DE2255804C3 - Automatic telephone answering device - Google Patents

Description

7. Device according to one of claims 1 to 6, called recipient go off, this number being characterized by the use of a recording 50 between the participants as a code for the relevant band (Tl) has been agreed with at least two recording the caller. A printer speaks traces for the message of the caller and then to this information and provides time information. printed message for the called party

here. At the same time, a

55 Time printer showing the time of the call

prints out. The known recording device is not an answering machine,

The invention relates to an automatic but only to a recording device for Telephone answering device with a loading signals in pulse form, one under a very answer tape, a recording tape, a 60 limited number of participants agreed Start device that is used on an incoming call signal code. Also, the caller does not receive any a caller responds to an automatic information passed when he receives the called To control the answering process of the device, subscriber not reached. Finally, the user can call a playback device that works on the subscriber's identity and the time of day Start device responds to the answering tape 65 of his call no further information to the to drive and pass on a previously recorded called subscriber. Play back response message and to the caller The invention is based on the object of a

to send with a recording device based on automatic telephone answering device

of the type mentioned to create with their help Any information from any caller can be recorded, including the time of the Anrofs is being held. In particular, intended together With the information of the caller, time information can be recorded that is derived from time information exist with adjustable time intervals.

This is achieved according to the invention by providing an automatic telephone answering device of the type mentioned is characterized by a time information that is known per se Device, a device for setting specific time intervals and for generating Time information at these time intervals, and by means for recording the time information at these time intervals onto the current recording tape.

The invention is explained below with reference to the drawing, for example.

1 is a simplified circuit diagram of one embodiment of an automatic telephone answering device according to the invention, in which a voice clock is used to generate the time information;

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram similar to FIG an embodiment of the device, in which a radio receiver, which the so-called RadiozeitTeichen able to receive is used to generate the time information.

Let first be the general operation of the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 automatic telephone answering device according to the invention.

When a call signal arrives at connections 11 connected to a telephone line, it runs through a relay contact yil. Coupling capacitors Cl and Cl. a rectifier circuit 121 and a smoothing circuit 122 to a timing circuit 13. The timing circuit 13 makes a switching circuit 123 effective, so that a relay Vl is energized, which thereby switches its contacts yll, yl2 and yl3. By switching the contact yll, the telephone line is connected to a transformer 14, woduich a transmission circuit is closed. On the other hand, by switching over the contact yl2, a motor Ml is switched via an energy source 20 so that it is rotated. In response to the rotation of the motor Ml, an endless answering belt 71 is moved forward and a previously recorded response message is played back in the manner known in the art and sent to a caller.

When the endless answering belt 71 makes one revolution, electrodes 19 are short-circuited by a conductive foil 18 attached to the belt, so that a relay Y1 is energized which maintains itself in the energized state.

By switching over the contact y22, the energy of the energy source 20 is removed from the motor Ml and fed to a motor M2, so that the answering tape 71 is stopped while a recording tape 72 begins to move. When the recording tape 72 moves, a message of the caller from a magnetic head Hl is recorded on the tape 72nd

Then, when a set time in the timing circuit 13 has elapsed after receiving the call signal, the relay Yi is reset, whereby its contacts are switched back to their original positions shown, so that the automatic answering process of the device ends and the device returns to the standby state

The characteristic feature of the invention will now be explained

The in F i g. 1 reproduced embodiment of the device according to the invention contains a speech clock 22 with a timer (not shown) which can be set to run at predetermined intervals is working

If in the embodiment according to FIG. 1 as a period of time of the preset intervals elapses, the timer which is of conventional design operates and operates a magnetic head scanner 21, whereby a relay Yi is energized. As a result of the closure of the relay contact y31, the motor M2 is set in rotation in order to advance the recording tape 72. It should be noted, however, that any of those shown in FIG. 1 by a dashed line enclosed starter circuit 12 to be supplied call signal is switched off at this point in time by means of a contact y32 and the device is kept in a state in which it can not provide an answer.

When the magnetic head scanning device 21 starts to operate, a magnetic head HA moves in the vicinity of portions 22Λ of a drum 221 provided with recorded time information and scans a portion 224 and a portion 22b of a drum 222, etc. in the direction of the arrow 23 shown. the two drums 221 and 222, together with a third drum 223, forming the speaking clock 22. As in Fig. 1, for example, one of the sections 22A of the first drum 221 has the statement "now it's three o'clock" previously recorded on it, a section 223 of the second drum 222, for example, has the statement "zero minutes" recorded in speech and so on. In this way, any combination of pieces of time information recorded in voice on the sections 22A 22B can be reproduced in the order of the drums 221, 222 and 223 when the magnetic head H4 scans the recorded sections in the direction of the arrows in alignment with each other.

The reproduced time signal speech is fed through a contact y24 to an amplifier 17, by which it is amplified, and is then recorded on the recording tape 72 by the magnetic head Hl. When the recording of a time information language is finished, the relay V3 toggles and returns its contacts to their initial de-energized positions.

If, during the automatic answering process of the device, the answering tape 71 makes a revolution and the conductive foil 18 short-circuits the electrodes 19, the relay Yl operates to open its contact y24 and interrupt the line from the speech clock 22 to the path recording the message . Therefore, when the relay V2 is energized, the time indication produced by the speech clock 22 cannot be recorded on the recording tape 72 even if the magnetic head scanner 21 is operating.

