JPH0423651A - Cordless automatic answering telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the user to listen to a message at absent reply with a slave set placed by incorporating a speaker to the slave set in addition to an ear piece and sounding a reply message and a caller message from the speaker of the slave set when an incoming signal is inputted in the automatic answering mode. CONSTITUTION:When a call signal reaches in the automatic answering mode, a telephone line is acquired to establish a talking channel. When a caller message is sent thereafter, the message is led to a message recording section via a speech network and recorded sequentially therein. Moreover, the message is sent to a speaker amplifier circuit and a transmission signal amplifier circuit in succession to the reply message and the amplified reply message and the caller message are sent to a slave set B, in which the signal is fed respectively to an ear piece mute circuit 16 and a speaker mute circuit 19. In this case, when a speaker button 23 is depressed once, the message is sounded from a speaker 21.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a cordless answering machine comprising a base unit having an answering machine recording function and a slave unit connected to the base unit via wireless communication.

(Prior Art) Cordless answering machines usually include a response message sending unit on the base unit side that outputs a response message to the caller, and a message recording device such as a magnetic tape that records the message from the caller. It has a section. If the user sets the answering machine setting mode when he or she is out of the house, when a caller receives a call, the response message sending section will send out a response message, and the message recording section will also record the message. It is now possible to record.

At this time, the response message sent from the response message sending unit and the message recorded in the message recording unit are sent from the speaker built in the base unit, and
The response message and the message are sent to the handset side, and on the handset side, the response message and the business message are sent out from the earpiece, which is a receiver.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As described above, the above-described conventional cordless answering machine is capable of listening to the response message and the business message when answering the answering machine on both the base unit and the slave unit. However, if you wanted to listen to message messages on the handset, you had to hold the earpiece up to your ear. That is, when listening to the business, the handset must be held in the hand, so there is a problem in that both hands cannot be used freely.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is to provide a cordless answering machine that allows a user to listen to a response message and a business message when answering an absentee call even when the handset is placed.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to solve the above problems, the cordless answering machine of the present invention consists of a base unit connected to a telephone line and a slave unit connected to the base unit via wireless communication. , a cordless answering machine configured to receive an incoming call signal, output a response message from the response message sending unit of the base unit, and then record a business message sent from the caller to the recording unit of the base unit. In the base device, an answering setting operation section that issues a command to set the answering mode to the answering mode is provided, and when an incoming call signal is input during the answering mode, the answering message sending section outputs a response message, and the response message is outputted from the answering message sending section. A base unit side control unit is provided that sends a message and a business message from a caller to the handset side, and a speaker separate from the earpiece is provided on the handset side, and either the speaker or the earpiece is connected to the handset side. A switching operation unit that issues a switching command to select one, and a response message and a message sent from the base unit in response to the switching command from this switching operation unit are supplied to either the speaker or the earpiece. A slave device side control section is provided.

(Function) In the above configuration, when the user operates the answering machine setting operation unit to set the answering machine mode and an incoming call signal is input in this mode, a response message is output from the response message sending unit. After this, when a business message is sent from the caller, this business message is recorded in the recording section. Further, this business message is supplied to the speaker of the base unit following the response message, and is also sent to the slave unit side. On the handset side, a response message and a subsequent business message are sent from either the receiver or the speaker of the handset in response to a preselected switching command. Therefore, by transmitting a message from the speaker of the handset, the user can hear the message from the caller without leaving the handset.

(Example) Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a base unit of a cordless answering machine, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a cordless handset.

In FIG. 1, A is a base unit, and a telephone line 1 is connected to an incoming call detection circuit 3 and a speech network 4 via a line connection section 2, respectively.

The incoming call detection circuit 3 detects a call from an outside line.
The incoming call detection signal is given to the base unit side control unit 5. The main unit side control unit 5 includes a key input circuit 5a, an answering setting circuit 5b, an off-hook signal generating circuit 5c, and a response signal generating circuit 5d, and controls the operation of each part of the main unit A, and also controls recording in the answering mode. It is designed to control playback when in the message playback mode or message playback mode.

