JPH04120944A - Communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To record various audio information such as speaking contents, message and voice memo, etc., by providing a recording means, microphone means, hook detection part and switching means to connect the microphone means to the recording means. CONSTITUTION:This device is equipped with a recording means 34 to record and reproduce voices, a microphone means 38 to input voices, and a hook detection part 16 to detect the hook state of a hand set 14 of a speaking part 12. A switching means 36 is provided to connect the speaking part 12 to the recording means 34 when the hand set 14 is in an off-hook state and to connect the microphone means 38 to the recording means 34 when the hand set 14 is in an on-hooked state. In this way, the input path of the voices to be recorded is automatically selected corresponding to the hooked state. Thus, various audio information such as speaking recording, message and voice mono, etc., as well as a message from a trunk line can be easily recorded, and an automatic recording function can be extended.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field] The present invention relates to a communication device with an answering machine.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a telephone has been connected to a telephone line, automatically receives a call when the caller is absent, and sends a response message (OGM: Out GolngMess) prompting the caller to record the message.
an OGM sending unit that sends out an ICM message (I CM
An answering machine equipped with an ICM recording/playback unit that records a message (In CCom1n Message) and plays it back for later listening is popular in boat fishing.

Such telephone answering machines are generally capable of recording and reproducing ordinary telephone calls made by the operator at home by using the ICM recording and reproducing means from the telephone communication circuit.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in conventional devices, the ICM recording/playback section is configured to exclusively record/play back messages during phone calls, so it is not possible to record messages regardless of the phone call. N°? It was inconvenient to do so.

The present invention is not limited to the ICM from the calling party, but also the contents of the call,
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a communication device with an answering machine capable of recording various voice information such as voice messages and voice memos.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a communication device with an answering machine section that includes a telephone section for making a call to a called party's telephone, and an answering machine section for automatically recording an answering machine, and a recording section for recording and reproducing voice. , a microphone means for inputting voice; - a hook detection part for detecting a hook state of a handset of the talking part; when the handset is in an off-footer state, the talking part is connected to - the recording means; and when the handset is in an off-footer state, , and switching means for connecting the microphone means to the recording sound means.

[Function] In the present invention, the hook detecting section and the switching means determine that a telephone call is in progress in the case of an off-footer, and record the contents of the conversation in the telephone section in the recording means, and automatically record the microphone input in the case of an on-footer. By connecting it, you can record messages, voice memos, etc. on the recording means.

[Example] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention.

The device of this embodiment can be roughly divided into a line control section, a telephone section, a facsimile section, an answering machine section, and other control circuit sections.

The line control section includes a station arrival detection section 2, a relay 4, and a dial section 6.
and transformer 8.

The station arrival detection unit 2 detects a call from the station line, and the relay 4 is a relay for switching between a call mode, a facsimile transmission/reception mode, or an answering machine mode. The dial section 6 is for making a dial call during facsimile transmission, and the transformer 8 is for separating the line control section side from the secondary circuit side.

Further, the telephone call section includes a dial section 10, a first call circuit 12,
It has a handset 14 and a hook detection section 16.

The dial unit 10 is for dialing when an operator makes a call, and the call circuit 12 controls the voice received from the central office line and the call voice emitted by the operator during a call. It is a circuit. The handset 14 has a built-in microphone and receiver for making calls. Hook detection section 16
is a circuit for detecting whether the handset 14 is on-hook or off-hook.

Furthermore, the facsimile section includes a modem section 26 and a recording section 2.
8 and a reading section 30.

The modem unit 26 modulates and demodulates the office line analog signal and digital image signal during facsimile transmission and reception. Recording section 2
8 records a received image when receiving a facsimile. The reading unit 30 reads a transmission document during facsimile transmission.

The answering machine also includes switches 32 and 36, an ICM call recording and playback unit 34, a microphone 38, and a magnetic tape 40.
It has a speaker amplifier section 42, a speaker 44, an OGM recording/playback section 46, and an audio memory 48.

The switch 32 is for switching the recording input to the ICM call recording and reproducing section 34. The ICM call recording and playback unit 34 records the ICM received from the caller according to OGM in the absence mode, records the content of the call by the call unit in the call recording mode, and also records the content of the call from the caller in the call recording mode. This is a device for recording the operator's voice and later listening to it live at +1F. In this embodiment, a tape system using magnetic tape is used for recording and reproduction.

