response message to the caller by a circuit; a second recording and reproducing means for recording the message from the caller; and a predetermined transfer for sending the message to a forwarding destination with the recipient's name added to the first recording and reproducing means. The second to synthesize the message
A voice mail transfer telephone device comprising a voice synthesis integrated circuit, and a transfer means for transferring a predetermined transfer message by the second voice synthesis integrated circuit and a message by the second recording and reproducing means via a telephone line. .