JPH01180166A - Telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain natural reply using a voice message by reading a routine voice message from a semiconductor memory in response to the operation of a reproduction switch and decoding it. CONSTITUTION:When one of recording button switches 5 is closed and one of reproduction button switches 4 is closed, the input voice message of the microphone 2 is digitized by an ADM CODEC 3 and written in an area of the RAM 1 designated by the switch 4. In the case of reply, when one of the switches 4 is depressed, the storage content of the RAM 1 designated is read and decoded into the voice message by the CODEC 3 and sent to the opposite party.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a telephone set, and more particularly to a telephone set capable of transmitting pre-stored standardized voice messages.

[Conventional technology]

Since telephone responses are often routine, it would be convenient to pre-store a fixed voice message in the telephone so that it can be sent at an appropriate time. If the telephone is configured in this way so that the user can hear the other party's voice through the speaker without having to pick up the receiver, it is particularly useful since it is often possible to answer a call simply by operating a switch.

Conventional such telephones use tape recorders to store standardized voice messages.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, it takes a considerable amount of time to locate the beginning of the desired voice message from the tape recorder.
Conventional telephones have the disadvantage that when responding with a pre-stored fixed-form voice message, the timing of the response is shifted and the response becomes unnatural.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone that can answer a call using a pre-stored fixed voice message without losing its naturalness.

[Means for solving problems]

The telephone set of the present invention is a telephone set that allows the user to hear the other party's voice through a speaker without having to pick up the receiver, and includes a semiconductor memory for digitally storing voice messages, and a decoder for reading out and transmitting the voice messages from the semiconductor memory. The decoding circuit includes a reproducing switch that determines the readout timing of the decoding circuit.

〔Example〕

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to drawings showing embodiments.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the telephone according to the present invention, and only the parts directly related to the present invention are shown. Second
The figure is a perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG.

1 is an RA that stores digitized voice messages.
M (Random Access Memory) and has five areas so that up to five one voice message can be stored. Reference numeral 2 denotes a microphone for inputting voice messages to be stored in the RAM 1 in advance. 3 digitizes the output signal of microphone 2 and writes it to any area of RAMI.
An adaptive controller that reads and decodes the storage contents of any area of the MI and outputs it to the main unit's audio circuit (not shown).
Delta Modulation (Adaptive
DeltaModulation: ADM):
2-Deck. Reference numeral 4 denotes five playback button switches that determine the selection of the RAMI area and the timing of reading and transmitting from the RAMI. 5 is writing to RAMI (
This is a recording button switch that instructs recording. Reference numeral 6 denotes a control circuit that controls the operations of the RAMI and ADM codec 3 in accordance with the states of the playback button switch 4 and the recording button switch 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, the microphone 2 is attached to the front surface of the main body 7, and the playback button switch 4 and the recording button switch 5 are attached to the upper surface of the main body 7. Each of the playback button switches 4 is numbered 1 to 50. 8 is a handset and 9 is a speaker. The voice of the other party can be heard through the speaker 9 without picking up the handset 8.

If you want to store a fixed voice message in RAM 1 in advance, press one of the recording buttons, then press 4 to close it.
Press one of the play button switches to close. With this operation, the voice message input to microphone 2 will be
The data is digitized by the M codec 3 and written to the RAMI area designated by the closed playback button switch 4.

Typical voice messages include ``This is XXX company,'' ``Please wait,'' and ``Unfortunately, I'm away from my seat.''

If you are called and want to listen to the other party's voice from the speaker 9, memorize it, and respond using a voice message, press one of the playback buttons 4 and 4, and the RAMI specified by the playback button switch 4 you pressed will The stored contents are read out from the area, decoded into a voice message by the ADM codec 3, and sent to the other party. During this time, there is no need to pick up the handset 8.

Since there is no human-perceivable time delay between pressing one of the play button switches 4 and the time when the voice message begins to be transmitted, the response occurs very naturally.

Instead of RAMI, it is also possible to use ROM that digitally stores fixed voice messages. In this case, the microphone 2 and the recording button switch 5 are unnecessary, and a decoder is used instead of the ADM codec 3.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained in detail above, the telephone of the present invention stores a fixed voice message digitally in the semiconductor memory in advance, reads the stored content from the semiconductor memory at the timing when the playback switch is operated, and decodes it into a voice message. Since the voice message is sent out without any time delay when the playback switch is operated, the effect is that you can memorize it and respond using the voice message without losing its naturalness. There is.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a telephone according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1...RAM, 3...ADM codec, 4...play button switch, 7...
・Main body, 8...Transmitter, 9...Speaker. Agent Patent Attorney Uchihara Volume 1 Diagram Chrysanthemum Z Diagram

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A telephone that allows you to hear the other party's voice through a speaker without having to pick up the receiver, includes a semiconductor memory that digitally stores voice messages, and a decoding circuit that reads and transmits the voice messages from this semiconductor memory; A telephone set comprising a playback switch that determines the readout timing of the decoding circuit. (2) the semiconductor memory stores multiple voice messages;
2. The telephone according to claim 1, wherein a reproduction switch selects a voice message to be transmitted from among the plurality of voice messages.