The switch 36 connects the output of the microphone 38 to the switch 32.
And the ICM call recording/playback unit side 4 side and the OGM call recording/playback unit side 6 side are switched. The microphone 38 is used by the operator to record OGM and to record the contents of messages and memos in the deception mode.The magnetic tape 40 is used for ICM recording, call recording, and transmission in the deception mode. It is a magnetic tape such as a microcassette that records measurements and memos.

The speaker amplifier section 42 is for OGM or tape recording.

This is for playing back and listening to the voice through the speaker 44.

The OGM recording and playback section 46 is a device for the operator to record an OGM in advance to prompt the caller to record the ICM when operating in the answering machine mode. It is assumed that an audio IC that stores data is used. The audio memory 48 is an IC memory that stores this digital audio signal.

Furthermore, this facsimile device has the following configuration.

The network unit 18 is a circuit that performs 2-wire to 4-wire conversion and balances between the office line side (2-wire circuit) and the transmission signal/reception signal circuit (4-wire circuit). The switch 20 switches the transmission signal to the office line between the answering machine and the facsimile unit, and the office line signal/sound detection unit 24 is a device that detects a signal or voice coming from the office line during the answering mode. be.

The transformer 49 is for transmitting the voice of the talking section to the answering machine when recording a call.

The control unit 50 controls each unit described above,
The operation unit 52 is an operation panel on which an operator operates various keys. Further, the ROM 54 stores preset control means.

Next, the operation of the device as described above will be explained.

First, the relay 4 is normally set to the T side, and the operator uses the handset 14 to make a call when receiving a call or by dialing a call using the dial unit 10. The second is the operation in call mode.

At this time, if the facsimile unit is set to manual reception mode and the operator takes the handset 14 off-hook due to an incoming call and moves on to facsimile reception after the call, or if the operator hears a CNG signal from the calling party and receives a facsimile call. If the user notices that something is wrong, the user immediately uses the operation unit 52 to proceed to facsimile reception.

That is, the control section 50 sets the relay 4 to the F/A side, and at the same time sets the switches 20 and 22 to the F side, brings the transmitted/received signal to the facsimile section, receives the image signal, and demodulates it using the modem section 26. , the recording unit 28 records the received image.

In addition, when the facsimile unit is set to automatic reception, when the office line incoming call detection unit 2 detects an incoming call on the office line without going through the above-mentioned call letter yg, the control unit 50 causes the relay 4 to
and switches 20 and 22 to perform facsimile communication. The above is the operation in facsimile reception mode.

Next, when the operator sends a facsimile document,
First, a document is set on the reading section 30, and a dial is operated using the operation section 52. This causes the control section 50 to control the relay 4
is set to the F/A side, the switch 20.22 is set to the F side, and the dial unit 6 makes a dial call. When a call is set, the image information read by the reading section 30 is modulated by the modem section 26 and transmitted as an image signal. The above is the operation in facsimile transmission mode.

Next, the case of operating in the answering machine mode will be explained.

First, the operator records the OGM using the operation unit 52 while at home. That is, by this operation, the control section 50 sets the switch 36 to the 0 side, brings the output of the microphone 38 to the OGM recording/playback section 46, and stores it in the audio memory 48 as OGM.

Next, when the operator goes out, the operator sets the answering mode using the operation unit 52, the switch 20.22 is set to the A side, and the ICM call recording/playback unit 34 rewinds the cassette tape 40 to the beginning.

Thereafter, when the central office line incoming call detecting section 2 detects an incoming call, the control section 50 first sets the relay 4 to the F/A side and uses the dial section 6 to capture the DC loop.

O Next, the OGM recording and reproducing section 46 and the voice memory 48 are driven, and the OGM is sent to the calling party (office line side). At this point, the facsimile unit is set to automatic reception, and when the office line signal/voice detection unit 24 detects a CNG signal from the calling party, it immediately sets the switch 20.22 to the F side,
The facsimile reception described above is performed.

Further, if no CNG signal is detected or if the facsimile unit is set to manual reception, the absent mode continues.

That is, when the OGM has been sent out, the switch 32 is set to the L side, the ICM call recording and reproducing section 34 is set to record the voice from the central office line side, and the ICM from the caller is recorded on the cassette tape 40.

