JP3076502B2 - Telephone - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone capable of transmitting a prerecorded message message to a telephone line by a user operation.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been an answering machine that sends a response message to an incoming call that is not answering, requests a message message, and records the message message sent after sending the response message. When a connection operation for making a call on the user's telephone is performed with respect to the answering machine set to the answering mode, the other party's answering machine automatically captures the telephone line for the incoming call and enters a talking state. After the response message is transmitted and the message message is requested, the state changes to the message message recording state. Then, the user determines that the answering machine of the other party's answering machine has entered the message recording state based on the response message arriving from the telephone line. After transmitting the message message at the user's telephone, the telephone line is opened by a predetermined operation. However, the other party's answering machine releases the telephone line based on the detection of a busy tone emitted from the exchange when the user's telephone opens the telephone line.

[0003] Further, as a telephone on the user side, there is a telephone in which a message to be transmitted to a telephone answering machine is stored in advance, and the stored message is read out by a predetermined operation and transmitted to the telephone answering machine. Was.

[0004]

The telephone line opening operation of the answering machine set to the answering machine mode is performed by detecting a busy tone from the exchange. However, the volume of the busy tone from the exchange is determined by the exchange. And the distance was relatively small. Therefore, the answering machine set to the answering machine mode cannot detect the busy tone arriving from the telephone line and perform the opening operation of the telephone line based on the detection of the busy tone, and accordingly, the user's telephone sets the telephone line. Even if you release, the telephone line is not released until the maximum recording time of the message is reached on the answering machine, and a busy tone is recorded as the content of the message to be recorded on the answering machine following the message on the user side Therefore, when this message content is reproduced, the busy tone becomes annoying, and the recording of the busy tone continues up to the maximum recording time of the message, resulting in insufficient recording capacity of the message.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a telephone capable of reliably detecting a busy tone in a telephone answering machine.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a storage means for storing a message message in advance, a reading means for reading the message message stored in the storage means, Said message means read out by said reading means, subject to predetermined signal processing, and then sent to a telephone line, and operation input means for arbitrarily reading said message message by said reading means, After performing predetermined signal processing on the message read out in response to the operation of the operation input means, the telephone set for sending out to the telephone line sends a busy tone to the telephone line based on the end of sending out the message by the sending means. A busy tone transmitting means is provided.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a counting means for counting the number of times the busy tone is sent out by the busy tone sending means, and the busy tone sending means is provided when the number of times the busy tone is sent out is counted by the counting means over a predetermined number of times. , Stop transmitting the busy tone.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an end signal detecting means for detecting an end signal arriving from the telephone line, and the busy tone transmitting means includes an end signal arriving from the telephone line by the end signal detecting means. When a signal is detected, transmission of the busy tone is stopped.

[0010] The invention according to claim 4 is a method for acquiring / acquiring a telephone line.
Telephone line control means for performing release control; and operating means for performing a telephone line capture / release operation by the telephone line control means, wherein the telephone line control means transmits a message message by the transmission means. And, while the busy tone transmitting means is transmitting a busy tone, invalidating the operation by the operating means,
In response to the stop of the busy tone transmission, the operation by the operation means is made effective.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the connection operation for making a call to the answering machine set to the answering machine mode is performed, and the other party's answering machine enters the message recording state. When the user operates the operation input means when the user makes a judgment based on the response message coming from the telephone line, the message message stored in the storage means is read by the reading means in response to the operation, and is transmitted by the sending means. After a predetermined signal processing, the signal is transmitted to the telephone line. Then, when the sending of the message by the sending means is completed, a busy tone is sent from the busy tone sending means to the telephone line based on the end of sending of the message, so that the other party answering machine detects the busy tone, and The opening operation of the telephone line based on the detection of the request can be reliably performed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the sending of the message by the sending means is completed, the busy tone sending means sends the busy tone to the telephone line based on the end of sending of the message message, and the busy tone is sent by the counting means. When it is counted that the busy tone transmitting means has transmitted the predetermined number of times or more, the busy tone transmitting means stops transmitting the busy tone, so that unnecessary busy tone transmission can be prevented.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the sending of the message by the sending means is completed, and when the busy tone is sent from the busy tone sending means to the telephone line based on the end of sending of the message, the message is terminated. When the talk signal detecting means detects the end signal arriving from the telephone line, the busy tone sending means stops sending the busy tone, thereby preventing unnecessary sending of the busy tone.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the message is being sent by the sending means, and when the sending of the message by the sending means is finished, the busy tone sending means sends the message based on the end of sending the message. When the busy tone is being transmitted, the telephone line control means prevents the telephone line from being released, and when the busy tone transmission means terminates the transmission of the busy tone, the operation of the operation means is validated. Is performed, the telephone line is released by the telephone line control means, so that the busy tone can be transmitted to the telephone line even when the call end operation is performed by the operation means at the time of transmitting a message or transmitting the busy tone. The busy tone on the answering machine Out, and with the opening operation of the telephone line based on the detection of the busy tone can be reliably performed, it is possible to keep performing opening operation of the advance telephone line.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic functional block diagram showing an electric configuration of a telephone set according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing operation control when a message message is transmitted in the telephone set.