The key input circuit 5a is connected to an answer setting button 6, which is an answer setting operation section, and when the answer setting button 6 is pressed, the key input circuit 5a detects an answer command and switches to answer mode. Command signal absent setting circuit 5
b. The absence setting circuit 5b includes
The output of the incoming call detection circuit 3 is led to the key input circuit 5.
When the answering setting mode is set in response to the command signal output from a, and the incoming call detection signal is input from the incoming call detection circuit 3, the drive signal is sent to the off-hook signal generation circuit 5C.
It is designed to be sent to The output of this off-footer signal generation circuit 5c is connected to the speech network 4 and the response signal generation circuit 5d, and based on the drive signal, sends an off-hook signal to the speech network 4, and transmits a control signal to the response signal. Country of origin! 5d
It is designed to be sent to The output of the response signal generation circuit 5d is connected to the response message sending section 7, and is adapted to give a drive signal to the response message sending section 7 based on the control signal.

The response message sending unit 7 includes a memory in which response messages are recorded in advance, and upon receiving the drive signal, reproduces the response message and sends the reproduced signal to the speech network 4, the speaker amplifier circuit 9, and the transmission signal amplifier circuit 11. It is designed to be supplied to Further, the output of the speech network 4 is connected to a business recorder 8, a speaker amplifier circuit 9, and a transmission signal amplifier circuit 11, respectively. The business recorder 8 is equipped with a magnetic tape or the like, and is used to record business messages from callers.

Further, the output of the speaker amplifier circuit 9 is connected to a speaker 10 built into the main unit A, and the audio signals of the response message and the business message are amplified and supplied to the speaker 10, and then sent out as audio from the speaker 1o. It is designed to let you do so.

Furthermore, the output of the transmission signal amplifier circuit 11 is transmitted through the transmission port j81.
2 to the antenna 13, and the audio signals of the response message and the business message are amplified and transmitted from the antenna 13 to the handset B side. In addition,
Although not shown in the drawing, a receiving circuit for receiving a transmission signal from the handset B is connected to the antenna 13.

In FIG. 2, B is a handset, and its antenna 14 is connected to a receiving circuit 15 and also to a transmitting circuit (not shown).

Further, the output of the receiving circuit 15 is connected to an earpiece mute circuit 16 and a speaker mute circuit 19, respectively. The output of the earpiece mute circuit 16 is connected to the earpiece 18 which is the receiver of the handset B via the earpiece amplifier circuit 17, and the output of the speaker mute circuit 19 is connected to the earpiece 18 which is the receiver of the handset B via the earpiece amplifier circuit 17. It is connected to a speaker 21 built in B. Earpiece mute circuit 16 and speaker mute circuit 1
9 is configured such that one of them is selectively controlled by the handset side control section 22.

The handset side control section 22 includes a key input circuit 22a and a mute control circuit 22b, and is configured to control the operation of each part of the handset B.

A speaker button 23, which is a switching operation unit, is connected to the key input circuit 22a, and when the speaker button 23 is pressed, a switching command signal based on a switching command is transmitted.
The signal is applied to the mute control circuit 22b. Further, the output of the mute control circuit B22b is connected to the earpiece mute circuit 16 and the speaker mute circuit 19, respectively, and is connected to the key input circuit 22a.
Every time a switching command signal is received from the earpiece mute circuit 16 and the speaker mute circuit 19, a drive control signal is output to both the earpiece mute circuit 16 and the speaker mute circuit 19, one is in an operating state and the other is in an inoperable state, and either the earpiece 18 or the speaker 21 is activated. The message is sent from one side.

Next, the operation of the cordless answering machine having the above configuration will be explained.

First, when the user of base unit A sets his home cordless answering machine to answering mode, when he presses the answering setting button 6, the key input circuit 5a determines that the answering setting button 6 has been operated, and the key input A command signal is output from the circuit 5a to the absence setting circuit 5b. The answering setting circuit 5b operates upon receiving this command signal and is set to answering mode.

When a call signal arrives via the telephone line 1 during this answering mode, the incoming call signal is output from the incoming call detection circuit 3 and is applied to the answering setting circuit 5b.