When the office line number/voice detection unit 24 detects a no-tone state due to the caller ending the call (off-line) or when detecting a busy tone signal from the office line exchange, the IC
The recording on the cassette tape 40 is stopped by the M call recording/playback unit 34, and the recording γf of one ICM is ended. In this way, one commercial is recorded one after another.

Here, for example, if a person at home wants to send a message to someone who is out of the house, the person at home can operate the operation unit 52 to
The message is recorded on tape 40. That is, by this operation, the control unit 50 sets the switch 32 to the M side, sets the switch 36 to the T side, brings the input of the microphone 38 (message message) to the ICM call recording and playback unit 34, and records it on the cassette tape 40. do.

After this, if the person who is out of the house activates this device in answering mode by making a call from outside and sends the preset password and remote control command by DTMF signal while receiving OGM, this device will be activated by the previous ICM. Recording is interrupted and
Move to remote control operation.

That is, when the office line signal/voice detection section 24 detects a command using a DTMF signal from the calling party, the switch 3
2 to the L side, and under the control of the ICM call recording and playback unit 34, the cassette tape 40 is fast forwarded or
Rewinding, IQ' live action, making the outbound caller (remote control operator) listen to the previously recorded ICM and the message recorded by the person at home. The above is the operation of the answering machine mode.

When the person who has gone out returns home after the above operation, the operation section 52
to cancel the answering mode, and by arbitrary fast-forwarding, rewinding, and playback operations, the control section 50 controls the ICM call recording and playback section 34 to release the cassette tape 40 during the answering mode.
The ICM and recorded message are played back by the speaker amplifier 42 and the speaker 44.

In this state where the answering machine mode is released, when a call is being made using the telephone call section, if the user desires to record the contents of the call, the operation section 52 is operated to enter a tape recording state. That is, the control unit 50 confirms that the hook is off-hook by the hook detection unit 16, sets the switch 32 to the T side, and switches the ICM
The call recording and playback section 34 transmits the voice of the call section to the transformer 4.
9 onto a cassette tape 40. The above is the operation of the call recording mode.

On the other hand, if the hook detection section 16 is on-hook when the operation section 52 is set to the tape recording state, the control section 50
In this case, the switch 36 is set to the T side, the switch 32 is set to the M side, and the input from the microphone 38, that is, the message or voice memo is brought to the ICM call recording/playback section 34 and recorded on the tape 40. The above is the operation of the dictation mode.

When playing back and listening to the call contents and message memos recorded in the call recording mode and the recording mode, the tape is played back by operating the operating section 52 and the playback output is heard through the speaker 44 in the same manner as before.

In the above embodiment, the audio IC 1 is used for recording and playing OGM.
Cassette tapes (magnetic tapes) are used to record and play back ICMs, but as audio ICs improve their sound quality and lengthen their length,
An audio IC can also be used on the ICM side.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, telephone calls and messages were recorded on the ICM recording medium, but it is also possible to record on the OGM recording medium, or a separate third recording medium may be used. It is also possible to do so.

Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to facsimile machines, but can also be applied to telephones or key telephone devices.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, since the input path of the voice to be recorded is automatically selected depending on the hook state, not only messages from one station line but also call logs can be recorded. ? , Message, -1 message, i'f voice memo, and other various voice information can be easily recorded, and the answering machine function can be expanded.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. 2... Station arrival detection section, 4... Relay 6.10... Dial section, 49... Transformer, 2... Call circuit, 4... Handset. 6... Hook detection unit, 6... Modem unit, 8... Recording unit, O... Reading unit, 2.36... Switch, 4... ICM call recording and playback unit, 8...・Microphone, 0... Magnetic tape, 2... Speaker amplifier section, 4... Speaker, 6... OGM recording and playback section, 8... Audio memory, 0... Control section, 2...・Operation unit, 4...ROM. Special, IT Applicant Canon Co., Ltd. Agent
Arata Yokubo

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] In a communication device with an answering machine function, the communication device has a telephone answering unit that makes a call to the other party's phone, and an answering machine that automatically records an answering machine, comprising: a recording means that records and plays back audio; and inputs audio. a hook detection unit for detecting the hook state of the handset of the talking unit; when the handset is off-hook, the talking unit is connected to the recording unit; when the handset is on-hook, the microphone unit is connected to the recording unit; 1. A communication device with an answering machine function, comprising: switching means connected to the means; and;