The embodiment according to the invention shown in FIG. 2 will now be explained at

which a radio receiver device 321 is used to generate the time information signal, which is to be recorded on the recording tape 72. A radio receiver is located in the receiver device 321 322 is provided, which can receive the so-called radio time signal or time signal, which in broadcast by a radio station at certain intervals (for example, the Japan Broadcasting Corporation "N.H.K." the time signal, which consists of a preceding tone of 440 Hz and a correct time tone of 880 Hz).

When the receiver 322 receives the time signal with the aforementioned characteristics, the preceding tone passes through a bandpass filter 323, which has a pass frequency of 440 Hz, and in one way actuates a timer circuit 324, which in turn a relay Yi (which corresponds to the relay V3 according to 1 corresponds to) energized for a period of time determined by timer circuit 324. The output of filter 323 is used in another way to turn on circuitry 325 coupled to the message recording circuit of tape 72 and hold it in the on state for a relatively short period of time so that the previous tone and the correct time tone emitted by the radio receiver 322 are received during this period. However, since a bandpass filter 326 with a pass frequency of 880 Hz is used in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the preceding tone is blocked and only the correct time tone passes through the filter 326.

It is to be understood that at this point in time the recording tape 72 has already started and the device is switched to the state in which it cannot provide a response, since the contacts y3i, / 32 and / 33 of the relay V3 as in the case of the embodiment according to FIG F i g. 1 are switched. Therefore, the correct time tone after passing the contacts .yl4 and y33 is amplified by the amplifier 17 and recorded on the recording tape 72 by the magnetic head Hl.

When the embodiment of FIG. 2 is in the answering state, if similar to the operation of the embodiment of FIG. 1 the answering tape 71 rotates and the conductive foil 18 located on it short-circuit the electrodes Ii, the contact yl4 of the relay Yl is opened to interrupt the signal transmission line from the radio receiver 321 to the recording tape 72 zi. This prevents that while the relay Yl is in the energized state, because! Radio time signal is recorded on the recording tape Ti.

With the in F i g. 1 and 2 shown embodiments of the device, because it is assumed that the recording tape 72 has only one recording track, the recording of the time information reference signal: or the signal language inhibited during the automatic answering process, or the relay Yl is in the energized state To prevent mixed recording of the message of the call and the time information. However, if a tape which has at least two tracks is used for the recording tape, then it is possible to record the caller's message and the time information reference signal simultaneously and in parallel.

It is also in accordance with the embodiment F i g. 1 possible, by changing the timing device, the magnetic head scanning device 21 all « Operate thirty minutes during the daytime and every two hours at night.

As can be seen from the foregoing description, the present invention overcomes the deficiencies unc Disadvantages of the conventional automatic telephone answering devices. Since the reference time in formation is recorded while the device is not recording the caller's message, di * normal length of time the message is recorded is not extended, and the caller will not be mi additional telephone call costs charged. Far: it is possible in the modified embodiment for time information recording, different time intervals depending on different Set time zones beforehand so that the recording tape by reducing the number of times for the time information records is effectively exploited to a minimum.

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Claims (6)

the termination of the process of sending the claims: response message responds to the message of the Reply message? and to the ^^^^ TT ^ TJZ ^ u \ T ^ ^ To send the caller, with a recording device connection, the time at which the processing that has issued a delivery order on the termination of the process of the caller, and if with Sending the response message responds to the order at around 15: eme from the time the order was placed The caller's message is indicated on the recording tape depending on the delivery period to be recorded, marked by a subscriber who also does not know when the requested Goods which are known to be known in terms of time are to be delivered so that they can be avoided Device (21, 22; 321 to 326), a device can cause difficulties with the caller, for setting certain time intervals and for 20 If, on the other hand, a caller of the telephone call Generating time information in this time answering device leaves the message that stand, and through a device (17, Hl) that he'll call back in a few hours, he knows Record the time information in this time- subscriber, as he does not know the time of the call stand on the moving recording tape (72). does not know when the caller will neither call. 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that it is a timing device for determining known by a further timer device (13) for the purpose of timing telephone calls Return to the standby state after expiry (DT-AS 10 58 107), which is controlled in such a way that the a predetermined period of time after receiving the period of a telephone conversation with the aid of a clock of the incoming call signal. translated into a corresponding number of pulses 3. Device according to one of claims 1 or 30 can be. These impulses are then marked on a 2nd by a device (Yl, jQ4) Tape is saved and can be used to determine the to prevent the recording of time information costs of the telephone call are counted. the mations during the recording of messages - known time measuring device is used to determine the caller on the recording tape (72). the duration of a conversation. The finding of the 4. Device according to one of claims 1 to 3, 35 day or the time of day on which or at which characterized by a device (Yi, yi2) for a specific conversation took place, the operation of the starting device is not prevented. In addition, the (12) time measuring device known during the recording of Zeitinformatio- is not a call level on the recording tape (T1). answerer, so that a caller has no information 5. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, 40 are passed. Furthermore, the information is also characterized by the fact that the time information of the caller is not recorded, generating device (21, 22) a spoken word. Furthermore, a recording device for telephone time information generating clock (22) is provided. devices known (US-PS 33 24 245), which by 6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 4, ringing signals can be actuated when the called characterized in that the time information 45 subscriber does not use the fork of his telephone set generating device (321 to 326) picks up a radio. For this purpose, the caller calls once receiving means (321) for receiving one or more times and ensures that with each Has time signal tone. Call a specific number of callsigns to the