JP2002009898A - Telephone set and method for sending telephone answering electronic mail - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a telephone set having a function that converts automatically the voice information inputted from a telephone transmitter into an electronic mail and transmits it to an absent destination when called sending destination is absent and to provide a method for transmitting a telephone answering electronic mail. SOLUTION: These telephone set is provided with a means 6 which stores the dial number of a destination that is inputted in a call mode, a conversion table 14 where the dial number and mail addresses corresponding to the dial numbers are set, a means 8 which switches the on-hook state of the destination to a state where the voices can be inputted from a telephone transmitter when the on-hook state lasts for a prescribed period, a means 12 which recognizes the voice information inputted from the telephone transmitter in voices and coverts the voice information into character strings, a means 13 which generates a mail address of the absent sending destination by referring to the table 14 when the on-hook state of the destination lasts for a prescribed period and a means 16 which transmits an electronic mail address to the absent destination by means of those converted character strings and the generated mail address.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a telephone which can be connected to the Internet and a method of transmitting an electronic mail.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a method of transmitting a message to a called party when the called party is absent, if the sending destination is equipped with a telephone having an answering machine recording function, it is necessary to follow the guide from the sending destination heard by the handset. There is a method of sending the matter from the transmitter and recording. In this method, a single operation of making a call is completed, but it is assumed that the transmission destination is provided with a telephone having an answering machine recording function. In addition, while a mobile phone is equipped with an answering machine service, whether or not a fixed telephone has an answering machine recording function is left to the will of the user.

On the other hand, in recent years, information exchange by e-mail using the Internet has been generally performed, and mobile phones that can be connected to the Internet have appeared. This mobile phone can send and receive electronic mail.

[0004] Therefore, the use of an answering machine e-mail makes it possible to convey a message even when the called party is absent.

[0005]

However, conventionally, when sending an answering machine e-mail, in addition to the operation of making a telephone call,
Since the answering machine e-mail is created in the same procedure as the information exchange by the usual e-mail, it is troublesome. In particular, there is a problem in that e-mail creation using a mobile phone requires much labor compared to keyboard input.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone having a function of automatically converting voice information input from a transmitter into an electronic mail and transmitting it to an absent destination when the called destination is absent. An object of the present invention is to provide a method of sending an answering machine e-mail.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention has the following constitution. The gist of the invention according to claim 1 is that a means for storing a dial number of a destination input at the time of outgoing call, a conversion table in which a dial number and a corresponding mail address are set, and that an on-hook state of the destination is predetermined. Means for switching to a state in which a voice can be input from the transmitter, means for recognizing voice information input from the transmitter and converting it to a character string, and an on-hook state of the transmission destination when the period continues. Means for generating the mail address of the destination that is absent by referring to the conversion table when continuing for a predetermined period; and using the converted character string and the generated mail address to the destination that is absent. Means for transmitting an e-mail. The gist of the invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that when switching to a state in which voice input is possible from the transmitter, there is provided means for transmitting guidance for inviting voice input to the receiver. Exist in the described phone. The gist of the invention according to claim 3 resides in the telephone according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the telephone is a fixed telephone, a mobile telephone, or a car telephone. The gist of the invention according to claim 4 is a step of storing a dial number of a destination input at the time of making a call, and enabling a voice input from a transmitter when the on-hook state of the destination continues for a predetermined period. A switching step; a step of recognizing voice information input from the transmitter by voice recognition and converting the voice information into a character string; and setting a dial number and a corresponding mail address when the on-hook state of the transmission destination continues for a predetermined period. Generating a mail address of the destination that is absent by referring to the conversion table to be transmitted, and transmitting an e-mail to the destination that is absent using the converted character string and the generated mail address. And a method of transmitting an answering machine e-mail in a telephone set. The gist of the invention described in claim 5 includes a step of sending guidance for inviting a voice input to a receiver when switching to a state in which voice input is possible from the transmitter. The method of transmitting an answering machine e-mail in the telephone set described in the above. The gist of the invention according to claim 6 resides in a method of transmitting an answering machine e-mail in a telephone according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the telephone is a fixed telephone, a mobile telephone, or a car telephone. According to the present invention, when the transmission destination is absent, switching to a state in which voice input can be performed from the transmitter is performed, and voice information input from the transmitter is automatically converted into an e-mail and the absence is detected. Can be transmitted to the destination.

