JPH01241255A - Automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save time and talking charge in case of sending frequently a routine message by detecting a bell incoming for a specific number of times and sending a message stored in advance corresponding thereto. CONSTITUTION:A bell incoming number of times (a) corresponding to a message A is inputted in advance from a key entry circuit 6 and then the content of the message A is recorded by a voice recording element 14 succeedingly and after its end, the result is set to an automatic answering telephone set. When an incoming signal is arrived from a line, an incoming detection circuit 9 detects the bell incoming number of times and gives the result to a control section 7. When the interval is 6sec or over, the control section 7 stores the number of times of bell incoming call during that time into a built-in storage section as one message. When a called party coming back home reproduces the content of recording, the control section 7 reads the number of times (a) of the storage section with the input of a reproduction command from the circuit 6, gives an address of the corresponding message A to a recording/reproducing circuit 8, reads the content of the message A stored therein from the element 14 and the message is outputted as sound from a speaker 13 via an amplifier 12 to be informed to the called party.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an answering machine that is controlled by the number of ringing calls and conveys specific information.

(Prior art) When a conventional answering machine detects an incoming call, it immediately captures the line using a concave line capture circuit, and sends out a response message informing the caller that the caller is not at home and that if there is a message, it will record the call. , and was then configured to record the business message.

(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, when an answering machine with such a configuration receives a ringing call, it first seizes the line, sends a response message to the other party, and then records a business message. The disadvantages are that it takes time to finish recording the message and the call charges are high.

This is especially true for people who use answering machines on a daily basis, and the messages they send are limited to a few types (for example, "I'm going home now,""I'm going to be late today," or "I'm going home after eating, so I don't need it.") (e.g. “No”), if there is only
The waiting time and procedure until the recording of the business message is finished is cumbersome, and since it is done every day, the call charges become too expensive to ignore.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks in the prior art, and provides an answering machine that can easily send several specific types of messages in a very short time. The purpose is to

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problems) The answering machine of the present invention stores in advance the correspondence between business messages and the number of ring incoming calls in a storage means, and detects the number of ring incoming calls by a caller using a bell incoming detection circuit. death,
This bell incoming circuit is designed to recognize the business message corresponding to the number of incoming calls detected by the incoming call circuit.

(Function) In the answering machine of the present invention configured as described above, when a specific number of incoming calls are detected, the corresponding message stored in advance is recognized,
You can easily communicate your requirements in a short period of time.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

The figure shows an embodiment of the answering machine of the present invention, in which a bridge type rectifier circuit 2 is connected between terminals 1a and lb, and one of the output terminals of this rectifier circuit is directly grounded. A 2-wire to 4-wire conversion circuit 4 is connected via a line acquisition circuit 3 between the other terminal and the ground point. This 2
A handset and a converter 5 are connected to one of the other terminals of the line-4 line conversion circuit 4.

The output of the key input circuit 6 is input to the control section 7, and the output of this control section is input to the line acquisition circuit 3 and the recording/playback circuit 8.

An incoming call detection circuit 9 for detecting the number of ring incoming calls is connected between the terminals 1a and lb, and its output is led to the control section 7.

Meanwhile, the signal from the microphone 10, together with the signals from the handset and converter 5, is input to the recording/playback circuit 8 via the amplifier 11.

The output of this recording/playback circuit is connected to the other terminal of the 2-wire to 4-wire conversion circuit 4, and is also connected to a speaker 13 via an amplifier 12.

Further, an audio recording element 14 made of tape, RAM, etc. is connected between the recording/reproducing circuit 8 and the recording/reproducing circuit 8.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the present invention having such a configuration will be explained with reference to the case where two types of messages (for example, "AJ, rBJ") are recorded/played.

First, the number of ring incoming calls a corresponding to the message rAJ is inputted from the key input circuit 6. Subsequently, by operating a recording button (not shown), the contents of the message rAJ are blown into the microphone 10 and recorded on the audio recording element 14.

Next, input the number of incoming calls corresponding to the message rBJ from the key input circuit 6, and press the record button (not shown) again.
Operate to send a message rBJ from microphone 10.
, and record it on the audio recording element 14.

Next, input the number of ring incoming calls C when automatically answering.

In this case, the number of ring calls C is . 〉a ga cab Select so that

After completing the input operation in this manner, if the answering machine is set to answering, the following operation is performed.

That is, when an incoming call signal is input through the line, the incoming call detection circuit 9 first detects the number of incoming calls and inputs it to the control section 7. When the interval is longer than a predetermined time, for example, 6 seconds, this control section determines that the incoming call has ended, and stores the number of ring incoming calls during that time in a storage section built into the control section 7 as one message. Further, the control section 7 is pre-built with a circuit for storing the number of incoming calls and a storage means for storing the correspondence between the business message and the number of incoming calls.

On the other hand, when the called party, for example, returns home after going out and wants to play back the recorded content while he was away, he operates the key input circuit 6 to input a playback command, and the control unit 7 stores the content in its storage unit. Read the number of incoming bell calls, input the address of the message corresponding to that number (for example, the address of rAJ when the number of incoming calls is a, the address of rBJ when the number of calls is b) to the recording/playback circuit 8, and The content of the message stored in is read out from the voice recording element 14, amplified by the amplifier 12, and then voice outputted from the speaker 13 to be conveyed to the called party.

Further, when the number of incoming calls continues to the number C of automatically answered incoming calls, the control section 7 outputs a signal to the line acquisition circuit 3. As a result, the line capture circuit 2 closes and captures the line, and operates in the same way as a normal answering machine.

Note that if the answering machine is not set to answering, when a ringing signal is input to the control unit 7, a message corresponding to the number of times the ringing signal is input is sent to the voice recording element 1 as an electrical signal.
4-recording/reproduction circuit 8-amplifier 11→speaker 13, and the message is immediately and automatically reproduced from the speaker.

As described above, in the answering machine of the present invention, by storing a specific message in association with a specific number of ring incoming calls, when the specific number of ring incoming calls is received, recording is automatically performed. Alternatively, it can be regenerated, and waste as in the conventional method can be avoided.

In the above explanation, an example was described in which recording or playback is performed immediately when a specific bell incoming signal is received only once, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited to this. The business message may be recorded or played back only when the message is received a plurality of times in a row (for example, two ring calls occur three times in a row). In this way, it is possible to prevent misidentification when the third tone indicates the same number of ring incoming calls.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As mentioned above, in the present invention, it is possible to convey a specific message to the other party using only the number of ringing signals, so when a fixed message is frequently conveyed, the time required and call charges are reduced. can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an answering machine of the present invention. 1a, 1b... terminal, 2... rectifier circuit, 3... line acquisition circuit, 4... 2-wire-4-wire conversion circuit, 5... node set and converter, 6... Key input circuit, 7.
...Control unit, 8...Recording/playback circuit, 9...Incoming call detection circuit, 10...Microphone, 11.12...
Amplifier, 13... Speaker, 14... Audio recording element. Applicant's agent Mr. Sato

Claims (1)

[Claims] An answering machine capable of detecting incoming bell calls and storing the caller's business message includes a bell incoming circuit that detects the number of incoming bell calls, and a key input circuit that sets the number of incoming bell calls corresponding to the business message. , storage means for storing a correspondence relationship between the business message and the number of bell incoming calls, and a business message by comparing the number of bell incoming calls detected by the bell incoming detection circuit with the number of bell incoming calls stored in the storage means; What is claimed is: 1. An answering machine characterized by comprising a control unit that recognizes the phone.