JPS60208150A - Sound recording response device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To expel easily a mischievous telephone call by recording an incoming signal from a telephone line to a recording means, reproducing the signal after a prescribed time is elapsed and transmitting the signal to the telephone line. CONSTITUTION:A call comes from a telephone line 1 to a telephone set 2 and the call is reponded to by hooking off a handset. If it is discriminated that the call is a mischievous call, a key 6 is set and a control section 3 starts recording of the opposite voice to a recording/reproducing section 4. An endless tape is used as the recording tape and when a constant position is detected (5), the control section 3 reproduces the recorded voice and transmits the voice to the line. Thus, the mischievous call is prevented effectively.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Technical Field) The present invention relates to a recording response device that records audio information and outputs the recorded content as audio information after a certain period of time.

(Prior Art) Various types of prank calls using telephone lines have been occurring constantly, and there have been no effective preventive measures.

In particular, in the case of a prank call in which the person who answers the phone is a woman and speaks in obscene three-letter words, if a man is present, even if the man answers and gets the conversation back, the next person who answers the phone will be a woman again. In cases such as this, prank calls were repeated and could not be effectively prevented.

Furthermore, when only women were present, it was not possible to effectively prevent sexual harassment calls.

(1J aspect of the invention) The present invention was made in view of the problems of the prior art described in
￥fv! It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording response device capable of effectively stopping prank calls and the like by recording information and returning the recorded contents after a certain period of time has elapsed.

(Example) See the drawings below! 1, one embodiment of the present invention will be explained in detail.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which 1 is a 7E telephone line (office line), 2 is a telephone, 3 is a control unit,
4 is a recording/playback section, 5 is a fixed position detection section, and 6 is a key manual section.

The operation of this embodiment will be explained below with reference to FIG.

In Figure 2 A, there is a call from the telephone line, pick up the handset of telephone y12, and answer [Hi, I'll answer with OO. ” Here, if the other party is a prank caller and speaks in obscene language, the key input section 6 performs the key operation, and the control section 3 activates the recording section 4 (see Fig. 2B).
) and sends the incoming call information from the telephone line to the recording/reproducing section 4. As a result, the recording and reproducing section 4 starts recording. In this embodiment, the recording and reproducing section 4 uses an endless tape, and starts recording by the key input from the key section 6, and the recording for one round of the tape is completed, reaching the start position t of the first sound #i. Then, the regular position detection section 5 outputs a regular position detection signal. When this fixed position detection section 2 is output, the contents of the previously recorded prank call are generated from the beginning and transmitted to the telephone line 1 (FIG. 2C).

The person on the other end can hear what you are saying through the telephone line, so he picks up the prank call, releases telephone line L (Figure 42, D), and then hangs up the handset of telephone 2 (Figure 2). E).

In this way, by recording the content of the other party's prank call and letting the other party listen to it, it is possible to make a prank story. It is especially effective for people who speak words.

In the above explanation, the recording and playback section was assumed to be an endless tape, but by arranging each head so that the playback head comes first and then the recording head when the tape runs, it is possible to play the tape from the second round onwards. You can continue recording with the recording head.

The device of this embodiment is also normally used as an answering machine,
The above operation can also be performed only when there is a prank call.

In the above explanation, we have described an example in which incoming call information from a telephone line is recorded, but it is also possible to control the incoming voice to be collected by receiving the receiver on the telephone set and outputting it to the transmitter [1]. An example of this is shown in FIG.

In the figure, reference numeral 4.5 denotes a recording/playback section 4 and a localization E detection section 5 similar to those in FIG. 10 is an amplification section, 11 is a sound collection section, 12
13 is a receiver detection unit, 13 is a speaker drive unit, 14 is an audio output unit, 15 is a handset of a telephone, 15a is an earpiece, and 15b is a transmitter [1].

With the above configuration, the sound collection unit 11 is composed of a pickup coil or a sound collection microphone, and is connected to the handset 15 of the telephone.
The incoming voice sent from the earpiece 15a via a telephone line etc. is collected and sent to the extension section 10. The incoming voice amplified by the amplification section 10 is sent to the output section 4 to a 7. In addition, the handset detecting section detects that the receiver 1-315a of the handset is the sound collecting section 1.
1, it detects that the mouthpiece 15b is correctly set in the sound output part 14. For example, the sound collection part 11 and the sound output part 14 have a structure like the socket of an acoustic coupler, and the receiver detection part 12 A part of the sound section 11 may have a structure similar to a telephone hook. The recording and reproducing section 4 detects the recording B based on the detection signal from the receiver detecting section 12, and after a certain period of time has elapsed, the f'i' I(I is reproduced and output to the speaker drive section 13, which drives the built-in speaker in the sound output section 14 and outputs it to the mouthpiece 15b as an acoustic output.