[0008]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a telephone 1 according to the present embodiment includes a receiver 2 and a transmitter 3, a destination dial number receiving block 4 for receiving an input destination dial number a, and a destination dial number reception. A destination dial number transmission block 5 for sending the destination dial number b from the block 4 to the destination, and a destination dial number c from the destination dial number reception block 4
And the on-hook / off-hook state d of the destination.
And an on-hook / off-hook state detection block 7 for detecting the transmission destination.

The telephone 1 informs the receiver 2 of the on-hook / off-hook state d of the destination detected by the destination on-hook / off-hook state detection block 7 and
A destination state transmission block 8 for forcibly changing the on-hook state given to the handset 2 to the off-hook state when the on-hook state f has continued for a predetermined period, a voice input reception block 9 for receiving a voice signal g from the transmitter 3; An audio transmission block 10 for transmitting an audio signal h from the audio input reception block 9 to the destination when the destination is in the off-hook state e;
An audio input storage block 11 for temporarily storing and storing the audio signal i output from the audio input receiving block 9 when the transmission destination is in the on-hook state f.

Further, the telephone 1 recognizes a voice signal j from the voice input storage block 11, converts the recognized voice signal into character string data k, a character string conversion block 12 with a voice recognition function, and In the on-hook state f, the destination mail address conversion block 13 for generating an e-mail address n based on the destination dial number m from the destination dial number input storage block 6 and the destination mail address conversion block 13 n, a mail address conversion table block 14 referred to when generating n, and a destination mail address conversion block 1
An e-mail creation block 15 that combines the e-mail address n from the third and the character string data k from the character string conversion block with voice recognition function 12 to generate an e-mail character string body p, and an e-mail creation block 15 An e-mail transmission block 16 for transmitting the generated e-mail character string p to the destination.

Here, the telephone 1 is a fixed telephone, a mobile telephone or a car telephone which can be connected to the Internet network. The outputs of the destination dial number transmission block 5 and the voice transmission block 10 and the input of the destination on-hook / off-hook state detection block 7 are connected to a destination telephone via a telephone network exchange. The output of the e-mail creation block 15 is connected to a destination telephone or personal computer via the Internet.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the telephone according to the present embodiment. Hereinafter, the operation of the telephone according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
When a dialing operation is performed by inputting the destination dial number a (step S1), the input destination dial number a is transmitted via the destination dial number receiving block 4 and the destination dial number transmitting block 5 to the exchange of the telephone network. Sent to
At this time, the destination dial number c from the destination dial number receiving block 4 is input and stored in the destination dial number input storage block 6 (step S2).

As a result, the destination telephone is called and the on-hook state f is first input from the exchange to the destination on-hook / off-hook state detection block 7 and detected. The detected on-hook state f is input to the destination state transmission block 8.

The destination state transmitting block 8 transmits a ringing tone to the receiver 2 and monitors the change from the on-hook state f to the off-hook state e (step S3).
If the destination is not absent but is ready to answer the telephone and answer the call, it changes to the off-hook state e before the handset 2 rings (for example, six times) (step S4), and becomes ready for talking. .

That is, when the voice signal g is input from the transmitter 3 (step S5), the voice signal g is transmitted to the exchange of the telephone network via the voice input / reception block 9 and the voice transmission block 10 (step S6). . The exchange transfers the voice signal from telephone 1 to the destination telephone.

On the other hand, if the destination is not present, the on-hook state f continues, so that the destination state transmission block 8
For example, when the time for six ring tones has elapsed (step S4), the on-hook state given to the handset 2 is forcibly switched to the off-hook state, and the transmission of the ring tone to the handset 2 is stopped (step S7).

The destination on-hook / off-hook state detection block 7 detects that the on-hook state f has been input from the exchange, but the receiver 2 answers the telephone and responds "Hello!" The previous silent state is confirmed. In this state, communication is possible, and the transmitter 3
Can input the audio signal g (step S
8). However, since the destination on-hook / off-hook state detection block 7 detects the on-hook state f, the output of the audio input receiving block 9 is transmitted only to the audio input storage block 11 without being transmitted to the audio transmission block 10. .

