JPH05276253A - Home bus system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To designate one at plural extension telephone sets at the time of sending a message from a telephone line to an extension telephone set in a home bus system to record it. CONSTITUTION:A voice recording and reproducing device 6 connected to a home bus cable 5 of the home bus system records the message from the telephone line, and a memory area for this recording corresponds to a designated extension telephone set 4. The presence of the message is displayed on the display part of the designated extension telephone set 4. When this display is seen to send a reproducing command from this extension telephone set 4 to the voice recording and reproducing device 6, the message is reproduced and heard by the extension telephone set 4.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a home bus system equipped with a voice recording / playback device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 shows the configuration of a conventional home bus system. In FIG. 5, the answering machine 1 is SL
It is connected to the home bus cable 5 via the T adapter 2. The external telephone line is the home bus system main unit 3
Is connected to the home bus cable 5 via. Further, a group of extension telephones 4 for the home bus system is connected to the home bus cable 5.

Next, the operation of the above conventional example will be described.
In FIG. 5, a 16 Hz incoming signal is detected from the telephone line, and an incoming command is sent to each extension telephone 4 connected to the home bus cable 5 and the SLT adapter 2. Upon receiving this incoming command, the extension telephone set 4 outputs a ringing tone and displays the incoming call. Further, the SLT adapter 2 which has received the incoming call command outputs a 16 Hz incoming call signal to the answering machine 1. When the answering machine 1 that has received this 16 Hz incoming signal is set in the answering mode, then it is connected to the telephone line via the SLT adapter 2 and the main device 3, and the message message from this is sent out.
At the same time that the message sent from the other party is recorded, the fact that the recording was performed is displayed and the operator is notified.

Further, when the operator listens to a recorded message from the other party, the recorded message from the other party can be reproduced from the answering machine 1 by an operation such as pressing a reproduction button of the answering machine 1. Further, regarding the recording of the message message, the message message can be recorded on the answering machine 1 by an operation such as pressing a message recording button of the answering machine 1. Also, when playing back the recorded message, the message can be played back by the same operation as above. As described above, in the above conventional home bus system as well, by connecting the answering machine 1 via the SLT adapter 2, recording of a message from the other party of the telephone line, recording of a message message from the other party, and recording of each message. Playback can be performed.

[0005]

However, in the above-described conventional home bus system, the answering machine 1 performs recording and reproducing operations as a single function. For this reason, the other extension telephones 4 are allowed to reproduce the message on the answering machine 1 for listening, or the extension telephones 4 having the extension telephones 4 group are arbitrarily designated from the telephone line to record a message to the extension telephones. However, there is a problem that the extension telephone 4 cannot be used for reproduction or the like.

The present invention solves such a conventional problem by designating an arbitrary extension telephone in a group of extension telephones from a telephone line or one extension telephone, so to speak of individual messages. It is an object of the present invention to provide an excellent home bus system capable of recording and playing back through the designated extension telephone.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a main device for managing the entire system connected to a telephone line and a home connected to the main device. Bus cable, extension telephone group connected to home bus cable, and connected to home bus cable,
Home that consists of a voice recording / playback device that can store a message sent from a telephone line or home bus extension to a designated extension telephone in the memory area corresponding to the designated extension telephone and play it back to the designated extension telephone. It is a bus system.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the voice recording / reproducing apparatus outputs a display command indicating that there is a message to the designated extension telephones, and each extension telephone receives the display command and indicates that there is a message. The home bus system according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the voice recording / reproducing apparatus has an individual pointer corresponding to each extension telephone set of the extension telephone set, and the message stored in the memory by the individual pointer. Start address of
And the end address.

[0010]

Therefore, according to the first aspect of the invention, when a message is transmitted from the telephone line or the home bus extension (extension telephone), the extension telephone to which the message is transmitted is designated. As a result, the voice recording / reproducing apparatus stores the message in the memory area corresponding to the designated extension telephone. Also, the message can be played back to the designated extension telephone.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the voice recording / reproducing apparatus outputs the display command to the designated extension telephone when storing the message in the memory. Upon receiving the display command, the extension telephone displays a message indicating that there is a message.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the voice recording / reproducing apparatus holds the address indicating the start address and the end address of the message in the memory by the individual printer corresponding to each extension telephone, as described above. Then, the data is stored in the memory area corresponding to the designated extension telephone (the invention of claim 1).

[0013]

EXAMPLE 1 FIG. 1 shows the configuration of Example 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 6 is a voice recording / reproducing apparatus, which is connected to the home bus cable 5. A main device 3 is connected to the home bus cable 5 and a telephone line and manages the entire system. Reference numeral 4 is an extension telephone.

FIG. 2 shows an internal block of the voice recording / reproducing apparatus 6. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 7 is an extension telephone individual pointer indicating a memory area corresponding to each extension telephone. 8
Is a voice memory for storing messages to all extension telephones 4. Reference numeral 9 is a communication circuit which functions as a main unit of the voice recording / reproducing apparatus 6. Reference numeral 10 is a control circuit for controlling the voice recording / reproducing apparatus. Reference numeral 11 is an A / D and D / A section.

FIG. 3 shows the relationship between the extension telephone 4 and the voice recording / reproducing apparatus 6 (FIG. 2) in FIG. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 6 is a voice recording / reproducing device. The configuration is such that the A / D, D / A section 11 is connected to the voice memory 8,
Further, the call line 12 of the home bus cable 8 is connected to the call unit 13 of the extension telephone set 4. Further, the communication circuit 9 is connected to the communication circuit 15 of the extension telephone 4 by the control line 14 of the home bus cable 8.

The extension telephone 4 is composed of the communication circuit 15, the call section 13, a control circuit 16 for controlling the extension telephone 4, and a display section 17 for displaying the presence or absence of a message.