The absence setting circuit 5b outputs a drive signal to the off-footer signal generation circuit 5C in response to this incoming call signal. In response to this drive signal, the off-hook signal generation circuit 5C
It sends an off-hook signal to the speech network 4, and also sends a control signal to the response signal generation circuit 5d. The speech network 4 connects the telephone line 1 based on the off-hook signal from the off-hook signal generation circuit 5C.
to establish a calling channel. On the other hand, the response signal generation circuit 5d outputs a drive signal to the response message sending section 7 based on the control signal from the off-off signal generation circuit 5C. The response message sending unit 7 that receives this drive signal sends the response message to the speech network 4.
The signal is sent to the telephone line 1 via the telephone line 1, and is also output to the speaker amplifier circuit 9 and the transmission signal amplifier circuit 11, respectively.

After this, when the caller sends you a business message,
These business messages are led to the business record section 8 via the speech network 4, and are sequentially recorded. Further, this business message is sent to the speaker amplifier circuit 9 and the transmission signal amplifier circuit 11 following the response message.

Thereby, the response message and the business message amplified through the speaker amplifier circuit 9 are sent out from the speaker 10, so that the response message and the business message can be heard on the base unit A side.

On the other hand, the response message and the business message amplified by the transmission signal amplifier circuit 11 are transmitted from the antenna 13 to the handset B side via the transmission circuit 12,
After being received by the receiving circuit 15 via the receiver circuit 4, the signal is supplied to the earpiece mute circuit 16 and the speaker mute circuit 19, respectively.

At this time, assuming that the earpiece mute circuit 16 is in the non-operating state and the speaker mute circuit 19 is in the operating state by pressing the speaker button 23, the response message and the message are the earpiece amplifier circuit 17.
, so after being amplified here, earpiece 1
8.

Therefore, in this case, by holding handset B and placing the earpiece 18 against the ear, the user can hear the response message and the business message when the user is away.

On the other hand, if the user wants to listen to the message while the handset B is placed, the user presses the speaker button 23 once from this state. Then, the key input circuit 22a that receives this operation command determines that the speaker button 23 has been pressed, and outputs a switching command signal to the mute control circuit 22b. The mute control circuit 22b sends drive control signals to the earpiece mute circuit 16 and the speaker mute circuit 9, respectively, based on this switching command signal. As a result, the earpiece mute circuit 1
6 is in the operating state, and the speaker mute circuit 19 is in the non-operational state, so the response message and business message from the base unit A are guided to the speaker amplifier circuit 20 via the speaker mute circuit 19, where they are amplified. After that, it will be sent out from the speaker 21. Therefore, the user can listen to the response message and the business message when the user is away from home without having to hold handset B at all.

In this way, each time the speaker button 23 is pressed, messages can be sent out alternately from the earpiece 18 and the speaker 21.

(Effects of the Invention) The cordless answering machine of the present invention has a built-in speaker separate from the earpiece on the handset side, and when an incoming call signal is input during answering mode, a response message and a message from the caller are sent to the handset. Since it is configured so that the message is sent from the side display, you can listen to the message when you are out of the office with the handset on. This also has the effect of allowing both hands to be used freely.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a base unit of a cordless answering machine according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a slave unit of the same telephone. 1... Telephone line 5... Base unit side control section 6... Answering machine setting operation section (answering setting button 7... Response message sending section 8... Message recording section 0... Speaker 8. ...Earpiece (earpiece) 1...Speaker 2...Slave side control section 3...Switching operation section (speaker button) A...Base unit) B...Slave unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1) Consisting of a base unit connected to a telephone line and a slave unit connected to the base unit via wireless communication, upon receiving an incoming call signal, a response message is sent from the response message sending section of the base unit. In a cordless answering machine that is configured to output a message and then record a message sent from a caller into the recording section of the base unit, a command is sent to the base unit to set it to answering mode. an answering machine setting operation unit that issues an answering machine, and when an incoming call signal is input during the answering machine mode, outputs a response message from the response message sending unit, and sends the response message and a message from the caller to the handset side. A control unit on the base unit side is provided, and the slave unit side is provided with a speaker separate from the earpiece, a switching operation unit that issues a switching command to select either the speaker or the earpiece, and this switching operation. and a handset-side control section that supplies either the speaker or the earpiece with a response message and a business message sent from the parent device in response to a switching command from the main device. Cordless answering machine.