That is, the voice signal g from the transmitter 3 is transmitted to the voice input storage block 1 via the voice input reception block 9.
1 is stored, and then converted into character string data k as a data portion of the e-mail in the character string conversion block with voice recognition function 12 (step S9).

At the same time, the destination mail address conversion block 13 detects that the destination on-hook / off-hook state detection block 7 has detected the on-hook state f.
The destination dial number m is extracted from the destination dial number input storage block 6, and an e-mail address n is generated with reference to the dial number / mail address conversion table registered in advance in the mail address conversion table block 14 (step). S10).

Next, the e-mail creation block 15
The data portion generated by the character string conversion block with voice recognition function 12 and the address generated by the destination mail address conversion block 13 are combined to generate an electronic mail character string p (step S11). The e-mail character string p thus generated is transmitted by the e-mail transmission block 16 to the destination via the Internet (step S12).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the on-hook state of the transmission destination continues for a predetermined period, it is determined that the transmission destination is absent, and the transmission input from the transmitter 3 is forcibly performed. And the e-mail generated based on the voice information input from the transmitter 3 can be transmitted to the destination where the user is absent. It is possible to send an answering machine e-mail without any special effort in a single operation.

When the called party is absent, the telephone is forcibly switched to the off-hook state, so that the ringing tone cannot be heard from the handset 2 and the telephone is in a silent state. At this time,
If the guidance for inviting the voice input is sent from the transmission destination state transmission block 8 to the receiver 2, the input of the message by the voice from the transmitter 3 can be performed smoothly.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention,
When the called party is absent, an answering machine e-mail describing the message can be transmitted to the called party in a single operation of calling. In addition, the message can be input in words as if it were a normal telephone call, and an answering machine e-mail is automatically created. Thus, a telephone with an easy-to-use answering machine e-mail function can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration block diagram of a telephone according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the telephone according to the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone 2 Receiver 3 Transmitter 4 Destination dial number reception block 5 Destination dial number transmission block 6 Destination dial number input accumulation block (means for storing the destination dial number) 7 Destination on-hook / off-hook state detection block 8 destination state transmission block (switching means) 9 voice input reception block 10 voice transmission block 11 voice input storage block 12 character string conversion block with voice recognition function (means for converting to character string) 13 destination mail address conversion block 14 mail Address conversion table block (conversion table) 15 E-mail creation block (e-mail address generation means) 16 E-mail transmission block (e-mail transmission means) a, b, c Destination dial number d On-hook / off-hook state e Off Hook state f On-hook state g, h, i, j Voice signal k Character string data m Destination dial number n E-mail address p E-mail character string

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A means for storing a dial number of a destination input at the time of calling, a conversion table in which a dial number and a corresponding mail address are set, and when the on-hook state of the destination continues for a predetermined period,
Means for switching to a state in which a voice can be input from a transmitter, means for recognizing voice information input from the transmitter and converting it to a character string, and when the on-hook state of the destination continues for a predetermined period of time. Means for generating an e-mail address of the destination that is absent by referring to the conversion table; and transmitting an e-mail to the destination that is absent using the converted character string and the generated e-mail address. Phone. 2. The telephone according to claim 1, further comprising: means for sending a guidance for inviting a voice input to the receiver when switching to a state in which voice input is possible from the transmitter. 3. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the telephone is a fixed telephone, a mobile telephone, or a car telephone.
Phone. 4. A step of storing a dial number of a destination input at the time of calling, and when the on-hook state of the destination continues for a predetermined period,
A step of switching to a state in which a voice can be input from the transmitter, a step of recognizing voice information input from the transmitter by voice, and converting the voice information into a character string, and when the on-hook state of the destination continues for a predetermined period of time. Generating a mail address of the destination that is absent by referring to a conversion table in which a dial number and a corresponding mail address are set; and using the converted character string and the generated mail address. Transmitting an electronic mail to the destination that is absent. 5. The telephone answering machine according to claim 4, further comprising a step of sending a guidance for inviting voice input to the receiver when switching to a state where voice input is possible from the transmitter. How to send email. 6. The telephone according to claim 4, wherein the telephone is a fixed telephone, a mobile telephone or a car telephone.
How to send an answering machine e-mail on the telephone described in.