JPH09130472A - Automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain the device surely informing to which of a usual automatic recording mode or an exclusive reply mode the device is set to the user by providing a means to inform it to the user that the exclusive reply mode is set. SOLUTION: A signal to set the automatic answering mode is given to a control section 3 from an automatic answering mode setting switch 1 and a signal representing whether or not the recording is available is given from a recording and reproducing device 2. The control section 3 sets the mode to the usual automatic answering mode or the exclusive reply mode based n the signals. When the switch 1 is depressed to set the automatic answering mode, the control section 3 confirms whether or not a tape is set to the device 2 and when the recording is available, the telephone set is set to the usual automatic answering recording mode. When the setting is made, a device 4 generates a message automatically and it is sounded by a speaker 5. The user confirms to which of the usual automatic recording mode or the exclusive reply mode the device is set by the reply above.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an answering machine, and more particularly to an answering machine having an automatic answering operation mode notification function when an answering mode is turned on.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an answering machine equipped with an answering answering machine, an answering answering mode in which only a reply message is sent when an automatic answer is made and a message is not recorded,
There is a normal answering machine that records a message. Conventionally, there is a device having a function of notifying a user of the set absence mode by displaying an LED (light emitting diode) or the like.

[0003]

However, with this alone, the user intends to turn on the normal absence mode for recording the message, and the tape for recording the message is not properly set in the recording / reproducing apparatus, and therefore the error is erroneous. Even if the answering-only answering mode is set, the answering mode may not be set by the user unless the user is looking carefully at the display.

An object of the present invention is to provide an answering machine capable of surely informing a user whether the answering machine is set in the normal answering recording mode or the answering answering mode when the answering mode is turned on.

[0005]

The answering machine according to the present invention comprises notifying means for notifying the user that the answering answering mode has been set when the answering mode is set.

Further, the notifying means, when the absence mode is set,
The recording / playback device for recording a message determines whether or not recording is possible. If recording is possible, normal answering mode is set. If recording is not possible, answering machine answering mode is set. It includes a first response message indicating that the response has been set, and a voicing means for issuing a response message different from the first response message indicating that the response-only answering mode has been set.

[0007]

[Operation] When the answering mode is set, it is determined whether or not the actual recording of the message is possible in the recording / reproducing apparatus, and if the recording of the message is impossible, the answering-only answering mode is set. When notified, the user is notified by voice.

[0008]

1 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of an answering machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the operation of the block diagram of FIG. In FIG. 1, 1 is an answering mode setting switch, 2 is a recording / reproducing device, 3 is a control unit including a microcomputer, 4 is a voice synthesis voicing device, and 5 is a speaker. The control section 3 receives an ON signal for setting the absence mode from the absence mode setting switch 1 and a signal indicating whether or not recording is possible from the recording / reproducing apparatus 2, and the absence mode is based on these signals. Set the mode to either normal answering mode or answer-only answering mode. The signal indicating whether recording is possible from the recording / reproducing apparatus 2 is, for example, if the recording cassette tape is set by a detection sensor (mechanical sensor, optical sensor, etc.) arranged at the setting position of the recording cassette tape. The signal turns on and turns off if not set.

In the off state of the answering mode, first, when the answering mode is turned on by pressing the answering mode setting switch 1 (step S1 in FIG. 2), the control section 3 sets the recording tape in the recording / reproducing apparatus 2. Whether or not it is confirmed (S2). In step S2, if the message can be recorded, the control unit 3 determines the normal answering machine mode and sets the answering machine to the normal answering machine mode (S).
3). When the normal answering machine mode is set, a response message, for example, "I am currently out of the office" is automatically reproduced from the voice synthesis voicing device 4 and uttered from the speaker 5 (S4). The user can confirm that the answering machine has been set to the normal answering machine mode by listening to the response message.

On the other hand, in step S2, if the recording tape is not set in the recording / reproducing apparatus 2 and the message cannot be recorded, the control section 3 judges that the answering answering mode is set and the answering machine answers. Set to the exclusive answering mode (S5). When the answer-only answering mode is set, a voice response message from the voice synthesizer 4, for example, "I'm away now" is played back and the speaker 5 speaks (S6), followed by "Recording is 0 minutes". It is continuously reproduced and uttered from the speaker 5 (S7). Therefore, the user can select the last part of the response message "Record 0
It is possible to confirm that the answer-only answering mode has been set by listening to the message "It is a minute", and avoid setting the answering mode that is not intended by me.

[0011]

According to the present invention, the erroneous setting of the answering mode of the user can be prevented and the setting of the answering mode can be performed reliably, so that the operability of the answering machine can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an embodiment of an answering machine according to the present invention.

2 is a flowchart of the operation of the block diagram of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Answering mode setting switch 2 Recording / playback device 3 Control unit 4 Voice synthesis voicing device 5 Speaker

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An answering machine, comprising an informing unit for informing a user that an answering-only answering mode has been set when the answering mode is set. 2. The answering machine according to claim 1, wherein:
When the answering mode is set, the notifying means determines whether or not the recording / playback device for recording a message is recordable, and sets the normal answering mode if the recording is possible, and sets the answering answering mode if the recording is not possible. Control means, a first response message indicating that the normal answering mode has been set, and a voicing means for issuing a response message different from the first response message indicating that the answering-only answering mode has been set. Answering machine.