In FIG. 1, a telephone line 2 connects an exchange (not shown) to a telephone set of the other party.
A line interface that opens and forms a communication path with a partner telephone connected via the captured telephone line 1, a microphone 3 that performs communication with the partner telephone connected by the line interface 2 Reference numerals 4 and 4 denote hook detection circuits for detecting on-hook / off-hook caused by placing and picking up the handset 3.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an end signal detection circuit for detecting that the other party telephone connected by the line interface 2 has disconnected, and 6 a busy tone for disconnecting the other party telephone connected by the line interface 2. , A voice storage / readout unit for storing / reading a message to be transmitted to the other party, and a microphone 8 for storing the message in the voice storage / readout unit 7.

Reference numeral 9 denotes an incoming call detection circuit for detecting an incoming signal coming from the telephone line 1. Reference numeral 10 denotes a speaker. Reference numeral 11 denotes a numeric keypad for inputting a telephone number of the other party. An operation input unit 12 including a voice transmission button and the like for shifting to a transmission operation is a main control unit that controls each unit in response to an operation command from the operation input unit 11.

The transmission means and the telephone line control means are constituted by the line interface 2, and the storage means and the read means are constituted by the voice storage / read section 7.

In the telephone configured as described above,
First, the operation when the voice message is stored in the voice storage / readout unit 7 will be described.

When the voice storage button of the operation input unit 11 is operated, the main control unit 12 controls the voice storage / readout unit 7 in response to the operation command, and sets the voice storage / readout unit 7 to the voice data storage state. . Then, as a message message to be stored in advance, for example, "XX. Please contact me."
The audio data input to the microphone 8 is digitally converted by the audio storage / readout unit 7 and stored.

Next, a description will be given of the message transmission operation in a state where the message is stored in the voice storage / readout section 7 by the above operation.

When the voice transmission button of the operation input unit 10 is operated in a state of talking with the other party's telephone, the main control unit 12 controls the line interface 2 in response to the operation command, and And the hook detection circuit 4 is controlled to invalidate the opening / capturing of the telephone line 1 based on the on-hook / off-hook by the placing / pickup operation of the handset 3.

On the other hand, the main control section 12 controls the voice storage / readout section 7 in response to an operation command based on the operation of the voice transmission button of the operation input section 11, and the message stored in the voice storage / readout section 7 in advance. The message is converted to analog and read out, and the read out message is sent to the line interface 2
After performing predetermined signal processing on the telephone line 1, the signal is transmitted to the telephone line 1.

When the main control unit 12 monitors the voice storage / readout unit 7 and detects that all the message messages stored in advance by the voice storage / readout unit 7 have been read out, the main control unit 12 Controls the busy tone transmitting circuit 6 to transmit a busy tone to the telephone line 1 via the line interface 2.

On the other hand, in the other party's telephone, the message transmitted from the telephone line 1 is recorded, and when a predetermined time elapses or a busy tone arrives from the telephone line 1, the recording of the message is terminated and the telephone line 1 is terminated. Is released.

Along with this, the end signal detection circuit 5 of the telephone detects that the other telephone has released the telephone line 1, and the main controller 12 controls the line interface 2 to capture and hold the telephone line 1. Is released, and based on the detection signal from the hook detection circuit 4, the control of capture / release of the telephone line 1 is performed. That is, when the handset 3 is picked up, the telephone line 1 is held and the telephone conversation is continued, and when the handset 3 is placed, the telephone line 1 is released and the telephone call is ended.

Next, the control operation of such message transmission will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When the present telephone and the other party's telephone enter a talking state, the flowchart starts and the process proceeds to step F1. In step F1, it is determined whether the voice transmission button of the operation input unit 11 is operated, and the voice transmission is performed. This determination operation is repeated until it is determined that the button has been operated,
When it is determined that the voice transmission button has been operated, the process proceeds to step F2.