By recording the ring tone I'f and transmitting the dial tone through the handset of the telephone in this way, the recording and answering device of this embodiment can be made movable, and the telephone with which the prank call is placed can be attached to the telephone. When a prank call is made using this device, the device can be easily installed at a location where other iIf phones are located.

In the following explanation, I used an endless tape recording/playback section as an example, but it is not easy to configure it so that recording and playback are performed continuously using two tape recorders. In addition, this recording and playback is not done with a cheap recorder but with a semiconductor memory (RAM).
) may also be used. An example of this is shown in FIG. In this case, the constant 81δ detection unit 5 is not required.

In the figure, reference numeral 21 denotes an A-D converter section 22 that converts the incoming call information 10a sent from the control section 3 shown in FIG. 1 or the amplification section 10 shown in FIG. 3 from analog to digital (A-D).
is activated by the activation signal 12a from the switch 6 in FIG. 1 or the handset detection section 12 in FIG. If there is, and the address value of the RAM reaches the maximum address 4+'i, the data is stored at the first address again.

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24 is a timer circuit activated by the activation signal 5+12a, which activates the readout circuit 25 after a set time has elapsed. Reference numeral 25 denotes a read circuit which is activated by the timer circuit 24 and sequentially reads out the stored contents of the RAM 23 one by one starting from the first address and sends it to the DA converter 26 . When the read address becomes the final address of the RAM, the readout is performed from the first address. 26 is a D-A converter, and the read circuit 25
The readout data is digital-to-analog converted and outputted to the control section 3 in FIG. 1 or the speaker drive section 13 shown in FIG. 3.

With the above configuration, by synchronizing the write timing from the write circuit 22 and the read timing from the read circuit 25, it is possible to provide an extremely reliable recording/playback section without fff moving parts.

(Effects) As explained above, according to the present invention, the voice of an incoming call from a telephone line is recorded, the recorded content is read out after a certain period of time, and the recorded response is sent out again to the telephone line, thereby preventing prank calls, especially from women. To provide a recording answering device capable of stopping a prank call to a person who speaks obscene words. For example, it is possible to stop prank calls by receiving the incoming voice through the handset of a telephone, recording it, reading out the recorded content after a certain period of time, and outputting it to the handset.
A recording response device that can be used for conversations can be provided.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram explaining the operation of this embodiment, f)'r Fig. 3 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 4 is a block diagram of another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing details of a recording/playback section according to still another embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, l: telephone line, 2: telephone, 3: control section, 4: recording/playback section, 5: fixed position detection section, 6
. . . Key power section, lO . . . Amplification section, 11 . . . - Telephone handset, 21... A-D converter, 22... 1g input circuit, 23... RAM, 24... timer circuit, 25.
...Readout circuit. 26...DA converter. 1 ;゛ tasteFigure 2Figure 333Figure 4

Claims (9)

[Claims] (1) A recording means for recording incoming call information from a telephone line;
The apparatus further comprises a reading means for reading recorded information from the record after a certain period of time has elapsed after the recording means is activated, and a sending means for sending the read information from the 1:) reading means to the telephone line. Features a recording response device. (2) The reading means uses the recording means to read pV from the beginning of the recording.
2. The recording response device according to claim 1, wherein the recording response device performs primary reading. (3) The recording response device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the recording means is a magnetic tape recording means. (4) The recording response device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the recording means is a semiconductor memory. (5) A sound collecting means for collecting sound output information, a recording means for recording sound information collected from the Ak sound collecting means, and a reading means for reading recorded information from the recording means after a certain period of time has passed after the recording means is activated. and an output stage for acoustically outputting the read information by the g>'c extraction f stage. (6): The recording response device according to claim 5, wherein the fc extracting means sequentially reads out the information recorded in the recording means from the beginning. (7) The sound collection means collects the output information from the earpiece of the handset of the telephone, and the output means outputs the sound to the mouthpiece of the handset. 6th
Recording response device as described in section. (8) The recording response device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the recording means is a magnetic tape recording means. (9) The recording 1 response device according to claim 5 or 6, wherein the recording means is a semiconductor memory.