FIG. 4 shows the relationship between the extension individual pointer 7 of the voice recording / reproducing apparatus 6 and the voice memory 8. The extension individual pointer 8 is composed of a flag 18, a start address 19 and an end address 20. This top address 19
The end address 20 has a function of holding the address of the message stored in the voice memory 8.

The operation of the above embodiment will be described. When a 16 Hz incoming signal is input from the telephone line, the main device 3 detects the 16 Hz incoming signal and sends an incoming command to the voice recording / reproducing device 6 connected to the home bus cable 5.

When the voice recording / reproducing device 6 which has received the incoming command is set in the absence mode, the main device 3
Is connected to a telephone line via the, and a message of the other party is recorded in the voice recording / reproducing device 6. When the destination of the recorded message of the other party is designated for each extension telephone 4, the address of the destination extension telephone 4 is first designated by the PB signal (multifrequency code) of the telephone line. By doing so, the extension telephone individual pointer 7 of the voice recording / reproducing apparatus 6 corresponding to the extension telephone 4 is set. That is, when the voice recording / reproducing apparatus 6 stores the message in the voice memory 8, the flag 18 of the extension telephone individual pointer 7 corresponding to the designated extension telephone 4 is set, and the head of the message stored in the voice memory 8 is further set. The address 19 and the end address 20 are stored, and the voice memory 8 is managed. And the other party's message is A / D,
The voice memory 8 is digitized through the D / A unit 11.
Is stored in.

Needless to say, the extension telephone 4 can similarly specify another extension telephone 4 to record a message.

As described above, when a message is stored in the voice memory 8 of the voice recording / reproducing apparatus 6, the communication circuit 9 sends a display command to the extension telephone 4 corresponding to the set pointer 7 for each extension telephone. Output.

Upon receiving the display command from the communication circuit 15, the extension telephone set 4 displays on the display unit 17 that the recording has been performed by the control circuit 16 to notify the operator.

As described above, when a message recorded by designating a certain extension telephone 4 is reproduced, a reproduction command is sent from the communication circuit 15 of the extension telephone 4 to the voice recording / reproducing apparatus 6. Then, the voice recording / reproducing apparatus 6 reverses the operation of the above-described recording to convert the digitized message stored in the voice memory 8 into A / D,
The D / A unit 11 converts it into an analog signal and sends it to the call unit 13 of the extension telephone 4. Thereby, the recorded message of the other party can be heard through the extension telephone 4.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, when a message designating the extension telephone set 4 is sent from the telephone line via the main unit 3, the extension telephone set individual pointer 7 is set in the voice recording / reproducing apparatus 6. Thus, the message can be stored in the voice memory 8 and therefore, the individual message designating the extension telephone 4 can be left. Needless to say, the extension telephone 4 can also perform individual message recording by designating another extension telephone 4.

When the message is stored in the voice memory 8, the command is output to the extension telephone 4 corresponding to the set individual extension telephone pointer 7 and the display 17 indicates that the recording is performed, and the operation is performed. Can be notified. Then, when the operator who receives the notification reproduces the message, the extension telephone 4 outputs a reproduction command to the voice recording / reproducing apparatus 6 to reproduce the message from the communication unit 13. ..

Further, the individual extension telephone pointer 7 is used to move the head address 19 of the message stored in the voice memory 8
Since the end address 20 is managed, the memory of the voice memory 8 can be effectively used.

[0027]

The present invention has the following effects, as is apparent from the above-mentioned embodiments. (1) It is possible to specify an arbitrary extension telephone of the extension telephone set in the home bus system from the telephone line or the extension telephone in the home bus system to leave an individual message. (2) Since the message is recorded on the display unit of the designated extension telephone, the fact that the message is recorded can be shown only to the extension telephone. (3) A pointer corresponding to each individual telephone of the extension telephone group is provided in the voice recording / reproducing apparatus, and the pointer is used to indicate the start address and end address of the individual message stored in the voice memory, thereby enabling the voice memory. It has the effect that it can be used for. Further, conventionally, when the answering machine of the answering machine is canceled, there is a problem that the display indicating that there is a recorded message of the other party disappears. However, according to the present invention, the voice recording / reproducing apparatus is always operated. It is possible to keep the display, and since the individual extension telephones can be made to respectively display, the display does not disappear.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a home bus system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an internal block diagram of the audio recording / playback device of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a relationship between the voice recording / reproducing apparatus of FIG. 1 and an extension telephone.

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the operation of a voice memory inside the voice recording / reproducing apparatus of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a schematic block diagram of a conventional home bus system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Answering machine 2 SLT adapter 3 Main device 4 Extension telephone 5 Home bus cable 6 Voice recording / playback device 7 Extension telephone individual pointer 8 Voice memory 9 Call circuit 10 Control circuit 11 A / D, D / A section 12 Call line 13 Call section 14 control line 15 communication circuit 16 control circuit 17 display section 18 flag 19 start address 20 end address

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A main device for managing the entire system connected to a telephone line, a home bus cable connected to the main device, a group of extension telephones connected to the home bus cable, and a home bus cable connected to the home bus cable. , A voice recording / playback device capable of storing a message sent from a telephone line or home bus extension by designating an extension telephone in the memory area corresponding to the designated extension telephone and reproducing the message to the designated extension telephone. Home bus system. 2. The voice recording / reproducing apparatus outputs a display command indicating that a message is present to a designated extension telephone set, and each extension telephone set is provided with a display unit that indicates a message presence in response to the display command. The home bus system described in 1. 3. The voice recording / reproducing apparatus has an individual pointer corresponding to each extension telephone of the extension telephone group, and the individual pointers correspond to the start address and end address of the message stored in the memory. The home bus system according to claim 1, wherein