In step F2, the line interface 2
To cause the telephone line 1 to be captured and held, and
Then, in step F3, the voice storage / readout unit 7 is controlled to transmit the message message stored in advance to the telephone line 1, and then the process proceeds to step F4.

In step F4, it is determined whether or not the transmission of the message transmitted to the telephone line 1 in step F3 has been completed. This determination operation is repeated until it is determined that the transmission of the message has been completed. When it is determined that the transmission has been completed, the process proceeds to step F5. In step F5, the busy tone transmitting circuit 6 is controlled to transmit a busy tone to the telephone line 1, and the process proceeds to step F6.

In step F6, it is determined whether or not the busy tone transmitted in step F5 has reached the specified number of times.
The process moves to step F9, and when it is determined that the specified number of times has been reached, the process moves to step F9.

In step 7, it is determined whether the end-of-call detection circuit 5 has detected that the other party's telephone has hung up. If it has not detected that the call has been hung up, the flow shifts to step F6 to repeat the above determination operation. When it is detected that the telephone has been disconnected, the flow shifts to step F8, where a wait is placed to confirm that the other telephone has hung up, and the flow shifts to step F9.

In step F9, it is determined whether or not the telephone line 1 is in the capture state by the picking-up operation of the handset 3. If it is determined that the telephone line 1 is in the open state by the placing operation of the handset 3, the process proceeds to step F10. When the line interface 2 is controlled to release the telephone line 1 and the flow chart ends, and when it is determined that the telephone line 1 is in the capturing state by the picking-up operation of the handset, the process proceeds to step F11,
Here, after maintaining the communication state with the other party in the communication mode, this flowchart ends.

Therefore, the busy tone can be transmitted at the end of the transmission of the message message stored in advance, and the handset 3 when the other party hangs up the telephone by the busy tone or transmits the busy tone more than a specified number of times. The telephone line 1 can be opened / captured depending on the loading / unloading state of the telephone line 1.

[0036]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when a message stored in advance is sent to an answering machine set to the answering machine by an operation of the user, the message stored in advance is sent to the answering machine. Since the loud busy tone is transmitted to the telephone line based on the end of the transmission, the answering machine can reliably detect the busy tone and open the telephone line based on the busy tone detection. The telephone answering machine does not release the telephone line until the maximum recording time of the message is reached, and it is possible to prevent the busy tone from being recorded following the user's message as the content of the message recorded by the answering machine. , To prevent running out of message message recording capacity Door can be, it is possible to effectively carry out the recording of the voice mail message.

According to the second to fourth aspects of the present invention, the telephone line is not released when the message message is being sent and when the message message has been sent and the busy tone is being sent. When the transmission of the message is completed, the telephone line is released / captured based on the state of the handset, so that the busy tone is transmitted to the telephone line even when the call end operation is performed at the time of transmitting the message message or transmitting the busy tone. As a result, it is possible to reliably detect the busy tone in the answering machine of the other party and release the telephone line based on the detection of the busy tone, and to perform the release operation of the telephone line in advance. It is not necessary for the user to be at the phone until the It is possible to effective use.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation control at the time of sending a message message in the telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone line 2 Line interface 3 Handset 4 Hook detection circuit 5 End signal detection circuit 6 Busy tone transmission circuit 7 Voice storage / readout unit 8 Microphone 9 Incoming detection circuit 10 Speaker 11 Operation input unit 12 Main control unit

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A storage means for storing a message message in advance, a reading means for reading the message message stored in the storage means, and after performing a predetermined signal processing on the message message read by the reading means, A transmitting means for transmitting the message message to the telephone line; and an operation input means for arbitrarily reading the message message by the reading means, wherein predetermined message processing is performed on the message message read in response to the operation of the operation input means. A telephone that transmits a busy tone to the telephone line based on the completion of the transmission of the message by the transmitting unit. And a counting means for counting the number of times the busy tone is sent out by the busy tone sending means, wherein the busy tone sending means counts the number of times the busy tone is sent out by a predetermined number of times by the counting means.
2. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the transmission of the busy tone is stopped. 3. An end signal detecting means for detecting an end signal coming from a telephone line, wherein the busy tone sending means detects an end signal coming from the telephone line by the end signal detecting means.
2. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the transmission of the busy tone is stopped. 4. A telephone line control means for controlling the capture / release of a telephone line, and an operation means for performing a capture / release operation of the telephone line by said telephone line control means, wherein said telephone line control means includes: While the message is being transmitted by the means, and when the busy tone is being transmitted by the busy tone transmitting means, the operation by the operating means is invalidated, while the operation by the operating means is disabled in response to the stop of the busy tone transmission. 4. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein the telephone is effective.